X-Dragon Era

If the refining process was done correctly, even becoming an Innate Supreme Treasure was not an impossibility. The mere thought of it excited Xin Yun to the point of not knowing what to do. Choices like this were in fact quite scarce. Among the better-known examples was the Seven-Leaf Plantain from the Plantain Tree, which was similar to the location of the Red Gourd. There was also the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree in the hands of Saint Zhun Ti, which was actually an Innate Spirit Root, a branch of the Bodhi Tree, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the Red Gourd! Regrettably, none of the seven leaves of that Plantain Tree survived to maturity; they were picked by someone before they could. The most mature leaf was only refined into the Plantain Fan, the one in the hands of Princess Iron Fan, which was deemed unworthy by saints and ended up with Minghe Old Ancestor. However, although they are of the same type, Xin Yun knew that the Red Gourd was the strongest. You must understand… the Plantain Fan was just a leaf, and the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree was just a branch, but this Red Gourd was a condensed fruit! It was the life inheritance of the gourd vine, carrying a completely different significance. When compared, among the many Innate Spirit Roots, only the fruit of the Red Gourd could be refined into a treasure. That's equivalent to being the extension, or the legacy, of an Innate Spirit Root – the true inheritor. As for the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, it's just an arm of an Innate Spirit Root, not even remotely comparable to its descendants. Searching throughout the Primordial World, there is no stronger postnatal Spiritual Treasure Embryo than the Red Gourd. Take the Ginseng Fruit of Zhenyuan Great Immortal, for instance; you surely wouldn't make a Ginseng Fruit into a treasure, right? And simply chopping off a branch of the Ginseng Fruit tree, while it can be made into a treasure, is ultimately a level lower. Saint Zhun Ti achieved enlightenment through the Innate Spirit Root Bodhi Tree, and in fact, Bodhi is just grapes, which cannot become treasures. Hence, he could only refine a Companion Spirit Treasure using a random branch. Similar examples include Taishang Laojun's Supreme Bamboo Cane and Leader of Tongtian's Green Sword - both are Companion Spirit Treasures. That Supreme Bamboo Cane is likely refined from a branch of some Innate Spirit Root, sharing the same status as the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree. However, such choices do have advantages. Since they are branches taken from Innate Spirit Roots, and Innate Spirit Roots are born from chaos and grow within it, they are naturally Innate Spiritual Treasures. Although the Red Gourd is strong, it is still a postnatal object and is one level lower in rank. But with the Chaos Cauldron, nothing is a problem. Just send the Red Gourd into the Chaos Cauldron, let it absorb the chaos Qi, and reflect it to the Innate, then the Red Gourd will become an Innate object. Among the seven gourds, Nuwa's Gold Gourd and Lu Ya's Orange Gourd have already been reflected to the Innate. For other treasures, this would be extremely difficult, with a 99% chance of failure, but these three gourds are different – they are mere Spiritual Treasure Embryos. With Nuwa Saint's power, reflecting to the Innate is not a problem at all, and there's a 99% chance of success. Because they were reflected to become Innate objects, both treasures are considered Innate Spiritual Treasures. Then, due to the different Powers of Laws contained within the two gourds, they birthed different functions. Within the Orange Gourd lay the Innate Celestial Spirit of a gourd child, able to fix a person's cinnabar field. That is to say, the treasure summoned by the "Please Out" invitation method of the Immortal-slaying Flying Knife – once the treasure is begged to turn around, it can wield the Power of Laws and decapitate the enemy, obliterating even the Divine Soul! As for the content of Nuwa's Gold Gourd, it is unknown. It can gather the demons of the world, exceedingly powerful; however, it seems to have no other uses. Among the seven gourds, the Red Gourd was the first to ripen. When it was picked, it had matured completely. The Orange Gourd was only about eighty to ninety percent ripe, and the Gold Gourd was at seventy to eighty percent maturity. The later the color sequence, the lower the degree of ripeness. This gourd, like a baby, if picked before its time, would be inherently deficient. Once inherently insufficient, intellectual deficits are very likely to occur. The Immortal-slaying Flying Knife could still summon a treasure, but by the time it came to the Gathering Demons Gourd, it was no longer viable. By the time of the Purple Gold Gourd, it could only mimic like a parrot. It had no greater intelligence than a parrot and would simply capture anything that someone else learned. The Red Gourd, on the other hand, ripened naturally to Innate Perfection, flawless in every aspect with immense developmental potential. Once reflected to the Innate, it could absolutely communicate and think like a normal person. However, a treasure is still a treasure after all, devoid of consciousness. Although it can think, like a computer, it could not possibly have creative thought. (To be continued. If you wish to know what happens next, please log in to www.qidian.com. More chapters are available; support the author, support genuine reading!)