[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-170":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},1758838,2324,"Chapter 170 - 138: Layered Deals, Rapid Advancement, Savage Wilderness!","secret-buyer-chapter-170",170,"\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao coughed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that ever since the Jiangzhou incident, the flesh plague within his body was becoming more active, as if about to consume him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suffering, torment, pain beyond endurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not want to die, at least not now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Knock knock knock’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A knocking sound came from outside the door. Hong Tianbao dragged his weary body to the door and suddenly his pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his divine thought perception, outside the door was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that knocking sound, it wasn’t a real physical collision—the sound resonated within the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao’s body suddenly tensed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Qiusheng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or Chen Daoling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and lightly tapped different parts of his body, silently releasing some hidden confinements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning the door handle, he opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the door, there was an old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao stood tense, staring at the old man, certain he looked familiar but unable to recall where they had met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhong Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man said calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may also call me True Man, I come from above High Heaven.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above High Heaven.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao’s breath suddenly halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was him!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who, on that day, with one step flowers bloomed and fell, with a sigh snow drifted for miles, and asked the mysterious heavens above!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"High Heaven.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao’s body suddenly relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a person, regardless of their purpose, was beyond his ability to resist. He stepped aside and gestured with a hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Mountain walked into the room, step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Substantial spiritual ripples spread from under his feet, swiftly covering the entire room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room transformed into ethereal clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao swallowed, looking around the sea of clouds, above was a Taoist Palace that could be seen but was impossible to see, as if existing outside of thought and perception,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, the Taoist Palace was clearly right before his eyes, yet he couldn’t retain even a hint of its image in his mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering this moment, moving his gaze away, he immediately forgot it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thoughts, ideas, notions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn’t encompass it within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao felt horror, then looked down, seeing a flowing liquid aurora that covered everything on the ground, all that could be seen was aurora, nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this... the Divine Realm?\" He spoke uncertainly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Mountain, or rather, the spiritual imprint coiled in the clouds, quietly watched Hong Tianbao, speaking softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I walk the earth on behalf of the Celestial Venerate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao looked up, saw the Taoist Palace, and once again the memory of the Taoist Palace emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chilling to the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard the mysterious True Man continue:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Heavenly Path diminishes excess to make up for deficiency.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have a strange poison within you, that is your deficiency.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can take this deficiency away today, but for every blessing, there is a price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Mountain fixed his gaze on the older man,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blessing for every price, this was a rule set early on, unchanged for anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even parents, a blessing for every price must hold true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the magnitude of the price is determined by one’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao struggled to move his gaze away from the Taoist Palace beyond the limits of thought, once again forgetting the Taoist Palace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or one might say it never existed in his mind at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the old man before him, Hong Tianbao felt both amazed and delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True Man, what should be the price I pay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man calmly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An amount of cultivation, past experiences in cultivation, a particular trait, or even lifespan, fortune.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All can suffice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao’s expression changed, these things can be the price?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These things can be ’given’??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was shocked but not skeptical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be above the heavens, no ability is surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation? Lifespan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, not those.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao closed his eyes, his lifespan was already limited, as for cultivation, if he lost it, what difference would curing or not curing this flesh plague make?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked seriously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Technique?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Zhong Mountain nodded slightly, gazing at the old man: \"Technique of Breaking Limit, or your cultivation in the Eight Forms of Form and Spirit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any will do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao was startled, even the Eight Forms of Form and Spirit were known?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly pondered, took a deep breath:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, the Eight Forms of Form and Spirit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Mountain nodded, outlining light and shadow, emitting a solemn yet grand voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you willing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Willing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man nodded, smiling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The pact is established.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao felt dazed, sensing the stubborn flesh plague within disappear quietly, vanish without a trace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time, his memory of the Eight Forms of Form and Spirit was rapidly fading, until completely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I..... truly no longer know the Eight Forms of Form and Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life Light Phase, New Death Appearance, Giant Form, Blood Painting Form, up to Ancient Tomb Form!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Dead Man’s Bone formed from the Life Light Phase remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao felt his decaying body fill with vitality bit by bit, sensing his lost strength returning from the ethereal bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became a Grandmaster once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every moment, every second, his body grew stronger and recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his eyelids again, the mysterious True Man’s figure was gone, back in his own room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint phrase lingered in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Above High Heaven, there is no place to leave your name now, too many evil deeds in the first half of life, why not atone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Heavenly Path, tending the deficient with the surplus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Human Path, tending the surplus with the deficient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Path of All Life, no more than the two words of legacy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice dissipated, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao stood dumbfounded, feeling his gradually thriving body, pondering the words ’Heavenly Path’, ’Human Path’, and ’Legacy’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the first half of my life, my sins were deep.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legacy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao thought of his young disciple, a smile appearing on his face, murmuring:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You little punk, who says I’m old, who says I should enjoy my twilight years?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1033,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","0cd180791310cca6bdfad873b5a555421d2f970ea1232360d193e01f62cd02a8","secret-buyer-chapter-370","secret-buyer-chapter-369",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]