Before long, Nuwa found a Boundary Tablet in the middle of the island. The two characters Yingzhou were clearly inscribed on it.
"So this is Yingzhou Island, one of the Overseas Three Immortal Islands. Since I've found it, I'll refine it. From now on, it will be my, Nuwa's, Daoist sanctuary."
Nuwa then began refining the Boundary Tablet on Yingzhou Island. She wanted to make it her own as soon as possible and become the true master of this place.
By then, the entrance to Yingzhou Island had also vanished from the East Sea. Even when Qing Xuan passed by, he didn't detect any spatial fluctuations.
After searching for nearly a thousand years without finding anything, Qing Xuan decided to return to Fangzhang Island and take a look. But to his surprise, the entire island was deserted.
He finally summoned Ao Gan and asked him about it. Only then did he learn that Houtu had returned to the Ancestral Witch Hall, while Nuwa had gone looking for him and Fu Xi.
After spending a few more days on Fangzhang Island, Qing Xuan left again. He spread his Spiritual Sense across the entire East Sea, hoping to find Nuwa, but came up empty.
In the end, Qing Xuan left the East Sea and headed toward Buzhou Mountain. He was worried that Nuwa had sensed her opportunity and returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain.
One day, Qing Xuan suddenly saw a great mountain blocking his way. Its peak pierced the clouds, with half of the mountain rising above them.
With a flash, Qing Xuan appeared atop the mountain. The moment he released his Spiritual Sense to investigate, he knew where he was.
"I never expected to stumble upon Wuyi Mountain. Judging by the timeline, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao probably haven't undergone Form Transformation yet."
"I wonder if Luobao Jinqian has taken shape yet. Oh, and there's also that Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree. I've heard it's somewhere in Wuyi Mountain, too."
Having made up his mind, Qing Xuan began searching Wuyi Mountain. Sure enough, no one had claimed it yet or established a Daoist sanctuary there.
However, Qing Xuan couldn't sense even the slightest trace of Luobao Jinqian. Instead, he found a grove of tea trees in a valley.
These tea trees could be considered Innate Spiritual Roots, but at best, they were only middle-grade. They were nowhere near the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree Qing Xuan was looking for.
Of course, that was only true in this era. After the Witch-Demon Calamity, such a Spiritual Root would be exceedingly rare.
So Qing Xuan certainly wasn't going to leave them here to be destroyed during the Witch-Demon Calamity. He unfurled the Folding Fan, intending to collect the tea trees in Wuyi Mountain.
Qing Xuan now understood the Folding Fan in a whole new way. It could not only record important events and scenes, but also take in Innate Spiritual Roots and nurture them inside.
Qing Xuan's main body, the Innate Gourd Vine, was already inside the Folding Fan. Last time, Qing Xuan had clearly felt that the Innate Gourd Vine had blossomed again.
It had produced seven flowers, but their spiritual nature was greatly diminished compared with before. Even when ripe, the gourds would barely reach the level of Houtian Spiritual Treasures.
That was the fate of all Innate Spiritual Roots: their first fruits could reach the innate level, but the second harvest was far inferior to the first.
The same was true of the Huangzhong Plum and the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and even the Peach Tree was no exception. Naturally, the Innate Gourd Vine was no different.
As Qing Xuan unfolded the Folding Fan, countless tea trees flew into it. He had intended for them to take root beside the Gourd Vine, but they instead formed a scene of their own.
Even though Qing Xuan tried to guide them, he couldn't get them onto the same panel as the Innate Gourd Vine. Instead, a new panel appeared.
As more and more tea trees flew into the Folding Fan, the entire valley began to tremble violently. At the same time, a Law Power emerged from within it.
Once it appeared, the Law Power condensed into a sword and slashed straight at Qing Xuan, as if it meant to execute the intruder on the spot.
Qing Xuan instinctively reached for the Hongmeng Liangtian Ruler to block it. But the instant the ruler appeared in his hand, his thoughts changed.
The next moment, Qing Xuan stood motionless, allowing the Law Sword to stab toward him.
As the Law Sword struck Qing Xuan, an unprecedented sense of enlightenment arose in his mind.
The Laws that had once been obscure and difficult to understand now seemed crystal clear. A mere touch of his mind was enough for him to grasp their underlying truths.
In just a moment, Qing Xuan's comprehension of the Laws had risen by more than one level.
As the entire Law Sword sank into Qing Xuan's body, Qing Yun appeared above his head, and the blooming Mountain Flowers began to sway.
At last, the original three-grade Small Leaf began to grow wildly. It eventually became three petals.
With the original nine grades and these three new ones, Qing Xuan's Mountain Flowers had reached twelve grades. The original nine were blue, while the final three were the color of Chaos and blended into Qing Yun.
In other words, unless someone looked closely, they wouldn't be able to tell that Qing Xuan's Three Flowers weren't nine-grade, but twelve-grade.
As his Three Flowers reached Great Perfection Realm, Qing Xuan finally understood which Law he should use to break through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm.
But Qing Xuan didn't rush to break through just then. After all, this wasn't his Daoist sanctuary. Breaking through here could bring about unpredictable consequences.
Qing Xuan withdrew the Qing Yun above his head and slowly opened his eyes. A towering tea tree appeared before him.
The Law Sword just now had been unleashed by this tea tree to drive Qing Xuan away. It hadn't expected him to take the strike head-on.
"So this is fate. I, the Innate Enlightenment Tea, was never meant to live until the day I undergo Form Transformation."
At the sudden sigh, Qing Xuan looked at the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree differently.
"You're the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree, and you've already developed intelligence?" Qing Xuan sounded a little excited.
Although the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree wasn't among the Ten Great Top-grade Innate Spiritual Roots, it was still a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root.
For a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root to develop intelligence was practically defying Heaven. And Qing Xuan knew all too well what came of defying Heaven.
The sight of the Twenty-Four Grade Creation Green Lotus dying beneath Heaven's punishment was still vivid in Qing Xuan's memory. He even wondered whether he could survive that punishment if he underwent Form Transformation as his main body.
That was right: Qing Xuan had undergone Form Transformation using an Outer Incarnation, not his main body. But if he wanted to Prove Dao Hunyuan and become a Great Unity Golden Immortal, he would have to merge with his main body.
Then he would truly undergo Form Transformation as his main body, and Heaven's punishment would follow. Even Qing Xuan didn't dare imagine whether he could survive it.
Now that he had discovered that the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree had developed intelligence, how could Qing Xuan stay calm?
He even worried that what had happened to the Creation Green Lotus might happen again to the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree.
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