I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

He started running while lost in thought.

"During the physical fitness test at noon, I ran 1,000 meters and gained 10 more experience than when I usually run 1,000 meters..."

"So, does this 'participation in specific events' method is the secret to quickly gaining experience?"

The reason Xue Jing agreed to his homeroom teacher Du Shiwei's request to participate in the school sports meet after school was to confirm this.

If this is how to gain more experience, and a regular daily physical test can increase his experience gain, then participating in a formal competition should increase it even more.

……

An hour later, Xue Jing was sweating profusely and panting heavily. He unscrewed a 500ml bottle of mineral water and drank it all in one gulp.

He opened the panel.

[You've completed a strenuous workout, fitness experience +98]

[Fitness Lv2 (256/500)]

He calmed down for a while and felt the changes in his body.

Well, you can't really tell anything just by feeling it.

But he knew that his physical fitness had improved again.

The changes in skill experience points are reflected in real time, not just when you level up.

"If you spend a lot of time specifically practicing fitness, it's not worth it," Xue Jing pondered.

After learning about it over this period of time, he realized that the skill of "fitness" can comprehensively enhance all aspects of one's physical fitness. It is a very useful skill and also his key goal for gaining experience.

However, this skill does not actually require him to specifically train at the gym.

According to his observation, the way to gain experience in this skill is through 'any behavior that can exercise the body'.

For example, when he runs, he can gain both "running" experience and some "fitness" experience.

In that case, he can gain the same "fitness" experience by doing other activities that can exercise his body, without having to spend time specifically using gym equipment.

For example... practicing martial arts.

The martial arts in this world are far more advanced than in my previous life.

He personally witnessed online martial arts competition videos where a martial artist kicked his opponent more than ten meters away, sending the opponent crashing into a wall and leaving a human imprint.

The speed of their movements was unbelievable.

He also wanted to learn martial arts, but... he didn't know where to start.

Shortly after his panel awakened, he searched online for videos and tips and practiced diligently, but so far, there has been no activity on his panel.

Activating skills isn't something you can just do randomly; you need to have real skills, otherwise he would already have a whole bunch of skills by now.

There are a few martial arts dojos in Qingcheng, but they are ridiculously expensive. He can't afford them and is too embarrassed to ask his parents for money because they are just too pricey.

"As long as you can get me started, with my invincible talent and extraordinary wisdom, mastering a powerful and domineering peerless skill will be a piece of cake."

But no matter how talented or intelligent he is, without a master to guide him, even the most skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice.

The skill panel can raise his skill level from 1 to 100, but it cannot raise it from 0 to 1 out of thin air.

After resting for a while, Xue Jing got up and went to the bathroom.

……

After washing my hair and rinsing my body, I soaked in the bathtub for fifteen minutes. All my fatigue was gone, but my muscles were still a little sore.

In the bathroom, Xue Jing looked at himself in the mirror.

This is a very elegant appearance, intellectual and abstinent. When expressionless, it is very cool, but as soon as the corner of the mouth curves up, it is like a warm sun rising in winter. It is not intense, but just a wisp of warmth, which is enough to soothe the soul.

Despite his slender build, he wasn't bony. After days of skill training, well-defined muscles had begun to emerge. Because skill training enhances physical fitness in all aspects, these muscles showed no signs of disharmony and all grew in the most perfect direction.

His gaze drifted downwards... Hmm, a little greasy.

Twisting a strand of his half-long black hair that barely reached his eyes, Xue Jing put on his clothes, walked out of the bathroom, and prepared to go out to replenish the family's food supplies.

After changing my shoes, I left my house, exited the residential area, and headed towards the nearest supermarket.

It's now 7:30 pm, the sky is already dark, most people have finished dinner, and there are many pedestrians on the street.

While waiting at a traffic light, Xue Jing suddenly heard several screams from the side.

He looked in the direction of the sound out of curiosity.

Across the street, a Mediterranean-looking elderly man in a wheelchair, wearing a classic sleeveless white t-shirt, was maneuvering his wheelchair swiftly among pedestrians, rapidly turning the wheels on both sides.

Is he... drifting?

Strangely enough, the old man was clearly drifting in a manual wheelchair, but his technique was superb. He spun and moved with ease and grace, and as he navigated several drainage ditches, he managed to make the wheelchair move with the fluidity of a professional figure skater, making it incredibly smooth.

As the wheelchair passed by, it stirred up a gust of wind, lifting the skirts of female students wearing short skirts along the way, causing them to scream. The old man in the wheelchair even took the time to whistle at the girls, which drew angry curses and playful complaints.

Watching the old man's dashing figure drift away, Xue Jing fell into deep thought.

If using a wheelchair counts as a skill, this old man must be at level 10.

