Niu Dali, Do You Recognize This Venerate?

Where is this?

At the mouth of the earthenware jar, which was not much bigger than the palm of a hand, Niu Dali, which was about the same size as the jar, was placed outside the jar, looking bewildered.

In his mind, just a second ago he was still outside Longzhou City, but the instant the mysterious True Person and the bald youth completed their 'transaction'...

And there I was, standing right there.

He cautiously looked around; it was a hazy, indistinct hall, filled with the faintest, most profound sounds.

Looking ahead, a person?

Niu Dali.

In the rear of the hall, on a prayer cushion, sat a vaguely discernible, imposing figure.

The figure was shrouded in a thick, chaotic mist, surrounded by layers upon layers of dark, gloomy universes.

He—no, He simply sat there, yet from one's own perspective, He seemed infinitely high and profound, occupying all sight and all senses!

Niu Dali trembled, his scalp tingling from the peeled skin.

"Are you the Celestial Venerable?"

He called out softly, asking questions.

The blurry figure shrouded in the chaotic mist seemed to open its eyes.

Niu Dali felt enveloped by an unspeakable, superior gaze, as if all his past had been seen through and all his secrets could not be hidden!

He wanted to bow his head as a sign of respect.

But with its head stuck outside the jar, it couldn't lower itself, and its body was compressed inside the jar, which was the size of a human head, making it difficult to move.

"A being Devour Everything." He heard the mysterious Celestial Venerable utter a cold, emotionless Dao Sound.

"I am here!"

Niu Dali spoke with difficulty, his eyes turning fervent, "Heavenly Venerable! Heavenly Venerable!!!"

A god whose power and terror are beyond imagination!!

As long as I can earn their respect, as long as I can escape this predicament...

That Buddhist monk! That Zhang Fusheng!

A crimson glint flashed in Niu Dali's eyes.

Just then.

The [Celestial Venerable] in the chaotic mist seemed to ask with great interest:

Do you know where your uniqueness comes from?

Niu Dali answered cautiously and honestly:

"It seems to come from my bloodline."

"Do you know what bloodline you are?" the Celestial Venerable continued to ask.

Niu Dali shook his head blankly and laboriously from side to side, his jaw rubbing against the jar, making a 'crunching' sound.

"It has the body of a sheep, the face of a human, eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, human claws, and a voice like that of an infant."

The Celestial Venerable spoke slowly:

"This is the Taotie."

Taotie?

The moment I heard the word 'taotie'.

Niu Dali felt his blood begin to boil, to leap with joy, to cheer and ecstatic!

It seems that this name was meant to be given to one's own bloodline!

"Taotie," Niu Dali repeated with awe, mustering his courage, "I am willing to serve you, willing to walk among men, and in your country, in the form of Taotie!"

The Celestial Venerable let out a soft, ambiguous laugh.

Niu Dali felt uneasy as he watched the chaotic mist surrounding the Celestial Venerable slowly churning and flowing.

The vastness of space itself seemed to grow even darker.

For a long time.

The Celestial Venerable spoke in a melodious voice:

"The Taotie, Ancient Great Fiend from the past, is insatiably greedy and eats everything. Just like you, it can devour life, eat gods, and consume all things."

Niu Dali's heart pounded, and his body, compressed inside the jar, trembled.

"The Taotie Bloodline has both advantages and disadvantages; it will remain within you."

The Celestial Venerable said calmly:

"However, I wish to take away the Taotie Bloodline 'Ability to Devour and Transform All Things."

Niu Dali felt a chill in his heart.

Instead of taking the bloodline from some ancient Ancient Great Fiend, it can directly seize the abilities bestowed upon it by that bloodline?

Amidst horror and bitterness.

He saw the Celestial Venerable sigh slightly, and the chaotic mist churned endlessly, followed by a vast and resounding Daoist Dao Sound.

"But."

"I follow the way of Heaven, taking from the surplus and giving to the deficient, embodying Yin and Yang, the Tai Chi, the two polarities and the four symbols, so that all things are in balance."

"Having taken your Ability to Devour and Transform All Things, I also grant you one thing."

Niu Dali became excited; his previously dull eyes suddenly brightened, and he asked in a trembling voice:

"I wonder what the Heavenly Venerable has bestowed upon me, and what it is?"

From the futon, a blurry figure high above spoke softly:

"There is a fire of jealousy and resentment burning in your heart."

