Chapter 18 Life Repair Potion

Lin Cai was somewhat surprised.

Although Lin Cai discovered the problems within the merchant guild, she didn't expect Yan Shi to specifically request her inclusion in the emergency transfer order.

She glanced at Yan Shi secretly.

Yanju and Yanlan look very similar, but Lin Cai can tell them apart.

Yanlan always carried a hint of laziness and nonchalance, with captivating brows and upturned eyes. The same brows and eyes, when placed on Director Yan, appeared cold and serene, as if everything in the world was imprinted in his eyes yet remained untouched.

At that moment, Director Yan's face turned somewhat pale.

After issuing the transfer order, she subtly covered her throat with her hand, seemingly suppressing some involuntary pain.

Upon noticing Lin Cai peeking at her, Director Yan turned her head to look at Lin Cai, her eyes revealing no emotion.

Lin Cai withdrew her gaze.

She must be mistaken. How could Director Yan look so weak?

Because it was an emergency transfer order, at the same time Yan Shi issued the order, Gui Ge Mu and Yu Jun Xun Bie's work cards on their chests automatically projected a page of light onto the screen, which displayed the contents of the transfer order that Yan Shi had just issued.

Gui Gemu and Yu Junxun folded their hands in front of their chests and gave Yan Shi a standard salute: "Received."

Lin Cai stood there awkwardly.

There was no activity on her work card, and she had never heard of this ceremony before. What was all this about?

After Yu Junxun stood up, he noticed Lin Cai's helplessness and took the initiative to speak, "Lin Cai, you've been coming to the medical department quite often lately, and you're quite familiar with Fia and Leona. Let's prepare to take them to the entrance of the headquarters first. I'll contact the logistics department to have a car drive to the entrance to pick you up."

Lin Cai: "Okay, Director Yu."

Fia retorted, "Who's more familiar with you?" Then she shut her mouth under Leona's warning gaze.

Leona looked at Yan Shi.

After a while, Yan Shi felt his throat was less sore and said to Fiona, "The Bureau of Alien Affairs will never steal the authority belonging to the Wood Elves. Our staff will accompany you to the Forest of Life to investigate this matter. Furthermore, the Bureau of Alien Affairs will fully cooperate with the Wood Elves to retrieve the Scepter of Life."

Fia: "Pshaw, who knows if you're not just crying wolf."

Leona and Yan Shi looked at each other for a long time before Leona finally spoke, "The Wood Elves will also cooperate with the Bureau of Eccentricities to investigate this matter. Hopefully, it really wasn't you who did it."

Yan Shi nodded slightly.

Leona looked at Lin Cai again and smiled gently: "We didn't mean to ignore you these past few days, we're sorry."

Lin Cai waved her hand: "It's alright, shall we go?"

Fia jumped off the bed and walked to Lin Cai's side: "Okay, let's go and see what's going on. With the High Priest here, if you stole it, then leave it all in the Forest of Life as fertilizer for the Tree of Life."

She made a face at Lin Cai.

Gui Gemu, worried about Sheng Chunqiu's safety, hurriedly headed towards the door, urging Yu Junxun, "Have the logistics department send a car quickly."

Yu Junxun nodded and sent another message. Then, the group left the medical department one after another.

Yan Shi stood by the window watching them get into the car at the door, then slowly walked out of the ward, glancing around first.

The trauma ward in the fantasy species only had two patients, and there was only one nurse on duty. The ward had been temporarily cleared out before the nurses arrived. The entire floor was quiet.

very good.

Yan Shi walked to the front desk and carefully examined the map next to him.

Diagnostic Department, Treatment Department...

Pharmacy! Found it.

Yan Shi followed the map and entered the pharmacy department.

She was in the wood elf's hospital room when it suddenly occurred to her that since the world of the capital is a fantasy setting, and colds exist, there must be corresponding medicines, right? She didn't ask for much; she just wanted her throat to get better quickly.

In the sweltering heat of July, it's incredibly embarrassing to catch a cold and lose your voice because you didn't cover yourself properly with the blankets while the air conditioner was on.

She is clearly an adult who can take good care of herself.

Yan Shi thought uncertainly, "She must have concealed herself well enough to avoid being discovered."

She noticed that they hadn't mentioned her cold.

The pharmacy door was locked. I'm so grateful for her high-level work card, which allows her to open any door. Yan Shi swiped her work card to enter the pharmacy.

The various medicines in the pharmacy were arranged very neatly. Unlike the medicines in the outside world that were packaged in cardboard boxes, the medicines inside were all in colorful liquids in transparent glass bottles.

It looks pretty good.

Yan Shi looked at the labels on the shelf, and his expression cracked.

Light, dark, wood, water – what kind of drug classifications are these?

The colors of the drugs from different departments were also different, and even the glass bottles they were packaged in varied shapes and sizes. Apart from the drug classifications on the shelves based on elements, there were no other labels.

Yan Shi: ...

