Bai Suzhen found the smell of the Snake-Catching Village extremely unpleasant.
Every household in the Snake-Catching Village raises, sells, and eats snakes, and they eat them in all sorts of creative ways.
Including Xu Xuan, he also raises snakes and eats them regularly. To be precise, he was the one who initiated the snake-raising project.
Since live snakes are so valuable, why not just start breeding them?
This story mission took a bit longer; he Soul Transmigration into Xu Xuan's body three years ago.
But back then, Xu Xuan's family was just like Xu Yan's in his first life—poverty was the worst Dingdang for.
He started snake farming in order to improve his living standards.
For the Snake-Catching Village, snake farming is both their source of income and their main food source.
Raising snakes for food is quite normal.
But how could Bai Suzhen possibly endure it?
Bai Suzhen followed Xu Xuan around for a morning, then used the excuse of looking for her brother to take Xu Xuan away from the Snake-Catching Village.
After leaving the Snake-Catching Village, Bai Suzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xuan asked, noticing Bai Suzhen's pale face.
He didn't realize how much of a shock the situation in the Snake-Catching Village was to Bai Suzhen, or rather, the Protagonist subconsciously overlooked the fact that Bai Suzhen was a snake.
"Why do the people in your village eat snakes?" Bai Suzhen asked in a slightly cold voice.
"Raising and eating snakes is normal. The village owes its good life to this. In fact, I taught the villagers how to raise and eat snakes. Otherwise, how could our Snake-Catching Village be so prosperous?"
Ling Yi, who was hidden in mid-air, stumbled and almost fell from the sky.
"That idiot messed up!"
Sure enough, upon hearing Xu Xuan's words, Bai Suzhen looked at him with disbelief and asked coldly, "What did you say?"
"Uh, I..." Xu Xuan finally realized something was wrong.
He cursed himself inwardly for being an idiot. How could he have boasted about his snake-raising and snake-eating skills in front of a snake?
This is Bai Suzhen; if it were a different person, or rather a different snake, it would probably have eaten him whole.
But then something terrible happened: Bai Suzhen's Affection plummeted, dropping to -30 points in the blink of an eye.
"Damn it, this mission is ruined. What should I do?" Xu Xuan was secretly anxious, but he couldn't come up with a good solution for the moment.
The atmosphere between the two became awkward again.
Ling Yi was overjoyed. This time, the Protagonist had completely ruined himself; he deserved a round of applause.
Just then, a figure appeared in front of the two, accompanied by a hoarse and unpleasant laugh.
"Hehehe, White Snake, I've waited Wu Bai. Heaven has been kind to me, finally allowing me to see you again."
"If I devour you today, Five Elements Origin my creation will be complete except for the Wood Snake."
"Holy crap, Ming Shi?" Xu Xuan exclaimed, but then a look of delight appeared on his face. Wasn't this the perfect opportunity to Affection?
In any case, I'm going to die eventually in this storyline, so it seems like it's time to unleash my Emperor Grade acting skills.
What he didn't know was that not only Ling Yi and the Ming Shi saw the look of surprise on his face, but Bai Suzhen also saw it.
In his excitement, Xu Xuan was unaware that Bai Suzhen's Affection towards him had plummeted again, reaching its lowest point of -100.
" Bai Suzhen is my friend, and I will never allow you to hurt her." Xu Xuan stood in front of Bai Suzhen, his arms outstretched.
In the past, Bai Suzhen would have pulled Xu Xuan behind her and protected Xu Xuan instead. But now, Bai Suzhen felt that Xu Xuan's words and actions were so exaggerated and fake.
Therefore, Bai Suzhen did not make any move.
The Ming Shi chuckled Taunt, "Kid, since you want to be a hero and save the damsel in distress, then I'll grant your wish."
Then, the Ming Shi exhaled a breath of cold air, and the poor Xu Xuan instantly turned into an ice sculpture, his consciousness subsequently dissipating.
The Protagonist, whose consciousness had returned to Xu Xian, looked at the system's task prompt and couldn't help but let out a wail.
"Holy crap, what happened? Bai Suzhen's Affection towards me has dropped to its lowest level?"
"System, come out and explain yourself."
"Ding, host, please find the reason yourself. In addition, this system feels that the host is too foolish and is considering whether to leave the current host and find a next host."
"What? Are you kidding me?"
"Ding! This system is serious. It is generating the ultimate storyline mission. If the host can complete it, the system will automatically upgrade and update some functions. If the host fails, the system will automatically unbind."
"Hey, it's not that serious, is it?"
"Ding! Bai Suzhen's Affection is the core of the storyline mission. The relationship between Bai Suzhen and the host has now reached an irreparable point. Either the host completes the mission and the system updates its functions, or this system will sever its bond with the host and find a new host."
"... Tell me, what is the ultimate mission?"
"Ding! The host will transform into Pangu, return to the time before the Witch-Demon Calamity, alter the original course of Primordial World Primordial World Heavenly Dao. The system will automatically generate a scoring system with a maximum score of 100. Achieving 60 points will complete the mission."
