[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-137":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},1759086,2324,"Chapter 137 - 119: What a Coincidence! (Part 2)","secret-buyer-chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>Just that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slipped out of her clothes like a cicada shedding its skin, shot like an arrow behind Chen Yuque, and wailed with tears in her eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second Sister, you’re a Great Martial Artist of the Twelve Refinements, you have to protect me!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque silently looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi felt herself being lifted by something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and saw a deep red Qi Blood Palm Seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qi Blood Palm Seal lifted her up in front of Zhang Fusheng, who was smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh ho.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi bit her finger, looking innocently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little junior brother, you’ve become a Martial Arts Master huh hahaha....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was grabbed down by Zhang Fusheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came a fierce beating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds of wailing and howling echoed in the soundproof suite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With several large bumps on her head, Lin Dongxi shrank pitifully in the corner, gnawing on her somewhat cold fried chicken leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The skin isn’t crispy anymore.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked even more aggrieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng, without any expression, stared at this Little Child, patiently waiting for her to finish eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he speak softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third Sister, don’t you plan to explain something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi’s eyelids twitched, and she shrank her neck, cautiously saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve already been beaten, what else do you want? I thought you all got stuck in Jiangzhou...Speaking of which, where’s Senior Brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked, pretending to be casual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng did not answer, just kept smilingly staring at Lin Dongxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter felt uncomfortable under his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng said lightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother, he’s gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi swallowed hard, cautiously asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you kill him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately vowed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I absolutely won’t tell, Senior Brother was taken out by the Evil God, has nothing to do with you, little junior brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn’t me either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng stared at the Little Child, no longer playing around, and said indifferently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was the Mandala Lineage’s [Silent Fury Buddha Son], who skinned him and turned him into a Human Treasure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi and Chen Yuque both turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former exclaimed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Buddha Son?? Such a figure, why would he target Senior Brother??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng calmly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Sister, how long do you plan to keep up the act?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or should I say.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Living Buddha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi truly turned colors, chills erupted from her tailbone, surging throughout her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her head and eyelids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she raised her head again, her face was solemn and benevolent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did you see through the true form of this Buddha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The authoritative voice echoed in the suite, with tiny spots of Buddha’s Light illuminating behind the girl’s head, forming a vague and ethereal corona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a True Buddha had descended to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was a fist the size of a sandbag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi covered the new large bump on her head, grimacing in pain, exclaiming:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I confess! I’ll confess everything!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng bared his teeth, hitting her head a few more times until it was covered with dense, Buddha topknot-like bumps, sneering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you look a bit like a Buddha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Little Child was on the verge of tears from the pain, dared not hide anything anymore, and revealed everything that led up to this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Niu Dali drinking her fresh blood, to colluding with the Western Sect, then making false testimonies, and..... the Living Corpse Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing her story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque was shocked into speechlessness, growing silent as the story progressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quietly glanced at the little junior brother who truly seemed like a deity come to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really wasn’t the little junior brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque’s mind grew complicated once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Zhang Fusheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slightly raised an eyebrow:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Living Corpse Technique, what exactly is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi confessed honestly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A method to turn the dead into puppets, learned from memories that flashed through my mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She covered her head full of bumps:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m innocent, it was that bastard Niu Dali who forced me to do it, he forced me to practice the Living Corpse, whom did I practice it on, let me count.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Governor of Jiangzhou, a deputy director of the Public Security Headquarters, a captain of the Investigation Bureau’s Vanguard Team....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng listened more and more alarmed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how did you know the Buddha Son came?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Living corpse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi spoke timidly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Buddha Son, first found one of my living corpses, which was the Governor of Jiangzhou, so I naturally knew he came.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng thought deeply, not knowing much else, but this event he had witnessed personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he went to negotiate with the Governor, he had already sensed the Buddha Son’s presence outside the villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living Corpse Technique.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued probing, then shook his head, the difficulty of cultivating this technique was unusually high, or else Niu Dali would have learned it himself long ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>specifically trading for this technique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemed unnecessary too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loopholes were big enough not to mention, the main issue being, with the Contract in hand..... no need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Controlling the dead and controlling the living are worlds apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Living Buddha.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng looked at Little Child with great interest, who was chilly all over:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really regret it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She murmured:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had no idea the chaos in Jiangzhou would turn out like this, originally I thought the Buddha Son would kill that bastard Niu Dali and clear your name for you.....I didn’t dare confront him head-on!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He really might have eaten me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking about this, Lin Dongxi felt heartbroken:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That bastard really treated me like a buffet, for half a year, a whole half year, daily eating two bites of my flesh, drinking two sips of my blood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spoke cowardly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, we must unite externally for now, we mustn’t have internal strife!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unite externally?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng took interest:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chongyang City, the ancestral veins of the sect.\" Lin Dongxi briefly described their master’s predicament on that side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng furrowed his brows:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it true that Granduncle, Second Uncle are both Grandmasters?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, originally the master was almost there too, but he was plotted against by the Granduncle, infected by the Western Sect’s Flesh Plague, leading to his decline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, he wouldn’t have retired in Jiangzhou City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s expression grew heavy, two Grandmasters as enemies, and their backing is the Western Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli can’t be said to be totally controlled yet, and can’t be easily used, if made to directly help ’Zhang Fusheng’,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then his exposure risk would significantly increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be used discreetly, cleverly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chongyang City is a place he must visit, there’s the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle Iron, though he’s not eager to retrieve it, Miss Mingyue is still eyeing it.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng began to feel a headache coming on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Federation, Golden Province, Investigation Bureau, various evil cults, Ancestor of Land Immortals.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything seemed to come at him all at once, as if some grand force was pushing him towards a vortex, breaking free from one entanglement, only to plunge into another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too slow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In almost a month’s time, I’ve only reached the level of a Martial Arts Master—too slow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng gently stroked his little sister’s bumpy head, his gaze growing deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regarding the Great Medicine, it can be collected in large quantities through Hu Zhongli, but it must reach my hands in a way that won’t trace back to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual realm had already reached the Perfection level, even if only at Initial Perfection, it was enough to elevate him into a [Grandmaster] the moment he stepped into the Grandmaster level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandmaster and Master are on the same tier in a certain sense, the sole difference being the Spiritual Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One is truly Perfection, True Divine Realm, while the other is Minor Perfection, Illusory Divine Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps, it’s time to squeeze a bit more out of my lovely, without-defect Subordinate Souls...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything belonging to the Subordinate Souls, belonged to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they no longer had bodies, their spiritual realms and souls remained unified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking the Spiritual Limit seemed to demand confronting a Different Dimension—but to break the limit, one simply wouldn’t, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like unearthing the never-before-seen [Thirteenth Refinement] at the Martial Artist level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smile appeared on Zhang Fusheng’s face, and he punched down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still hitting?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Little Child barely managed to shout before completely passing out.\u003C\u002Fp>",1413,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","8950eda027f750b3db8cf6a7dec35045838e8dc8354ed6b879a8fe4ffab632f4","secret-buyer-chapter-138","secret-buyer-chapter-136",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]