Tang San's First Ten-Year Soul Ring

Just as Yu Xiaogang was about to be bitten by the Datura Snake, Tang San, whom he was holding onto, suddenly moved.

His hand swept across his waist, and he took a thick white radish from Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, then threw it with a hidden-weapon technique. It struck the Datura Snake and held it back for an instant.

As the Datura Snake continued its pursuit, Tang San kept throwing white radishes. These radishes had originally been bought by Yu Xiaogang specifically for Luo Sanpao to eat so it could fart, but now they had become their lifeline.

After Tang San ran out of white radishes, he began throwing hidden weapons instead, but unfortunately, they could not break through the Datura Snake's scales at all.

When the Datura Snake chased right up to him, he drew a short sword and, in a flash, stabbed it into the Datura Snake's mouth.

"Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon?"

Zhu Huang had just seen Tang San's hand twitch a few times, as if producing a force of suction that made the snake's head suddenly tilt aside, allowing him to land the stab.

Zhu Huang naturally had no interest in Mysterious Heaven Skill. No matter how one dressed it up, it was only the cultivation method of a martial-arts clan; it simply could not compare with Heavenly Demon Invades the World.

As the dagger stabbed into the Datura Snake's mouth and it seemed about to be killed, Zhu Huang moved his fingers. At the critical moment, the Datura Snake whipped its head, and its teeth happened to knock against the short sword, sending it flying away.

Tang San's expression changed drastically. By the time he tried to shift tactics, it was already too late. A burst of severe pain shot through his arm as the Datura Snake viciously bit him.

The venom entered his body, and Tang San's face rapidly turned black. His vision swam, and his whole body began to weaken.

"Damn it!"

Tang San's heart went cold. Using the last of his strength, he stepped into Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and fled wildly.

In the blink of an eye, he had already passed Yu Xiaogang ahead of him, then ran into the forest and disappeared.

"Little San!"

Yu Xiaogang had already fallen to the ground from the poison. His Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, had been bitten by the Datura Snake, and since Soul Beasts and their masters were one, he had naturally been affected as well.

Yu Xiaogang reached out with his hand, watching helplessly as Tang San ran past him, despair filling his eyes.

Perhaps because it believed he was already dead for certain, the Datura Snake did not continue attacking Yu Xiaogang, who lay on the ground unable to move. Instead, it madly chased after Tang San, who had nearly killed it.

After fleeing through the forest for a while, Tang San casually picked several stalks of wild grass. In places where Datura Snakes often appeared, one could usually find the antidote to their venom.

As a great expert in poison, Tang San naturally spotted the herbs that could suppress the snake venom with ease. He had no time to distinguish them carefully and gnawed on them madly while running, finally suppressing the poison for the time being.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was even faster, and after darting wildly through the forest, he finally shook off the Datura Snake.

Tang San lay on the ground as if utterly drained. The snake venom had not been fully neutralized, and he was still weak and powerless. Leaning against the roots of a large tree, he panted and rested.

"I wonder how Teacher is. He couldn't have..."

Tang San's face darkened somewhat. Could the teacher he had only just acknowledged really be gone just like that?

Just then, a small mouse slowly crawled over. Tang San glanced at it and recognized it as the Soul Beast Stinky Dame. It was not any powerful Soul Beast; its only Soul Skill was to release a stinking fart. Besides smelling foul, the fart carried a bit of poison, stinging the eyes and choking opponents until they could not endure it, making it easier for the creature to escape.

Tang San showed a look of disgust. Gritting his teeth, he gathered his strength and sent a flying knife over. This Stinky Dame, only a few decades old, immediately shrieked and died.

A ring of white Soul Ring floated out. Tang San's flying knife throw tugged at his wound, and he cried out in pain as the suppressed toxins showed signs of flaring up again.

He hurriedly circulated Mysterious Heaven Skill and desperately suppressed it. As the technique circulated frantically, his Soul Power and spiritual power also flowed around his body, unknowingly affecting the Stinky Dame's white Soul Ring. It was actually drawn over at once and slipped onto his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

At first, Tang San was focused only on suppressing the poison and did not notice. By the time he reacted, he was already absorbing this Soul Ring.

"What's going on?"

When Tang San realized he was absorbing a white Soul Ring, his face immediately changed in shock, disbelief showing on his face. At that moment, he also remembered the scene from just now, when he had accidentally absorbed this Soul Ring into his body, and endless regret instantly drowned him like a tide.

Terror showed in Tang San's eyes. He hurriedly circulated his Soul Power, wanting to expel the Stinky Dame Soul Ring, but the process of absorbing a Soul Ring was irreversible. Once it had slipped onto a Martial Soul, it could never come off again.

"No, don't!"

No matter what method Tang San used to resist, that Soul Ring was still uncontrollably absorbed by him. Because it was only a few decades old, before long, amid Tang San's despairing wails, he had completely absorbed this white Soul Ring.

"How could this happen?"

Tang San was dazed and lost, collapsing onto the ground, his heart like dead ashes.

He was no longer a complete novice. He already had some understanding of the soul master world and knew how important Soul Rings were to soul masters. Such a white Soul Ring was simply a disgrace, and it would also greatly drag him down.

Only after a long time did he recover somewhat. Numbly, he sat up from the ground and suddenly discovered that after absorbing the Soul Ring, the medicinal power in his body had dispersed, and the snake venom was slowly being neutralized.

With no other choice, Tang San could only accept reality and went off, dispirited, to search for Yu Xiaogang.

When he found Yu Xiaogang, Yu Xiaogang was already close to being poisoned to death. Tang San had no choice but to search for more antidotal herbs and help Yu Xiaogang detoxify.

"What? A ten-year Soul Ring?"

When Yu Xiaogang woke up and heard Tang San's experience, his whole body froze, as if he had suffered a tremendous blow.

"This, this... how could you absorb a ten-year Soul Ring? Do you know how much this will affect your talent?"

Yu Xiaogang was bitterly disappointed, so heartbroken he could hardly breathe. How many years had he waited for the perfect disciple? Yet the moment this disciple stepped onto the path of cultivation, he had stumbled so badly.

At this moment, he could not even concern himself with the fact that Tang San had abandoned him and fled alone. His mind was full of whether Tang San's talent would be affected, and whether he could still use Tang San to wash away his humiliation, make everyone see him in a new light, and have them all revere him.

No, it's only the first Soul Ring. The impact isn't fatal. Besides, Little San has Twin Martial Souls. Blue Silver Grass was a useless Martial Soul to begin with, and later on he'll abandon it and switch to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer. If the first Soul Ring is wasted, then it's wasted. It won't affect Little San becoming a peerless powerhouse.

Yu Xiaogang comforted himself, and he felt much better inside.

Just then, Tang San said, "Teacher, I didn't want this either. I never thought I would accidentally absorb such a Soul Ring. If I'd known this would happen, I absolutely wouldn't have killed that Stinky Dame."

His voice was somewhat hoarse, and his expression looked a little ferocious. After being blamed by Yu Xiaogang, his mood was clearly extremely foul.

What he needed now was comfort, not blame.

A trace of doubt arose in Tang San's heart about taking Yu Xiaogang as his teacher. To put it plainly, he had actually been dragged down by Yu Xiaogang this time. If not for his teacher being such a burden, he would never have been injured.

Even if he could not beat that Datura Snake, with his speed, escaping would not have been difficult at all. It was all because he had been protecting his teacher that the Datura Snake caught up to him, resulting in him being poisoned and, while dazed and muddled, mistakenly absorbing the Stinky Dame Soul Ring.

Teacher was the one who dragged me down!

Tang San sighed inwardly.