[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-203":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},2355386,4608,"Chapter 203: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-203",203,"\u003Cp>As the four were chatting, a bearded giant suddenly appeared before He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant glanced at He Pingsheng and said, “Damn it… weren’t you not coming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now you’re lining up here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s face twisted in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he hadn’t recognized him at first glance, the voice told him instantly: Wang Dun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just went to the courtyard looking for you—and you were gone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You sneaked off here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun stared at He Pingsheng, face grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng rubbed his forehead and said, “Brother Wang… I just came to watch the spectacle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun asked, “So—are you going or not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you go, my mission’s done… Brother, I’ll even kneel to you, alright?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun wore a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said, “Brother Wang… I’ll just return your hundred thousand spirit stones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah no—” Wang Dun rushed forward, grabbing He Pingsheng’s arm: “No no no… Brother, let’s talk this through—this… this… I… fine, I don’t want the spirit stones anymore… will you just come with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean no harm!” Wang Dun fixed He Pingsheng with a hard stare: “You’d better be sensible—don’t make me force you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or I’ll bind you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You dare!” Zi Lan suddenly unleashed a sharp battle aura; her flying sword snapped open with a bang, her almond eyes blazing as she glared at Wang Dun: “Right here in broad daylight, you dare bully someone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun’s gaze flickered, studying Zi Lan for a breath, then chuckled: “Hmm… not bad. Foundation Establishment twelfth layer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think Foundation Establishment twelfth layer lets you stick your nose in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh…” the White Dragon Daoist chuckled beside him: “You vastly underestimate her. This is Zi Lan—she ranks sixty-fourth on the Dragon Roar List.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” Wang Dun raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White Dragon straightened his posture: “Sixty-fourth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hssss…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many cultivators around drew sharp breaths, regarding Zi Lan with newfound respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sixty-fourth on the Dragon Roar List? That was a top-tier expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Lan stared confidently at Wang Dun, pointing her three-foot sword at him: “May I ask your name, sir?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun said coolly: “I am Wang Dun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who?” Zi Lan shuddered: “Wang Dun?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Wang Dun who ranks first on the Dragon Roar List?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone around stared at Wang Dun in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the number one on the Dragon Roar List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even He Pingsheng was stunned: “Aren’t you fourth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun sneered coldly: “That’s ancient history—I’ve been number one for half a year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a withered voice echoed from the Lord’s Mansion: “Ladies and gentlemen, please enter the Lord’s Mansion in orderly fashion!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous boom, the great magical barrier at the mansion’s entrance vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators outside surged forward into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng naturally joined the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked Wang Dun: “Why are you dressed like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun said: “I’m scared. The rules changed—now forces from remote regions have sent people into Dingxiang City. If my enemies recognize me, I’m done for.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though strong, he was still just a Foundation Establishment cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disguise was basic procedure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, He Pingsheng decided he should disguise himself too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out a disguise talisman, slapped it onto his body, and in moments, his appearance changed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This disguise talisman had been bought from Qiao Hui Zhu’s stall long ago; later upgraded to two copies—one used in the Cuiping Mountain secret realm, this was the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could evade spiritual sense scans from Foundation Establishment cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this would do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, He Pingsheng thought it should suffice—even the Beast Taming Immortal Sect wouldn’t scan every cultivator with spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he recognized them early and kept distance, it’d be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Check this out…” He Pingsheng asked Wang Dun: “Can you see through it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dun’s spiritual sense swept over He Pingsheng’s face, then shook his head: “With my cultivation, I wouldn’t notice unless I looked closely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they spoke, the group entered the Lord’s Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord’s Mansion was huge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the front section stood a vast square, where disciples gathered in groups, seating themselves according to their sects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng extended his spiritual sense, scanning the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good—within five hundred zhang of his position, he saw no sects from the Daoxuan Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after He Pingsheng sat down, several figures passed nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wore robes bearing the Tianfu Mountain emblem—men and women alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nearly leapt to his feet; his spiritual sense shot out and within two breaths, he spotted Qiao Hui Zhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Hui Zhu was at the rear of the group, walking beside Qiao Xiaoqiao and a man: Xiao Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had half-risen to approach them, but then he saw another group in the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, he sat back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Beast Taming Immortal Sect came too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he went to greet them now, he’d be caught red-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng spread his spiritual sense, scanning every Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciple—and spotted many former Grand Void Gate disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Brother Xiao Xuejian, Yang Qingyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many disciples of Xuanyang the Ancestor—even he saw the Hollow Wood True Person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hssss…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng clearly felt Wang Dun’s body tremble the moment he saw Hollow Wood True Person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed a hand on Wang Dun’s shoulder: “Brother, don’t get worked up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm…” Wang Dun took a deep breath, whispering: “Hope the bastard enters Divine General Mountain—I’ll kill him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many disciples from Tianfu Mountain, the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, the Ice Extreme Immortal Sect, and other Daoxuan Alliance sects soon sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they were far away—beyond five hundred zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No worry about their spiritual sense scans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s camp, not far from He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two figures sat at the very back—one old man, one woman who looked barely twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the old man called her “sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister… watch closely!” the elder said, scanning the crowd: “If He Pingsheng is here, he’ll almost certainly head toward the Tianfu Mountain disciples.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry,” the woman said: “I deliberately sent Xiao Xuan to stand beside Qiao Hui Zhu—to stir up that brat’s jealousy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young men can’t resist this trick. When he shows himself, our greatest enemy in the Beast Taming Immortal Sect is gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph!” the elder said: “I still don’t get it—he’s just a Foundation Establishment beginner, and a disciple of that old Grand Void Gate master. Why the fuss?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t understand,” the woman smiled faintly: “You don’t need to know the reason—just know this: if he grows, our entire Beast Taming Immortal Sect will never rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1084,"2026-06-21T04:09:00.242Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","84719103440d20630a798b20cb3f40633626156d45d285ee058881ead6c8e53b","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-204","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-202",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]