[Ye Lin successfully absorbed the Spirit Ring of a 432-year-old Datura Snake...]
Ye Lin studied the plot description, turning over how she could change it.
A measly 432-year-old Datura Snake Spirit Ring wasn't enough for her.
"System, spend 100 points to exchange for two chances to make minor edits with lowered restrictions."
[Exchange successful.]
"Change 'hundred' to 'ten thousand'?"
[Insufficient permissions.]
"Then change it to 'thousand'?"
[Insufficient permissions.]
Ye Lin had expected this, but she still wanted to give it a try.
In the end, she changed "four" to "nine" and "snake" to "dragon"!
A powerful surge of energy erupted inside Ye Lin. A thrilling ache coursed through all her limbs and bones.
Ye Lin grew stronger once more. Faint purple patterns appeared on the yellow ring beneath her, a sign that it was nearing the thousand-year mark.
Faint, emerald-green dragon-shaped patterns appeared on the Immortal Sword.
Looking at herself, she saw that she had grown quite a bit taller and was starting to become slender. Her skin was smooth and lustrous, and her chest had begun to show the slightest hint of a curve.
After absorbing the Spirit Ring, her overall physical capabilities had improved greatly.
Her whole body felt wonderfully refreshed.
Ye Lin turned to look at Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang lay alone on the ground, his right arm swollen, thicker than his leg. Its color was turning purplish-black; he was clearly deeply poisoned.
He had been poisoned by the Datura Snake. The snake had bitten Luo Sanpao's right foreleg, and the toxin had gone straight into Yu Xiaogang's right arm.
"Father! Father!"
Tang San's voice came from a distance. He was holding the sword Yu Xiaogang had given him in his right hand and a fire starter in his left.
"Ye Lin, you've finished absorbing the Spirit Ring?"
He called out to Ye Lin, quickly gathered a large pile of dry leaves from the area, and lit them with the fire starter. Then he held the short sword over the flames.
"Father was poisoned, but luckily the toxin hasn't spread yet. I learned a little about treating poison when I was young. Otherwise, there'd be nothing I could do."
Holding the short sword after heating it, Tang San moved to cut Yu Xiaogang's right arm. As long as he let out the poisoned blood and took his time recovering afterward, he'd be fine.
[Tang San cut open Yu Xiaogang's right arm with the short sword, and black-red poisoned blood spurted out...]
Ye Lin looked at the plot description and silently changed one character.
Tang San brought his sword down, aiming right at the base of Yu Xiaogang's right arm.
Swish! Red blood gushed from the cut.
The red blood meant there was no poison, but Tang San's hands didn't stop moving.
Gripping the sword with both hands, he pressed down hard and sawed back and forth. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was cutting meat.
"Ah!"
The intense pain made Yu Xiaogang cry out and wake up.
But a moment later, the pain knocked him unconscious again.
"Father, don't worry. Bear with it. I'll have your right arm off in a moment."
Tang San raised the sword with both hands, lined it up with the cut, and brought it down hard. After more than three months of blacksmithing, he had excellent aim; the blow landed precisely.
"Thud!"
A dull sound rang out.
"Ah!"
Yu Xiaogang cried out and woke again, only to pass out from the pain once more.
The sword had struck bone.
The bone was clearly extremely hard to break.
The sword couldn't cut through it easily, so Tang San reached out with his left hand and brought out his Second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer. He swung it down onto the sword's blade.
"Thud!"
"Ah!"
Yu Xiaogang's agonized scream rang out through the Soul Hunting Forest once more.
"Thud!"
"Ah!"
Each blow from the Clear Sky Hammer drove the short sword a little deeper. After several strikes, the side of the blade that had been hit curled over.
Fortunately, the sword was sturdy enough to cut through bone. Otherwise, the sword would have broken instead.
Ye Lin swallowed as she watched.
Tang San really was ruthless!
No wonder he was Yu Xiaogang's adoptive son; he didn't hesitate to lay into him.
Among men, Tang San; among hammers, the Clear Sky Hammer.
With a short sword in hand, he hacked at his adoptive father.
Each blow was enough to make your heart jump. Yu Xiaogang was having an absolutely miserable time.
All because Ye Lin had changed "cut open" to "cut off."
"Whew!"
"Whew!"
Tang San panted heavily and put away the Clear Sky Hammer. Cutting through bone with just a sword had been exhausting.
"I finally got it off."
But why had he cut it off?
He suddenly froze. He'd only meant to help Yu Xiaogang release the poisoned blood from his right arm. How had he ended up cutting off the whole arm?
Tang San swallowed, suddenly realizing he'd done something utterly outrageous.
He looked at the severed arm, then at Ye Lin, who hadn't noticed what had really happened, and grabbed Yu Xiaogang's arm before flinging it away.
"Hm?"
A big question mark appeared over Ye Lin's little head. What on earth was Tang San doing?
Tang San quickly pressed a few points on Yu Xiaogang's body to stop the blood flowing from the stump.
Then he circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, helping Yu Xiaogang slowly regain his strength.
[ Ding! Plot edit complete. Tang San has cut off Yu Xiaogang's right arm. Reward: 100 points.]
Hearing the system notification, Ye Lin was quite pleased. She hadn't expected to earn back 100 of the 200 points she'd just spent so easily.
Her points had risen from a little over 100 to a little over 200.
Yu Xiaogang's poisoning hadn't been severe, and Tang San had already dealt with it. He recovered quickly, and with Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill helping him, he woke up in less than an hour. But Tang San had cut off one of his arms, leaving him very weak.
"W-what happened to me?"
Yu Xiaogang asked in an extremely weak voice.
"Father, you're awake."
Tang San hurried over and sent a wisp of Soul Power into Yu Xiaogang's body.
He immediately felt much better.
"I remember being poisoned and passing out. Am I still alive?"
Tang San nodded. "Father, you're alive, and you're doing just fine. You'll just need to rest for a while."
Yu Xiaogang turned his head to look at his poisoned right arm.
His eyes widened in shock.
"Where's my right arm?!"
Only then did he feel the pain of losing it wash over him.
[Tang San fell to his knees and said tearfully...]
Watching Tang San, Ye Lin silently made a few changes. After all, she still hadn't completed her daily task.
Tang San dropped to his knees with a thump, then burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha!"
"Father! Ahahahaha!"
"I'm the one who cut off your right arm."
"The poison spread too quickly. By the time I got back with the sword, it had already spread through your entire arm."
"I had no choice but to cut the whole thing off."
"Hahahaha..."
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