[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-saint-through-physical-cultivation-st":3,"chapter-becoming-a-saint-through-physical-cultivation-st-starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-280":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Becoming a Saint in the Flesh, Starting with the Vajra Art",{"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},2127489,3478,"Chapter 280: Weapon Forging","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-280",280,"\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother Gao, how many means must one learn to become a qualified weapon forger?\" Xu Yang asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had become a Blazing Fire Peak disciple and was determined to learn the art of forging weapons, he actually knew very little about the path of weapon forging.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gao Lin shook his head: \"What counts as a qualified weapon forger is hard to say, but there are too many means to learn in the path of weapon forging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Iron Refining Hand* and *Thousand Forging Technique* are just the basics. Once you have learned both, you still have to learn *Gold Melting Technique*, *Shaping Method*, and *Weapon Nurturing Technique*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning these, there are more advanced *Spirit Attachment Technique*, *Spirit Fusion Technique*, and *Divine Forging Technique*.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang was shocked; there were so many things to learn in the path of weapon forging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Lin laughed: \"The path of alchemy and the path of weapon forging cannot be compared at all. It’s just because the pills they refine are eaten up in a few days, while the weapons we weapon forgers forge can be used for decades or centuries without breaking, that they become sought after.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement was indeed reasonable; an ordinary person probably only needed one weapon in their lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the consumption of pills was endless; no matter how many there were, they could be eaten, and they were needed every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, although weapon forgers were the ones with true ability, their status in the martial arts world was far less significant than that of alchemists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because others only needed a weapon forger once, while alchemists were needed forever, so naturally, people didn't dare to offend alchemists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two walked, Gao Lin suddenly pointed to a main hall ahead: \"That is the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For us inner sect disciples, the significance to the sect is already different; we are valued by the sect, and by paying a price, we can mobilize certain resources of the sect. In the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, if you can afford the price, you can let the sect help you do many things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, killing people, or collecting specific medicinal materials or spiritual iron. If the sect has them, as long as they are not too precious, they will give them to you. If the sect doesn't have them, you can also issue tasks to the outer sect and let outer sect disciples help collect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there are many rules in this; once you read the *Inner Sect Disciple Rules*, you will understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang remembered this place; in the future, if he wanted to refine Qi-Gathering Pills, he could probably buy medicinal materials directly from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking with Gao Lin for a while, a courtyard area appeared before his eyes, and Xu Yang actually saw many children playing and frolicking on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the living area for our Blazing Fire Peak inner sect disciples.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Lin laughed: \"Since we are no longer young, many people have already married, so the sect allows wives and children to be brought here. Of course, wives and children can only move around here and cannot go to other places.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang thought to himself that the Profound Heaven Sect’s higher-ups still attached great importance to population issues and physiological needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer sect didn't have this treatment, leading some people to go to the Lichun Pavilion to sleep for a few days whenever they had the chance before returning, making the practice of prostitution serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me your waist token!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang took out his Blazing Fire Peak waist token. Gao Lin took it, glanced at it, and walked forward with large strides, soon arriving in front of a small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are lucky; this courtyard should have been renovated recently,\" Gao Lin laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This courtyard looked very new from the outside, and the paint on the outer wall was still very bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a keyhole on the vermilion gate. Gao Lin inserted the waist token and twisted it, and the gate opened in response, revealing a small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The courtyard was neither big nor small, with two main rooms and two side rooms. The courtyard had been turned into a martial arts practice field, with an ancient pine planted in the corner, a well, some flowers and plants, and a small pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Qingyang City, one couldn't buy such a courtyard for less than a thousand taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The previous owner should have been dead for a long time,\" Gao Lin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because these flowers and plants hadn't been tended to for a long time, they had withered, the flower beds were full of weeds, and the courtyard was piled with dust and fallen leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, clean this place up yourself, and then go to the outer sect to move your belongings. You have just joined, so there will be no tasks for you for the time being; you can slowly familiarize yourself with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Lin returned the waist token to Xu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang took it: \"Thank you, Senior Brother Gao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Lin laughed and left directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Gao Lin leave, Xu Yang closed the courtyard gate and walked into the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the two main rooms, the previous owner’s layout had been to use one as a living room, and the other as a cultivation quiet room and bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most were solitary martial artists; in fact, the cultivation quiet room was the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This quiet room was also specially built, even better than the quiet rooms in the outer sect. After closing the door, Xu Yang discovered that even with his five senses, he could only sense the situation three or four meters away; his five senses were almost completely isolated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been worried that his cultivation would make too much noise in the future and be discovered by people around him; clearly, the sect had also considered that inner sect disciples’ cultivation was not ordinary, and the isolation ability of the quiet room had been greatly improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the two side rooms, one was a bedroom and one was a kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In my spare time, I can make some meals myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang