The old neighbor chatting in the tea restaurant told Qin Xiao that the small building used to belong to a United Kingdom baron named Ikaris.
Before Hong Kong, their family ran a trading business here, and the building in the photo used to belong to them.
The neighbors' parents used to work for Baron Ikaris.
This photo was taken by his parents.
After Hong Kong, the Ikaris returned to the United Kingdom, and the building has remained vacant ever since.
Until a few years ago, a huge typhoon hit and ripped off the roof of the top floor of the building.
The Ikaris family also contacted their father, who was still alive and a long-time neighbor.
I transferred some money to them and commissioned them to renovate the building.
This is why the round glass window above is missing.
Qin Xiao said he particularly liked the windows, and then casually asked about the location of the building.
After listening to the old man recount a long series of stories from the past, I finally went outside to take a look at the building.
Although it's pretty much confirmed that the Ancient One's prediction was correct, well, we're already here, aren't we?
This is a building located at a Y-shaped intersection.
A standard, wide-triangular detached house, narrow at the front and wide at the back.
As you can see, the window layout and the entire exterior of the building are completely different from those in the photos.
The wooden double doors had an iron gate on the outside, with several thick iron chains hanging haphazardly around them, each with a padlock the size of a palm.
Adhering to the principle of checking if there was anything to discover, Qin Xiao reached out and gently twisted the lock, directly removing it from the chain.
Pushing open the wooden door and stepping inside, there wasn't the musty smell I'd expected from someone who hadn't lived there for a long time.
The floor was spotless, and when I touched the wall, it was clean and dust-free.
This is clearly different from what the old neighbor said.
According to him, the Ikaris family is not short of money at all, and the building has been vacant with no intention of selling or renting it out.
So why does this place look so clean?
Thinking about it yielded no answer, so Qin Xiao lifted his leg and stepped onto the stairs leading to the second floor.
The staircase is the old-fashioned kind, a long staircase leading up to the top, turning into two staircases at the corners.
Qin Xiao had just reached the corner and hadn't had time to turn yet.
The wooden handrail in his hand undulated like waves, and then Qin Xiao saw it transform into a huge metal longsword right before his eyes.
With a whooshing sound, it swept horizontally towards Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao instinctively ducked to dodge the sweeping sword, then leaped lightly behind him, descending five or six steps.
He managed to block the sword's attack by using the corner of the wall.
What the hell is this?!
The moment this thought flashed through Qin Xiao's mind, the connection between the steps and the wall began to undulate like waves.
The steps and wall separated, and the wooden steps transformed back into a giant iron hammer, smashing directly towards Qin Xiao.
This time there was no way to avoid it. Qin Xiao crossed his arms in front of his head and took the blow head-on.
"Bang!"
With the force of the violent collision, Qin Xiao also used the momentum to jump directly out of the steps.
"Playing tricks!"
Qin Xiao watched from two or three meters away as the staircase slowly returned to normal.
"Since there are people here, come out and let's talk, otherwise I'll tear down your entire building!"
Qin Xiao looked at the corner of the stairs and said.
Having transmigrated into the Marvel, Qin Xiao wouldn't be scared away by these two moves.
However, altering matter is indeed a very powerful ability.
For a moment, Qin Xiao even wondered if the X-Men existed in his own timeline.
So-called superhumans.
However, Qin Xiao quickly abandoned this idea, because as soon as he finished speaking...
A figure slowly appeared around the corner.
A woman with black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin looked no different from a normal China person.
However, her hands were adorned with geometric patterns formed by a faint golden light.
It's a circle with several curved lines inside.
Qin Xiao's first thought was of the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj.
However, he immediately rejected the idea, because the magical energy of Kamar-Taj was more orange-red and looked more violent.
The energy in the woman's hand was more like an extremely pure golden color, and it looked very calm. It was difficult to discover that it was some kind of energy unless you looked closely.
Qin Xiao found the energy and patterns very familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before.
Suddenly, Qin Xiao remembered, and three words popped into his mind: the Eternals!
Compared to Qin Xiao's surprise, the woman didn't say a word and simply waved her hand.
The golden energy in his hand wrapped around the two chairs next to him, and with a wave of his Qin Xiao, the two chairs transformed into two hammers the size of watermelons.
Driven by golden energy, they hurtled towards Qin Xiao like two meteor hammers.
Qin Xiao dodged the two hammer attacks with a quick movement.
He had just taken a step forward when at least five or six longswords of various shapes came slashing at him.
Five or six longswords covered almost the entire area around Qin Xiao's body.
Qin Xiao drew his Tang sword almost instantly.
With his Intermediate Weapon Mastery, Qin Xiao wielded his sword with a single hand, creating a series of dazzling flourishes.
Amidst the continuous clanging of metal.
The Tang sword accurately deflected the longswords being manipulated by the woman.
Five or six longswords were drawn, and Qin Xiao couldn't stop them for even a second.
Just as Qin Xiao knocked the longswords away, he took a step forward.
This time, more than ten longswords surrounded Qin Xiao from all sides.
It was unrealistic to rely entirely on the Tang sword to block it, so Qin Xiao simply swept the sword horizontally.
He knocked away the several obstructive longswords in his way.
Completely ignoring the longswords flying from other directions.
He charged straight towards the woman.
Simply taking a beating is definitely not Qin Xiao's style.
As soon as he took a step, Qin Xiao opened his mouth wide and spat out a scorching pillar of fire directly at the woman.
This ability finally caused a hint of surprise to appear in the eyes of the woman who had maintained a calm expression.