[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-293":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},1759192,2324,"Chapter 293 - 225: Beat the Drum, Grand Rite, Call the Divine Descent!","secret-buyer-chapter-293",293,"\u003Cp>No, no, still no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Cheng sighed softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s only one last giant peak far away, could it be there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was somewhat fatigued; the Qi Observation Technique was mysteriously profound, but likewise, it consumed a great deal of energy. Even though both were Martial Arts Masters, it was becoming hard to bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most likely not...but we should go take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they approached the giant peak, their expressions subtly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the foot of the giant peak, a middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged, eyes closed, completely still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is he in secluded cultivation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yiyi hesitated for a moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’d better not get too close; anyone who can cultivate calmly in the Great Wilderness is not an ordinary person. Just glance at the giant peak from afar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Cheng nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both placed their hands on the compass, silently operating the Qi Observation Technique, as a clear stream flowed from their eyes, becoming hazy like mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Qi Observation, it was evident that the giant peak was not the burial site of an ancient predecessor; it was plain and unremarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yiyi couldn’t resist and used the Qi Observation Technique to look at the middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy shit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression changed, seeing a dazzling brilliance in the middle-aged man’s brow, four furnace fires floating up and down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside his body, there was an acupoint glowing—not an acupoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Grotto Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Innate Realm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were both horrified, genuinely frightened. To encounter someone of the Innate Realm just randomly in the wilderness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yiyi’s throat stirred, and under Qi Observation, she could see that the person’s fate was exceptionally weighty,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presenting as a faint red color, almost steaming into a small lake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fate as a faint red lake, meaning that fortune has risen in recent years, blessed by a noble patron...damn it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yiyi took Luo Cheng and planned to flee immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noble patron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of being could display a faint red noble fate through the destiny of an Innate Realm expert?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A legendary Celestial Human?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were about to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is that?\" Luo Cheng exclaimed, and Li Yiyi instinctively looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the middle-aged man sitting cross-legged with closed eyes, strands of chaotic fog emerged,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those chaotic fogs swirled, gradually thickening, and shockingly manifested into a vague humanoid shape, transforming into an old man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yiyi’s eyes still flowed with clear air, and the Qi Observation Technique had not yet dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, she glanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt as though she had gone blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she saw was an intense and pure white, emanating from the place of the chaotic figure, surging wildly in all directions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just the span of a breath, that pure white color had steamed into a genuine abyssal sea, covering vast swathes of the mountains!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Cheng murmured:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of fortune is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had tears of blood flowing from their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yiyi grabbed Luo Cheng and fled frantically into the distance, not daring to look back at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic figure curiously glanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two Martial Arts Masters...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng didn’t care, shifting his gaze back to Du Mingsheng, who was trying to transform his acupoint into a Grotto Heaven, seemingly sensing something, and slowly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True Man!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was startled and quickly stood up to pay respects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng nodded, casually saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I come to convey a message for the Master of the Nine Netherworld; He bestows upon you the position of Thousand-Year Refining Spirit, so now, it is time for you to fulfill your promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng felt a chill in his heart, swallowed his saliva:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am willing to offer the causation between me and the Book of Life and Death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he saw the True Man slightly nod, lightly saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though I am merely an incarnation of a single thought, it is sufficient. Upon the Master of the Nine Netherworld’s entrustment, I shall divine a bit for Him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng extended his hand, quietly using the technique gained after achieving Minor Achievement in the Taiyi Chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hand Imbued with Cause and Effect].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called Hand Imbued with Cause and Effect, to put it plainly, is the ability to touch [the power of causality].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally intangible and invisible, near-conceptual cause and effect, can now be directly touched and even manipulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this technique is used well, it can be far stronger than Cause and Effect Parallel—provided one has sufficient cultivation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng can even directly take away others’ cause and effect and graft it onto himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find the [Cause] of someone’s birth and descent in the labyrinth of cause and effect, and pluck it away—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, without the cause of descent, there naturally exists no further fruit of existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can root out the enemy from its source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this consumption is extremely terrifying, and backlash is likely, especially the stronger the existence, the harder its cause and effect is to shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mercy, mercy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng heard the True Man sigh softly, a faint light appearing in his palm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That light was very weak, yet it exuded an extremely strange feeling, seemingly the embodiment of the most profound and mysterious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palm gently rested on top of Du Mingsheng’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man sternly commanded, stars twinkling in his eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, Du Mingsheng was shrouded in layers upon layers of cause and effect, densely packed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thickest one connected to an unknown place, unable to be traced, gazed upon, divined, or peered into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The causality between Du Mingsheng and High Heaven above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng understood in his mind, continuing to probe and manipulate, his gaze falling on another exceedingly heavy causality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cause and effect, directly extended into the distance, seemingly carrying the flavor of life and death’s cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s gaze suddenly sharpened, the causality of the Book of Life and Death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed [Hand Imbued with Cause and Effect] to the limit, forcing his hand into this heavy cause and effect, his expression subtly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like an ordinary person extending their hand into a deep sea thousands of meters below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying pressure crushed onto his hand from all directions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This body was merely a manifestation of a single consciousness, and the pain directly transmitted to the soul spirit, causing the entity miles away at the airport to groan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...the cause and effect of the Book of Life and Death is too high, too heavy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s thoughts churned, and an instant decision was made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the waiting area, in the Great Wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man impassively retracted his hand, calmly speaking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has been verified, indeed it is the Book of Life and Death...set up the altar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Altar?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng spoke dazedly, somewhat unresponsive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man merely glanced at him and said peacefully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate, personally inspect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng gasped, seeing the True Man chanting, spiritual thoughts gusting forth like the sea, an entire giant peak abruptly lifted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the giant peak had been carved into a massive altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This level of spiritual accumulation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Mingsheng’s expression changed. This was merely an incarnation of a True Man’s thought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was unaware of his inner thoughts, leveraging the High Heaven Order, his spiritual thoughts descended here without any depletion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, he disassembled and reconstituted a beast hide drum, shredded forest wood, molding it into incense candle tables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, eighteen large drums made from beast bones and skins, an incense table, and an incense burner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The altar was completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaotic fog rolled, eighteen figures shrouded in black robes emerged, seventeen Great Sect skeletons,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And one Innate Skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beat the drum.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Man spoke indifferently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Invite the Central Pole Sect Leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1308,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","0f3bfa33e7f338d40b1e13b3ce2a50aca8650bb47dd2831ef2f3b52c4ecddbe9","secret-buyer-chapter-294","secret-buyer-chapter-292",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]