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“Flap, flap, flap…”
A swallow flew down from a nearby rooftop and landed on a tree branch not far from the group.
“Why is there a bird here?”
“Looks like a swallow!”
“In the dead of winter? How could there be a swallow?”
“Could it be a demon?”
“This bird has been following us since daylight, from Changjing all the way here,” Muyunzi remarked, pausing as he turned to the little girl. “Do you know this swallow?”
“This is my swallow!” Lady Calico replied crisply.
“I am an Anqing swallow, not a demon. Do not be alarmed,” the swallow on the branch said.
Hearing the bird speak, and at such a late hour, the group was startled. Muyunzi, however, only hesitated briefly before asking, “Anqing swallow? Are you of the Swallow Clan under the Anqing Swallow Immortal?”
“Indeed,” the bird replied.
“So, a descendant of the Swallow Immortal…” Muyunzi murmured, his eyes widening.
The Salvation True Lord of Anqing was a newly consecrated deity, having only been officially canonized within the past couple of years. Elevated to divinity due to his immense merit, he was widely revered across the Daoist temples. Countless Daoists, upon receiving the news, had brought him up in conversation during their leisure time over tea and meals.
It is said that before becoming a deity, he already possessed a millennium of Daoist cultivation. As soon as...
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