[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-144":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},2355327,4608,"Chapter 144: Deception","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-144",144,"\u003Cp>In the cultivation world, inheritance is not regarded as especially important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one says, “You are my disciple, so you must cultivate my sect’s arts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because disciples’ spiritual roots are all over the place—every type imaginable—when cultivating, they’re very casual about which arts they choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What inheritance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human cultivators value great lineages, not petty personal ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So which arts you cultivate doesn’t matter much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as it’s not demonic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But your cultivation art, He Pingsheng, seems too unusual—I’m just asking, it’s not too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you tell me where it came from?” the Ancestor fixed his gaze on He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I certainly have to tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, others will think you harbor some great secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can’t let thieves keep eyeing you, can we?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” He Pingsheng glanced around, then said: “My art’s origin is… improper… Master, may I tell you alone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ancestor’s beard stirred slightly. “What, you don’t trust us Elders?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “No, it’s just that this matter concerns my very life and fortune!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Relax!” the Grand Void Ancestor said. “I guarantee your life and fortune. Speak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh!” He Pingsheng took a deep breath and whispered: “In the secret realm, I killed a man!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elders instantly perked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who?” Grand Void asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “That… that senior brother from the Ice Pole Sect… Xiao Bufan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh!” the Profound Yang Ancestor slammed his thigh. “The Ice Pole Sect has been hunting the killer of Xiao Bufan—and it was you, you brat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That doesn’t make sense… you were only Qi Refining seventh layer back then. How could you have killed him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Under normal circumstances, I certainly couldn’t have. But at the time, I caught him… catching him attempting to dishonor Qiao Senior Sister of Tianfu Mountain. I ambushed him, and together with Senior Sister Qiao, we slew him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is also why Senior Sister Qiao… decided to become my Dao partner!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every word I’ve said is true. I swear by the Heavenly Dao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Screw your Heavenly Dao oath!” Grand Void waved his hand. “Disciples of the same sect aren’t allowed to swear oaths to each other!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, it’s useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Heavenly Dao oath belongs to the realm of Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disciples at Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, or Golden Core stages haven’t yet touched Dao—so even if they swear, it means nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Heavenly Dao oath can only bind cultivators of Nascent Soul rank or higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!” the Profound Yang Ancestor suddenly understood. “So that’s why the Qiao family would send their daughter to marry this plain-looking, mediocre brat—now I get it! I get it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now no one doubted He Pingsheng was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This explained the marriage alliance perfectly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you mean!” Grand Void said: “These two books on spirit refinement were taken from Xiao Bufan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Ancestor!” He Pingsheng said. “Ancestor, you’re brilliant!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brilliant my ass!” the Ancestor snapped. “You’ve told me this much—if I still can’t guess, I’m an idiot!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Bamboo asked: “What else was in Xiao Bufan’s storage bag?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Void shot Sword Bamboo a look. “Could you ask that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But He Pingsheng said: “There were many spirit stones—I split them with Senior Sister Qiao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And a Cloud-Piercing Boat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough!” Profound Yang’s face turned grim. “Don’t say more. What you obtained is yours—none of our business!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything had been normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Sword Bamboo’s question, Profound Yang grew furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That question was utterly unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, He Pingsheng is his disciple’s disciple—asking that way disrespects Profound Yang’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Profound Yang, don’t be angry!” Sword Bamboo said. “I meant no harm—just asking casually. Besides, Xiao Bufan clearly was a lecher. If he had any improper items, we could screen them for He Boy, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a Great Golden Core. Brother, do you suspect me of coveting something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph…” Profound Yang snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng whispered: “There was also a Heaven-grade cultivation art…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” Sword Bamboo gasped, leaping to her feet. “Where? Show me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others all stared wide-eyed at He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What Heaven-grade art?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What element?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you cultivated it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Great Golden Cores except Profound Yang crowded around He Pingsheng, each trembling with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the Grand Void Ancestor seemed utterly uninterested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lounged comfortably in his chair, slowly closing his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit-refinement art He Pingsheng had just handed over was also Heaven-grade—but it bore no label.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they hadn’t recognized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had they known, what chaos would have erupted now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh…” He Pingsheng said: “I threw it away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Threw it away?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stared in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Bamboo asked: “Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “Respected Sword Bamboo Elder, I felt… something was off about that art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Bamboo asked: “What was off?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng feigned thought. “It had… many drawings of men and women… cough… doing those things. I thought it was lecherous, so I just tossed it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Hong smacked his thigh. “I get it now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Harmony Art—this must be a high-level Harmony Art… Heaven-grade!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sssss…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it! Xiao Bufan must’ve planned to use it to absorb Yin and replenish Yang—that’s why he targeted Qiao’s girl! Lucky He Boy interrupted him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s it! So that’s it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned back to He Pingsheng, each filled with unbearable longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they want it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course they wanted it—it was a Heaven-grade art!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who wouldn’t?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how to ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you asked, it meant you wanted to cultivate a Harmony Art—how would your brothers and sisters see you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Sword Bamboo—she was suffering the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She most wanted to ask, yet couldn’t bring herself to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Void Ancestor, who had been sipping tea with half-closed eyes, suddenly opened them. “He Boy, stop teasing them. Tell them where you threw it—or they’ll lie awake all night and sneak over to find you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “It’s… in the deep mountains, over a thousand li south of the secret realm. I just tossed it carelessly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I forgot the exact spot!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those around him nearly spat blood.\u003C\u002Fp>",995,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","407414e65496fa72744e337f39ad2bf51306909ace9fefd4f2436ff7cc4a7c22","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-145","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-143",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]