"I will grant you permission to serve me as my attendant, and to serve me for one hundred and eight years."

"Who is the person you are jealous of?"

The Celestial Venerable asked the question.

Niu Dali paused for a moment, breathing heavily. Was it that Buddhist disciple?

No, it's not.

It's Zhang Fusheng.

It's him! It's him! It's him!

Niu Dali suppressed his crimson emotions, which seemed to want to tear everything apart, and spoke in a low voice:

"It's Zhang Fusheng."

The Celestial Venerable Zhang Fusheng murmured, savoring the name, "How about I bring him before you again?"

Niu Dali widened; if he weren't unable to move, he would have wanted to kowtow!

"Thank you, Heavenly Lord, for your great favor!!"

The Celestial Venerable chuckled, casually sketching out mysterious light and shadow, and a contract slowly emerged.

"Take from you the power of the Taotie Bloodline to Ability to Devour and Transform All Things."

"I bestow upon you the grace of serving by my side for a hundred years; after that, your departure or stay is up to you."

"You will be permitted to see those you despise again."

"How?"

Niu Dali shouted loudly without any hesitation:

"I do!!"

Although he no longer possessed the ability to devour all things, he could perhaps serve and accompany an incomparably powerful and mysterious celestial being.

Niu Dali believes it's a good deal!

Moreover, they could also kill Zhang Fusheng.

He became increasingly excited.

The Celestial Venerable fell silent at this moment.

He discovered that the contract could not be concluded—this Old Niu had somehow misunderstood the terms of the transaction, and the Contract Book was deemed 'fraudulent'.

After a thorough investigation,

I see.

The Celestial Venerable spoke calmly:

"I will not kill your enemy for you, I will only bring him before you. Whether you can kill him or not is entirely up to you, do you understand?"

Niu Dali was stunned for a moment:

"Understood!"

The Celestial Venerable continued to sketch the mysterious light and shadow; this time, it worked.

"The contract has been established."

The solemn voice of the Celestial Venerable echoed in the hall, a profound and subtle sound, the Daoist essence ethereal and elusive!

Niu Dali felt as if something was being peeled away from him!

The mysterious light and shadow dissipated.

The Celestial Venerable's Dao Sound resounded once more:

"For the next 108 years, you will stay by my side. As for Zhang Fusheng..."

Niu Dali was somewhat puzzled. Why had the Great Celestial Venerable's way of speaking changed?

In his bewilderment, he heard the Celestial Venerable chuckle softly:

"Niu Dali, Zhang Fusheng is now before you."

Niu Dali twisted his head left and right with difficulty, and said blankly:

"My Lord, I... I didn't see it!"

"Niu Dali"

The chaotic mist before the Celestial Venerable thinned.

Look at me, who am I?

Niu Dali subconsciously looked at that infinitely majestic and lofty figure, while the chaotic mist churned and retreated to both sides.

A very familiar figure and a very familiar face appeared before him.

A mocking smile still lingered on his face.

Niu Dali stared wide-eyed, completely stunned, his mind a jumbled mess—Zhang, Zhang Fusheng?

Zhang Fusheng

His body, compressed into the small urn, felt cold, and his head was ringing.

It felt as if a hammer was frantically hammering inside my skull!

How could it be him?

How could it be him??

Niu Dali looked both crying and laughing:

"You... you're toying with your subordinates, aren't you?"

The boy sat cross-legged on the futon and laughed out loud:

"Why would I tease you? Think back carefully, didn't Black Eyes tell you that he saw me become the Boundless Heavenly Venerate?"

Niu Dali felt a thud.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes.

After a long silence.

"Zhang! Fu! Sheng!!!"

He let out a hysterical roar, his eyes bloodshot!

Zhang Fusheng calmly waved his hand, and the urn floated up and landed steadily beside him.

"Zhang Fusheng!!!"

Niu Dali was still screaming like he was crying blood. The hope that had just risen was completely torn to shreds, and blood tears actually flowed from his eyes!

"Look, you're in such a hurry again."

Zhang Fusheng reached out and gently patted Human Treasure's head:

"You shall stay here for the next 108 years."

"As I said, I grant you permission to serve by my side. Rest assured, I will never disobey, for this is a deal between us."

Niu Dali let out a sob, tears of blood streaming down his face, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Zhang Fusheng silenced him.

"The Taotie Bloodline might still be of some use."

Zhang Fusheng muttered to himself, his heart filled with unease. The Ability to Devour and Transform All Things had caused the cooldown of the Contract Book to soar to thirty-six years!

