Lu Bu, the Thunder General, is my adoptive father in Genshin Impact.

“Lord Xiao Yi…” Feng Quan reached out and touched his forehead.

“This thing…” the fat man said dejectedly.

“It’s useless,” said the Thunderfire Sorcerer.

Xiao Yi was very puzzled.

The Thunderfire Sorcerer explained the underlying logic of the lottery: "Actually, this item is not a real object, but a projection of the deceased's belongings from the earth's veins, with you as the projection point, and the Celestial Venerable provides energy to maintain the item's existence."

"In other words, if either I, as the base point, or the Great Righteous Heavenly Venerable, as the energy provider, disappears, the props will also disappear?" Xiao Yi roughly understood the principle. "No wonder when Zhang San committed suicide, the weapon he summoned disintegrated on the spot."

So this thing is indeed useless to me. Its function is to revive the dead, but it will disappear before it can take effect when I die.

“It’s not like I can’t use it,” Xiao Yi said shrewdly. “Even if I can’t revive myself, I can give it to someone else.”

The Thunderfire Sorcerer looked on expectantly, leaning forward and crossing the coffee table to get closer to Xiao Yi.

"You're overthinking it," Xiao Yi said without hesitation. "Of course, it should be given to Madam first. If I draw something similar next time, you can come to me for it."

After drawing all the points, Xiao Yi's score remained at 100. This was the privilege of a high-ranking official; no matter how much justice points were consumed, the Celestial Venerable would replenish them at any time.

Xiao Yi put the pendant in his pocket, stood up and saw the guests off: "That's enough, everyone. I roughly know how the lottery works now. You can go back now, Madam needs to rest."

The three members of the Fools lined up to leave the room. As Xiao Yi locked the door, Gan Yu got up from the bed and sat on the edge of it.

"You've really gone to a lot of trouble." Xiao Yi sat down next to Gan Yu. "You're cooperating with me in this play."

"Overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and compared to my work in Liyue Harbor, lying in bed pretending to be sick is actually easier." Gan Yu smiled sweetly. "They completely trust you now, so things will be easier from here on out."

Xiao Yi suddenly fell silent, staring intently at Gan Yu, who instinctively turned her head away.

“I always felt something was off, now I know why.” Xiao Yi said to himself, “I’ve gotten used to your appearance without horns, but then I remembered the image of you with horns in my memory. The contradiction between the two images created a sense of incongruity in my heart.”

After all, Gan Yu's horn is not just an ornament. Without the Qilin horn, Gan Yu always looks a bit off.

“It’s true that we should put the horn back on, but won’t it look strange to have a Qilin horn on now?” Gan Yu said cautiously. “They’re all used to my appearance. If there’s a change, it might arouse suspicion.”

Xiao Yi took out two red and black horns from his pocket, shrugged, and said, "So, I'll have to carry them with me for a while longer, but I have an idea."

He wrapped the pendant he had just taken around Gan Yu's right corner and handed it back to her, jokingly saying, "You've heard the idiots say that this prop is useless to me. Since that's the case, I'll give it to you. Don't be rude to me."

“But it’s not good to put things on me…” Gan Yu looked at her thin clothes.

Xiao Yi asked Gan Yu to turn around so that her back was to him, then grabbed the girl's bright and beautiful light blue hair and adjusted her hairstyle as if weaving it.

Gan Yu is so engrossed in her work that she doesn't pay much attention to her appearance in Liyue Harbor. Apart from maintaining a basic level of cleanliness and dignity, she doesn't deliberately try to change her looks.

His slightly wavy blue hair had remained the same hairstyle for thousands of years, until Xiao Yi's intervention today.

Not long after, Xiao Yi got up and walked to the dressing table in the room. He took a small mirror and came to Gan Yu to show her the hairstyle he had braided himself.

"How about this?" he asked for opinions.

It turned out that Xiao Yi had tied Gan Yu's long hair into a beautiful high ponytail behind her head, using a horn that was inconvenient for her to carry as a hairpin, along with a pendant wrapped around it, to secure the long hair in a seamless way. The high-end crystal pendant further accentuated her smooth hair.

"So beautiful!" Gan Yu exclaimed joyfully, then added somewhat unexpectedly, "I didn't expect Mr. Xiao Yi to be so skilled at braiding girls' hair."

Xiao Yi, with a "whatever you like" expression, put the mirror back on the dressing table and returned to the edge of the bed.

"Actually, this is my first time. This hairstyle just suddenly came to mind, and I happened to have a horn to use as a hairpin, as well as the pendant that I was going to give you anyway, so I naturally braided a high ponytail for you. I think it suits you quite well."

However, Xiao Yi was also a little puzzled, feeling that the hairstyle looked very familiar.

