Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 35 The Story Answerer

Bernice, affected by the seriousness in his tone, shrank back slightly.
"Wha...what is it? Xia Fa, don't scare me."

Xia Fa sighed:

"Recently, something very strange happened to me."

Beneath became somewhat worried:
"Is this going to get out of control? But wait, you just signed the first secret pact... Hmm, never mind, I'll take you back to the Magic Castle right now and beg Her Majesty the Queen to save you!"

Seeing her slender, white thighs peeking out from under her skirt, she braced herself to sit up in a duck-like position, while simultaneously reaching out to pull Xia Fa towards her. Secret runes flickered in her golden-red eyes.

Xia Fa quickly stopped her, saying:

"Don't...don't panic, it's not out of control. Um...did you read today's Rum City Morning Post?"

He had barely uttered the question when he tapped his forehead:

"Look at my memory, you were still in the Endless Realm this morning. Here, take a look at this first."

He pulled a neatly folded newspaper from his pocket. It was something he'd taken from Chestnut, and it was already a bit crumpled after the battle during the two out-of-control snow demon descents.

Benedict took the newspaper with both hands, gave it a quick shake, and the wrinkled newspaper instantly became as smooth as new. She didn't seem to notice anything amiss and immediately began to read the headline on the front page.

Xia Fa was quite amazed when he saw her skill.

As expected of the doll girl clan, their talents and abilities are all incredibly amazing.

As Beneath read, she instinctively murmured the words aloud:
"A new entity has emerged, and the royal family has named it 'The Glutton'..."

"When you encounter a glutton, it's best not to make any unnecessary movements and remain completely still..."

She finished reading it quickly, then carefully examined the remarkably lifelike pencil sketch of the "glutton" in the newspaper, before looking up in confusion:

"I...I don't understand. Did this entity come to our house for dinner and then start bothering you?"

Her tone became utterly worried, because if Xia Fa was on the verge of losing control, that would be one thing, but if he was entangled by a physical entity…

You should know that even Her Majesty the Doll Queen wouldn't dare offend a real being, no matter which one.

Benedict felt helpless and decided that no matter what, she would face it together with Shafa.

Xia Fa shook his head, stood up, and said:
"Well... I'll say it again, whatever you see next, don't be afraid."

His voice deepened as he spoke, startling Benedict Cumberbatch, who curled up on the sofa, trembling slightly. But she still mustered her courage and spoke:

"Xia Fa, you wouldn't really be..."

Xia Fa smiled at her, walked to the desk under the cantilevered window, first closed the wooden blinds, then pulled out a chair and sat down.

The moment he sat down, he tried to recall the thought of eating dried fish and the image of the lacquered wooden dining table in his living room.

call out!
The next moment, his figure vanished the instant he sat down.

Immediately afterwards, it appeared on the chair at the lacquered wooden dining table!

At that moment, Benedict's plate, which she had just finished eating, was on the table, with some dried fish scraps still on it.

Xia Fa's figure, however, had become blurry, as if it were covered with mosaics, and could not be seen clearly no matter how you looked at it.

"Wow!"

The doll-like girl jumped up from the sofa in fright, her big eyes flashing with fear. But this fear didn't seem to be because of Xia Fa's sudden teleportation and transformation; it was more like it reminded her of the experience of being chased by the Holy Poison Bee Queen.

Seeing her like this, Xia Fa immediately understood. He guessed she was traumatized by being chased by the Poison Patriarch Veronica in the cave, so he quickly said:

"Benise...don't be afraid...it's me..."

He was stunned as soon as he opened his mouth.

Because his voice sounded like a telegraph machine with erratic frequency and chaotic current, hoarse and low, with a hissing sound, so much so that even he himself couldn't recognize it as his own voice.

However, upon hearing this, Benedict let out a sigh of relief.

She was clearly very scared just now, but after secretly glancing at Xia Fa with her big eyes, she suddenly became bolder and walked to the chair where Xia Fa was sitting, looking him over from left to right.

