"I didn't realize it was already this late," Song Shuhang said. He had originally planned to take Onion Lady to her birthplace today and quickly retrieve the hidden treasure there. Then, if it was still early, he could make a trip back to Wenzhou City to see his parents. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, after all.
Unfortunately, man proposes, but heaven disposes.
By the time they emerged from the barrier on the summit, the stars and moon hung overhead, and the night was already deep.
"By the way, Sixteen, Shi, are you going home for the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Song Shuhang asked.
Su Clan's Sixteen shook her head. "Cultivators have extremely long lifespans. We don't necessarily celebrate every little festival ordinary people observe each year."
Shi said, "It's the same for me."
"That makes sense," Song Shuhang said.
Then he turned to look at the Merit Snake Beauty... or rather, the Scarlet Heaven Sword inside her belly.
Thinking of Onion Lady had reminded him of a question.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Scarlet Heaven Sword, what exactly is that red crystal we dug up beneath Onion Lady's roots used for?" Song Shuhang asked.
Song Shuhang had now stored that crystal in the Core World.
It was so hot that no one but Onion Lady could approach it, not even Song Shuhang.
Onion Lady was still in the Core World, lying on the scarlet crystal and refusing to get off.
"Oh, you mean that scarlet crystal. That's a fortuitous gift Master Scarlet Firmament left for little Onion Lady. It can let her shed her old self and be reborn, developing a special constitution—a [monster body]," the Scarlet Heaven Sword replied.
Song Shuhang had heard Soft Feather mention special constitutions before.
After reaching the second-grade realm, cultivators who encountered extraordinary opportunities and great