"One thousand credits?"

The staff member looked slightly surprised upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words and couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure?"

He thought to himself, even senior students who rank in the top ten and receive over a thousand credits as a monthly reward usually don't spend that many credits on bounty tasks.

After all, once they get credits, they don't just hoard them; they also need to go to various secret cultivation chambers to cultivate and buy some spirit fruits to consume and such.

That's why he asked Mu Jinyu, hoping he wasn't joking with him.

He didn't want others to actually provide clues only for Mu Jinyu to not have enough credits to reward them.

"Yes, one thousand credits will do."

Mu Jinyu nodded in agreement.

Saying that, he directly took out his identity plaque to show the staff member, assuring him that he wasn't joking and indeed could afford to spend a thousand credits for the bounty.

"Still nearly four thousand credits... Truly lavish..."

Seeing the amount on Mu Jinyu's identity plaque, the staff member muttered with some envy.

Little did he know, just an hour ago, Mu Jinyu's identity plaque had nearly one hundred ten thousand credits.

If he had seen that exaggerated credit amount himself, his eyes would've surely popped out of their sockets in shock.

"Alright, I'll submit this task for you. Once it passes review, it'll be automatically posted on the task wall..."

After saying this to Mu Jinyu, the staff member added, "Give me your identity plaque for a moment. I'll handle some operations, and when the task is successfully published, those one thousand credits will be frozen and temporarily unusable for you."

"Okay."

Hearing the staff's explanation, Mu Jinyu agreed that it made sense and handed over his identity plaque.

The staff member took his identity plaque, then went to the side to perform the operation.

Soon, Mu Jinyu wasn't sure what he did, but the staff member returned the identity plaque to him.

Mu Jinyu took the identity plaque, examined it closely but found nothing amiss, thinking the one thousand credits hadn't been frozen yet. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

When the task passes review and appears on the task wall, then the one thousand credits will be frozen.

However, what if I don't have one thousand credits on the plaque at that time?

Is it possible to exploit a loophole, or will the task fail to publish due to insufficient credits?

Mu Jinyu felt it unlikely that he could exploit this loophole.

Evidently, the staff's operation has already done something to his identity plaque, preventing any sort of advantage.

Retrieving his identity plaque, Mu Jinyu bid farewell to the staff member and turned to leave.

"Take care."

The staff member also bade him farewell.

"Was that person a senior student just now?"

"Yes, it's indeed the attire of senior students. I wonder what task he issued?"

"I think I heard something; it seemed like he offered a bounty of one thousand credits!"

"Whoa, one thousand credits? Really?"

"Looks real; I heard it too."

"That's quite a lot. Ah, if I could complete this task, wouldn't it be amazing? I could buy any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!"

"That's true..."

"We'll wait and see soon what kind of task it is and whether we can take it on."

"You guys are too naive, aren't you? It's a task issued by a senior, with a bounty of one thousand credits, not something we can complete."

"Hey, could you not discourage us? Can't we even dream a little? Honestly..."

"Sigh, really wish I had those one thousand credits..."

Seeing Mu Jinyu leave, the students in the task hall couldn't help but discuss quietly.

Each of them really wanted to get those one thousand credits from him.

...

Mu Jinyu left the task hall.

Thinking now the task has been published, awaiting review, and not knowing when someone will provide clues, with nothing else to do, it's best to go back to cultivation.

After all, he just bought a bunch of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and a Sacred Quietus Blade, which are yet to be refined.

He made his way towards the advanced student area to cultivate.

Upon reaching the advanced student area, Mu Jinyu headed to his Heaven Cave One Hundred and Twenty-One, finding Chen Yinlong standing alone pathetically at the entrance.

"Hey? Why aren't you going inside?"

Seeing Chen Yinlong standing at the door, looking pitiful, Mu Jinyu asked with surprise.

He remembered setting the restrictions inside the cave when leaving, to allow Chen Yinlong and Chu Huannian inside.

Seeing Mu Jinyu finally return, Chen Yinlong exclaimed excitedly and joyfully, "Senior, you finally came back. It's not that I don't want to go in; I just can't get in..."

He ended with an expression of grievance and pity.

"How could it be? Let me try?"

Mu Jinyu, surprised, attempted to enter Heaven Cave One Hundred and Twenty-One.

However, as Chen Yinlong said, he couldn't get in.

Even he himself couldn't enter.

"This isn't right! How is it possible?"

Mu Jinyu found it odd and then took out his identity plaque, pressing it on the Heaven Cave Stele, trying to see if any detection was needed to enter.

But no detection was possible.

At this time, Chen Yinlong weakly reminded, "Senior, I just thought, we can't get in possibly because now you're the top senior student, so your cave has become the First Cave Heaven, not this one, that's why we can't enter."

"Hmm? Is that the case?"

Hearing Chen Yinlong's suggestion, Mu Jinyu found it reasonable.

However, if that's so, Wang Yeqing and others advised me not to go to the First Cave Heaven yet to avoid provoking Lu Kaige, and to wait a few days until Lu Kaige can retrieve his belongings before moving into the First Cave Heaven.

But now, not even able to reside in Heaven Cave One Hundred and Twenty-One, where should I go?

Will I have to return to the intermediate student area and temporarily stay at Chu Huannian's courtyard?

Mu Jinyu pondered and felt uneasy.

"Forget it; I'll just stay in someone else's cave temporarily!"

Mu Jinyu wanted to ignore everything and move into the First Cave Heaven directly.

But thinking about it, having agreed with Wang Yeqing, it wouldn't be appropriate, so he decided to borrow someone's cave.

As for whose cave...

Mo Yunqiong's smile came to mind first.

After all, he wasn't familiar with anyone else among the senior students.

The few senior students he knew were all beaten up by him.

Only Mo Yunqiong was relatively familiar, and there was no conflict.

"Then let's borrow this guy's cave, surely he'll welcome me."

Thinking this, Mu Jinyu smiled brightly and then said to Chen Yinlong, "Let's go. We'll stay in someone else's cave temporarily."

Soon, Mu Jinyu brought Chen Yinlong to the front of Cave Heaven Eleven.

Unsure of how to knock, he pressed his identity plaque onto the Heaven Cave Stele.

"Buzz!!"

Soon, notified, Mo Yunqiong came out of the cave, staring in astonishment at Mu Jinyu.

"Hey, it's you?"

Seeing Mu Jinyu, the alertness in Mo Yunqiong's eyes faded away, asking in surprise, "Brother, what are you doing? Are you going to challenge me? But you're already the top; there's no point in challenging me!"