[{"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-84":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},315631,581,"Chapter 84 - 83: Black Market (Part 1)","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>His eyes scanned over Lou Yi continuously, observing his reactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Longgang stood beside him, sneering as if watching a good show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Hong, on the other hand, casually glanced elsewhere, seeming not to see any of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhan Weida was infuriated, roaring, \"Zhou Yang, what the hell do you mean by this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yang narrowed his eyes, vicious as a starving wolf: \"Mind your tone, Junior Brother Zhan, I won’t give you a second chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhan Weida was about to flare up again, but Lou Yi intervened, looking calmly at Zhou Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If there’s nothing now, we’ll fetch it next time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he pulled Zhan Weida away and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Zhou Yang and the others stunned, their hope of watching a spectacle dashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way back, Zhan Weida angrily said, \"This Zhou Yang is too arrogant. Should I get someone to teach him a lesson?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need.\" Lou Yi shook his head, \"I’ll take care of him myself, it won’t take long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Lou Yi’s calm tone, Zhan Weida was a bit surprised. He wanted to call him out for boasting, but Lou Yi’s confident tone didn’t seem feigned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, take this, I have plenty at home.\" Zhan Weida handed his Purifying God Incense to Lou Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks.\" Lou Yi accepted without ceremony, as he indeed needed it at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inner Sect Disciples have a dedicated living space and can move out from the side courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lou Yi had too many secrets, so he returned to his rented place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing the door, he took the Purifying God Incense out of the red paper, half a foot long, wholly brown-red, emitting a faint aroma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inserted it into the incense burner and lit it, and the fragrance instantly thickened dozens of times, calming Lou Yi’s restless mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He steadied his horse stance, settled his qi in his dantian, and slowly pushed out his arms, while his chest continually expanded and contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straight punches, shock punches, swing punches, hook punches, piercing punches... deep breaths, shallow breaths, abdominal breathing, chest breathing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ensured his breathing was not disrupted amidst the varied punches and infused the essence of the punches into the complex breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a trance, Lou Yi felt a warm current rise from the soles of his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It surged rapidly past his knees, soon reaching his chest and abdomen, lingering for a moment before disappearing without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the attribute panel, noticing changes in the cultivation technique and realm sections:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Lou Yi]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Age: 19\u002F56]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Realm: Pre-Martial Artist (0\u002F600)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cultivation Techniques: Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique (Stage 1, Beginner 0\u002F20), Hu Family Breathing Technique (Beginner 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 (Beginner 0\u002F6), Secret Skill: Dragon Piercing Technique - Fragment (1)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent: Petrification (Proficient 0\u002F60+3 Stone Spirit+1 Phoenix Blood Stone)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Energy: 21]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over this period, through daily visits to the cemetery and occasional news from Liu Yuan, he barely managed to gather over twenty points of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi eyed the faint ’+’ sign appearing next to the Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique and imagined a force pressing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, countless images flashed before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center was a boy resembling Lou Yi by six or seven tenths, attempting to practice the Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique in a parallel world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he too felt awkward, unable to harmonize punches with breathing like the real-world Lou Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, with deep effort, even an iron rod can break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With time, and repeated failure, analysis, and progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, he could achieve a basic integration of breathing with punches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Punching without disrupting his breath, retaining power and form amidst changing breathing patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Lou Yi’s body shuddered and then began practicing punches on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, his chest cooperated with the punches’ rhythm, rising and falling like chords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathing and punches merged into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi felt a warm current rise from his left foot’s sole, rushing upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wound around at his chest and continued downward until it reached the right foot’s sole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout this process, all muscles, meridians, and blood vessels that the current passed felt warm, as if hammered like wrought iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except, this hammering was very gentle, once or twice showing no apparent effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with persistent, diligent practice, a likely harvest is achievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to those who can’t master it, putting in any amount of effort yields nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi looked at the attribute panel and saw the Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique’s status change from (Beginner 0\u002F20) to (Novice 0\u002F60+1 Heart-Eroding Grass).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the realm section, in the top right of Pre-Martial Artist (0\u002F600), a ’*’ symbol appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon clicking the ’*’ symbol, a prompt appeared: After mastering the breathing technique, daily practice increases realm proficiency by two points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This means, without forcibly enhancing through massive energy expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi only needs to practice the breathing technique daily, and within a year, he can break through to become a martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This speed is absolutely top-tier among ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since Lou Yi started learning martial arts late, making breakthrough difficulty several times greater than average.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on the homework Lou Yi did before, most Inner Sect Disciples at the Extreme Fist Sect require one to two years to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, some geniuses might break through in three to four months, or some unfortunate people might never cross the threshold in ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, Lou Yi still felt it was too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To speed up, he had to improve his breathing technique proficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy could be accumulated slowly, but as for the Heart-Eroding Grass...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What, why do you need this Heart-Eroding Grass thing?\" In the Martial Arts Arena, Zhan Weida sat with Lou Yi in a corner, puzzledly asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why, is it rare?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not exactly, just a bit unorthodox, rarely seen on regular days.\" Zhan Weida patted his chest, \"But, Young Master Liu needs it, so I’ll find a way to get it for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, a peculiar plant was placed before Lou Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stem was dark red, covered with fine thorns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaves were fern-shaped, dark green with serrated edges. Even with Lou Yi’s physical strength, he could feel some friction upon touching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhan Family, renowned for its herbal trade, needed less than two days to resolve Lou Yi’s biggest hurdle to advancing his breathing technique to the next level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a stroke of luck, Tian Su Clan’s maid Xiao Qian also delivered a Black Market Token to Lou Yi on the same day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi wasted no time, donned his human skin mask, transforming into an average-looking man, and headed toward the western suburbs of Tai City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The manor housing the black market appeared no different from an ordinary wealthy family’s estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, at the entrance stood six armed guards, each bearing a stern look and exuding an atmosphere of deadly seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lou Yi approached, they each directed a cold gaze at him, imparting immense pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi showed the black token, and only then did the guards allow him to enter. Inside, a row of maids in red dresses quietly awaited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foremost maid led Lou Yi further into the manor, passing through extensive corridors, through dark empty chambers, finally arriving at a massive artificial mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artificial mountain stood two stories high, constructed from numerous oddly-shaped stones larger than people, its black entrance barely accommodating one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid slightly curtseyed with a bow: \"Esteemed guest, this is the entrance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the maid had no intention of entering, Lou Yi had no choice but to step into the cave alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1281,"2026-05-30T02:45:59.887Z","2026-06-01T04:30:04.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","c5af0eed934948a3f9f568493226d8b9de75e9e8e323c8add54a929f1e005208","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-85","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-83",784,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-cover.jpg"]