[{"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-860":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},1544095,2006,"Chapter 860 - 860 854 Crazy or Not","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-860",860,"\u003Cp>860: Chapter 854: Crazy or Not 860: Chapter 854: Crazy or Not Tian Jizi was lying on the kang, fast asleep, while Jin Zijin sat on a low stool beside him, speaking in a hushed voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, Zijin is eternally grateful for your care in this life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, I really shouldn’t disturb you; I should let you live out your days peacefully on Qi Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Zijin is dull and less skilled, failing to measure up to Yu Jizi even after years of your meticulous teaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we don’t stop him now as he conducts his ritual, he will be even harder to conquer once he has obtained a younger body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master, your lifelong wish has been to restore the Dao Sect to its orthodox roots and keep it independent from the Imperial Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yu Jizi cannot be killed, then that wish is unattainably distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master, if Zijin dares to ask you to leave seclusion, does that make me an unfilial disciple?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a second ago, Tian Jizi was sound asleep, but at the next second after Jin Zijin finished speaking, he suddenly sat up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat upright on the bed-couch, his aged eyes still piercing as they shot a look at Jin Zijin, and said, “You’ve managed to hold your own against him for so long and have even forced him to act personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve already greatly exceeded his disciple Huo Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His real adversary has always been me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over fifty years ago, I was defeated by his hand and have never been able to reconcile with that defeat, haha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Jizi, invigorated, got out of bed, donned a white Eight Trigrams Robe, and triggered a mechanism in the room, pulling out a dusty sword case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the sword case, inside lay a shining golden longsword, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a smile, Tian Jizi took out the longsword and nodded slightly, saying, “Old friend, I told you, when I unsheathe you again, it will be our time to redeem our past disgrace.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin looked at his master in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sword was the supreme treasure of the Dao Sect, of which he had only heard but had never seen, so it was just like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that Yu Jizi was keen on acquiring this sword, which, like the Youying Pearl, had vanished without a trace, only to be in the master’s possession all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he felt some concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was good that Master could come out of retirement to help, but there was his intermittent mental disorder…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he was concerned, Tian Jizi just looked at him and smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Worried about the Dao Sect, worried about the Imperial Court?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think you’re more worried about that female doctor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In light of the stories she’s written for me over the past half-year, I suppose I do owe her a rescue, consider it payment for her efforts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master?” Jin Zijin’s heart was filled with mixed emotions; his master knew it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Jizi sighed, “I don’t blame you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve known all along that you are a man of the world and couldn’t possibly stay with the Dao Family forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither you nor Yue Rujing belongs to it, but you don’t need to worry about me or the Dao Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without you, Tianzong still stands strong in defending Qi Mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Master…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think I’ve really grown senile?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve been shrewd my whole life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most muddled I’ve ever been was over fifty years ago when I was defeated by Yu Jizi, a complete disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person should only be muddled once; how could I remain so forever?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s go, let’s find out where they are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s time to settle things with him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the Dongzhou army camp had exploded into chaos; they had been guarding a prisoner, yet the prisoner had vanished?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With tens of thousands of men, not one knew how the disappearance had happened—he had simply vanished into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Che Xiangyuan felt the matter was too grave, and without waiting for Xiao Jinyan and the others to return, he sent a secret report to the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The identity of the one who had abducted Jin Ziyuan was unknown, but regardless of who was responsible, such a person was too terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jin Ziyuan, at this moment, was following beside Yu Jizi, his eyes vacant and lifeless, mechanically moving his feet like a puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>",736,"2026-06-06T06:55:00.784Z",1,"novelbin.me","e9308e1a674a832ec647ebb8227d2f5b4f2c621d22d4d19963c187f84b8ace14","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-861","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-859",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]