Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

Wisps of steam were still rising from the deep pit that Chen Beixuan had stepped into.

His blue robe fluttered in the night wind, and a visible pale blue aura surrounded him, like a sacred and inviolable shield. His indifferent eyes were fixed on Lu Jingyan, as if he were looking at a dead man.

"You want me to explain?"

Chen Beixuan laughed in extreme anger, his laughter mixed with chilling spiritual energy vibrations that caused the windows of the surrounding police cars to creak under the strain.

"Just because you're a mere mortal, wearing the skin of an official, you really think you can command the heavens and earth?" He slowly raised his right hand, palm facing upward, and a terrifying pressure instantly erupted from his body, like a solid mountain, crashing down on the surroundings.

This is the ultimate pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator at the Great Perfection stage!

In the cultivation world, even a fraction of this pressure would cause low-level cultivators within a hundred miles to prostrate themselves in fear. How much more so for these mortals who don't even understand how to cultivate internal energy?

A sudden gust of wind arose, sending sand and stones flying.

Zhao Tiezhu, hiding behind the police car, was the first to be hit, feeling as if a sledgehammer had struck his chest. He groaned, his legs trembling uncontrollably, even the hand holding the gun shook violently. It was a desperate fear stemming from animal instinct, the fear of facing a apex predator.

"Captain Lu... this person... this person's aura is too eerie!" Zhao Tiezhu gritted his teeth, desperately resisting the urge to kneel down, and squeezed out a few words through his teeth.

Chen Beixuan looked at the special police officers who were struggling to hold on, and his contempt deepened.

He concentrated most of his oppressive aura on the seemingly frail young police officer wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He wanted to see this ant, who dared to defy the majesty of a celestial being, buckle at his knees, and kneel heavily at his feet, begging for mercy!

A second passed.

Three seconds passed.

Ten seconds passed.

The imagined scene of Lu Jingyan kneeling and begging for mercy did not occur.

[Ding! High-dimensional mental pressure detected!]

[Target Intent: Psychological destruction and physical coercion into kneeling.]

[Passive skill "Absolute Rationality" triggered! Immune to all mental, aura, and pressure-based attacks! Your knees are now harder than titanium!]

Lu Jingyan not only did not kneel, but his breathing remained perfectly steady.

He stood at the center of that oppressive storm that would terrify any ordinary person, yet he showed no discomfort whatsoever. Instead, he leisurely raised his hand and tucked a stray lock of hair that had been ruffled by the wind behind his ear.

"Your hair dryer has a strong airflow, is it an energy-saving model?"

Lu Jingyan pushed up his glasses and commented casually, as if discussing the performance of a small appliance.

"impossible!"

Chen Beixuan's previously arrogant expression finally cracked. He stared at Lu Jingyan in disbelief, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets. "How could a mortal like you withstand the pressure of my Nascent Soul? What kind of protective magic treasure are you hiding?!"

This completely overturned his five hundred years of common sense about cultivating immortality! How could a mortal without even a spiritual root stand upright under his pressure and even have the leisure to fix his hair?

"What protective magic weapon? It's the materialistic brilliance that nine years of compulsory education instilled in me."

Lu Jingyan scoffed, completely losing interest in discussing cultivation theories with this "old relic." He flipped his wrist, and the silver bracelet, gleaming with a cold metallic light, reappeared in his palm.

"Click".

He gently fiddled with the handcuffs' buckles, producing a crisp metallic clanging sound.

"Mr. Chen, I would like to reiterate my demands one last time."

Lu Jingyan strode forward, facing the raging true energy, walking step by step towards Chen Beixuan. His steps were steady and powerful, each step seeming to tread on Chen Beixuan's proud Dao heart.

"When you're flying in the sky, you feel like a god, and you don't need to explain your actions to anyone. I can understand that; after all, it's lonely at the top, and your brain is prone to oxygen deprivation."

He walked to the edge of the pit, looking down at Chen Beixuan at the bottom with a cold and piercing gaze.

"But now that you've landed and your feet are on the asphalt roads of Jinghai City, you have to abide by the rules here."

Lu Jingyan handed the handcuffs forward, and the silver metal rings gleamed with an inviolable light of the rule of law under the spotlight.

"Once you're in our interrogation room, sit in that iron chair. You have plenty of time to slowly and clearly explain, word by word, how you've evaded taxes, illegally raised funds, and damaged public facilities over the past five hundred years, while looking at our records."

This sarcastic remark, laced with modern administrative jargon, was like a resounding slap across Chen Beixuan's face.

Tax evasion? Illegal fundraising?

He, a dignified immortal, regards money as dirt, yet he has been accused of such a crime by a commoner!

This is an insult! It's a humiliation that's even more unbearable than death for him!

"How dare you, you ants!"

Chen Beixuan completely broke down. His eyes were bloodshot, and his original dignified and otherworldly demeanor vanished. He looked like a ferocious beast that had gone mad.

"I originally intended to leave you with a complete corpse, but since you are so reckless, then I will show you what true immortal techniques are! Prepare to die!"

He suddenly raised his right hand, his five fingers forming a claw, and a bright blue light shone from his palm. A destructive force instantly condensed and slammed down on Lu Jingyan's crown with overwhelming force!

If this palm strike lands solidly, not only would a flesh-and-blood body be crushed, but even an armored vehicle would be turned into a pancake.

"Captain Lu, watch out!" Zhao Tiezhu roared, his eyes bloodshot, as he tried to rush to the rescue, but it was too late.

However, Lu Jingyan stood still, without even blinking.

Just as the palm containing terrifying true energy was less than ten centimeters away from Lu Jingyan's head.

[WARNING! Lethal physical attack detected!]

【The "Light of Righteousness" Absolute Defense System is activated!】

"Buzz—!"

A blinding golden light burst forth from Lu Jingyan's body without warning, instantly forming a semi-circular golden energy shield that completely protected him.

"Bang!"

Chen Beixuan's earth-shattering palm strike slammed heavily onto the golden shield.

There was no flying blood and flesh, nor shattered bones.

A deafening, muffled thud resounded, and Chen Beixuan felt as if he had slapped an unshakeable, ancient divine mountain with all his might. An incredibly terrifying recoil force surged back from his arm!

"Ugh—!"

Chen Beixuan screamed as he was thrown back by the recoil, tracing a pathetic arc in mid-air like a kite with a broken string.

The terrifying aftershock of his palm strike grazed past Lu Jingyan's body and slammed into a six-story old residential building slated for demolition a few dozen meters behind Lu Jingyan.

"Boom—!!!"

The earth shook violently! Smoke and dust filled the sky!

The sturdy old brick-and-mortar building collapsed instantly upon contact with the palm strike, as if hit by a heavy bomb, turning into a pile of rubble.

Amidst the billowing dust, Lu Jingyan lightly brushed the grime off his shoulders, looked at Chen Beixuan lying covered in dust in the ruins, and shook his head.

"Mr. Chen, do you know what the current housing prices are in Jinghai City?"

"With this slap, you've practically touched the threshold of the death penalty."