[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-486":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"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},1543672,2006,"Chapter 486 - 486 496 Testing","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-486",486,"\u003Cp>486: Chapter 496: Testing 486: Chapter 496: Testing Yue Rujing was reprimanded and didn’t dare to reply, but still muttered with his head lowered, “How am I ignorant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am Master’s proudest disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas, isn’t it because I’ve always stayed in the Taoist Temple serving Sanqing that my prime years have slipped by.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his voice was soft, the emperor heard it clearly and scoffed, “You’re still not convinced?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You deserve to be under your father’s control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You say you have studied at Qi Mountain for many years, now tell me, how many skills from Qi Mountain have you learned?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The State Preceptor is getting on in years, and the selection for the next State Preceptor might not be far off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Master Tianjizi’s proudest disciple from Tianzong, do you have the confidence to compete with Huo Li?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing chuckled, “Do I even need to take action myself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My master’s disciples are many and talented, we have…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking to this point, he realized he had mentioned something he shouldn’t have and suddenly stopped, adding only, “Master is not young anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knows the Yue Family has only me as the sole successor, so he has never thought of making me a Taoist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has always been laissez-faire with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To use his words, it would be better even for the little junior brother to take over than me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emperor raised his eyebrows, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yue Rujing glance his way, he suddenly said with profound meaning, “Your master is a wise man.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing, looking at the emperor with unclear intentions, laughed in a ruffian-like manner, “Your Majesty, my master hasn’t come down the mountain for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t know—he’s not wise at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind has been muddled these last few years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, would my father let me come down from the mountain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s just afraid that in his confusion, he might hand down his mantle to me, risking the Yue Family’s lineage coming to an end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your master has become muddled?” the emperor asked, surprised, looking at Yue Rujing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing replied, “Isn’t that so?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s the senior brother to the State Preceptor, even older than him by quite a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been more than a decade since the emperor had seen Tian Jizi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Yu Jizi’s aged appearance with his crane-like hair, the emperor nodded somberly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s aged indeed!” the emperor muttered reflectively and then waved Yue Rujing away, signaling he could retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing took his leave, leaving only the emperor in the vast hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could he be confused with a grand plan yet unfinished?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He touched his own temples as if something had come to mind and suddenly yelled out, “Someone, bring me a mirror.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, an eunuch about his age brought a mirror to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emperor took it from him and looked at his reflection in the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At nearly fifty, he was no longer young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His slightly visible white hairs were mixed with the black, both tied up, and in the blink of an eye, half of his life had already slipped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emperor gave a wry smile, recognizing his own aging appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an elder who although lived longer than ordinary people, was fast approaching the end of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Yue Rujing had left the palace, he went directly to find Jin Zijin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin had openly taken up residence in the Dao Sect’s Sanqing Temple, as a prominent disciple of Tianzong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing was also a disciple of Tianzong, so he stayed there as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was called a Taoist Temple, but since the Taoists held a very high status in Zhuzhao Country, this temple was built to the same standards as the prince residences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understated luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, I saw the emperor today,” Yue Rujing said, bursting into the room and gulping down a cup of tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, I know,” Jin Zijin nodded nonchalantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He was trying to catch me out in conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel like he’s still guarding against my father.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin replied, “Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The military forces stationed around the border cities make up seventy percent, and your father exclusively controls another twenty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial City has just thirty percent, with ten percent of it not even in the emperor’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this whole world, only the forces under your father can contend with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who else would he guard against if not your father?”\u003C\u002Fp>",740,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.695Z",1,"novelbin.me","f38186b4955225e3f4c8bf411bd7dbc85fa18222fb7f8257a1570d7b5afefcdf","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-302","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-485",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]