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

Chapter 142: Only Agricultural Machinery

The thatched hut was extremely peaceful, with only the sound of peeling bamboo shoots echoing.

Li Yanmo thought about it, and pondered it again and again, and finally felt that it was not a good idea to remain silent.

"Oh--"

Zhuge Moer, who had been waiting for Li Yanmo's reaction, rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Mr. Li, your reaction arc is quite long."

"I'm not really surprised."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Because you're so mysterious from the moment you appear, I feel like it wouldn't be surprising if you could make Zhuge's magical device."

Li Yanmo frankly expressed his thoughts, but this obviously could not convince Zhuge Moer.

Zhuge Moer paced back and forth holding the bamboo shoots, looking Li Yanmo up and down.

"You...are really strange. You keep saying you want to recruit the Zhuge family, but why do I feel like you're not in a hurry at all?"

"Some things can't be rushed. Miss Zhuge, you seem a little anxious now," Li Yanmo smiled calmly. "Why don't you come back to Qianzhou with me first and see if I really want to recruit you into the Zhuge family?"

Zhuge Moer blinked, then suddenly realized, "Ah~ So you were waiting for me here, you evil-minded young man."

"Compared to this, I heard that you can open the tomb of the Fierce Emperor?"

Seeing Li Yanmo change the subject so decisively, Zhuge Moer became interested. He threw the bamboo shoots back into the basket and put his hands on his hips. "It's more than just opening it. Entering the Lie Emperor's tomb is as easy as going home. Do you want me to take you there right now?"

"It's interesting, but I'm not interested in the Tomb of the Fierce Emperor. I'm interested in the inheritance of the magical instruments you carry, Miss Zhuge. I don't know what I should do to make Miss Zhuge willing to go back to Qianzhou with me."

Zhuge Moer wrinkled her nose slightly. She could see that Li Yanmo was talking here and there in order to seize the initiative, but as the more curious party, she could only chase Li Yanmo around like this.

But Zhuge Mo'er quickly thought of a solution. His eyes turned, "Master Li, it's not that I can't go with you to Jingzhou, but it's also not that... I can't help you make a magic weapon."

"Oh? My pleasure."

"But to tell you the truth, the Zhuge family's inheritance contains neither offensive nor defensive magical weapons," Zhuge Moer said proudly, hands on his hips. "Our ancestors' original intention in studying magical weapons was to benefit the people. All of their magical weapons are agricultural!"

"But unfortunately, even agricultural machinery and magic weapons are expensive!"

Zhuge Moer said this while observing Li Yanmo's reaction.

The first reaction of most of the monks from the sects upon hearing this answer was disbelief, but after she actually proved it, those monks would walk away with an awkward smile, and never be seen again.

But what Zhuge Moer didn't expect was that Li Yanmo not only didn't show any doubt or disappointment, but even his eyes lit up with excitement.

"Agricultural machinery magic weapon, isn't that great? How about this, as long as Miss Zhuge is willing, we can immediately start mass production of agricultural machinery magic weapon after returning to Qianzhou. We will start with a few million units and strive to make them available to every household in Qianzhou. After that, we will expand our business outwards-"

Seeing that Li Yanmo was actually talking about this topic, Zhuge Moer quickly reached out to stop him.

"Stop, stop, stop—Mr. Li, do you know what you are saying?"

"It's about making money," Li Yanmo shook his teacup. "Do you know how big the world is? Do you know how much farmland is waiting to be cultivated? I think this has great potential."

Zhuge Moer rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, have you ever considered that ordinary people simply can't afford agricultural machinery and magic weapons?"

"Why not just sell it cheaper? Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

"Hey you——"

Zhuge Moer was stunned and wanted to refute, but didn't know where to start.

Indeed, as long as it is sold very cheaply, it can solve the problem that ordinary people cannot afford agricultural machinery and magic tools.

"Okay, what's the cost?"

"How can you accomplish great things if you always think about the cost?" Li Yanmo put down the cup and smiled at Zhuge Moer. "Miss Zhuge, let's stop here today. I will come again in three days. The tea is good." After that, Li Yanmo got up and left.

Zhuge Moer stood there with her hands on her hips for a few seconds and was about to chase after him when a hoarse voice sounded in her ears.

"Mo'er, this is playing hard to get. This man is definitely a member of the imperial court. You absolutely cannot believe what he says."

Zhuge Moer raised his hand and knocked his head, "Don't make noise, I'm thinking about something."

……

After returning to the yard, Li Yanmo began his daily practice.

Despite the spiritual fruit's assistance, Li Yanmo's training had slowed considerably since leaving the Tianxu Tower's ultra-high-level training grounds. It took him more than half a month to condense his fourteenth spiritual energy vortex, reaching the fourteenth level of Qi training. As for the foundation-building platform, he was adding building materials step by step.

But Li Yanmo was not in a hurry. Radical pursuit of realm would only lead to an unstable foundation.

Although Li Yanmo didn't know why he should be so radical in his current state.

The 100th level of Qi training? Or the 100th level of foundation building?

Thinking of this, Li Yanmo couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

A day passed in a flash. Early in the morning, Dao Hai and Leng Ningshuang ran out to have fun as they did, while Li Yanmo was planning to practice as usual.

A sharp and rapid howl broke the apparent tranquility of Nanyang City. Accompanied by a heavy roar, a huge formation rose up and covered the sky of Nanyang City.

Just when Li Yanmo's face was full of questions, a hurried shout came from outside the door.

"Monster attack! Monster attack! It's the Sky-Devouring Locust!"

"Monster attack?"

Li Yanmo immediately took out the Jingzhou intelligence book that the monk from the military sect had provided him with, and after flipping through it quickly, he soon found the part about the sky-eating locusts.

Individual Sky-Devouring Locusts aren't particularly strong, with weaker ones only at the Qi Training stage, and stronger ones around the Foundation Establishment stage. However, their strength lies in their sheer numbers, overwhelming the heavens, seemingly devouring the entire sky. Once deployed, even Nascent Soul cultivators can be devoured in an instant. They primarily inhabit the core areas of the Fallen Demon Plains, and only leave during times of famine.

According to the records in the intelligence book, the last time the Sky-Eating Locusts attacked Nanyang City was a thousand years ago.

Why didn't he come earlier or later, but just when the super sect was trying to seize the tomb of the Fierce Emperor?

Just as Li Yanmo was thinking, a swarm of sky-eating locusts crashed into the city defense formation with a crackling sound. Countless locusts were smashed into pieces, and the piled-up insect corpses covered the formation, just like a dark cloud covering the sky above Nanyang City. The terrifying shadow gradually covered the entire Nanyang City.

The cultivators and mortals still in Nanyang City all breathed a sigh of relief.

Dayu’s specialty city defense formation is the best!
“Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch—”

A chilling gnawing sound came from the locust corpses, and pairs of blood-red eyes tore through the shadows.

The sky-eating locusts ate their own kind piled on the city defense formation, and then gnawed at the city defense formation fiercely.

Some were killed by the rebound of the city defense formation, and some were bitten to death by other members of the same species before they could even take a few bites.

Although the city defense formation remained motionless, such a brutal scene still caused a lot of trouble.

At this moment, a golden light rose from the direction of the prefectural government.

The governor Du Shen, who was in the fusion stage, simply took action and swung his palm, covering the sky and the sky-eating locusts entrenched in the city defense formation were wiped away like dust.

No matter how ferocious the Sky-Eating Locusts are, they are nothing but ants in front of a cultivator in the fusion stage.

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