"Uh, Pangu? The Witch-Demon Calamity? What should I do?"
"Ding, please explore on your own. Teleport is about to begin. Please prepare yourself..."
Let's go back 1,200 years.
At this moment, Bai Suzhen is confronting the Ming Shi.
The Ming Shi's strength was naturally far greater than that of Bai Suzhen, who had just transformed. After quickly eliminating the troublesome Xu Xuan, in order to prevent any unforeseen complications, the Ming Shi directly transformed into his true form, a giant brown snake that was a hundred meters long and as thick as a water vat.
The giant snake Roar and charged straight at Bai Suzhen.
Bai Suzhen had never Combat before and had no experience whatsoever. In her panic, she remembered the Parasitic Seed Ling Yi had given her, and quickly took one out of her small pouch at her waist and crushed it.
The next moment, a huge shield covered with black scales appeared in front of Bai Suzhen. After the shield landed, countless root-like patterns automatically spread out from below, quickly penetrating the ground and firmly fixing the shield in place.
"Bang!"
The Ming Shi slammed headfirst into the shield. The immense impact made the shield tremble and cracks appear in the Daodao, but it successfully blocked the Ming Shi's attack.
The Ming Shi let out a miserable howl as half of his body was thrown into the air by the Great Strength the rebound, swaying unsteadily in the air like a drunkard.
Bai Suzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and her initial fear lessened considerably.
"The treasure my brother gave me is truly amazing," Bai Suzhen exclaimed in delight.
She rummaged through her bag and took out another Parasitic Seed. After crushing it, the Parasitic Seed quickly grew larger and then wrapped around Bai Suzhen. In an instant, Bai Suzhen was covered in a set of jet-black armor.
Then, Bai Suzhen took out another Parasitic Seed, which this time transformed into a jet-black longsword.
By this time, the Ming Shi had come to his senses. He stared at the shield below with an incredulous look, then licked his lips, revealing a greedy glint in his eyes.
"Such a treasure is surely destined for me, the Ming Shi."
He immediately saw the shield's weakness: it couldn't be moved. His massive body bypassed the shield, preparing to launch another attack on Bai Suzhen.
Upon seeing Bai Suzhen's current appearance, the Ming Shi was taken aback.
"You White Snake, where did you get so many magical treasures?"
"My brother gave it to you, don't you have a brother?" This statement made no sense at all, leaving the Ming Shi speechless.
"Who is your brother?" the Ming Snake asked, frowning.
"You're my brother, your question is really strange."
I'm asking you who your brother is.
"I already said, my brother is my brother!"
Since they were talking at cross purposes, the Ming Shi stopped wasting words and launched another attack.
Bai Suzhen knew, of course, that the Ming Snake was asking about Ling Yi's name, but she didn't want to cause Ling Yi any trouble, so she pretended to be stupid.
The Ming Shi roared, and the next moment, an Earth Wall rose from the ground, instantly knocking the unsuspecting Bai Suzhen flying backward, screaming in the air.
Then the Ming Shi rushed forward, wrapped his body around Bai Suzhen, and trapped her.
A flash of earthy brown light appeared on his body, as if he intended to use his own strength to crush Bai Suzhen to death.
"Ah, help! Brother, where are you? Your sister is dying!" Bai Suzhen had never seen anything like this before, and she screamed incoherently.
"Huh? Why doesn't it hurt at all?"
"You stinky snake, didn't you use enough force?"
The Ming Shi: "..."
As expected, the White Snake was full of treasures. He was Great Demon who was about to become an immortal, yet he couldn't even break through the opponent's armor defense, which showed just how powerful the armor was.
Just then, the Ming Shi suddenly screamed and threw Bai Suzhen away.
It turned out that Bai Suzhen had used her black sword to pierce directly into the snake's body of the Ming Shi, creating a huge wound in Ming Shi.
Bai Suzhen was caught off guard and thrown out, but the black sword ended up embedded in the body of the Ming Shi.
Then, a bizarre scene unfolded.
The black sword softened on its own and burrowed into the Ming Shi's snake body through the wound.
Next, the Ming Shi let out a shrill scream and fell from the sky, his massive body convulsing on the ground as if in a seizure.
The surrounding trees, soil, and rocks were left in a mess after being struck by the Ming Shi's body.
One scream after another came from the Ming Shi's mouth, making Bai Suzhen had just stood up, tremble all over.
After a full ten minutes, the Ming Snake finally became still.
Bai Suzhen cautiously approached, wanting to see if the Ming Shi was dead.
At this moment, the Ming Shi's head suddenly moved, his blood-red eyes fixed on Bai Suzhen.
Roar angrily, "Who exactly is your brother?"
"Brother is brother, why are you still asking?" Bai Suzhen was startled, but thanks to the armor she was wearing, she was no longer as afraid as before.
"Ugh, damn it, pfft!"
The Ming Shi spat out a mouthful of blood, roared to the sky, and then collapsed, completely still.