"Xia Fa, is it... really you?"

"Well, it's me."

"Then let me test you, what's my name?"

"...Your name is Benedict." "And what's your name?"

“...My name is Xia Fa”

"Wow!"

Benedict's fear vanished completely, and her eyes lit up with surprise:

"Xia Fa, you...you can actually materialize? That's amazing!"

Xia Fa turned his head and asked in confusion:

"How to say?"

Although he knew that physical entities were powerful, he didn't know if all physical entities were powerful, or just how powerful they were.

But judging from Benedict's words, she seemed to have a good understanding of the power of physical entities.

Sure enough, the next moment, the doll-like girl immediately said:
"Did you know that our previous Puppet Queen of the Endless Realm was killed by an entity called the 'Storytaker', simply because she failed to answer the question contained in the story the Storytaker was telling?"

Storyteller...

Xia Fa narrowed his eyes slightly, a thoughtful look flashing in them.

He had also seen this entity in the Entity Witnessing Handbook, but the rules were very vague, with only one rule.

That is, when you encounter a storyteller, you must rack your brains to answer the riddle-like story posed by the storyteller, otherwise you will explode and die, and even your soul will not be spared.

However, the physical witnessing manual does not record how many mystery stories the storyteller has or what the answers are.

Because each time the storyteller poses a puzzle-like story, it's a new one...

Moreover, the old ones could not be recorded, seemingly affected by some strange force.

At this moment, hearing with his own ears that even the Doll Queen had died at the hands of the actual entity who was the storyteller, Xia Fa was extremely surprised.

The Doll Queen of the Endless Realm... the queen of the doll girl race... she can't be weak, right? You could even say she's absolutely strong!
After all, ruling over such a vast domain, comparable in size to a super-large galaxy, still meant constantly facing invasions from powerful anomalies and supernatural beings within it.

However, she died at the hands of the story teller simply because she failed to answer the riddle-like story correctly...

Xia Fa suddenly had a new question:

"That's not right. If that's the case, shouldn't you find physical entities terrifying? Why do you think they're powerful instead?"

"Hmm... Although the Storyteller killed the previous queen, that was more than a thousand years ago. And more than thirty years ago, we encountered an irresistible supernatural riot in the Endless Realm, and another entity saved us."

As Benedict spoke, she seemed lost in memories:

"That entity was called 'The Gourmet.' He simply appeared outside the Machinist Castle pushing a small cart and instantly handed out a menu to each of the rioting supernatural creatures... As a result, all the supernatural creatures were attracted and rushed to his cart, frantically eating all sorts of meat dishes such as chicken legs and braised liver and heart."

Hearing this, Xia Fa understood, and while surprised, he couldn't help but chuckle.
"Then... all those supernatural creatures became missing limbs, or even died suddenly because they lost their organs or their entire bodies?"

Benedict nodded:

"Yes! Moreover, it seems that there was an endless supply of food in the gourmet's cart. There were hundreds of thousands of rioting non-human supernatural creatures at the time, and they all managed to eat a meat dish."

At this point, she looked at Xia Fa with even greater curiosity:
"So, Xiafa, can you really become a physical entity? And what are your rules?"

Xia Fa shook his head:
"I don't know what my rules are... No, you've misled me. I'm not a physical entity; I'm just being treated as one."

Benedict became even more curious:

"This...this is the strange thing that happened to you that you were talking about?"

Xia Fa nodded slightly:

"Yes, isn't it amazing? Or even a little creepy? But you have to promise to keep it a secret and not tell anyone."

Benedict nodded her little head vigorously:

"Of course! We're such good friends, why would I tell anyone? Even if my sisters ask me, I won't tell them! Yes, even if Her Majesty the Queen asks me, I won't tell them!"

Xia Fa smiled:
“Very well, since that’s the case, I’ll tell you another secret about my strange ability.”

"What secret?"

The doll-like girl's delicate face was full of curiosity as she moved closer to him.

(End of this chapter)