Secret Buyer

Chapter 591 - 357: The Price of Temptation

Celestial Dao Province.

"Mother of Non-Existence, Vacuum Home!"

The chant resounded like a thunderclap, echoing throughout, as Spiritual Thoughts entwined in the void, giving rise to the illusory scene of the "Vacuum Home".

The devotees were devout.

Sitting at the head was a young and beautiful woman, enveloped in a light neither bright nor dim, her features hard to clearly remember,

but upon closer inspection, one could see that her eyes lacked pupils, instead reflecting the Vacuum Home and an ever-contracting river of creature’s spirituality flowing towards her!

"Mother of Non-Existence, Vacuum Home!"

The layered chanting resonated again in unison.

A man in a white robe, with sword-like brows and starry eyes, stepped forward and humbly addressed the woman seated at the head:

"Mother, I have visited that Daoist Venerable. He agreed to collaborate with us in the partition of the Federation."

The woman calmly lifted her head, her pupil-less eyes overflowing with the dense river of creature’s spirituality.

She nodded lightly:

"Have our followers in the Celestial Capital keep a close watch on him; I must be informed of his every move."

"Mother, let me go."

The speaker was an elder in a black robe, standing beside the white-robed Li Xuan, with a long beard almost touching the ground.

A radiant light shone behind the elder, revealing him to be a Great Power—had Zhang Fusheng been present, he would have recognized him at once.

It was the two Great Power corpses that Haotian Mirror had revealed in the past: one clad in white with sword-like brows and starry eyes, and the other in black, with a long beard reaching the ground.

To think both were present here.

"Go ahead, both of you." Mother spoke gently.

The white and black robes exchanged glances, the long-bearded one chuckling:

"A mere youngster, even with the favor of that Grand Director, is still of minor consequence."

The white-robed, sword-browed man shook his head:

"I have seen him in person; this lad is not simple. Furthermore, if he truly were ordinary, why would the Grand Director favor him?"

"The crucial point is, why would Mother focus on him?"

The black-robed, long-bearded one hesitated, then nodded:

"Indeed, that makes sense."

Saying so, he subconsciously looked towards the seated "Mother of Non-Existence", as the white-robed, sword-browed one timely asked:

"Mother, as per our agreement with that Daoist Venerable, within ten day and nights, I will seek him once more to discuss the terms of the collaboration... but truly, I find myself puzzled."

He paused cautiously, then continued:

"Are we genuinely to spare no expense, merely to lure him to the Netherworld?"

The river of life and spirituality surged in Mother’s eyes, each particle of light within it depicting the entire journey of a complete soul from birth to awakening, fusing into a river, endlessly rushing towards her.

She gently caressed an ordinary oil lamp in her hand—the lamp reflected the cycle of life and death of the myriad worlds,

drawing the innate spirituality of countless creatures back to the "Vacuum Home".

Mother spoke:

"As I have said, spare no expense."

Her voice was ethereal, like an immaculate azure sky:

"As long as he can be made to go to the Netherworld, any terms can be offered to him, even fulfilled immediately, be it an Immortal Elixir, an Immortal Elixir’s parent plant, or materials for forging Life Treasures, even an Innate Golden Core."

The white-robed, sword-browed man and the black-robed, long-bearded man glanced at each other.

The latter spoke hesitantly:

"Mother, we do not understand..."

An immense pressure descended from the heavens, leaving the two top Great Powers prostrate on the ground, their bodies as strong as immortal gold fractured!

Beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads,

Mother’s voice echoed timely:

"Do as I say."

"Do not question, do not question."

The two Great Powers kowtowed, and the devotees followed suit, with even the Great Divine Power Users bowing and saluting, then they unanimously chanted:

"Mother of Non-Existence, Vacuum Home!"

"Vacuum Home, Mother of Non-Existence!"

The devout voice reverberated in the ancient hall, melodious, melodious.

The river of life and spirituality in Mother’s eyes grew denser.

.........

Meanwhile.

Above the Divine Realm, in the Eight Sceneries Palace.

Silence pervaded the Bridge of Helplessness, Haotian Mirror glowed, and other Supreme Treasures like the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book hung high—

but all these treasures and techniques paled in comparison to the "Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Tower" inherently undefeated by its presence above.

"Is it the Supreme?"

Zhang Fusheng asked for the second time, his deep voice resonating here, echoing through the back hall and quiet chamber.

The reflection stood motionless, a sorrowful expression flashing through its eyes,

above it, an ancient, grand tower divided into nine layers, completely golden, from which strands of primordial yellow aura descended,

each thread of primordial yellow seemingly boundless in weight, and the divine bell hanging from the tower’s eaves rang, an accompaniment to earth, fire, water, and wind, creating a chaos.

Just then, an aged voice emanated from the tower once more:

"Fellow Daoist Fusheng, have you perhaps encountered some hidden Supreme?"

Zhang Fusheng’s body tensed, knowing that the great sound within the tower referred to the Chaotic Bell hidden in the dark side of his Divine Realm, and the presence of the "Eastern Emperor" within it.

If he guessed correctly.

This was his only secret before the Three Pristine Ones.

He exhaled a breath of clarity:

"A Supreme? I have seen many; which one does Supreme Daoist Friend refer to? Speaking of which, the first Supreme I encountered was indeed you, Daoist Friend."

After a moment of silence,

the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Tower gently swayed, the divine bell beneath its eaves ringing even more.

"Perhaps Fellow Daoist Fusheng has misunderstood something."

The will within the tower spoke:

"I am indeed Tai Shang—’Tai Shang Laojun’, yet I am not the Supreme."