The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1044 - 1038: Sneaking into Yu Jizi’s Secret Room

He had regained his courage during the day and sneaked into Yu Jizi’s secret chamber.

Yu Jizi held an inviolable sacred status in Xuanzong; without Jin Zijin’s words, Huo Li would have never dared to trespass into Yu Jizi’s chamber.

Yu Jizi was well aware of this, which is why he felt so at ease.

The secrets within that chamber, concerning the medicinal man and that array, were exactly as Jin Zijin had described, which made him even more terrified as he thought about it.

Thinking about his master appearing before him with a young face, he felt immensely horrified.

After sighing, Huo Li drank another cup of tea and asked, "So, what did you tell me all this for? What do you want to do?"

Jin Zijin would not have warned him without a reason; so, what was he seeking?

"I want to stop Yu Jizi and save the Dao Family," Jin Zijin, looking seriously at Huo Li, said.

Huo Li narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "What do you mean?"

Jin Zijin said, "You probably still do not understand what he really wants to do."

"Do what?" Wasn’t it just to switch to a younger body, let that young body replace him as the Grand Master Brother of Xuanzong, and then continue to be the State Preceptor?

No, naturally not.

Jin Zijin said, "Yu Jizi is a wild man by nature, his secular surname is Jin, and he was once part of the Imperial Family."

Huo Li, holding his empty teacup, looked puzzledly at Jin Zijin.

"Besides longing for immortality, he has another desire—to hold both the Dao Family and the Imperial Court in his hands, to truly unify Zhuzhao Country. He wants to be the eternal king of Zhuzhao Country, and those of us who try to stop him, the candidates for the State Preceptor, should not expect to survive. By then, there will be no Dao Sect."

"Really?" Huo Li’s complexion turned somewhat pale, seemingly in disbelief of Jin Zijin’s words.

Yet, upon saying the word "really," he felt rather foolish.

Over the years, the things he had done for Yu Jizi, gradually penetrating the Imperial Court, he knew better than anyone.

But with the prestige of the Dao Family in Zhuzhao Country, why would they infiltrate the Imperial Court? It was too strange.

So, he wanted to grasp both the Dao Family and the Imperial Court!

"Do you want the Dao Family to merge into the Imperial Court?" Jin Zijin’s voice was very deep, carrying a hint of enticement in the quiet night.

"Do you wish for the Dao Family to disappear?"

If his guess was right, Yu Jizi’s plan was indeed to assume Jin Ziyuan’s identity, using his identity to legitimatize the former Rebel King. Jin Ziyuan was the only son of the three brothers; it was righteous for him to be the Emperor.

And if he became the Emperor, then naturally there would be no purpose for the Dao Sect to exist. How could a man like him allow the Dao Family with immense power to coexist equally with the dignity of the Emperor?

Thus, although he helped Jin Moning defeat the Rebel King’s party years ago, he also left an opportunity for the Rebel King’s party to rise again.

A cold sweat broke out on Huo Li’s face; he had grown up in the Dao Family, Sanqing Temple was his home. In his worldview, the Dao Family was different from the secular world, and he naturally did not want the Dao Family to become secular.

"What do you want to do?" Huo Li asked.

Jin Zijin said, "You help me with one thing, and I assure you, the Dao Family will be separated from the imperial power, and everyone in the Dao Sect will be able to safely retreat from the world, and Tianzong and Xuanzong will return to the harmony of a thousand years ago."

Jin Zijin’s words deeply moved Huo Li; he did not harbor ambitions like Yu Jizi. His greatest ambition was only to lead Xuanzong and be the State Preceptor of Zhuzhao Country.

To him, leading Xuanzong and being the State Preceptor of Zhuzhao Country made no difference, he didn’t want to use the position of State Preceptor to control anyone.