Astral Gods

Chapter 50 Exercises

The abundant yield after pollination of the male mulberry flowers was a great encouragement to everyone. The output of just one male mulberry tree was equivalent to that of two or three divinely bestowed trees of the same grade.

With this experiment, everyone is even more eager to see the future production of other species of yew.

With the arrival of spring, the Lord of Zehui Mountain once again came to Daqing Peak, and the young soldiers returned to their daily classes.

Originally, there were more than sixty junior and intermediate warriors. After two years of growth, some new warriors joined and some were promoted to senior warriors. There were still fifty-two Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors who were still studying.

On the first day of the new year, the lord of Zehui Mountain had the young soldiers bring out a large pile of watermelons from the food storage warehouse to familiarize themselves with the carving techniques they had learned last year.

After more than half a year of study, and with no free time after class, they either learn carving on their own initiative or are forced to do so by their elders.

They are now basically able to carve simple flowers and basic Zerg warrior designs.

As for more difficult tasks, such as carving birds or animals, it is quite challenging to even reveal the hair on their bodies.

Sculpting some colorful butterfly warriors, and trying to carve the patterns on their bodies as well, was still very difficult.

In addition to this, the Lord of Zehui Mountain also taught the young warriors how to cultivate new plant varieties and how to select the best seedlings, etc.

At first, some high-level warriors and mountain lord-level warriors felt that it was not worth spending 10 primal stones every year to invite the mountain lord Ze Hui to come and teach them.

After attending a few classes, I had to admit that the annual expenditure of 10 raw stones was very worthwhile.

After inspecting the young warriors' work, Lord Zehui found that each of them had carved their objects quite well. He nodded in satisfaction and said, "Your carvings on the watermelons are quite impressive now. However, if you want to control your strength more precisely, you will need to carve on apples, apricots, and even cherries in the future."

Only when the animals carved on the cherries are so lifelike can one truly say that one has mastered the application of power.

"Carve on cherries?"

The young warriors gasped in surprise. How could they possibly carve such tiny cherries? Was this really something a Zerg warrior could do?

Seeing the young warriors' reactions, Lord Zehui said nonchalantly, "Carving on cherries is a basic requirement for you. Some Zerg warriors can even carve on peas. The most powerful Flame Spider warrior I've ever seen can carve a lifelike Flame Spider on a sesame seed. That's true mastery of power."

However, my expectations for you are not that high. You only need to complete the assignments I give you, and that will be considered achieving your goal.

"You can carve on sesame seeds?" If they heard that carving on cherries was a difficult task, then hearing that carving on sesame seeds was an incredible idea.

The Lord of Zehui Mountain raised his foreleg and swayed: "This requires years of accumulation and learning. I don't expect you to be able to do it right away. I would be very satisfied if you could carve lifelike animals on apples by the end of this year."

Besides carving, this year I will also teach you how to select superior seed varieties and how to cultivate new varieties.

"There are millions of plants in the memory of the past. Each plant has dozens or even hundreds of different derivatives due to its different growth environment and pollination methods."

It can be said that new varieties are born every moment in this world, and plants also perish every moment because they cannot adapt to the current environment.

"For us Zerg warriors, the best way to choose a Destiny Seed is to find plants that have high yield, good quality, and excellent price to cultivate as Destiny Seeds."

"Let me give you an example. For instance, the green mango trees, purple plum trees, and mulberry trees cultivated by your Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe warriors are all made from the best seeds selected for their growth. This way, the fruits that grow are large and sweet, and the pits are also larger."

As it spoke, it took out a large bag of watermelon seeds from its carapace. These were the watermelon seeds it had specially saved after the young soldiers had finished eating the watermelon while practicing carving it.

He poured a small pile of watermelon seeds in front of each soldier and said, "Each of you choose ten watermelon seeds from this pile and explain why you chose them."

Upon hearing the order from the Lord of Zehui Mountain, a group of young soldiers immediately began to work. They picked and chose from a pile of watermelon seeds, and after a long time, they finally managed to pick out 10 watermelon seeds.

Seeing that everyone had made their selections, the Lord of Ze Hui Mountain scanned the area with its spiritual sense and knew the result. It raised its paw and pointed at Zi Shan: "Zi Shan, can you tell me why you chose these ten watermelon seeds?"

Zishan honestly responded: "According to the inherited memory, the larger the watermelon seeds, the higher the survival rate after sowing, the thicker the vines will be, and the larger and sweeter the watermelons will be."

"Not bad." Lord Zehui was quite satisfied with Zishan's answer. This little warrior Zishan seemed a bit special among the many little warriors.

It seems to be highly valued by the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle tribe. I heard that last year, the Green Bamboo Armor King personally requested the leaders of the hundred tribes to give it a top-grade tree species to nurture into its life-giving seed.

Even in ordinary times, it could tell that several lord-level rhinoceros beetles valued it highly.

However, recalling what Lord Qingguo had said—that the yew possessed a divinely bestowed seed as its life seed—it immediately understood.

A little warrior with a destiny bestowed by the gods certainly deserves special treatment.

Following Zishan's words, the Lord of Zehui Mountain continued to explain: "Just as Zishan said, the larger the seed we choose, the greater the probability that the fruit will be larger."

Then we select the best quality watermelon seeds from the larger watermelons. After several rounds of selection, the resulting watermelons are large, round, and delicious.

"If you choose the smallest watermelon seeds, they will be difficult to survive after planting. Even if they do survive, the seedlings will be very weak, and the fruits that grow will be small and bitter."

It's not just watermelons; most plants on the planetary scale are like this: initially, they all have thin skins, small seeds, and low yields.

Only through generations of optimization will their output steadily increase.

"Besides selecting high-quality seeds for cultivation, we can also hybridize fruits of different varieties. If a new variety emerges that is recognized by the true god of nature and can be propagated, there is a chance that it will be blessed by the true god of nature and receive a new divine seed of the law."

"We can even obtain a God-given Seed?" Upon hearing the words of the Lord of Zehui Mountain, the young warriors immediately perked up. For the Zerg warriors, obtaining a God-given Seed was their lifelong dream.

"Lord of Zehui Mountain, how can I obtain the divine seed?"

"This method is both difficult and simple. For most insect warriors, obtaining even one Divine Seed is a once-in-a-lifetime endeavor, but with the right method and a bit of luck, obtaining two or even three Divine Seeds is not a dream. Specifically..."