Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 139 The Overlord is Among Us?
Xia Fa almost doubted that he had heard correctly.

Has someone found a clue that allows them to recognize themselves?
He doesn't even know it himself!
However, out of curiosity, Xia Fa also wanted to go and see, even though he knew it was most likely fake.

Chestnut smiled gently, a tender expression on her face, as if afraid Xia Fa wouldn't know, and softly explained to him:
"In the afternoon, the noble students from the three academies witnessed a transcendent being who had signed the Silver Throne kill a demigod supernatural creature at the entrance of the Mist God Hunting Grounds! So now, everyone is looking for this future transcendent monarch."

Looking at her earnest expression, Xia Fa couldn't help but chuckle inwardly, and could only say with a sudden realization:

"Oh, that's how it is……"

Ianser then glanced at Shafa, seemingly surprised by his indifferent reaction, and emphasized:
"You're the Xia Fa that Chestnut mentioned to me, right? Haven't you heard of the Silver Throne? The Silver Throne! That's a supreme-level secret contract! Our Augu Kingdom hasn't had a supreme-level secret contract signed for over a hundred years!"

Xia Fa smiled somewhat helplessly:

"Is that so? Then I'll go with you and take a look?"

Seeing that Xia Fa seemed to have finally given in and realized just how important someone who had signed a hegemon-level pact truly was, Ianser let out a soft hum:
"Alright, I'll let you off the hook since you're Chestnut's friend."

She turned around, and the firelight illuminated her figure, revealing the curves of her body beneath her pure white priest's robe.

The robe could barely contain her slender waist and full hips, and the hem of the robe revealed a section of her long, fair calves, which were stretched out in beautiful lines by her high heels.

Xia Fa glanced at it casually, then looked away, then glanced at it casually again, and looked away again.

The main reason is that she was walking in front, so she could see it when she looked up.

Chestnut secretly observed his expression, and a sly glint suddenly appeared in her bright eyes;
"Her name is Ianse, and she is also the archbishop of our Silver Church. She is only twenty-three years old, but she is already at the Whale level. How about it, she has a great figure, right? Would you like me to introduce you two?"

Xia Fa shook his head and casually chuckled, making a sarcastic remark:
"No need, I don't think I have a better figure than you."

He didn't notice that as soon as he said that, the cute rat girl's face suddenly turned red, and she turned her head slightly away.

Fortunately, it was nighttime, and Ianser had blocked much of the firelight ahead. Seeing that Xiafa hadn't seen him, Chestnut breathed a sigh of relief, then secretly turned his head and asked slyly:
"Hmm...really? But I'm only 1.6 meters tall, and she's a full 1.7 meters tall."

"Really, a truly good figure is about proportions, and your proportions are much better than hers."

"Wait a minute, Xia Fa, how do you know so much? You're not the kind of womanizer who goes around having affairs, are you?"

"How could that be! I'm not interested in women."

"Okay, then let's sleep in a cabin tonight and see if it's really true."

"Ah... ah?"

Seeing Xia Fa stunned, Ban Li chuckled:
"Just kidding. The hunters' huts at the Mist God Hunting Grounds haven't been built yet, so we'll all have to go home tonight."

The two of them didn't notice Ianse, who was walking not far ahead, with a speechless expression on his face.

"That's too much! They can flirt all they want, but they actually whispered about me behind my back..."

However, Ianser soon let out a helpless sigh and shook his head.

For no other reason than she knew that Chestnut, as the Archbishop of the Rum City Diocese of the Silver White Church, had always been very dedicated and busy with various official duties and supernatural events, and rarely had she seen her laughing and joking so freely with a man.

So, let her be.

Moreover, Ianser originally felt that his body proportions were indeed not as good as Chestnut's.

As a member of the rat clan, Chestnut has a unique advantage in this regard. She is slender where she should be and rounded where she should be. Although she is only 1.6 meters tall, her figure is as good as those of top ballet dancers... She has always been extremely envious of her.

Suddenly, Ianser stopped, and Shafa and Chestnut stopped as well.

They had reached the exit of the Mist God Hunting Grounds.

Outside the long fence and the iron pillars engraved with secret inscriptions, at the exit of the Mist God Hunting Grounds, a huge bonfire with a diameter of ten meters was being lit.

The campfire was burning brightly, clearly gathered by the noble students and church elites in the Mist God's Hunting Grounds.

