Unsuppressable Abnormal Ovum!

In a world where Malevolent Spirits roamed freely and Demonic Evils were everywhere, any safe place was worth its weight in gold.

Forty years ago, the Lin family ancestors came to Gao Liu City and settled in the outer three districts.

Inside the alleys, a single small room housed three generations.

In the twelfth district of the outer city's southern area, Lin Jiang Ward alone had nearly nine thousand residents.

And that was just the permanent residents, not counting the visiting merchants.

"This city is far more densely populated than I anticipated."

In this bizarre world, with danger lurking outside the city walls, it was only natural for the city to be crowded.

Moreover, Gao Liu City was also more expansive than he had imagined.

He had lived his entire life in Gao Liu City since childhood, knowing it was vast but without a concrete understanding of its scale.

At least, before he awakened his past life memories, he had lived in Lin Jiang Ward and only occasionally ventured out within the outer three districts.

He hadn't even explored the entire southern area of the outer city.

Now, Lin Yan held in his hand a map of the southern region he had just retrieved from the Southern Division of the Outer Administration.

The southern region consisted of twelve districts, often separated by distances, with mountains and rivers, fertile fields and melon patches, or medicinal herbs and tea trees in between.

Legend had it that when Gao Liu City was first built, the focus was solely on survival, leading to overly dense housing and many drawbacks.

Later, when they expanded the outer city, they made changes in all aspects.

For instance, the young masters and ladies of the inner city could tour mountains and rivers or go fishing and hunting without the risk of leaving the city, as long as they stayed within the "outer city areas."

Of course, this had little to do with the common folk.

The Lin family had strived for three generations, and until three years ago, they were still crammed into that small room in the alley.

Only after his second brother got married, with financial assistance from his wife's family, did they manage to build a house on the very edge of Lin Jiang Ward.

Though it was only a three-room tiled house, it had already made the neighbors in the alley green with envy.

And after today, Lin Yan would also move out of the old house in the alley.

The Heavenly Supervision Department had an office in Lin Jiang Ward, along with assigned accommodation.

He intended to return and pack his things, but upon opening the door, he found a bundle of lotus leaves on the stove.

"..."

Lin Yan couldn't help but chuckle and said softly, "This half roasted chicken, it's come back to me again."

In this era, even within the city, roasted chicken was quite expensive for ordinary people.

So, when fleeing for his life last night, his second brother hadn't forgotten to retrieve this half roasted chicken, showing how much it meant to him.

But after encountering "Chen Yuan Nü" in the alley yesterday, he likely thought it would be impolite to visit his third brother's future father-in-law empty-handed and had reluctantly brought the chicken along.

Etiquette and customs, the nascent forms of civilization, were gradually being established in this chaotic era... or rather, they were slowly being restored.

With this thought, he lifted the lotus leaves and tore into the chicken with large bites.

It tasted a bit worse after being left overnight, but he still ate it all.

He then went inside and tidied up thoroughly.

He boiled a pot of water and took a hot bath.

It was noon, and the water was rather hot, almost scalding.

"My arm, though it's been reconnected, is only superficially healed."

Lin Yan slowly raised his hand in the bathtub, thinking, "The skin and flesh have rejoined, but the tendons and bones will take time. It will be at least another half a month before the marrow and blood circulation fully recover."

He then closed his eyes slightly, sensing his current cultivation.

Name: Lin Yan.

Cultivation Method: Five Elements Inner Breath Art.

Cultivation Realm: Essence Refining Realm (1/3650) +.

Divine Ability 1: Devour Fiend Qi!

Divine Ability 2: Demon Suppressing!

Techniques:

Lightning Blade First Level (100/100) +.

Paper Cut into Horse (30/100) +.

Disguise Technique (67/100) +.

Breath Concealment Technique (31/100) +.

Malevolent Energy: 31 wisps.

Since breaking through to the Essence Refining Realm, the introductory level of the Breath Concealment Technique was no longer sufficient to completely mask his aura.

Therefore, he had spent ten wisps of Malevolent Energy to elevate the Breath Concealment Technique to the "Proficient" level.

This was also the reason Commander Han couldn't see through his true cultivation.

"Currently, without a cultivation technique, I can only rely on malevolent energy to improve my cultivation."

Lin Yan thought to himself, "I need to find a cultivation technique for the Essence Refining Realm as soon as possible!"

Within the Heavenly Supervision Department, there were cultivation techniques for the Essence Refining Realm, but obtaining one presented two troublesome problems for him.

First, he needed to exhibit a cultivation base of at least the peak of Inner Strength.

Second, he needed to accumulate at least three thousand merit points.

Keep in mind, in over a year of assisting Night Patrol Envoys with cases, he had only managed to accumulate just over nine hundred merit points.

Moreover, in just two years, he had broken through three stages from being a mere martial artist in the first stage to advancing to the Essence Refining Realm, which was simply astonishing.

And in Gao Liu City, there was more than one cultivator in the Essence Refining Realm!

Lin Yan harbored great vigilance towards them.

To be precise, he was filled with vigilance towards this entire world.

This world had experienced a long period of darkness, and human morality, etiquette, and rules had only just been rebuilt from the shattered ruins.

Perhaps there would be people like Commander Han who would focus on cultivating him.

But more factions might consider nipping this peerless prodigy in the bud to avoid shaking their own positions!

They might even dissect him piece by piece to investigate why his cultivation was so astonishing!

"Steady in all things, do not expose myself."

Lin Yan thought this, then let out a breath, "Regarding cultivation techniques, I still have to rely on myself to obtain them."

After finishing his bath, his body felt quite warm, his skin flushed red from the heat.

He put on his clothes and walked out of the house.

The scorching sun at noon was quite blinding.

He squinted slightly and raised his palm, shielding his forehead.

But at this very moment, his entire body stiffened as if struck by lightning.

Under the sunlight, a faint oval-shaped mark appeared on his warm palm.

And on this mark, there were eighteen imprints, nine deep and nine shallow.

The dark ones were like ink, the shallow ones were reddish.

"..."

At this moment, the sky was filled with the blazing sun.

It was noon, and the yang energy was at its peak.

Instantly, Lin Yan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, a chill spreading from his spine to his head and throughout his entire body.

The previous moment, he had just finished a hot bath and felt warmth all over, his skin flushed red... This moment, he only felt the chill overwhelming the heat of the sun.

"Divine Ability! Demon Quelling!"

Lin Yan's eyes suddenly turned cold.

His Demon Quelling Divine Ability was enough to make malevolent energy manifest with a thousandfold intensity!

But the "Abnormal Ovum Pattern" in his palm remained unchanged.

His heart sank slightly, and he slowly lowered his hand, bringing it before his eyes to examine it closely.

However, once his palm moved out of the direct sunlight, he saw the Abnormal Ovum Pattern slowly fade away.

Looking at his palm, which had now returned to normal, the sense of unease in Lin Yan's heart lingered.

"What on earth is this thing?"

"It was clearly destroyed by my blade, yet it's still imprinted on my palm?"

"Under the noon sun, not only did it not hide, but it actually revealed itself?"

"Under the Demon Quelling Divine Ability, the malevolent energy's might surged, and demonic evils were repelled, yet it was useless against this?"