Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 48: The Legacy of Fortune
Ji Jingqiu kept the teachings in mind.

He had previously felt that this visualization diagram must be extraordinary, and once leaked, it would bring trouble to himself and Mu Lao.

The visualization picture that Li Buyi discovered last time has now been hidden by him in the gap between the bed and the wall.

"Mr. Mu, do you want me to bring you the visualization diagram tomorrow?"

"No, since you have already comprehended it, it is useless. Go home and burn it."

Mu Lao shook his head, the words "why" echoing in his mind.

"Okay." Ji Jingqiu nodded. "By the way, Mr. Mu, do you have any research in genetic engineering?"

"Well, what happened?"

"before me……"

Ji Jingqiu told him about his situation and concerns.

"Gene enhancer?" Mu Lao frowned instantly, "You dare to touch this thing? Aren't you afraid... You are not afraid."

His tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed and even raised a little, and he said with a click of the tongue:

"You are such a talented kid, you can even think of this idea?"

"But you still have to be careful. The most difficult thing to overcome in genetic engineering right now is 'uncontrollability'. It's not the internal factors, but the external environmental factors that affect it."

"There's something you may not have heard of. Before gene editing was launched on the market, it underwent at least 30 years of long-term testing, during which time no problems occurred. However, it exploded 20 years after it was launched on the market."

Ji Jingqiu was shocked. He had indeed never found this on the Internet.

More than a hundred years ago, after the genetic engineering scandal broke, almost all the congressmen, media, and public figures who had advocated for gene editing were thrown into prison. All kinds of so-called shady news were flying around, and it was no longer possible to tell the truth from the false.

“What external environmental factors?”

"If I can find the answer, I will be the winner of this year's Federation Nebula Award."

Mu Lao glanced at him and suddenly asked, "What does the Bodhi tree you planted look like, and what does the light of wisdom look like?"

Ji Jingqiu paused and asked in confusion: "What Bodhi tree?"

Mu Lao's body stiffened for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure.

He nodded, walked to the side, and said in a calm tone with some approval:

"Very good, I was just testing your character. Remember, don't tell anyone!"

"Come here, I'll give you a simple physical examination. The Sun and Moon examination agency is not as accurate as mine."

While Ji Jingqiu was stepping into the instrument.

Sister Mei came over and saw Old Man Mu standing there in a daze, so she teased:
"Why, are you shocked by Ji Jingqiu's extraordinary talent?

I only heard Mu Lao muttering in a panic

"Back then, my ancestors saw all living things in the world..."

Hearing this old man talking about the glorious history of his ancestors again, Sister Mei felt her ears were callused and interrupted:

"Stop! I wanted to ask you just now, did you Mu family practice in the wrong order?"

Mu Lao immediately frowned and said coldly: "You can look down on the unworthy descendants of the Mu family for ten thousand years, but when you say this, do you still have eyes for the three supreme grandmasters of my Mu family?"

Sister Mei blinked her eyes, as if she had said something wrong. What a sin.

"Practicing the wrong way? You practice it the other way around!" Mu Lao sneered, "Seeing the Bodhi tree and lighting up the supreme wisdom light, even the three great masters of my Mu family are envious. Do you think they haven't tried every possible way to do it?"

Sister Mei suddenly asked, "Could it be that he has survived the evil poison disease and is suffering the eternal calamity he mentioned last time?"

Mu Lao nodded, then shook his head:
“This is one of the ‘causes’, but it is not the root cause.”

"Do you think that no one in my family has ever thought of enduring countless calamities before trying to comprehend this diagram? Every one of them is useless."

"That means you haven't endured enough." Sister Mei spread her hands and said, "Otherwise, what do you think is the reason?"

"It's a choice, but also 'fortune', a fortune that will bring you the support of heaven and earth!" said Mu Lao in a deep voice.

"Whose choice?" Sister Mei asked with a strange look on her face, "Fortune, isn't this just a vague rumor?"

"Rumors?" Mu Lao snorted. "Didn't you want to compete for the title of a warrior back then? Let me ask you, how many titles does one generation have?"

"Seven."

"How many founding marshals are there in the Federation?"

"…Can this be related?"