Above the campfire, roasted deer, bears, rabbits... were skewered on iron skewers, but they floated above the fire, slowly rotating.

Beside the campfire, several young noblemen were proudly manipulating the iron rod with their air currents or telekinesis.

Xia Fa even saw a whole roasted cow, but it was a cow with four horns on its head, and he didn't know what kind of supernatural creature it was.

However, many people did not watch the barbecue performance by the noble young masters, but instead gathered in a circle around the campfire in the open space.

Ianse waved to the two men, signaling them to follow, and then squeezed into the crowd.

Xia Fa also squeezed in and immediately saw the five magical mechanical pillars stuck in the open space.

He was all too familiar with this magical mechanical pillar; wasn't this the masterpiece of that fat man, Daponz?
Sure enough, Daponz was standing in the middle of the mechanical pillar, surrounded by star-blue silver powder and platinum silver ingots.

"Isn't this just the powder left after my Star Silver vapor cooled down, and the Silver of Destruction? What is he trying to do...?"

Xia Fa was curious, but not afraid.

Because, back when he was advancing his understanding of the Silver Throne, a supreme-level secret contract, he had already acquired a great deal of related knowledge and information.

One of these is that no matter what kind of being it is, it is absolutely impossible to trace back to its location using the supernatural substances left behind by the supernatural beings who signed the Silver Throne, such as Rhine Silver Mercury, Destruction Silver, Mithril, Star Silver, Red Silver, etc.

Whether it's divination, prying into secrets, or offering sacrifices to the unknown to be tracked down, it's all useless.

It is estimated that only the nine righteous gods have this ability.

But the nine righteous gods have nothing better to do than pay attention to him. Besides, they hardly ever respond to prayers anymore.

Therefore, Xia Fa doesn't care at all.

Now, the moment he saw the silver nuggets and dust at Daponz's feet, he had a premonition that Daponz was about to make a fool of himself.

Daponz, however, was beaming with excitement as he proclaimed:

"This is the 'mechanical divination technique' that my mother taught me, and which I have improved many times. Once my five magical mechanical pillars begin divination, they will resonate with the stars in the sky, achieving unimaginable divination effects!"

He seemed to enjoy being surrounded and watched by aristocratic students and church elites. With a wave of his hand and a flick of his fat arm, he declared with boundless pride:

"I will begin the divination now. Don't worry, everyone. I will definitely be able to find that future extraordinary monarch. However, we must not disturb him. When the time comes, we will pay our respects after we have performed all the proper etiquette."

The noble students and church elites all showed genuine anticipation and stepped back to create a larger circle, allowing Daponz to do as he pleased.

Auf, riding on the Traveling Slime, was at the very front of the circle. Surprisingly, she gave Daponz face, patted the Traveling Slime, and then stepped back a considerable distance.

Suddenly, her gaze swept over and she saw Xia Fa.

A sense of relief immediately appeared in Ao Fu's seaweed-colored eyes, but she crossed her arms and said rather arrogantly:

"Shafa, I thought you'd been eaten by the supernatural creatures in the Mist God Hunting Grounds. Come here and let's see how Daponz finds that future extraordinary monarch."

But immediately, she noticed Chestnut next to Xia Fa. "Why are you with Chestnut? Aren't you from our side?"

Chestnut wrinkled its nose, its fluffy round ears twitched, and it said defiantly:
"Auf, are you stupid? You don't even know that Xiafa is one of our Silver Church members!"

Offe turned her little face to the left:
"Hmph~, I know, but I saw that he came with us at first, so I thought he was going to pledge allegiance to the royal family."

Xia Fa smiled:
"Alright, alright, they're about the same, just don't start arguing."

Both girls turned their heads away, ignoring each other, and then looked curiously at the field.

Although those around them noticed their argument, neither the noble students nor the church elites paid much attention to it.

It's not that they don't care about Auf and Chestnut. In fact, these two girls are the focus of attention for the young nobles and clergy of the Augu Kingdom. They are the dazzling gems that everyone wants to pursue.

Instead, everyone knows more or less that Xia Fa is just a mere insect-level superhuman. In this case, which side is he on, and what impact does that have?

"call--!"

Suddenly, in the middle of the field, Daponz let out a long breath, and his expression suddenly became serious.

