Disciple of Grandmaster Yao Jianyue

Baodu City, the administrative center of the Southeast Region.

The headquarters of every department were all located in Baodu City.

At this moment, Xia Zhao was sitting in a meeting room.

On the large screen in the meeting room was a list of personnel who had recently entered Qijia Town for training.

The list could be searched directly.

Enter a name, and it would check whether that person appeared on the list.

But beside Xia Zhao, there were others watching along with her.

There were some things she didn't want others to know, so she could only look through them one by one.

As she searched, she suddenly found the name she was looking for, "Wuling Education."

But behind this name, there was a bracket with the word "virtual" noted inside.

Xia Zhao's delicate brows furrowed involuntarily.

"Little Director Liu, what's the situation with this person? Why is there a note after his name?"

Hearing Xia Zhao's question, Young Master Liu beside her had a slight change in expression.

Although he sat in this position and had some authority, he wasn't familiar with such detailed issues.

Beside him, Secretary Hong immediately chimed in.

"Miss Xia, this name isn't a real person; it's a virtual character.

The old system couldn't record groups, so a virtual character was generated for registration purposes.

The account 'Wuling Education' should belong to the Lingshan City Education Bureau."

Having said this, the secretary thought of something else and continued to explain.

"Using this kind of identity requires approval from the corresponding Municipal Bureau.

I heard Miss Xia is here to investigate leads on criminals.

A virtual account is too conspicuous and wouldn't be hard to trace.

If someone really wanted to cause trouble, they probably wouldn't use this kind of identity to come..."

Young Master Liu's secretary explained in detail.

The reason he explained so thoroughly was that this was actually against regulations.

Places like Qijia Town required identity verification to enter.

Hearing this, Xia Zhao thought for a moment and pressed further: "Do you know why they used a virtual identity?"

"In most cases, it's because the allocation of quotas was uneven, and the unit had trouble distributing them.

They simply used a group identity to participate, to avoid conflicts from others seeing it." Secretary Hong continued explaining.

Internal distribution was always a difficult issue.

Seeing that Xia Zhao was still frowning, Young Master Liu beside her chimed in.

"I'll immediately issue a notice of criticism to the Lingshan City Education Bureau. This is a clear violation of regulations.

We'll catch the person who used the fake identity this time and make an example of them..."

Before Young Master Liu could finish, Xia Zhao shot up from her seat.

"No!"

Xia Zhao reacted as fiercely as a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

After those two words left her mouth, she probably felt it was inappropriate and quickly calmed herself to make amends.

"They just went to Qijia Town for training once; there's no need to make a big deal out of it.

The lower-level departments have their own difficulties.

If there are no other issues with the identity, then let this matter drop."

Now that she had confirmed Li Yuan was from Lingshan City and a martial artist in the education sequence, it would be much easier to investigate further.

Xia Zhao had no interest in scrolling further down, so she made an excuse and left.

Young Master Liu wanted to invite her to lunch, but Xia Zhao politely declined.

He took his secretary along to see Xia Zhao off.

Watching her car drive away, Young Master Liu's brow furrowed involuntarily.

As for Xia Zhao, he was absolutely satisfied.

They were the same age, with him being three months older.

In terms of appearance and temperament, talent and strength, and finally family background and status—

Xia Zhao was a daughter-in-law who satisfied him, who satisfied the Liu family completely.

But Xia Zhao's attitude truly left him uncertain.

He always felt there was a barrier between Xia Zhao and him, making it hard for the two to truly become close.

"Secretary Hong, do you get the sense that Miss Xia has some special interest in this 'Wuling Education'?

Almost as if she came specifically to find this person..."

Hearing the question, Secretary Hong beside him fell into thought, hesitating for a good while before speaking.

"I think, Director, your intuition is accurate. Miss Xia seems to know that person.

Her visit today was to probe that person's background."

As Secretary Hong said this, he too furrowed his brow.

"I've told you several times before, Director—when pursuing a romantic interest, you can't be too straightforward.

Your fondness for Miss Xia, I could smell it from ten meters away, yet she shows no curiosity about you at all.

But look at this person—he actually drew Miss Xia to come and investigate on her own."

The information was still sparse, but Secretary Hong felt something was clearly off about this situation.

Hearing this, Young Master Liu's expression also turned sour.

What's unattainable stirs restlessness; what's favored always acts fearless.

He, a legitimate scion of the Liu family—why wasn't he appreciated?

It was precisely because he had revealed his feelings too quickly.

"Can we find out this person's identity?

Entering Qijia Town should have left a photo record."

Young Master Liu wanted to see who this person using the 'Wuling Education' identity really was.

At this, Secretary Hong gave a negative answer.

"This kind of virtual identity only has a photo on the on-site pass card.

In the system, they all pull from ID card photos.

A direct query won't show the photo, but I can find the user through this account's past records."

Young Master Liu nodded beside him and immediately told him to get it done.

At the same time, Li Yuan was still jostling along on the bus.

The venue for this Youth Martial Tournament was twelve hundred li from Lingshan City, and the roads were mediocre, so the ride would take quite a while.

On the bus, no one else spoke to Li Yuan.

There was a bit of an isolating atmosphere.

Li Yuan was perfectly happy with the ease, having no interest in conversing with them either.

Deputy Director Zeng Chang sat at the front of the bus, his gaze fixed on the scenery outside.

His face carried a hint of melancholy, a feeling of being abandoned by the times.

On these mountain roads, they wouldn't drive too fast, to avoid encountering fierce beasts.

They probably wouldn't reach their destination until late tonight.

At six in the afternoon, Baodu City.

After obtaining the first-hand information, Secretary Hong immediately went to report to Young Master Liu.

"Director, I pulled some strings and found out who used the 'Wuling Education' identity.

I also received news that Miss Xia is making inquiries through her own channels.

Her exact words were: a young male martial artist who used this identity and showed great insight in the martial path."

Young Master Liu's expression darkened as he pressed for the person's name.

"Grandmaster Yao Jianyue's disciple, Jin Fan!"

Secretary Hong didn't hold back and directly named Jin Fan.

"He used this identity before, representing the Lingshan City Education Bureau at a seminar.

For this Youth Martial Tournament, he was originally supposed to represent Lingshan City.

But after some conflict, he switched to Chishan City.

Because of that connection, the training opportunity in Qijia Town could no longer be openly given to him.

Using this virtual identity to attend—everything adds up."

Hearing this, Young Master Liu was already mostly convinced.

A disciple of Yao Jianyue did have some qualifications to compete with him.

"Is he participating in the Southeast Region Youth Martial Tournament?

Do we have any familiar faces in the tournament committee?

Ask them to help—within the bounds of the rules—put some pressure on this Jin Fan!"