Lind lost another 15 years just studying the herbs. If not for his vast foundational knowledge, recent progress in using his Mysteries, and even his improvement to elemental origin, he would have lost all the remaining 45 years after the beast cores.
Mystery grade herbs were far more complex than their counterparts in any other grade.
Even compared to beast cores, they were far more difficult to parse even with categories labeled on each shelf.
The shelf labeled [Fire Life Herbs] seemed straight forward but even a cursory glance showed him massive variances from one plant to the next.
Ferns were generally considered a simpler plant that nurtured herbs but here there was an entire fern as an herb ingredient! It also had a mix of Life Mystery energy with a kind of fire Daos and Laws that were not simple!
