[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-233":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},1759032,2324,"Chapter 233 - 179: Fleet Departure, Arrival of the Attack","secret-buyer-chapter-233",233,"\u003Cp>The farce quickly ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng took Lin Shiquan back to the city center and lifted the restrictions on him—but necessary surveillance was still indispensable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Shiquan could understand this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, mere words carry no weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Zhang Fusheng’s witness, he immediately contacted Lin Yusheng to report all matters in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end of the phone, Lin Yusheng fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Central Pole Sect Leader, Emperor of the Underworld, Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yusheng murmured deeply and spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the Divine Envoy there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m here.\" Zhang Fusheng responded indifferently: \"I am blessed by divine grace, endowed with the Dharma Aspect of the Nine Netherworlds Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate, capable of directly communicating with deities, feel free to tell me whatever you have to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Lin Shiquan and Lin Yusheng, who was far away in the Golden City, turned pale simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using a Divine Spirit as a Dharma Aspect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it’s an incomplete, mere form of a Dharma Aspect that would be fine, as many Contemplation Techniques can achieve that, but if it’s a True God Dharma Aspect that truly wields authority...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We also once established a sect for the Ancestor of Land Immortals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yusheng’s voice came through:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although it was small and was defined as a minor evil cult by the Federation, it was still established.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will, in the shortest time possible, transfer the deity that the sect worships to the Nine Netherworlds Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate, and I will also yield the position of Pope to the Divine Envoy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng shook his hand to refuse; he didn’t have the leisure for that:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let Vice Director Lin continue to serve, but since we are now on the same front and share a common enemy, I have a small favor that requires Vice Director Lin’s help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, has Vice Director Lin ever heard of the High Heaven Association?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end of the phone, Lin Yusheng’s breathing quickened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the exchange with Lin Yusheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng quietly returned home, his mom and dad were already asleep, and that girl Zhang Xiaoxi was still packing in her room,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early tomorrow morning, she would follow the research team back to the Golden City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By rights, the research team would have stayed in Chongyang City for a long time, but due to the previous attack and the current unrest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the research team decided to return to the Golden City temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reason was that Yu Huafeng needed to go back to attempt to retrieve some Level 4 Star Beast meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without disturbing Zhang Xiaoxi, Zhang Fusheng silently returned to his own room and sat cross-legged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind immersed itself into the Divine Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the enormous Divine Statue, he let out a soft sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Incense, deities...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the myths of the past life, sufficient incense could even create deities, much like the various City Gods, or the famed Emperor Guan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this world clearly cultivates power from within oneself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly is the relationship between incense and deities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to comprehend it, Zhang Fusheng didn’t linger on it. He first entered the Five Mansions Temple, opening the Tao Scripture without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tao Scripture, containing mysterious texts, had a total of eighty-one pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, it is different.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s eyes sparkled; at least he could now vaguely understand the meaning of the text on the first page,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instead of being unable to grasp even a single word’s meaning as in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What limits my practice of this Earth Book isn’t just enlightenment—even enlightenment accounts for only a small part.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More so, my understanding of the ’Dao’ is too shallow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng quickly flipped through the Tao Scripture, and the latter pages once again became indecipherable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the first page, the Earth Book carries the various Dao of the earth, and the word ’earth’ here doesn’t only refer to the surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It also includes the ’subterranean’—the Underworld.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng pondered, Ancestor of Earth Immortals, the so-called Earth Immortal, is an immortal of the earth, like the Five Mountains Emperors, or many Earth Deities—including City Gods, such Underworld deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Yuanzi’s position is indeed extensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some sense, they might even be one of the Ancestors of the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghost, human, earth, sky, deity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Earth Immortals reside in the Middle Grade, representing the balance of the five poles, able to ascend to the heavens or enter the Underworld.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tao Scripture suddenly left his hands, Zhang Fusheng frowned and looked, seeing wisps of blue smoke swirling in the incense burner, forming writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long can you hide?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My followers are about to find you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng almost laughed; he knew the Ancestor of Land Immortals couldn’t see or hear him, so he stared at the two smoky lines in the swirling smoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your followers...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soon, they’ll be mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng couldn’t be bothered to prattle with the Ancestor of Land Immortals and turned to leave, descending upon the Land of the Other Shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m here,\" he wrote on the muddy ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for coming to see me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng squinted slightly, writing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard that in the Netherworld, deities cannot enter, how is it that you are there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was exiled here; they cannot kill me and are afraid of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Afraid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my status is special, qualified to sit on the position of the Great Perfection Master, so the other Ancient Saints exiled me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was thoughtful, pondering for a moment before asking again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it just you in the Underworld?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just me, at least I haven’t encountered any creatures, of course, the dense fog separates and I can’t see far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m stuck in a great river, unable to break free or escape, only my hands cling to the shore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the lines of emerging text, Zhang Fusheng’s eyes flickered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he accompanied the Ancient Saint in idle talk, subtly inquiring about many matters concerning the Underworld,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>once he had a rough outline in his mind, only then did he end the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left the Land of the Other Shore, speaking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to what the Ancient Saint said, the Underworld has no sky, no sun, shrouded in impenetrable fog, no creatures, no ghostly apparitions, only it alone, a single deity.\u003C\u002Fp>",1061,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","86b63582e369b610efea5a70b7661493d409bb23dcd40749dbed3143198c554d","secret-buyer-chapter-234","secret-buyer-chapter-232",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]