If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 111 Emperor Yu Visits the Thatched Cottage Three Times
Li Yanmo rubbed his temples and wanted to eat a bite of snack to calm his nerves, but when he saw the brown snack, Li Yanmo thought of the terrifying long-range attack launched by the Tianjie toilet plunger, and immediately lost his appetite.

"That generation of Emperor Yu believed he had made a grave mistake and was unworthy of the throne, so he tried to abdicate the throne to his brothers and sisters. However, he was severely beaten and found with a toilet plunger stuck in his buttocks. He was ultimately forced to deal with the mess himself."

"After that, the Ministry of Industry's problems became increasingly serious. The Military Department submitted numerous letters of protest, saying that they had spent money, provided blueprints, and offered rare materials and treasures, but when they finally received the artifacts, aside from the names, they had nothing to do with the magic weapons they were looking for."

"In order to teach the Ministry of Works a lesson, Emperor Yu of that generation deliberately let it go, hoping to use the power of the military to suppress the Ministry of Works."

"But the strange magic weapons made by the Ministry of Industry are quite powerful. After using them a few times, the military sect no longer has any objections."

Jifa sighed helplessly.

"It was then that Emperor Yu realized his situation was hopeless. He finally resorted to both soft tactics and hard tactics, reaching an agreement with the Ministry of Works. At the very least, they wanted to prevent the monks from the military sect from chasing people with toilet plungers."

Leng Ningshuang then continued, "But as the saying goes, it's hard to change one's nature, even though it's easy to change a country. The people in the Ministry of Works just wanted to create bizarre magical weapons, but since the reign of Emperor Yu, every Emperor Yu has been vigilant and checks the Ministry of Works' ledgers every day. So they created fake accounts, posing as wandering weapon refiners, scamming people everywhere. To trick the Taoist sect, they deliberately kept their secrets and created normal magical weapons. As a result, the Taoist sect's weapon refining level almost caught up with the Great Yu Dynasty."

"Emperor Yu of that generation originally wanted to curb it, but when he thought of his own bloody history, he was unwilling to do so. Determined to make the Taoist sect feel the power of the Ministry of Industry, Emperor Yu of that generation simply allocated funds to support the Ministry of Industry, and thus the Equipment Refiners Association was established."

"Once those super sects fall into the trap and hand over their treasured blueprints, the Ministry of Industry will start to mess things up."

"Something like the Yanfeng Shilang Washboard, the Dashen Towel, the Yujing Chamber Pot, etc..."

"Those super sects were so frightened that they took their own weapon refiners away overnight to prevent them from being infected. Of course, based on the principle of not being the only ones to be deceived, those super sects kept promoting the Weapon Refiner Association, and then we have the current situation."

Li Yanmo asked with a complicated and serious mood, "Is there any weapon refining family that has no connection with the Weapon Refiner Association?"

He did want to spend money on refining equipment, but he didn't want to spend money to make a toilet plunger, and a very powerful toilet plunger at that.

"This... is true. The Zhuge family of Jingzhou is also a very famous weapon refining family. However, because they criticized the Weapon Refiners Association and refused to take the weapon refining qualification exam from the Weapon Refiners Association, they were alienated by the sects and even their peers, and have fallen into decline," Leng Ningshuang said, pinching her chin.

"Jingzhou... wait a minute? This is a rare normal weapon refiner who has not been contaminated by the Ministry of Industry. Didn't the Dayu Dynasty recruit him?" Li Yanmo noticed something was wrong.

"This... Have you heard about Emperor Yu's three visits to his thatched cottage?" Leng Ningshuang said slowly after hesitating for a moment.

"That year, Emperor Yu narrowly escaped death and retrieved the blueprints for the Immortal-Slaying Sword from an ancient battlefield. He hoped the Ministry of Works could complete them so that the Great Yu Dynasty could use the Immortal-Slaying Sword to strike at millions of sects."

"The Ministry of Industry accepted the job with great enthusiasm, which is very rare, and worked day and night."