She probably doesn't actually need to find a pharmacist to prescribe her medication.

When in doubt, consult a spiritual medium first.

Light-based medicines are generally blessed by light magic and are used to treat internal injuries; water-based medicines are blessed by water magic and are more suitable for treating external injuries; wood-based medicines are used for poisoning and other drug-related injuries.

Lingdu did not provide any more specific explanation regarding the different colored medicines contained in different bottles.

Perhaps it's because different people use magic to concoct medicines? Yan Shi guessed.

A cold should be treated by an internal medicine specialist, and you should get medication for it.

She hesitated for a moment in front of the row of colorful bottles, and finally chose a potion that shimmered with a faint golden light and looked as if it were sprinkled with a layer of silver mist.

For no other reason than this bottle is the best looking when chosen completely blindly.

Since she was about to drink some strange medicine that she didn't even know what it tasted like, Yan Shi chose the bottle that best suited her aesthetic.

She held the bottle in her hand and quickly left the pharmacy.

Just as she left, someone emerged from behind the pharmacy shelf and stopped in front of the shelf of light-based potions that Yan Shi had picked up.

"You took the life-restoring potion?" The newcomer muttered to himself, glancing at the missing bottle on the shelf. "Which colleague from the Bureau of Alien Affairs actually needs to restore their life force?"

She walked to the pharmacy door, clicked on the door opening record on the display screen, and wanted to check the visitors.

Then her eyes widened.

The screen clearly displayed:

"Huh? Chief?"

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Yan Shi walked out of the medical department.

Only headquarters staff and personnel from branch offices who have submitted prior applications and have entry/exit permits are allowed to enter the headquarters. Although the headquarters is located in the heart of the old city of Beijing, without proper documentation, one cannot see the main gate. Even if one knows exactly where the headquarters is, they cannot enter.

On Friday afternoon, most of the employees who were out on fieldwork had not yet returned. Those who did not have fieldwork assignments this week were making the most of their time to check all their work for the week in preparation for reporting next Monday. The roads within the headquarters' jurisdiction were deserted.

Yan Shi found a swing to sit on, took out his phone and glanced at the time.

16:57.

Three minutes until I can leave work.

She held up the slightly glowing medicine bottle she had just taken from the medical clinic and examined it in the sunlight.

The medicine shimmered like a handful of emerald gold.

It looks really good.

Yan Shi mentally prepared himself, 'After finishing my drink, I'll go home. Soon it will be a pleasant two-day weekend.'

She uncorked the medicine and drank it all in one gulp.

Then his expression turned ferocious, and tears almost fell.

This potion looks so good, but it tastes so strange!

It tasted like swill that had been left out for three days and three nights.

Is this reasonable?

Yan Shi shed tears inwardly.

She held the glass bottle in her hand, quickly stood up, and walked out of the headquarters.

Never mind, she's going to go buy desserts after get off work to treat her damaged taste buds.

Yan Shi was completely unaware that someone was standing on the upper floor of the main building watching her.

The bakery serves fresh bread once a day at 5 p.m.

Yan Shi happily carried the freshly baked pork floss and cheese cake home.

Although the taste of the potion was indescribable, not long after drinking it, Yan Shi felt warm all over from the inside out.

This warmth is a hard-to-describe kind of warmth; it's not the heat of summer, but a light, floating warmth, as if your soul is walking on clouds.

As the warmth spread, my headache and sore throat disappeared.

It actually is cold medicine.

She's amazing; she successfully picked out the cold medicine precisely from a pile of medications.

Yan Shi thought to himself with delight.

She got home and was about to watch anime and eat dessert when she discovered that "The Curse of the Laws" had been updated.

She immediately became interested and quickly opened the comic.

The third episode opens with the scene mentioned at the end of the previous episode: the front of the black market auction where Lin Cai and the others were trafficked.

Unlike the simple little room where they were locked up, the auction hall's front area was magnificent and resplendent.

The comic panel sweeps from bottom to top across the luxurious decor of the auction house, the ubiquitous sun emblem with its distinctive Golden Crow motif, and the merchants coming and going with expressions ranging from serious to playful, before finally settling on a uniquely shaped chandelier with countless bright lampposts.

There are three people on the chandelier.

Lin Cai clung to the lamp's hanging rope in a contorted position, trying her best to curl herself into a ball so that she could be hidden by the lamp post beneath her body, while also making room for the others on the lamp.

There were also Zhihe Qing and another girl on the chandelier, clinging to the chandelier's hanging ropes and huddled on the lamppost.

The comic has a black border next to the girl.

[Looking forward to Lan Xiaoshuang, a second-year student]

The chandelier was indeed very large, but even so, there wasn't enough space for three people to hide in. So Lan Xiaoshuang, Zhiheqing, and Lin Cai huddled together tightly, making the most of every inch of space at the top of the chandelier.

