[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-189":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},1758875,2324,"Chapter 189 - 148: The Buddha Grants, but He Cannot Be Observed (2)","secret-buyer-chapter-189",189,"\u003Cp>\"The Buddha says, your physical body is extraordinary, resembling a [Flesh and Blood Divine Body], with vitality surging comparable to a Grandmaster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Buddha says, thus granting you... no, that’s not right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Feidao’s voice suddenly became solemn, with a heavy yet ethereal quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light in the Buddha statue’s eyes grew more brilliant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng could distinctly feel that the gaze was penetrating certain aspects of himself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he sensed something unknowable, that this gaze was entirely blocked, obscured, stopped!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight Sceneries Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crack split open on the top of the Buddha statue, extending continuously from the Buddha’s crown to the round belly, and then to the lotus pedestal below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi’s eyes widened, while Chen Yuque remained expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elderly man’s face suddenly turned red, as if his blood and energy were turbulent, as if he had been injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression grew unspeakably grave, gazing at Zhang Fusheng with bewilderment and uncertainty:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Buddha says, your karma entanglement is deep and heavy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karma entanglement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng clasped his hands together:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, Master Ancestor, enlighten me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Feidao took a breath, the redness on his face had not faded, even growing a bit more intense, his breathing became erratic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke very slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Child, many karmic threads are woven around you. The Buddha vaguely sees traces of various sects among them, yet these remain illusions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lamp in the dark chamber flickered, and Hong Tianbao, waiting outside, swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen Yuan Feidao in such a state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So solemn, so astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Feidao took a deep breath and continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not only this, but it also seems intertwined with multiple deities. The Buddha saw the God of Plague, saw the Ancestor of Land Immortals, saw...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was weighed down by an unfathomable sense of the extraordinary:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...saw the figure of the Nine Netherworlds Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque blinked and lowered his head in reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Feidao furrowed his brow:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are just the minutiae. The Buddha says, there is a faint karmic connection on you with an inconceivable, unobservable, unimaginable deity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of utter apprehension covered Zhang Fusheng’s face, with an inexplicable feeling in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s referring to the [Celestial Venerate]... surely...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myself with myself, naturally, there is karmic entanglement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Feidao spoke at last:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps you are seen as a chess piece by that mysterious deity beyond the limits of comprehension. The Buddha says, he sees no more, cannot discern the details.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only advises you to be cautious, very cautious!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng placed his hands together again, offering a respectful gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Master Ancestor sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the Buddha bestows upon you is an inextinguishable flame. With this flame, you may illuminate the path ahead, striving to steer clear of karmic calculations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may also integrate this flame into [Essence], [Vitality], or [Spirit], achieving great fortune.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words fell, and the Master Ancestor stretched out his hand, making a motion as if to support, while the cracked Buddha statue extended its hand into the void again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Descending was a seemingly ordinary, candle-like flame suspended in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flame drifted over, and Zhang Fusheng reached out to hold it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The redness on Yuan Feidao’s face intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said in a low voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You three young ones, your fortunes exceed those of Qiusheng and Tao Ridge’s disciples by far, each extraordinary, possessing divinely gifted talents, so the Buddha grants you much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Return now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man hunched his back and warned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially you, young man, your karma is too profound, as if a great deity is using you as a chess piece.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Need to be cautious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be even more cautious!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, the three suddenly found their vision blur, already appearing outside the house, Hong Tianbao alongside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Depart, then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door closed, and the Master Ancestor’s voice echoed from within, the three exchanged glances, and together with Hong Tianbao, bowed in farewell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dim chamber,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Feidao closed his eyes, the redness on his face roiling over, suddenly opening his mouth with a ’wow’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brilliant blood, reflecting heavenly radiance, spurted from his mouth, splattering on the cracked Buddha statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bent over, gasping for breath in huge gulps, the sweat pouring like rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The gift from Master Ancestor, after all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, Zhang Fusheng looked at his master and couldn’t help asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it truly good, or evil?