I did encounter something interesting.

He shook his head, the green light came on, Xue Jing crossed the street, and went into the supermarket.

I bought some beef and pork, vegetables, eggs, ham sausages, vegetarian noodles, scallions, ginger, garlic, spices, some seasonings that were used up or almost used up, as well as some snacks and fruits. After paying at the checkout, I walked out of the supermarket carrying a big bag.

Xue Jing returned the way he came, but stopped when he passed a dark alley.

"Ok?"

A small black cat with four white paws jumped down from somewhere and stood in front of him.

The cat didn't have a collar, but it did have a platinum metal ring on the top of its tail. It's unclear whether it was a pet cat that its owner had put on it, or a stray cat that a passerby had forcibly put it on as a prank.

Its body was dirty and disheveled, with some areas devoid of fur, seemingly caused by fighting with its own kind. There were also congealed bloodstains on its fur, clearly indicating that it had suffered a lot.

After the cat jumped down, it staggered to Xue Jing, glanced at him with its emerald-like vertical pupils, and then fell to the ground.

"What about the porcelain?"

Xue Jing laughed.

However, the cat looked rather pitiful, and it was fate that brought them together. He squatted down and prepared to take out some sausages to feed it.

Just then, the cat, still half-asleep, opened its mouth and uttered a human-like utterance, muttering, "I never imagined... the world of stray cats... could be so cruel, gurgle."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and fainted.

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Chapter 4 Divine Skills

"Ok?"

Xue Jing was completely bewildered. At first, he suspected that he was hallucinating. Then he looked around and found that no one was around. It seemed that no one was playing a prank on him by pretending to be a cat talking. He checked the cat's body again but did not find any device that could make sounds.

Xue Jing pondered for a while, calmed down, and suppressed his leaping curiosity.

The idea that cats can talk is a common concept in fantasy works, but encountering one in real life carries a slightly eerie connotation, so it's best to avoid contact.

He quickly pulled out a few sausages from the supermarket bag, tore off all the outer skins, put them on the ground, and then immediately got up to leave.

Just as he got up, the cat's tail, which was still unconscious, twitched unconsciously, causing the platinum tail ring to brush against his finger.

[Divine matter detected; absorbing divinity...]

[Contact Separation, Failure to Absorb Divinity]

A semi-transparent skill panel suddenly popped up automatically, displaying two lines of text that had never appeared before.

Xue Jing was taken aback and stopped in his tracks, which he had originally intended to walk away from.

"There's no other way... This panel is my livelihood. In order to investigate the anomaly of the panel, I have no choice but to take it back."

He sighed, and for some reason, felt a strange excitement in his heart.

Xue Jing bent down, not minding the dirt, and hugged the black cat with four white gloves in his arms, the platinum tail ring touching his body.

[Divine matter detected; absorbing divinity...]

On the panel, the originally light blue and transparent interface now has wisps of golden light emerging, constantly gathering towards the bottom of the panel. It seems that a new skill is gradually appearing.

"Divinity...that sounds really high-class."

Xue Jing was somewhat expectant. He was holding the cat and was about to go home when he remembered something and turned back to walk towards the supermarket.

I went into the supermarket, bought a bag of cat food in the pet section, asked the cashier for a large bag, put the other things I bought into it along with the cat food, then carried the cat in one hand and the large bag in the other, left the supermarket, and walked back home.

Upon entering, he first placed the plastic bag containing ingredients and cat food on the table, then sat down on the sofa in the living room with his cat in his arms.

Because of the previous prompt on the panel, he cannot disconnect from the cat's tail ring for the time being, lest the divine absorption fail.

Although he didn't know what would happen after successfully absorbing this so-called 'divinity', according to the usual pattern, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

The golden dots on the screen were still gathering. Xue Jing held the cat in one hand and gently stroked it with the other.

Its fur is dirty and messy, and there are patches missing, but upon closer inspection, you'll find that this cat is of very good quality.

Its fur is not messy, its four white paws are clearly defined from its body, its whiskers are neat, and there are white hairs like eyeliner on both sides of its eyes. It is the kind of beautiful cat that makes people feel that it has delicate features.

"It's a small, unique piece of furniture, and it's quite something."

Xue Jing gently stroked the cat, feeling a sense of anticipation.

He didn't know what he was expecting. Was it the change in his interface after absorbing divinity, or the excitement and change that this talking cat would bring to his life?

"..."

Xue Jing suddenly laughed.

"I am still 'Xue Jing' after all..."

I brought home a talking cat, and instead of feeling uneasy about the unknown risks, I felt excited about the changes that would take place in my life.

This is the mindset of a youth, not the mindset of a middle-aged person who desires stability.