[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-158":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},2355341,4608,"Chapter 158: Invisibility Talisman","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-158",158,"\u003Cp>At this moment, time seemed to freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stared at the old man before him, the simple shelf, and the countless bottles and jars upon it, and for a moment he was dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His long-held impressions and guesses also seemed to waver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after three breaths, he sharply shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reality returned to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the key to the left side hall!” The old man handed He Pingsheng a long, white jade tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This jade tablet can control the surrounding array, allowing him to enter the left side hall at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold onto this jade slip!” Tai Xu handed He Pingsheng another crimson jade slip: “It records a third-rank array. In a while, I’ll be setting up this third-rank great array!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll set it up, and I’ll assist you from the side!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Study it carefully over this period, analyze it thoroughly, and if you have questions, come ask me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng walked out of the Tai Xu Divine Hall holding the jade slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he was already inside the illusion array, the scenery he saw was completely different from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In He Pingsheng’s eyes, everything here remained unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the Tai Xu Divine Hall and returning to his own right-side cultivation hall, He Pingsheng pulled out the crimson jade slip and extended his spiritual sense deep into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man was right—it contained a great array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array’s name: Nine Yang Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading the introduction, this array was supremely yang and fierce, but what was its purpose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one point: it could dispel yin and evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why set up this thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng was utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since the old man hadn’t explained, there was no need to dwell on it—he could ask him when the time came to set it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, the method to set up the Nine Yang Array wasn’t difficult at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng spent a few days and fully understood it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the time came to meet Tai Xu, He Pingsheng received a message-light from Zhao Linger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, he left the Tai Xu Grand Hall and shot through the air like a streak of light toward Xiuzhu Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandmaster Tai Xu had forbidden him from leaving the Tai Xu Gate, but within the gate, he could still move freely among the ten peaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grand hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng looked up at the plaque above the hall: Zhen Ling Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… that name!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Grandmaster’s order, every Foundation Establishment disciple had begun frantic construction of grand halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were also franticly recruiting disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doors of Zhen Ling Hall opened, and Zhao Linger stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her followed more than twenty disciples, both male and female.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come quickly!” Zhao Linger waved to her disciples: “Come pay respects to the Ancestor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Greetings, Ancestor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disciples behind her knelt one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Linger said: “This is Ancestor He, the direct disciple of the Supreme Elder, of the same generation as my Master’s Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, everyone became even more reverent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng could only smile helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This generational rank was truly too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, you may all go!” Zhao Linger dismissed her disciples one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “It’s only been a few days—how did you get so many disciples?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm…” Zhao Linger said: “The Grandmaster said at least twenty, no fewer, and no more than fifty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng asked: “How many did you recruit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About thirty-three.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe… Brother, you don’t know—the sect gives rewards for recruiting disciples! Beyond the twenty, each additional disciple earns you two extra spirit stones per month!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guess how much my stipend is now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “I can’t guess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Linger said: “Fixed stipend is one hundred, plus twenty-six in bonuses—so one hundred and twenty-six per month!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough! Just get my things out!” He Pingsheng had no interest in her monthly spirit stones—he cared about something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu had news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She obtained the Hundred Hidden Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Linger pulled a talisman from her storage pouch and said: “This one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng reached out and took it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third-rank talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Held in hand, it felt like a piece of jade—solid, textured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not like a paper talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obtaining the Hundred Hidden Talisman, He Pingsheng immediately put it into his own storage pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few brief words with Zhao Linger, He Pingsheng returned to his side hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat cross-legged, his brow slightly furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on his earlier tests of the Treasure Basin, he concluded it could enhance objects, but not beyond a certain rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more than two ranks higher!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was still in Qi Refining, he could only enhance second-rank items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third-rank items were beyond its capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This talisman was third-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fortunately, his cultivation base had now advanced from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the Treasure Basin could now enhance third-rank items, he didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he get this into the Treasure Basin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was constantly under the Grandmaster’s spiritual sense—once he used the Treasure Basin, how could he be sure the Grandmaster wouldn’t notice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he needed a location and timing that could best avoid the Grandmaster’s spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already thought of a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when the sun set, He Pingsheng arrived at a deep pool behind Yulong Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stripped off every stitch of clothing and plunged into the water with a splash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He soaked comfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng lay with his eyes closed in the pool, using his spiritual sense to communicate with the jade talisman inside his storage pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With spiritual force as a guide, he tossed the talisman into the Treasure Basin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Treasure Basin was also inside his storage pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, He Pingsheng moved both the Treasure Basin and the talisman into a Hundred Treasures Pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hundred Treasures Pouch, of course, was also inside his storage pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the current order was this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside his storage pouch was a Hundred Treasures Pouch; inside the Hundred Treasures Pouch was the Treasure Basin; inside the Treasure Basin lay a third-rank [Hundred Hidden Talisman].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng believed that, naked in the water here, the Grandmaster wouldn’t be so lewd as to keep his spiritual sense constantly hovering over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And bathing was the only opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best chance to evade the Grandmaster’s spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he could succeed or not—that was up to fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, before rising, He Pingsheng stealthily extended his spiritual sense into his storage pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third-rank jade talisman had become two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still black, but its quality had improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Hundred Hidden Talisman had become the [Invisibility Talisman].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Item name: Invisibility Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank: Third-rank (Supreme).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Function: When activated, it places the user in an invisible state—form and aura both undetectable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng was filled with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he had only hoped to conceal his own aura, so that the Ancestor could not scan him with his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, his very form was invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brilliant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>",1168,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b61988eb4dd8ec879f8cdaa20373f1a3e2cb056f31b5266e9c7718e276f971f9","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-159","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-157",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]