[{"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-53":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting with the Diamond Exercise to Achieve Sagehood Through the Physical Body",{"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},2126526,3478,"Chapter 53","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>The dozen or so people from the Hong family were in chaos; some were wailing, and some were rushing up in a panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women, seeing the splattered brains and the head smashed into pieces, fainted directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feng'er...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xu walked over tremblingly, squatted down to pick up Hong Feng’s body, and seeing that Hong Feng was no longer in human shape, his vision went black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother Xu is so fierce; Hong Feng really is lying down...\" Qiu Wenjie felt like he was in a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a miserable victory as Xue Fangsheng had said, but a clean kill of Hong Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Yang killed the Small Success Qi-refining Hong Feng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qiu brothers, Qiu Yongqiang and Qiu Yongjian, had their eyes wide open, feeling both disbelief and excitement. Without Hong Feng, the Hong family couldn't jump around anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the reputation Xu Yang had built in this battle, anyone who wanted to bully the Qiu family in the future would have to weigh the consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought Xu Yang would just negotiate a few words and the Hong family would stop, but he had directly killed the Hong family’s trump card, completely eliminating the hidden danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Yang is so ruthless, actually beating Hong Feng to death without holding back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He must have killed people before, and quite a few.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother Xue Fangsheng, it wasn't a mutual destruction at all; Senior Brother Xu wasn't hurt by a single hair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of inner courtyard disciples from the Weiyuan Hall who came to watch the battle had their eyes on Xu Yang completely changed, mixed with a touch of awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the instigation of Lu Ren, Jiang Ping, and others, many people didn't think much of Xu Yang, and even looked down on him, not even bothering to greet him when they met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was completely different. Lu Ren and Jiang Ping might have the qualifications to look down on Xu Yang, but they absolutely didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone else had gone up, they might not have been able to kill Hong Feng so cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a good thing I didn't offend him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng swallowed hard, not feeling slapped in the face, but only lingering fear, rejoicing that when he tried to pit Zhang Yong and the others, Xu Yang hadn't fallen for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't a genius either, having practiced Qi Refining for a year and a half, and only recently reached Small Success in Qi Refining. Hong Feng was dead, and he wouldn't be much stronger than Hong Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you kill someone?\" Hong Xu came to his senses and looked at Xu Yang with red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I actually wanted to kill all of you to avoid future trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang controlled the killing intent in his heart. If he had really done that, even if the government didn't pursue it, the Tiger-Roaring Fist School wouldn't sit idly by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a fair duel, he killed Hong Feng, and the Tiger-Roaring Fist School wouldn't care, but if he killed the whole family after winning, the Tiger-Roaring Fist School would have to care whether they wanted to or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You wanted to seize another family's property by force; did you not prepare yourself to be beaten to death? Do you think a martial duel is child's play?\" he retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xu collapsed to the ground. In the final analysis, it was greed that had caused this; the Hong family was reaping what they had sown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had thought they were pinching a soft persimmon, only to find it was covered in thorns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hong Xu, you previously relied on Hong Feng's minor success in Qi Gathering to bully my Qiu family. Now, this is the cycle of heavenly justice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yongqiang and his brother stepped forward: \"Take your son away to be buried. It was you who caused his death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Xu felt as if he had been struck by lightning; he did not speak again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the strongest, Hong Feng, dead, anything he said was futile. He did not even dare to entertain the thought of revenge, lest the Hong family suffer more than just the loss of Hong Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know the cause and effect of this matter clearly. If you are not satisfied, you may invite someone to duel me at any time. But if you dare to play dirty, not a single person in the Hong family will remain alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, Xu Yang gave Hong Xu one last warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hong family could not retaliate against him, but he still had his younger sister, and the Qiu family, aside from Qiu Wenjie, were all ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn't dare!\" Hong Xu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Xu Yang had developed a murderous intent toward the Hong family and had only refrained from acting because he feared the consequences from the Tiger Roar Boxing Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he invite any experts? The Hong family was a small, insignificant household. Hong Feng's status in the Tiger Roar Boxing Hall was no different from Qiu Wenjie's in the Weiyuan Hall. It was precisely because they were certain Qiu Wenjie could not invite any experts that they had harbored evil intentions; they had never expected an anomaly like Xu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Hong Feng were alive, there might have been a slim chance of inviting an expert, but now, it was completely impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang returned to the Qiu family with Qiu Yongqiang and the others, while the spectators scattered and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng and his group returned directly to the Weiyuan Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did a fight break out? What was the result?