Seeing that he was about to begin this so-called "mechanical divination," Xia Fa couldn't help but speak up:

"Daponz, are you really sure? Don't let it backfire."

Daponz turned his head and saw it was Xia Fa, so he waved his hand and smiled confidently:

"Don't worry, absolutely no problem, brother. I'll be the first to take you to meet this future extraordinary monarch. You weren't there, so you didn't see just how powerful he was. His aura was... wow..."

Dapont seemed to relive the experience of being saved by the being who had signed the Silver Throne, before sighing:

"This is my savior, I must find him."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Xia Fa had no choice but to retreat into the crowd. Anyway, it wasn't a big deal; at most, Daponz just couldn't divine the future.

Fortunately, we can also learn new divination ideas and methods from Daponz's "mechanical divination".

Divination using citrine, pig iron, and live iron powder is just the most basic method. Superhumans have made many improvements to it, and mechanical divination is one of them, which Xia Fa has never seen before.

Daponz clenched his fist, revealing pre-ground citrine powder in his hand.

Like a charlatan, he chanted incomprehensible incantations while scattering yellow crystal powder in the open space between the five mechanical pillars with specific steps.

Xia Fa could see clearly that he had drawn one overlapping circle after another on the ground, and those circles, together, could vaguely form the pattern of an eye without eyelashes.

"I hope he doesn't attract the attention of some unknown entity..."

Xia Fa felt a little uneasy. Although the nine righteous gods were present and the unknown beings could not approach the real world, it was still possible for them to cast their gazes briefly and exert influence on reality.

In that situation, even a single glance... would be enough to make everyone present lose control.

Including Xia Fa himself.

Xiafa flipped his palm over, revealing a yellow crystal. He decided to perform a divination on the spot and immediately stop Daponz if there was any danger.

This time, he didn't even need iron powder or pig iron pieces. He directly mobilized a wisp of strange current from the spine and injected it into the citrine, faintly outlining the shape of a secret inscription representing danger or not. Then, he closed his eyes slightly.

A moment later, Xia Fa opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

The divination result indicated that there was no danger.

"Looks like I was overthinking it. This was taught to him by Daponz's mother. He said his mother was a demigod, and also the dean of the Magic Mechanics Department at the Royal Sinari Mechanical Academy. She's no ordinary demigod..."

"drink!"

As Xia Fazheng was pondering, Daponz suddenly roared, and his entire body of fat trembled.

The swirling yellow crystal powder on the ground suddenly rose up and spun rapidly around the white gold and silver ingots and the blue-white silver powder.

The noble students and church elites breathed heavily, their eyes fixed on this strange scene.

They all sensed that something big was about to happen!
Could it be that he can actually predict the future?
As the yellow crystal powder spun faster and faster around the silver ingot and powder on the ground, everyone's breathing became increasingly rapid. Suddenly—

Click... Zzzzz!

One of Daponz's magical mechanical pillars was suddenly struck by a surge of electricity, which destroyed it!

Immediately following, a series of crackling sounds rang out, and his other four magical mechanical pillars also completely failed after a violent surge of electricity.

With a thud, Daponz seemed to lose all his strength and collapsed to the ground. He was so fat that the dust on the ground jumped up.

Daponz looked utterly shocked, his expression suggesting he had been deeply shaken.
"This...this...this..."

Everyone gathered around, especially Poincaré and Ianse, who couldn't help but ask questions.

"what happened?"

"The divination results are in?"

"You're not going to suffer a backlash, are you?"

"Haha, judging from your appearance, did some unknown entity take your soul away?"

"I knew it was impossible. If it were possible, would that big brother who signed the Silver Throne be so stupid as to leave the Silver of Destruction and Star Silver powder at the scene?"

"You even predicted the future of extraordinary monarchs? You've made them all ugly, brother."

"Hahaha, let's all laugh at him!"

Many people were quite familiar with Daponz and started joking around, while others couldn't help but tease him a bit.

Daponz, however, seemed not to have recovered from the extreme shock, and shook his head:

"You guessed right, I couldn't divine the answer, but I did receive a vague message."

Upon hearing this, the crowd, which had been chattering away, immediately fell silent.

It's clear that while everyone jokes about Daponz, they still really want to know anything about the future extraordinary monarch, even just a little bit.

Daponz exhaled and spoke softly, each word like a heavy hammer blow, striking everyone's hearts.

"He...is among us."

(End of this chapter)