Secret Buyer

Chapter 651: Chapter 380: Wagering the Supreme Fruit, Shouldering the Six Paths of Reincarnation

Zhang Fusheng spoke calmly:

"Of course, I know that Fellow Daoist Xuanqing would not collude with The Three Pristine Ones."

"However, Taiqing left a restriction deep within your True Spirit, not within Grandmaster Xundu’s True Spirit. Have you ever wondered why?"

Xuanqing Daoist’s expression was volatile,

After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said:

"I haven’t detected anything unusual within my True Spirit..."

Before he could finish speaking.

He saw Fellow Daoist Fusheng in front of him spread his hands, revealing seven glowing souls.

In the ethereal light, Zhang Fusheng softly said:

"Reveal the True Spirit, let go of your defenses."

Xuanqing Daoist hesitated for a moment, then complied silently.

And within his True Spirit, under the illumination of the Seven Souls, a trace of the Dao slowly emerged.

The mark of Taiqing.

Xuanqing Daoist was speechless.

Zhang Fusheng then spoke slowly:

"So, do you still not understand, Daoist friend?"

"Your resistance, your anger, your schemes..."

"Everything, all of it was within Taiqing’s will. What you believed to be defying the heavens was merely his intention for you to do so."

Looking at the distraught Xuanqing Daoist,

Zhang Fusheng did not give him a moment to breathe, his voice thundered like a morning bell and evening drum, a strike to the top of the head, deafening and awakening!

"Xuanqing!"

"Celestial Lord of Tao and Virtue arranged everything long ago. Grandmaster Xundu could emerge from the Eight Trigrams Furnace at any time, ready to forcibly merge with you!"

"Do you still not understand!"

The thunderous voice echoed.

For a long time, a long time.

Xuanqing Daoist looked at the chains laid down by the Celestial Lord of Tao and Virtue on himself, then glanced at the Six Paths of Reincarnation behind him.

He took a deep breath.

"Fellow Daoist Fusheng."

Xuanqing Daoist closed his eyes:

"What do you want me to do?"

A smile appeared on Zhang Fusheng’s face, suddenly a Contract appeared, illuminating.

"Naturally..."

"Put yourself in a deadly situation and then revive."

"Begin with death of the path and vanish to ruin The Three Pristine Ones’ schemes, abandon the path to sever life, to seek freedom!"

The thunderous voice rolled, and Xuanqing Daoist, startled, opened his eyes and raised his head:

"You... want me to die?"

Zhang Fusheng advanced, standing within arm’s reach.

Then.

The Seven Souls illuminated, the lotus bloomed.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanqing!"

"I want you to extinguish, your soul disintegrates, abandon the path to sever life, and sever the Self!"

"Would you..... be willing?"

.........

Netherworld.

.........

"Would you..... be willing?"

Beneath the rolling thunderous voice, Xuanqing Daoist looked at the brilliant Seven Souls, and the blooming lotus beside the Daoist,

He muttered:

"I don’t understand."

Zhang Fusheng held up the Contract, and spoke in a low voice:

"Make a deal."

"I promise, if I can escape the chessboard, when the day comes that I hold the chess pieces, I will surely retrieve you from the annals of time."

"Make you achieve Self, gain freedom."

Xuanqing Daoist’s expression was ever-changing:

"How can I believe you?"

Zhang Fusheng merely shook his head slightly, softly saying:

"Gamble."

"You are gambling, and I am gambling too."

Xuanqing closed his eyes:

"But if I extinguish, what use is it to The Three Pristine Ones? What use is it to you?"

Zhang Fusheng replied:

"Once you extinguish, Celestial Lord of Tao and Virtue’s hidden hand naturally becomes ineffective, the restriction dissipates, then nothing can stop me from going to the Netherworld to overturn the table."

Xuanqing was silent for a moment:

"Is that all?"

"Not only that."

Zhang Fusheng further replied:

"I want you to merge with Grandmaster Xundu, and before that... you need to sell me some matters and objects."

Xuanqing furrowed his brow:

"Please, Fellow Daoist Fusheng, speak clearly."

Zhang Fusheng’s eyes were bright, shining like daylight:

"I want the Six Paths of Reincarnation, I want you to merge with Xundu, when proving the Dao, and after being completely absorbed by Taiqing, the remaining Supreme Fruit Position."

Xuanqing’s face showed a look of surprise:

"How can I possibly give that to you?"

Zhang Fusheng, however, patted the Contract, and slowly spoke:

"It can exchange anything, I learned from a Supreme that it... can even directly trade for a Supreme Fruit Position."

Not long ago, Zhang Fusheng entered the Divine Realm, met the Eastern Emperor, and inquired about this matter.

According to the Eastern Emperor, the Contract is something extremely close to the level of Tao Fruit, it can directly trade with other Supremes for a Supreme Fruit Position!

Of course.

No Supreme wishes to do so.

Xuanqing was somewhat at a loss:

"But even so... how can I decide?"

Zhang Fusheng laughed:

"If you merge, though Grandmaster Xundu is principal, you are ultimately him."

"Naturally, you can also sign a grand contract with me, in Xundu’s name... want to try?"

Xuanqing remained silent for a long, long time, gently nodded:

"Let’s try."

The contract floated, words emerged, and then—it didn’t heat up.

Signifying that the grand contract can be completed.

After Zhang Fusheng proves the Dao, to retrieve Xuanqing’s True Spirit from annihilation, making him achieve freedom and self,

In exchange for, the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the remaining, broken Supreme Fruit Position after a failed proof of Dao.

Xuanqing closed his eyes.

Then, lightly nodded:

"Willingly."

Thus——

The Contract glowed, emitted the sound of the Great Dao, which is...

[Contract Established].

The Six Paths of Reincarnation roared, chains nailed into Zhang Fusheng’s body,

He then bore the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"I’ll go to the Netherworld first."

Zhang Fusheng said softly:

"Daoist friend... merge with Xundu."

"At the moment of merging, please extinguish yourself, erase your True Spirit, abandon the path to sever life, let the restriction dissipate..."

"Then, when Grandmaster Xundu awakens, he can only immediately prove the Dao to preserve himself."

Xuanqing silently nodded, silently watched Fellow Daoist Fusheng bear the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and turn away.

The chains quaked, as the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the things suppressed beneath them roared in unison.

"Shall I take a gamble?"

Xuanqing muttered to himself, then suddenly laughed, somewhat desolate yet somewhat pleased.

"Then let’s gamble."

"Even if I lose, it doesn’t matter, at least... I will have shown you all."

"That you are not infallible."

Xuanqing closed his eyes, unburdened by the Six Paths of Reincarnation, at this moment, felt light as a feather.

He walked toward the rift in the void, toward the Douluo Palace that lay beyond it, toward the depths where the Eight Trigrams Furnace resided.

"With my life, ruin the plot of the Supremes, to show the world."

"Destiny is not immutable!"