Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 2: Extremely Rare Supernatural Creatures!
after an hour.

"Fifty-eight!"

"fifty-nine!"

"sixty!!!"

After gritting his teeth and making one last count, Xia Fa collapsed to the ground with a thud, his body limp.

"Today's workout plan is probably going to fall through..."

He managed to push himself up and turn over, his slightly thin face facing the azure sky, looking at the snow-white clouds, and sighed.

Originally, Xia Fa's fitness plan consisted of doing 100 push-ups, 100 pull-ups, and running 1,000 meters every day.

But now it seems that even doing a hundred push-ups is so difficult for this body, so achieving this training plan is a long and arduous task.

Feeling her body still slightly warm, Xia Fa couldn't help but look forward to the day when she could complete her daily exercise plan.

By then, my physical fitness will probably improve significantly every day, right?
"The benefits of physical training in this extraordinary world seem to far outweigh those in my previous ordinary world..."

Xia Fa murmured to himself, feeling it all too clearly, yet also understanding it.

After all, it's all about physical exercise. In the world of cultivation, you might become a body cultivator through practice. In a fantasy world, it's practically equivalent to cultivation. Now that I'm in a transcendent world, isn't it normal to gain some benefits through physical exercise?

Therefore, he didn't think much of it and rested quietly to conserve his energy, preparing to go to the washroom to clean up later.

Just then, footsteps came from the passageway leading from the back door of the church to the courtyard.

Along with that, the sound of two people talking could be heard.

"Have you heard? Another underground cave has appeared in Rum City!"

"I've heard about it. I need to find some time to check it out. This is a rare opportunity."

"Absolutely! Let me tell you a secret: someone saw... the doll girl in that cave!"

Doll Girl?

Xia Fa was shocked. Did such a thing even exist in this world?
Seeing that the two people didn't seem to be heading in his direction, but were just passing through the courtyard to the Sacred Relic Room, he immediately held his breath and continued to eavesdrop.

"To be honest, I've heard rumors about burrows every year when they appear, but how could such a rare supernatural creature as the doll girl be so easy to encounter?"

"Well, that's true. After all, in our entire Augu Kingdom, only Princess Victoria of the royal family keeps a doll girl. Apart from her, there is no other one in the entire kingdom."

"But then again, it would be great to gain the allegiance of a doll girl. I've heard that all doll girls are proficient in cuisines from around the world, can tidy up their rooms for their contractors, and can even brew unique spirits. Not to mention, doll girls are always absolutely loyal to their contractors..."

The two gradually quieted down, followed by the sound of a door closing, indicating that they had entered the sacred artifact room.

Xia Fa was left lying on the ground, looking completely bewildered.

"Those two must be superhumans, right? And the doll girl...?"

To be honest, even just hearing that brief conversation made Xia Fa's heart flutter.

A supernatural being that can do housework, cook, and brew wine, and is probably quite cute...

Who doesn’t want this!

"A cave... what is a cave? I've never heard of it before, and I have no memory of it..."

Xia Fa pondered to himself that although he had been in this world for three days, personally encountered extraordinary events, and come into contact with extraordinary individuals like Archbishop Chestnut, he was completely clueless about mysticism.

The fragments of memory only contain information about the language and customs of this world.

"Hmm, we can ask Chestnut later."

Having made up his mind, Xia Fa continued to lie down and rest, watching the clouds slowly drift across the sky, letting the fresh steam from the fountain brush against his nose.

After a while, feeling his strength return slightly, he struggled to stand up, feeling pain all over his body.

In this situation, even the last vestige of his desire to continue exercising today vanished.

Looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow. I'll get some sleep and recover my strength before continuing.

Seeing that he couldn't exercise, he went to the washroom to clean off the dust, and then went to the document room on the second floor of the church.

These past few days, although he had to seek refuge at the Silver Church because he had been involved in a supernatural event, he couldn't just eat and drink for free, so he took the initiative to take on some of the church's clerical work, which happened to be a good match for his previous job as a dockworker.

Every day, Xia Fa was responsible for helping the church record the identities and numbers of the relief recipients, as well as the expenditure of relief funds and some other miscellaneous items.

While he was working, he would occasionally peek into the church hall through the carved wooden windows on the second floor of the document room, preparing to ask about the burrow as soon as he spotted chestnuts.