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao shook his head, his expression complex:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have never seen your grandmaster act like this, nor have I ever seen that Buddha statue in such a manner. This is truly a divine gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque touched the ancestral acupoint at her brow, Lin Dongxi caressed her dantian, and Zhang Fusheng extended his right hand, a tiny flicker of candlelight appeared out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The candlelight seemed nothing out of the ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s getting late.\" Hong Tianbao glanced at the sky, \"You should all go back and rest well. If there’s anything, we can discuss it tomorrow or the day after.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disciples bowed to their master, watching him depart into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng picked up Little Child with one hand, his mind shifted, the Divine Realm unfolded, simultaneously bringing Chen Yuque and Little Child into the Divine Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two only felt a blur before their eyes, the scenery changed, and when everything became clear again, they were inside a vast hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, they saw a meditation mat, an incense burner, a Tao scripture, and...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shrine held no deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a single wooden plaque, inscribed with the words [Heaven and Earth].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuque instinctively prostrated towards the Heaven and Earth Tablet, Lin Dongxi also bowed his head and bent his waist towards it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just bowing and bending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not forced to prostrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng looked deeply at Lin Dongxi, walked forward, and first glanced at the Tao scripture,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, there was a new line of words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just three words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Good tactics]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng kept a calm face, his mind shifted, and a thin veil covered the shrine, making the Heaven and Earth Tablet invisible. Only then did Chen Yuque and Lin Dongxi straighten up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here is...\" Lin Dongxi carefully looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng plopped down onto the meditation mat in front of the shrine. Though it was not as grand as the Eight Sceneries Palace, it still held a remarkably high position,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, even if the grandmaster left some tactics on the three items bestowed by the Buddha, it would not be able to spy on us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled and looked at Lin Dongxi:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak, he is the Great Belly Buddha, then what about you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dongxi placed her hands on her hips and glared, murmuring:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That thing is clearly a fake, no, not even a fake...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A confused expression appeared on her face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I always feel that the Buddha statue, no, the indescribable thing above that Buddha statue, is a part of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like... the meditation mat beneath the Daoist, the lotus platform beneath the Bodhisattva.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng raised an eyebrow, a thought popping into his mind — Divine Position? Celestial Position?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Great Belly Buddha’ undergoing tribulation in the mundane world, wouldn’t that leave only his celestial position in the Different Dimension?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng spread his hand, that unknown flicker of candlelight appeared in his palm, still looking plain and unremarkable, just like an ordinary candle flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered for a moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two wait here for a while, do not move around at will, and do not try to look at the Tao scripture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his words fell, in the bewildered gaze of the two women, Zhang Fusheng’s figure suddenly vanished from place, leaving only that seemingly plain candlelight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s figure appeared in the Eight Sceneries Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he sat down on the meditation mat, and his position soared to an indescribable height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned and thought, sensing meticulously, he detected no anomalies, yet with careful insight, he realized the presence of a prying gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Black Eye from before, this gaze couldn’t reach the Eight Sceneries Palace, as if it was looking through ten thousand layers of mist, taking a startled glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That gaze shattered upon the misty barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not be spied upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Buddha statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was even more baffled, the gaze suspected to be of [Maitreya Buddha]’s celestial position, shattered outside ten thousand layers of mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did Black Eye rely on back then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what was the blackness in his eyes anyway?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Need to get to the bottom of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As thoughts swirled and spun, Zhang Fusheng checked himself thoroughly, cautiously ensuring there were no omissions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he stand up, quickly darting to the rear hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lay down at the door crack of the Gate of the Past, peering inside, thoughts swirling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene inside, once dark and deep, suddenly took on colorful hues, revealing images from long ago, in the room, in the dark chamber, in front of the shrine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me take a good look... what’s the situation here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great Celestial Venerate, buttocks raised, lay peering through the door crack, eyes wide open, in a tone both solemn and dignified.\u003C\u002Fp>",1551,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","21b81c84989ad47e62182b27e4efca3e2308889761f60d8efc5d8cffd9dfbe7a","secret-buyer-chapter-388","secret-buyer-chapter-387",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]