[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-77":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},1758976,2324,"Chapter 77: So That’s How It Is!","secret-buyer-chapter-77",77,"\u003Cp>Number 19.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bartender looked at the man and woman in front of him, chatting away:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some people are born with special constitutions, whether it’s their eyes, or a certain organ, a bone, or even a part of their blood...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man was listening intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Thump!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to hear a soft knock, perhaps it was an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not a sound in his ear, nor was it a sound resonating in his spiritual thoughts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but rather a.... peculiar feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as if he had heard a ’thump’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng subconsciously looked up, and saw only the dust dancing in the light from the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like a hallucination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head, dismissing it, but saw the bartender lowering his head too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the door seam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng silently sensed a new memory that appeared in his mind, making his scalp tingle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The past had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it seemed insignificant, it was real and tangible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two slightly different memories appeared in his mind at the same time—was he the only one aware of the change in the past,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or was everyone in the bar at that time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng guessed that probably only he was aware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Gulp!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swallowed his saliva, as this was truly a gateway to the past,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had the ability to open this door, or his spiritual thoughts were strong enough to pierce through the barrier.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t he be able to descend upon the past at will??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is just the projection of the Eight Sceneries Palace....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng pondered, in the corner of the future seen by the Black Eye, was that Taoist Palace the Eight Sceneries Palace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, how could he see it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the position of those eyes could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Eight Sceneries Palace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since the future self could be called [Infinite Celestial Venerate], he must have been incredibly powerful,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng recalled the scene reflected by the Heaven and Earth Tablet from the past, where [Zhen Yuanzi] looked at him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the old Daoist who disappeared in the Eight Sceneries Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng continued to gaze through the door seam, the past him and Chen Nuanyu had been led by the waiter to the second floor into a room,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but due to the perspective encompassing a forty-meter range around the past self, through the door seam, Zhang Fusheng could still clearly see the bartender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully observed the pure black, completely white-less eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and suddenly realized the person was..... trembling slightly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this ’higher-dimensional’ perspective, Zhang Fusheng could see everything within a forty-meter range with clarity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the bartender unlock his phone and open Feixin, sending a message to someone marked as ’Old Bull’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I saw someone destined to become a deity.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Old Bull: Who?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Eye: Your junior disciple]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng, peeping from the door seam, went rigid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently watched the past, observing the content on the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Old Bull: Can he be killed?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Eye: Everything I’ve seen comes true, it’s a predetermined fate, unchangeable.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Old Bull: I only believe in the present]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Old Bull: Publish a public commission, open to all bounty hunters]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bartender’s brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Eye: Whether it succeeds or not, Hong Tianbao will investigate thoroughly]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Old Bull: He’ll ask me to investigate, just to frame it on the Eastern Sect. Remember to send me the hunter’s information, I’ll handle everything]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bartender’s brows furrowed deeper, clearly hesitating, and that person called Old Bull, sent one last message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Mr. Hei, if you bet, bet to the end.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bartender let out a breath of foul air, sighed softly, and said ’So be it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was witnessed by Zhang Fusheng at the door seam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood upright, touching the door to the past, his gaze flickering non-stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why would the senior brother want to kill the self destined to become a deity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the future truly ’predetermined’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng turned towards the door on the far right, the door was tightly closed, unlike the other two which had gaps,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried pushing the door again, even hitting it forcefully, but the door remained immovable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is the future sealed shut?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the right side’s [Gate of the Past], Zhang Fusheng took a deep breath, muttering to himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morse code from a past life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morse code can convey messages through simple knocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After standing silently for ten minutes, Zhang Fusheng moved back to the door seam, with a thought, past scenes appeared in the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the scene, he saw himself five minutes ago, standing in front of the main door dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching out, Zhang Fusheng rapped the door in a rhythmic manner using Morse code,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he knocked, he grabbed his jacket, and with a burst of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jacket was torn to shreds by his power, scattering to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, a message was knocked out completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Leave the clothes on the ground’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory changed, with an entirely different memory segment added, Zhang Fusheng subconsciously looked down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clothing fragments on the ground disappeared, replaced by an undamaged jacket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s heart thumped violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The changed past had altered the present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His scalp tingled, the back of his head felt numb, and then he started laughing heartily!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he laughed, the smile eventually waned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng recalled a movie he watched in a past life called ’The Butterfly Effect’, which was about changing the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the past is changed, the future isn’t necessarily better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, even a small change leads to significant alterations in the present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently set a rule for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must never alter the past easily, unless you are absolutely certain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because, it could lead to my current self..... dying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng’s expression turned serious. If a minor change could lead to his death in the past,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the current self wouldn’t even be able to make any remedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would just follow along to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eight Sceneries Palace.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng looked at the Gate of the Past with reverence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without truly matched positions, without the legendary power to transcend time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ability to change the past might not necessarily be a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also only believe in the present.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quietly exited the Eight Sceneries Palace and left the Divine Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking to a window without glass, looking at the moonlight outside, Zhang Fusheng exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black Eye, is it a double bet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Betting on both the senior brother and me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or rather, everything he’s told me is just to prepare another trap for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the past can change, how can the future be predetermined?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng opened his phone, found the prison records sent by Sister Xixi, and started checking the files of those sentenced criminals one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The records were detailed, not just names and ages, but family information, cultivation level, favored cultivation techniques, all recorded in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked through them one by one, selecting and comparing, the process was extremely tedious,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, the sky became bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Buzz!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone vibrated; it was the group chat Zhu Xiaoming created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming: @Zhang Fusheng - Old Zhang are you back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xiaoming: @All Members - Jiang Banquet is coming soon, I’m planning to visit school this noon, are you going?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yao: Messaging nonstop while sleeping, go die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Yue: I can’t, my dad and they are back, called last night, told me I must go home for lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Yue: Probably not good news, sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng looked at the messages in the group chat, in deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had dinner with Uncle Yu in the evening, so he happened to be free at noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned slightly pale, holding a High Heaven Order, Shi Zhengyuan, Mr. Du, Chen Nuanyu, all held the orders,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fourth one was naturally for Huang Qiuxian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Heaven Association must be convened once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng faded into the shadows, and when he reappeared, he was on a long street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, let’s have lunch, and settle the cause and effect of this body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Zhong Mountain’ muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>",1362,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","501782ea505df65500d19c04980e99105a879f269c4e4b9634e53a0086e29225","secret-buyer-chapter-78","secret-buyer-chapter-76",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]