[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-78":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},2355261,4608,"Chapter 78: One Against Two","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-78",78,"\u003Cp>“You two are joking!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng remained unfazed, constantly monitoring their movements, saying: “Forget whether your claims are true!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if they were, there’s no logic to it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This secret realm belongs jointly to all sects and families of the Daoxuan Alliance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you claim private ownership?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If today your family plants Yangyang flowers here and forbids others to harvest them, what if my Grand Void Gate disciples plant the entire secret realm—would you still not come?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That reasoning holds no water!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman smiled and said: “Young brother, you’re being unreasonable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said: “If you insist on that, then when we exit this secret realm, go argue with our Grand Void Gate Elder and see if they agree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man and woman from the Zhuang family instantly darkened in expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their logic doesn’t hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does Grand Void Gate not plant either?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Xiaoqing followed her master Yu Ning’s instructions, bringing various seeds from outside and scattering them along the way—all so future disciples could harvest heavenly treasures here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Grand Void Gate never claimed these things as their own!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret realm is public property.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you plant something and don’t reveal its location, then sneak back later to harvest it—that’s fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if someone else harvests it first, they’re just unlucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this falls within the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, enough…” the man said: “Since the young brother already harvested them, then let him have them… Young brother speaks sense. Our Zhuang family…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man feigned surrender, speaking reasonably, but simultaneously launched a sudden attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his hand, a black spear suddenly appeared, snapping open with a bang into a length of over three meters, piercing the void with a deafening sonic boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time He Pingsheng reacted, the spear was already less than three zhang away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fine ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had already prepared—he’d held the [Stony Talisman] in his hand for some time; now he flicked his wrist, and a thick light membrane enveloped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear struck the thick light membrane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the [Stony Talisman]’s membrane merely trembled slightly, showing no sign of piercing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng exhaled deeply in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things enhanced by the Treasure Basin are amazing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, the woman beside him didn’t hold back—her flying sword shrank to three chi in length and slashed down from the void toward He Pingsheng’s shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the shield still held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng wouldn’t sit idle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fire-affinity cultivation surged violently, and three fire crows immediately coalesced around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames had formed outside the defensive membrane, so they didn’t need to pierce through—it struck the woman directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In He Pingsheng’s view, the woman’s cultivation was slightly lower, making her the easier target to break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Child’s play!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s lips curled with faint mockery; she yanked her sword free and slashed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This slash was fiercely potent—the blade-light solidified into a crescent moon shape, slicing toward He Pingsheng’s fire crows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her eyes, He Pingsheng was merely Qi Refining seventh layer—this single slash should obliterate all three fire crows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her confidence was excessive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first fire crow was indeed cut down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet her blade-light vanished immediately after destroying the first crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining two fire crows still charged toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No good…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instantly retreated sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew the strength of that slash—it was nearly her strongest strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet that peak strike could only destroy one fire crow; even a fool could deduce the crows’ power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dared not meet it head-on—only retreated, hoping to create distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to her despair, the fire crows changed direction and flew after her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman slashed again, barely cutting down He Pingsheng’s second fire crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the third was already nearly at her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman had no choice—she gritted her teeth, heart bleeding, and hurled a talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silver shield materialized before her, shielding most of her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of her trump cards—an upper-grade defensive talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had paid a heavy price to obtain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s third fire crow slammed into the talisman shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman exploded outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s third fire crow also exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful surge of fire spiritual energy erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though unharmed, the woman was blasted backward five or six steps by the massive spiritual force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, damn it, damn it…” she raged, repeating “damn it” three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had she lost the Yangyang flower pollen, but also a precious talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that enough to make her spit blood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha… Let me handle him…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today, he must die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind He Pingsheng, the Zhuang family male cultivator burst into loud laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng turned his head and saw the man hovering three zhang above the ground, radiating a faint glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above his head, the black spear had turned blood-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch me break his shield!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhuang Family Thirteen Spears…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, a crimson spear-shadow erupted from the black-red spear above him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear-shadow carried overwhelming spiritual power, lancing toward He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear-shadow struck the shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield didn’t shatter, but its glow dimmed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shield was formed by a talisman—its power came solely from the talisman itself, not from the cultivator’s spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once dimmed, it couldn’t be replenished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second spear-shadow shot forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five spears in succession!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman shielding He Pingsheng grew ever dimmer, on the verge of breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the [Stony Talisman] was top-grade, a talisman is still a talisman—it cannot replenish energy; each bit consumed is gone forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can withstand a single strike from a Qi Refining twelfth-layer cultivator, but not continuous, unrelenting assaults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sixth spear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventh spear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s [Stony Talisman] shield was instantly shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha…” The man laughed loudly. “Die…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighth spear shot forth with a whistle, piercing toward He Pingsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, suddenly another shield appeared around He Pingsheng’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Technique: Earth Armor Spell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he cast the Earth Armor Spell, He Pingsheng violently channeled his metallic spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bright, ten-foot-tall figure suddenly landed on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Technique: Yellow Turban Warrior!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense control, the Yellow Turban Warrior sprinted toward the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strike first to gain the advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, when this man and woman launch a joint attack, defense will become difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>",1058,"2026-06-21T04:08:57.694Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f5a5d1722780cc5e0225a3969ab81f8ee2072436f30f9e5cf63fab54a25f5c70","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-79","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-77",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]