"Wait! If you're willing to spare me, I'll return the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner to you!" Kunpeng shouted.
"After killing you, we can still take the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner!" Da Wa said cleverly.
"Then I'll self-destruct. You won't get anything then."
The Calabash Kids hesitated, unable to make up their minds for a moment.
"Father, what should we do?" Da Wa asked Xiao Teng.
"Make him hand over the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner, then let him go."
It was difficult to say whether Kunpeng's self-destruction could destroy the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner, but the Calabash Kids would very likely be injured.
Compared to obtaining the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner, whether Kunpeng lived or died was completely unimportant.
Besides, Xiao Teng remembered that Kunpeng would become the Demon Clan's Demon Master in the future. On top of that, he was an innate being. If they killed him, the Calabash Kids would bear the corresponding karma, and the loss would outweigh the gain.
Thus, Da Wa shouted, "Spit out the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner first, and then we'll let you go."
Kunpeng had no choice but to obediently throw out the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner.
After Da Wa caught the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner, Wu Wa released Kunpeng.
Having regained his freedom, Kunpeng immediately transformed into a streak of light and desperately fled into the distance.
"Just you wait! I, Kunpeng, will avenge this grievance!" Kunpeng's hate-filled voice carried from afar.
Da Wa crossed his arms, his face full of disdain. "Hmph, we'll be waiting. Why would we Calabash Kids fear you? We can defeat you now, and we'll be able to defeat you in the future too!"
The Calabash Kids feared no one's provocation.
Xiao Teng transmitted his voice, "Little Five, I'll leave this Profound Origin Water-Control Banner for you to refine."
The Profound Origin Water-Control Banner was indeed an exceptionally rare treasure. It was impossible for Xiao Teng to say he did not want it. However, this treasure could unleash its greatest power only in Wu Wa's hands.
The other Calabash Kids also chimed in, "That's right, Fifth Brother. You can control water, so no one is more suited to wield the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner than you."
Wu Wa nodded. "Thank you, Father. Thank you, brothers. I'll definitely use it well."
Wu Wa sat cross-legged, holding the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner as he began refining it.
As time passed, a blue radiance gradually emerged from the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner.
Wu Wa suddenly opened his eyes, which brimmed with excitement and delight. He knew that he had completely taken control of the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner.
"Fifth Brother, hurry and test how powerful the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner is!" The other Calabash Kids could not wait to witness its power.
"Alright!"
Wu Wa brought out the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner. With a raised hand, the waters of the North Sea surged upward and swiftly gathered into an enormous water pillar. The pillar shot straight into the clouds, as though it were about to pierce the heavens.
Wu Wa extended his other hand and lightly clasped it upward. The surrounding currents instantly rushed in from all directions toward the center.
The surrounding waters crashed into the pillar, stirring up towering waves.
With the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner's aid, the waters of the North Sea had become a part of his body, moving as he wished.
Yet such earth-shaking commotion naturally alerted the Dragon Clan of the North Sea.
Several massive dragons radiating imposing auras came roaring toward the Calabash Kids, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
Third Baby had a fiery temper and immediately roared, "Fifth Brother, show these fools who don't know their limits what you can do!"
Wu Wa focused all his attention on controlling the water. In the blink of an eye, terrifying water pillars soared into the sky and tightly bound several dragons within them.
The dragons struggled with all their might, their hearts filled with shock and humiliation.
The proud Dragon Clan had actually been trapped by water. If word got out, they would become the laughingstock of the Primordial World!
After trapping the Dragon Clan, the Calabash Kids did not dare linger and swiftly departed from the North Sea.
With their current strength, they were invincible among Taiyi Golden Immortals, but if they encountered a Great Luo Golden Immortal, they would still find it difficult to contend against one.
The gap between a Great Luo Golden Immortal and a Taiyi Golden Immortal was like an impassable chasm, not something that could be easily crossed with a single magical treasure.
After finishing their journey through the North Sea, the Calabash Kids flew eastward.
They planned to take a look east of Mount Buzhou before returning to Mount Buzhou.
Along the way, ferocious beasts at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level appeared from time to time. The Calabash Kids worked together, and with the aid of the Profound Origin Water-Control Banner, they slew those ferocious beasts one after another.
They did not encounter any ferocious beasts at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level. Presumably, beasts of that level had long since been cleared out by Hongjun and the others.
Along the way, they also found quite a few treasures.
In an enormous lake, they found a Water Spirit Pearl. They also found quite a few High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures.
Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures were simply too rare. They had searched nearly half the Primordial World without finding a single one. Such treasures could only be encountered by chance.
By the time they returned to Mount Buzhou, one yuanhui had already passed.
Xiao Teng was filled with worry, for Seventh Gourd had yet to take form.
He had continuously poured all the spiritual power he absorbed into Seventh Gourd's body, yet once the spiritual energy entered Seventh Gourd's body, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, producing no reaction at all.
Xiao Teng asked, "Seventh, why haven't you taken form yet? Could there be a problem with your origin?"
Seventh Gourd answered blankly, "Father, I don't know either."
Xiao Teng decided to investigate Seventh Gourd's condition more closely.
When his consciousness entered Seventh Gourd's body, all he saw was chaos.
Xiao Teng could not help but turn pale in shock. "This is Primal Chaos Qi? Why is there such dense Primal Chaos Qi inside Seventh Gourd's body?"
It was this Primal Chaos Qi that had prevented Seventh Gourd from taking form. If he wanted Seventh Gourd to take form, he had to resolve this Primal Chaos Qi.
But how could Primal Chaos Qi be resolved? Xiao Teng had no idea.
But if Seventh Gourd could not take form, how was he supposed to take form himself?
At this time, friction had already arisen among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans. The Dragon-Han Tribulation was about to begin.
And once the Dragon-Han Tribulation ended, he would face the Calabash Division Tribulation.
Although the Calabashes had basically all taken form, as long as Xiao Teng did not take form, he would likely still be unable to escape it.
No! He absolutely could not sit around and wait for death. He had to make Seventh Gourd take form!
Thus, he gathered the other Calabash Kids and discussed a solution with them.
After much painstaking thought, Xiao Teng finally came up with a method.
Seventh Gourd's inability to take form was not because his true spirit was weak, but because his calabash body was difficult to break open.
If Seventh Gourd's true spirit could be transferred elsewhere and a new physical body remade, perhaps he could take form.
Creating a physical body was not impossible. Since Nuwa could do it, Xiao Teng believed he could as well.
To create life, one had to understand the Great Dao of Creation.
Creating a physical body for a Calabash Kid was not as difficult as creating humans, so Xiao Teng wanted to give it a try.
Xiao Teng took some Xirang Divine Soil from beneath his feet and Three Lights Divine Water from the pool, mixing them together.
Then, following the appearances of the other Calabash Kids, he molded a clay Calabash Kid.
At first, the clay doll he molded looked rather strange. Its eyes were crooked, and its facial features were terribly uneven.
Seeing it, the Calabash Kids beside him could not help covering their mouths and snickering. "Father, what did you make? It's so ugly!"
Xiao Teng looked at his "masterpiece" and laughed awkwardly.
"It's fine. If I fail once, I'll try a few more times. I'll definitely succeed!"
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