Today's test was another major failure.

After taking stomach medicine and waiting at home for a while, You Yonghuai put on his backpack and took a taxi to the police station.

Even taking into account the time wasted due to failed inspections, departing at this time will allow us to arrive around nine o'clock.

By then, Ling Xiuqi had almost had enough sleep.

Sure enough, when You Yonghuai arrived at the police station, a sleepy-eyed Ling Xiuqi was already sitting in a chair, greeting him: "Good morning, what did Director Dai give you?"

You Yonghuai first took the notebook wrapped in a plastic bag out of his schoolbag and placed it on the table. Then he took out a wooden box and said, "It's inside, but he himself doesn't know what it's for."

Ling Xiuqi leaned forward, opened the box, and carefully examined the lifeless tube for a while, but still couldn't come to a conclusion.

"Let Lao Ye take it in and ask that moral education director." Ling Xiuqi put the glass tube back in the box and was about to knock on the door when he saw Ye Qingchen carrying a bag, walking out of the interrogation room with a somewhat helpless expression.

"What's going on?" Ling Xiuqi rarely saw Ye Qingchen so helpless, and he couldn't help but worry, his drowsiness vanishing instantly.

"We can't get anything out of him." Ye Qingchen sighed and said, "His will isn't particularly strong; he's prone to a mental breakdown if you hit him too hard. But he's been subjected to some kind of magic, so he can't reveal any information."

After he finished speaking, he noticed You Yonghuai, who had just arrived. After glancing at the notebook on the table, he placed the bag on the table and said somewhat seriously, "The bag contains the unused flesh and blood of that guy inside. If you want to use flesh and blood magic, you can use these as materials. However, let me warn you first—"

"You can use flesh and blood magic as you please, but no matter the reason, you cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately... If I find out that you have harmed ordinary people, don't be rude."

You Yonghuai nodded immediately, like a chicken pecking at rice. He didn't open the bag, but asked with a hint of confusion, "Wasn't he naked when he was arrested? Where did this bag of flesh and blood come from?"

"...He vomited it out." Ye Qingchen turned her head away, avoiding You Yonghuai's gaze, and scratched her cheek with her fingertips.

You Yonghuai immediately showed an expression of utter disgust.

Don't mess with it, buddy.

The notes also record the specific method of storing flesh and blood, which is to swallow flesh and blood directly like the moral education director, and then use special magic. Just doing this is almost unacceptable to You Yonghuai, let alone swallowing what others have swallowed.

I really feel like throwing up.

Ling Xiuqi flipped through the notebook again, glanced at it a few times, and said, "You can also put it in a small bag and use a little at a time... but I guess the rest will spoil soon."

The limited amount of materials could only support low-level flesh magic, but for You Yonghuai, who was still a beginner, he was not yet able to use those advanced spells.

Spirituality alone is not enough.

Then, Ling Xiuqi picked up his phone to check the time, then looked at You Yonghuai and asked, "So, was the content in this book useful?"

"It's useful." You Yonghuai nodded and said, "My spirituality has indeed improved, but... I don't have combat power yet."

"There's no rush. You still have alchemy. Improving your strength is just a matter of time." Ling Xiuqi didn't seem to care much about this. At least for him, You Yonghuai's most obvious role right now was neither combat power nor alchemy.

Instead, they were partners for fieldwork.

Besides, he knew You Yonghuai's situation well, so naturally he wouldn't have any high expectations of him.

Besides, we don't need another fighter like him right now.

"In that case, why don't you start by making some potions at the bureau today? The materials just arrived this morning, so there's a good amount, enough for you to keep going for a while."

"Huh?" You Yonghuai was taken aback upon hearing this, and casually pointed a finger at himself. "Are you sure you want me to refine it now?"

Not to mention that his alchemy skills are relatively low, and the success of his finished products usually relies on "accumulating knowledge and experience before unleashing it", he still has three-quarters of his bad luck left.

Isn't this a waste?

"I know you still carry bad luck with you," Ling Xiuqi nodded casually, "so what I need are materials whose spiritual essence has almost been completely lost. They're going to be thrown away anyway, so of course there won't be any loss... Of course, the things refined this way will be of lower quality."

"It's okay no matter how many times the refining fails?"

"Of course, it's just something you'd waste."

You Yonghuai was happy to do it since he didn't have to provide the materials himself, especially since he still carried Si Xuanyin's Sage's Certificate with him and could get a reward of alchemy proficiency every time he completed an alchemy.

"Alright, then I'll leave this place to you." Ling Xiuqi glanced at his phone again, then stood up and stretched. "Everything is in the innermost storage room, and there's also a small alchemy furnace. Just make do with it."

Ye Qingchen also moved his body, seemingly preparing to go out.

This was the first time in the past few days that You Yonghuai had seen Ye Qingchen planning to leave the police station.

After all, his daily routine seemed to consist of eating, sleeping, and interrogating prisoners.

"What are you guys going to do?" You Yonghuai blinked, looking puzzled.

"Of course, we're going to destroy the lab's base at Wenjiang Middle School." Ling Xiuqi put down his phone and instead clipped a walkie-talkie to his chest, saying, "If anything happens, contact me via walkie-talkie. If my phone rings, remember to answer it for me."

"Please take care of mine too," Ye Qingchen said, handing his phone to You Yonghuai.

Sensing You Yonghuai's questioning gaze, Ling Xiuqi smiled slightly and explained, "We're afraid that if we fight too intensely, we might accidentally break the phone... after all, it's quite expensive."

"Oh, by the way, there's a vial of medicine on the table in the storeroom. Remember to drink it, so that we can keep track of your location for the next week."

"Don't look at me like that. The lab is still watching you. What if they take advantage of us dismantling the base and kidnap you instead?"

After giving a few more instructions, Ling Xiuqi patted You Yonghuai on the shoulder, said "Good luck," and then left the police station with Ye Qingchen.

Since the two of them had gone there, they must have been confident. You Yonghuai didn't think much of it and turned to go into the storeroom.

Several cardboard boxes were piled up in the corner, containing various herbs, which, as Ling Xiuqi had said, had very little spiritual energy.

On the table in the middle was a vial of medicine and an alchemy furnace the size of a human head, which looked quite different from the one in You Yonghuai's house.

"These are all basic materials..." Si Xuanyin glanced at the material list on the cardboard box and said, "You could refine some potions that can enhance spirituality."