X-Dragon Era

Hearing Xin Yun's voice, Po Kong reluctantly looked up, gently rubbing the Treasure Sword in his hand, and glanced at the Red Gourd in Xin Yun's hand before saying, "That's the Ninety-Nine Red Gourd, containing eighty-one refined gourd seeds within. Once activated, it can shoot the eighty-one gourd seeds consecutively for a barrage attack on the enemy!" Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire

"Damn!" Exclaimed Xin Yun upon hearing this. This was essentially the equivalent of a machine gun from the dragon era. The only unknown was its power, which, if strong enough, might make it quite useful in battle.

While musing, Po Kong seemed to finally snap back to reality, understanding that he had to satisfy Xin Yun if he wanted to obtain the four Treasure Swords. Contemplating this... Po Kong energetically began to pitch the virtues of his magical treasure, this Red Gourd, which indeed had quite a background...

With a decisive wave of his hand, Po Kong declared, "You shouldn't underestimate this Red Gourd; it was plucked from a vine growing on Mount Buzhou, from an Innate Spirit Root. There are only seven in the entire world."

At this point, Po Kong paused for a moment before continuing, "Although it's not an Innate object, rather a fruit of the Innate Spirit Root, its power is incredibly formidable. It is a Post-Innate Spiritual Treasure that, once refined, will certainly possess immense power!"

"Mount Buzhou? Innate Spirit Root? Gourd vine? Only seven?" As he listened to Po Kong's explanation, Xin Yun's eyes gradually brightened with recognition. This was all sounding very familiar. It couldn't possibly be that one, could it!

Swallowing hard, Xin Yun asked apprehensively, "For real? There are only seven? I just wonder... what colors are the other six gourds?"

Hearing Xin Yun's question, Po Kong looked at him with a hint of surprise before answering, "The Innate Spirit Root bore seven gourds in total, with the colors being red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. This red gourd is the first that appeared and the most mature one; it is the leader among the seven gourds!"

"Sss..." Xin Yun couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. There was no mistake... this was indeed the one, the legendary treasure from the myths that he never expected to see with his own eyes!

The gourd vine was truly an Innate Spirit Root that bore seven gourds. The very topmost and earliest matured one was this Red Gourd. Later, it was acquired by the Daoist Red Cloud and refined into the Ninety-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Scattering Gourd. Xin Yun suspected it should be considered among the elite Post-Innate treasures. After all, Red Cloud was a Quasi-Saint and had been bestowed with the Hongmeng Purple Qi, even holding the potential for sainthood. How could the magical treasure of such a formidable figure be weak?

Regrettably, Red Cloud Ancestor was rather unlucky, having been secretly plotted against, which caused his fame to remain obscured. Consequently, the Ninety-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Scattering Gourd also fell into obscurity, not because it lacked power but because it never had the chance to be revealed to the world.

Looking at the gourd in his hand, Xin Yun felt utterly confused. Could it be... that Red Cloud Ancestor never made an appearance? How did the Red Gourd end up with Po Kong, and now in his own hands? What exactly was going on, a butterfly effect?

The fame of this gourd vine was indeed resonant. Out of the seven gourds, Xin Yun knew of several; one had been taken by Taishang Laojun who turned it into the Purple Gold Gourd for storing elixirs and capturing people. By simply opening the gourd and calling out the opponent's name, if they responded, they would be sucked into the gourd and turned into a bloody liquid in a matter of moments.

The second gourd became Lu Ya's Demon-slaying Flying Knife. Within the gourd was a beam of light stretching three zhang high. Upon invoking it and requesting "Precious treasure, turn around," the object would spin in midair and behead the enemy.

The third gourd was Red Cloud's very own Ninety-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd. Its details were scarce due to Red Cloud's premature death, but as the treasure of a potential saint like Red Cloud Ancestor, its strength would be nothing less than formidable.

The fourth gourd was taken by Goddess Nuwa and placed in her palace, where it summoned demons and spirits from all over. Using this very gourd, Goddess Nuwa summoned the Thousand-Year Fox Spirit, the Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit, and the Jade Pipa Spirit, destroying the six hundred years of the Shang Dynasty's foundation.

Not just the seven gourds were powerful, even the vine itself was extraordinary. Goddess Nuwa used this Innate Spirit Root to create humans, so all the people born from it bore resemblance to the gourd, especially noticeable in women.

Afterward, having absorbed the merit of creating humans, the vine was refined by Goddess Nuwa into the Demon-Binding Rope, extraordinarily potent. Once bound by it, all power was lost, leaving one at the mercy of others.

As for the remaining three gourds, they assuredly were also taken, but who took them and what treasures they were turned into, Xin Yun had no idea.

As Xin Yun contemplated, he sighed deeply. It was regrettable that this gourd didn't end up in Red Cloud's hands and thus wasn't turned into the Ninety-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Scattering Gourd. Currently, it was merely a Red Gourd that had its basic powers developed, just an embryo of an ordinary Post-Innate Spiritual Treasure, and its future power was dependent on the means used to refine it.

Of course, besides the refining process, the age and maturity of the gourd also mattered greatly. The Red Gourd was the strongest while the Purple Gourd was the weakest. Even when personally refined by a saint, only the Purple Gold Gourd with quite limited powers was produced, classifying it as a weaker Post-Innate Spiritual Treasure, mainly suitable for storing elixirs. When used against enemies, Golden Immortals or anyone above could easily ignore it.