[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-130":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Secret Buyer",{"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},1759079,2324,"Chapter 130 - 114: Niu Dali, Do You Recognize Me?","secret-buyer-chapter-130",130,"\u003Cp>\"Where is this...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a jar not much bigger than a palm, Niu Dali’s head, just as large as the jar’s opening, sat outside, looking bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his memory, just a second ago, he was outside Dragon Boat City. But the moment the Mysterious True Man and the bald young man completed their ’transaction’,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he found himself here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cautiously looked around, finding himself in a chaotic hall where a great sound echoed silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking ahead... a person?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali swallowed his saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the back of the hall, atop a meditation mat, sat a vague, majestic figure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>enshrouded in thick chaos mist, with layers of dim universes floating around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It—no, He simply sat there but appeared infinitely lofty and profound, occupying all sight and senses from Niu Dali’s perspective!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali trembled, his scalp... the peeled scalp tingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you... the Celestial Venerate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He softly called, questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fuzzy figure shrouded in chaos mist seemed to open his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali felt enveloped by an unspeakable, superior gaze, as if all his past had been seen through, with no secret left hidden!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to lower his head to show respect,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but his head was stuck outside the jar, unable to bow, with his body trapped in the jar no bigger than a head, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One who devours all.\" He heard that mysterious Celestial Venerate, voice indifferent, emotionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali struggled to speak, his gaze growing fervent, Celestial Venerate... Celestial Venerate!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unknown, overwhelmingly powerful, terrifying deity!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he could win the other’s favor, as long as he could escape the jar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that Buddha Son! That Zhang Fusheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scarlet hue flashed in Niu Dali’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate in the chaos mist asked, seemingly interested:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know from where your peculiarity comes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali cautiously, honestly replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems to come from my bloodline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know which bloodline?\" The Celestial Venerate continued asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali, bewildered, struggled to shake his head, his jaw rubbing against the jar, producing a ’gigaga’ sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A human face on a sheep body, eyes under the armpits, tiger teeth, human claws, sounds like a baby...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is, the Taotie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao... Taotie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he heard the words ’Taotie’,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali felt his bloodline seemed to start boiling, jumping, cheering, euphoric!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed his bloodline was meant to be called by this name!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taotie...\" Niu Dali reverently repeated, gathering courage: \"I am willing to serve you and walk in the world with the body of Taotie, walk in your nation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate let out a laugh of indeterminate meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali grew anxious, watching the chaos mist around the Celestial Venerate gradually roll and flow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the multiple universes seemingly growing darker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate spoke again, serenely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Taotie, an ancient beast of old times, greedy without restraint, devouring nothing, like you, capable of swallowing Life Plates, eating deities, dining on all things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali’s heart pounded, his compressed body within the jar trembling along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Taotie bloodline has advantages and disadvantages, remaining within you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate said flatly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet, I desire to take the power of devouring and transforming all things from your Taotie bloodline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali felt a chill inside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not taking the bloodline itself from some ancient beast of old, yet able to directly take away the abilities the bloodline granted him??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst horror and bitterness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he saw the Celestial Venerate sigh faintly, the chaos mist uncontrollably swirling, following which came a grand sound of the Tao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I follow the Heavenly Path, taking the excess to replenish the lacking, yin-yang Tai Chi, two rites and four images, balancing all things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since I take your power of devouring all things, I also grant you one matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali became excited, his previously dim eyes suddenly brightening, asked with a quiver in his voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do not know what the Celestial Venerate wishes to grant me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the meditation mat, the infinite lofty blurred figure spoke lightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In your heart burns a fire of jealousy and wrath.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I grant you permission to act as my emissary, to serve me for one hundred and eight years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person you envy and resent, who is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali was silent for a moment, panting heavily, is it that Buddha Son?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it’s not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s Zhang Fusheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s him! It’s him! It’s him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali suppressed the scarlet urge to tear everything apart, spoke deeply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s Zhang Fusheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Fusheng...\" the Celestial Venerate softly murmured the name: \"Shall I bring him before you once more, how about that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali’s eyes widened in shock, if his body weren’t immobile, he wanted to bow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank... Celestial Venerate for your immense grace!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate chuckled, casually sketching out mysterious lights and shadows, a contract slowly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taking from your Taotie bloodline, the power of devouring all things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Granting you the grace of serving by my side for a century, after which your choice to stay or leave rests on your will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And allowing you to meet the one you detest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali, without much hesitation, loudly declared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am willing!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though losing the ability to devour all things, yet serving and accompanying such an incredibly powerful, mysterious Celestial Venerate,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali considered it a gain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he could still deal with Zhang Fusheng...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became increasingly excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Celestial Venerate fell silent then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For he discovered the contract could not be established—the Old Bull seemed to have misunderstood the transaction’s content, causing the contract to be judged as ’deception’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon careful investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate spoke calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will not slay your enemy for you, merely bring him before you; whether you can kill him, also depends entirely on yourself, do you understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali paused, stunned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This subordinate understands!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate resumed sketching mysterious lights and shadows, this time, it worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The contract is established.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate’s solemn voice echoed within the hall, in the great sound of silence, with the mysterious resonance of the Tao!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali felt something on him... was being stripped away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mysterious light and shadow dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Venerate’s voice of the Tao sounded once more:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the next one hundred and eight years, you’ll stay by my side. As for Zhang Fusheng...