As soon as he heard the words rare and enthusiastic, Li Yanmo knew something was wrong.

"Uh... So the Immortal-Slaying Sword turned into a kitchen knife? Or... a rolling pin? Or a brick?"

Finally Jifa revealed the answer.

"In the end, the Immortal-Slaying Sword was transformed into a fly swatter. They euphemistically claimed that Immortal-Slaying wasn't cruel enough, wasn't powerful enough, and that only a magical weapon that could kill immortals like a fly was worthy of the Dayu Dynasty."

"That year, Emperor Yu confronted the super sect with a fly swatter. Both sides felt they had been too impulsive." "After returning, Emperor Yu reflected on his mistakes and decided to establish a new Ministry of Industry. The first place Emperor Yu approached was the Zhuge family, hoping they could revive the spirit of weapon refiners."

"So...the result?" Li Yanmo scratched his head.

First of all, the Emperor Yu of all dynasties were normal people, and secondly, the Zhuge family were also normal people. Both normal people were persecuted by the Ministry of Works, so there was no reason not to hit it off. Even if the Zhuge family was proud, they would not have received no response after three visits to the thatched cottage.

"The Zhuge family was a low-key family, not fond of extravagance. So, Emperor Yu used the Zhuge family's house as a toilet. He thought he had arrived at an inopportune time, and after patiently waiting for a long time but no one came out, he assumed they might be constipated and left them alone."

"This happened three times in a row. Then Emperor Yu thought the Zhuge family didn't want to see him, so he went to the bathroom every time he came. Because Emperor Yu was using a pseudonym, he complained a few times when he left. Someone overheard it and spread the story. You know, Emperor Yu's pseudonym at the time was a famous storyteller."

"Then, uh... there were rumors that everyone in the Zhuge family was constipated, that the Zhuge family liked to live in the toilet, that the Zhuge family liked to draw blueprints while squatting on the toilet, and that all the Zhuge family's blueprints were made of straw paper."

"Then the Zhuge family disappeared from the world."

"..."

For a moment, the entire private room fell into deathly silence.

Leng Ningshuang and Ji Fa drank their tea with twinkling eyes, while Li Yanmo's mouth twitched.

"So, the only normal person in the weapon refining world was turned into autism by Emperor Yu of that generation, right?"

"Well—well, that's not quite right," Ji Fa, the legitimate descendant of Emperor Yu, said with a twinkle in his eyes. "The Zhuge family had other reasons for seclusion. To prove to the outside world they didn't live in toilets or use straw paper for their drawings, they abandoned their frugal ways and insisted on using the best of everything. Within ten years, they were deeply in debt, had to sell off their property, and were forced into seclusion."

“…Isn’t this your fault!?”

"Well—well, that generation of Emperor Yu did something dishonest. To prevent the Zhuge family from suffering too much, the Great Yu Dynasty paid to buy out the Zhuge family's property, so that the Zhuge family's magic weapons would not fall into the hands of the Ministry of Works."

"Sounds like a hostile takeover."

"..."

Ji Fa was speechless.

At least that's true from the process point of view, from ruining the opponent's reputation to taking away the blueprints in one go, all done in one go.

"Of course, to make amends, the Dayu Dynasty also arranged for many people to secretly send money to the Zhuge family. Unfortunately, the Zhuge family has developed a habit of extravagance... No matter how much money is given, it's never enough. Every generation is like this, and each generation is more serious than the last. In the end, they even developed a gambling addiction. To prevent the Zhuge family's inheritance from being cut off, they had no choice but to switch from giving money to lending money, using debt collection as a way to encourage them to continue researching magic weapons..."

"So the Dayu Dynasty not only made the Zhuge family infamous, but also turned them into deadbeat gamblers?" Li Yanmo's eyes bulged.

"No, no...it just sounds like that, but paying back debts is only natural, right?...The Dayu Dynasty also hopes that the Zhuge family can recover, so they are using debt collection to preserve the Zhuge family's legacy..."

(End of this chapter)