He forgot that this was Princess Shirahime's everyday hairstyle, the hairstyle of Lady Ayaka Kamisato.

"Keep the remaining left corner on me, I'll take good care of it," Xiao Yi said seriously. "I'll return it to you after this is all over."

Gan Yu returned the look with trusting eyes.

Xiao Yi appeared very serious on the surface, but inwardly he thought to himself: We're clearly an old married couple, but why are we acting like we're exchanging tokens of love?

……

The next day, Xiao Yi summoned all the members of the base, intending to announce a major event to them.

Last night, he had a sudden inspiration and found a way to significantly weaken the mastermind behind the scenes, and to carry it out legitimately.

He stood on the high platform of the throne, below him were hundreds and thousands of organization members, with the three foolish Fools at the very front in charge of managing the members.

Xiao Yi passionately announced his plan: "Gentlemen, I believe that the combat strength of our organization members is still insufficient. If we continue like this, how can we fight against the Liyue government? Therefore, I have come up with an excellent method—I will arm you!"

"As for how to implement it, it's very simple. You all know that Justice Points can be used for a lottery, and the weapons and artifacts obtained have special effects. The holders can gain the combat abilities of the weapon's former owner. However, you are unable to conduct a large-scale lottery due to insufficient Justice Points."

The members below remained silent. Given their limited justice points, they naturally chose to save them to defy fate and use them when necessary, rather than using them for pointless lotteries to obtain uncertain weapons with no guaranteed minimum.

Xiao Yi chuckled a few times and continued in a loud voice:

"I know your unspeakable difficulties, but times have changed..."

"As you all know, cadres possess unlimited justice points, which allows them to draw weapons without limit."

The crowd below began to murmur amongst themselves. Xiao Yi had given a long explanation of the premises, but still hadn't clarified the main point, which was making people impatient.

They had no idea what this new broom sweeping clean was up to.

Showing off their high justice score, allowing them to draw prizes at will?

Although the three idiots were loyal to Xiao Yi, many of their subordinates still held onto their previous views, believing that it was unfair for Xiao Yi to reach the pinnacle of the society upon joining, especially since he hadn't done anything substantial for the society.

They were gathered together again for no apparent reason today, and many people have already begun to complain.

But Xiao Yi's next words made everyone cheer loudly, calling him YYDS.

"I am a selfless person. After a sleepless night of discussion with my wife, I have made a decision that goes against our ancestors' wishes... no, I have made a decision to dedicate myself to the organization—I will hold a large-scale lottery and distribute the prizes to all members of the organization, as well as to replenish the arsenal!"

Thousands of people fell silent, first in shock, then in disbelief.

It wasn't until Xiao Yi summoned the lottery wheel that people finally realized that their new boss wasn't joking; he really meant what he said and was going to give everyone weapons.

If they were just issuing regular weapons, that wouldn't be a big deal.

Most of the members were previously involved in violence, such as treasure-hunting gangs, and a small portion were defectors from the Thousand Rock Army. They had all handled knives, guns, and clubs before.

However, what Xiao Yi issued was not an ordinary weapon, but a divine weapon drawn from the earth's veins. The wielder can obtain the power of the former master. As long as he picks up the weapon, he can gain powerful martial arts and combat strength without decades of hard training.

This amazing artifact was given away by Xiao Yi for free, without any hesitation!

What kind of spirit is this?

This is the spirit of selflessness and putting others before oneself!

Before Xiao Yi could even spin the wheel, the crowd cheered and shouted, "Long live Thor Xiao Yi!"

Xiao Yi wore a calm smile on his face, but in reality he was a hundred times happier than the group of people. He only needed to repeat the lottery drawing action to win the loyalty of all the members of the organization. What could be more profitable than this?

Only the three idiots at the top knew the specifics of the lottery; everyone else thought that Xiao Yi was sacrificing his own interests to arm all the members.

However, the truth is that the energy for both the lottery and the energy to maintain the weapon's existence are provided by the unseen mastermind. In other words, Xiao Yi simply waved his hand to draw the lottery and took the praise that should have belonged to the Heavenly Venerable.

When the Celestial Venerable designed the rules, he never expected that such a person would appear in the future. The mastermind only thought that the senior officers would occasionally draw lots to obtain the weapons they wanted, and then return the useless weapons to the ley lines to avoid wasting energy, or draw lots while fighting when necessary.

Who could have predicted that a super traitor would emerge from among them?

To deplete the Celestial Venerable's power, the traitor repeated the lottery tens of thousands of times, and he had a legitimate reason for it: to arm all members. He presented his reasoning in a very reasonable and well-founded manner.

