A Top Scholar in Everything

The process of getting to know the members of the Inspection Department was not complicated.

Everyone briefly introduced themselves, and Baiyu learned about the daily tasks of the Inspection Department.

The entire Veterans Mutual Aid Association was quite idle.

The Inspection Department's daily tasks involved visiting some veterans and resolving disputes and troubles they encountered.

Then after that.

They also had to deal with some distortion events and Mysterious Side incidents faced by veterans.

Finally.

They also had to handle issues from the patrons.

The patrons here refer to those who frequently donate to the Veterans Mutual Aid Association.

The Mutual Aid Association has been able to maintain its current scale, not solely relying on official funding from Villiduo, but also with donations from wealthy individuals.

Naturally.

Having received these donations, they had to help solve some small everyday problems for them.

The tasks of the Inspection Department were just these.

One could say it was quite leisurely.

Yet Baiyu's salary was exceptionally high, reaching as much as ten thousand per week.

And this was just the apparent salary.

More importantly, it was the status and social circle that came with the position.

With the status of Deputy Minister of the Veterans Mutual Aid Association, Baiyu could enter the upper circle of Villiduo with a reasonable identity.

The Third Prince hoped for this.

As for Baiyu.

He now only wanted to advance to become a Tier Six Martial Artist and an Extraordinary of Sequence Seven.

Basically.

As long as he completed the system's Nightmare Difficulty tasks, he could obtain the Sequence Magic Elixir for the Prayer Technique apprentice sequence.

So the issue of the Magic Elixir Recipe wasn't the reason preventing his promotion.

The more significant issue was still the progress of his elixir digestion.

After leaving school.

He could clearly feel that the progress of digesting his Fanatical Scholar elixir had stalled.

One reason was that he had not conducted any research on knowledge recently.

And leaving the natural learning environment of Wuda also, to some extent, impacted the digestion of his elixir.

On Baiyu's current academic knowledge tree.

Aside from Mysticism, which reached LV3 thanks to "Knowledge Advancement," all other disciplines were still below LV2.

If he could elevate all disciplines to the level of LV3.

Perhaps the Fanatical Scholar could be completely digested.

At that time.

He could begin the next Nightmare Task.

After all.

The Lament of the Giant King's Court given by this Nightmare Difficulty helped him solve many issues and overcome many deadly challenges.

Baiyu was somewhat looking forward to the next Nightmare Task.

"Minister, is there anything else you need to instruct?"

At this time.

A voice broke Baiyu's thoughts.

He returned to his senses and looked at the relaxed members of the Inspection Department in the hall.

Jie Ding stood by his side, his expression somewhat uncertain.

It was obvious.

This group of people had not taken Baiyu, the minister, seriously.

Besides being surprised by Hu Yue's initial withdrawal, there wasn't much respect for this new minister.

After all.

Baiyu was the youngest among them, with some being from the previous generation.

Being managed by such a youngster.

Moreover, the other party hadn't shown any remarkable skills, so how could he earn their respect?

If this group of old members could respect a new and clearly much younger superior who obviously came through the back door, that would indeed be strange.

At most, they would superficially comply.

In private.

They would continue doing their own thing.

Baiyu understood this well, as he was new and unfamiliar with the people and place.

Getting along harmoniously was already quite good.

"There's nothing much, you guys go about your business. If you need help with anything, you can call me.

I usually stay in the apartment, quite idle."

Baiyu replied casually, dismissing everyone.

The old members were straightforward and left one by one.

"Baiyu, you're truly easygoing.

The old members of the Inspection Department are mostly troublemakers.

After spending a lot of time with those veterans, many of them have adopted that soldierly nonchalance."

Jie Ding remarked with a slight sigh.

He had thought that a young person like Baiyu would enact three fires as the proverbial new official.

However, the entire process was unexpectedly harmonious.

Even Hu Yue, who initially nitpicked, wasn't deliberately targeted by Baiyu, which was quite rare.

Well, what can one say?

He's indeed someone who has seen the big world.

This kind of perspective isn't something ordinary people can match.

"Minister Jie, you're joking. I don't quite understand how the Inspection Department operates, so naturally, it should be left to those who do.

I, as an outsider, won't interfere unnecessarily."

Baiyu was very clear about his position.

Thanks to the connections with the Third Prince and Pang Fei, he was parachuted in as a figurative decoration.

Professional tasks.

Should be left to the professionals.

"Actually, it's quite simple. The Inspection Department deals with daily trivialities; we, the Veterans Mutual Aid Association, basically have no major issues."

Jie Ding picked up a report from the Inspection Department's office desk: "For instance, this, let me see, seems like accompanying a veteran to chat.

His son died on the battlefield fighting against other tribes, and he's now a lonely old man.

This kind of task is quite simple."

"Oh?"

Baiyu picked up the information and glanced at it; indeed, it was.

"Minister Jie, would you like to accompany me to visit?"

"Of course, I'm free anyway. Moving around is good exercise."

Jie Ding agreed readily.

...

The veteran's residence was in the Upper City District of Villiduo, on Third Avenue.

The two bought some gifts and fruits, took a steam carriage, arrived at the veteran's place, and knocked on the door.

Quickly.

A spirited old man opened the door.

With his head full of grey hair, he scrutinized the two for a moment and quickly recognized Jie Ding.

"Old Qi, you seem to be in good spirits recently. It seems the dance partner I introduced last time worked out well?"

Jie Ding said, amused.

However.

Once he said that, Qi Zheng's previously smiling face quickly wrinkled into a bitter gourd, "Jie Ding, don't mention it.

That old lady didn't think my dancing was good enough.

She went off with old Wang next door."

Jie Ding's smile froze on his face, and it took a moment before he managed an awkward chuckle and walked into the room.

Baiyu followed behind, suppressing the urge to quip.

Is this a case of competing for a dance partner at the square dance?

It seems.

This retired old man was unfortunately unsuccessful.

The three of them stepped into the room.

Baiyu placed the gifts bought for the visit on the cabinet by the entrance and looked around.

The room wasn't large.

Indeed, it was only Qi Zheng living there.

On the shelves and cabinets around, there were many little figurines.

Baiyu immediately realized that these were all handcrafted, likely made from low-end mechanical materials; was this retired old man also a craftsman?

Of course.

With a wicked sense of humor, one might think this old man could also be an otaku who loves models.

But Baiyu quickly dismissed this possibility.

Because the "figures" in these cabinets were all models of Exotic Beasts or creatures from other tribes, although only palm-sized, they were crafted with exquisite detail.

Saying they were lifelike wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Besides that.

The cabinets also featured many models of Demons with strange shapes.