was very satisfied with the courtyard; finally, he didn't have to squeeze into a courtyard with ten people like in the outer sect, having his own private space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were cleaning tools here, and by the afternoon, the entire courtyard had taken on a new look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting his clothes, the *Thousand Forging Technique*, and other things into the safest quiet room and locking the door, he went down Blazing Fire Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have apprenticed under Elder Huoyun of Blazing Fire Peak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening, he waited for Xu Qing, who had come down from Medicine King Peak, and informed her of his situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was very happy, even happier than when she had joined the inner sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Work hard in the future; when you reach Marrow Cleansing, Brother will give you a big gift,\" Xu Yang laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was quite at ease with Xu Qing; the little girl was very obedient, and having been in the Profound Heaven Sect for over a year, she had never stepped out of the Profound Heaven Sect once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving Xu Qing some silver notes, the two went to find Qiu Wenjie, Sun Tao, and the others for a farewell meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Xu Yang opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Apprentice under Elder Huoyun, points +30]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Obtain Thousand Forging Technique, points +20]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Obtain Iron Refining Hand, points +20]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Martial Dao Longevity Points: 1410]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding with satisfaction, he cultivated for an hour, ate breakfast in the canteen, packed all his belongings, and officially moved into Blazing Fire Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having just joined the peak, he didn't need to do any tasks. He tidied up his bed, hid the jade boxes containing spiritual iron and spiritual herbs, and couldn't wait to pick up the *Thousand Forging Technique* and sit cross-legged on the meditation cushion to read it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thousand Forging Technique · Not Yet Entered (0\u002F20)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing once, the panel flashed, and the progress of the *Thousand Forging Technique* appeared in the skill column of the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this thing count as a skill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The *Thousand Forging Technique* was the foundation of the path of weapon forging, and it was quite strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang read it roughly and discovered that this thing was like a martial art, with internal energy circulation routes, mental formulas, and moves, but what it taught more was how to forge iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main function of the *Thousand Forging Technique* was to improve the performance of materials, allowing the forged weapons to far exceed the toughness and hardness that the original materials could exert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the process of forging, integrate one’s own internal energy into the material to improve the material’s performance. A bit interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang read the *Thousand Forging Technique* from beginning to end again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time he read it very carefully, pondering and contemplating as he read. After finishing, he felt he had understood the *Thousand Forging Technique* completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thousand Forging Technique · Entered (0\u002F200)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But looking at the panel, he discovered the progress was still only at the entry level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to Senior Brother Gao, the cultivation of the *Thousand Forging Technique* requires actual hands-on work; one must personally forge iron to improve the realm of the *Thousand Forging Technique*.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang put down the *Thousand Forging Technique* and picked up the *Iron Refining Hand*, reading it carefully. After finishing, the panel flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Iron Refining Hand · Not Yet Entered (81\u002F200)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was actually a strange technique that used internal energy to burn gold and melt iron. Not only could it be used to assist in weapon forging, but it also had great power as an offensive means. The panel also classified it as a martial art, not a skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, cultivate the *Iron Refining Hand* while cultivating the *Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture*. Once the *Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture* enters the threshold, then do other things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The *Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture* would enter the threshold in a few days; he planned to wait until then before considering other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation was the foundation; he wouldn't put the cart before the horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was alchemy or weapon forging, they were all for earning resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his spare time, he also read the *Inner Sect Disciple Rules* and understood many rules of Blazing Fire Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flew by. Ten days later, Xu Yang sat solemnly in the quiet room, his aura churning, sweat beads appearing on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his mind, a blurry blood prison slowly took shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hoo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, Xu Yang panted heavily, his chest heaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The blood prison has finally been visualized; next is to condense the saber intent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture Entered (100\u002F5000)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crawling onto the bed with difficulty, he fell straight asleep, his mind completely exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this sleep, Xu Yang didn't know how long he had slept. When he woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. He felt full of spirit and energy, as if he had never felt better, and all things in his eyes seemed to have become more spirited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply washing up, Xu Yang pushed the door and walked out, intending to go to the canteen to eat something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inner sect also had a canteen supplying disciples, because most inner sect disciples didn't cook for themselves; only those whose wives and children were there cooked for themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yo... a newly joined disciple?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he stepped out, a slightly mocking voice came to his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Idiots are everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang looked back and saw a man in green walking from behind, with a conspicuous purple sun tattooed on his chest and a frivolous appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>",1966,"2026-06-16T12:17:43.130Z","2026-06-16T12:23:15.380Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bc4f5ee157c2d7e792e2889f3dd936b518c1efb142de0ad4a54ea4e46f5edec5","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-281","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-279",410,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-cover.jpg"]