Before spinning the wheel, Xiao Yi clapped his hands lightly, and the trio immediately ran to the platform, took out a huge piece of paper, and unfolded it.

The document above describes Xiao Yi's weapon ranking system, from top to bottom: gold, purple, blue, and white. He also categorized the organization's members into three levels based on their own justice ratings, bestowing upon them purple, blue, and white weapons, with higher-level members receiving better weapons.

As for the golden legendary weapon, of course it's for the three idiots who are guaranteed loyalty; I'll keep the extra for myself.

After explaining the rules for distributing weapons, Xiao Yi began spinning the purple wheel, just like the three fools of yesterday's Fools. Thousands of people below watched the lottery process with bated breath.

The Celestial Venerable was quite skilled in system design, allowing for ten consecutive draws at once, which saved Xiao Yi a lot of time.

After the first ten-pull, a large number of weapons popped out from the ground. Many members were seeing the lottery process for the first time and exclaimed in surprise. Some experienced soldiers focused their attention on the quality of the weapons—even though the weapons might not necessarily be theirs.

Xiao Yi cleared his throat and added a new rule: "Gentlemen, it's too slow to draw and distribute weapons at the same time. I've decided to draw them all at once, then have someone assess their quality and distribute the weapons according to your status and position."

The lottery lasted for five hours, with a total of 18320 draws. By the end, the ancient weapons and items were piled up into a small mountain, almost taller than the platform where the throne was located.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle and was eager to see what good things they would receive. In short, they had unknowingly come to completely accept their new boss.

Xiao Yi was also a bit tired, so he said that the morning lottery would be temporarily over. He would first take inventory of the equipment and put it into the base's warehouse, then distribute it after lunch, and then... continue the lottery in the evening!

"Sir, the number of weapons already far exceeds the number of people in the organization. Is there still any need to draw more weapons?" Fatty Bing asked Xiao Yi with a puzzled look.

Of course we have to extract it, otherwise how can we drain the Celestial Venerable's energy and destroy our society!

Xiao Yi said without hesitation, "We definitely have to draw lots. There's an old saying, 'Prepare for a rainy day, and you'll be safe from trouble.' We need to fill the warehouse to the brim to avoid any unexpected events. Only in this way can we have the ability to fight Liyue Harbor head-on."

Bingpang felt ashamed of his shortsightedness and scratched his head.

"Your Excellency's foresight is truly brilliant!" Wind Fist and Thunderfire Sorcerer flattered.

……

The weapon draw event lasted for three whole days, and the armory was piled up with all kinds of armor, items, weapons, and relics, totaling more than 70000 pieces. Among them, many were deemed by Xiao Yi to be substandard white-quality items, but he did not intend to eliminate any of them.

Anyway, the cave in the warehouse is very large, and it can easily hold another 70,000 items. If all else fails, we can just bury it on a hilltop and call it a backup hidden item.

After all, the more weapons that exist in the world, the more magic power the Celestial Venerable consumes to maintain his existence. If he has a way to forcibly eliminate the weapons obtained through the lottery, it will probably arouse the anger of the organization's members. With further propaganda, the credibility of his justice value will definitely drop to its lowest point.

At that time, this sham game of justice will fall apart on its own.

Even if the Celestial Venerable personally comes to the base to find me, I am still in the right and have nothing to fear from others questioning me.

Xiao Yi even wished that the mastermind behind the scenes would step forward, so that he could take the opportunity to ask the Celestial Venerable to fulfill his promise, heal his broken body, and then use his fully healed body to give the other party a Lu Bu-style standard of repayment.

The strategy has been devised; all that's left is for others to fall into the trap.

……

On the morning of the fourth day, Xiao Yi went to the high platform to review the troops.

At the same time, the organization's thousands of members received suitable weapons, greatly enhancing their combat effectiveness.

At this moment, they are like the elite Thousand Rock Army who fought alongside the Rock King Emperor during the Demon God War thousands of years ago, each possessing the strength to fight ten against one.

Strictly speaking, the weapons acquired by some members of the organization may have been the equipment once used by the ancient heroes of the Thousand Rock Army.

The lottery winner has the power to return the weapon to the ley lines at any time, so the probability of subordinates betraying them is almost zero.

In addition, Xiao Yi guessed that the Celestial Venerable, as an administrator-like being, could also return the extracted weapons to the earth veins, but he had not yet taken action. This ruled out the possibility that the Celestial Venerable had been drained, proving that he did not want to anger his subordinates.

After all, the Liyue authorities are also taking action now. At such a critical juncture, if problems arise within the organization, it could very well be wiped out in one fell swoop. The mastermind behind the scenes is temporarily seeking stability.

Since that's the case, Xiao Yi can be even more unrestrained.