With only 8 years to live at the start, I'm going all in.

The roll call at the inner city's patrol station was no different from that in the outer city. The captain said a few words, and then everyone dispersed to perform their duties.

Nangong Tian then brought Ding Yi to Wu Qingfeng's side.

"Boss, this is my junior brother."

Nangong Tian said with a smile.

"Oh? You're also from the Bai Family Martial Arts School? What's your current cultivation level?"

Wu Qingfeng glanced at Ding Yi, then became interested.

"My lord, I am now just beginning my journey in bone forging."

Ding Yi quickly replied.

"You've only just begun the Bone Forging stage."

Upon hearing this, Wu Qingfeng was immediately disappointed again.

"Assigning him to work in the archives should be fine."

Nangong Tian continued.

"Well, you can arrange it."

As Wu Qingfeng spoke, he then turned to Ding Yi and said:

"I know the name of Master Bai. I hope you can enter the Refining Organs stage as soon as possible, just like your Senior Brother Nangong, so that you can help me in the future."

"Xiao Tian, ​​take him to complete the onboarding process."

After saying that, Wu Qingfeng smiled, then walked past the two men and out of the courtyard.

"Senior brother, what about that group over there?"

After Wu Qingfeng left, Ding Yi pointed to the courtyard next door and asked.

"The captain over there is called Zhao Xuan. If you encounter their team, be careful."

As Nangong Tian spoke, he then walked towards the back of the courtyard.

"Come with me, I'll take you to the archives."

After a cup of tea, Ding Yi completed his onboarding procedures and sat down in the archives.

Besides him, there were two other clerks in this archive, one old and one young.

The younger one is named Zhou Yi, and I heard he's from Zhao Xuan's team. The older one is an old man from the archives, and I don't know his full name; everyone just calls him Old Mo.

The daily work of the archives staff mainly involves organizing case files, categorizing and summarizing them, and registering cases according to procedures when they arrive. It's not particularly busy.

At that moment, Ding Yi was flipping through some files on the shelf, trying to find some clues about the statue or fragments of the statue, but Zhou Yi quietly walked up to Ding Yi.

"Brother Ding?"

Zhou Yi suddenly said with a smile.

"Brother Zhou, is something the matter?"

Ding Yi glanced at Zhou Yi, then continued looking at the dossier in his hand.

"Ah, it's nothing. It's just that Brother Ding is trying to take advantage of the situation as soon as he arrives, which is really not good, so I came to remind him."

Zhou Yi said with a smile.

Zhou Yi was Zhao Xuan's man, so naturally he didn't get along with Ding Yi. When he saw Ding Yi arrive, he thought of teaching him a lesson.

The officialdom is like a battlefield. Ding Yi didn't realize it at first when he was in the outer city, but he didn't expect to see it on his first day in the inner city.

"None of your business, you piece of trash."

Ding Yi's eyes never left the case file as he spoke calmly.

"what?"

Zhou Yi was shocked.

He doubted his ears. Had Wu Qingfeng gone mad and let a lunatic in?

No, I need to tell Captain Zhao right away, otherwise it will be troublesome when registering the case files later.

However, after being shocked, Zhou Yi did not refute Ding Yi. Instead, he was secretly delighted. Ding Yi was obviously a brainless person who would make a big mistake sooner or later, and then Wu Qingfeng would lose all face.

Then, Zhou Yi sneered and left, seemingly to inform Zhao Xuan.

Ding Yi glanced in the direction Zhou Yi had left, let out a cold laugh, and then continued to flip through the files in his hands.

In the afternoon, Ding Yi suddenly picked up a pen and paper, seemingly preparing to go out.

"Ding Hai, where are you going?! This is dereliction of duty!!"

Zhou Yi suddenly shouted.

“Go to the exorcism shop. This file says that six pieces of the external evil spirit image were delivered yesterday and were later sent to the exorcism shop for destruction. I’m going to go and see if there really are six pieces.”

Ding Yi said.

"How dare you question our registration?"

Zhou Yi was stunned.

"It's not doubt; I'm a serious person."

Ding Yi left after saying a few words.

Seeing this, Zhou gritted his teeth and hurriedly followed Ding Yi out the door. In his opinion, there must be something wrong with Ding Yi going to the exorcism house on the first day.

Before long, the two arrived at the patrol office's exorcism room, one after the other.

Unlike the outer city, the evil-repelling house here is significantly larger, but there is still no one in front of it, as if martial artists avoid this place.

