[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength":3,"chapter-i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-78":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Subdue the Immortals with Strength",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2295380,4490,"Chapter 78: Cultivator [Thank You, Ally Master Wan Hao]","i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-78",78,"\u003Cp>“Thank you, Brother Xia, you’re so amazing and kind! Bo!” Ji Wenyue, overwhelmed with emotion, suddenly hugged Xia Daoming and, carried away, planted a kiss on his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough! Cough!” Ji Yuanzhen burst into violent coughing at the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Daoming, startled, quickly patted his back and smoothed his qi, saying, “You girl, don’t you know when to act? Your grandfather can’t handle any more shocks right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big brother! You’re bullying me again—I’m not talking to you!” Ji Wenyue, already flustered from her impulsive act, now felt her heart racing like a startled deer; she hadn’t expected Xia Daoming to add fuel to the fire. Her face flushed crimson, she stomped her foot, twisted her slender waist, and flew out of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you two often do this?” Ji Yuanzhen suddenly stopped coughing, his eyes gleaming as he stared at Xia Daoming; his Yuanben  ashen face seemed to gain a faint glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder, what do you take me, Xia Daoming, for? Wenyue is still young—I’ve always treated her with the utmost respect!” Xia Daoming immediately adopted a solemn expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wenyue is no longer young!” Ji Yuanzhen said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean by that, Elder?” Xia Daoming paused, slightly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rescuer, when flowers bloom, pluck them while you may—don’t wait until they’re gone and grasp only at empty branches!” Ji Yuanzhen spoke with deep earnestness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Daoming silently regarded Ji Yuanzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Yuanzhen watched him with an encouraging gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Daoming gave in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his own skin was no match for this old man’s thickness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ready to sell his own granddaughter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Ji Wenyue returned with rice-cooking utensils and told Xia Daoming that the clan master, Ji Shouli, and Zhu Xingji had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xingji was well-known in Licheng; even with his face covered, he might still be recognized by the Four Powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Daoming feared that if someone from the Four Powers escaped, Zhu Xingji and he might expose their true identities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So during the fight, he deliberately kept Zhu Xingji hidden in the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Zhu Xingji’s mediocre strength was also a reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, Xia Daoming had asked Ji Shouli to go to Zhu Xingji’s hiding spot and call him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have them come in,” Xia Daoming said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can my uncle come too?” Ji Wenyue hesitated, asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though young, she knew the Spirit Rice was no ordinary thing—it must not be revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You were raised by your uncle since childhood; you’re as close as father and daughter—of course he may enter,” Xia Daoming replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.” Ji Wenyue cast a tender glance at Xia Daoming, her heart sweet as honey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A real romantic expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, he’s a man of feeling—otherwise, Wenyue might’ve been sold by him and still counting his coins!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Yuanzhen watched as Xia Daoming’s simple words moved Ji Wenyue to tears, secretly sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clan Master Ji, Brother, you’ve arrived just in time—help peel some rice to cook for the old man, to restore his strength, and also for yourselves,” Xia Daoming said, grabbing two handfuls of Spirit Rice, spreading them on cloth, then rewrapping the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shouli and Zhu Xingji stared at the Spirit Rice on the ground, utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is Spirit Rice. Had it not been for our rescuer’s generous gift, I would not have survived tonight. Now, not only is my life secure, but my cultivation may even recover,” Ji Yuanzhen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S-Spirit Rice!” Ji Shouli trembled violently, eyes bulging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spirit Rice? You mean the rice said to be grown in immortal lands?” Zhu Xingji froze, then suddenly recalled rumors he’d heard during his escort missions—his whole body shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely,” Ji Yuanzhen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rescuer, your great kindness, Shouli…” Ji Shouli snapped back to himself, moved beyond words, and immediately knelt to thank Xia Daoming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clan Master Ji, no need for this!” Xia Daoming quickly stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhu Xingji stood frozen, his mind flooded with images of the two horses carrying two massive saddlebags—his heart felt ready to burst!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two massive saddlebags—how much Spirit Rice was that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the matter of the Spirit Rice must be known only to the three of you—no one else. Otherwise, it could bring us death,” Xia Daoming said sternly after stopping Ji Shouli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rescuer, rest assured—if the Ji family leaks this, I will die to atone!” Ji Yuanzhen said with solemn gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We swear the same!” Ji Shouli and Ji Wenyue followed with equally serious expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough—peel the rice!” Xia Daoming said, picking up a golden grain, channeling hidden force—the husk cracked open, revealing a single grain as pure and lustrous as white jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shouli and the others immediately began helping peel the Spirit Rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Ji Yuanzhen’s instructions, Ji Wenyue carefully gathered all the husks, planning to grind them into bran powder for porridge or medicine, to give to the other clan members who had taken the secret elixir—enough to restore a little vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the Spirit Rice was peeled into two small handfuls of Spirit Rice grains, placed in a clay pot, water added, lid covered, and set over the fire to boil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the Spirit Rice grains enter the pot, smelling the clean fragrance, Ji Yuanzhen’s thoughts drifted to the golden age of the Ji clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Ji family’s rise is said to have begun when our ancestor befriended a cultivator. His exact abilities are lost to time, too distant to verify.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But some traces remain, and over generations, our family has always sought and collected information about cultivators—cough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Master, why not eat the Spirit Rice first, restore your strength, then tell me slowly?” Xia Daoming said gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rescuer, rest easy—now that the Ji clan is safe, and you’ve granted me Spirit Rice, giving me hope to survive, I’m in high spirits, my will to live is strong. Talking won’t harm me. If you stop me, I’ll choke on it,” Ji Yuanzhen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then go ahead,” Xia Daoming nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s said our ancestor’s cultivator friend came from Qingzhou. Qingzhou lies deep within the Great Liang realm, rich in talent and spirit, thriving and prosperous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Long ago, our family considered relocating to Qingzhou, hoping to renew our immortal ties. But first, we couldn’t bear to abandon the legacy our ancestors built in Licheng—homeland is hard to leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, the journey to Qingzhou is long, fraught with unknown hardships and dangers; even if we arrived, we’d have to start over—fear held us back, so we never went.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, with the Xu family and the other Four Powers dragging us into their war, a wrong choice means annihilation—even a right choice will leave us shattered, forced to become slaves of the victor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So after much thought, I’ve decided to seize this chance and head south to Qingzhou. But I never expected the Xu family and others to be so cruel and heartless—if not for the rescuer, our Ji clan… cough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Master, let’s not dwell on that—get back to the story.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.” Ji Yuanzhen nodded and continued recounting what he knew of cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>",1170,"2026-06-20T05:15:29.288Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","099c9c444a766070b9fa85c2174f7f4f46dcf7955637f743f98d17bc0e905ff0","i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-79","i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-77",484,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-cover.jpg"]