[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-62":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},1758961,2324,"Chapter 62: Beneath the Torrential Rain","secret-buyer-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>Rainy night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li glanced at the solitary white van parked by the roadside, with rain falling and no other people on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He puffed and huffed his way into the Hill Grand Hotel and politely knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it Mr. Zhong Chengshi? Your delivery is here. Wish you a delightful meal...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, the door swung open, and a man with a heavily scarred face grabbed the delivery and cursed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten minutes! You’re ten minutes late, how am I supposed to eat this crap? Damn it, I’m definitely returning this order. Get ready to lose money on a bad review! Lower-class people are just lower-class...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Bang!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door slammed shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry, it’s pouring outside...\" The words that Old Li barely uttered were crushed back into his mouth by the dull sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was full of bitterness, standing at the door for a full two minutes before hastily entering the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the elevator, Old Li silently calculated:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’ll cost me sixty or seventy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening his phone, he hesitated for a moment before canceling the birthday cake he had ordered for himself. There were still small bread rolls at home; add a candle, and it’s basically the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even when alone, there should be a sense of ceremony!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking out of the luxurious hotel, he returned to the deserted street which was pouring rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li rubbed his eyes, wasn’t there just one white van earlier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did it suddenly become two?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the dense rain, he vaguely saw an old man standing in the rain. The two white vans opened, and one person after another rushed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li saw the old man smash one’s head with a slap, muttering at the same time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not a Living Buddha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another head smashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is a Living Buddha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each head smashed, he muttered a phrase, like a melancholic girl picking petals, asking ’He loves me’ or ’He loves me not’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After smashing the last person’s head, the old man murmured:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not a Living Buddha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li felt a chill all over and turned to flee, but as his vision blurred, he suddenly appeared in front of the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Slap!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li’s head was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is a Living Buddha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Zhengyuan smiled and nodded, glanced at the corpses of investigators scattered everywhere, two van-loads of people, one monitoring the hotel, the other a hospital, forcibly moved by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for who exactly they were watching?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Zhengyuan didn’t care, just sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May you find blissful rebirth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peace Hotel, top floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth leaned against the window, watching the intensifying rain outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Tenth-Refined Martial Artist, at the ’Bone Three Refinements’ level,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even at the initial stage of Tenth Refinement, possesses a body of robust muscles and bones, with a strength equivalent to fifty thousand pounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does fifty thousand pounds of force mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can lift a dozen stacked cars, then with a ’ha’ throw them out, smashing through a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Four, two kilograms of One-Horned Giant Rhinoceros meat has been roasted.\" Lu Mingzhu, with only six fingers and decaying skin all over, spoke softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was somewhat surprised; how had it suddenly started raining outside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, there was neither cloud nor rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Boss Four...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not sure if it was an illusion, Lu Mingzhu carefully observed Boss Four’s silhouette leaning against the window,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>always feeling that this frail youth suddenly carried an ethereal aura, yet simultaneously appeared quite substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This seemingly contradictory, conflicting, but harmonized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many Martial Artists are there in the hotel?\" Zhang Fusheng asked calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized that after anchoring Five Mansions Temple into the Divine Realm, his previously agitated mind seemed much calmer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if the violent urges from thousands of times falling into demonhood were suppressed by the temple of giant stone and ancient wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among the staff, there are a total of ninety-four Martial Artists, eight at Fourth Refinement, and one each at Fifth Refinement, Six Refinement, and Seven Refinement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With just these people, how do you compete with the Green Gang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Four may not know, Mr. Du of the Green Gang never takes action, and the temple offerings, the strongest is also at Seven Refinement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng silently extended his spiritual will, within ten miles, like observing palm prints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four elite Martial Artist squads were no exception, 24 people in total, each with vigorous qi and blood, the weakest of them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>might even be stronger than himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s mind was a whirl, Shi Zhengyuan, that old guy, could be trusted and yet not, the thing that worried him most,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the old guy’s so-called ’Buddha Country’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since anyone in Dragon Boat City who dies would have their residual soul enter his Spirit Divine Realm due to the so-called Buddha Country,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then considering he took thirty residual souls from security officers during the day, how could Shi Zhengyuan not notice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he did notice, he should know at least that he’s in Divine Realm Minor Perfection, but previously...