[{"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-342":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},2127551,3478,"Chapter 342","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-342",342,"\u003Cp>With the growth of cultivation, he would become increasingly dependent on spiritual herbs. It wouldn't work without a place that could stably supply him with spiritual herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Profound Sun Sect channel, he was just lucky this time, earning so many contribution points after doing tasks for four months. Many people worked hard outside for a year, and the contribution points they earned might not be as many as his four months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most critical thing was that silver couldn't buy spiritual herbs in the Profound Sun Sect, but it could in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much does a spiritual herb generally sell for?\" Xu Yang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have much concept of fifty thousand taels, but converted into spiritual herbs, he knew the true gold content of this fifty thousand taels of retainer fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Huaijin smiled: \"The value of spiritual herbs depends on the year and the medicinal effect. However, even the least valuable spiritual herb is worth more than ten thousand taels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So fifty thousand taels is approximately equal to five spiritual herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s handiwork actually stunned him a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Selling one’s life for fifty thousand taels, my life is worth more than fifty thousand taels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew this was because he was used to being a cow and a horse for the Profound Sun Sect, which was why he felt the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was generous. For a genius who could attempt the second Dragon Ascent, fifty thousand taels was definitely not too much money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Profound Sun Sect gave disciples doing guard tasks a base of one hundred contribution points per month. That is to say, even if you were guarding sect industries in the outer sect all year round, if you didn't make any contributions, you could only get 1,200 contribution points a year, which could be exchanged for two spiritual herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, martial artists all had to cultivate, and it was impossible to be guarding outside all year round, so they couldn't get two spiritual herbs a year at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s five spiritual herbs, it was truly treating disciples as cows and horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, from another aspect, without the sect’s cultivation, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion couldn't spend so much money to invite you, so everyone would still join the sect instead of directly entering a place like the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what do I need to do for the Myriad Treasures Pavilion?\" Xu Yang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The benefits were not small, it just depended on the disadvantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to stay out of it, but in this world, how could he really stay out of it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most critical thing was that if he didn't have this status now, he couldn't buy rare medicinal materials at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Huaijin said: \"The guest retainer’s matters are actually very few. My Myriad Treasures Pavilion mainly does business and doesn't intervene in Jianghu grudges. Guest retainers mainly help escort some valuable goods sometimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, you don't need to do this kind of thing; there will be other guest retainers to do it. My Myriad Treasures Pavilion recruiting young people like you is not because we are short of manpower, but because we are recruiting from a long-term perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you succeed in the second Dragon Ascent, you will be a disciple of the Heavenly Strategy Academy, just need to cultivate with peace of mind. Without leaving the Heavenly Strategy Academy, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion will not arrange things for you to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be self-conceited, what we value is your potential, not your current strength. Within ten or eight years, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion basically doesn't need you to sell your life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These can be signed in a contract. If you can't make up your mind, you can also go back and ask Elder Huoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also almost became a guest retainer of my Myriad Treasures Pavilion, but failed the second Dragon Ascent in the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang generally understood. The Myriad Treasures Pavilion was betting that he could become a strong person in the future, so they recruited him before he attempted the second Dragon Ascent. Now they couldn't use him at all. Within ten or eight years, his strength couldn't help the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xu Yang asked curiously: \"What if I fail the Dragon Ascent?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Huaijin smiled: \"If you fail the Dragon Ascent, I will probably be fined a few years of salary. As for you, you just won't enjoy the guest retainer privileges anymore, and there won't be any trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if you succeed, I will also receive a reward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang asked again: \"What if one day, I don't want to be a guest retainer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion anymore?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Huaijin said: \"Guest retainers are not people of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, so if you don't want to continue to be a guest retainer of my Myriad Treasures Pavilion, you can naturally leave at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, my Myriad Treasures Pavilion is a place that does business. For those who have received advance investment like you, if you haven't served in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion for ten years, the investment received must be returned twofold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang pondered slightly and nodded: \"I agree to this matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed a force to serve him, and he also needed a channel to obtain resources. He was immortal and stayed at his peak, so he could cultivate slowly, but Xu Qing didn't have this ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, ten or eight years later, he might not have the strength to compete with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion. What the outside world knew was not his true talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was really just a place that did business and didn't make any other messes, he probably wouldn't leave either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two discussed some details carefully, and in the end, Tao Huaijin really took a contract for him to see, and the things on it were about the same as what Tao Huaijin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guest retainers were not thugs of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and they had the right to refuse things the Myriad Treasures Pavilion asked them to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it wasn't that they could refuse if they wanted to. Only after helping the Myriad Treasures Pavilion act twice a year, or if they thought it was a certain-death matter, did they have the right to refuse. Every time they acted, there would be rewards, and the fifty thousand taels of retainer fee was just the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang looked at it carefully and determined that there would be no problems according to the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he didn't exclude finding a backer and finding a force to cultivate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the family forces that sought him before were always about marriage and having children, and he refused because they were completely tied together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contract wasn't signed now. He wasn't qualified to become a guest retainer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion yet. Only when he attempted the second Dragon Ascent would he have the qualification to sign this contract with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, what he agreed to was just \"competing\" to be a guest retainer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, not becoming a guest retainer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion now. Everything had to wait until he succeeded in the second Dragon Ascent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he couldn't get the benefits like the fifty thousand taels of retainer fee now. The benefit of agreeing to \"compete\" was that he could buy things at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion with the status of a guest retainer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not just that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Huaijin shook his head: \"If it were just that you could buy things at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion with the status of a guest retainer, I wouldn't be punished because you failed the Dragon Ascent in the future. Now that you agree to 'compete' to be a guest retainer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion will provide you with a Dragon Ascent resource. What is truly valuable is this Dragon Ascent resource.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were actually resources, so it wasn't empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion wouldn't invest in him now. If he succeeded in the second Dragon Ascent, why would he still go to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang said: \"What things does this Dragon Ascent resource contain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Huaijin shook his head: \"I don't know for now. The Myriad Treasures Pavilion recruits guest retainers with potential every session, and the Dragon Ascent resource is determined by the main building. What specific things it is, only when it is sent will I know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it’s nothing more than spiritual herbs, techniques, or weapons, all of which are things that are conducive to improving cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two walked out of the VIP room with smiles on their faces. Learning that Xu Yang agreed to \"compete\" to be a guest retainer of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Zhou Yong soon grabbed the medicine according to the list Xu Yang gave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Xu Yang didn't intend to refine Qi-Gathering Pills, but now that medicinal materials could be bought at will and there were discounts, he added medicinal materials to refine a furnace of Qi-Gathering Pills for Xu Qing as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was probably the last furnace of Qi-Gathering Pills. Once Xu Qing broke through to the Marrow Cleansing realm, the Qi-Gathering Pills wouldn't be of much use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also one of the reasons he agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on himself to obtain resources wasn't even enough to support his own cultivation, let alone raising Xu Qing. With the channel of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, at least he didn't need to collect medicinal materials everywhere, just consider the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making money wasn't difficult for him, and Xu Qing, who would become an alchemist in the future, could also make money herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, carrying the medicinal materials packed by Zhou Yong, Xu Yang left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>",1679,"2026-06-16T12:17:43.130Z","2026-06-16T12:23:15.380Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","767107a6876619d9ddf8c77e5d32fc6f9d5c5ed525f07aeae4e1030b22eab6b6","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-343","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-341",410,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-cover.jpg"]