Chapter 860 - 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.
"Master, Zijin is eternally grateful for your care in this life. At this point, I really shouldn’t disturb you; I should let you live out your days peacefully on Qi Mountain. Yet, Zijin is dull and less skilled, failing to measure up to Yu Jizi even after years of your meticulous teaching. 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. Master, your lifelong wish has been to restore the Dao Sect to its orthodox roots and keep it independent from the Imperial Court. If Yu Jizi cannot be killed, then that wish is unattainably distant. Master, if Zijin dares to ask you to leave seclusion, does that make me an unfilial disciple?"
Just a second ago, Tian Jizi was sound asleep, but at the next second after Jin Zijin finished speaking, he suddenly sat up.
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. You’ve already greatly exceeded his disciple Huo Li. His real adversary has always been me. Over fifty years ago, I was defeated by his hand and have never been able to reconcile with that defeat, haha..."
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.
Opening the sword case, inside lay a shining golden longsword, silent.
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."
Jin Zijin looked at his master in astonishment. 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.
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.
At the same time, he felt some concern. It was good that Master could come out of retirement to help, but there was his intermittent mental disorder...