[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-66":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},1758965,2324,"Chapter 66: True and False Immortals, Immortal Thoughts","secret-buyer-chapter-66",66,"\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng almost lunged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed his eyes closely against the open Tao Scripture, and at a glance, it seemed as if he saw the ultimate truth of the universe, yet it also resembled the essence of the cosmos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he couldn’t understand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each character above was recognizable, but when he looked at them, he clearly couldn’t comprehend the meaning of each word,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This feeling was like staring at a word for so long that it began to feel unfamiliar, to the point where he couldn’t recognize it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng had a thought; a piece of white paper and a pen appeared in his hand as he attempted to transcribe the characters from the Tao Scripture,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A horrifying scene unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he wrote down one word, it disappeared, along with his memory and understanding of that word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng wrote frantically, but in the end, he was left with a blank sheet of paper and an empty mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still gained nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this book not allow itself to be observed, or am I... too stupid??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng scratched his head, feeling that it was the latter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attempted to exit the Divine Realm and re-enter. Sure enough, the Tao Scripture had turned to the next page,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content became even more obscure and difficult to understand, yet he still observed it hundreds of times,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he remembered nothing in the end, at least he had seen it, experienced it, and felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exit the Divine Realm, enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exit, enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Repeating this process, he carefully savored each page of the Tao Scripture, even though his mind remained empty, the feeling...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was pure bliss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowledge passed through his mind, leaving not a trace, he just enjoyed that transparent and refreshing sensation, just like attending a math class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng sighed and continued the cycle of going out, coming in, going out, coming in...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, the Tao Scripture was almost finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, he entered the Divine Realm, stepping into the Five Mansions Temple, lethargically leaning over the Tao Scripture, but suddenly he froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last page of the Tao Scripture was a blank sheet of paper, written in brush strokes, the ink still wet, evidently just written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content was just a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Let’s make a deal.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hair stood on end, a tingling sensation spread across the back of his head, and a chill exploded from his tailbone, spreading throughout his body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng swallowed hard, forcing down his sense of horror; make a deal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of deal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this line written by... Zhen Yuanzi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped up, went out, came in, the Tao Scripture remained on the last page, but the brushstroke characters that hadn’t dried yet had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The world calls me the Ancestor of Land Immortals, and some refer to me as With the World.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the World, Zhang Fusheng knew, was the sacred title of Immortal Zhenyuan, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth is the Ancestor of Land Immortals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered, Zhen Yuanzi was indeed known as the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, but Earth Immortal and Land Immortal, are these two the same thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought struck Zhang Fusheng, he closed the Divine Realm, then expanded it again, entered, and sat on the bright yellow meditation mat, looking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brushstroke characters had changed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Six Qings are my friends, and I once stood shoulder to shoulder with the Buddha.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why not exchange a Heaven-Reaching Marvelous Technique for your three thousand blood shrines?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If you, young friend, are willing to sacrifice three thousand blood shrines, you may also erect a magic altar, cast my golden body, and inscribe With the World, Ancestor of Land Immortals upon it. By using the magic altar’s ritual, I can bestow the Divine Power Technique and help you step upon the Heaven-Reaching Road.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng stared at the characters filling the page, his eyelids twitching furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six Qings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Pristine Ones of the Eastern Sect and the Three Pristine Ones of the Western Sect make the Six Qings, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three thousand blood shrines for sacrifice...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned without speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does someone like Immortal Zhenyuan need blood shrines for such sacrifices?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrine that sounds problematic from the start?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something’s not right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Zhang Fusheng recalled discussions with Huang Qiuxian from before,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, he mentioned the name Plague Emperor Lv Yue, and Huang Qiuxian shook like a sieve, terrified that the Western Sect had ’discovered’ the true name of the Plague Emperor,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed strange back then, but thinking about it now, it poses a big question!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the Flesh Plague is bestowed by the Plague Emperor in a Different Dimension, he should naturally be able to convey his true name, why would the Western Sect need to ’discover’ it themselves??