Secret Buyer-Chapter 283 - 217: The Merciful Divine Arrow from the Dragon Boat
"Who... is he?"
The phantom head emerged from the bubble.
The God of Plague opened his eyes, his head also emerging from the Jiangzhou Heaven and Earth, gazing upon the layered bubble sea, staring at the phantom head he had never seen before.
The Golden Governor, who was supposed to suppress and expel him, did nothing.
He too was staring at the phantom head.
Not just the two deities.
Within the Golden Province, individuals of Celestial Human level seemed to sense it, abruptly opening their eyes, shocked and trembling!
A... god?
In Chongyang City, Yuan Feidao stood up, eyes turning white, both surprised and doubtful, was it a god?
Only deities can extend their heads beyond the bubble.
But it was very strange.
Yuan Feidao felt that distant, immensely complex and powerful aura,
which somehow seemed slightly familiar?
There was a trace of the Great Belly Buddha’s scent, as well as the Nine Netherworld’s...
His brow tightened, as at this moment, suddenly a divine-level being appeared,
although it was a phantom, the divine aura of this concentration could not possibly be just a reflection from a Different Dimension!
The Divine Spirit itself was within the Golden Province.
"The aura level is somewhat terrifying!" Yuan Feidao exclaimed, the aura of that horrifying phantom was complex but extremely high in level!
Faintly visible were lotus blooms, heavy Yin Soil, Buddha’s Light, Taoist charm, even mixed with Confucianism’s energy!
"Venerate?"
"No, above the Venerate!"
Yuan Feidao asserted, the phantom’s master must be someone above the Venerate.
His brow furrowed tightly.
A similar scene occurred in various locations of the Golden Province, Western Sect Celestial Humans abruptly stood up, Mandala Celestial Humans’ pupils contracted,
even in the Golden City, just awakened, in a dying, near-death state, the Cui Family Celestial Human sat up in shock!
At that moment.
Outside the Cui Family’s threshold.
Cui Wenda accepted the Sin-Extinguishing Celestial Venerate’s decree, forging a plaque—on the plaque, there were only two words.
World Venerate.
He knelt outside the Cui Family courtyard, kowtowed again and again.
Then roared.
"Cui Wenda, a believer, begs the World Venerate to make a decision for me!"
"The World Venerate is above!!"
He activated his organs, a Furnace Fire blossomed behind his head, using all his strength, his roar resonated through half of the Golden City!
Amidst the resonating sound.
There was an even grander sound, rising from afar, resonating throughout the entire Golden Province.
Ox’s bellow.
Yes, a bellow seemingly from ancient primeval times.
Accompanied by vast sound.
"The World Venerate is above."
"Please let the World Venerate enter my body."
In the vast sound, the Dragon Boat.
The enormous phantom covering the entire Dragon Boat bubble exchanged a glance with the God of Plague, then looked at a dazzling gold, radiant figure—the Golden Governor.
The World Venerate spoke deeply:
"Granted."
The enormous phantom abruptly shrank into the Ten Thousand Feet Bull Demon’s body.
The Ox Demon had already drawn the bow and arrow, standing firmly on the ground, emitting a bellow—then released!
’Sizzle!!’
The entire Dragon Boat small heaven and earth faded.
An arrow, an arrow mixed with the Six Great Celestial Positions’ energy, mingling the force of the Bridge of Helplessness and Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book,
further infused with Miss Ming Yue’s authentic True Blood—true Divine Arrow!
Suddenly, everywhere became silent, everywhere turned dark.
The Divine Arrow pierced through the Dragon Boat bubble, passed through one bubble heaven and earth after another,
wherever it traversed, colors vanished swiftly, leaving only pure black and white,
obviously having great might to destroy a small heaven and earth, yet not harming any life within the bubbles along its path.
This is the merciful Divine Arrow from the Dragon Boat.
Flying, flying, under the watchful eyes of numerous gazes, it dragged a long black and white trajectory throughout the Golden Province,
from below to above, suddenly reaching outside the Golden City.
When the arrow first appeared.
The entire Golden City, the whole Provincial Government small heaven and earth.
Suddenly quieted, suddenly faded.
In the city, the Golden University, Source Point Research Institute, Governor’s Mansion, Cui Family...
Everyone gazed at that merciful Divine Arrow,
Everyone simultaneously lost colors at this moment.