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali was somewhat puzzled, wondering why the Great Deity’s way of speaking had changed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his confusion, he heard the deity chuckle:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Niu Dali, Zhang Fusheng is already before you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali struggled to turn his head left and right, bewildered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, I... I can’t see him...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Niu Dali.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaos mist before the deity began to thin out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look closely, who am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali instinctively looked toward the infinite and mighty figure. The churning chaos mist rolled away to both sides,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>revealing a figure and a face that were all too familiar to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The face wore a teasing smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali gaped, utterly stunned, his mind in turmoil—Zhang, Zhang Fusheng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body, compressed into a small urn pot, grew cold, and his head roared with the noise,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if an iron hammer was madly pounding inside his skull!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it be him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it possibly be him??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali emerged between laughter and tears:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re, you’re teasing your subordinate, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man sitting cross-legged on the meditation mat chuckled aloud:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would I tease you? Think carefully, did Black Eye not tell you that he saw me... becoming the Infinite Celestial Venerate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali’s mind went blank with a bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One minute, two minutes, three minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang! Fu! Sheng!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a hysterical roar, his eyes red as if bleeding!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng calmly gestured, and the urn pot floated, settling firmly beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Fusheng!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali continued to howl as if crying blood, his newly risen hope thoroughly shattered. Actual blood tears streamed from his eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See, so impatient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng extended a hand, gently patting the human treasure on the head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the next one hundred and eight years, you shall remain here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said it before, granted you serve by my side. Rest assured, I will not go back on it, because this is our transaction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali whimpered, blood tears flowing like a stream, yet he was unable to utter a single word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been sealed by Zhang Fusheng, his tongue taken away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Taotie Bloodline, may still be of some use.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng muttered to himself, slightly shaken by the transaction that had given him the power of devouring everything, cooling off the contract to an unexpected thirty-six years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that’s quite something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Six Ding Divine Fire lasts only a hundred years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, that’s right, it seems the upper limit is a hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortunately, there’s still a bit of Fearless Lion meat left.\" Zhang Fusheng mused: \"The judgment of this contract is somewhat puzzling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his chin with one hand while using the other to tap Niu Dali’s head like a wooden fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali thought himself to be the deity, serving by the deity’s side was not judged as deception,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the belief he could immediately kill ’Zhang Fusheng’ was judged as deception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weird...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the contract also believed I’m the deity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Has it gone mad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng suddenly bowed his head, realizing the connection, possibly related to this meditation mat, as sitting upon it greatly elevated his position, overlooking all...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this mean,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>being seated here allows his position to rival a true deity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just a deity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was taken aback, knowing this was merely a meditation mat—if it were truly a part of the Eight Scenery Palace, it wouldn’t be surprising,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the key is, this is merely a projection, a reflection of the Eight Scenery Palace!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, how high would the position of the real Eight Scenery Palace be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the true [Supreme]?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng murmured to himself, his heart growing ever colder. How could such a figure suddenly vanish, even have their celestial position usurped?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To usurp the Supreme’s position, how powerful must one be??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus on the present, take the next step thoughtfully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng exhaled a breath of fresh air, silently consuming Fearless Lion meat,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>initially a gram could sustain for a year, now its effect diminished greatly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a half-ounce at fifty grams just managed to offset the thirty-six-year cooldown—still owed a few days, Zhang Fusheng begrudgingly gnawed a bit of One-Horned Giant Rhinoceros meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time to get some new Star Beast meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The waiting zone is the hub of the Golden Province, it cannot be like a subordinate city having only One-Horned Giant Rhinoceros meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng pondered, hesitating about whether to ’revive’ Chen Yuque. Adding an absolutely loyal subordinate in reality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could avoid explanations with his master, essentially offering benefits only,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the crux being, where could he acquire a Twelve Refinements level body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could imagine a flesh and blood body in the likeness of Chen Yuque within the Divine Realm, forcibly turning illusion into reality,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"but that would merely be an ordinary flesh and blood body, unable to preserve cultivation like a residual soul transformed into a grim skeleton...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To imagine a Twelve Refinements body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That would likely fail to refine illusion into reality—perhaps it’s possible in the future, but now? It would more or less cost me my life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng furrowed his brow, feeling quite troubled...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that little one, Lin Dongxi, should have arrived at Chongyang City by now, posing some difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the moment, he dismissed these thoughts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng licked his lips, extracted the ’Power of Devouring and Transforming All Things’ from the contract, integrating it into himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t taken the Taotie Bloodline primarily because it belonged to a primeval savage beast,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and integrating such a bloodline might mean he would inherently fall short of Taotie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if... he encounters a true Taotie someday?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than taking the bloodline, better to take the ability of the bloodline, regardless of any side effects, none would affect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Power of Devouring and Transforming All Things] slowly merged with him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>imbuing Zhang Fusheng with a vague, inexplicable feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt like... he could consume anything all of a sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tangible matter, the ethereal life plate, and even mysterious factors in the air, perhaps even... deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh, of course, that’s assuming he could overcome the deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it remained a capability touching upon ’concepts,’ after all, things like a life plate are too ethereal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they could be ’consumed.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Devouring Everything... can it truly consume anything, digest anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng bent down, biting hard onto the meditation mat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taotie, show me your limits!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh wow!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three of his teeth broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Sexy Eight Treasures Congee seeks monthly votes online)\u003C\u002Fp>",2157,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","d4f065d25bd63b37ae0eb91ec28ef3203c5bfe328f604ee487ef459f6a41e389","secret-buyer-chapter-131","secret-buyer-chapter-129",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]