[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses":3,"chapter-becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-122":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},315919,581,"Chapter 122 - 120: The Second Talent","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-122",122,"\u003Cp>But Lou Yi was cold and ruthless, unmoved in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ghostly closed in, delivering a simple punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Poof!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yue was hit in the abdomen by a force of five to six thousand pounds, her beautiful eyes widened, her delicate body bent like a bow, flew powerlessly backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Sister!\" Lou Yi suddenly shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Caifeng understood, her eyes brightened, and she came behind the out-of-control Liu Yue, swinging her Silver Hooks with effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Swish!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beautiful head flew high into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before death, her face still bore an incredulous expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she couldn’t believe someone could ignore her beauty and kill her just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spare me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I beg you, let me go...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Members of the Hungry Tiger Team, seeing they couldn’t escape, knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, including two Small Cycle Martial Artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lou Yi, Shi Caifeng, and the others acted cold and ruthless, determined to eliminate all traces today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was them, having lost today, the opponents wouldn’t spare them either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the dense forest was filled with broken limbs, blood, and various pieces of viscera, extraordinarily gory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many tigers and leopards already appeared on the periphery, eyeing the corpses covetously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with living people around, they dared not rush forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yiwen, I’m sorry!\" Shi Caifeng couldn’t help but cry loudly, holding onto the remains of Wang Yiwen, crying incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi sighed, feeling uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person he had seen daily for the past few days had died in front of him; he hadn’t experienced this much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only comfort was that the brutal battle had restored his energy to thirty or forty points after it had just been depleted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to the last untouched corpse, the largest Red-crowned Bird Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Habitually reaching out to touch the body, a familiar line of semi-transparent small text appeared: ’Energy +5, absorb?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Yes.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It actually has five energy points?’ This thought just flashed through Lou Yi’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another line of semi-transparent text appeared: ’’Spend ten energy points to acquire the talent: Swift. Consume?’’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new talent, finally here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi had waited too long, almost doubting if the first talent was just luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath and decisively chose yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the attribute panel changed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Lou Yi]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Age: 19\u002F62]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Realm: One Blood Warrior (36\u002F600)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cultivation Techniques: Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique (First Level, Mastery 0\u002F100+seven Heart-Eroding Grass+one Bone-piercing Orchid), Hu Family Breathing Technique (Entry 0\u002F10)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skills: Lou’s Axe Skill (Mastery 0\u002F100), Extreme Fist (Proficient 0\u002F30), Stone Throwing (Mastery 0\u002F30), Light Body Technique (Mastery 0\u002F60), Basic Spear Technique (Entry 0\u002F6), Secret Skill: Dragon Piercing Technique - Fragment (One), Qi Locking Technique (Entry 0\u002F3)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Innate Abilities: Petrification (Mastery 0\u002F200+10 Stone Spirit+3 Phoenix Blood Stone+1 White Dew Stone), Swift (Entry 0\u002F5)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Energy: 29]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi stared at Swift for two breaths, and then a segment of introduction automatically appeared on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swift (Passive): The response speed and coordination ability of limbs slowly increase over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swift (Active): Can temporarily optimize the leg muscles to enhance jumping power and walking speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How is it optimized, and how does the enhancement work?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi’s heart itched, but now was not a good time to test it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He refocused his attention on reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People in the team had already finished searching the bodies; the spoils of war were as follows:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One pink Spiritual Pearl, over two thousand silver taels, two Red-crowned Bird Spirit corpses;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two types of Profound Iron Weapons, Sha Hu’s tiger claws, and a long sword; a special weapon, Liu Yue’s whip; and two cultivation techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation techniques were one fist technique and one swordsmanship, martial artist level, not top-grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These all belong to Little Tree, do any of you have objections?\" Shi Caifeng made a sweeping gesture, directly deciding the ownership of these spoils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone shook their heads, convinced in both heart and mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lou Yi hadn’t taken action this time, they would have certainly been annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were too busy thanking Lou Yi for saving their lives to even think about wanting the spoils?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need to give it all to me.