Secret Buyer

Chapter 596 - 358: Causality Reversed by Shifting Time

Round eyes, filled with great confusion.

Therefore.

The one who released Sun Wukong from the Buddha’s seal at Emei Mountain,

and even secretly assisted, letting the monkey see the tragedy of the travelers to the west, cracking the Nine Netherworld with three strikes, piercing the Celestial Court, and shattering Ling Mountain,

was it [Tai Shang Laojun]??

Zhang Fusheng was momentarily stunned, realizing that previous Tai Shang Laojun had lied to him—He clearly said He didn’t know who was guiding the mischievous monkey.

But why did He lie?

If it was Taiqing leading this, then simply admitting it would suffice, especially since even Yang Erlang knew the truth... and it definitely had to be the action of the Taiqing Celestial Lord of Tao and Virtue.

The reason is very simple.

Tai Shang Laojun explained very clearly that it wasn’t until the calamity began that Taiqing was severely injured, and the link with Tai Shang Laojun was severed,

causing the loss of [Perfection], [Harmony], and became flawed—and before that, Tai Shang and Taiqing were of one mind, Taiqing was Supreme, and Tai Shang was also Supreme.

It was only after the link was severed that Tai Shang Laojun became a top-tier Daluo.

Multiple doubts swirled in Zhang Fusheng’s mind.

When he came to his senses, Yang Erlang had already left for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea,

Zhang Fusheng gazed at the spot where Yang Erlang disappeared—suddenly, dust began to swirl there.

He stepped forward, observing closely, as the dust rose, the void cracked, forming a temporary passage, and then the passage vanished, echoing the sound of Erlang’s departing steps.

This is very eerie,

because Erlang had been gone for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, yet only then did the void reflect, revealing the scene of Yang Erlang using Divine Techniques to leave.

It’s like a time-space distortion.

Time-space distortion... time-space...

Zhang Fusheng suddenly lifted his head, a brilliant light flickered in his eyes, as if he had vaguely grasped something.

"That’s right, I fell into a misunderstanding... At the Daluo level, transcending time, it cannot be viewed with common logic!"

Zhang Fusheng paced back and forth, moonlight pouring in through the window, casting a long shadow on him.

But he walked faster and faster, faster and faster, endlessly looping in the spacious, antique main chamber,

finally coming to a stop before a screen.

The screen had changed.

Zhang Fusheng squinted his eyes, remembering the screen initially depicted flowers, birds, fish, and insects, and scenery of high mountains and flowing water,

but at some unknown time, it had transformed into a coiling white dragon amid clouds and mist, with red eyes, commanding the wind and clouds.

"History has been altered."

Zhang Fusheng murmured to himself:

"It changed not long ago, and the change was very slight, merely switching the appearance of the screen."

He squinted, opened the door, and called in the Cui Family elder, who had been to this main chamber.

Zhang Fusheng pointed to the screen and asked:

"What do you feel about this screen?"

The elder was somewhat stunned, having just finished a conversation with Cui Liuduo and was about to rest, suddenly being called here,

but he dared not show any displeasure, carefully scrutinizing the screen from top to bottom, hesitated for a long time, and then cautiously spoke:

"Very, very majestic, a true dragon soaring to the heavens, riding the clouds and mist, suggesting ambitions and great aspirations from the Kong family."

Pausing, the elder added:

"Or perhaps the Kong family is scheming something, related to the 4th and 5th level star beast true dragon deep within the Star Sea?"

Zhang Fusheng chuckled:

"I didn’t ask you to do a reading comprehension, you’ve been to this chamber, seen this screen... I’m asking you, has this screen changed?"

The elder, after all, was a Celestial Human, and in the Five Declines of Celestial Humans, the Fifth Decline was joylessness, and similarly, they could attain the fifth aspect of Celestial Humans—the Celestial Eye Technique.

At this level, having a photographic memory was just the most basic of basics.

The elder pondered for a moment, then hesitantly spoke:

"There don’t seem to be any changes. To be honest, there’s more dust by three millimeters, especially more sawdust atop the screen."

After a pause, he cautiously asked:

"Sir, should we have someone clean it up?"

Zhang Fusheng replied wordlessly, gesturing with his hand:

"You may leave."

"Yes." The elder left eagerly.

After he left, Zhang Fusheng again immersed himself in deep thought.

"Which means, only I have not been affected by this insignificant, harmless alteration in time... it was Erlang, it was Yang Erlang."

He was certain that the change in the screen was Yang Erlang’s doing, and he himself not being a Daluo, not possessing Daluo characteristics, this historical alteration wasn’t due to the Gate of the Past,

logically, he shouldn’t have memories prior to the change—Yang Erlang must have deliberately kept him unaffected.

"Changing the past just for this screen? That’s quite odd."

"He’s reminding me."

"Unable to verbally explain, he used this method to remind me."

Zhang Fusheng began to smile, lowering his eyes, thinking indeed.

Time.

History.

As a Daluo, transcending years.

"Thus, Tai Shang Laojun indeed had his connection with the Celestial Lord of Tao and Virtue severed after the chaos and calamity began."

"But."

Zhang Fusheng’s eyes sparkled with clarity:

"But, who said the chaos only occurred once??"

"Who knows how many versions of chaos and final calamity exist in history, how many times it has been buried and altered?"

"The history I see now is merely the result of the contest up to this point!"

Zhang Fusheng sat on the redwood stool, his fingers gently tapping the small round table:

"So, when Tai Shang Laojun guided Sun Wukong out of Emei, He perhaps already had His connection with the Celestial Lord of Tao and Virtue severed!"

"Cause becoming effect, effect becoming cause, this is an example of cause and effect inversion caused by frequent changes in time!"

Zhang Fusheng’s eyes grew increasingly bright, his thoughts clearer.