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

"Whoosh!"

Just as Shen Qing was about to make a move, a whooshing sound suddenly came, and the living room window was smashed open with a "bang," shards of glass flying everywhere.

A dark figure rushed into the house.

It was a large bird with a wingspan of at least two meters, its wings were jet black, its belly was snow white, and its beak was stained with some dark red blood.

"Be careful!"

The girl turned around and instinctively tried to push Shen Qing away, but it seemed as if she was pushing a wall instead of a person, and it didn't budge.

Shen Qing stomped out with his right foot, clenched his right fist, and simultaneously exerted force from his waist and shoulders, delivering a powerful downward chop.

"Bang"

The fist slammed directly onto the head of the flying demon, and with a loud bang, the giant bird crashed heavily to the ground, cracking the ground in half.

Its body trembled a few more times before it became completely still.

[Slay the demon, the Swallow Demon, and obtain the entry, Swallow Soaring (Green - Strange Tale).]

[Swallow in Flight: Swallows fly, their wings fluttering. Gain a brief ability to glide with the wind, landing silently, and increasing agility and speed by 50%.]

"Are you a supernatural being?"

The girl instantly took a step back, raised the weapon in her hand, and tensed up.

Shen Qing finally had a chance to take a good look at the person in front of her.

Dressed in ancient coarse linen clothes with faded cuffs, cloth shoes, and leggings, he looked like he had stepped out of an ancient costume drama, and was holding a waist knife that was about 60 or 70 centimeters long.

cos?

Something doesn't seem right. The weapon in that hand is sharpened, and even has some nicks, clearly indicating it has been used.

They even know the term "supernatural being," so why are they in his house? And why are they stealing his steamed buns?

"Who are you?"

Although the girl was simply dressed, she had a heroic air about her and delicate features. It was just a pity that such a beautiful girl had become a thief.

"Where am I?"

The girl didn't answer; instead, she gripped her knife tighter and asked a question in return.

"My home is in Sunshine Community, Jiahe Road."

Shen Qing turned around and closed the refrigerator. A lot of the cold air had already escaped, which was a waste of money.

"Who are you?" the girl continued, her voice tense.

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

Shen Qing turned around and looked at the girl, momentarily bewildered.

They broke into his house, ate his steamed bun, and then showed up at his house asking who he was? Could this guy have just come out of a mental hospital?

He was certain that this had nothing to do with Wu Yuan.

"Shen Qingtang, a disciple of the Anding Escort Agency."

The girl remained silent for a moment, her gaze shifting back and forth between him and the dead Yan Yao on the ground.

Seemingly recognizing the gap in strength and Shen Qing's attitude, they relaxed their vigilance slightly.

"I don't know how I ended up here during a mission to escort goods."

"???"

Escort Agency?

Is she referring to a security company?

Shen Qing instinctively wanted to call the police station, but then she realized something was wrong. This girl knew about supernatural beings and seemed to have some martial arts skills as well.

This doesn't seem to be a matter for ordinary departments.

But if we're talking about special departments, isn't that his job?

"Why don't you put your weapon away first?"

Shen Qing looked at the gleaming knife in the girl's hand. Although it couldn't hurt him, no one would want to be pointed at with a knife.

"You can't beat me anyway, right?"

He added, trying to appear friendly, "Shen Qing, we share the same surname."

The girl didn't speak, hesitated for a moment, and finally sheathed the knife.

Just as Shen Qing was about to say something more, her cell phone suddenly rang in her pocket.

Not only was Shen Qing startled, but the girl was also terrified. With a clang, her waist knife was drawn again, and she resumed her previous posture of being ready to fight to the death.

"Hey, calm down, think about it, you can't beat me."

After gently comforting the girl, Shen Qing answered the phone, and Xie Chong's voice came from the other end.

"Hey, if you're calling at this hour, don't tell me it's another mission."

"What? The demons that Night Owl and his crew escaped?"

Shen Qing glanced at the Yan Yao on the ground. "It's been taken care of. It crashed into my house... If there's nothing else, we can talk about it tomorrow. I'm already asleep."

Shen Qing hung up the phone, noticing the girl's sudden increased wariness.

"..."

"Okay, let's continue."

Shen Qing scratched his head. "Binhai City, one of the major cities in the north, so you know it, right?"

Shen Qingtang shook her head.

"Huh? You don't know? You can't possibly be someone from ancient times dressed like that! Who's the emperor?"

Even if someone rarely goes out, surely they would know about the major cities in China?

Thinking about his second life, Shen Qing felt his hair stand on end, and an absurd thought arose in his mind—it didn't seem impossible for an ancient person to travel to the modern era.

She shook her head again, "I don't know, I only know about the sage."

"??"

Shen Qing was even more confused this time.

A sage? What sage? Confucius? Although this world has a similar history, there was no such title as Confucius back then, right?

Then he discovered that, apart from having a slight accent, the two of them could actually communicate.

Do you know Confucius from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods?

No, Shen Qing shook his head. How could people of that time know these things? Spring and Autumn Period must have been the name of this book back then.

Do you know what year it is now?

Shen Qingtang looked at him in confusion. The man's questions were getting stranger and stranger. She tentatively answered, "Dayong... the twenty-seventh year of Taiping."

"Forehead……"

No internet access is required.

Based on Shen Qing's limited historical knowledge, it seems that this dynasty never existed in the past.

"Ancient costume, knowledgeable about supernatural beings..."

Shen Qing rested her chin on her hand and paced back and forth in the room.

We are currently in the early stages of spiritual energy revival. Revival means that this situation should have occurred before, but there is no record of it in history.

"So, you really are from another time."

He guessed that the girl in front of him might be from an ancient dynasty where spiritual energy appeared but was not recorded.

The girl tilted her head, completely unable to understand what Shen Qing was saying.

"Gurgle"

Suddenly, a sound broke the silence, and Shen Qingtang's face turned red visibly as she gripped the hilt of her knife tightly.

Are you hungry?

Shen Qing seemed to know why she had picked the lock and stolen the steamed buns.

"Never mind, let's talk about the rest later. I'm actually a little hungry too."

Shen Qing took out her phone, opened the food delivery app, and was just about to place an order when she suddenly remembered there was someone else. "By the way, you're not allergic to any foods, right?"

Looking at the girl's bewildered expression, Shen Qing felt like he was crazy. What was he asking?

An ancient person from an unknown dynasty, what does he know about allergies?

However, while a modern person traveling to ancient times is a pathogen, how come an ancient person traveling to modern times seems to be completely unaffected?

"So, how long did you stay in my house? And why did you only try to break into my house?"

The girl's gaze wandered, and after hesitating for a while, she finally replied, "Only here are people living and have food."

Shen Qing: "..."

According to this logic, it wasn't just one family that broke into a house; it's just that this neighborhood is dilapidated and rarely inhabited.

If he weren't afraid, he would have been in jail long ago.

"Wait, you're the ghost that Grandpa Zhang was talking about?"