\" Lou Yi thought for a moment and accepted the Spiritual Pearl, silver notes, and cultivation techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need the weapons, so he handed them back to Shi Caifeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the cultivation techniques, he already knew a fist technique, didn’t need swordsmanship either, and these two techniques they found weren’t anything exquisite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the crests of the Red-crowned Birds, they were very useful for breaking through the Great Circulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But using them on Lou Yi himself was a waste, since he had no bottlenecks in breaking through stages as long as he had enough energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be better to give them to the two Small Cycle martial artists in the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team’s strength enhancement would make discovering monsters easier, beneficial to himself too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, then we’ll sell the beast’s corpse to the Beast Hunting Bureau, and the contribution and silver coins will be credited to you,\" Shi Caifeng insisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\" This time Lou Yi did not refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything settled down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone cut down branches and made a simple wooden frame, piled a lot of fresh leaves on it, placed Wang Yiwen’s body on top, and then returned to the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi did not go straight back to the tent but found a secluded spot to study the newly acquired talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent five points of energy to upgrade the new talent: Swift (Not Initiated 0\u002F5) → Swift (Initiated 0\u002F20+1 Earth Dragon Essence Tendon)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brand new memories appeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He transformed into a Red-crowned Bird chick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At birth, he was already larger than his other siblings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ruthless in snatching food, aggressively pushing other birds aside. Only after he was full did his siblings get to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, he gradually grew bigger, standing out among the Red-crowned Bird flock, his size twice that of an average bird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, whether it was fighting for wild fruits, mating, or evading predators, he was always ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He eventually became the leader of the Red-crowned Bird flock, enjoying the majority of resources, continuously growing in size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quantity finally resulted in a qualitative change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bird crown became increasingly crystalline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body size exceeded the limits of his kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his legs grew more robust, even sprouting spiral-like strange muscles at the knees...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, an icy cold chilling current appeared inside Lou Yi’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swiftly transformed his back, waist, and legs, making the muscles almost one unit, easier and more explosive when exerting force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, his knees were a focal point of transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knee bones seemed to shatter and reform, making ’crackling’ sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These changes completed within a few breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi opened his eyes and softly said, \"Swift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs visibly thickened, his waist and back muscles tightened as if a cord was wound up inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his knees, spiral-like new muscles formed, seven or eight rings, like springs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Thump!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi suddenly kicked the ground, the springs compressed and released instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tremendous potential energy launched his entire body skyward, jumping four or five zhang high!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he didn’t use his full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, in combat, there’s no need to jump so high, as it could make him an easy target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, by calibrating the power of the spring legs, his movement speed could be significantly enhanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi continuously experimented with different strengths, testing and adjusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found his agility and speed improved at least by thirty to forty percent compared to before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With practice, it could be further optimized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, all martial arts aim for invincibility, and speed is the key to breaking all defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were to face the Great Circulation Martial Artist Sha Hu now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi could toy with the opponent with absolute speed and kill him within ten moves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current strength, defeating an ordinary Great Circulation Martial Artist shouldn’t be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for peak martial artists, the Full Cycle ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi recalled the situation on the day of the challenge at the Heavy Sword Sect and thought he should be able to protect himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the Attribute Panel, at the talent section: Swift (Initiated 0\u002F20+1 Earth Dragon Essence Tendon)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy for the next upgrade stage was indeed sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Earth Dragon Essence Tendon was likely a rare item requiring some effort to find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst myriad changes, energy was the core of everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as there was enough energy, he could enhance Axe Skill, talents, increase strength, or improve Breathing Technique proficiency to speed up realm breakthroughs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lou Yi returned to the tent, he found that Shi Caifeng was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My sister is going to take Yiwen’s body back for a proper burial,\" Shi Qingde said, \"Before she returns, the team relies on you and Brother Jiang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following period, the Cai Feng Squad operated normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi and Jiang Chenyu led the team, with Gu Yu and Wang Long as scouts, continuing to hunt magical creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In twenty days, Lou Yi accumulated over one hundred energy, an unprecedented surplus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Caifeng still had not returned, and Jiang Chenyu had to go back due to family matters, while the old Beast Tamer Wu had a recurrence of an old injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so many issues concentrated, the team simply decided to rest for a while before regrouping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi thought it was time to return to the Martial Arts Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having studied the Breathing Technique, it was close to six months now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, announcing a breakthrough would not be noticeable, not attracting the attention of the Heavy Sword Sect or its executives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time to master the second stage of the Breathing Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1645,"2026-05-30T02:45:59.887Z","2026-06-01T04:30:04.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","d2adb8bc206dbbe7281dc36bd2c9f2fe642d6ac1751ded57c3ea972c9dd6ff0a","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-123","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-121",784,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-cover.jpg"]