It was true colorlessness, losing all shades, like an old black-and-white TV.
"The World Venerate is above..."
Cui Wenda was tearful, in the bewildered, sluggish gazes of many in the Cui Family, facing the arrow, opened his arms as if embracing:
"The World Venerate is above!!"
As pure black and white engulfed the entire Golden City.
’Buzz!’
A hand bright as the dazzling sun thundered into this faded bubble heaven and earth!
"It’s the Governor!" someone exclaimed.
The enormous hand was like a deep sea, reflecting the lone brilliance amidst black and white, blocking the merciful Divine Arrow’s inevitable path, attempting to intercept.
Above the starry sky, Miss Ming Yue softly hummed to herself:
"Infused with my True Blood, how can you block it?"
As the words fell.
The Golden City.
Under the watchful eyes of those invigorating gazes, the governor’s massive hand thrust from beyond the sky collided with the arrow.
However.
There was no intense fluctuation, no heaven-destroying, earth-extinguishing wave.
The merciful Divine Arrow simply pierced through the hand, like going through thin paper, through a layer of snow.
The brilliant, sun-like hand, from the moment the palm was pierced, gradually faded, turning black and white.
"Have mercy!!"
The Golden Governor’s resonant voice sounded, this deity ruling the Golden Province, both shocked and furious, also frightened.
The Golden City couldn’t stop this arrow!
Neither could he intercept it!
If the Golden City were to be destroyed...
The Golden Governor cried, watching the arrow capable of destroying a bubble heaven and earth, falling into the Golden City, carrying a trace of his immortal blood, bearing destructive might, and then.....
Then with a ’thud’ sound.
Nailed onto the plaque engraved with ’Cui Family’.
Everyone was stunned.
A merciful Divine Arrow came from a subordinate city, passed through half the province, traversed twenty to thirty bubble heavens and earths, causing everything to fade, pierced the Governor’s palm...
It was merely lightly nailed onto the Cui Family’s lintel.
’Crack!’
The sound of cracking echoed, and the plaque of the Cui Family shattered, turning into countless fragments that fell in front of the youth named Cui Wenda.
The youth held up the incense burner, facing the direction from which the Merciful Divine Arrow was shot, he bowed once and kowtowed thrice, saying:
"Thank you, World Venerate, for standing up for me."
The hoarse voice echoed, not loud, yet like charcoal falling into snow—dispersing the black and white colors that covered half of the Golden Province, suddenly beginning to fade.
Brilliant colors reappeared between Heaven and Earth.
Everything seemed as if nothing had happened—except for the shattered Cui Family plaque, except for the arrow tainted with dazzling Immortal Blood.
Silence, silence.
Cui Wenda embraced the incense burner, holding the World Venerate’s plaque as he entered the Cui Family’s courtyard, entered the ancestral hall.
He held the wooden plaque, the two words for World Venerate crookedly etched on it, walking all the way to the old patriarch.
The old patriarch silently rose.
Cui Wenda sat down.
"Thank you, World Venerate, for standing up for me." He spoke once more, his voice exceedingly calm.
......
Dragon Boat.
It was like a farce.
Zhang Fusheng watched as the torn Celestial Vault healed again, watched as the rosy light once again enveloped the entire Dragon Boat City, isolating all prying gazes.
He revered the Ten Thousand Feet Bull Demon, only then did he feel small again, returning to normal.
Old Master still stared wide-eyed, murmuring his speech:
"Such a big scene, an arrow swept across thirty-three small heavens and earth, piercing through the Governor’s palm, yet only..."
"Nail a plaque to pieces?"
Zhang Fusheng nodded calmly:
"A waste, isn’t it?"
He turned his head, gazing at the Old Master:
"This was exactly my intention—I couldn’t truly destroy the entire Golden City, right?"
"What I want, is for the entire Golden Province to know that a true god named World Venerate has descended, for all sects to rush to accept the World Venerate."
Zhang Fusheng breathed out a murky air:
"The effect should be great, especially as this Chongyang changes, a deity suddenly descends..."
Old Master opened his mouth, nodded in silence:
"The name of the World Venerate has already resounded."
Zhang Fusheng held the Divine Bow, made a slight bow towards Miss Ming Yue, his heart also admiring.
So this is the might of a Divine Spirit.
