[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-133":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},1759082,2324,"Chapter 133 - 117: Lofty! Lofty! Lofty Beyond Words!","secret-buyer-chapter-133",133,"\u003Cp>\"Name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Fusheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chen Yuque.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exhausted, a man and a woman replied, Zhang Fusheng looking as if he had a toothache:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just say whether that thing is a worthless mutt or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque’s mouth twitched, nodding silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard abruptly smacked the table, making a dull sound. As a guard of the legislative building, his cultivation level was not low, reaching the standard of Six Refinements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This level, in a subordinate city, would be someone who could cause storms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another guard walked in at this moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Checked the identification, no problem, they’re senior and intermediate inspectors from Chongyang City’s Public Security Bureau.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard’s expression remained unchanged, unmoved by the senior inspector’s status—this was the waiting area, the legislative building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As guards of the legislative building, they had seen countless Martial Arts Masters, and even Grandmasters\u002FFusheng\u002FChongyang\u002Fover the years — not abundant, but certainly numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like kids might speak without forethought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard nodded, standing up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, you both may leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng and Chen Yuque, with dark expressions, were chased out of the small dark room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that worthless mutt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former asked through gritted teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque shook her head silently, then softly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Junior Sister saw me alongside you, the plan you mentioned before, pretending to distance myself from you, may now be... impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng rubbed his fists:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right now, I just want to find my dear Third Senior Sister and identify this descending Living Buddha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque’s expression froze, cautiously asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then?\" Zhang Fusheng’s face darkened: \"Spank her butt!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked back onto the bustling street, feeling troubled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here’s the issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under special materials pervasive against Divine Thought’s prying, how to find Lin Dongxi, that wretched kid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plain frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s return to the hotel first,\" Zhang Fusheng said weakly, glancing at the distant legislative building with profound eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rare full moon hung in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone accepted the bounty notice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butler raised an eyebrow, appearing excited:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring them to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a butler, but beyond just a butler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The legislator family of the Golden Province, often called the ’Golden Clan.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every ten years, governors from the forty-nine provinces would rotate to prevent extending roots too deeply within the province,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but legislators do not rotate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each legislator symbolizes at least a century of family prosperity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the head butler of such a family, he naturally held a high status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not much later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boy, seemingly five or six years old, was brought before the butler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head butler of the Golden Clan nearly grimaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send him out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attendant nodded respectfully, preparing to lift the little brat by the neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hu Zhongli.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The childish voice sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy said blandly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hu Zhongli, you’d best come see me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Muniu’s tone carried a superior feeling, and indeed he was superior—in mindset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a certain standpoint...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a Divine Envoy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Central Pole Sect Leader! Emperor of the Underworld! Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butler’s expression slightly tightened, sensing something amiss as he stared at the boy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really have information about the Life-Extending Medicine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Life-Extending Medicine? No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butler’s face fell:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Throw him out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attendant was about to move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butler saw the boy raise his head, looking at him with a calm, ant-like gaze,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Pop!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third eye abruptly opened on his forehead, filled with decayed, gray hues like rotten wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell Hu Zhongli to see me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Muniu, hands behind his back, spoke in an unquestionable tone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like a god issuing a decree to mortals trapped in the dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butler’s expression drastically changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s expression drastically changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he be so good at pretending??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any movement of the Subordinate Soul was perfectly sensed by Zhang Fusheng, and Zhou Muniu’s conduct was all seen as ’clear as day.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this guy be born with the Saint Physique of Pretending? How could he pretend better than me??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s expression shifted as he entered the hotel lobby, roughly forming some guesses in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Zhou Muniu’s perspective, he might not be ’pretending.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his own view,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly arrives bearing the Emperor’s Decree from the Underworld, descended upon the human world as the emissary of the Central Pole Sect Leader and Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could be a blessing in disguise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng, stroking his chin, muttered to himself, deciding to let Zhou Muniu freely exert himself, waiting for the real bluff moment, before stepping in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, stepping down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Chen Yuque carefully asked beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng pressed the elevator button, ascending to the 12th floor, looking at the ongoing cleanup and reconstruction of room 1202, he turned into the neighboring new room 1203.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, where did that brat Lin Dongxi go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng muttered to himself, closing the door with a bang, settling in the living room, simultaneously watching Zhou Muniu’s unfolding and browsing the Divine Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is quite interesting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze locked onto the trading platform within the Divine Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various items were being sold, from rusted scrap metal to Great Medicines and mystical treasures...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Net within the waiting area could certainly be called, aside from the Provincial Government’s Golden City, the most ’thriving’ of all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it’s a transit hub and the best place for fencing stolen goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Items that couldn’t be sold easily in other cities were entirely possible here in the waiting area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s finger halted briefly on the screen, focusing on a pile of rusted scrap metal up for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mysterious Palace Plaque]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Price: 98 Pseudo Souls]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clicked the image, his pupils suddenly contracting into pinpoints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a seemingly unimpressive plaque inscribed with the bold characters ’Milo Celestial Palace.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Milo Celestial Palace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in mythology, the absolute center among the remaining thirty-three heavens, apart from the Three Pristine Heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Emperor, residing in the Milo Celestial Palace, governs the heavens and oversees the heavenly order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it a coincidental ’homonym,’ or??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng breathed rapidly, messaging the seller:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No Pseudo Souls, how about 5 True Souls?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, the seller replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deal, what’s your address?