Afterwards

Why did it explode? What a tragedy!

Song Shuhang sighed and activated the 'Armor Talisman' in his hand as quickly as possible, feeling a pang of heartache.

This is the last Armor Talisman! Once he uses it, it means he'll lose a means of survival for a long time to come!

Once the Armor Talisman was activated, the energy within Talisman Treasure transformed into defense, enveloping Song Shuhang and providing comprehensive protection.

Boom!

The meteorite's core exploded, spewing out high-temperature flames that enveloped and engulfed Song Shuhang.

At the same time, the explosion sent countless meteorite fragments flying towards Song Shuhang like bullets!

Clang, clang... The defensive light barrier of the Armor Talisman shook repeatedly, and ripples like 'water whirlpools' were even created on it.

Song Shuhang's expression changed, and he exerted force with his feet to quickly retreat from the center of the explosion— the Armor Talisman's defense was strong enough to withstand a full-force attack from a cultivator below the Third-Grade, yet it was weakened by the impact!

These meteorite fragments, propelled by the explosive force, each possess an attack power approaching that of Third-Grade Cultivator's ordinary attack!

Song Shuhang swallowed hard, thankful that he had blasted the meteorite open on a deserted terraced hillside... If he had blasted it open in his own home, his Dad Song would have been crying in the bathroom and preparing to move to a new house!

Sizzle! The meteorites, still trailing flames, continued to hurtle, with many fragments hitting the tractor parked nearby.

Meanwhile, the 'Reinforced Vehicle Body Formation' formation that Venerable White had attached to the tractor finally ran out of spiritual power due to the continuous turmoil.

The tractor was instantly riddled with holes by meteorite fragments. At the same time, the high-temperature flames attached to the meteorite ignited the tractor.

With a loud 'boom,' this awesome tractor, capable of speeds of 150 miles per hour, after experiencing thrills that no other tractor could ever imagine, finally completed its short but spectacular life.

Even in death, it contributed all its energy, radiating its last light and heat!

A series of explosions!

"Does it have to be this exciting?" Song Shuhang smiled wryly, while simultaneously pushing his <Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles> footwork to its limit. Taking advantage of the fact that the 'Armor Talisman' on his body had not yet been broken, he fled the scene of the double explosion of the meteorite and the tractor at top speed.

After a long while...

The aftershocks of the explosion finally subsided.

Song Shuhang checked the Armor Talisman on his body; its power had dwindled to a mere thin layer...

"How terrifying! Without the Armor Talisman, I'd be half dead, if not dead," Song Shuhang thought to himself.

After confirming that the explosion had ended, Shuhang gently leaped back to the scene.

The original location of the meteorite is now just a deep crater.

The tractor was completely destroyed, leaving only a blackened lump of steel debris. The A4-sized talismans that Venerable White had pasted on the tractor, having exhausted their spiritual power, had transformed into ordinary paper and were completely burned in the flames.

"Tsk tsk, now we don't even need to trouble Senior Brother Zhou."

The tractor is completely totaled from the explosion; all that's left is to hire someone to clean up the wreckage.

Then, Song Shuhang went to the crater where the meteorite had exploded.

Why would a meteorite suddenly explode? Even if the remaining sword energy of Venerable White and Daoist Cloudmist Mist were clashing inside the meteorite, it couldn't possibly turn into a bomb, right?

Unless something inside the meteorite was activated and reacted with the sword energy, this explosion would not have occurred.

Song Shuhang looked into the pit and, sure enough, saw something.

It was a fist-sized, dark gemstone, yet as lustrous as a diamond. Surprisingly, during the violent explosion of the meteorite, this fist-sized gemstone wasn't blasted away; instead, it remained in the very center of the crater.

"There really is something!" He lightly leaped into the pit, then cautiously extended his finger to probe the gem.

A cool sensation ran through my fingertips; the violent explosion hadn't even raised the gem's temperature by an inch.

"Before the meteorite struck Daoist Cloudmist, it was still burning fiercely, but when I went over to move it, the flames quickly went out, and the entire meteorite became ice-cold. So it was all because of this black stone," Song Shuhang thought to himself.

This thing is definitely a treasure.

It might even be the "Enlightenment Stone" that "Venerable White" mentioned a few days ago!

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At this moment, more than a thousand meters away from the meteorite explosion site, a slender figure stopped and looked in this direction.

The figure had long green hair tied into cute pigtails. She wore a light blue cheongsam, which accentuated her slender yet voluptuous figure.

Her name is 'Onion Lady', and she is an Onion Spirit with three hundred years of cultivation!

Three hundred years of cultivation? Are you scared?

But... when talking about these three hundred years of experiences, Onion Lady can't help but burst into tears.

Three hundred years ago, she was just an ordinary wild scallion, fortunate enough to take root in a naturally occurring Spirit Spring. Day after day, year after year, she suddenly became an Onion Spirit.

To be honest, she had absolutely no idea why she had become a spirit.

But so what if she's become a spirit? As an adorable Onion Spirit, she'll live happily ever after!

