Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 292 Physical Assembly! Breaking into the Ancient Mithril Gate Again!
The storyteller toyed with his pipe, his gaze questioning yet subtly expectant.

Although the bard had a smile on his face, his gaze was unusually serious, as if he were waiting for an answer.

The chieftain of ten thousand poisons had a girlish, innocent expectation in his round eyes, as if he were waiting for approval.

Besides, a variety of entities, including gourmets, commentators, puppeteers, avid tomb raiders, rose gardeners, and comedians, all awaited Xia Fa's answer, despite their different expressions and gazes.

Faced with this situation, what other options are there?
Either get up and teleport away, and never again become one of the entities' own.

Alternatively, they would have no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

Xia Fa hesitated only slightly before reluctantly choosing the second option.

"Ah."

He nodded slightly, uttering a serious sound from his nose. Seemingly finding this too aloof, he quickly added:
"Okay, I'll go with you."

However, almost the instant he agreed, Xia Fa suddenly realized an extremely serious problem.

That is... how should I act together with these incredibly mysterious and powerful entities?
Or, to be more precise, if you are disguised as a physical "Glutton," you will be instantly teleported back as soon as you stand up, so how can you take any action?

"This does seem to be a problem..."

The only exception that Xia Fa could recall was on the giant planet Dak, when they faced the army of putrid insects.

That was the only time that I stood up from my seat without teleporting back.

The cause of this situation is... the Golden Giant Axe Cleaner, an existence comparable to the Nine Great Gods.

Looking back now, it was not only deliberately helping me, but it helped me very well.

If he had stood up and teleported back then, he would have been seen as scared away by the army of putrid insects, and naturally, he wouldn't have become known as "Glutton," and it wouldn't have been so easy for him to freeload meals in the future.

But now... it's impossible for the Golden Giant Axe Cleaner to suddenly appear, right?
If it were to actually happen, I probably wouldn't have time to explain myself before a massive war erupted, enough to destroy most of the universe. The story teller and the bard would definitely intervene.

"Alright! Since Your Excellency the Glutton has agreed, and everyone has had a good meal, let's set off now."

The bard was overjoyed when he saw that Xia Fa had agreed, and he slammed his hand on the marble table.

Other entities also stood up, some stretching their limbs, others adjusting their equipment, all looking ready to take action at any moment.

The commentator suddenly pulled out a large megaphone and started shouting at the villa behind the garden.

"Hey, you lazybones, wake up! Get up, we need to get moving tonight!"

Lazybones?
Xia Fa was somewhat surprised. Besides the various entities present, namely: the storyteller, the bard, the gourmet, the chief of all poisons, the rose gardener, the comedian, the narrator, the puppeteer, and the fanatical tomb raider, were there any other entities?

It's around 1 a.m. now, because when I boarded the Dream Come True sea train yesterday, it was exactly midnight.

The 24-hour survival challenge ended, and after taking into account the time spent communicating with the "wise man" and this in-person dinner, it was already 1 a.m.

In this situation, what entity would choose to sleep instead of eating the gourmet's creation, which is considered the best food in the entire universe?
beep--!
A strangely familiar whistle suddenly sounded, and as the commentator shouted through a megaphone, visibly vibrating sound waves spread and enveloped the villa.

Immediately afterwards, a cruise ship made of sheet metal suddenly appeared on the lawn of the garden.

"This is……"

Xia Fa's pupils contracted, and he finally understood who the entity that had not yet shown itself, or rather, who this group of entities was.

A sightseeing boat from which there is no escape!

When they first set sail, he, Prince Justinian, Avalon, and Captain Red Porcupine almost met their doom at the hands of this entity.

Unexpectedly, this sightseeing boat from which there is no escape is also part of the physical Redemption Society!
Immediately afterwards, Xia Fa saw the villa's red lacquered wooden gilded gate open, and a group of college students, both male and female, wearing pajamas and robes, walked out, still sleepy-eyed, some of them rubbing their eyes.

"Hey, commentator, do you think we're like you, some long-time veteran? We need a break, okay? Otherwise, we'll easily fall back into that chaotic state!"

One of the female college students spoke up, complaining, but the moment she got close to the metal sightseeing boat, her silk pajamas immediately transformed into a normal JK skirt and school uniform.

But immediately, this girl, who was very beautiful and attractive, spotted the extremely blurry figure sitting at the marble oval table.

In that instant, she trembled all over, her face turned pale with fright, and her voice trembled.

"Gluttony... Gluttony?"

The other college students, who were originally sleepy, also realized the existence of the bulimiar after hearing her words.

