[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-527":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},1759226,2324,"Chapter 527 - 338: Just Call Me Central Pole Sect Leader!","secret-buyer-chapter-527",527,"\u003Cp>\"Just passing by, why must I... hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, looking around,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Shi and the Zhuge siblings also looked around, startled by the sudden change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously empty long street was now cloaked in a thin mist, filled with indistinct figures, and even the ancient cries of vendors could be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fresh wontons for sale, fresh wontons!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fried noodles! Fried noodles! Fragrant fried noodles!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Selling flowers—Other Shore flowers! Old Other Shore flowers from past years, come and look!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The calls echoed incessantly, and Zhuge Yuyi and Zhuge Si exchanged glances—Netherworld!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Zhuge Yuyi saw the mysterious figure in dark clothing and a bronze mask crouch down and pick up a handful of soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng held the soil, brought it to his eyes, and sniffed it lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death Qi and Yin Qi filled it, along with an extremely ancient aura... this soil was truly Netherworld soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps... Nine Netherworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was not the future Nine Netherworld within Maitreya’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A fragment of the Nine Netherworld?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s eyes sparkled, using the position of the Central Pole Sect Leader, he immediately sensed it was indeed a fragment of the true Nine Netherworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, before the Nine Netherworld was placed into the future, it was shattered into one or more fragments?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up, brushing off the Yin dirt from his hands, and the surrounding mist thickened and then thinned, as various scenes came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance was a mighty city, overhead was a pitch-black circular sun,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the nearby area, it resembled an ancient market, but the vendors and customers in the market were not human—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, most of them were not human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were wandering souls and fierce ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the mist dissipated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce ghost vendors calling out all turned to gaze at the four people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they all simultaneously withdrew their gazes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t mess with them. Can’t mess with them,\" muttered the large fierce ghost selling wontons, \"Three Innnates... can’t beat them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And there’s one wearing black clothes and a mask!\" the ghost selling Other Shore flowers chimed in:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He looks quite intimidating... but I feel a bit of familiarity with that man in dark clothing and the bronze mask, I wonder if he’d like to get a little friendly with me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she muttered, the ghostly woman with the flower basket extended her long tongue, licking her lips while gazing at Zhang Fusheng, her pale cheeks surprisingly flushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghostly women in the market all fixed their eyes on Zhang Fusheng, each whispering similar words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all seemed to desire an intimate moment with this man in dark clothing and a bronze mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the truest sense of the word intimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Shi and the Zhuge siblings simultaneously looked at the mysterious man,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Si shrank back, muttering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this? A real peach blossom calamity??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Yuyi irritably smacked him, looking at the man in dark clothing and the bronze mask with even more gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng himself felt a bit uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did these ghostly women... all seem like they were in heat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be because of his status as the Central Pole Sect Leader—he concealed it well and there was no way these little ghosts could see through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shore Bone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Underworld body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng rubbed his chin, curious and puzzled, yet the heavens offered no answer, and no matter how he traced the cause and effect, he couldn’t fathom it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to think too deeply, so he approached Sima Shi and the Zhuge siblings with a grin and said cheerfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m new to the Netherworld, you three seem more familiar, why not show me the way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Shi, dressed in a silver robe, gave a cold glance:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, his heart suddenly chilled, his spiritual sense silently warned him—not to curse aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Shi had a strong premonition that if he dared to curse this man in dark clothing and the bronze mask, he might be punished by heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly punishment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was struck with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Yuyi shielded her brother, squinting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is our first time in the Netherworld too, we won’t be traveling with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng laughed and waved:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though you say so, aren’t you two families looking for that Lord Tai Sui? I’m curious, is this Tai Sui Lord the same Tai Sui as described?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regardless, I’d quite like to meet this Tai Sui you speak of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Shi’s breath caught,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Yuyi felt a chill in her heart; he had heard everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing that they and that scoundrel Sima were both Tenth Wangs, yet he was so blatantly unafraid... what could he be relying on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he be a Celestial Human?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps, a Venerate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her thoughts raced, Zhuge Yuyi glanced sideways at Sima Shi and said coldly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A man who can’t keep his mouth shut.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Shi remained silent, offering no retort, only solemnly gazing at this man in dark clothing and the bronze mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright,\" Zhang Fusheng spoke lightly, \"So where is this Lord Tai Sui you two are speaking of?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Shi continued his silence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Zhuge Yuyi exhaled softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This guy and I have our own way to find Lord Tai Sui—since you want to follow us, we can’t really refuse, but shouldn’t you give us a name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw the man in dark clothing and the bronze mask smile as he replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me? I have many names, but here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng raised his head, glancing at the black sun-like object in the sky, which, upon closer inspection, was a giant vertical pupil!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Candle Dragon’s eye?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of the corpse of the Candle Dragon within the future Nine Netherworld inside Maitreya’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling it now, that corpse indeed lacked one eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his thoughts wandered, Zhang Fusheng continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, you can all call me Luo Feng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Yuyi instinctively exchanged a glance with Sima Shi—both family foes, yet temporarily united.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, an ’external enemy’ loomed before them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1010,"2026-06-08T09:33:41.990Z",1,"novelbin.me","7f66a0193b369b848ff9ebab9615509b7d10a604985ec1963c22fedc02be6ea9","secret-buyer-chapter-528","secret-buyer-chapter-526",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]