The power of that Merciful Divine Arrow, undoubtedly augmented by the Six Great Celestial Positions, undoubtedly aided by the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book and the Bridge of Helplessness,
but this would not allow me to shoot a divine arrow, still far from it.
The most crucial reason is the True Blood dropped by Miss Ming Yue.
In that blood, contained the true divine-level power, that empowered me.
Miss Ming Yue now waved her hand, lightly sighed:
"If it weren’t for you yourself being a Flesh and Blood Divine Body, you wouldn’t be able to wield the power of my True Blood, I hadn’t expected to have such might."
She took a deep look at Zhang Fusheng, this Young Master Zhang seemed to have many, many secrets...
"I must rest a while after self-splitting the Ancestral Acupoint." Miss Ming Yue slightly bowed, took her leave.
At this moment.
Zhang Fusheng turned his head, gazed at the Old Master whose spirit was captured by the arrow, took the opportunity to ask:
"Old Master, Lu Xiuyuan."
"What exactly is special about Spiritual Bamboo?"
Old Master was silent for a long time, seemingly considering, finally gritting his teeth:
"That girl Spiritual Bamboo, carries an overwhelming scholarly fortune—the most important thing is, through her, I perceive the shadow of the Great Perfection Master who is worshiped day and night!"
After a pause, the old man spoke tiredly:
"But I have acted to conceal her, unless the deities of the Ancient Saint Sect or the Celestial Principle Sect investigate carefully, there should be no more discovery."
Zhang Fusheng’s pupils slightly contract, asking:
"The shadow of the Great Perfection Master? What do you mean?"
Old Master answered:
"It means, Spiritual Bamboo has the qualifications to ascend to the Supreme Saint Celestial Position that none have reached so far—from ancient times till now, she is the first."
Zhang Fusheng now sensed something amiss.
The first?
And what about the mysterious Ancient Saint exiled to the Nine Netherworlds??
Zhang Fusheng squinted, questioning:
"The one seated in the Saint Celestial Position of the Ancient Saint Sect is revered as the Ancient Saint. I heard that one Ancient Saint was exiled to the Nine Netherworlds."
"Because they possessed the qualifications to ascend to the Supreme Saint Position—is it true?"
Old Master was startled, then shook his head, decisively said:
"Absolutely not."
He spoke earnestly:
"I am Walking Under God, already able to reach Different Dimension, can directly communicate with some deities—if this were true, I would have known long ago."
Zhang Fusheng fell silent, his heart full of deep doubts.
Is Old Master lying, or is the mysterious Ancient Saint lying?
Or perhaps...
Both are speaking the truth?
Layer upon layer of doubts collide in his mind, Zhang Fusheng frowned, pondering.
The mysterious Ancient Saint had said that the Nine Netherworlds were placed in an [unbelievable place].
Before, it didn’t seem significant,
but now I wonder, what place can truly be called unbelievable?
He asked the mysterious Ancient Saint once, the answer he got was—that even they don’t know.
They only know the Nine Netherworlds are in an unbelievable place, but where specifically, or why is it unbelievable?
The Ancient Saint couldn’t say anything more.
"Unbelievable, unbelievable..."
Zhang Fusheng breathed out, spoke calmly:
"First wait for the ripples of this arrow to ferment, I plan to return to Chongyang, would you like to accompany me, Old Master?"
Old Master was silent for a moment, nodded:
"Wherever Spiritual Bamboo goes, naturally I follow."
Zhang Fusheng said no more, not concerning himself again with the great waves caused by the Merciful Divine Arrow in the outside world, his thoughts sinking into the Divine Realm.
He walked to the Bridge of Helplessness, walked to the Other Shore settlement, standing amid the flower cluster.
He sat down, writing on the ground:
"Do you really know a girl named Wei Lingzhu?"
Silence, silence.
Words emerged on the ground.
[Who exactly are you?]
Zhang Fusheng gazed at these words, the bizarre conjecture in his heart became more and more uncontrollable!
Unbelievable place, the qualifications to ascend to the Great Perfection Master Celestial Position, Wei Lingzhu, the mysterious Ancient Saint self-claimed as Saint Wei.....
All these things swirling and colliding in his mind.
He extended his finger, writing another line on the ground.
"Is your name Wei Lingzhu?"
The Other Shore flower cluster swayed, as if a storm had been stirred.
