Secret Buyer-Chapter 332 - 255: The Revelation of the Gods, Inviting the Tao Ancestor (3/4)
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Bamboo forest.
The aroma of tea wafted through the air.
"Old Su, you certainly hid deep enough. No wonder I couldn’t find you after searching for a month."
The Golden Armored Creature smirked without true mirth and took a sip of the hot tea.
Su Qiansuan spoke calmly:
"Alright, let’s be straightforward. I heard your conversation with Junior Brother Zhang—seems like your loyalty to the Federation isn’t that strong after all."
The Golden Armored Creature pressed its lips together, then spoke softly:
"I am one of the Federation’s masters, what do you mean by ’loyalty’?"
"Why deceive yourself?" Su Qiansuan sneered, "Serving tirelessly for tens of thousands of years and never receiving even a single Divine Medicine. Celestial Position is beyond your reach... Do you truly consider yourself a master of the Federation?"
The Golden Armored Creature fell silent.
Beside them, Zhang Fusheng quietly drank high-grade Calming Tea, having already had several cups, the aroma filling his senses—might as well drink more while it’s free.
Didn’t you see even the Golden Armored Creature is drinking it eagerly?
This stuff is probably more precious than I imagined.
As Zhang Fusheng downed his tenth cup of Calming Tea,
Su Qiansuan finally couldn’t bear it any longer, silently moving the teapot away, and said with slight exasperation:
"Junior Brother Zhang, isn’t this just a virtual embodiment of yours? You’re not even here in person, why drink so much?"
Zhang Fusheng smiled innocently and said:
"My heart is restless, overflowing with hostility, I need to clear and calm it."
Su Qiansuan’s mouth twitched.
The three of them fell into silence for a moment.
After a long while,
Su Qiansuan spoke again to break the silence:
"Junior Brother Zhang, do the divine beings behind you really intend to establish a new religious sect?"
Zhang Fusheng’s thoughts spun quickly as he calmly replied:
"There is such an intention."
Su Qiansuan remained silent for a moment, then spoke softly:
"If it truly becomes an orthodox sect, it could indeed develop into a grand sect....."
The Golden Armored Creature couldn’t help but ask:
"Just how many deities are behind you, Little Friend Zhang?"
Su Qiansuan also looked over curiously.
Zhang Fusheng pondered briefly before:
"Let me show you all."
Unfazed, he extended his hand, gently tapping the void, creating ripples with each tap, the tapping sound carrying a unique reverberation of Tao.
The next moment, a virtual altar was transformed from illusion into reality by his technique,
illuminated with a brilliant light, from which emerged a blurred shadow.
The Golden Armored Creature and Su Qiansuan looked on, their expressions focused.
The shadow was clearly in the starry sky,
and in that starry sky, a carriage was suspended, with a delicate jade hand lifting the curtain of the carriage,
a vague silhouette could be seen.
The silhouette clearly looked through the altar to see the situation on this side: 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"Young Master Zhang."
A gentle voice echoed, followed by a vision bursting forth from the carriage,
a vast ’field’ appeared, planting Immortal Fruits resembling infants there.
"Cultivating medicines!" The Golden Armored Creature changed color slightly: "A Great Power."
Zhang Fusheng contemplated, observing Miss Mingyue from a higher dimensional perspective, saw Ginseng Fruits in her breast—this is what they call cultivating medicines?
It sounds like a sign of a Great Power?
Recalling what he heard earlier, Su Qiansuan mocked that the Golden Armored Creature hadn’t obtained a single Divine Medicine over countless years,
he intuited a hypothesis—at the level of Great Powers, one must plant the so-called Divine Medicine within oneself.
As thoughts swirled, Zhang Fusheng spoke gently:
"Miss Mingyue, this is the situation. This one is a Divine Spirit hailing from the Capital..."
He gave a brief account of the circumstances, and both the Golden Armored Creature and Su Qiansuan seemed thoughtful,
the two Divine Spirits keenly caught onto the mutual address between ’Little Friend Zhang’ and that Great Power in the stars.
