[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-219":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},2355402,4608,"Chapter 219","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-219",219,"\u003Cp>“Believe me or not!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng ignored her, turned away, and left Jin Lan behind as he walked on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan, dressed in a red short skirt exposing most of her skin, hurried after him, saying: “Alright, alright, I won’t ask that question anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about we make a deal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng looked at her face, then slowly lowered his gaze, and replied: “Not interested!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked off again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept running to catch up, saying: “Damn it, what do you think I am? That’s not what I meant!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop right there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m being serious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng showed no sign of stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan waved her hand, and her clothes transformed into the blue Daoist robe she had worn before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She changed back because it was easier for travel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, wait…” Jin Lan walked over and grabbed He Pingsheng’s Daoist robe, saying: “Let me finish! You’ve misunderstood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng stopped again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan took a deep breath, her eyes no longer seductive but clear, and said: “I’ll tell you the truth—I was sent by Lord Longyuan to capture you and take you out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan continued: “I know I can’t catch you, and I have no power to take you away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you can’t escape no matter what!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not long now—soon the entire area around Divine General Mountain will be filled with imperial forces!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By then, trying to flee will be as hard as climbing to heaven!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, Lord Longyuan is a Nascent Soul cultivator with immense spiritual sense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you think you can escape?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least for now, He Pingsheng had no way to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep talking,” He Pingsheng thought—if this woman said so much, she must have an agenda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he could extract more information?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re doomed!” Jin Lan went on: “The current Qi royal family is greedy, stingy, and jealous of talent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They don’t seek expansion or external struggle—they only think of securing their throne!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think will happen if you, a great destiny bearer, fall into their hands?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before He Pingsheng could guess, Jin Lan answered herself: “They’ll drain your destiny dry, then kill you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not exaggerating!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan’s clear eyes fixed on He Pingsheng, showing utter sincerity: “But I have a way to save you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng naturally didn’t believe her lies; he replied lazily: “Nothing in this world is free. I’m no kin or ally to you—why would you help me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan said: “Of course I won’t help you for nothing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s make a deal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deal?” He Pingsheng asked. “What kind of deal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan shook her head: “Can’t say yet… Let’s go to Divine General Mountain first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prove to me you’re a child of heaven, a true great destiny bearer!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only then will I help you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, you have no right to make a deal with me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Longyuan may think you’re a great destiny bearer—but what he thinks isn’t necessarily right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a giant bat soared into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan leapt onto its back: “Little brother, get on—sister’ll take you to Divine General Mountain!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had no better option; he jumped onto the bat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant bat flapped its fleshy wings and shot upward swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than half an hour later, they landed at the foot of a mountain peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine General Mountain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, the peak pierced the heavens, encircled by three layers of white clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faintly visible, sometimes the summit vanished, sometimes the wind scattered the clouds above, revealing just a glimpse of the peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not fly straight up?” He Pingsheng asked Jin Lan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan shook her head: “Can’t. This peak holds the relics left by the founding Divine General of Qi. Though not his burial site, his aura still lingers here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any disciple coming here seeking opportunity must climb on foot—to show respect!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s the case, then climb they would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, both were Foundation Establishment cultivators with ample physical strength and spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climbing bare-handed would take no more than half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, the peak looked thin and tall, its sides nearly vertical cliffs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once atop, they found the summit was vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spanned ten thousand zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly thirty to forty li wide and long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “This whole mountain feels like a giant spear!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly!” Jin Lan’s gaze swept the surroundings: “Some once suspected this mountain was forged from the Divine General’s weapon, seeking ways to refine it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too bad—only Foundation Establishment disciples come here, none with the power to refine such a divine weapon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone in the world suspects this mountain is a spear!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But no one can take it away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look over there…” Jin Lan nodded toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng followed her gaze; through the mist, ancient trees stood gnarled and weathered, like sentinels on the ridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the flat summit, cultivators occasionally flew past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others had arrived ahead of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go… right in the center of this mountain is what we’re after!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two walked side by side for about half the time of an incense stick, then saw a massive black energy barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black barrier hung like an inverted bowl over the earth, its surface shimmering with talismanic patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, a seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the black barrier, hundreds of cultivators walked and touched the surface, hoping to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan said: “This is a barrier—not everyone can enter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those who enter may gain the qualification to comprehend the intent of the spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Each time Divine General Mountain opens, thousands of cultivators come—but fewer than ten ever enter this barrier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sometimes more—seven or eight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sometimes less—even no one at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng knew little of Divine General Mountain; he frowned: “That doesn’t make sense. I heard enlightenment takes years of cultivation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if we enter, just one month—how could we possibly comprehend spear intent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Lan stared at him, then smiled: “You misunderstand… you don’t attain enlightenment here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Divine General’s spear intent is vast and overwhelming, contained by this massive barrier, slowly coalescing into something called [Spear Intent Crystals].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone who enters here is searching for Spear Intent Crystals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once you obtain one, return home and meditate on the crystal—you’ll naturally comprehend the spear intent over time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, these things aren’t easy to find.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1060,"2026-06-21T04:09:00.242Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f0962e194a295c6a73e10791a0aaee917dbeee648598ccc77b136dd0f238a024","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-220","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-218",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]