True to her word, she lived a carefree life alone in the deep mountains and forests for more than a decade.

Until one day... a Monster Organization called "All Monsters in the World Unite as One Family" approached the Onion Spirit and gave her the name "Onion Lady".

Then, this Monster Organization also taught Onion Lady a set of 'two hundred skills that fairies must have to survive tenaciously'.

Those two hundred skills were so numerous and varied that they were dazzling.

Among them are 'Divine Stealing Technique', 'How to Successfully Team Up to Rob Human Cultivators', ' Five Hundred Ways to Surrender When You Can't Beat a Human Cultivator', and 'The Alluring Seduction Technique of a Beautiful Banshee'.

There are also various skills such as "How a female demon successfully transforms into the male master's mistress and engages in palace intrigue with the male master's Daoist partner in thirteen ways" and "How a male demon wins the female master's favor and kicks out the female master's Daoist partner to successfully take the throne in seventy-two ways!"

Thinking back on those 'two hundred skills,' Onion Lady feels like crying—but back then, she naively thought those 'two hundred skills' were really great skills, and she studied them very diligently.

Until one day, Onion Lady felt she had "mastered her skills and descended the mountain" to find a human cultivator to test her two hundred abilities.

Three hundred years ago, the atmosphere in the China Cultivation World was somewhat strange. Most human cultivators hid their tracks, and it was difficult to see them in the mortal world—it seemed that some great change had occurred in the human Cultivation World?

But Onion Lady didn't give up and kept searching!

Hard work pays off!

Finally, one day, Onion Lady found a human Buddhist Sect monk.

He was a very handsome monk, his Dharma name Jiudeng. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a shiny forehead, was tall and thin, and had large pectoral muscles.

Onion Lady was overjoyed to have finally encountered a human cultivator.

So she began to use all her life's skills on the Monk Jiudeng!

Let's briefly describe what happened:

First, Onion Lady used the 'Divine Stealing Technique' on Monk Jiudeng —the skill was successfully executed, and she obtained a scroll of the 'Buddhist Sect Lion's Roar Technique'.

After being attacked by the skill, Monk Jiudeng immediately launched a counterattack, unleashing various Buddhist Sect techniques that Onion Lady had never heard of before, and which were extremely powerful!

Onion Lady was shocked and began to use her skill—How to Successfully Form a Team to Rob Human Cultivators!

However, the skill failed to be used because there were no teammates!

Onion Lady was terrified, so she immediately switched to a different skill— Five Hundred Ways to Surrender When You Can't Defeat a Human Cultivator!

Half the battle is won!

Why is it said to be half a success? Because the Monk Jiudeng agreed to her surrender request, but on the condition that he take her back to the Buddhist temple and suppress her for five hundred years.

Five hundred years! After being suppressed for five hundred years, she, a mere Onion Spirit, will surely turn into dried scallions, right? How will she ever have fun again then? No way!

So Onion Lady fought back once again, unleashing her next skill—the alluring seduction technique of the beautiful banshee!

This skill was an unprecedented success!

How successful was it? -- Even now, when Onion Lady thinks back on it, she doesn't know what words to use to describe the effect of this skill.

To sum it up briefly, it can be roughly summarized as follows: After that, Monk Jiudeng had a great time!

Shortly after the skill was used.

Onion Lady sat on the ground, completely bewildered, feeling that there was something wrong with the skill from yesterday—the effect of this skill was different from what the teacher had described.

"Come back to the temple with me," said Monk Jiudeng.

Then, the innocent Onion Lady was taken back to a Buddhist temple by the Monk Jiudeng and imprisoned alone in a pagoda.

And the Monk Jiudeng never appeared again.

During the years she was confined in the pagoda, aside from the lack of freedom, Onion Lady didn't have much resistance.

On ordinary days, only a few young monks would come to bring Onion Lady food and drink. And often, the young monks would come to recite Buddhist scriptures for Onion Lady.

Furthermore, an old monk came and taught her the cultivation methods of the Buddhist Sect practitioners. He also taught her some Cultivation World and various events in Cultivation World.

Thanks to this common sense, Onion Lady realized how ridiculous her "two hundred skills necessary for a fairy to survive" had been.

Onion Lady began diligently practicing Buddhist Sect techniques, her wish being to one day master these divine skills, and then—and then, she would definitely find Monk Jiudeng and give him a good time!

Unfortunately, Onion Lady seems to be inherently incompatible with the Buddhist Sect. The speed at which she cultivates Buddhist Sect techniques is incredibly slow. Nearly three hundred years have passed, and she hasn't even broken through to the First-Grade Mortal Transcendence Realm; she's only just opened her Heart Aperture, Eye Aperture, and Nose Aperture. On average, she only opens one aperture every hundred years.

Onion Lady is going crazy from being locked up...

Just a year ago, Onion Lady was released from the pagoda by an old monk.

Then, she began wandering aimlessly throughout China, trying to find a way to improve her cultivation level. She had a grand goal—to master divine skills!

"There seems to be the aura of treasure at the site of that explosion?" Onion Lady murmured.

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