Young Master Zhang, Miss Mingyue.
This was not a relationship of subordination at all.
Across the stars, Miss Mingyue quietly listened to the story, then spoke calmly:
"Federation’s orthodox sect means it has the permission to openly and massively spread its teachings, indeed a great advantage for the divine beings."
"Especially for those in Celestial Positions."
She subtly reminded Zhang Fusheng.
Zhang Fusheng understood, his fingers gently tapping the void again, another brilliant light reflected a blurred figure.
Miss Mingyue and the two deities turned their gaze,
within the light and shadow, a solemn figure could be seen, features indistinct, but with a green lotus floating behind him,
as the green lotus swayed, it seemed to reflect mountains and rivers, accompanied by an overwhelming sense of pressure!
"Cyan Emperor?!" Miss Mingyue exclaimed, the Golden Armored Creature and Su Qiansuan sat upright, gazing at the ’Deity’ called Cyan Emperor.
They were alarmed, although unaware of the Cyan Emperor’s cultivation, it was apparent that they resided in a Great Celestial Position—this also attested to the terror he represented.
A Great Celestial Position is not easily occupied.
"The third one." Zhang Fusheng’s voice floated lightly: "Please, World Venerate."
As the words fell, the altar illuminated brilliantly once more, this time revealing the silhouette of an Ancient Buddha,
the Buddha sat quietly in meditation, suddenly opening his eyes, and Su Qiansuan, Miss Mingyue, and the Golden Armor,
saw an incredible Divine Mountain in the Buddha’s gaze!!
"Kunlun..." Miss Mingyue murmured, lost in thought.
Zhang Fusheng remained outwardly composed and calm, as he forcedly pulled Emperor Tang and his true body to appear for effect—and it worked well.
Emperor Tang’s Cyan Emperor Celestial Position, and his own Kunlun Eye evidently stunned the Golden Armor and Old Su.
"The fourth."
In a deep voice, a new shadow appeared on the altar, Miss Mingyue lowered her gaze upon seeing through the light and shadow.
"Central Pole Sect Leader..." she spoke with reverence.
The brilliance reflected a grandiose Imperial Palace, a majestic Emperor’s Shadow!
Su Qiansuan and the Golden Armored Creature’s hearts trembled—not due to the imposing aura and intense sense of oppression of the ’Central Pole Sect Leader’,
but because of the Great Power referred to as ’Mingyue’.
That Great Power, clearly deferential.
To be held in such esteem by a Great Power...
The Golden Armored Creature grew a bit nervous, suddenly feeling that the ’terms’ he previously proposed seemed somewhat insignificant now.
"The fifth position."
Zhang Fusheng stood up, faced the altar, and bowed, while in the other scene bathed in radiant light, Miss Mingyue rose from within her carriage.
The next instant.
A Taoist Palace.
A Taoist Palace that surpassed the limits of thought, manifesting now, but forgotten the next, reflected within the dazzling light,
The doors of the Taoist Palace silently opened, and the Golden Armored Creatures and Su Qiansuan glanced over,
They saw the flowing Chaos Fog, saw a vague figure seated, saw the deep, dark cosmos surrounding it...
The great presence within the fog seemed to open its eyes and gaze forward.
The Golden Armored Creatures and Su Qiansuan instinctively lowered their heads.
Their hearts were seized by chills,
They felt as if they were mere Grandmasters, awestruck by the sight of a True God!
Towering and endless, impossible to gaze upon, unable to unravel.
Silence ensued in the bamboo forest.
Su Qiansuan and the Golden Armored Creatures had unknowingly stood up, both bowing their heads before the great presence within the Taoist Palace,
At this moment, Little Friend Zhang’s quiet voice echoed.
"Celestial Venerate, Golden Armored Creatures, request the Celestial Position."
Silence, silence.
The Golden Armored Creatures heard the ethereal sound of Dao, seemingly wafting down from the infinite heights.
"You shall decide."
The terrifying being referred to as Celestial Venerate left behind only these words, before disappearing from the scene along with the Taoist Palace.
