Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune: Starting from the Blind Prince

Even with his eyes closed, Zhou Hao Chen could clearly feel the excitement in the Sixth Prince's heart.

Zhou Hao Chen didn't intend to manipulate the Sixth Prince, and without much thought, he agreed to the Sixth Prince's request.

Making friends widely and befriending every prince involved in the succession battle was Zhou Hao Chen's strategy.

No matter who won the battle for the throne, he would profit without fail.

It was like an investment company on Blue Star, which, after discovering a popular sector, invested in every company in that sector.

No matter which company ultimately stood out, my investment company would definitely not lose.

"Sixth Brother, I'm planning to refine a treasure recently, but I'm missing a few rare and precious materials."

"Thirteenth Brother, just name them. As long as Sixth Brother has it, I can definitely satisfy you."

"A Thunder Beast's horn, Dustfall Crystal Sand, and Congenital Divine Firmament Purple Lightning. Sixth Brother, if you can produce just one of these three treasures, you can trade for the Earth Origin Purple Lightning Wood."

"Thank you, Thirteenth Brother. Sixth Brother won't forget this favor."

A thick smile spread across the Sixth Prince's face, like a blooming chrysanthemum.

The Congenital Divine Firmament Purple Lightning among the three treasures Zhou Hao Chen mentioned was extremely precious and difficult to find for others.

But for the Sixth Prince, it was easily obtainable.

His master was the current sect leader of the Divine Firmament Sect. After cultivating the Divine Firmament Sect's techniques to the twelfth stage of Daoism, one could condense Congenital Divine Firmament Purple Lightning.

What was extremely rare for others, the Congenital Divine Firmament Purple Lightning, he could obtain simply by asking his master.

In the Sixth Prince's opinion, Zhou Hao Chen was deliberately making an excuse to give him the Earth Origin Purple Lightning Wood.

"You and I are brothers, Sixth Brother, you're too polite," Zhou Hao Chen said modestly.

This attitude further increased the Sixth Prince's goodwill towards him.

"Thirteenth Brother, you've been winning consecutively in stone gambling. Do you have any tricks you can share with Sixth Brother?" the Sixth Prince asked.

"Sixth Brother, please don't flatter me. I'm just an amateur, how could I have any tricks?" Zhou Hao Chen mocked himself.

He wasn't deceiving the Sixth Prince.

He really was an amateur.

"I just rely on intuition."

"Perhaps I'm just a fool with a fool's luck, randomly picking two pieces that just happen to contain treasures."

The Sixth Prince fell silent.

Recalling the process of Zhou Hao Chen selecting the ancient raw stones earlier.

It seemed… he really just picked them randomly.

Intuition!?

Could it be that in stone gambling, blind people have an advantage over ordinary people?

The Sixth Prince frowned and seriously pondered this possibility.

The stone gambling event lasted for about an hour before it ended.

The Ministry of Works had prepared over a thousand ancient raw stones, but only six actually contained treasures.

As the Sixth Prince left the scene, other descendants of meritorious officials also gradually left the Ministry of Works.

… …

After returning to the Prince's mansion.

The Sixth Prince instructed the steward.

"Find a hundred blind people, I have important uses for them."

… …

Ministry of Works Yamen.

"Your Highness, are you looking for Dustfall Crystal Sand?" Mu Yuan Ye suddenly asked.

"Do you have news?"

"My master said that when he was young, he participated in the Earth Mother Festival and saw Dustfall Crystal Sand in the Qixia Valley of the Earth Mother Tree Realm."

"Earth Mother Tree Realm, Qixia Valley!"

"Yuan Ye, thank you for the information."

Zhou Hao Chen's eyebrows contained joy.

In ten days, it will be the day of the Earth Mother Festival.

When the Earth Mother Tree Realm opens, he can go to Qixia Valley to try his luck.

… …

Prince's mansion.

The moonlight was like water, and a gentle breeze blew.

The treetops rustled.

Inside the quiet room, Zhou Hao Chen looked solemn, studying the jade thumb ring in his hand.

According to the hexagrams, there was a hidden treasure map in Emperor Jinwen's jade thumb ring.

However, Zhou Hao Chen had studied it for a long time and had not found any trace of the treasure map.

"Is it because the timing is wrong?"

Zhou Hao Chen frowned. Many treasures would only appear at specific times.

If the timing was wrong, even if you had a thousand skills, it would be useless.

"Expanding without worries, the subtext is that after expansion, there may be turmoil."

"This point in time should be the time for the treasure map to appear."

"I hold the treasure map, as long as I restrain my greed, even if there are great risks in Emperor Jinwen's treasure, it has nothing to do with me."

"As for the jade thumb ring attracting outsiders' covetousness, there is no need to worry too much."

"Unless there is a confirmed great opportunity in Emperor Jinwen's treasure, otherwise they would not dare to attack me, this prince."

Zhou Hao Chen said calmly, analyzing the hexagrams of the jade thumb ring.

Of course, for Zhou Hao Chen, the best option was to absorb the dragon energy in the jade thumb ring before the treasure map appeared.

At that time, whether it was treasure hunting or selling the jade thumb ring, he could choose freely.

He sat cross-legged, operating the Ancient Emperor Transforming Dragon Scripture, devouring the dragon energy in the jade thumb ring.

The Great Yu possessed Water Virtue, the dragon energy was black.

The Great Xia possessed Fire Virtue, the dragon energy was scarlet.

As for the Great Jin, the Great Jin possessed Metal Virtue, the dragon energy was brilliantly white.

The jade thumb ring was Emperor Jinwen's personal item, containing dragon energy far exceeding the tiger tally of the last Great General of Great Xia.

A brilliantly white true dragon was sleeping in the depths of the jade thumb ring.

The size of this brilliantly white true dragon was more than ten times that of the scarlet dragon in the tiger tally.

"Devour!"

Zhou Hao Chen shouted sternly in his heart, and the Ancient Emperor Transforming Dragon Scripture erupted with terrifying devouring power.

The white dragon in the jade thumb ring seemed to sense the danger and roared repeatedly.

However, the white dragon's roar was like a pet cat acting spoiled in front of the Ancient Emperor Transforming Dragon Scripture.

Vulnerable!

It only took ten breaths.

The white dragon's body had shrunk significantly, hiding in the corner of the jade thumb ring, shivering.

As for why Zhou Hao Chen let the white dragon go.

It wasn't that he didn't want to become fat in one bite.

It was purely because Zhou Hao Chen was too full.

The dragon energy in the jade thumb ring exceeded Zhou Hao Chen's tolerance.

He only devoured one-tenth of the dragon energy and already showed signs of indigestion.

Under compulsion, Zhou Hao Chen temporarily let go of the white dragon and focused on operating the Ancient Emperor Transforming Dragon Scripture to digest the Great Jin dragon energy.

One cycle!

Two cycles!

Three cycles!

… …

This cultivation lasted all night.

The eastern sky turned fish-belly white.

The pale blue sky was dotted with sparse, remaining stars.

A ray of light, through the window seam, shone on Zhou Hao Chen's knife-cut side face, like a sculpture carved by a master, without a single flaw.

"Huff—"

The quiet youth's eyes moved slightly, and he exhaled a turbid breath from his nose.

The two streams of air that he exhaled were like white dragons.

Opening his eyes, a faint joy flashed in the youth's eyes.

"Blood Exchange, Third Revolution!"