[{"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-258":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},315655,581,"Chapter 258 - 256: Yan Kingdom (Part 1)","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-258",258,"\u003Cp>But the Yan Kingdom is at least a hundred miles away from Ping’an Village, and who knows how many strange and terrifying demons lie along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world across the Longjiang River is much more dangerous than Wangjiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from anything else, just the Wasp Demon they encountered earlier was enough to give everyone a hard time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Shi Laotou’s injury not yet healed, Lou Yi decisively took on the task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle, stay home and recuperate, I’ll take care of everything for the siblings,\" Lou Yi planned internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to first escort Shi Caifeng and Shi Qingde to the True Blood Sect, and then head to the Corpse-Driving Sect on a quest for immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Laotou, upon hearing this, was at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Lou Yi’s capabilities, far stronger than his own, and with him escorting, it was definitely safer than going alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was happy for the encounter that Shi Caifeng and Shi Qingde would have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the crowd, Jia Hong remained quietly in the corner, not saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her head with an expressionless face, but there was a deep jealousy and resentment in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the days that followed, the Wangjiang Sect was busy preparing for the departure of the Shi siblings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clothing, provisions, gold and silver, maps, swift steeds as means of transport, and some talisman paper that even martial artists could use, were gifted by Immortal Master Xia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the morning Lou Yi and the others planned to set out, the urgent voice of Sang Peng rang out at the gate of the Wangjiang Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fairy Jia, is Fairy Jia here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s happened?\" Lou Yi stepped out and found Sang Peng in a panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, I should never have revealed the location to her...\" Sang Peng lamented with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him stood his uncle, Sang Sheng, his face gloomy with a burning anger in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Immortal Ascension Order passed down in my family is gone!\" Sang Sheng shouted angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Sang Family also has an Immortal Ascension Order?’ Lou Yi was taken aback upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew the Sang Family’s heritage, reportedly their ancestors were high officials and were the most prominent family in all of Ping’an Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’s Jia Hong?\" he asked a newly recruited female disciple, who was under Jia Hong’s tutelage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, she’s not in her room!\" The female disciple quickly checked the courtyard and reported back soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Ping’an Village mobilized all its forces to search for Jia Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jia Hong seemed to have evaporated into thin air, and no matter how hard they searched, there was no trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had just broken through the Minor Circulation level a few days prior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A martial artist of the Minor Circulation stage, intentionally concealing their tracks when leaving, is indeed difficult for ordinary people to detect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact was clear, Jia Hong stole the ancestral Immortal Ascension Order from the Sang Family and ran away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The local forces affiliated with the Sang Family were enraged, almost directly attacking the Wangjiang Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An army of over a hundred martial artists surrounded the Wangjiang Sect’s courtyard, with many archers in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the Wangjiang Sect had a strong foundation, boasting four experts equivalent to the Black Skin Level, who stepped forth to intimidate, deterring the Sang Family from acting rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With further mediation from Immortal Master Xia, the conflict was barely suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the grudge between both parties was established, and who knows when it might flare up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Lou Yi, Shi Laotou, Chu Feng, and other Wangjiang Sect leaders quite vexed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, they had integrated into the local ecosystem quite smoothly, but Jia Hong had carelessly complicated matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly, it’s like one rotten apple spoiling the whole barrel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The theft incident involving Jia Hong delayed the originally planned departure date of Shi Caifeng and Shi Qingde by a full five days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi, Shi Caifeng, and Shi Qingde, riding three tall wild horses tamed by the locals, departed Ping’an Village, rushing towards the Yan Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their destination, the immortal sect of the Yan Kingdom, True Blood Sect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closest major city in the Yan Kingdom, Lin City, is over a hundred miles away from Ping’an Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of demons and monsters, dangers and hardships might lie on the path, no one could decipher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Immortal Master Xia had provided the latest map, with detailed markings of extremely dangerous areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Lou Yi and the others following the map’s instructions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they still encountered an attack by a pack of Wolf Spirits, two attacks by fierce beasts of a monstrous level,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a giant crocodile over ten zhang long, possibly of demon level, that pursued them for around ten miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midway through their journey, all their horses either perished by accident or were devoured by beasts, leaving them to rely on their legs to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they encountered no further dangers afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they arrived at Lin City, ten days had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city wall of Lin City was notably taller than Tai City in Wangjiang County, towering six or seven zhang, built of unknown red and black massive stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the number of guards on the city wall and at the gate was relatively sparse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only about a dozen, standing idly by on both sides, paying no mind to passersby, with no intention of checking anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi closely observed and understood the reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that in front of the main road leading to the city gate, there were a dozen or so unique circular patterns outlined with black lines engraved into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time a pedestrian passed by, a white light momentarily flashed on the intricate patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is this... an array?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gained much insight after the battle at Tai City, Lou Yi recognized it to be an array carved by cultivators, although its purpose was unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would it expose them as outsiders, summoning soldiers to capture them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his head to clear away this ridiculous notion, Lou Yi led Shi Caifeng and Shi Qingde directly towards the city gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping onto the unknown array, the three were somewhat tense, their muscles slightly taut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, they felt a slight warmth in their bodies, and then nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Lou Yi and his companions boldly entered Lin City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black-footed Chicken Spirit, tender meat, when made into soup, it invigorates, keeping you awake for three days and nights! For those wanting to break through a bottleneck, what are you waiting for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Top-grade Blood Fusion Technique, sourced from the confiscated household of Governor Ruan by the court, originally, certainly not a hand-copied or transcribed version!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rare Howling Moon Wolf essence blood, with no side effects, blend it into your body and you might awaken the innate ability to absorb moonlight! Only a hundred gold, just a hundred gold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar cacophony greeted them, but unlike Wangjiang, hardly anyone was running small businesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi and the others felt bewildered by what they heard, sensing an impressive yet incomprehensible greatness, feeling like primitive people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not from our Yan Kingdom, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grotesque man with a black mole on his chin, also sporting a tuft of hair on it, about thirty years old,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seeing Lou Yi and the others’ reactions, his eyes lit up and he strode over enthusiastically to start his pitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In our Yan Kingdom, thanks to the True Blood Sect, everyone esteems martial prowess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though we can’t have the noble bloodline of the Ancient Human Race like the Immortal Masters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we can forge different paths, infusing our bodies with the essence blood of powerful demons, refining our bodies to the extent where some may even rival less adept Immortal Masters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have the essence blood of a third-rank Fire Feather Bird, just one step away from breaking through to a Demon General—truly invaluable. For thirty gold, let’s be friends, how about it? Hey, don’t go, the price is negotiable...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1328,"2026-05-30T02:45:59.888Z","2026-06-01T04:30:04.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","4198afb4eca3ec72537319a775f57092474fcdb7778ba27456634afe672536b2","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-259","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-257",784,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-cover.jpg"]