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

Jiang Mozhu's slender jade hand brushed over the surface of the Earth Mother Divine Tree, seemingly sensing its condition with her heart.

After a moment, Jiang Mozhu turned to look at Mo Sihai, her orchid-like breath gently exhaling.

"The Earth Mother Divine Tree is severely injured, and its remaining vitality could be extinguished at any moment."

"To save the Earth Mother Divine Tree, the first step is to activate its root system, and then condense a new tree heart."

"A common method for activating the root system is the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew."

"Mo Juzi, have you used Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew to treat the Earth Mother Divine Tree?"

Jiang Mozhu analyzed methodically, and Mo Sihai shook his head after listening.

"I've used Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew, but the Earth Mother Divine Tree doesn't absorb it."

"Even if the entire root system is soaked in Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew, only the outermost roots absorb it."

A deep helplessness appeared on Mo Sihai's face.

In the past few days, he had tried all possible methods, and in desperation, he had no choice but to invite someone from the Farmer School to help.

Luo Zixu pondered for a moment, stroked his beard, and said, "If the Earth Mother Divine Tree simply cannot absorb the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew, that's easy to handle."

"We can directly drill holes in the spirit network nodes and then pour in the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew."

"Spirit network nodes? What are those?"

Mo Sihai's expression was quite surprised; he had never even heard of the words 'spirit network nodes'.

"Spirit network nodes are a major result of our Farmer School's recent research," Luo Zixu said, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Especially Mo Sihai's surprised expression made him feel as comfortable as if he had eaten a ginseng fruit.

"Humans have meridians, and plants have spirit networks."

"The spirit network nodes of plants are equivalent to acupoints in the human body..."

Before Luo Zixu could finish speaking, Mo Sihai understood.

Wasn't the Mo family's treatment method equivalent to performing acupuncture on the Earth Mother Divine Tree?

However, compared to saving the Earth Mother Divine Tree, Mo Sihai was more interested in the spirit network that the Farmer School had researched.

"Luo Zixu, if it's refined into a mechanism, can the spirit network in plants be preserved?" Mo Sihai asked.

Luo Zixu was slightly stunned by Mo Sihai's strange question, but then he immediately reacted and said with a sneer.

"Mo Sihai, you're not being honest."

"I think what you want to ask is whether plant spirit networks can replace human meridians."

"After so many years, you haven't given up on the path of mechanical ascension?"

"Mechanical ascension was the path set by the Great Yu Founder."

"If the Founder said it could be done, could it be that your knowledge, Luo Zixu, is greater than the Founder's?"

Mo Sihai shook his head, dismissing Luo Zixu's sneer.

Luo Zixu was not surprised; Mo Sihai was just this kind of stubborn person.

Ever since the Great Yu Founder proposed the path of mechanical ascension, the Mo family had researched it for a thousand years without much progress.

It even caused division and infighting, severely weakening them.

"Mo Sihai, I naturally welcome you to research whether plant spirit networks can be connected to the human body."

"For the sake of researching spirit networks, our Farmer School has specially cultivated a spirit seed—the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound!"

Luo Zixu flicked his finger.

A green, soybean-sized seed shot out.

Immediately afterward, the soybean-sized seed grew and expanded in mid-air, growing two long ears and a body that didn't quite match the length of its ears.

A hound!

To be precise, it was a cute and adorable hound—the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound.

Seeing Luo Zixu's methods, Mo Sihai felt a slight envy in his heart.

This was the Farmer School's unique skill—Scattering Beans to Form Soldiers!

Luo Zixu pointed his finger, manipulating the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound.

The Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound lay on the root system of the Earth Mother Divine Tree, wiggling its nose a few times, as if it had smelled something, and scurried over.

After running more than ten meters, it barked loudly.

"This is a spirit network node."

As he spoke, Luo Zixu struck the position in front of the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound with a burst of energy.

After blasting a deep pit in the root system of the Earth Mother Divine Tree, he poured in the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew.

The Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew emitted a green glow, containing a rich vitality, and merged into the root system of the Earth Mother Divine Tree.

"It's working!"

Seeing this scene, Mo Sihai's eyes burst out with two bright lights, and his face lit up with joy.

It was just a pity that the root system nourished by the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Dew was limited to within a radius of one zhang.

To use the Farmer School's method, a large number of Spirit-Seeking Grass Hounds were needed.

"The root system of the Earth Mother Divine Tree is a full 1.2 million li long. To revive the root system within seven days, we need 200,000 Spirit-Seeking Grass Hounds."

"We may not have that much stock on hand."