Zhihe Qing simultaneously used her ice spiritual power to generate very thin ice shards that formed a ring around their outermost perimeter. Combined with the reflection from the outer lampposts, and the fact that no one usually looks up at the lamps while walking, so many people passing by didn't notice them at all.

[Hahahaha, I can't stop laughing! It's been a week, and the comic book protagonist has turned into a weirdo!]

[Lin Cai, you two are so suspicious of each other, it's hilarious!]

[This chandelier has good load-bearing capacity; it didn't fall even with three people squeezed on top of it. Is this the construction quality of the other world? (Approved.jpg)]

No, the ice used by Zhihe Qing is of good quality. There's a very thin layer of ice supporting their bodies on the ropes.

[Zhiheqing: In the end, I bore it all]

This corridor didn't seem to be a main road. After a while, Jian Yun emerged from the shadow of the chandelier: "There's no one around."

As soon as she finished speaking, several people came down from the three chandeliers in the corridor.

Lin Cai grimaced as she moved her body, feeling as if she had just spent an eternity on the chandelier.

Because the people coming and going are all beings from the inner world, they are very sensitive to the invocation of spirits in the air or the burning of talismans. Zhihe Qing only carefully invoked a very small amount to form ice shards. More things, such as invisibility spells, are easily detected.

So apart from Jian Yun, who had the ability to hide in the shadows, the other seven of them hid on the chandelier.

Well, you could hide above the chandelier, but Lin Cai didn't really want it to happen again.

Lin Cai looked at Jian Yun with envy: "Your abilities are still the most useful."

She also really wanted this all-powerful ability to rob people from their homes, as it seemed to be of greater help to Yanlan.

I wonder if there's any way to acquire other people's abilities.

The comic strip perfectly captured Lin Cai's innermost thoughts.

What kind of character is Lin Cai, the main character? I don't understand why she's so open and honest with someone who seems like a villain.

Is Lin Cai really the main character? I feel like Yan Lan is more like the main character (doubt) (exit the comic and reread the synopsis) (confirm name) (heartbroken, back)

Putting everything else aside, the students at Zhanzhou are all so good-looking. Does Zhanzhou have a tradition of selecting students based on their appearance?

Zhihe took out a map from her storage bag, compared it for a while, and said, "The route is correct. This leads to the front of the auction house."

He gestured on the map: "We are currently in the auction house where goods belonging to non-black market registered merchant groups are stored. The goods belonging to black market merchant groups are on the other side of the auction house. We need to go through the front area or go around the auction house to get there."

“Going around the auction house is too risky. This is the time when merchant groups come and go to register and unload their goods, and the outer area is almost full of people. We don’t have passes, so we can easily get caught. Going through the front area is also very risky, but since it’s not auction time yet, there are fewer people in the front area, so we are less likely to be discovered,” Zhihe explained to the others.

Lin Cai nodded: "I'll go with you all."

[Note that, according to Zhihe Qing's explanation, the other side is where black market merchants often store their goods. In other words, it has nothing to do with Lin Cai and the others. So, I ask you, Lin Cai, weren't you out looking for Tiger Cub? Where is Tiger Cub?]

[Tiger cub: So love will disappear, right?]

[In the previous chapter, Lin Cai breathed a sigh of relief when Yan Lan said "I don't know," although it's unclear why, but she probably felt that the tiger cub was alright.]

[Is Lin Cai following Zhan Zhou?]

[Either so as not to hold Yanlan back, or to stab Zhihe and the others in the back at a crucial moment for Yanlan.]

Although Yan Lan didn't appear, the screen was filled with images of Yan Lan.

I really want to know what Yanlan is up to now. Old thief, cut some of Yanlan's scenes!

I don't know if the prayers from the comments worked, but the next scene on the next page featured Yanlan.

Unlike Lin Cai and the others who proceeded cautiously, Yan Lan walked around the auction house quite casually, as if this were her territory, completely unafraid of being discovered. Moreover, she was very familiar with the routes within the auction house; it was clear that the path Yan Lan had chosen was far more intricate than that of Lin Cai and the others. She lazily and without hesitation continued on her way.

After walking for a while, Yanlan stopped in a corridor, raised her eyebrows slightly, carefully examined the surrounding scenery, and then suddenly approached the wall of the corridor.

Half of her face was hidden in the shadows, with only the upturned corners of her eyes showing a smile.

【Ahhhhhh, she's so beautiful! She's absolutely gorgeous!!!】

[Yan Lan and Lin Cai are both in the auction house, but they seem to be completely different styles.]

Lin Cai and Zhihe: Hide on the chandelier, proceed cautiously, and carefully check the map;

Yanlan: Strolling leisurely, as if on a visit.

[Did my wife stop here because we've reached our destination?]

Yan Shi: ...

No, what is this drawing? It completely distorts the facts!

She didn't know the way, so she just wandered off. The reason she wasn't on guard was that she forgot there were security guards around!

As for stopping, it was simply because she was trying to figure out where she was.

Yan Shi remained silent.

A note from the author:

There will be one more chapter tonight.