Four people, four talismans.
The Monkey Talisman turns you into a copper-headed, iron-armed warrior; the Chicken Talisman boasts lightning-speed downloads; the Pig Talisman lets you charm with "electric eyes," and the Horse Talisman grants instant regeneration.
The reason Zhou Li dared to boast he could take on ten people was simple—he had all twelve talismans.
In the Cultivation World, there are essentially three types of battles. The first is straightforward domination. No contest. If you're steamrolling weaklings, you'd honestly be better off finding a truck and reincarnating into another world as a young master. Continuing with Immortal Cultivation like that would just be embarrassing.