Goodness!

The Six Ding Divine Fire has only existed for a hundred years!

Uh, no, it seems the upper limit is one hundred years.

"Thankfully, there's still an ounce or two of Brave Lion meat left." Zhang Fusheng muttered to himself, "The judgment of this Contract Book is a bit puzzling."

He rubbed his chin with one hand and used the other to tap Niu Dali's head like Wooden Fish.

Niu Dali believed himself to be a celestial being, and the transactions he made while serving at the celestial being's side were not judged as fraud.

On the contrary, the deal he believed could immediately kill 'Zhang Fusheng' was judged as fraud.

Strangeness.

Could it be that the Contract Book also considers itself a celestial being?

It's gone mad!

Wrong.

Zhang Fusheng suddenly lowered his head and realized that it was probably related to the futon. When he sat upright on the futon, his status was dramatically elevated, and he felt as if he could see all the mountains below him.

Does this mean,

Sitting here, can one's status be compared to that of a true celestial being?

Even.

Not just the Celestial Venerable?

Zhang Fusheng was alarmed. He knew this was just a futon—if it were a genuine futon from the Eight Sceneries Palace, it wouldn't matter.

The key point is that this is merely a projection or reflection of the Eight Sceneries Palace!!

"Then, how high would the actual Eight Sceneries Palace be?"

"What about the true [Supreme One]?"

Zhang Fusheng muttered to himself, his heart growing increasingly chilled. How could such a person suddenly disappear, or even have his position usurped by someone else?

How powerful must someone who usurps the position of supreme authority be?

"Who cares!"

"Focus on doing well in the present, and then move on to the next step."

Zhang Fusheng exhaled a breath of Pure Qi and silently ate the meat of the Brave Lion.

Initially, one gram of this medicine was equivalent to a year's supply of Brave Lion meat, but its effectiveness has diminished considerably.

After consuming 50 grams, Zhang Fusheng had just managed to offset the effects of the 36 years of cooling down—but he still owed a few more days, so he was forced to gnaw on some Unicorn Giant Rhinoceros Meat.

"We need to get some new Star Beast Meat."

"The Waiting Area is the hub of the Golden Province; it's impossible for it to be like a lower-level city, only containing the Unicorn Giant Rhinoceros Meat."

Zhang Fusheng pondered silently, torn between whether or not to 'revive' Chen Yuque, thus creating another absolutely obedient subordinate in reality.

It also avoids having to explain things to the master, so it's basically all beneficial.

The key question is, where am I supposed to find a body at the Twelve Refinements?

"I can imagine a flesh-and-blood body resembling Chen Yuque in the divine realm, and then forcibly Transforming the False into the True."

"But that's just an ordinary flesh and blood body, unable to retain cultivation like a remnant soul transforming into Ghastly Skeleton."

"Imagine a body refined through Twelve Refinements?"

"Even if I can't achieve the perfect replica—maybe I can in the future, but right now? It'd be more like a death sentence for me!"

Zhang Fusheng frowned; this was a bit troublesome.

And that little Lin Dongxi should have arrived in Chongyang City by now; he's a bit of a handful.

For now, put aside all such thoughts.

Zhang Fusheng licked his lips and silently took out the 'Ability to Devour and Transform All Things' from the Contract Book and integrated it into himself.

The main reason he didn't take the Taotie Bloodline was because he felt that this thing belonged to High Antiquity, ferocious beast.

Moreover, with the bloodline integrated into himself, wouldn't he be inherently inferior to the Taotie?

What if we encounter a real Taotie in the future?

Rather than taking the bloodline, it's better to take the bloodline's abilities. Regardless of whether the Taotie Bloodline has any side effects, it won't affect me.

The Ability to Devour and Transform All Things gradually merges with itself.

Zhang Fusheng had a strange, indescribable feeling; it was vague and unclear.

I feel like I can eat anything.

Real, tangible matter; ethereal destiny; even Mysterious Factor in the air; and even deities.

Well, of course, that's assuming you can defeat the deity.

But this is still a skill that involves 'concepts', after all, fate is something that is too ethereal and elusive.

But it can be 'eaten'.

"Can it truly devour and digest everything?"

He hesitated for a moment.

Zhang Fusheng lowered his head and bit down hard on the prayer mat.

"Taotie, let me see your limits!"

"Ouch!!"

Three of my teeth broke off.

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