Actually, Qing Xuan had another thought: he and Gao Ming Gao Jue from the Investiture of the Gods seemed pretty similar.
Although he now had a Physical Body and could act apart from his main body, his main body was still his lifeline. If no one guarded it, a few Lesser Demons could probably make him vanish without a trace.
But that wasn't what Nuwa was worried about. After all, this was her home, Phoenix Perch Mountain. She had now broken through to the Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm. Who would dare come here and destroy the Innate Gourd Vine?
She was worried about whether the Seven Gourds would still affect Qing Xuan after they ripened. So she asked him directly.
"Little Gourd Vine, now that my gourds are ripe, will you lose your essence because of them?"
Whenever Nuwa called him Little Gourd Vine, Qing Xuan was left speechless. He was only a breath away from telling her, "What do you mean, 'little'?"
But he had no time to argue with Nuwa about that now. Instead, he opened the Folding Fan in his hand and waved it at the Gourd Vine.
In the next instant, the Seven Gourds on the Jianmu Platform flew straight toward Qing Xuan. They had clearly ripened completely under the nourishment of the Creation Power just moments ago.
As the Seven Gourds flew to Qing Xuan and began circling him, a smile finally appeared on Nuwa's face.
Qing Xuan had answered her question through his actions. Now all she had to do was protect his main body until the day he could successfully merge with it.
At that moment, Qing Xuan waved a hand toward Nuwa. The Purple Green Gourd flew over to her.
"Take this gourd. There's a Banner inside that can summon anyone whose name is written on it. But the name has to be written in the summoned person's Essence Blood."
Nuwa shook her head without hesitation. Qing Xuan had worked hard to grow those gourds. She couldn't bring herself to take one from him.
But Qing Xuan smiled and said, "Each of the Seven Gourds contains a complete Law, so each one is a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure."
"But they aren't particularly precious to me. If I want to, I can grow another one in just twelve yuanhui."
As he spoke, Qing Xuan pointed his Folding Fan at the Gourd Vine. Above the Jianmu Platform, where the Purple Green Gourd had hung, a little flower bloomed.
Even so, Nuwa still shook her head. "Then keep that one for yourself. I'll come pick the new one in twelve yuanhui."
How could Nuwa not know that Qing Xuan was trying to comfort her, so she could accept the Purple Green Gourd without feeling guilty?
Though the Gourd Vine could grow new gourds, they could never reach the level of a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
Without enough Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Three Lights Divine Water, the gourds might not even become Innate Treasures. At best, they would be Houtian Spiritual Treasures.
Seeing Nuwa refuse so firmly, Qing Xuan could only sigh. The gourd really was dispensable to him.
Just moments ago, as he condensed his Outer Incarnation, one of the gourds had ripened at the same time. It had supported the Creation Law with the Seven Laws, helping Qing Xuan form his Physical Body.
Thus, the Innate Gourd Vine now contained all Eight Laws in their entirety. The Seven Gourds were merely seven Innate Spiritual Treasures. Even if he gave them all away, his foundation would not be harmed in the slightest.
Fu Xi, who had been standing nearby, spoke up. "Fellow Daoist Qing Xuan, don't insist. Those Seven Gourds are like Companion Spiritual Treasures to you. How could you give them away so lightly?"
Nuwa nodded repeatedly, agreeing with her brother. No matter what, she couldn't accept the gourd.
Since things had come to this, Qing Xuan stopped insisting. He turned the Seven Gourds into pendants for the Folding Fan in his hand.
Only then did Fu Xi take a careful look at the Folding Fan. What he saw left him stunned.
"Fellow Daoist Qing Xuan, has the Spiritual Treasure in your hand reached the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure?"
Hearing Fu Xi's question, Qing Xuan looked at the Folding Fan in his hand. To be honest, he didn't know what grade it was.
After all, the Folding Fan wasn't from the Primordial Wilderness. Qing Xuan had brought it with him when he crossed over. More precisely, he had crossed over because of this fan.
He remembered that one day, on a whim, he had gone to browse the Ghost Market and stumbled upon this Folding Fan.
Its ribs had been made from some unknown kind of bone. Its surface was neither purple nor gauze-like, and it bore no designs.
That was exactly why it had caught Qing Xuan's attention. But the moment he touched it, the world spun around him.
In the last instant before he lost consciousness, Qing Xuan had even seen the Stall Owner selling the fan smile with a wicked gleam at the corner of his mouth.
By the time Qing Xuan regained consciousness, he had become the Innate Gourd Vine. The Folding Fan had remained inside his Nascent Soul, where it had been nourished all along.
Now that Qing Xuan had condensed a Physical Body with the help of Creation Power, his Nascent Soul had naturally attached itself to that body. So the Folding Fan had appeared in his hand as a matter of course.
Hearing Fu Xi ask if the Folding Fan was an Innate Supreme Treasure, Qing Xuan opened it again. He was about to speak when a picture appeared on the formerly blank fan surface.
The picture only occupied one corner of the fan. And it depicted none other than his main body, the Innate Gourd Vine.
Unfortunately, the Folding Fan wasn't a system, so it couldn't explain anything to Qing Xuan. He had no idea what made it special.
He casually handed it to Fu Xi. Since he couldn't figure it out himself, he might as well let Fu Xi examine it and determine its grade.
Fu Xi took the fan and immediately felt it weigh as much as ten thousand jun. It didn't slip from his grasp, but it was extremely difficult to hold.
He hurriedly set it on the stone table and opened it. The table immediately cracked under its weight.
This stunned Fu Xi even more. He quickly activated the Innate Bagua to divine the fan's Karma and history.
But no matter how hard he tried, all he saw was a field of mist. He couldn't make out where the fan came from.
One thing was certain, however: its grade surpassed that of a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Fu Xi couldn't say whether it had reached the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure.
The grades of Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Supreme Treasures were determined by the number of Innate Restrictions they contained.
Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures had nine to eighteen Innate Restrictions. Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures had nineteen to twenty-seven.
High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures had twenty-eight to thirty-six Innate Restrictions. Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures had thirty-seven to forty-five. Innate Supreme Treasures had forty-six to forty-nine.
At fifty Innate Restrictions, a treasure became a Chaos Spiritual Treasure. At eighty-one, it became a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
But now, Fu Xi couldn't sense even a single Innate Restriction. Looking utterly baffled, he said, "If it isn't an Innate Supreme Treasure, how can it conceal the Heavenly Secrets? When Fellow Daoist Qing Xuan held it just now, I couldn't see his foundation—or even his cultivation."
Hearing Fu Xi say this, Qing Xuan thought of a possibility and said inwardly, Could this be my Golden Finger? Does it have the ability to shield me from the Heavenly Dao's perception?
If that's all it can do, my Golden Finger is pretty pathetic. Compared with the system next door, it doesn't even come close.
He thought one thing, but couldn't say it aloud. So Qing Xuan smiled and said, "Perhaps that's what makes a Companion Spiritual Treasure special. As for its grade, it may not be all that high."
Fu Xi couldn't see through it either, so in the end he could only nod. He returned the Folding Fan to Qing Xuan, leaving a fan-shaped mark on the stone table.