Today's test was another major failure.

Regarding the topic of maternal love and filial piety... You Yonghuai was initially surprised by Si Xuanyin's words, but then he wholeheartedly agreed.

He would never be interested in his friend's mother, much less accept that his friend's mother would be interested in him.

Now that Si Xuanyin has proposed this plan that will kill her mother, You Yonghuai will naturally lend her a hand.

The two hit it off immediately.

As for Aunt Huang's own thoughts?

I don't care.

Let her eat a large portion while she's still having these abnormal thoughts.

Just then, Ling Xiuqi, who had returned to the police station, suddenly sent a photo.

The background appears to be a prison cell, while the main subject is a doll.

Then, Ling Xiuqi called, and You Yonghuai asked in confusion, "Why did you lock this doll up in jail? And why did you take a picture of it and send it to me?"

"This isn't the one we encountered today," Ling Xiuqi paused, then said, "This is the deliveryman from a couple of days ago."

"Although he uses the same face and can even transform, I now suspect that his inner self may not always be the same soul."

"This explains why the deliveryman was acting so strangely—the lab and the Invisible School have different roles for you, which is why they act differently."

"There's one more thing... You need to be careful they don't target you again."

"Isn't that obvious?" You Yonghuai chuckled, half-mockingly. "I'm very protective of my life."

Ling Xiuqi seemed about to say something more, but a knock came from outside You Yonghuai's door, followed by a somewhat muffled voice: "The package has arrived."

Si Xuanyin then floated out, poked her head out of the door, and gave a safe hand signal.

After hanging up the phone, You Yonghuai opened the door and saw a fat man standing outside, holding a cardboard box. He said, "Here you go, brother, the basic set and medicine you requested."

The alchemy set that Si Xuanyin asked him to buy a couple of days ago has arrived.

After taking the cardboard box and paying the balance, You Yonghuai was about to close the door when the fat deliveryman pressed down on the door and said anxiously, "Brother, don't rush to close the door. I have something to ask you."

That fat man was quite strong; if it were before, You Yonghuai definitely wouldn't have been able to handle him.

But after acquiring the Fang Ring, You Yonghuai, whose strength had increased, discovered that he could ignore the fat man and simply close the door.

You Yonghuai, who had recently been encountering problems at various doorways, didn't quite believe the fat man, so he suddenly slammed the door shut.

The fat man meant no harm and never expected You Yonghuai to close the door so abruptly.

"Hey bro, don't close the door!" the fat man knocked anxiously on the door.

"It's okay, we can talk through the door." Only after the door was in between did You Yonghuai feel a little safer.

"Okay then..." The fat man scratched his head and asked, "Brother, who recommended you buy things from me?"

You Yonghuai looked at Si Xuanyin and asked if she should tell the truth. The latter shook her head and said, "Let him guess for himself."

"What, you get a kickback for bringing in customers?" You Yonghuai asked the fat man.

"No way, this is at cost price, I don't have any money for rebates... Wait, I'm getting off-topic, bro, couldn't you at least say something? We're all acquaintances, aren't we?"

"An acquaintance...?" You Yonghuai glanced at Si Xuanyin again.

Si Xuanyin shook her head again.

She's only bought things a few times, there's no reason why she should be considered familiar with the shop owner, right?

"We don't think you're someone we know." You Yonghuai looked through the peephole and saw the fat man's anxious expression. "What do you want? If you have something to say, say it. If not, leave, or I'll call the police."

"Hey brother, I had an alchemist as one of my previous clients, but she's recently gone missing," the fat man said, rubbing his hands together. "I'd like to ask her for a favor, to concoct a potion for me."

Judging from the things You Yonghuai bought, the fat man thought that the other party should know a little about alchemy, which is why he thought of asking him for information about Si Xuanyin.

If all else fails, we can settle for second best and ask You Yonghuai for help.

"The alchemist you mentioned, is her name Si Xuanyin?"

"?" Si Xuanyin's eyes widened, and she raised her foot to frantically rub You Yonghuai's face.

No, you just opened the box looking so fresh and clean?

"Brother, we're in the online shopping business, how are we supposed to know our customers' real names?"

"That chat name is... let me look for it," You Yonghuai took out his phone and scrolled through it, "the one called Hitler's Night Raid on Churchill."

Si Xuanyin was even more vulnerable.

She doesn't want to hear her online name in real life!

"Yes, yes, that's it! Bro, can you help me get in touch with them?"

"She's busy."

"Well...brother, can you help me with this?" The fat man didn't press the issue, instead asking You Yonghuai behind the door, "I'll pay you!"

As he spoke, he returned the money for the alchemical suit to You Yonghuai.

"This is just a small token of my appreciation, please accept it."

"Are you sure you want to talk to me?" You Yonghuai chuckled and asked, "What kind of medicine do you want to make? Do you have the recipe?"

Once you get the recipe, you hand it over to them; you make money twice from one thing.

As for whether he could actually refine it, he wasn't too afraid.

Si Xuanyin can refine it, but he can't?

I personally taught him, word by word.

"I've sent you the formula for the exorcism potion," the fat man said hastily, seeing that You Yonghuai had finally relented.

"It's a very common potion, but it's quite difficult to make... Who in his family has been affected by some kind of being?" Si Xuanyin glanced at the formula and asked You Yonghuai to ask.

"Yes, my father has been affected by a mysterious entity and is in a coma. He only has six months to live at most!"

"Alright, I'll take it." You Yonghuai and Si Xuanyin exchanged a glance, then he said, "Bring two sets of medicinal herbs, and I'll get them ready for you as soon as possible."

"Thank you so much, brother!" Upon hearing this, the fat man was overjoyed. He bowed to the door repeatedly before moving his slightly chubby body away.

After the fat man left, You Yonghuai carried the cardboard box into the guest room. Under Si Xuanyin's instructions, he arranged the basic alchemy set and began his first attempt at alchemy.

Si Xuanyin prepared several potion recipes for You Yonghuai, all of which could directly enhance You Yonghuai's stats. Although the effects were not strong, they were easy to make.

You Yonghuai performed the refining twice to test what would happen to his check result after one of the Doom Nodes was destroyed.

[Alchemy Testing: A value greater than 70 indicates a successful test]

Test result: 66

[Test failed!]

As expected, the outcome made You Yonghuai realize that three-quarters of the misfortune was still misfortune.

Perhaps there are occasional opportunities to succeed in the test now, but bad luck still prevails, so it's impossible to encounter it casually.

However, during his second attempt at alchemy, the "accumulated knowledge and skills" trait gave him a pleasant surprise—