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng entered the hotel address and room number, then waited a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seller’s message popped up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m in the wilderness; it would be morning when I get back, so I can deliver it around six o’clock tomorrow morning. Is the soul transaction related to the Divine Realm trade, or a container trade?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Container?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng understood. People below the level of Grandmaster haven’t mastered the Divine Realm and naturally cannot contain a soul,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such cases, the ’soul’ transaction involves storing the soul in a special container.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Container trade,\" he messaged back, and the other party acknowledged receipt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng calmed his excited mind, thought for a while, and ordered a soul container on the Divine Net, which wasn’t expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just seven thousand bucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The order was successfully submitted, and the estimated delivery time showed as... midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Half an hour, huh,\" Zhang Fusheng mumbled to himself, his eyes flickering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my god!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi lay on the bed, looking terrified:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have the minions of the God of Plague started spreading already?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a few deep breaths, a look of apprehension and worry on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wouldn’t be Second Senior Sister and Junior Brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were already notorious in Jiangzhou, notorious at the site of the Divine Descent. The most critical thing is.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being instigated by Niu Dali, can these two still walk side by side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi looked serious and murmured:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No change in appearance, but inside, it’s probably a mess of flesh plague... the will dominating the body has likely become the will of the God of Plague.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knitted her brows tightly. Is the God of Plague’s ambition so great?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just descended and already letting the minions spread all around... planning to quietly sow the seeds of the flesh plague?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is troublesome. I won’t be able to leave the waiting area until the day after tomorrow.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi let out a breath:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still don’t know when I can take my place. What was I thinking back then, full of energy, playing the part of descending to experience trials?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She truly can’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi only knows she is a Living Buddha, but lacks specific memory and even corresponding divine techniques,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all she has is an astonishing talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past half-year, if she weren’t being drained every day by Niu Dali, how could she still be only at the Second Refinement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she still occasionally has flashbacks of one or two images buried deep in her memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those images are probably from her previous life, memories from a Different Dimension, perhaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great Belly Buddha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She murmured to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still finds this title very distasteful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Given the current situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Might as well order takeout!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed an order, glanced at the time; it would take half an hour to deliver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So hungry, so hungry!\" She rubbed her belly and muttered, \"No wonder it’s called Great Belly Buddha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parliament Building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Muniu stood with his hands behind his back, quietly waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time ticked by, second by second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>11:38 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Creak～’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient and solemn redwood door was opened by two attendants, and an elderly man, hunched over and emitting a clear smell of decay, slowly walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hu Zhongli?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man saw a child with three eyes on their forehead, sitting on a chair in a condescending manner, looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is I.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli’s expression was momentarily tense, his gaze roving over the third eye of the other party, which clearly had a decaying wood-like grey and dreary color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made him very uncomfortable, reminding him of his own dying state like rotting wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steward wisely retreated from the room, and the redwood door slowly closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli spoke calmly; having been a Golden Legislator for over a hundred years, he had seen and been involved in everything,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not likely to be moved by a three-eyed child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the other was acting very high and mighty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Muniu said calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am merely an envoy, meeting you on behalf of my master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was extremely arrogant, and Hu Zhongli squinted slightly; this manner was reminiscent of those guys from the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not an act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This child genuinely, from the bottom of his heart, looked down on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli sat down leisurely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An envoy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the person behind you have a Life-Extending Medicine? What’s the price?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Extending life?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Muniu seemed to hear a grand joke, laughed disdainfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is life something that needs to be extended?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Life and death are all within my master’s control.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli understood:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An Evil God? Which sect do you belong to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remained very calm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cultists actually dare to sell Life-Extending Medicine to me? That’s quite something...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impudent!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy issued a rebuke, all three eyes opening simultaneously, staring at the old legislator:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you refer to my master as an Evil God?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used to be an action team leader in the Investigation Bureau, naturally understanding the power of resurrecting the dead... a true deity can wield such power!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Muniu stood up, stepping step by step closer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could the capabilities of my master be something you, an ant, could understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Golden Legislator...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sneered, arrogantly turning around, stepping onto the wooden table and sitting cross-legged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Hu Zhongli’s puzzled gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Muniu said faintly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are fortunate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The master wishes to meet you personally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three of his eyes closed simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a Supreme Taoist Palace, a young man sitting on a meditation mat quietly descended his will, taking over the subordinate soul’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One breath, two breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli saw the peculiar boy tremble slightly, his aura suddenly chaotic,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>by the tenth breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli suddenly shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the boy, who seemed unchanged, he suddenly felt as if gazing at the vast starry sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ant peeping at the infinite blue sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High! High! High!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indescribably high!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli’s pupils shrank dramatically; his initially calm mind was suddenly shattered, unexpectedly generating an impulse to prostrate!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a god!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man breathed heavily, eventually bowing his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly here, staring at the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the old man felt the gaze that was upon him... seemed to come from the infinite above, from the infinite heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked, trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Super Eight-Treasure Porridge Online asking for monthly tickets)\u003C\u002Fp>",2130,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","a5b076633c83610a4588a669a6ed53506d7f9b733d2ccc269dfa98d3447c787b","secret-buyer-chapter-134","secret-buyer-chapter-132",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]