[{"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-265":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},315662,581,"Chapter 265 - 263: Corpse Carrier (Part 1)","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-265",265,"\u003Cp>\"Splitting Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dragon Piercing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi’s entire body was enveloped in a dazzling red glow, resembling a humanoid mini sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscles bulged with distinct angles, his back tightened like a drawn bowstring, and his bones even produced a creaking sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying force, like surging river waters, continually poured into the axe in his hand, only to be unleashed in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His basic strength was now thirty-six thousand jin, combined with Dragon Piercing’s doubling effect, momentarily reaching over seventy thousand jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Boom!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A visibly large white airflow gathered at the axe blade, its piercing roar resembling a wailing ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a commotion, the Deer Demon was clearly startled awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as it opened its eyes, a cold glint flashed before its eyes, followed by a chill on its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Poof!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A head as large as a millstone flew off, blood splattering everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the other Deer Spirits and Deer Monsters surrounded, Lou Yi himself had long disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He checked the prompt on the Attribute Panel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Discovered an item to be collected, select one from the following:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy: Forty-six points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slightly enhanced Yin Affinity\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slightly enhanced Biting Ability\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would you like to select?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the third option, Lou Yi couldn’t help but wince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this? In battles, am I supposed to start biting people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decisively chose the second option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a refreshing sensation swept across his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though no changes were visible, Lou Yi knew that his Yin Spirit Root should have strengthened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After killing the Deer Demon, he continued wandering in the Red Leaf Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, he killed a Bird Demon similar in size to the Deer Demon, finishing it off in a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Yin Affinity received an additional boost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talent Disguise indeed is a divine tool for sneak attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For ordinary people, the Red Leaf Forest is extremely dangerous and akin to a forbidden zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Lou Yi, it seemed like his backyard, where he could freely wander and harvest the lives of monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following days, Lou Yi ventured into the Red Leaf Forest early each day and returned at night, reaping rewards daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within a Cow Demon, he even obtained a yellow stone the size of a lychee, emitting a faint exotic fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Master Xia informed him that this stone is very valuable and advised him to keep it safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Lou Yi killed too many, or the other monsters in the Red Leaf Forest keenly sensed danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five or six days later, Lou Yi found it difficult to encounter monsters in the Red Leaf Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While in other places like Sangrong Forest and White Pine Forest, Yin attribute monsters were scarce; Lou Yi spent several days without encountering one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It should be enough, the Yin Affinity has been enhanced a total of eleven or twelve times,’ Lou Yi thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he returned to Ping’an Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering the members of Wangjiang Sect, he informed them of his upcoming journey to Zhao Kingdom to seek immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing that Lou Yi was embarking on a cultivation journey, everyone was delighted yet worried for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Yi, take care on the way,\" Liu Yuan clasped his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The road to immortality will surely be fraught with dangers, protect yourself at all costs,\" the old man Shi advised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah Yi, don’t forget to come back for my wedding feast, it will be within these two years,\" said Zhan Weida, as Xu Yun shyly pinched his arm beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun, abandoned her family and traveled immense distances for Zhan Weida, a sacrifice not to be underestimated, and Zhan Weida naturally planned a grand celebration for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why so sentimental? I’m going to seek immortality, not heading towards disaster,\" Lou Yi chuckled, \"Besides, Zhao Kingdom is right next door, not far. I can return anytime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the time being, he couldn’t return to Wangjiang, but Ping’an Village had his friends and elders, effectively his stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bidding farewell, Lou Yi packed his belongings and finally embarked on the road to Zhao Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cultivation Realm, here I come,’ he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Kingdom lies east of Ping’an Village, opposite the direction of Yan Kingdom, with the nearest city a hundred miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi wasn’t on horseback; he relied entirely on foot travel. His speed and endurance now far surpassed the finest horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, along the way, he could kill monsters, accumulate energy, and wasn’t in a hurry to travel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as he got closer to Zhao Kingdom, Lou Yi noticed the number of monsters and spirits dwindled, making it much safer than around Yan Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approximately three days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi arrived at Wing City, the nearest large city to Ping’an Village within Zhao Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city’s height was only twenty to thirty zhang. Around a dozen soldiers stood lazily in two rows, idly observing the pedestrians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were so relaxed because, like Lin City in Yan Kingdom, the ground before the city gate was engraved with an array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time back in Ping’an Village, Lou Yi had inquired Immortal Master Xia about the array’s function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Master Xia informed him that its main purpose was to prevent Great Demons from transforming into human form and infiltrating the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Great Demons are akin to human Golden Core Masters, the pinnacle of power, with terrifying destructive capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroying a city single-handedly wasn’t exaggerated for them, it has happened historically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array is only used to identify Great Demons; it has no effect on ordinary humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi stepped onto the array, feeling a chill sweep from his soles to the top of his head, with no further incidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The citizens of Zhao Kingdom’s Wing City were mostly ordinary people who hadn’t practiced martial arts, quite unlike the martial spirit in Yan Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streets were filled with vendors hawking various goods, selling sesame cakes, candied hawthorns, and an abundance of everyday life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Lou Yi felt as though he had returned to Wangjiang County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils constricted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dozen or so zhang ahead of him, a thin, gray-clad man with graying temples was struggling to carry a young man who was even more robust than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man, wearing white linen clothes and pants, barefoot, lay motionless, eyes closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s a corpse!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi could instantly sense that the young man in white had no signs of life, clearly dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, for the gray-clad man carrying the corpse, people around him weren’t surprised, not even distancing themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Either they haven’t noticed, or...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi was puzzled, and after walking a bit further, he saw several similar scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were men carrying corpses down the street, typically thirty to somewhere between fifty to sixty years old, with bitter expressions and stiff faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each corpse was clad in white, ranging in age from thirty or younger, barefoot men and shoe-wearing women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi noticed that upon approaching these corpses, the Attribute Panel gave no prompts, indicating natural death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fresh buns! Three wen each for sesame buns, only twelve wen for minced meat buns!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, a middle-aged bun vendor enthusiastically hawked his wares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle, give me eight meat buns,\" Lou Yi approached him, handing over a scrap of silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bun vendor, his shoulder draped with a dusty cloth, grinned broadly at the sight of silver, \"Right away, sir, hold on a moment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed a wooden clip, his calloused right hand deftly picked up a bun from the iron griddle and quickly placed it into the oiled paper held in his left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, be careful, they’re hot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi unhesitatingly took a golden bun and bit into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found it crisp and tender, a salty aroma quickly spreading across his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle, I’ve got a question. Is he carrying a living person? Something seems off,\" Lou Yi queried, pointing at a corpse carrier nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, sir, you’re not from here, are you? These are corpse carriers, a common sight here,\" the bun vendor laughed, \"They go around collecting corpses and try their luck sending them to the corpse hall in the city’s north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the corpse hall accepts a corpse, they can earn a good amount of silver.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1365,"2026-05-30T02:45:59.888Z","2026-06-01T04:30:04.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","ea93d46e880362960829be82cd43c5f68868e1731f9140e41ef24ed85d8f3ba5","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-266","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-264",784,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-cover.jpg"]