I'm not just human!

Having just finished a hundred push-ups, Xia Fa's body was already sore and aching, so he simply let his body fall to the floor.

Fortunately, the floor was cleaner than his face after Benedict cleaned it with his innate ability, so he didn't have to worry about it getting dirty.

"Huh...huh..."

Xia Fa gasped for breath, realizing that things had indeed turned out as he had predicted. What was originally intended as exercise to improve his health had now become a daunting challenge akin to spiritual practice.

But the benefits were obvious; he vaguely felt a burning sensation emerging in his heart meridian.

Moreover, this burning sensation was no longer fleeting, nor did it surge wildly, forcing him to release it; rather, it seemed to have solidified!

Yes, that burning sensation, as thin as a hair, solidified in his heart.

It seems that as soon as he has a thought, he can immediately use it, or more precisely, vent through extraordinary means.

Putting everything else aside, this will definitely greatly increase the power of his use of the Etheric Source Secret Contract ability, just like the slash he made that day!

"It works!"

Xia Fa's eyes lit up, and he was immediately filled with energy. Despite the aches and pains all over his body, he made his way to the door of the bedroom on the second floor.

He bent his knees, made a leap, and immediately grabbed the door frame above him with both hands.

The intense, tingling sensation in his thigh and arm muscles made him hiss involuntarily, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Xia Fa gritted his teeth and persevered, straining his back muscles as he tried to pull himself up.

This is the standard pull-up posture.

"one……!"

"two……!"

"three……!"

"Four……!"

"five……!"

Unfortunately, he was too thin and weak, with little muscle in his back.

Therefore, when he was trying to do the tenth one, his arm suddenly gave way and he fell directly to the ground.

Fortunately, he managed to regain his footing in time, preventing him from actually falling.

"Looks like one hundred push-ups and ten pull-ups are my limit for today..."

"But it's alright, at least I'm making progress every day..."

Xiafa murmured to himself, though he was very unwilling, he also understood that he could only continue exercising when his whole body was no longer sore tomorrow.

But immediately, sensing something, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The burning sensation in my heart veins... had grown from the thickness of a hair to the thickness of a chopstick!

"Sure enough, every step forward towards the complete training plan brings unexpected benefits...!"

Xia Fa's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but start daydreaming.

If I could actually do 100 push-ups, 100 pull-ups, and a 1000-meter jog, how strong would I become? And what kind of amazing abilities would I gain?

He estimated that completing this full training program might take three months.

Fungi, insects, eagles, wolves, elephants, whales... By then, even without the Baal Blade in hand, I should at least be able to defeat a wolf-level superhuman, right?

Lost in thought, he struggled to move his heavy legs into his bedroom and lay down on the cold, hard wooden bed.

After moving her legs up onto the bed and letting out a comfortable sigh, Xia Fa began to rest.

Just then, there was a knock on the door downstairs.

"Xia Fa! Xia Fa! Something terrible has happened! No, I mean, I have some good news for you!"

Xiafa immediately recognized it as Chestnut's voice.

Chapter 40 Star Spirit Compass

Something big has happened, but it's also a good thing?

To be honest, Xia Fa was a little confused, but that also made him a little curious.

He forced himself to get up from the cold, hard wooden bed, despite his aching body, and went downstairs, holding onto the slightly slippery handrail of the wooden stairs.

Xia Fa glanced at the sofa first. Benedict was still fast asleep and had not been awakened by Chestnut's knocking. It seemed that she was indeed tired.

"They're here, they're here."

Xia Fa responded softly, walked over, and opened the door.

Chestnut stood gracefully at the door, her petite but well-proportioned figure wrapped in a pure white priest's robe. Her expression seemed to be a mixture of happiness and distress.

Behind her, fishermen walked by on the street carrying wooden basins full of fish and shrimp, some of the fresh fish struggling and thrashing about in the basins.

Some businessmen dressed in white single-breasted suits and wearing curly wigs stood under the trees talking or picking and choosing items at the stalls.

A mixture of smells wafted through the air, and the slums of Daniel Street were as noisy and bustling as ever.

Chestnut's two fluffy, round ears twitched, and its large, dark eyes stared intently at Xia Fa, saying:

"Xia Fa, do you remember what happened when we met in the cave yesterday?"

Xia Fa nodded:

"I remember you were chasing after the supernatural, weren't you... What happened?"

Xiafa was quite curious as to what could make an archbishop so agitated.

Chestnut gently exhaled:

“We actually failed to catch that very strange creature back then, and it escaped in the burrow. But today… some extraordinary individuals who went to the burrow encountered that creature and reported it to us.”

