Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses

Zhan Weicong got up from the ground, his eyes filled with anger.

If there were no secrets, why would the Xu Family send the four renowned blades to guard this manor?

"Hand over Young Master Long!" he shouted unwillingly.

"Huh?" Shadow Blade heard this, his gaze turning cold.

A flash of silver light.

The next moment, Zhan Weicong covered his thigh and fell to the ground, his facial muscles twisting in pain.

Blood flowed from the wound on his thigh, staining a large part of his pants red.

'Tap tap tap!'

"Weicong, for the sake of our many years of friendship. I will pretend today never happened." Xu Haoyin walked out from the doorway, crouched down in front of Zhan Weicong, and whispered, "However, if it happens again, you should be careful of your head."

"The Xu Family's dignity is not something any Tom, Dick, or Harry can touch."

"Also, the 300,000 taels of silver your father borrowed, tell him to repay it quickly..."

Watching the arrogant departing figure, Zhan Weicong gritted his teeth in hatred.

He knew the main fraudster, Young Master Long, was hiding in Cyan Cloud Manor, but there was nothing he could do.

The Xu Family's strength was vastly superior to the Zhan Family!

If there was anyone to blame, it was himself for not knowing people well, getting tricked by that scoundrel Xu Haoyin.

Zhan Weicong fell into deep self-blame.

...

Night fell.

After a day of work, the Zhan Family's predicament saw no relief.

The borrowed silver was like a drop in the bucket.

Forced to use it to pay interest first, appeasing large forces like Fulin Escort Agency.

Other external pressures could still be resisted for a few days by relying on the Martial Artists they've long maintained.

But as time went on, if the Martial Artists didn't get their monthly pay, a collapse was inevitable.

Zhan Weida felt utterly exhausted, physically and mentally.

He suddenly remembered he had a date with Xu Yun today, so he went to the pavilion where they agreed to meet her.

Xu Yun, the pure-hearted girl he met at the Extreme Fist Sect, always admired him greatly.

Seeing the adorable girl in a green long skirt not far away, Zhan Weida couldn't help but smile.

He found his mood slightly improved from the day's gloom.

"Junior Sister!"

"Senior Brother."

"Ah, I've been worn out today..." Zhan Weida couldn't help but start talking but noticed her face looked somewhat unnatural, "What's wrong, Junior Sister?"

"Senior Brother, my father wants me to go home early today, I can't stay long," Xu Yun said softly, lowering her head.

Zhan Weida was stunned.

At that moment, he felt as if his heart had been stabbed with a sharp blade, even breathing became difficult.

'Is this life?' The thought crossed his mind, leaving a bitter taste in his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yun suddenly took out a bulging sachet from her arms and stuffed it into Zhan Weida's hands.

"I only have this much. Don't be too upset, there will be a way."

After speaking, she gave Zhan Weida a light hug and then fled like a frightened deer.

Her face was as red as if it might drip blood as she left.

Zhan Weida, in a daze, opened the sachet.

He found a thick stack of silver notes inside, totaling over 10,000 taels!

'Did this little girl steal all the surplus wealth from her family?' Zhan Weida couldn't help but think.

He knew that Xu Yun's family was in the fabric business, but it was a modest scale. They had some surplus wealth, but nothing compared to his Zhan Family.

'I'm not that bad,' Zhan Weida suddenly felt a sense of pride.

The silver he found today was even more than what his father had begged for from every direction.

'If only Lou Yi were here.' Zhan Weida thought of Lou Yi, and he paused.

The words Lou Yi left before leaving suddenly emerged clearly in his mind:

"If there's an emergency, go to the Shi Family Pawnshop, they can find me."

...

At the Shi Family Pawnshop.

'Bang!'

A pale, frail-looking man wearing a square scarf was precisely kicked in the butt, falling head over heels.

"Damn it, stop asking me for silver all the time.

If you don't get your sister back for the marriage, don't expect a single coin anymore."

Shi Qingde clutched his butt and reluctantly got up.