Without hesitation, Ding Yi pushed open the door and walked straight in.

Upon seeing this, Zhou cursed, "This kid is really crazy! Even the officials in the exorcism room don't want to stay any longer. What are you, a mere clerk, trying to show off?"

But when Zhou Yi thought of the task Zhao Xuan had given him that morning, he gritted his teeth and stood outside the door waiting.

As for going inside, Zhou Yi absolutely refused. Could Ding Yi possibly eat those fragments inside?

Less than a dozen breaths later, Ding Yi pushed the door open and came out again, still writing something on the file with one hand.

"What, aren't you leaving yet?"

As Ding Yi passed by Zhou Yi, he stopped writing, looked up at Zhou Yi, and asked.

Zhou Yi snorted coldly and strode forward.

Ding Yi watched Zhou Yi's retreating figure, his heart filled with joy.

I made a quick buck as soon as I arrived at the Inner City Patrol Division.

The six fragments that were delivered yesterday were almost gone when I went in, so I refined them on the spot and gained a lifespan of almost half a year!

Although such opportunities are rare, even a small mosquito bite is still a treat.

Once back in the archives, Ding Yi stopped looking through the files and, like Old Mo, leaned back in his chair, waiting for his shift to end.

Time flew by, and it was soon time to go back to work.

Ding Yi picked up his package and walked directly out of the archives. He took his waist token from the wooden shelf at the entrance and headed towards the inner city's ward district after leaving the patrol office.

He entered this inner city, naturally for the Qi and Blood Pill.

There is only one place in the inner city that sells this Qi and Blood Pill, and that is Zhenyaofang.

Ding Yi had already found out that Zhenyaofang was owned by the Sun family before he came.

Soon, Ding Yi arrived at the entrance of Zhenyaofang.

Ding Yi glanced at the tall pavilion in front of him, then walked inside expressionlessly.

The inner hall of the Zhenyaofang was quite large, and as soon as Ding Yi entered, a shop assistant came to greet him.

"What do you need, sir?"

"Qi and Blood Pill".

Ding Yi got straight to the point.

"Sir, this way please. Our Qi and Blood Pills are 5 taels of silver each, and if you buy ten, they'll only cost 30 taels."

The shopkeeper seemed to frequently serve people who came to buy Qi and Blood Pills, and said with a smile.

"Holy crap, that's so expensive."

Ding Yi was secretly astonished when he heard the price.

Thirty taels of silver is enough for a family in the outer city to live on for a year. How is this any different from robbery?

But Ding Yi hesitated only slightly before saying:

"Give me a bottle."

After Ding Yi finished speaking, the waiter continued:

"Please follow me to register, sir."

"Do you still need to register?"

Ding Yi was taken aback.

"Naturally, the Qi and Blood Pills cannot leave the inner city. Each pill bears the unique mark of my Precious Medicine Workshop, which allows us to trace the purchaser."

The waiter explained with a smile.

"alright."

Upon hearing this, Ding Yi knew that the inner city was trying to monopolize combat power. This was to completely separate the inner and outer cities and cut off the path to advancement for the people in the outer city!

These powerful and wealthy people are the same wherever they go!

After buying the Qi and Blood Pills, Ding Yi left the Zhenyao Shop and then unfolded a folded piece of paper.

The paper was marked with an address.

This was given to Ding Yi by Bai Ri Nangong Tian when he left, saying it was Ding Yi's residence in the inner city.

It has to be said that this fellow disciple is really willing to spend money, after all, houses in the inner city must be hard to come by.

As he walked and asked questions, Ding Yi finally arrived at a small courtyard.

Looking at the somewhat dilapidated house in front of him, Ding Yi didn't seem to mind. Instead, he took out the key given to him by Nangong Tian, ​​opened the gate, and went straight inside.

"Crench."

As the wooden door was pushed open, Ding Yi stepped into the courtyard.

The courtyard was clean and tidy. After looking around, Ding Yi pushed open the door and went into the wing room at the back of the courtyard.

The side room still had the layout of a one-bedroom apartment, but the walls were somewhat mottled, indicating that it had not been inhabited for a long time.

Ding Yi placed the package on the dusty table, took out the quicksand diagram inside, and then unfolded it to take a look.

After finding nothing amiss, Ding Yi checked each room in the house before sitting back down at the table.

"The first step is complete. Now, it's time to think about how to obtain the evil energy."

Ding Yi stroked his chin and then fell into deep thought.