"This matter is not difficult. The Ministry of Works will set up the Evergreen Array in the Earth Mother Tree Realm to accelerate the cultivation of the spirit seeds."

"Excellent!"

Luo Zixu nodded slightly: "However, the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound has only been researched for a short time, and there are still some minor flaws."

"What flaws?"

"Only 50% of the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hounds can correctly find the spirit network nodes. The other 50% either find the wrong place or don't know how to find the spirit network nodes at all."

"Even if I cultivate them myself, the yield of good quality is only 70%."

Mo Sihai: ...

Why did he feel like this was a trap!

...

The entire Ministry of Works was mobilized, starting a vigorous "dog breeding" campaign.

The Evergreen Array was set up in the Earth Mother Tree Realm.

This array could accelerate the growth of plants, used to quickly cultivate the spirit seeds of the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hounds.

Even so, a dozen Farmer School disciples were as tired as dogs.

Even the donkeys of the production team were not as diligent as them.

Fortunately, the Farmer School's spirit seeds could be used even by ordinary people. The task of finding spirit network nodes and nourishing the root system was all handed over to the Mo family and the Ministry of Works.

Even Zhou Haochen's little assistant, Mu Yuanye, was sent to find spirit network nodes.

In the past, the Farmer School's spirit seeds could only be used by cultivators of the Farmer School lineage.

In terms of power, they were inferior to magic treasures.

In terms of convenience, they were inferior to talismans.

In short, the Farmer School at that time was in a rather miserable state.

Until a powerful figure descended to the Farmer School, improving the spirit seeds and allowing ordinary people to use them.

From then on, the Farmer School's spirit seeds became very popular in the homes of dignitaries and nobles.

Because of their ease of operation, their market share could even compete with the Taoist School's talismans.

The Farmer School became extremely wealthy.

The only hidden danger was that they became mortal enemies with the Heavenly Talisman Gate, one of the Taoist holy lands.

Zhou Haochen also received a task, perhaps because he had eye problems, or perhaps because of his status as a prince.

His work was very easy, which was to monitor the array and prevent the Evergreen Array from going wrong.

The Earth Mother Tree Realm had just been attacked, and now it was heavily guarded. Zhou Haochen didn't think anyone would be so foolish as to come to the Earth Mother Tree Realm to cause trouble and destroy the Evergreen Array.

Simply put, Zhou Haochen's task was to openly loaf around.

"Wuwuwu—Your Highness, I'm so thirsty."

"The people of the Farmer School are too unreliable."

"Only half of the spirit seeds given can find the spirit network nodes. The other half either find the wrong place or don't know how to find the spirit network nodes at all."

Mu Yuanye rarely took the time to drink some water, and a grievance appeared on her pink and tender face.

Hearing Mu Yuanye's complaint, Zhou Haochen was shocked.

"The Farmer School's spirit seeds have always been known for their stable quality. How could this be?"

"The Farmer School's Heroic Leader said that the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound is a new spirit seed, and its quality is not very stable."

"However... I inquired about some gossip from the Farmer School disciples."

"It seems that the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound spirit seed is inherently flawed. Even after the Farmer School has bred and purified it for a thousand generations, the probability of a good seed is only 50%."

"Even if the Farmer School's Heroic Leader takes action, it can only be increased to 70%."

There was such a strange thing?

For a time, Zhou Haochen was full of curiosity about the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound spirit seed.

"Yuanye, give me a few spirit seeds and let me study them," Zhou Haochen said.

"Your Highness, I'll pack two bags for you. The left bag contains good seeds, and the right bag contains bad seeds."

Mu Yuanye was also very considerate and separated the good seeds from the bad seeds.

After resting for a while, Mu Yuanye went back to work on the spirit network nodes.

Zhou Haochen played with the spirit seed of the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound, falling into deep thought.

Racking his brains to search for the knowledge imparted by his high school biology teacher.

Mendel's three laws.

Homozygous.

Heterozygous.

Dominant gene.

Recessive gene.

Aa...Bb...

Zhou Haochen felt his head was getting bigger.

"The Farmer School's breeding will select excellent strains and then purify the strains through hybridization or self-pollination."

"If it is a dominant gene, the proportion will become higher and higher through human screening, which is why the Farmer School's spirit seeds are known for their stable quality."

"Why does the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound spirit seed go against the norm and always remain at 50%?"

"Wait, shouldn't the inheritance pattern of the Spirit-Seeking Grass Hound be semi-dominant inheritance?"

A flash of inspiration crossed Zhou Haochen's mind.

He understood!