But even after working all afternoon, Chestnut hadn't reappeared. Clang—!
when--!
when--!
Three melodious bells rang out from the depths of the church, mysterious and solemn. Xia Fa felt a chill and rose from his chair.

It was time to leave St. Vivian's Church.

Although the reason is unknown, this is a unique rule of St. Vivian's Church: after 6 p.m. every day, only members of the church's supernatural beings can remain in the church; all other ordinary people, including clergy, must leave.

The thought of facing the extreme cold of the Snow Demon's territory again soon made Xia Fa somewhat distressed.

Fortunately, once the Mithril Emblem arrives tomorrow, I will be completely free.

He walked out of the document pavilion and into the church hall. Seeing that Chestnut still hadn't appeared, he shook his head and walked out of the church.

And the instant he stepped out of the church's arched doors—

The biting cold wind rushed in, as if it would turn you into an ice sculpture.

The heavy snowflakes fell gently, instantly enveloping him.

The cold rain mixed with ice shards stung his skin.

But Xia Fa was surprised to find that... he didn't feel cold at all!

"No way, I only did a few dozen push-ups, and the benefits are so great?"

Thinking about how he couldn't sleep the past few nights because of the cold, and could only get a short nap during the day at church, Xia Fa felt like slapping himself.
You should have trained like this a long time ago!
However, although he didn't feel cold, he wasn't particularly happy.

Even if he can withstand such freezing weather and not be slowly frozen into an ice sculpture over time, the snow demon will still come the day after tomorrow.

The only difference is that if he hadn't been an ice sculpture back then, the snow demon would have drained his life essence and devoured his flesh bit by bit!
In comparison, turning into an ice sculpture seems better; of course, surviving is the best outcome.

"The Mithril Holy Symbol must be delivered tomorrow..."

Xia Fa murmured to herself, wrapped her wool coat tighter around herself, and walked toward Daniel Street.

His home was in the poorer part of the lower Daniel Street neighborhood, a rather old two-story loft.

Such a small attic, if rented out as a single room, would only cost one silver coin a week, and even if the whole building were sold, it would only cost a few hundred gold pounds.

For some reason, the original owner always chose to live alone. Even when he was unemployed, he did not rent out any rooms, which made things convenient for Xia Fa.

At 6 p.m., Daniel Street was bustling with pedestrians.

The tavern was filled with dockworkers and working-class people who had just finished get off work, while the coffee shop was filled with doctors, lawyers, and government clerks enjoying the newly launched hazelnut coffee.

The aroma of crepes filled with ham and cheese wafts through the air, emanating from street vendors calling out their wares.

In a roadside cake shop, middle-class girls dressed in Rococo-style dresses are queuing up to buy Barbara Rum cakes.

Rococo-style dresses are gorgeous and elaborate, a style that was popular among the upper class of the Kingdom of Augu in recent years. In recent months, the trend has spread to the middle and lower classes. As for Barbara Rum Cake, it is a specialty of Rum City.

But none of this mattered to Xia Fa, because... he was penniless, with only a pitiful few silver coins left.

If the house weren't his own, he would soon be unable to even pay the rent.

"I wonder how much the church will give me each week after I become a reserve superhuman..."

As Xia Fa thought casually, the rumors about the cave and the doll girl that he had heard during the day involuntarily popped into his mind again.

However, compared to the excitement he felt when he first heard it during the day, he was much calmer now, realizing that the cave was definitely not a place he, as an ordinary person, could go.

At least a year later, once their bodies are in good shape and they have become superhuman, they can attempt to get involved.

After all, the word "cave" itself sounds eerie and dangerous.

Just as he was thinking this, he arrived at his doorstep.

After fumbling for the key, Xia Fa habitually stretched out his left foot, preparing to walk to the door, open it, and go inside.

Suddenly, a hole the size of a well opening appeared on the earthen ground in front of the entrance.

The entrance to the cave resembled the enormous mouth of some unknown creature, filled with rings of sharp teeth and bordered by black, whisker-like bristles. The cave itself was bottomless, like an abyss.

"not good……!"

Xia Fa's left foot had just reached the doorway and was already stepping down when his weight shifted, and it was too late to pull it back.

The next moment, he missed a step, lost his balance completely, and fell into the hole.

"Could this be..." The moment he fell in, an utterly absurd thought popped into Xia Fa's mind.
"It's a cave, isn't it?!"

(End of this chapter)