Zhao Yi had a large stock of talisman-making materials on hand, so he alternated between drawing Talisman God talismans and disposable talismans. Later on, Zhao Yi stopped drawing them altogether. These were low-grade talismans with limited power; they posed no real threat to late Qi Condensation stage cultivators and were worth very little anyway. He decided to just try making high-grade tier-one talismans instead.
Although Talisman God talismans could be used multiple times, they had one major drawback: after a single use, one had to wait a moment before they could be used again. In the middle of a fight, that delay could be fatal. Zhao Yi had studied this previously, hoping to make improvements—to bypass the intermediate waiting period for gathering power and allow for continuous use—but despite all his trials, he had not succeeded.
Making high-grade talismans was considerably more difficult, though simpler than Talisman God talismans; the main challenge lay in handling the talisman arrays. While these arrays were simple, they were not something just anyone could draw. Talisman arrays had certain requirements for Divine Sense and spiritual power, making it generally very difficult for Qi Condensation stage cultivators to draw high-grade tier-one talismans. Of course, if some late Qi Condensation stage cultivators had managed to awaken their Divine Sense, they might have a chance of succeeding.
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