[{"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-60":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},2126533,3478,"Chapter 60","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-60",60,"\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Sanhe widened his eyes, so angry that he vomited blood again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had actually naively thought that Xu Yang had reconciled with the Three Harmonies Gang. Having been in the martial arts world for decades, he had actually been deceived by a young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want me dead, you won't live either!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gathered his last breath and lunged fiercely at Xu Yang, bombarding him with surging true qi without caring about his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang didn't resist hard either, stepping and dodging to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud noise, the mud where he had just been standing splashed everywhere, and a large pit two feet wide was actually blasted out by the terrifying true qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mid-air, Li Sanhe seemed to have let out his last breath, falling to the ground with a \"plop,\" and his powerful aura gradually dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang bombarded a stream of true qi from a distance, but Li Sanhe no longer had any reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still wasn't very reassured, worried that Li Sanhe was faking death, so he found a stone and threw it at Li Sanhe's head from a distance, smashing out his brains, before he was sure that Li Sanhe was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fumbling around, he found another twenty-tael silver note and a few taels of broken silver on Li Sanhe; besides that, there were no other gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can be considered to have died in your place!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang finally beamed with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obtaining seventy-three taels of silver all at once, how could he not smile?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he was still worried that since everyone was going to sweep the mountains to kill exotic beasts, there would be some trouble during the Martial Examination. With this sum of money sent by Li Sanhe, he had nothing to worry about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Li Sanhe's corpse, Xu Yang went straight home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time he used the Wind-Thunder Force, so it wouldn't be traced back to him, and no one would think that someone with the cultivation base of the Small Success of Qi Refining could kill Li Sanhe. Moreover, he also wanted the people of White Stone Ward to know that the bully Li Sanhe was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bit of trouble, but the problem is not big.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning home, Xu Yang peeled back his clothes, only to see a swollen handprint left where he had been hit by Li Sanhe, full of bruised blood inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow I'll go buy some medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and supplement it with the Turtle-Snake Great Stance; it should be gone in a few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After practicing the Turtle-Snake Great Stance for a while, the swelling indeed disappeared a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was a bit risky, but there was no other way at that time. If he didn't take the risk to make a move, it would be even more dangerous later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, although he was hit by Li Sanhe's palm, it wasn't a full-force strike from the Great Success of Qi Refining, and it was carried by his flesh and blood tempered by the Vajra Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Martial Dao Longevity Points: 53]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, the first thing Xu Yang did when he opened his eyes was to look at the panel; he had received a reward of 20 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the panel judged that Li Sanhe posed a greater threat to his martial dao longevity, so he received a reward of 20 points after killing Li Sanhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not every killing would result in a reward; it depended on whether there was a threat to his life. Last time, killing Hong Feng didn't result in a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the 20 rewarded points to raise his aptitude to \"62\" and saving the rest, Xu Yang began to practice the Turtle-Snake Great Stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When the sun rose, firecracker sounds came from many places in White Stone Ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Yang, it's not New Year's or a festival, why is everyone setting off firecrackers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was startled by the sound and pushed the door open, only to see that Uncle Yang's family across the street was also setting off firecrackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Yang laughed loudly: \"Li Sanhe was beaten to death by someone, and those animals from the Three Harmonies Gang have all run away. Don't you think we should set off firecrackers to celebrate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Sanhe is dead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing widened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had this animal, who had brought disaster to the countryside for more than a decade, finally died?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It should be celebrated!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, she didn't care about cooking for Xu Yang and ran to a shop not far away to buy a string of firecrackers and lit them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, few people in White Stone Ward hadn't been exploited by the Three Harmonies Gang. Even though Xu Yang had become a martial artist and the Three Harmonies Gang didn't dare to harass her, she didn't dare to go out casually either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This girl!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firecrackers were also being set off at his own door. Xu Yang's practice was affected, so he had no choice but to stop the Turtle-Snake Great Stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, Li Sanhe is dead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Yang come out, Xu Qing immediately excitedly told him the news that Li Sanhe was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Sanhe is dead? That's truly great!