Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 84 Emerging from the Black Bag

Xia Fa's heart stirred:
"Oh? What clue?"

Chestnut first looked around. In the early morning, the believers and refugees had not yet arrived at the church. Only Ethan Fensne and a few other extraordinary individuals who had participated in the investigation were present. So she spoke directly:

"We discovered that the Mithril Symbol truly began to be damaged when it was passed down to the eleventh user!"

Xia Fa raised an eyebrow:
"Do you have any specific information about him?"

According to the clues everyone had learned before, the Mithril Emblem was already damaged before it was given to Baldr, which is why Baldr borrowed it for an extra day.

However, since the Mithril Emblem had been lent to at least a dozen people before this, it was really hard to find out exactly when it was damaged.

Because sometimes a document passes through several people's hands in a single day, it's extremely difficult to secure evidence.

But Xia Fa didn't expect that Ban Li and his colleagues would actually find out!

Chestnut paused to gather her thoughts and slowly began to speak:

"That was a young man named Smith. He was originally just a small-time hoodlum in the lower city of Augustus. He usually ran errands for people and occasionally did some work as a thug or private investigator. After he was entangled by the snow demon, he immediately came to our church for help."

"At that time, the previous victim had just returned the Mithril Emblem. The clergy of St. Lumi's Church did not think much of it and immediately gave him the Mithril Emblem. They also personally took him outside the church to bask in the sun for a full hour until they were sure that the aura of the snow demon had completely disappeared from his body."

"And it was starting with Smith that the Mithril Emblem was damaged. Coincidentally, the next victim who needed the Mithril Emblem was none other than Little Bald."

At this point, Chestnut's tone carried a hint of confusion as she continued:
"But yesterday afternoon, when we led our men to Augustus to find Smith and get some answers, we learned that he had been missing for several days."

Upon hearing this, Xia Fa lowered his eyelids slightly and began to ponder.

Unlike Banli and others, he knew that the Bald family had a hidden demigod.

Furthermore, the Mithril Emblem did indeed remain in Baldr's hands for more than two days.

Therefore, in his mind, the Bald family, who had originally been cleared of suspicion, is now almost back in the position of the most suspicious.

But... what's with this Smith who suddenly appeared?

As a sealed artifact, the Mithril Emblem cannot be crafted by the Treasure Craftsman.

As far as Xia Fa knows, apart from the one that Benes brought back to him from the Endless Realm, only the Silver Church has a mithril holy emblem, which is kept in the Kingdom of Augu.

Because the Snow Demon is a regional phenomenon, found only in the Kingdom of Augu.

On the other hand, the Mithril Emblem is not considered a sealed artifact with particularly high access privileges, because apart from dealing with snow demons, it only has the ability to heal and deploy light shields, which is incomparable to those powerful and dangerous sealed artifacts.

That's why the church allows it to be borrowed and returned.

And now, Smith, the petty thug from the lower district of Augustus who almost exploited this loophole or regulation to damage the Mithril Emblem, has mysteriously disappeared again...

More importantly, Smith wore the mithril emblem under the supervision of church personnel almost the entire time, so how exactly did the mithril emblem get damaged?
Xia Fa thought about it more and more and felt that there was a lot of mystery involved.

However, unlike before, he now had a crucial clue: the existence of Pompeii de Baldé.

"Could I access the relevant files? The criminal records of Smith and the Bald family."

He deliberately mentioned Smith in order to cover up the Bald family, which he really wanted to investigate.

After all, Little Bald had handled the damaged Mithril Emblem, so it was alright for him to investigate it "casually."

Chestnut's fluffy round ears twitched, as if it had suddenly thought of something. Its eyes lit up, and it said:
"That's right! If you, Xia Fa, were to analyze this, you might be able to find some crucial clues!"

Ethan and Fensne, who had stopped reading their newspapers and were listening intently to the archbishop's words, both nodded in agreement.

After all, Xia Fa's feat of answering the extremely tricky question from the storyteller in just one minute in the Ghost Realm yesterday was deeply imprinted in their minds.

Immediately, at Chestnut's command, a fungus-level superhuman who had signed the Wind Pact and was specifically responsible for running errands went to the police station in Rum City to retrieve the case files in the name of the Silver Church.

In the Kingdom of Augu, the police department was jointly established by the government, the Silver Church, and the Church of Nature, so it was not difficult to access some files that were not highly confidential.

"Next, I will continue to send people to track down Smith's whereabouts. I will let you know as soon as there is any new information. If you are willing, you can also participate in the pursuit of Smith."

Chestnut spoke earnestly, then flipped his palm over, revealing a bank check. "And here's the two thousand five hundred gold pounds you're owed. Hehe, take it."

Xia Fa did not refuse, took it, and glanced at it.

In the upper left corner of the check was a family crest with a roaring lion, and in the center of the heading were the words "Bank of Augustus".

This is the second largest bank in the Kingdom of Augustus, after the Bank of Selenes. Yes, it was founded by the Augustus family.

This is a cash check. You can exchange it for two thousand five hundred gold pounds at any branch of the Bank of Augustus.

"Just how rich is the Augustus family? It's definitely more than two or three million pounds, maybe even more than ten million pounds? Or even twenty million pounds?"

Xia Fa couldn't help but be curious, but without thinking too much about it, he put the check into his pocket.

Then, he took a deep breath and looked at the chestnut.

"Chestnut, there's a very important question I've always wanted to ask you."

"what?"

Seeing Xia Fa's serious and earnest expression, Ban Li was stunned for a moment, then continued blankly:

"Wha...what problem?"

Xia Fa said, word by word:

"What kind of secret agreement did you sign, or what kind of secret treasure did you use to be able to pull out all sorts of things so easily?"

In fact, it wasn't just chestnuts; Xia Fa also noticed that the demigod Tyrean did the same thing. When he took out the high-level secret contract of the Ether Source, he simply flipped it over, and the shimmering white bone fragment appeared out of thin air.

Moreover, it seems that Lieutenant General Bedivere is the same.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Chestnut covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Oh, you looked so serious, I thought you were going to ask me something."

Xia Fa pressed on, asking:
"So how exactly did you manage to do that?"

Chestnut raised her fair wrist:
"Look, this is it."

On her fair and delicate wrist hung a small bag, no bigger than a fingernail, made entirely of buffalo hide-like gray-black.

The small bag was secured with a silver chain, which wrapped around Chestnut's wrist, serving as her bracelet.

"This is... a secret treasure?"

Even if Xia Fa was completely ignorant, he recognized her at this moment.

Chestnut nodded and smiled:

"Yes, this is called the Chuwu Bag. It was invented by the legendary treasure craftsman 'Suochuwu Kongjian'. It has a separate space about the size of a wooden box. You can put anything in it except living things, but it's best not to put sealed items in it."

Take out the black bag...

Suochuwu Kongjian...

Xia Fa was quite intrigued by this and said:

"Where can I buy it, and how many gold pounds would it cost?"

Chestnut smiled, about to answer, when suddenly her expression changed:
"Xia Fa, watch out!"

The moment she finished speaking, Ethan's arm suddenly transformed into a tentacle, quickly extending and wrapping around Xia Fa's waist, pulling him abruptly.

Just before Xia Fa was pulled away, he felt a strong gust of wind coming from behind him, as if something had attacked him.

But this is in a church. Who would dare to make a move in a church?

(End of this chapter)