[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t":3,"chapter-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-35":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Invincible, and You Tell Me This Is Journey to the West?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2360536,4615,"Chapter 35: Canglang","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>Su Chen returned to the main cavern, his gaze studying the jade-like skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forgive me, elder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke softly, then carefully extended his hand, preparing to move the remains of Canglang the Wanderer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, just as his hand was about to touch the skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were drawn to a corner of the cushion beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cushion, aged by time, had mostly rotted away, but the spot where the skeleton sat cross-legged had been preserved relatively intact, having long been pressed down by an immortal body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within the gap between the cushion and the ground, something seemed to be pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen’s heart stirred—he did not touch the skeleton, but gently pulled the tattered cushion out from beneath it, bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the cushion was removed, a small array etched into the floor appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array was tiny, no larger than a palm, its patterns intricate and precise, with a small depression at its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this is where the real treasure was hidden.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen carefully studied the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a small storage array, requiring a specific “key” to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his gaze to the skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and carefully felt over the jade-like bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he detected an anomaly in the skeleton’s right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeleton’s right hand was formed in the flower-holding mudra, and between its thumb and index finger, something appeared to be clutched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen gently pried open the fingers, and a simple, ancient jade ring, broken in two, fell out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ring was clearly the key to the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the owner had perished and his Dao dissolved; the storage ring, serving as the key, had also crumbled over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen picked up the broken half of the jade ring, studied the runes upon it, then looked at the depression in the floor array—his mind already had a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the key was ruined, the array remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current array expertise, deciphering this small storage array was no great challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the broken jade ring into the array’s depression, then activated his immortal energy, mimicking the residual rune vibrations on the ring, slowly channeling them into the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Click.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft sound echoed—the array on the floor flashed once, then slowly split open, revealing a half-foot-square recess rising from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the recess lay three items, still and quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A book, a vial of pills, and a black token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen’s breath quickened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first picked up the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book was neither paper nor jade slip, but forged from an unknown golden metal, heavy in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its cover were four ancient seal-script characters: “Compendium of Alchemy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen flipped through the pages; after only a few glances, his eyes brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This “Compendium of Alchemy” was not a collection of specific pill formulas, but the lifetime’s accumulated experience of Canglang the Wanderer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From basic herbal analysis, to the pairing of sovereign and minister herbs, to the precise fire control and incantations for crafting different pills—it encompassed everything, down to the finest detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nothing less than an encyclopedia for alchemists!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Su Chen, the value of this gift surpassed even the “Cangming Immortal Scripture.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had learned some rudimentary alchemy from the Bodhi Patriarch, it had never been systematic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this “Compendium of Alchemy,” he now had confidence he could become a qualified alchemist in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suppressed his joy, carefully stored the “Compendium of Alchemy,” then picked up the jade vial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This vial was far more refined than any others he had found in the alchemy chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its surface was smooth and warm, engraved with spirit-gathering runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gently uncorked it, and an invigorating fragrance instantly filled the entire cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely breathing in the scent, Su Chen felt his soul purified, as if washed clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted the vial, pouring out a pill the size of a pigeon’s egg, entirely emerald green, glowing with a soft luminescence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three natural, swirling pill patterns encircled its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three-fold Golden Core Pill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen gasped in shock, his eyes filled with awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legend said Laozi could forge Nine-fold Golden Core Pills; consuming one would instantly grant the practitioner the Dao Fruit of a Celestial Immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Three-fold Golden Core Pill was a lower-tier version—though it could not grant immediate Celestial Immortality, it could increase a Terrestrial Immortal’s chance of breakthrough by two-tenths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected Canglang the Wanderer had even one—and that it remained intact to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully returned the Three-fold Golden Core Pill to the vial and stored it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, his gaze settled on the black token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The token was about the size of a palm, made of an unknown material—not metal, not iron—cold to the touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its front was carved an ancient character: “Water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its back was a pattern of raging waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen infused it with immortal energy—the token showed no reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He probed it with his spiritual sense—it vanished like a stone dropped into the ocean, revealing no information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This token had been placed alongside the “Compendium of Alchemy” and the Three-fold Golden Core Pill in the final recess—its value must be equal to theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after studying it for a long time, he could make no sense of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought, and summoned the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Determine the origin of this token.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke his request to the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Insufficient Heaven’s Points.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Hint: Deciphering the origin of this token requires 400 Heaven’s Points.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Four hundred Heaven’s Points?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, he had spent three hundred Heaven’s Points to deduce the origin of Yang Mei’s immortal remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with the token right in his hand, merely deducing its origin required four hundred Heaven’s Points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hss…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen drew a sharp breath, staring again at the plain black token in his hand—his gaze had completely changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth was this thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to figure it out, Su Chen stopped thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully stored the mysterious black token separately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The token’s secret could be studied later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, his priority was to explore the remaining parts of the cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to the end of the main cavern, where a sealed stone door stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stone door was heavier than any he had seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Complex array runes were carved upon it—clearly the most important chamber in the entire cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen reached out and gently pushed against the stone door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom… rumble…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deep, muffled sound, the stone door slowly swung inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick aroma of herbs, mixed with pure spiritual energy, rushed toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Su Chen inhaled, every one of his thirty-six thousand pores opened wide, and his immortal energy stirred with renewed vigor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1133,"2026-06-21T05:42:07.836Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bb0220b3fa54067f23ec28175d675884227a85cd736284cf47beb06deb58a441","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-36","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-34",470,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-cover.jpg"]