[{"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-304":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},2127513,3478,"Chapter 304","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-304",304,"\u003Cp>At this moment, his heart was both regretful and fearful. Offending such a genius, could he still live?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Luo, what's wrong with you? Are you sick? Your expression is so ugly, and your body is shaking a bit.\" Someone discovered Luo Xin's abnormality and asked with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's sick my ass, a minor success in Marrow Cleansing martial artist, how can he be sick? He falsely accused Xu Yang of being a Blood Lotus Sect spy and was scared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't want to get into trouble, stay away from him, in case you are treated as his friend by Xu Yang, it's over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as these words came out, the people around jumped away like an electric shock, as if Luo Xin was some kind of flood beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Xin trembled all over, and finally understood Xu Yang's current status. Some people who had a good relationship with him didn't even dare to look at him now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Xin is finished. He wanted to put Xu Yang to death before, but he didn't expect Xu Yang to be such a genius.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was really excessive before. Xu Yang managed to come back alive, and he suspected that he was a dark agent. This is a deadly feud.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could a genius like Xu Yang be a dark agent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was just rejected by Xu Yang and took the opportunity to retaliate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scholars began to debate the scriptures for Xu Yang. Regardless of whether they suspected Xu Yang was a dark agent before, they all felt that Xu Yang couldn't be a dark agent now. It was all Luo Xin's narrow-mindedness. In short, stay away from Luo Xin and don't get into trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Walking into Elder Huoyun’s great hall, Elder Huoyun sat on a gilded chair, reading a yellowed book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the desk before him, blue smoke curled upward, carrying a faint, refreshing fragrance that made one feel clear-headed and invigorated upon smelling it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing their footsteps, Elder Huoyun slowly set down the book and looked over with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang and Gao Lin stepped forward quickly and cupped their hands, saying, \"Disciple pays respects to Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun nodded slightly and looked at Gao Lin with a smile: \"You handled the matter well. It can be considered avenging your third and fourth junior brothers. Tell their families the news later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that battle, three Blood Lotus Sect members at the Great Success of Marrow Cleansing had died; basically, all the Blood Lotus Sect disciples who had taken action at the Earth Vein Fire Valley that day were among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Lin nodded: \"Disciple will see to it later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun’s gaze swept toward Xu Yang: \"I didn't expect that everyone had underestimated you. It ended up being my gain. Even I was deceived; you little rascal, you hid yourself truly well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three years since joining the sect, at the Small Success of Marrow Cleansing—this was the first time he had received such a stunning disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, disciples with such talent were either taken by the Sect Master or the peak masters of the three peaks. Of course, disciples with such talent wouldn't have looked twice at an elder like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected that this time, it would be his gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Changchun didn't want him, the Peak Master didn't want him, and Elder Tie Fu didn't want him either. In the end, the person was forced upon him. He had accepted him reluctantly, never imagining that it was a precious pearl covered in dust, and that there was hope for a genius capable of a second Dragon Ascension to emerge from under his tutelage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disciple must thank Master for being willing to take me in back then,\" Xu Yang said, cupping his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun shook his head: \"If you had shown your talent earlier, these things wouldn't have happened. Why did you hide your light?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was very curious about this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the incident at the Earth Vein Fire Valley, where Xu Yang became a suspect as a Blood Lotus Sect mole, and he had sent Xu Yang to the Qiushui Villa, where his cultivation could no longer be hidden, Xu Yang would likely have continued to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Lin was also curious about this. If he had displayed his talent and taken a peak master or even the Sect Master as his teacher, wouldn't it have been better to have the sect's resources tilted toward him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xu Yang had shown his talent earlier and had the sect's resources, he would likely have reached the Small Success of Marrow Cleansing long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disciple was afraid of death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang sighed: \"When I was in Qingyuan County, the number one genius was named Kong Yu, but his reputation was too great, and he was killed within a few months of joining the sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time at the Earth Vein Fire Valley, I hadn't even made it onto the Ten Heroes Ranking, yet the Blood Lotus Sect people specifically named me to be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second time I encountered the Blood Lotus Sect at the Earth Vein Fire Valley, they specifically named me and Qiao Yong to be killed. I luckily escaped with my life, but Qiao Yong remained there forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sect resources are certainly important, but if one loses their life, what use are resources?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words made both Elder Huoyun and Gao Lin feel a sense of shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for them, Xu Yang could have continued to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that his reputation was so great, he would likely become a must-kill target for the Blood Lotus Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he now had resources, he was also in danger; the gains and losses were hard to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not like Du Chuan or Li Chuyang, who had experts secretly following them when they went out, so they didn't fear assassination by the Blood Lotus Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A martial artist is better off being diligent and brave. Hardship is merely your whetstone. A person's lifespan is limited; delaying for a day might affect your ability to climb to a higher realm in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang’s words made sense, but on the path of martial arts, if one does not compete for resources and advance bravely, even the most talented person will eventually fade away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Marrow Cleansing, for example: if one cannot break through by fifty, it is basically impossible to break through later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Heavenly Origin realm, if one cannot break through before eighty, there will be no opportunity later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once a martial artist's Qi and blood begin to decline, nothing can make up for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*But I am already immortal, and my body remains at its peak forever.