[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-432":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},1758781,2324,"Chapter 432 - 300: Arriving on the Dragon Boat, Brocade Kasaya","secret-buyer-chapter-432",432,"\u003Cp>\"It seems... the fourth seat is missing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the white jade steps, the Buddha Son looked around, despite everyone being shrouded in a dim and mysterious aura, their appearances indistinguishable,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but based on their physiques, one could still discern which seat each held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a person he had never seen before was clearly added, yet the fourth seat was missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes fell upon the newcomer, who was gazing at the Eight Sceneries Palace intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Shentong sensed something amiss, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and respectfully addressed the shadowy figures whose depths were unknown:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Greetings, fellow Taoists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seats exchanged glances, confirming indeed it was a newcomer, and not the fourth seat transforming their appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuanyu displayed a trace of worry on her face; since ascending to the High Heaven, this was the second time a member was absent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the last time being the seventh seat, who faced a great calamity, nearly perishing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be, the fourth seat also...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>faced a perilous ordeal, or perhaps, had already perished?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seats remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taoist Palace doors had yet to open. The fifth seat Buddha Son exhaled softly, looking at the newcomer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since a newcomer is here, let me introduce briefly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recounted the backgrounds of the seats—one from the Western Sect, two from the Mandala Lineage, three from the Eastern Sect...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also come from the Mandala Lineage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Buddha Son spoke softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seats six, eight, and nine do not belong to any specific sect. As for the seventh seat, they are from the Ancient Saint Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancient Saint Sect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Shentong visibly hesitated, and the seats noticed, prompting the curious seventh seat Shen Baobao to ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Newcomer, are you also from the Ancient Saint Sect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Shentong stroked his chin, nodded with a peculiar expression:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Naturally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Baobao laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a coincidence, I didn’t expect someone from the same sect to join us in the High Heaven... Currently, I am not well-known in the Ancient Saint Sect, what about you, newcomer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Shentong pondered, considering whether to keep a complete secret or...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he was the Pope of the Ancient Saint Sect, no one ever knew who the Pope truly was—except himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reflection, Kong Shentong spoke frankly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My status in the Ancient Saint Sect is quite special. If you encounter trouble, you can pray to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seats were momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pray? They furrowed their brows at the newcomer’s audacity, addressing the seventh seat as ’little friend.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word ’pray’ was usually associated with Divine Spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, another Divine Spirit had arrived in the High Heaven?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seats instinctively glanced at the mysterious eighth seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Baobao was visibly taken aback, hearing the newcomer continue:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, when praying, ’High Heaven’ must be added. I will then be aware.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Baobao licked her lips; could this be a major figure from the sect? An Elder Venerate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stated bluntly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have just arrived in the High Heaven; you probably don’t understand our situation. We have never met face-to-face in reality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, Shen Baobao continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I truly end up in trouble and seek your aid through prayer, I would have to know your divine name, which would then expose your true identity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was reminding this high-ranking member of the same sect not to reveal their true identity lightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after all, she had already experienced a major incident, being pursued by the Federation—if such a thing happened again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and if someone couldn’t withstand interrogation but knew the real identities of other members...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Baobao emphasized this point, then softly added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To prevent the Federation’s pursuit, our identities must remain confidential—not due to distrust, but as a precaution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having finished, she saw the newcomer smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see, but for me, it’s not a concern. The Federation has pursued me for tens of thousands of years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many years??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Miss Ming Yue was astonished,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw the newcomer bow again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regarding my invocation divine name... Since you are part of my sect, in the face of mortal danger, merely calling ’Pope’ will allow me to sense it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seats widened their eyes in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pope???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Baobao’s mind was blank for a moment, then suddenly realized, feeling tingling at the back of her head, she stammered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re saying that you are...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Shentong nodded peaceably:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancient Saint Sect Leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the Taoist Palace, the white jade steps fell into a deathly silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Buddha Son involuntarily rubbed his nose; Chen Nuanyu, Du Mingsheng, and Huang Qiuxian, who first joined the High Heaven, were all dazed, feeling an unreal sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a year ago, the High Heaven first opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a year later, a legendary Pope has come to the High Heaven to stand alongside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuanyu’s heart was pounding, increasingly feeling everything around was illusory, as if falling into a dream,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for that was, indeed, a Pope!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That terrifying elder from the Western Sect was nothing before a Pope-level figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taoist Palace doors gradually opened, pulling the seats back to reality. They were speechless, only walking side by side into the Taoist Palace, thoughts in chaos, shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Praise, Infinite Celestial Venerate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Shentong followed suit, quietly observing the figure seated in the mist, feeling apprehensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a glimpse, and he was overwhelmed by a sense of immeasurable height, immeasurable grandeur, as if the presence before him was not a person,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the Way itself, the vast, boundless Way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the reverent voices,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Celestial Venerate seated in the mist raised his eyelids, his gaze cold, still attempting to divine Shi Zhengyuan’s situation.\u003C\u002Fp>",940,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","daf63cd899e0794d09d8f0c2594316bb9ae81667e265bb8eee0213ef0804d468","secret-buyer-chapter-433","secret-buyer-chapter-431",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]