The oppressive, towering presence also faded away.
Su Qiansuan and the Golden Armored Creatures instinctively breathed a sigh of relief, only to be startled suddenly.
They realized they couldn’t recall the appearance of that Taoist Palace at all.
The magnitude of the Taoist Palace was such that thoughts, ideas, and emotions could not reach it!
In the stillness.
Zhang Fusheng addressed Miss Mingyue:
"Miss Mingyue, if a recognized sect were to be established, would you consent to become a deity within it?"
The voice of Miss Mingyue resonated through the altar, echoing from the stars:
"I am overwhelmed!"
She was truly overwhelmed.
The more she knew, the more she understood, the greater her reverence.
Alongside the Cyan Emperor, Central Pole Sect Leader, and...
Master Taiqing, becoming a venerable god within the same sect?
She felt uneasy, hearing Young Master Zhang’s voice drift from the altar:
"Naturally, there is a distinction between primary and secondary, high and low."
Miss Mingyue felt a slight calm, paused for a moment, and solemnly uttered:
"If the Tao Ancestor permits, I have no objection."
"Excellent."
Zhang Fusheng bowed once again, and the lights and shadows upon the altar dispersed completely.
The bamboo forest returned to its dim state.
He looked toward Su Qiansuan and the Golden Armor, both divine entities still seemed lost,
After some contemplation, Zhang Fusheng spoke softly:
"The Celestial Venerate said, I am to decide."
Su Qiansuan and the Golden Armored Creatures jolted awake, turning in unison toward the Immortal Shadow,
The Golden Armor no longer regarded Young Friend Zhang as a junior celestial being, but instead viewed him as an equal.
"So..."
The Golden Armored Creatures cautiously inquired:
"Who was that just now?"
"Celestial Venerate, you may also refer to him as Tao Ancestor."
Zhang Fusheng calmly replied:
"He hailed from the old world."
The Golden Armored Creatures and Su Qiansuan visibly blanched.
Then another long silence followed.
Zhang Fusheng spoke with composure:
"I won’t hide from you both, I do not know what is required for the birth of a new sect, but since the Celestial Venerate allowed me to decide, then..."
He gazed at the Golden Armored Creatures, tapping his finger in a mysterious rhythm, and the altar reflected light one last time.
The Golden Armored Creatures instinctively glanced sideways.
He witnessed, within the soft light, celestial positions seeming to float — not just one!
Zhang Fusheng then waved, and the light dissipated, along with the revealed celestial positions — shown but not touched.
Naturally, he could not truly grant a Celestial Position to the Golden Armor at this time.
No matter what, recognition as a ’legitimate sect’ must be established first.
That which is unattained is best cherished.
The Golden Armored Creatures took a deep breath:
"Leave everything to me."
He spoke earnestly:
"Within a year—no, within half a year, even three months, I will leverage all past connections to propel the birth of a new legitimate sect."
Zhang Fusheng glanced at Su Qiansuan, then suddenly queried:
"The matter of the Golden Province...?"
The Golden Armored Creatures paused, their gaze flickering, recalling the fleeting images just seen,
A great power in the stars, Cyan Emperor, World Venerate, Central Pole Sect Leader...
Alongside that infinitely majestic being.
The Golden Armored Creatures resolved, speaking in a low voice:
"With me seated central within the Federation, the independence of ’our’ Golden Province naturally won’t face obstacles..."
Unnoticed, ’your’ had already become ’our’.
The three exchanged glances, laughed heartily, drank tea, discussed Dao, akin to longtime friends; even Old Su invited Ruan Yutu over,
The Golden Armor intimately presented a greeting gift, with Ruan Yutu addressing him as Uncle Golden Armor —
The happenings at the Governor’s Mansion went unmentioned by all, as if they never transpired.
"The name of the sect has been decided."
Zhang Fusheng put down his teacup and suddenly said:
"But before that, there’s still one thing that requires the help of both Taoist friends."
The Golden Armor heavily patted his chest:
"Junior Brother Zhang, your matters are mine as well, why mention inconvenience? Just speak freely!"