Ever since coming back, his father had vented all his frustrations on him after failing to execute his plans for his daughter.

What did I do to deserve this?

As Shi Qingde was puzzling over this, a guard came running over, whispering, "Young Master, someone is looking for you outside."

"Who is it?"

"He claims to be the second young master of the Zhan Family."

"Let him in then."

Why is someone from the Zhan Family here? Shi Qingde was a bit puzzled.

His father was a Martial Artist, a fact he had only recently come to know.

According to his father, the prominent families in town shouldn't be aware of this.

The Shi Family Pawnshop always maintained a humble growth approach, avoiding any entanglements with other forces.

Otherwise, just dealing with the constant visitors would ruin their business.

Several moments later.

Shi Qingde met Zhan Weida in the simply furnished reception hall of his home.

Unlike the delicate-featured Shi Qingde, Zhan Weida looked quite ordinary, with large eyes, a wide chin, and a high forehead.

However, he was dressed quite elegantly.

He had a precious ivory hairpin in his hair, wore rhino leather boots, and fanned himself with a flamboyant white folding fan.

Despite the pressing challenges facing the Zhan Family, Zhan Weida remained attentive to his appearance.

"Brother Shi, I'm here to find Liu Yi," Zhan Weida got straight to the point, expressing his purpose.

"Liu Yi, who is Liu Yi?" Shi Qingde asked puzzledly.

Zhan Weida's expression changed.

The other party didn't seem to be faking it, but Lou Yi would never joke about this with him.

"Do you really not know Liu Yi?" Zhan Weida asked again, "He told me in case of emergency to come here, to the Shi Family Pawnshop, and that you would know where he is."

"What? The only Liu I know well is Liu Shu," Shi Qingde responded, somewhat exasperated.

"What does he look like?" Zhan Weida asked hastily.

"He's taller than me, over six feet, looks average..."

Shi Qingde described for a while but it didn't match Zhan Weida's memory of Lou Yi at all.

This was Lou Yi's oversight.

He had only thought of sending Zhan Weida to find Shi Qingde but forgot that he used different identities, different names, and even different appearances for different people.

"It can't be..." Suddenly, Zhan Weida had a brainwave, recalling some masters who liked to disguise themselves in storybooks and started describing some of Lou Yi's common characteristics:

"Is he emotionally stable, almost never getting angry?"

"That he is."

"Is he loyal and won't place friends in danger?"

"Exactly!" Shi Qingde nodded in agreement; Lou Yi (Liu Shu) had saved their team from crises multiple times.

"Does he occasionally use some strange terms, like 'cheating' or 'unprincipled behavior'?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shi Qingde nodded like a chick pecking at grains, "I've heard him say those things too."

Zhan Weida excitedly slapped his thigh: "Then it's him!"

The two exchanged a few more words and finally uncovered Lou Yi's hidden dual identities.

"I need to go find him!" Zhan Weida's expression turned serious, "Do you have a way?"

"No problem!" Shi Qingde replied happily, having long been tired of staying in a house where he was kicked around every day.

...

Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.

'Puff!'

A giant python as thick as a barrel and over ten zhang long was swiftly moving through the grass when suddenly a silver axe came whirling down from above.

Entering its body as if cutting through tofu, the axe flew out from the other side.

The python's body was immediately split almost in half.

As it tried to accelerate away.

The axe, which had flown out, seemed to have a mind of its own, returning swiftly to hit the original large wound again.

With two back-and-forth cuts, the python was sliced in two.

Its rearing motion disturbed the surrounding grass and trees, but it could not escape its ultimate fate of death.

A young man about twenty years old, plain-looking, approached the giant python, crouched down and used the axe to cut the carcass, searching for the precious snake gallbladder.

The man was Lou Yi.

After killing the four Full Cycle experts last time, he had spent several days in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.

His energy had accumulated to over 200, and his realm had reached Perfection today: Two-Blood Blood Warrior (600/600).

It's time to break through, Lou Yi thought.

...