The Plot Changed: Tang San Was No Match for the Datura Snake

Rustling sounds reached the three of them, and a faint, fishy smell spread through the air.

A triangular snake head slowly rose from the bushes.

"Adoptive father, over there!"

Tang San pulled a fire starter from his pocket and quickly tossed it over.

The fire starter lit up the bushes.

"The Datura Snake!"

Yu Xiaogang's pupils instantly contracted.

"Such a vicious creature! How could it be this close to the outskirts?"

"I hope it's only ten years old."

"If it's a hundred years old, all we can do is run."

As he watched the Datura Snake's body appear section by section, his panic grew.

A hundred years—and then some!

"Fart like thunder, Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao!"

Yu Xiaogang quickly gave the order. Luo Sanpao's body swelled up, then it let out a loud fart that blasted toward the Datura Snake.

"Run!"

He shouted and grabbed Tang San and Ye Lin, hurrying away with them.

Luo Sanpao's blast sent the Datura Snake flying, but it didn't hurt it in the slightest. It quickly closed in on the three of them again, reaching them in the blink of an eye.

"Fart like a mist, put them to sleep, Luo Sanpao!"

Yu Xiaogang's second Spirit Ring flashed. Luo Sanpao opened its mouth and took another deep breath.

Ye Lin murmured, "Did it just suck back in the fart it let out?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Yu Xiaogang suddenly began coughing violently. The tense situation had somehow become a little comical.

Ye Lin wasn't nervous at all. In the original story, neither Yu Xiaogang nor anyone else had played a part in dealing with the Datura Snake.

The sleepy fart came out, but it was completely useless. The Datura Snake's venom was far more potent than the poison in that attack.

The Datura Snake quickly closed in and lunged at Yu Xiaogang.

"Sanpao, block it!"

At Yu Xiaogang's shout, Luo Sanpao leaped up and charged at the Datura Snake.

The Datura Snake swayed aside, easily dodging the collision, then bit Luo Sanpao.

"Luo!"

Luo Sanpao cried out in pain and turned into a streak of purple light, returning to Yu Xiaogang's body.

The Datura Snake closed in again. In the original story, Tang San could still fight back with a white radish, but it was still in the bag by the hollow they'd passed earlier.

The only thing he could use now was his Silent Sleeve Arrow.

Tang San's eyes turned completely purple, making it easier for him to follow the Datura Snake's movements.

He raised his left hand, and the Silent Sleeve Arrow shot toward the Datura Snake's left eye.

"It hit!"

He was instantly elated.

But just as the arrow was about to hit, the Datura Snake blinked and caught it tightly between its eyelid and eye.

Tang San's heart sank. This was bad!

He had no weapons left—not even the short sword Yu Xiaogang had given him. It wasn't in his hand.

Ye Lin froze. This wasn't how the scene was supposed to go!

Things had changed!

Ye Lin let go of Yu Xiaogang.

She hurriedly gathered her Soul Power into her right hand, forming her Martial Soul, the Immortal Sword.

As the Immortal Sword appeared, an invisible pressure quickly spread outward.

The Immortal Sword's might.

The Datura Snake paused for a moment, then charged forward again.

Ye Lin threw the Immortal Sword at it.

In the original story, the Datura Snake had bitten down on the blade, and the sword had pierced its brain from the inside.

But the Immortal Sword clearly hadn't gone into the Datura Snake's mouth. It had simply landed on its body. Even so, its sharp edge hurt the Datura Snake, which let out one strange cry after another.

[The Immortal Sword Ye Lin threw landed on the Datura Snake...]

"Change 'body' to 'mouth.'"

Ye Lin hurriedly urged the system to alter the plot.

The Immortal Sword quickly changed direction, turning into a streak of light that landed on the snake's mouth.

She was instantly mortified.

[The Immortal Sword Ye Lin threw landed on the Datura Snake's mouth...]

"Change it again!"

"Change 'on' to 'inside'!"

The Datura Snake bizarrely opened its mouth and bit down on the Immortal Sword.

"Pfft!"

The Datura Snake's body suddenly went rigid. The Immortal Sword had pierced its brain completely from the inside.

Its body thrashed wildly, destroying the bushes and saplings around it. Branches and leaves flew everywhere.

Ye Lin bolted without looking back. Only after she'd escaped the area where it was thrashing in its death throes did she let out a heavy breath.

That scared the life out of me.

The Datura Snake died, and a yellow, hundred-year Spirit Ring slowly condensed above its head.

Ye Lin stared at the hundred-year Spirit Ring and murmured, "Looks like my first Spirit Ring is taken care of. I can't let this go to waste."

Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang had grabbed Tang San's hand and run dozens of meters away. The two of them were panting heavily.

"It's all right. That Soul Beast didn't follow us."

Tang San suddenly realized something important. "Where's Ye Lin?"

"Hm?"

Yu Xiaogang froze, then looked to his right. There was no one there.

"Could the Datura Snake have eaten her?"

"This is my fault. Let's go, before the Datura Snake comes after us again. I'll reflect on what happened."

"We can't let Ye Lin's sacrifice go to waste."

Ye Lin, who was walking up behind them, heard Yu Xiaogang's words and immediately scowled.

"Grandmaster, what are you talking about?"

Yu Xiaogang froze again. He stiffly turned around. "Nothing."

"Ye Lin, why did you let go of my hand just now?"

He started by scolding her. "Do you know how dangerous it was?"

"It's all right," Ye Lin said calmly. "The Datura Snake bit my Martial Soul, and the blade pierced its brain. It's dead."

"Dead?"

Yu Xiaogang froze. "Well, that was quite a coincidence."

There was something else he didn't say: *If only Tang San had been the one to cause that coincidence. Then Tang San could have absorbed the Spirit Ring.*

Yu Xiaogang tried to reassure himself. Anyway, Ye Lin would end up as his disciple sooner or later, so it wasn't all bad.

"Since that's the case, you should absorb the Spirit Ring. Don't let it go to waste."

The three of them returned.

Ye Lin sat cross-legged. Her Immortal Sword Martial Soul floated above her right hand as she used her Soul Power to draw the Datura Snake's Spirit Ring toward her.

The yellow Spirit Ring slipped over the Immortal Sword, and a torrent of energy surged toward her.

But each time the scorching energy struck, the Immortal Sword's blade dispersed it, and Ye Lin absorbed what remained.

Tang San watched, a hint of envy in his eyes.

[Ye Lin successfully absorbed the Spirit Ring of a 432-year-old Datura Snake...]```