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they stepped into the inner courtyard, Jiang Ping waved at Xue Fangsheng from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng did not dare to delay and trotted over: \"Reporting to Senior Brother Jiang, a fight did break out. Xu Yang beat Hong Feng of the Tiger Roar Boxing Hall to death in public.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as these words were spoken, many inner courtyard disciples of the Weiyuan Hall showed expressions of astonishment. Not only had Xu Yang won, but he had also beaten Hong Feng to death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping raised an eyebrow and asked, \"Was that Hong Feng truly at the minor success stage of Qi Gathering?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng nodded: \"It was the real deal. During the battle, Hong Feng even unleashed an attack with true qi leaving his body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping felt as if he had been slapped in the face: \"I didn't expect him to actually win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ren laughed: \"It's not strange. After all, he is someone who was once able to chase at my heels. Someone like Hong Feng, who took two or three years to reach minor success in Qi Gathering, is no different from trash. It's not strange that he died. Was Xu Yang heavily injured?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng's expression was somewhat colorful: \"Junior Brother Xu Yang was not injured. He beat Hong Feng to death in less than ten moves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once these words were spoken, the expression on Lu Ren's face froze instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the vast inner courtyard, one could hear a pin drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beating an opponent of the same rank to death in under ten moves was truly frightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping was silent for a moment: \"Tell me the process of the battle in detail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that he had missed out on a genius?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng did not dare to delay and immediately recounted the process of the battle between Xu Yang and Hong Feng in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xue Fangsheng finished, before Jiang Ping could speak, Zhao Zhifei laughed aloud: \"Although I don't know what happened, it was precisely because of that momentary pause by Hong Feng that Xu Yang gained the initiative to strike and injure him, allowing him to easily beat Hong Feng to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His win was entirely due to luck. Hong Feng is truly trash; fighting someone of the same rank and suddenly stopping—was he worried that Xu Yang wouldn't be able to kill him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping nodded: \"Junior Brother Zhao makes sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng said with a delayed realization: \"I remember now. The moment before Hong Feng made the mistake, I said that Xu Yang was at the minor success stage of Qi Gathering and that their fight would result in mutual destruction. He must have suddenly heard this and didn't want to fight Xu Yang anymore...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood completely; it was he who had helped Xu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even they, the fellow disciples of the Weiyuan Hall, had only learned today that Xu Yang was at the minor success stage of Qi Gathering; how could Hong Feng have known Xu Yang's specific cultivation level?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping laughed: \"So that's it. I thought my judgment had become poor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Tao said: \"Although there was an element of surprise, the fact that Xu Yang could beat a Hong Feng of the same minor success stage to death within ten moves without being injured shows he has some means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one refuted this statement; even if it was luck, being able to kill an equal in ten moves was definitely not weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ren said: \"After all, he is someone who once almost caught up to me. His strength must be something, but not much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ping and the others nodded in agreement, only Xue Fangsheng felt something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that even if Hong Feng had not been affected by him, Xu Yang seemed capable of easily beating Hong Feng to death, but at this moment, he did not dare to contradict Jiang Ping, Zhao Zhifei, and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Huang family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, for this selection and cultivation of martial artists, Huang Ping was going to personally oversee and observe their character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because all those selected had Grade C bone structure, he threw the matter to Huang Jin in a fit of anger, so now Huang Jin was constantly monitoring the developments at the Weiyuan Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he held a piece of paper in his hand, on which was written the news of Xu Yang's minor success in Qi Gathering and his killing of Hong Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading it once, Huang Jin was extremely excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the person you all looked down upon; he had reached minor success in Qi Gathering on his own. If he received the Huang family's support, would he be any worse than Lu Ren?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, he valued loyalty. Because the Qiu family had supported him, he risked his life to stand up for them and killed their enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a loyal character, what did it matter if his bone structure was a bit poor? It was just a matter of spending a bit more wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Picking up the note, he wanted to go and report to Huang Ping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after walking a few steps, he came to his senses: Huang Linger had acted on her own, and the little bit of sentiment the Huang family had with Xu Yang was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Jin sat down dejectedly: \"Huang Linger has ruined our Huang family...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1850,"2026-06-16T12:13:30.304Z","2026-06-16T12:23:14.066Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","737451e57b4b3f69607a1988cf103e29efaa31f2d999defe611fdd402a2bef8e","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-54","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-52",410,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-cover.jpg"]