[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-428":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},1758777,2324,"Chapter 428 - 298: The Giant Hand that Seized the Golden Crow in the Starry Sky","secret-buyer-chapter-428",428,"\u003Cp>\"What do you mean we can’t get out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yingtian Province, Zhu Xiaoming lay in the dazzling medicine pool, utterly confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son shrugged his shoulders:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, it’s quite strange. Yingtian City on the World Plateau suddenly vanished, and the only route to the outside world is cut off. The Yingtian Governor is urgently repairing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a breath, his face showing a heavy expression:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s said that a splendid giant Buddha effortlessly subdued two deities and the Jingpeng Ship, and even directly took away the entire Yingtian City...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Zhu Xiaoming is not what he used to be. Having been by Buddha Son’s side for nearly half a year, he naturally knows the specifics of Buddhism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help but ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it’s a giant Buddha, even you don’t recognize it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Withered Woman lying on Buddha Son’s back pouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re not all-knowing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming lay in the splendid pool, reached out to touch his bald head, and exhaled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of which, what are we doing in this Yingtian Province, anyhow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son did not hide it, speaking peacefully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our religion’s Pope divined a special destiny event related to Yingtian Province and two people named Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pausing, he continued to narrate in detail:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the divination, the core of this destiny event lies with these two people. The Pope’s divination revealed two sentences...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Raise the pole, Chu and Han contend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming vaguely spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Raise the pole... sounds like those two are going to rebel or something? Are they going to attack Yingtian Province?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most likely not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son said calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yingtian Province itself is already a ’rebellious province’. The answer derived by the Pope points to Guanzhong Province...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the Pope’s prediction, this destiny event is to help these two seize Guanzhong Province and make them kings of Guanzhong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming realized:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we’re here to find these two people? But, rebellion... won’t the Federation come to suppress it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son chuckled lightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Suppress? Now each province is restless, how can the Federation manage it all? To be honest, your hometown, the Golden Province, is probably about to become independent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Golden Province...\" he mulled over these four words, remembering the people from the past, feeling a bit lost:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder how Old Zhang, Lu Yao, and the others are doing. Are my parents okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve transcended the ordinary, one day you may ascend to heaven and become a deity, and then you can bless your acquaintances, it’s never too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for now? You’re no longer in the same world as them... well, except Zhang Fusheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming suddenly became excited:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Zhang? Is he very powerful now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The last time I saw him was in Jiangzhou, the last I heard of him, he had become a Public Security Bureau chief in some higher city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps, endowed with luck, he’s incredible; he’s probably the only one among your former acquaintances who can barely keep up with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming pursed his lips, his face blossoming into a radiant smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, if I appear in front of Old Zhang now, it would surely surprise him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his golden hands, as Buddha Son had mentioned, he was also undergoing a minor destiny event,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>transforming into a ’Golden Arhat.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once everything is in place, he could step into the Innate Realm directly towards the Arhat level...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Zhu Xiaoming still wasn’t quite sure what exactly an Arhat was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivate well, once you’ve completed the great bath and achieved the Innate, going back to see your acquaintances isn’t impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son spoke softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, to be wealthy and not return home is like wearing fine clothes at night... these are words from some ancient text fragment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pausing, Buddha Son’s face, rarely, showed a heavy expression:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to become stronger faster; you and I are already bound to each other, the stronger you are, the stronger I become.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming nodded heavily, couldn’t help but ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has something happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddha Son nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recently, you also heard those frequent grand sounds arising, a terrifying entity named Laozi passed down the Tao Te Ching.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And not long ago, an ancient figure called World-Honored One Buddha descended, establishing the Other Shore World, independent of the Federation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One after another, seemingly ancient-era big figures have appeared, and the era of great contention has fully unfolded...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming listened somewhat entranced, Laozi, World Venerate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He softly marveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.........\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shore World, Chang’an Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After making a betting agreement with Yuan Tiandao, Ruan Yutu came to reside at Yuan Mansion, along with Yellow Teeth Old Man, Jiang Feiniao, Cui Linglong, and Li Xiuyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quiet room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Linglong gently kneaded Li Xiuyuan’s shoulders:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiuyuan, your complexion doesn’t look good, did something happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiuyuan snapped out of it, patting Cui Linglong’s hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes still retained a look of shock, reflecting on the World-Honored One Buddha he saw, and...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that the real Wa?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if not, who in heaven and earth dares to impersonate that visage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most crucially, those who gaze upon Wa instinctively prostrate as if seeing the primordial mother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiuyuan couldn’t help but swallow, confirming in his heart that it’s most likely not the real Wa,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>perhaps it’s an avatar without awakened memories?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it a contingency left by Wa?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed, lamenting in his heart for not finding the true Supreme Treasure scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wondering where the real Li Xiuyuan had hidden it.\u003C\u002Fp>",944,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","ee743a7d72761378bdd375cabb3d5e86b5e6d748b6bfa923eb00addeb1fbf6e0","secret-buyer-chapter-429","secret-buyer-chapter-427",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]