As spiritual energy revived, I, having acquired certain attributes, gradually ascended to immortalit

The entrance of a hotel in Binhai City.

"Wait, couldn't you at least tell me before you braked? I paid for it!"

Shen Qing's electric scooter braked suddenly, bracing itself on one leg.

Ignoring the young man's complaints behind him, he focused his gaze on the huge hotel sign in front of him and dialed a number.

"Hello. This is a delivery driver from Ele.me. Here is your order. I've delivered it to apartment 201 in Mingdu Residential Complex, but no one is home..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a hurried female voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Mingdu Residential Complex, Room 201? Isn't that a hotel?!"

Shen Qing didn't even glance at the order before replying, "Sir, the address you left is the residential area."

Oh, by the way, I have another takeout order here for you; it's a late-night snack your boyfriend ordered for you.

The woman paused for two seconds before continuing, "Then I probably gave you the wrong address. Just bring it over while you're at it, and I'll give you a tip."

"Okay, could you please tell me the hotel address..."

Before Shen Qing could finish speaking, the other end of the phone hung up.

He glanced at the hotel address and room number sent to his phone, casually tore off a note on a form, and turned to the young man behind him, saying:

"This is it, get off here."

"Once we get close to the room, hide well while I check the situation. Remember the thousand yuan you mentioned?"

The young man jumped out of the car, nodded with a gloomy face, "Don't worry, I'll definitely give it to you... Damn it, five days, finally I've been exposed."

The two entered the hotel lobby and headed straight upstairs.

When you arrive at a budget hotel lobby, don't ask any questions. Just walk in and few people will bother you. However, it's best not to wear a delivery uniform.

Sure enough, the receptionist at the counter only glanced at them, assuming they were customers picking up takeout, and then paid them no further attention.

After all, there are no food delivery robots here.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, Shen Qing double-checked the room number before pressing the doorbell. "Hello, takeout."

After a few seconds of silence, just as he was about to ring the bell again, the door finally opened, and a perfume-like scent, similar to herbs and trees, wafted out.

Standing at the door was a woman wearing a red spaghetti strap nightgown with a very low neckline.

She leaned against the doorframe, looked Shen Qing up and down, a sudden look of surprise flashing in her eyes, and said in a flippant tone:

"Wow, he's quite the handsome young man!"

Shen Qing lowered her head subconsciously, seemingly shy, just like a college student who had just entered society and whose eyes still showed a clear naivety.

"Here is your takeout."

He quickly handed over the takeout, his gaze seemingly glancing casually into the room.

The room was a standard double room with a TV on the wall playing a TV series. There were two wine glasses and an opened bottle of red wine on the bedside table.

A man's shirt was casually draped over a chair by the window, and a pair of men's leather shoes lay askew beneath it.

Although the specific situation on the bed cannot be seen, it is already quite obvious.

"Hey handsome, what are you looking at?"

Perhaps because her movements were too clumsy, or perhaps because she had no intention of hiding anything, the woman immediately sensed something was wrong. "You're violating a customer's privacy. Be careful, or I'll complain about you."

She took a step forward, the strap of her sundress slipped down, revealing her rounded shoulders, and noticed the takeout order in Shen Qing's hand with the label torn off.

"What's going on with this order?"

She said with interest, "Tell me, why did you tear off the nickname? You probably didn't want to get reported, right?"

Seeing Shen Qing's naive and arrogant demeanor, the woman licked her lips and breathed into his ear with undisguised intent.

"My boyfriend is suspicious, right? Well, handsome young man, would you like to come in and take a closer look?"

As she spoke, she reached for Shen Qing's hand, but he abruptly pulled away.

Shen Qing lowered her head and said, "Um, cash on delivery. I have other orders, so please hurry."

The woman was stunned.

"So clueless about romance..."

She muttered to herself that someone had actually avoided her charms twice out of shyness, and then couldn't help but curse:

"That useless guy, he even offered cash on delivery. I'm going to get my phone."

She turned around, but didn't notice that Shen Qing's face, now raised, no longer showed any shyness.

He suddenly raised his right foot and kicked out.

boom!

A loud explosion rang out in the corridor, and the young man who had been hiding around the corner jumped out instantly. "Wait, why did you just attack?"

Shen Qing cracked her knuckles and said without turning her head, "Nonsense, she's about to attack me. That thousand you gave me was just bait; I never said I'd throw myself into it."

With that, he dashed into the room.

"Damn it, wait for me!"

The young man quickly ran over, looked around the doorway to make sure no one was in the hallway, then slammed the door shut and locked it.

Suddenly, the room erupted in a cacophony of crashes and bangs—furniture overturned, glass shattered, and all sorts of noises filled the air, creating quite a scene.

At this moment, the woman who had been kicked against the wall by Shen Qing was completely unharmed.

She slowly stood up, her face contorted in a grotesque grimace, her skin turning from fair to grayish-brown, covered with deep cracks, resembling a withered tree.

There was a middle-aged man lying on the bed, his condition unknown.

"Are you those damned supernatural beings?!"

The woman's voice was hoarse, and several vines as thick as a baby's forearm lashed out at Shen Qing, smashing the surrounding furniture to pieces, with wood chips and sponges flying everywhere.

Just as Shen Qing dodged an attack, the vine grazed his ear and embedded itself in the wall behind him.

He frowned and shouted to the young man behind him, "This is a demon close to Rank E, aren't you going to help?"

Hmm, this isn't the vengeful target of the demon in front of us.

"Don't worry!" The young man nodded, squatted down, and slammed his hands on the ground. "From fossils to soldiers!"

The marble floor instantly transformed into several stone chains, binding the woman. She roared incessantly, and the vines lashed against the chains.

Although cracks appeared the next moment, it was enough for Shen Qing.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he pounced.

Suddenly, the woman stopped the vines' attack, looked up sharply, and her eyes flashed with emerald green light as she activated her charm.

Shen Qing had no way to avoid it, but the next moment, his huge fist still landed on the woman's face, despite her bewildered expression.

"How could this be?!"

She crashed heavily to the ground, looking completely bewildered. Clearly, those with supernatural powers of the same or even higher level had been affected by her to some extent before.

"Unrepentant to the end!"

Shen Qing snorted coldly, stretched out his right hand, grabbed the man's neck, and slammed him hard into the ground again. "Bang!" The floor cracked instantly, and marble fragments flew everywhere.

The woman screamed in pain as the bark on her body cracked open, oozing red blood.

Shen Qing completely ignored him, punching again and again. With each dull thud, red blood splattered everywhere—on the walls and on his own face.

Until the demon before them completely fell silent, the red liquid began to spread along the cracks in the ground.

[Slaying demons, an ancient tree came to life, obtaining the entry, absorbing its spiritual root (Green - Strange Tale).]

[Absorbing Spiritual Roots: The spiritual root is newly formed, absorbing and utilizing it. Spiritual energy absorption speed +50%. Contact with the earth allows passive absorption of spiritual energy, at 30% of the normal cultivation speed.]