In downtown Linzhou City,
high atop a skyscraper that pierced the clouds, in the enormous office on its highest floor, Dong Muyun stood in sharp business attire, looking at a man kneeling before her on one knee.
It was hard to imagine that kneeling etiquette still existed in this day and age.
Yet neither of them felt the slightest awkwardness, and the man spoke directly.
"Miss, the investigation into that Su Ping you asked me to look into has yielded results."
"Speak."
"Su Ping, eighteen years old, graduated from Linzhou No. 6 Basic Beast Taming Academy. His grandfather, Su Chongguang, was a Monarch Rank Beast Tamer who sacrificed himself defending against the Linzhou Beast Tide twenty years ago, leaving behind the Wood Heart Pet Beast Breeding Base.
"His father, Su Anyong, is a layabout, but he has never displayed his abilities as a Beast Tamer, so his strength is unknown. He recently left Linzhou for Beihan City. Our lineage has little reach in the Northeast Region, so the purpose of his trip remains unknown..."
Dong Muyun grew impatient. "Don't tell me this is all you've uncovered after all these days? This isn't the information I wanted!"
"Yes. Shortly after graduating, Su Ping seemingly revised and improved the breeding formula his grandfather Su Chongguang left behind, successfully developing Woodheart for Forest Wolves. He subsequently became acquainted with Liu Fuhai through a chance encounter, then obtained Intermediate Breeder certification from the Breeder Association..."
Had Su Ping been there, he would have heard the man laying out every last bit of information about him in clear detail.
Aside from the Myriad Spirits Codex, every contact Su Ping had made with the outside world over the past month had been uncovered.
The more Dong Muyun listened, the darker her expression became.
"Qin Erlong's granddaughter?