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng murmured to himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless that Plague Emperor doesn’t even know his ’own’ name is Lv Yue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He doesn’t know his ’own’ true name at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng exhaled a turbid breath, exited the Divine Realm, and re-entered, the Tao Scripture had already closed, quietly placed in front of the shrine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, this With the World, the owner of the Five Mansions Temple, very likely doesn’t know he himself is called Zhen Yuanzi either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He might even have misunderstood the Ancestor of Earth Immortals to be the Ancestor of Land Immortals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how can he be Zhen Yuanzi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Shrine, though unknown, obviously wasn’t anything pleasant, filled with an eerie aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s throat moved. If his speculation was true, the implications behind it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly felt that this world was even more terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, he calmed his emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Five Mansions Temple, Zhang Fusheng wandered, repeatedly observing the giant tree in the backyard. There were no Ginseng Fruits on the tree,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but on the table beside the tree, there was indeed a Golden Hammer used for picking Ginseng Fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng tried to pick it up and even attempted to turn illusion into reality, but obviously, he failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost exhausting his spirit, he still couldn’t make the Golden Hammer become real, not even for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It remained an illusory object dwelling in the Spiritual World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This tree root?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squatted down, and the root of this illusory large tree clearly showed a charred state,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, even the trunk was laced with dense black lines, resembling lightning patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lightning strike?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng walked through all eighty-one rooms but found nothing noteworthy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, there were one or two Ancient Books that could be opened, but the writings were completely unintelligible to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought came to him, and he conjured piles of paper, transcribing all the text from the Ancient Books, before returning to the main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng headed straight for the huge shrine exuding an indescribable majesty, wherein the Heaven and Earth Tablet had no effect on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped into the Shrine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to Shi Zhengyuan, should I try?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calming himself, Zhang Fusheng attempted to disperse his Divine Thought within the Shrine, surrounding the tablet engraved with the words Heaven and Earth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Shrine and the Heaven and Earth Tablet were clearly fake, existing only in his Spiritual World,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they felt immensely real, immensely substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thoughts immersed within, he faintly perceived a Daoist, through countless ages, bowing repeatedly to the tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist’s figure was blurred, wearing a Purple Gold Crown, a crane robe, shoes gracing his feet, and a belt tied at his waist,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this... a reflection of past scenes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, is this Daoist the self-proclaimed ’Ancestor of Land Immortals,’ a mysterious figure, or the real Zhen Yuanzi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a trance, Zhang Fusheng saw that in the myriad of years depicted, the Daoist, continuously bowing to the Heaven and Earth Tablet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lifted his head and glanced at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s scalp tingled suddenly, as the reflected scene shattered and vanished. He stepped back several steps, unconsciously gasping for breath,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did he... see me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng swallowed his saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he calmed again, he perceived that his spiritual thoughts, which had immersed into the Heaven and Earth Tablet, seemed to have absorbed some quality, becoming somewhat... special?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That part of the spiritual thoughts extracted from the tablet was clearly just a few wisps, yet they felt denser than his entire spirit, much denser indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Heaven and Earth Tablet is like a transcriber or... an amplifier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng could distinctly feel that these strands of spiritual thoughts that flowed once around the Heaven and Earth Tablet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seemed to have undergone some indescribable ’ultimate sublimation,’ endowed with an immortal and indestructible trait,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he tried to withdraw these strands of Immortal Thoughts into his body, he couldn’t help but cough up a large mouthful of blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He completely couldn’t do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body simply couldn’t accommodate thoughts at this level, even if they belonged to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng pondered for a while, conjured a wooden tablet, and then infused it with the Immortal Thoughts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Predictably, the wooden tablet disintegrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After flowing through the Heaven and Earth Tablet, the status of the thoughts seems extremely elevated, beyond what either my body or ordinary objects can bear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bold idea suddenly occurred to Zhang Fusheng, he once again immersed two strands of thoughts into the Heaven and Earth Tablet and extracted them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One strand of sublimated thoughts was used to imagine a wooden tablet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, this wooden tablet retained an immortal essence, exuding an indescribable sense of oppression!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the other Immortal Thought was successfully stored within, without shattering the wooden tablet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s heart pounded vigorously as he attempted the final step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attempted to turn the imagined, purely Spiritual World wooden tablet, into reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like those snowflakes in a small inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spirit dwindled rapidly, waves of dizziness hit, he almost vomited, and his vision darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, as time passed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng silently exited the Divine Realm, returning to reality, his face pale and bloodless, and his skin even cracked with countless fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quaint wooden plaque, engraved with the words ’High Heaven’, quietly lay in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, the young master, did it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1706,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","dc4479473ec5b34e8cc4eefbb8c22934b1e473078ca975f1a40d08e745a88537","secret-buyer-chapter-67","secret-buyer-chapter-65",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]