Instantly, the group of college students were startled, like mice seeing a cat. They immediately changed into their school uniforms and didn't even glance in Xia Fa's direction again before boarding the metal sightseeing boat.

He looked exactly like he'd run into the headmaster.

The commentator put down the megaphone, turned to look at Xia Fa, and said with a wry smile:

"Your reputation, Glutton, seems to be far more effective than my earnest advice."

Xia Fa couldn't help but chuckle to himself, not expecting things to turn out this way.

It seems that the fact that he devoured an entire wall's worth of flesh from the Wall of Flesh has left an indelible mark on the minds of some beings...

After all, gluttons are still physical beings, and under the "rules" of gluttony, what they will devour next is uncertain...

"Let's go, let's get on the ship. After the commotion we caused last time, many gods, outer gods, and unknown beings of equal rank are watching this place. We can only rely on this iron boat of these young people."

The storyteller stood up and walked first toward the sightseeing boat from which there was no escape.

The bard had intended to follow closely behind, but suddenly realized something and stopped, turning to look at Xia Fa, who was still sitting.

He bowed slightly, making a gesture of invitation.

“Your Excellency, Glutton, you may go first.”

Xiafa: ...

He had originally planned to use the time while everyone boarded the iron boat to find a way to get up without teleporting back.

Unexpectedly, the bard, in order to show respect for his abilities, actually let him board the ship second!

"no solution anymore……"

Xia Fa suddenly gritted his teeth, a sharp curve appearing on his jaw, and a ruthless glint appeared in his eyes.

Just by imagining the image of the golden cleanser carrying a halberd on his shoulder, hundreds of strange electric currents shot out from his spine.

This time, however, these strange currents did not surge to the cerebral cortex. Instead, Xia Fa forcibly injected them into the area beneath his buttocks where the chair was located.

This was a choice made out of necessity. Xia Fa had a premonition that once the injection was successful, he would not only be able to get up at will, but also be able to teleport back with a single thought after getting up!

The next moment, a chaotic electrical fluctuation suddenly surged in the air, so strong that almost all physical entities were inexplicably alarmed.

Then, to everyone's surprise, the Glutton, who almost never got up and whose only purpose in appearing was to eat, actually... stood up from his chair!
"Let's go."

As always, the Glutton remained unsmiling and solemn—though no one could actually see his expression from within that mosaic-like envelope.

After uttering those two simple words, his figure blurred and indistinct, like a ghost or a bolt of lightning, and instantly passed over the bard.
Then, the gray-black, semi-transparent current on his body flashed again, and he appeared in front of the storyteller.

Upon seeing this, the entities all inexplicably tensed up.

The storyteller is undoubtedly the strongest among all the entities, and is the leader of the "Entity Redemption Society," without a doubt.

But now it seems that once the Glutton starts moving, he intends to take the place of the story's questioner...

Otherwise, why would he deliberately walk ahead of the storyteller?
Upon seeing this, the storyteller's weathered old face, etched with deep wrinkles, revealed a look of utter surprise.

But then, as if suddenly remembering something, he shook his head and decided to stop arguing.

Seeing that the storyteller didn't respond, the entities couldn't help but look at the Glutton's blurry figure, which was wrapped in a gray-black, semi-transparent current, and they all seemed to be deep in thought.

Following closely behind, everyone climbed onto the tin boat.

However, they all tacitly agreed to wait for the Glutton, the Storyteller, and the Bard to board the ship before daring to follow.

……

"This……"

The largest cabin on the metal sightseeing boat, which was also used as a reception hall, was where Xia Fa sat back down on the metal chair, feeling completely bewildered.

Just now, in a last-ditch effort, he finally succeeded, injecting the hundreds of strange currents generated at his tailbone into the wooden chair he had just been sitting on.

In a mysterious way, he felt a connection between himself and the wooden chair, and this connection was also connected to a more distant place, namely the direction of the City of Ten Thousand Stars in the Worm Islands.

Or rather, after absorbing the strange electric current, the wooden chair became some kind of "hub" or "node," through which one could return to the tavern in the City of Ten Thousand Stars with a single thought.

However, what Xia Fa didn't expect was that after he was able to stand up and get off the chair by his own strength, and break free from the restriction that "he would teleport back as soon as he got up", he actually gained a new ability!

Or rather, it has awakened a new ability!
This ability was the "electric teleportation" I unintentionally used when I boarded the metal sightseeing boat in the villa garden!
Just now, Xia Fa remembered very clearly that he only wanted to take a step towards the tin sightseeing boat, but suddenly he was teleported in front of the bard.