Sister Mei frowned, feeling that the old man was making fun of her.

"Why not?" Mu Lao sneered, "Do you think these seven titles were chosen and established at random?"

“It’s called luck, but in fact it’s more like a mysterious blessing from the martial arts world, and its source is the seven people who paved the way for the world!
Otherwise, why do you think that even people from the six major families would choose to suppress the enemy and wait to compete for the title?"

Sister Mei frowned and said with some anger in her tone:

"I've always thought this title system is stupid. A generation is created every 25 years, and the title is contested every years, but the age limit is .

Some people are too young in the previous generation, and too old in the next generation, so how can they compete? "

That was the case with her back then. She wanted to compete and had the ability to compete, but she was one year over the age limit!
Mu Lao said disapprovingly: "Luck, luck, if you have bad luck, why fight for it?"

Sister Mei was speechless after hearing this.

She was a little unwilling to admit defeat and said, "Then do you think Ji Jingqiu is lucky? If he wants to compete for the title of this generation, he only has a few years left."

Mu Lao looked at her as if she were an idiot and said unhappily:

“I suspect that he just had bad luck and has hit rock bottom!

So since he met me this year, he has been on a roll and has started to make a comeback!"

Only then did Sister Mei react.

Ask a teenager who has been suffering from the evil poison disease since childhood whether he has good luck...

This is obviously a stupid question.

"Then you just said fortune!"

Sister Mei still felt that the old man was making fun of her.

"You don't understand." Mu Lao murmured, "Not only did he attain Bodhi, he also saw the manifestation of his ancestors in the ocean of the mind. This is the key..."

Sister Mei suddenly shuddered: "Old Man Mu, I remember there was a rumor that after your ancestor was awakened, he is still hiding in a corner of the world, sitting and listening to Zen all day, waiting for someone?"

Old Man Mu remained silent.

This was exactly the possibility he had thought of before. Although it was absurd, it was not impossible.

If this is true, then Ji Jingqiu will be the one chosen by our ancestors.

He is the so-called destined person.

In fact...

The third supreme grandmaster of the Mu family since the ancestor, he also pushed the visualization diagram of the Buddha's Prison in Fire House to the realm of eternal calamity during his lifetime.

But in the end, he still failed to attain Bodhi and light up the light of wisdom.

"Are you going to notify the Mu family?" Sister Mei asked.

She knew very well that there was a deep rift between Old Man Mu and his family, otherwise he would not have been away for so many years and had no contact until now.

Mu Lao was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No. Even if we have to notify him, it shouldn't be now. At least wait until he breaks through the mind realm."

"What's wrong? Do you want him to help you get revenge, or are you afraid that he will be murdered by the Mu family?"

"All!"

Mu Lao said without hesitation,

“The Mu family is now a mixed bag of good and bad people, and people’s hearts have long been scattered.

If they found out that an outsider had attained enlightenment and ignited the wisdom that our ancestors once mastered, I would not be able to predict what they would do.

So this matter must not be spread outside!"

Sister Mei shrugged: "You are the boss, whatever you say goes."

Mu Lao suddenly said, "Don't you have some spare money recently? Why not invest in him?"

"Ha, you want me to invest in this guy?"

Mei Jie was alert instantly.

"Why are you, old man, still thinking about my purse?
Wait, you want to tie me to this guy's chariot?"

Mu Lao said expressionlessly:

"A young man who has embarked on the supreme path to heaven and is suspected to be chosen by the ancestors of my Mu family, is not worthy of your investment?"

"Why don't you invest heavily in it now while it's still original stock? Do you have to wait until someone else finds a gem and picks it up?"

After these words were spoken, Sister Mei instantly became conflicted.

Seeing that she was still hesitating.

Mu Lao said with a hint of meaning:

"I remember that the head of Yangyan Martial Arts School sent you a lot of messages not long ago, asking about the specific situation of this kid?"

"It seems that someone has already noticed some potential in this kid..."

Sister Mei was anxious.

I see that many readers are worried that the protagonist's golden finger is not unique. This is overthinking. It is definitely unique. In fact, Chapter 34 hinted that one withers and one flourishes, one lives and one dies. I won't spoil the details~
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(End of this chapter)