Fu Qin slowly opened his eyes, feeling the surging spirit power within his body, a satisfied smile curling at the corners of his mouth.
The external Spirit Bone in his right palm had not attracted the attention of Tang San or Yu Xiaogang during the fusion.
Furthermore,
The effect of this spirit ring far exceeded his expectations, directly boosting his spirit power to level fifteen.
"Success!" A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face, his heart exceptionally moved.
"A 400-year mutated spirit ring, and the absorption was actually successful! Fu Qin, you truly are a genius!"
He became even more determined in his heart to take Fu Qin as his second disciple.
Tang San was also somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected Fu Qin's talent to be so high.
A 400-year spirit ring is something even some attack system Spirit Masters might not necessarily absorb smoothly, yet Fu Qin, a support system Spirit Master, had actually done it, and he seemed to have done so quite easily.
[Tang San's Thoughts: Fu Qin's talent is even better than I imagined. I must take him in as a little brother; he will definitely be my capable assistant in the future!]
[Favorability toward Fu Qin +5 (82), Possessiveness +10]
"Fu Qin, congratulations!"
Tang San stepped forward and patted his shoulder, his tone carrying a hint of admiration. "I didn't expect you to be so impressive; you didn't let me down."
"It's all thanks to Little San-ge and Grandpa Grandmaster!"
Fu Qin said modestly, that same well-behaved smile still on his face.
However, when he saw the words 'Possessiveness +10' appearing on the panel above Tang San's head, he only felt a wave of revulsion in his heart.
"Holy crap, could Tang San have developed some messed-up fetish after his Rebirth!"
Over the next five days, the three of them continued to search for a Datura Snake in the Hunting Soul Forest.
Tang San found it very strange; he had searched all the areas where the Datura Snake used to appear in his past life, but he still hadn't seen a trace of one.
"What's going on? Logically, the Datura Snake should be appearing around here."
At this moment, he also frowned, a bad premonition rising in his heart.
Could it be that because of his and Fu Qin's appearance, the plot had deviated?
Fu Qin, however, knew very well in his heart that this was all the effect of God-level Luck.
His luck was so strong that it overshadowed Tang San's, which allowed him to encounter a top-grade mutated spirit ring and inadvertently changed the Datura Snake's movements.
This prevented Tang San from encountering that Datura Snake no matter what.
On the sixth day, just as the three were about to give up, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes ahead.
"There's movement!"
Tang San immediately became alert. His Purple Demon Eye activated, and he vaguely saw an emerald-green "Datura Snake" coiled around an ancient tree; the patterns on its body were almost indistinguishable from a Datura Snake's.
[Spirit Beast: Snake Vine Flower]
[Age: 250 years]
[Attributes: Binding + Camouflage]
[spirit ring Effect: Unlocks basic Binding Spirit Ability, average toughness, no toxin]
[Quality: Ordinary (Camouflaged as a Datura Snake, but is actually a plant-system Spirit Beast)]
[Current State: Camouflaged Hunting]
Fu Qin's panel clearly displayed the information of this Spirit Beast, but Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were misled by the Intelligence Reduction Halo.
[Intelligence Reduction Halo in effect, Tang San determines 'this is a century-old Datura Snake (380 years)']
[Yu Xiaogang determines 'Finally found it! This Datura Snake's age is just right for Tang San!']
"It's a Datura Snake!"
A look of wild joy appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face.
"Little San, that's the one! This Datura Snake is over three hundred years old and of excellent quality, just right for you!"
A flash of excitement also crossed Tang San's eyes; he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Without thinking twice, his figure flashed as he charged directly toward the "Datura Snake."
Having returned through Rebirth, his strength was much greater than it had been during the same period in his past life; dealing with a century-old Datura Snake was as easy as turning over his hand.
"Blue Silver Grass, Binding!"
Tang San gave a low shout, and several strands of Blue Silver Grass instantly flew out, Binding the Snake Vine Flower's body.
The Snake Vine Flower thrashed in pain, trying to struggle, but Tang San's control over the Blue Silver Grass was extremely strong; it simply couldn't break free in a short amount of time.
Tang San took the opportunity to step forward, the Black Iron Dagger in his hand stabbing directly toward the Snake Vine Flower's seven-inch vital spot.
Puchi!
The dagger hit with precision, and after a few twitches, the Snake Vine Flower stopped moving.
"Done!"
Tang San put away the dagger, a smug smile appearing on his face.
He turned to look at Fu Qin and Yu Xiaogang, wanting to receive their praise.
Yu Xiaogang walked forward and carefully examined the Snake Vine Flower's corpse, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.
"That's not right. A Datura Snake's scales should be harder, and where is its venom sac?"
However, because Tang San looked down on Yu Xiaogang from the bottom of his heart after his Rebirth, he simply didn't pay any attention to his words.
Seeing a pale yellow spirit ring already floating out from the Snake Vine Flower's corpse, a smug smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
He was already at level ten spirit power and had to absorb a spirit ring to break through as soon as possible, otherwise it would affect his subsequent cultivation.
"Century Datura Snake spirit ring, I, Tang San, have returned!"
Tang San gritted his teeth, sat down cross-legged, and reached out toward the spirit ring.
Yu Xiaogang wanted to say something more, but seeing that Tang San had already begun to absorb the spirit ring, he could only let it go.
Although he was somewhat suspicious, he didn't think too much of it, assuming this Datura Snake just had a special constitution.
Fu Qin stood to the side, suppressing his laughter.
His eyes put on a look of admiration.
"Wow!! Little San, you're so amazing! This is a century-old Datura Snake! A Datura Snake comparable to a millennium Spirit Beast!"
Hearing Fu Qin's praise, the pride in Tang San's heart surged directly to its peak.
Look at that, now this is a qualified little brother.
He doesn't need to know too much; he just needs to know that his boss is very strong, and as long as he follows the boss closely, he'll be well off.
Fu Qin's actions caused Tang San to absorb the Snake Vine Flower's century-old spirit ring even more rapidly.
Fu Qin thought to himself that the effect of the Intelligence Reduction Halo was indeed powerful; even Tang San, a God King who had returned to cultivate again, was fooled.
Although this Snake Vine Flower's spirit ring was also at the century level, its quality was far inferior to a real Datura Snake's spirit ring, and the power of the Spirit Ability after fusion would naturally be greatly reduced.
An hour later.
Tang San finished absorbing the spirit ring. He slowly opened his eyes, feeling the spirit power within his body.
But he was quickly dumbfounded.
Because after absorbing this "300-year Datura Snake spirit ring," his spirit power had only risen to level twelve, quite a bit short of the level thirteen peak from his past life.
Moreover, when he absorbed this spirit ring in his past life, the pain was so intense that his life flashed before his eyes and he almost died, but now he hadn't felt that kind of agony at all.
And most importantly, he could feel that his Blue Silver Grass Spirit had almost no changes.
In his past life, after absorbing the first spirit ring, not only did his Spirit's toughness increase significantly, but it also added the Datura Snake's paralysis toxin to his Spirit.
But what about now?
Not only had it not inherited any toxin, but even the Spirit's toughness hadn't changed in the slightest!
This wasn't scientific!