\" Xu Yang also showed a happy expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It might be a bit chaotic in the next few days, so don't go out casually,\" he warned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people in the Three Harmonies Gang were thugs from nearby villages who used to follow Li Sanhe to bully others. With Li Sanhe, an expert at the Great Success of Qi Refining, everyone could only swallow their anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Li Sanhe was dead and there was no martial artist, these people from the Three Harmonies Gang would probably be liquidated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for how Li Sanhe died and who killed him, no one pursued it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for a few days, before Xu Yang had even gone out, the vengeful villagers had already gathered and started looking for the gang members of the Three Harmonies Gang who hadn't had time to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the three places of White Stone Ward, Li Family Village, and Big Tree Village, it was said that several people had been beaten to death, and more than a dozen had their hands and feet crippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, Xu Yang also heard a piece of news: Li Sanhe's old mother, who held two grand birthday celebrations a year, had been hanged to death on a tree outside the house by a group of villagers, and the house had also been burned down by a fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flew by. Three days later, Zhang Yong, Zhang Hong, and other Weiyuan Hall disciples left under the leadership of Sun Tao to carry out a five-day mountain sweeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, more than half of the people in the inner court were gone, and it was actually much quieter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This day, he returned home and heard bad news: the Three Harmonies Gang was gone, but the Si Shui Gang had come to take over the Three Harmonies Gang's territory, and the villagers of White Stone Ward still had to pay the residence fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's simply impossible to kill them all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang was also powerless. He killed one Three Harmonies Gang, and another Si Shui Gang came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he destroyed the Si Shui Gang again, other gangs would appear. He didn't want to stand out either; as long as the Si Shui Gang didn't come to find trouble with him, it would be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed slowly. Before five days had passed, only on the fourth day, some disciples who had participated in the mountain sweeping returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, they were carried back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of his arms was already gone, one of his legs was wrapped in thick bandages, and his robe was stained with blood. He was carried back by the two people who had teamed up with him to sweep the mountains, his expression pale; it looked like he was crippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The condition of those two people was not much better than his; their clothes were tattered, and there were terrifying claw marks on their chests, abdomens, and backs. What was slightly better was that their injuries were not fatal, and they could recover in ten days or half a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did it end up like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng was startled and walked out of his courtyard, frowning as he looked at the condition of the three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After checking, he knew that Xue Fangsheng was crippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was there only one arm left, but the tendons of that leg had also been bitten off, which medicine and stone could not cure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Fangsheng's expression was miserable. It was said that the Hall Master would follow, but when they encountered a powerful exotic beast, no Hall Master appeared to rescue them at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to Master, we encountered an exotic beast comparable to the Great Success of Qi Refining.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Fang Xing was covered in injuries, his expression was somewhat excited: \"We killed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and another senior brother named Xiong Kui had won the gamble. At the cost of Xue Fangsheng being crippled, they killed an exotic beast comparable to the Great Success of Qi Refining. That exotic beast could be sold for about three hundred taels of silver. Even if the three of them split it, he could get about one hundred taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this money, reaching the Great Success of Qi Refining before the Martial Examination would not be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one who lost the gamble was Xue Fangsheng; even if he got the money, his life was ruined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was crippled, but two more people who could succeed in the Martial Examination were added. Overall, it was still good, and most people envied Fang Xing and Xiong Kui for successfully risking their lives and gaining the opportunity for the Martial Examination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the crippled Xue Fangsheng, except for his own regret, no one would feel sad for him, and he didn't become a negative example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of most people, it was still because his strength was insufficient; otherwise, why did the three of them encounter the exotic beast together, and the other two weren't crippled, but only you, Xue Fangsheng, were?