[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-206":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},1759005,2324,"Chapter 206 - 161: Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven","secret-buyer-chapter-206",206,"\u003Cp>When Li Guoquan brought the Three-legged Sunbird, or rather, the \"Golden Crow Meat,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng had already completed the exchange with Hu Zhongli and Yu Huafeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He offered Old Hu thirty years of spiritual cultivation, as stated in the Contract,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in return for a killing technique he had mastered to the level of \"Intention and Spirit Unity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This technique is called ’Strong Bull Demon Body.’\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When introducing it, Hu Zhongli was extremely solemn:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This technique has a long history, originating from a top-level 5-Level Star Beast, the Corpse Demon Bull. Many years ago, someone learned it deep in the Star Sea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pausing for a moment, Old Hu continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, the cultivation of this technique is too extreme, requiring one to fall into demonhood to progress. I fell into demonhood nine times in my life, awakening nine times to push this technique to the level of Intention and Spirit Unity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now that I’ve broken into the Innate Realm, this technique is not very useful to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s eyes were shining:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if it’s not very useful, it’s still a technique of Intention and Spirit Unity. Thirty years of spiritual cultivation in exchange... I’m getting a great deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A technique to gain strength by falling into demonhood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just what he loved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng bowed, understanding that Hu Zhongli was doing him a favor, which he gladly accepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the very reason Zhang Fusheng joined the High Heaven Association in person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Zhongli smiled, his expression turning very serious:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This technique is not ordinary. It contains a layer of spiritual secrets that I couldn’t unearth. I don’t know if you can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual secrets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng pondered how a seemingly body-focused technique could be connected to spiritual secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suppressed the urge to immediately absorb and integrate the dharma marvel of this technique when the old woman spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t offer anything for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Huafeng regretfully said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But in the research institute, the 4-Level Star Beast meat I can procure is limited. I’ll have it delivered in a few days, for the exchange...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pointed to Li Guoquan:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it also one to two hundred years of lifespan like with Legislator Li?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng replied with a smile. A 4-Level Star Beast is truly a mythical life, albeit with either low grade or mixed bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, it remains a mythical life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feigning a solemn demeanor with the True Man’s apparition, Zhang Fusheng exchanged fifty years of lifespan for Li Guoquan, receiving a jade box from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jade box was heavy to the touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over ten thousand catties!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was astonished:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Half an ounce of meat, why use such a heavy jade box?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively, he lifted the lid of the jade box slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s eyes stung as terrifying heat rolled out from the jade box, scorching his skin black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Hu Zhongli’s quick reflexes to bind and compress the heat back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the unwitting old woman and the entire villa might have vaporized!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Snap!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng closed the jade box, still shaken:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is... the meat of a 4-Level Star Beast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Guoquan nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A 4-Level Star Beast is so rare that even its Life Soul is hard to purchase; it’s usually acquired through trades. Every gram is immensely beneficial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shrugged:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I acquired this Star Beast meat by chance, else I wouldn’t have held onto it so long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng swallowed, gently stroking the warm jade box:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are Star Beasts classified, exactly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked, somewhat nonchalantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The response came from the old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Huafeng spoke solemnly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our research suggests that Star Beasts likely originate from ’Different Dimensions,’ possessing extremely peculiar life forms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such creatures are naturally powerful, but oddly enough... they do not grow stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng listened intently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, Elder Yu, enlighten me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Source Point Research Institute itself studies Different Dimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of contemplation, Yu Huafeng said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Level 1 Star Beast is born a Grandmaster and dies a Grandmaster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level 2 and 3 Star Beasts are born in the Innate and Celestial Human realms. As for Level 4 Star Beasts...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s expression changed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Born as a Divine Spirit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly.\" Yu Huafeng nodded affirmatively: \"This is why meat from Star Beasts above Level 3 is so prized and scarce, nearly priceless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She recalled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for Level 5? Such beings defy conventional understanding, seemingly aligning with a... rule?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was solemn, suddenly looking at Hu Zhongli:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the Ox Demon you mentioned, Elder Hu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Hu shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know either, only that it’s a terrifying creature deep in the Star Sea, different from other mindless, powerful Star Beasts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Ox Demon can communicate, even speak human language.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng nodded thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Beasts, mythical lives, lacking wisdom, not capable of cultivation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connected to the obliterated, vanished old era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let Zhang Erhe come up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending off the True Man’s apparition, Zhang Fusheng exhaled a breath and said thusly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret exchange concluded swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he left the villa, it was already dusk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng looked up and glanced at the twelve aerospace ships still hovering above the Governance Building, silently smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, it will be the time for the High Heaven Association to firmly establish itself in Chongyang City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was set, and nothing required his direct intervention,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as Hu Zhongli and others would naturally handle everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Chen Qiusheng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still has his uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let it stir, let it stir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng moved his thoughts, sending the newly acquired Grandmaster bones to protect his parents,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>feeling completely assured, he didn’t return home but instead checked into a high-end hotel,\u003C\u002Fp>",945,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","808e01b4b651ec39027d17ed59fd76c2df6dfe06f90fdd85eddbe02f0743c6a0","secret-buyer-chapter-207","secret-buyer-chapter-205",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]