Xiao Cai said, "Could some of Onion Lady's roots be buried in here? I heard that when plant spirits cultivate into demons and break through the soil, they sometimes leave some roots behind. That's why most plant Demon Cultivators build their abodes where they first took root."
Onion Lady shook her head. "None of my roots stayed underground. I'm sure of that."
"Then is it some treasure Daoist Scarlet Firmament left for Onion Lady?" Shi asked. "Like an ancient pill that could raise you five or six realms in one go?"
"What kind of pill like that could exist? Even if it did, anyone who took it would only die," Su Clan's Sixteen said.
Cultivators across the Myriad Heavens and Realms faced a Heavenly Tribulation with every advancement. If a pill truly raised someone five or six realms at once, they would have no time to consolidate their cultivation, learn new skills, or set up a Tribulation-Transcending Formation. Death and the destruction of their path would be their only end.
"Dig it up and we'll see. Onion Lady, you do it. Daoist Scarlet Firmament left it for you, after all," Song Shuhang said.
Daoist Scarlet Firmament had taught Song Shuhang. For that reason alone, Shuhang would never snatch the treasure he had left Onion Lady.
Onion Lady took a deep breath, then swelled from a tiny green onion into a sprout as tall as a person. She still showed no intention of taking human form.
She struck the ground with her hand, leaving a pit. Inside it, a crimson piece of jade gleamed.
"What's that?" Shi leaned toward the jade, but had barely approached when a wave of heat rushed into her face. Her true qi erupted on its own, forming a protective barrier, and she darted back just in