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One hundred taels, a huge profit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Qiu Wenjie, who had a clear mind before, showed envy when he heard that each person could get nearly one hundred taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang watched the excitement for a while and then returned to the corner to continue practicing his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palm print left by Li Sanhe had almost disappeared. With the money obtained from Li Sanhe, his cultivation base had improved rapidly these past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bought the Qi-Benefiting Powder, which cost three taels of silver per dose, one dose a day these past few days, and ate exotic beast meat at every meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the time for practicing martial arts became longer, and the progress of the technique was also gratifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng sent someone to notify Xue Fangsheng's family, and soon someone came to carry him away. Fang Xing and Xiong Kui also left to treat their injuries, and the inner court disciples became quiet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng had seen too many such things, but at this moment, he also had some feelings, and his conscience was touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not a competent master and hadn't guided his disciples in practicing martial arts for a long time. Although they hadn't kowtowed and served tea, they still called him Master in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he didn't leave immediately but wandered around the inner court, occasionally pointing out the mistakes of the disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, his gaze was attracted by a figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw that this disciple who was practicing his fist technique had punches that were soft and powerless, his force was floating, as if he hadn't eaten, and that posture seemed to be inferior even to the outer court disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Yang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered this disciple was named Xu Yang, one of the first batch of disciples sent by the Huang family. His talent seemed quite good, and every time he made a breakthrough, he was chasing after Lu Ren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had dared to fight for it during this mountain sweeping training, it wouldn't have been impossible for him to have a chance to succeed in the Martial Examination, but he didn't go; he was cowardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Xu Yang's fist technique again, he understood why Xu Yang didn't go. The extremely rigid and fierce Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist had actually been practiced into a flowery fist and embroidered leg, without the heart and spirit a martial artist should have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could such a person dare to risk his life in the mountains?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's simply an insult for such a person to practice the Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng was furious and wanted to go over and teach this disciple a good lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, no, I remember this Xu Yang had already grasped the Exploding Bear Force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he took a step, he reacted. How could the fist technique of someone who had grasped the Exploding Bear Force be so soft and powerless?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng stopped his footsteps and looked carefully again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw that although Xu Yang's fist technique was still soft and powerless, and there was no grand momentum, under his careful observation, he discovered that when Xu Yang threw a punch, there was a hidden and difficult-to-detect force lurking in his flesh and blood, contained and not released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wind-Thunder Force!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng widened his eyes, and his breathing became somewhat disordered for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Marrow-Washing expert who had practiced the Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist for decades, he finally understood why Xu Yang's fist technique looked soft and powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind-Thunder Force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only someone who had grasped the mystery of the Wind-Thunder Force of the Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist could make the extremely rigid and fierce Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist look soft and powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cowardly disciple who didn't dare to go up the mountain to risk his life actually had such good comprehension. He was still at the Small Success of Qi Refining and had actually grasped the mystery of internal force and practiced the Wind-Thunder Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire inner court, this was absolutely the only person who had practiced the Wind-Thunder Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Sun Tao, the disciple who kowtowed and served him tea, and Jiang Ping, Gu Fang, and others who had practiced martial arts for nearly two years, hadn't practiced the Wind-Thunder Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a master, he actually didn't know when such a person had appeared under his sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... when did you practice it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng couldn't hold back anymore and walked over with long strides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang cupped his hands and said: \"Reporting to Master, it was a few days ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Lin Cheng was talking about the Wind-Thunder Force, and he didn't say it was a few months ago, as that would be too shocking and too high-profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't surprised by this; unless he didn't practice his fist at the Weiyuan Hall, the matter of him practicing the Wind-Thunder Force would sooner or later be discovered by Lin Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't expect that I, the Master, would also misjudge. Your comprehension is actually so good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng looked Xu Yang up and down, and all kinds of thoughts emerged in his heart. Should he take him as a personal disciple?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking that Xu Yang didn't ignite his fighting spirit even after being abandoned by the Huang family, and didn't dare to go into the mountains to fight even after mastering such a means as the Wind-Thunder Force, he gave up this idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even grasped the Wind-Thunder Force and didn't dare to come and report it to him, his master.\u003C\u002Fp>",2655,"2026-06-16T12:13:30.304Z","2026-06-16T12:23:14.066Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","93f13ed0e5955dad851e43d60550b53ebd8de81b7169900195453b179ff81118","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-61","starting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-chapter-59",410,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-with-the-diamond-exercise-to-achieve-sa-cover.jpg"]