[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-111":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Treasure Immortal Basin",{"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},2355294,4608,"Chapter 111: Marriage Pact","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-111",111,"\u003Cp>“Oh oh oh…” He Pingsheng didn’t understand why Qiao Huizhu wore that expression, so he could only nod and say: “Then I won’t ask!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such matters are useless for cultivation; better not to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now the question arises!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu sat on a stone bench, leaning forward slightly, her face drawing closer to He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she whispered: “You killed my dao companion—I can’t marry anyone else!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you going to make it up to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng leapt up as if bitten on the tail: “I… how do I make it up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s dead—how am I supposed to make it up to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does Xiao Bufan have a younger brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu’s face darkened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said nothing, just stared at He Pingsheng for over a dozen breaths before saying: “Brother He, you don’t seem that foolish?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you understand what I mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had calmed down by now; he looked at Qiao Huizhu and asked tentatively: “You mean… you want me to replace him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft…” Qiao Huizhu burst out laughing. “Finally got it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s face flushed red. “This… this… wouldn’t it be too much of a burden on Senior Sister?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t say that!” Qiao Huizhu said. “Still, for us two to become dao companions, it won’t be easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Tianfu Mountain’s Ancestor said he respects my choice!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But to become my dao companion, he has one condition!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng asked: “What condition?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu said: “The Ancestor said, only when you reach the Golden Core realm can we formally become dao companions!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” He Pingsheng’s mouth fell open: Golden Core?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he possessed the Treasure Basin, a miraculous artifact, Golden Core still felt impossibly distant to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Master Yuxuan’s theory, anyone who achieves Foundation Establishment by thirty and Golden Core by a hundred is already a heavenly prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if I want to reach Golden Core, I’ll need at least eighty more years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you find me acceptable!” Qiao Huizhu said, “Then agree now—what happens later, we’ll deal with later!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had an ordinary face and mediocre cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His family background was nonexistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Qiao Huizhu had seen him three times, yet never given him a second glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by sheer accident, in that secret realm’s cave, under the influence of medicinal power, she spent one night with He Pingsheng, who had collapsed from spiritual sense exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things had changed since then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Qiao Huizhu thought she could just let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, He Pingsheng himself didn’t even know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet over time, this ordinary-looking, mediocre cultivator had grown increasingly important in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she broke through from Qi Refining Level Twelve to Foundation Establishment, He Pingsheng had once become her spiritual obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So three years later, after much deliberation, Qiao Huizhu finally revealed everything to her aunt and came with her to Grand Void Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, she would never have sought him out again in this lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, don’t answer me yet!” Qiao Huizhu said. “I still need to explain the risks to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides our Ancestor’s condition, there’s another point!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the Xiao family!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Xiao family will interfere!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Xiao Bufan’s dead—what’s the point of their interference?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu shook her head. “It’s not that simple. The Xiao family wants me to re-arrange a marriage with one of their disciples.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The intended groom is Xiao Xuan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know Xiao Xuan well, but if I refuse him and bind myself to you, I fear he’ll come after you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s currently only at Qi Refining Level Ten, but I’ve heard he’s the Xiao family’s top genius.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For certain reasons, he only began cultivation at age twenty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In just three years, he rose from an ordinary mortal to Qi Refining Level Ten.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s also twenty-three, like you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng felt a pang of unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three years—Qi Refining Level Ten?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then… why didn’t he cultivate during the first twenty years?” He Pingsheng asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu said: “They all thought he was a mortal without any spiritual root—until they discovered he wasn’t rootless, but possessed the rare Void Spiritual Root!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Void Spiritual Root?” He Pingsheng said. “What kind of spiritual root is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu said: “I don’t know either, but that’s not the point—the point is, are you afraid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re afraid, pretend I never said anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re not afraid, let’s make our marriage pact!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu hadn’t come today with the absolute necessity of forming a marriage pact with He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had two goals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, to form a marriage pact with him and become his dao companion, thus dispelling her spiritual obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, for He Pingsheng to reject her outright—that too would cut off her spiritual obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either outcome would do!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the second result would sadden her, make her struggle to accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother He, do you… agree?” Qiao Huizhu looked at him earnestly, her large eyes filled with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded. “The first time I saw Senior Sister, I thought you were a celestial being—I even wondered if you’d used a disguise talisman to become so beautiful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The second time I saw you, I thought: if I could ever become your dao companion in this life, it would be my greatest fortune.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I lost my parents when I was ten and became an orphan. Senior Sister Qiao, you don’t despise my lowly origins, my plain looks, or my mediocre cultivation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So why should I refuse you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Therefore, becoming your dao companion—I welcome it with all my heart!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, He Pingsheng thought deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considered whether she was manipulating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But so what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she truly was scheming, would refusing her make her stop?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not through marriage, she’d scheme another way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when considering the marriage pact, you can ignore the possibility of manipulation entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just be more cautious going forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, a dao companion offered to you—someone you desire—is a gift from heaven. To refuse would be to defy the Dao, to betray your own heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Xiao family? Xiao Xuan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to consider them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just ignore them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing He Pingsheng’s words, Qiao Huizhu smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her, this was the ideal outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had agreed—now things were simple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ning had no reason to oppose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, because of He Pingsheng’s matter, the long-secluded Chongyang Ancestor had left his meditation hall to personally preside over the marriage pact ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>",1072,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9d39513f575544b850c22bcccb464668ed668c218b231ca024e19a94d314c6c9","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-112","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-110",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]