Secret Buyer-Chapter 173 - 139: Ancestor of Land Immortals, Greetings to You
The young man walked through the city night, his hands hanging down, brow furrowed, taking steady steps, his coat fluttering gently in the flowing breeze.
He suddenly asked:
"What do you think about that mysterious elder from a couple of days ago?"
"Me?"
Black Eye was momentarily stunned and shook his head, saying:
"An unknown deity’s will; beyond that, I haven’t discerned much."
"Isn’t your eye capable of peering into the past and future?"
"That was merely a fragment of will manifested, not an actual person." Black Eye replied as such.
Zhang Fusheng continued walking calmly, the streetlamp’s light stretching his shadow long and far.
"That elder mentioned a presence called Celestial Venerate, you once said I would be known as the Infinite Celestial Venerate in the future."
"Yes."
Black Eye nodded slightly:
"Celestial Venerate is a title in Taoism for someone of the highest respect, and for you to bear the title of Infinite suggests your achievements in the coming years will surpass that elder’s Celestial Venerate."
Zhang Fusheng smiled slightly, his eyelids lowered, concealing his expression.
In any case.
Black Eye must die.
The High Heaven Association and those above will rapidly expand; the only possibility for my true identity to be exposed is through Black Eye.
What if one day, Black Eye converses with the top four officials?
What if they just happen to discuss those above High Heaven and mention the Infinite Celestial Venerate?
Though the possibility is very small.
It certainly isn’t ’zero’.
Zhang Fusheng turned his head, exchanging a glance with the young man with only one eye, who lowered his head respectfully,
but the dense blackness in those eyes flowed silently.
Very familiar.
Still very familiar.
What exactly is Black Eye’s characteristic?
How can he perceive the Taoist Palace beyond thought and imagination?
Even if it’s just a projection of the true Eight Sceneries Palace.
Zhang Fusheng turned back and continued walking toward the Governance Building.
......
Governance Building.
The lights were bright.
Black Eye stayed outside, while Zhang Fusheng entered alone; the Governance Building had a dedicated banquet hall, and it was bustling with excitement.
"Captain Zhang."
Elder Yu came over, a smile on his face: 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"Thanks to you the other day, otherwise, my old bones might have....."
"You flatter me."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries with the elderly woman, who then politely excused herself, Zhang Xiaoxi suddenly appeared,
dragging Zhang Fusheng to a corner.
"Stay here and don’t move, wait for me!"
After instructing him, the troublemaker disappeared into the crowd. Zhang Fusheng hadn’t been puzzled for long before he saw Zhang Xiaoxi squeezing back with several large trays.
They were filled with exquisite food.
"Go ahead and eat! Not a word while you’re eating!"
Zhang Xiaoxi sneakily said:
"I’ve been on the Dragon Boat my whole life and never had anything like this; the taste is phenomenal!"
Zhang Fusheng couldn’t help but laugh:
"You’re just here for the food, aren’t you....."
He picked up a ’octopus’ he had never seen before, so called because it seemed to have twenty or thirty thin tentacles.
Yet, the taste was indeed exceptional.
While eating, Zhang Fusheng mumbled:
"What’s this banquet for, anyway?"
"No idea!"
Zhang Xiaoxi’s cheeks were bulging like a hamster’s.
She said:
"Heard it’s to welcome a newly arrived Golden Legislator."
"But does it really warrant such a crowd?" Zhang Fusheng was still somewhat puzzled; through Zhou Muniu’s spiritual perception, he had already learned about the Golden Legislator,
which was also why he accepted the invitation to attend.
Tonight, and with tomorrow’s mentorship banquet, two meetings would provide reasons for both parties to engage.
Zhang Xiaoxi swallowed the food in her mouth, exhaled contentedly, and then said:
"Also heard a lot of big shots have come to Chongyang City these past two days, from all over, so the Governor decided to host them all in one go!"
Zhang Fusheng nodded thoughtfully.
The dining hall was still lively with glasses clinking, while the siblings ate heartily in a corner.
"How’s uncle these days?"
"Very well, enjoying good food and drink at home every day; I’ve already retired them..."
As they ate and chatted.
A young, handsome man approached with a glass of wine, beaming:
"Are you Miss Zhang?"
Zhang Xiaoxi looked at him in confusion:
"Nope."
Zhang Fusheng almost spat out the impromptu three-dozen-limbed octopus in his mouth.
The young man was visibly taken aback but maintained his beaming smile, polite and elegant:
"Zhang Tianming, son of Zhang Erhe, appointed as the first commander of Chongyang’s Military Department, I’ve heard tales of a genius girl at the research institute, and upon meeting you today, indeed..."
He glanced at the girl resembling a hamster and paused for a moment:
"Indeed, extraordinary, exceptional."
Zhang Xiaoxi suspiciously:
"Are you insulting me?"
"Miss Zhang misunderstood."
Zhang Tianming still wore a beaming smile, maintaining basic politeness:
"There will be a grand feast tomorrow, too, with many big figures and young talents from various cities attending, like....."
He pointed to a young man with remarkable grace on the other side of the crowd.
Zhang Fusheng took a glance.
Eh?
Kong Dongyan?
What’s he doing here? Was he also invited by the master’s invitations?
Zhang Fusheng was surprised, his pupils suddenly contracting.
Beside Kong Dongyan, he noticed a woman who didn’t seem very old, perhaps twenty-seven or twenty-eight, also exuding a cultured aura.
His ears twitched, catching Kong Dongyan addressing her as senior sister.
Zhang Fusheng recognized her.
The woman whose divine realm transformed into an ancient book among the Grandmasters!
Back then, even though the four Grandmasters’ appearances were distorted by light and shadow, they couldn’t escape the Divine Thought of ’Zhong Mountain’, naturally making their faces clearly seen!