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang cupped his hands and said: \"Disciple will strictly follow Master's teachings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun nodded with satisfaction: \"Now that you have reached the Small Success of Marrow Cleansing, you are my inner-chamber disciple. If you have any problems with your cultivation in the future, you may come to ask for guidance at any time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he reached the Small Success of Marrow Cleansing, the relationship between Xu Yang and him was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang cupped his hands again: \"Disciple thanks Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun turned to look at Gao Lin: \"Xu Yang has extraordinary talent and is expected to achieve a second Dragon Ascension in the future, revitalizing our lineage. From now on, you are to allocate one Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pill to him from my share every three months.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Lin was shocked. Even he, who was to succeed to the position of elder in the future, did not have this treatment. Elder Huoyun only subsidized him with one Profound Origin Qi-Transforming Pill per month, which could not be compared to one Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pill every three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Gao Lin cupped his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang also cupped his hands immediately after: \"Disciple thanks Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the gratitude was truly from the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pill required three hundred contribution points to exchange at the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, and one was limited to one per month. Of course, for many disciples, being able to exchange for one every four or five months was already quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revealing his talent, while dangerous, also had its benefits. In the future, whoever wanted to provoke him would have to weigh whether they could afford to offend Elder Huoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, the Ten Outstanding Ranking has already been released. According to the rules, it won't be re-ranked for a year. With Junior Brother Xu's talent, he could at least be in the top five or six. If he is delayed for a year, the loss will be great,\" Gao Lin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun laughed: \"Don't worry, I will go negotiate with the Sect Master and that old scoundrel Li Songhe. What belongs to my disciple, no one can take away. If they are old and dim-sighted and misjudged the person, my disciple cannot bear the consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They don't have to change the Ten Outstanding Ranking, but the benefits must be given.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang thanked him again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Huoyun waved his hand: \"Retire. You haven't rested for days, go and get some rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two cupped their hands and then turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Junior Brother Xu has finally revealed his edge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the outer sect, the news of Xu Yang reaching the Small Success of Marrow Cleansing had already spread, causing a sensation. When Sun Tao heard this news, he was extremely excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is actually this stunning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ze and Liu Qian felt turbulent waves in their hearts, and they were drowned in regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qian only felt that she had missed the most important thing in her life. If she hadn't made the wrong choice back then, perhaps something different might have happened with that genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, she came from a wealthy family and would only consider gains and losses first, rather than friendship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we hadn't disbanded the alliance back then, we should already be inner sect disciples by now,\" Qin Ze said with a bitter face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down, one of his sleeves was empty; he had actually lost an arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opposite him, Liu Qian had a hideous scar on her face that looked like a centipede, making her originally delicate face look somewhat ferocious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had teamed up to do an assessment mission; one was crippled, and the other was disfigured. Having paid such a high price, they still hadn't been able to complete the assessment mission and were still outer sect disciples to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they hadn't kicked Xu Yang out back then, with Xu Yang's help, the assessment mission should have been completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This kid has slapped this old man's face again,\" Li Songhe said, speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ten Heroes and Ten Strong rankings were all his work, and the inner sect's Ten Outstanding Ranking was also his work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because only he, this outer sect elder, was the person who knew all the disciples of the Ziyang Sect the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought that only a month after the Ten Outstanding Ranking was released, someone who hadn't even made the list would be the first to reach the Small Success of Marrow Cleansing, ahead of the geniuses on the Ten Outstanding Ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old things like Ding Yuan, Changchun, and Tie Fu are probably regretting it so much their guts are turning green.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He soon thought of these old fellows who had misjudged the situation just like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old scoundrel Li Songhe has ruined my Ding family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Yuan’s guts were indeed turning green with regret, and he was currently cursing Li Songhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the fact that this old scoundrel Li Songhe hadn't figured out Xu Yang's true talent and had set Xu Yang's ranking among the Ten Heroes so low, how could the Ding family have missed such a genius?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such talent, if he added the full support of his Ding family, in two or three years, his Ding family could have produced a genius capable of a second Dragon Ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second Elder, what should we do now?\" Ding Xu asked, cupping his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>",2031,"2026-06-16T12:17:43.130Z","2026-06-16T12:23:15.380Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","52c3805a08a4a9ec1b97ad8cc307047fda0d27c7072d8bed7d7440769139dc28","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-305","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-303",410,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-cover.jpg"]