Then, it teleported in front of the storyteller, and immediately appeared on the gangway extending from the metal sightseeing boat.

Only then did this ability of the electric current to teleport stop.

Although it might seem like nothing, just now, when he involuntarily teleported with electricity, Xia Fa had a strange intuition that—

If I were to use it again, most beings would be unable to stop me!

To be precise, unless the Nine Great Gods or the Golden Cleaners intervene, I can use this electric current to teleport wherever I want!
As for accidentally getting ahead of the storyteller...

Xia Fa looked around the reception hall. He was sitting to the right of the storyteller, while the bard sat to the left. The entities were all gathered around the storyteller, forming a circle, and began discussing how to break through the Ancient Mithril Gate.

In other words, he had essentially made his stance clear: the physical redemption organization... would still be led by the story answerers.

Since he knew almost nothing about the Ancient Mithril Gate, Xia Fa could only listen silently.

"How about we use the same tactic as last time against that ancient undead guardian?"

“I agree. This way there is almost no loss, but it will be hard on the sightseeing boats and storytellers who can’t escape again.”

"However, after breaking through the Primordial Undying Guardian, what about that chaotic void..."

"We have no choice but to try. With Lord Gluttony here, if five of us can successfully pass through the Chaos Void, there is a real possibility of entering the Primordial Mithril Gate."

"Your Excellency Glutton, do you know these things? Especially the Chaos Void."

As they were talking, the rose gardener looked over and earnestly gazed at Xia Fa.

The Rose Gardener... This was the first time Xia Fa had encountered this supposedly terrifying entity.

He was dressed as a gardener, in simple overalls, holding a watering can, and wearing a straw hat. He looked to be in his forties and had a faint scent of roses about him.

Legend has it that the Rose Gardener, a real entity, will randomly choose any inhabited planet in the universe and a place where roses can be grown—whether it's a garden, a flower field, or a flower bed in a wealthy family's villa—to quietly and meticulously cultivate his own roses.

If someone accidentally picks or damages the roses during the rose gardener's cultivation process, that person will be in serious trouble.

Often, the next day, or even that night, they would be found dead, and... their entire body would burst open, turning into a giant rose of flesh and blood.

In this context, the rose gardener naturally becomes one of the most terrifying figures in various urban horror legends.

Fortunately, his "rules" are very simple: just don't pick or damage the roses he is cultivating.

Once the roses are cultivated, the rose gardener will leave on his own, and at that time, you can do whatever you want with the roses he has cultivated.

But by that time, no one would deliberately damage his roses anymore, because the roses cultivated by the rose gardener could almost all be called top-notch works of art—a single rose could sell for hundreds of thousands of gold pounds.

It should be noted that these roses are not extraordinary plants, and therefore do not possess any supernatural effects. The fact that they can fetch such high prices among ordinary people demonstrates their astonishing value in terms of aesthetics.

This has led many extraordinary merchants to choose to resell these roses, transporting them from one inhabited planet to another and selling them to the most powerful and wealthy among mortals.

These rumors about the rose gardener only flashed through Xia Fa's mind. Seeing the famous figure looking over, Xia Fa was quite straightforward and answered calmly:

"I'm not sure, I haven't been to that place."

The rose gardener nodded thoughtfully, but did not speak further. Instead, he looked at the bard.

Clearly, someone who can only rank in the top ten among entities, but not in the top three, is not qualified to explain these things to Lord Glutton.

The scene in the lobby of the metal sightseeing boat immediately quieted down. The bard, with a gentle smile on his face, cleared his throat twice and began to explain to Xia Fa.

"Your Excellency Glutton, it's normal that you haven't been here long enough to understand the Ancient Mithril Gate."

"First of all, the location of the Ancient Mithril Gate is within the nested ghost realm of the underground ghost realm outside Rum City."

“Once, a Golden Cleaner appeared and destroyed the civilization that the giant jaw beasts had painstakingly built in that nested ghost realm. It was a very sensational event, but unfortunately, we were unable to witness it in person.”

"Outside the Gate of Primordial Mithril, there was originally an Outer God, whose title was [God of Devouring], who was forced to guard it."

"No one knows where He came from or why He was bound outside the Gate of Ancient Mithril."

"However, the civilization of the giant jaw beasts was actually established under His guidance, because the emergence of the giant jaw beasts was closely related to Him, given the authority held by the [God of Devouring]."

"Back then, when that Golden Cleaner appeared, not only did it destroy the civilization established by the Giant Jaw Beasts, it also beheaded this [God of Devouring], which actually made things easier for us."