She paused slightly, took a deep breath, and said in a very serious tone, word by word:

"And that extraordinary individual from the common people discovered the Celestial Spirit Compass on that strange creature!"

She deliberately emphasized the words "Star Spirit Compass," and after saying them, her bright eyes looked at Xia Fa with a hint of excitement and anticipation, as if trying to see how he would react.

To Chestnut's surprise, Xia Fa remained calm, his face showing no extra emotion.

Chestnut thought he hadn't heard her clearly, and emphasized:

"That strange creature has a Star Spirit Compass on its body! It's a Star Spirit Compass!"

Xia Fa scratched his head:

"Um... what is the Celestial Compass?"

Chestnut's gaze froze for a moment, and her mouth moved silently, as if she hadn't expected Xia Fa to give such an answer.

She then realized what she had overlooked.

That is, Xia Fa has only recently become a superhuman, and his knowledge of mysticism is extremely lacking...

"Cough cough."

Chestnut coughed lightly twice:

"Alright, Xia Fa, now you're considered part of our Solar Prominence Nebula Team. As your captain, I feel it's necessary for me to impart some general knowledge to you."

"Solar prominence nebula?"

"Yes, that's the code name for our Silver Church's Extraordinary Squad. Just like the Thorn Blade of the Natural Church, once you signed the Ether Source, a high-level secret contract, and became a Fungal-level Extraordinary, you're automatically considered a member of our Solar Prominence Nebula Squad."

At this point, Banli became serious:

"Everyone has their own mental body and astral body. The mental body concerns oneself, while the astral body is the medium through which the individual connects with the entire world and all things in the universe. You should understand this, right?"

Xia Fa nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Chestnut continued:

"In this case, after each extraordinary individual signs the secret contract, the contract will appear between their mental body and astral body in the form of cryptic text."

Her tone suddenly became serious, like a teacher passing on the most precious knowledge to their student:

"In a sense, when your spiritual intuition guides you to find the next pact, it is actually your mental body that has sensed the message from your astral body through the pact you have already signed and is transmitting it to you."

Xia Fa's pupils contracted upon hearing this, finding it quite astonishing.

He had thought spiritual intuition was something mysterious and esoteric, but he never expected that it could be explained so clearly in this world.

"Then this Celestial Compass... could it be related to both the Celestial Body and the Secret Contract?" he asked curiously.

"That's right! The Celestial Compass is actually a secret artifact that helps your mental body to more accurately locate the messages sensed in your celestial body through the secret pact you've already signed!"

Chestnut spoke with absolute certainty, and then continued:

"If your next secret contract is a regular secret contract, the Celestial Compass can directly retrieve the corresponding regular secret contract for you remotely, no matter how far away it is."

"As for high-level secret contracts, the Star Spirit Compass can guide you to find them. You will most likely find them at a stall in the Extraordinary Market or on a supernatural creature. Even in the worst-case scenario, you can at least find them with a strange or powerful extraordinary being."

"As for the overlord-level secret agreement..."

Upon hearing the words "overlord-level secret contract," Xia Fa couldn't help but feel nervous.

He desperately wanted to become stronger, and besides daily physical training and randomly getting free meals, signing secret contracts, especially his next overlord-level secret contract, the Silver Throne, was undoubtedly the fastest way to become stronger!

It could even be said that signing secret contracts is the very source of the power that allows extraordinary individuals in this world to become so powerful!

Although he had only been in this world for a few days, he was once an orphan, but now he had met Chestnut, made a contract with the doll girl Benes, and become a respected superhuman. He had thus begun to experience the beauty of this world.

This world is truly wonderful. Whether it's the delicious, extraordinary meals, the silly doll girl, or Chestnut who always looks at him with a gentle smile... all of this makes him want to try his best to maintain his current life.

But everywhere there are eerie and dangerous supernatural creatures, mysterious and incredibly powerful entities...

Add to that the person behind the scenes who possessed the technology to cause the bizarre creature to lose control a second time, whose motives were unknown and who was unclear whether they were even watching him, and he was filled with a sense of crisis.

Only by becoming powerful enough to control everything can he ensure that he can continue living his current life.

Even... make life better, a thousand times, ten thousand times better than it is now!

This two-story attic is really quite dilapidated, isn't it?

Therefore, seeing that he seemed to be about to obtain clues about the Silver Throne, a supreme-level secret contract, Xia Fa's mind was almost completely focused.

At this moment, Chestnut clearly spoke: