I am becoming the ultimate demon.

Chapter 16 The storm has temporarily subsided, but undercurrents are brewing; Miss Liu, stay at my h

With Ji Lin's strong return, he resolved most of the issues, and Xiong'an County finally enjoyed a period of stability.

Several days have passed since the Kou Wencang incident and the attack on the eldest sister, but the cases have not yet been officially closed. Ji Chang'an and the county magistrate discussed the matter again.

"Lord Ji, I need to confirm something with you regarding your daughter's case." The county magistrate approached Ji Chang'an with the previous imperial document in hand.

"It's alright, we already agreed on this, so we'll just do as we say," Ji Chang'an said with a sigh.

According to the instructions from the imperial court, although many people already knew about the unusual resurgence, and some even experienced it firsthand, the court had not yet made a widespread announcement.

Therefore, the matter should be officially concluded as "mountain beasts causing chaos and the Taoist priest going mad from poisoning," which is basically consistent with their original plan. This matter was finally put to rest.

Therefore, the county magistrate had a closer relationship with the Ji family, and the Ji family gained more practical benefits, such as the right to resettle some displaced people and wasteland outside the city.

While Ji Lin outwardly resumed his life as a playboy, he secretly used his attribute panel to train a small amount every day, causing his attributes to slowly and naturally increase, demonstrating his diligence.

"Yun Cui, how do you think my military boxing routine is?" Ji Lin said while practicing.

Yun Cui sat to the side, giggling, "Hehehe, young master, where did you learn this kung fu? It's so ugly."

Because Ji Lin only learned the moves briefly during military training, he had forgotten many of them, and his movements looked rather awkward.

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He practiced all day and only gained 1 point of physical strength.

"Sigh, it's a bit slow, but I'll just have to make do with it. I'll have to add some strength training tomorrow."

When no unusual events occurred and he had some free time, he began to systematically study the bone flute.

It was discovered that its material was not bone, but an unknown substance as cold as jade.

Compared to its previous state, the second plum blossom blood pattern was repairing itself at an extremely slow pace.

"We don't know the origin of this bone flute yet, it actually comes with its own system, but we can be sure that it is very likely related to the Heavenly Demon inheritance, including the stone wall found in the ruins of the previous dynasty..." Ji Lin was very puzzled.

Although the Night Patrol is investigating unusual events every day, and several Awakened individuals have emerged from among them, the current number of unusual events is clearly insufficient. At this rate, it's unknown when one will become a Heavenly Demon.

Recently, many people have come to the Chi Mansion to provide information, but most of them are trivial matters, and there are very few truly unusual events.

After all, we are still in the early stages of the abnormal recovery, so it is normal for the number to be small. But we cannot sit idly by and wait for death. If we wait until a large-scale outbreak of abnormal events occurs before thinking about strengthening our strength, it will be too late.

So the only option is to take the initiative and dig into the past.

So Ji Lin secretly collected files on all the "strange and unusual events" and "missing persons cases" in the county in recent years through the Ji family's channels, trying to find out the abnormal patterns.

He lost his appetite and spent most of his time at home, except for occasionally dealing with unusual events. He practiced military boxing during the day and reviewed case files at night.

In the 298th year of the Great Qian Dynasty, a mist suddenly rose over the Huai River, within which a giant object moved, accompanied by strange noises. Villagers along the riverbank died of poisoning...

Suddenly, Ji Lin stumbled upon a file from two years ago. He pondered for a moment. Since it was a fog rather than a flood, the giant creature was probably not the catastrophic water mirage from before. Moreover, the fact that someone had mysteriously died from poisoning made it highly likely that something unusual was at play.

It seems that the unusual resurgence can be traced back to two years ago or even longer, when it did not attract people's attention and was therefore not considered in that direction, and was simply treated as a regular criminal case.

We haven't seen anything like this in recent years, so we can only continue to observe. We never expected that there would be something unusual in the Huai River, and there might be more than just this one.

"Table tennis!!"

Suddenly a commotion came from outside, and Ji Lin immediately went out to check.

"Young Master Ji! I've finally found you! Please save me!"

In the courtyard lay a woman in purple robes with several knife wounds on her body. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than the cunning Liu Qingmei.

"Miss Liu, how did you get so badly injured?" Ji Lin immediately helped her up.

He picked up that soft body, which faintly exuded a captivating fragrance.

Huang Yu and Tang Wu were standing on the roof, leading the night patrol guards to stop the three awakened ones.

"Who are you people, daring to trespass into the Ji residence!" Huang Yu shouted.

Ji Lin used his perception to examine the three people and found that they were all above the Grandmaster level.

This is troublesome. The Night Patrol is no match for them. If they fight, who knows how many people will be sacrificed.

"Big Beard, Little Black, come down here." He called out.

"Whoosh whoosh."

Following his instructions, the group immediately surrounded Ji Lin.

"This must be the famous Young Master Ji. I've heard so much about you. As long as you hand over that woman to me, we'll leave immediately," one of them said.

"Why should I hand it over to you? First, you broke into my house without cause, how do you plan to settle this? Second, this girl is my friend, and you injured her, how do you plan to settle this?" Ji Lin shouted angrily.

"Judging from your words, you not only don't want to hand over the people, but you also want our lives? You'd better think it over. Those small fry around you are no match for us. We don't want to be your enemy." The man's attitude was sincere.

"Brother, why waste words with them? Just go down and devour them all, and we'll make a fortune," someone nearby muttered.

"Okay, you go first."

The people around immediately fell silent.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate for a while, seemingly at an impasse, but in reality, Ji Lin already had a plan in mind.

He first gave Huang Yu and Tang Wu a look, then shouted, "Retreat!!"

The dozen or so people immediately took a few steps back, while the three people who heard this quickly chased after them.

"Don't even think about running!!" The three of them leaped down and gave chase.

Ji Lin immediately transformed into a demonic form and seized the opportunity to use the skill [Calamity - Water Illusion], letting out a scream and temporarily pulling the three of them into an illusion.

The three of them seemed drunk, swaying and unsteady on their feet.

Tang Wu immediately activated the skill [Demonic Appearance - Entanglement].

"Rustling sound".

A dozen thick black rods shot out, quickly trapping them completely.

Huang Yu also transformed into a demonic form and unleashed the [Demon Form - Vertical and Horizontal Slash].

"Bang bang bang!"

The giant sword struck the three men, breaking their joints and tearing their muscles, leaving them severely injured.

With their frequent actions over this period, the three became increasingly coordinated, quickly rendering the three awakened individuals unable to move.

Next came Ji Lin's [Demon Appearance - Shadow Strike] for the final kill.

【Ding! 】

[Successfully killed three anomalous individuals and obtained three anomalous substances.]

[Anomaly +6]

"You...you guys are actually this amazing?" Liu Qingmei was dumbfounded.

She could hardly believe her eyes when she saw that he had easily dealt with three Awakened Ones with strength above Grandmaster in just a few breaths.

"So, how about it? Want to join us?" Ji Lin said with a smile.

"I... I'll think about it..." A faint blush rose to Liu Qingmei's cheeks.

"Big Beard, you and Little Black have reached a bottleneck. You two should take this and absorb it first." Ji Lin then distributed the abnormal substance to the three of them.

One Liu Qingmei was used to treat knife wounds, while the other two were used to promote Huang Yu and Tang Wu to the rank of general.

"Miss Liu, please stay at my house tonight..."