"Without the protection of the [God of Devouring], we can easily enter the first Ancient Mithril Gate."

"And behind the first Ancient Mithril Gate lies the great enemy that once greatly troubled us... the Ancient Undead Guardians."

Upon hearing this, Xia Fa's eyes flickered slightly, and all the confusion he had had about the underground cavern suddenly became clear.

No wonder he encountered the storyteller and saw more than a dozen invisible entities at the same time.

At that time, the entities were already preparing to break through the Ancient Mithril Gate, weren't they? Especially when the Golden Cleanser wielding the halberd beheaded the [God of Devouring].

Fortunately, perhaps out of fear of the Golden Cleaners, the entities did not immediately appear in that nested ghost realm, nor did they witness the destruction of the Giant Jaw Beast civilization.

Otherwise, I estimate I would also encounter the physical entities, which would lead to unpredictable trouble.

For example, if the secret of the location of the Primordial Mithril Gate is something that cannot be revealed in the eyes of the entities...

However, Xia Fa could guess that the entities must have failed to break through at that time.

Therefore, when the story teller reappeared in the Mist God Hunting Grounds, he had many very obvious scars on his face.

I'm afraid this was caused by the ancient immortal guardians.

Thinking of this, Xia Fa's gaze sharpened, and he listened even more attentively to the bard's explanation.

“Each of those ancient immortal guardians possesses strength comparable to an outer god. When they unite and form a battle formation, they are even capable of defeating beings who are close to the level of true gods.”

"Our first attempt to break in resulted in a major defeat, and several entities died."

"Even those of us who escaped were seriously injured and it took us a long time to recover."

It actually had a physical form... and died at the hands of the Primordial Undead Guardians?
Xia Fa was quite surprised, but then he thought about it. Last time in the underground cave, there were more than a dozen entities behind the story teller, but now there were only nine left.

So it seems the other entities are indeed dead.

"This is probably a bit dangerous... no, extremely dangerous. It's capable of defeating an ancient, immortal guardian who is close to the level of a true god..."

Xia Fa pondered to himself. Fortunately, from the discussions he had overheard from the entities, it seemed that they had already found a way to deal with the Primordial Undead Guardians.

But what exactly is the method that can deal with the ancient immortal guardians who, once they form a battle formation, can fight against beings that are close to the level of true gods?
Furthermore, what exactly is inside this Ancient Mithril Gate that is not enough for one Outer God-level [God of Devouring] to guard the gate, and why are these incredibly powerful Ancient Undying Guardians also needed?

Xia Fa grew increasingly curious and listened quietly as the bard continued.

"Fortunately, the appearance of the 'sightseeing boat from which we cannot escape'—that is, the group of college students—gave us a solution."

At this point, the bard couldn't help but show a look of emotion:
“By using the ‘inescapable sightseeing boat’ rule of ‘lowering intelligence’ and the ‘story’ puzzles of the ‘story answerer’, we tried several times and finally succeeded in restraining these ancient immortal guardians.”

This……

Xia Fa was stunned. Could it really be done like that?
It's important to understand that the riddles hidden within the stories by the story answerers are extremely difficult to solve.

As for the inescapable rules of the sightseeing boat that reduce one's intelligence, I have personally experienced them. They can reduce a person's intelligence to the point where they can't even calculate what one plus one equals.

With these two rules combined... Xia Fa suspected that even the most intelligent being in the entire universe would be unable to withstand them.

"Hmm... it should also be related to the fact that the story questioner's own strength is close to that of a true god. In other words, only the story questioner can use their own rules to interrogate the ancient immortal guardians, and only then can the brainwashing rules of the sightseeing ship, which cannot be escaped from, take effect..."

Xia Fa nodded slightly, understanding.

The bard then continued:
"However, this means that the storyteller and the sightseeing boat that cannot escape will have to remain behind the first Ancient Mithril Gate, and we will have to break through the chaotic void behind the second Ancient Mithril Gate."

"As for this chaotic void, although it won't seriously injure or kill you, it is precisely the most difficult to break through."

"However, we need at least five entities to successfully break through the Chaos Void before we can open the third Ancient Mithril Gate and try to blast it open together."

Xia Fa's eyes flashed upon hearing this:
"So, as long as we blast open the third Ancient Mithril Gate, we can truly enter inside?"

The bard nodded, but then uttered a shocking statement that Xia Fa could never have imagined.

"That's right! Once we break through the third Ancient Mithril Gate, we can reach the Ancient Eternal Sea, and then... we can choose any of the Eternal Tokens inside!"

(End of this chapter)