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father taught him a lesson from a young age: trust people but do not fully trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Buddhism in this world, even the relatively pure Ling Mountain sect, still carries some sinister air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Notify the hotel to impose a lockdown, all guests return to their rooms, all staff to the top floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, cut the power supply, including backup power for surveillance and elevators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Fourth Boss.\" Although Lu Mingzhu didn’t understand why, she complied without uttering an extra word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng called his master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fusheng?\" On the other end of the line, Hong Tianbao spoke with some confusion: \"Did something happen again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes and no.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, I want to know Shi Senior’s cultivation level and spirit realm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shi Zhengyuan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao was puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Decades ago, he was a Grandmaster, and his spirit realm naturally at Perfection level... now it’s hard to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, the old man continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I estimate this old guy might have broken through the Spiritual Limit, with his physique possibly ascending to [Sealing Furnace Realm] thanks to Dragon Boat City’s supply...but it’s unlikely he broke the Spiritual Limit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Tianbao laughed heartily:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breaking the Spiritual Limit is quite a commotion, that old guy is probably still a Grandmaster... why are you asking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m just very curious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng explained briefly, then his master seemed to have some matter to attend to, and he hung up the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain was still pouring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the downpour, a Maybach raced towards a distant overpass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four squads waited silently in the darkness until it completely disappeared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>until the street was utterly silent, just the sound of rain, before they emerged from the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four captains exchanged glances, all old acquaintances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s an extra bonus for chopping off the main target’s head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man built like an iron tower licked his lips:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That bonus, I want it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other three bounty squad captains snorted coldly, as the long-legged woman in tight clothes, codenamed Beauty Snake, said flirtatiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Giant Stone, the main target is at the top floor, and since we have to ’cleanse’ the entire hotel, why not first compete to see who kills more?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\" Giant Stone and the other two captains nodded approvingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, shall we use the main entrance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s use the main entrance, the power to this street has been completely cut, yet Peace Hotel was already pitch black before the cutoff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But no matter, the employer’s people just sent a message, confirming the target is still in the hotel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four teams, twenty-four people, dressed in black, walked in the rain, a chilling killing intent spreading in the rainy night,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they all headed towards the dark hotel building, footsteps quickly sped up, then rushed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Codenamed Giant Stone, the two-meter-tall iron tower man, each step cracked the asphalt road,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he roared, stomping heavily, his figure charged forward, blasting a visible wave, shredding the rain curtain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giant Stone first arrived at the hotel entrance, and the others quickly followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Squeak~’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old red wooden hotel door slowly opened,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lights illuminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every light in Peace Hotel turned on simultaneously, in the rainy night, this building stood like a beacon piercing the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Playing tricks.\" Giant Stone grinned, clashing his fists, an explosive force unfurled, he stepped forward two steps, then suddenly paused, realizing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This street... wasn’t the power cut off?\" Beauty Snake suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emergency power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twenty-four people simultaneously lifted their heads, looking at the fully lit building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emergency power cannot sustain power for the entire building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone shivered and instinctively looked back, but saw only dense darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the raging rain stream, suddenly no one dared to move closer to the wide-open door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heartbeat sounds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A captain spoke softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A moment ago, there were many people inside, with intermingling breathing sounds, heartbeats, whispers, and footsteps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now, the whole building, I hear only one heartbeat, just one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The others... where are they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1503,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","fa707e6603251edcd4c1784f8660d8f70d6558b81335eb6139934a4679fc93a5","secret-buyer-chapter-63","secret-buyer-chapter-61",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]