Mu Jinyu felt a bit embarrassed and asked the mentor, "Mentor, what kind of compensation do you think is needed in this situation?"

The mentor shook his head upon hearing this and looked at him with a mix of pity and admiration, saying, "I don't know. If the combat puppet only malfunctioned, I might be able to roughly estimate how much you need to compensate. But you've blown up the entire combat puppet; I don't know the cost of the combat puppet, but it must be at least over 100,000 credits..."

"Over 100,000 credits?"

Mu Jinyu felt dizzy at these words, almost fainting.

100,000 credits!

That could buy another Riot-Quelling Sword.

And this is just the initial estimate.

Probably not less than 100,000 credits.

That could buy a more decent Holy Weapon.

Mu Jinyu felt he really lost out on this.

Obviously, he hadn't gained any advantage in the fight against the combat puppet, and he almost got beaten up by it.

Then, he just struck it once, and it ended up demolishing itself into a pile of debris.

He spent 50 credits and hadn't even stayed in this actual combat training room for an hour yet!!!

He hadn't even properly tested his own strength to see what progress he had made.

Just like this!

He's going to compensate tens of thousands of credits?

Damn, it's like a freaking dream!

Mu Jinyu felt it was too unfair.

He deeply suspected, could it be that this mentor was tricking him, deliberately putting a nearly broken combat puppet into the training room, then randomly letting someone blow it up, just to swindle credits out of people?

With this in mind, Mu Jinyu looked at the mentor with an indignant and suspicious gaze.

"Don't look at me like that!"

As if knowing what Mu Jinyu was thinking, the mentor said plainly, "I wouldn't do such a thing, and the credits you're compensating aren't for me. Why would I do this?"

"I can only say you're unlucky, just happened to encounter this situation."

The mentor was also shocked at first by the situation, couldn't comprehend how Mu Jinyu, someone at the Fifth Layer of the Void Breaking Realm, managed to smash a combat puppet that suddenly went out of control and elevated its strength to the Peak of the Life and Death Realm into debris.

Later, calming down, he suspected that perhaps there was an issue with the combat puppet itself. Although its aura and gauges showed the Peak of the Life and Death Realm, in reality, it might not even have Unity Realm Stage power?

Otherwise, how could it be smashed like this by Mu Jinyu in one blow?

Therefore, facing Mu Jinyu's questioning and hostile gaze, the mentor could roughly guess his thoughts and advised him not to look at him like that, suggesting to let the Mansion Master and others come to check the situation later.

"Alright, the Mansion Master and others are reasonable people. If it's really the combat puppet's fault, causing you to smash it, they probably won't punish you. I'll notify them to come and inspect the situation first."

The mentor spoke softly, trying to stabilize Mu Jinyu.

After that, he took out his Identity Plaque to notify Vice Manor Master Wang Yeqing about the matter.

Soon.

Wang Yeqing and several Institute Heads, upon hearing of the matter, quickly arrived.

"Wow, really something..."

"This puppet's material is pretty special; the Mansion Master once evaluated it could withstand an all-out strike from an Early Creation Realm cultivator!" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"And it was blown up by Mu Jinyu like this!"

"Could his combat capability have reached Creation Realm levels?"

"Impossible, right?"

"He struggled when facing Lu Kaige before; how could his combat strength possibly soar to the point of destroying a combat puppet that even Creation Realm cultivators couldn't blow up in just one day?"

"Did you forget how he defeated Lu Kaige? It was with that move of leveraging force against force."

"That's right, maybe he enraged the combat puppet, causing its strength to rise to the Peak of the Life and Death Realm, and then used that move to blow it up in one go!"

"..."

These Institute Heads arrived at the actual combat training room, looking at the metal debris scattered on the floor, and couldn't help but marvel.

Afterward, they whispered discussions, speculating about the possibility of Mu Jinyu blowing up the combat puppet.

They strongly suspected Mu Jinyu utilized the Life and Death Reincarnation Diagram, leveraging force, to blow this tough combat puppet up.

"I didn't use that move!"

Upon hearing the analysis from these Institute Heads, Mu Jinyu couldn't help but feel annoyed and coldly refuted.

The Institute Heads of Dongyue Mansion varied in strength, with stronger ones reaching the Creation Realm level.

The weaker ones, about the Mid-late stage of the Life and Death Realm.

Not much difference from ordinary mentors.

Mu Jinyu naturally wouldn't pay them much respect given his current combat capabilities.

Though he respects teachers and the path, it depends on whether the other is worth respecting.

If the other party is worth respecting, even if they only possess Unity Realm power, he wouldn't neglect them.

But if not worth respecting, naturally he wouldn't bow before them.

At present, these Institute Heads immediately start theorizing in a joking manner, even before inspecting, making conclusions that he deliberately destroyed the combat puppet.

Really malicious intentions.

Mu Jinyu firmly believed he hadn't offended them; no reason they'd specifically target him.

But if there's any reason for them targeting him.

It might be because their students include Ning Ruofan or Shi Yiran, who he had defeated before, thus they want to get back at him, using such mean tricks.

Although knowing it might not cause substantial harm or loss to him, making him uncomfortable is enough.

"It's not up to you whether you used it or not; the Mansion Master must inspect."

One of the Institute Heads, hearing Mu Jinyu's rather angry words, casually glanced at him and said.

Her name was Chi Yanyu, who was close to Zhao Donglai; her top student was precisely Ning Ruofan.

Thus, her attitude toward Mu Jinyu was naturally unfriendly.

She wouldn't mind kicking him while he's down if the opportunity arises.

"Alright, everybody stop arguing, I'll inspect and it'll be clear!"

Wang Yeqing saw them arguing over this matter, felt a headache coming and coldly reprimanded them.

This made them cease arguing.

Subsequently, Wang Yeqing began using a secret technique, drawing a circle to replay the combat scene from an hour ago.

'Damn, there's such a method?'

Mu Jinyu saw Wang Yeqing's method and felt a surge of fear.

Thankfully, during the fight with the combat puppet, it was really easy and straightforward.

So the moves and techniques he used were his usual ones, not afraid of being seen by them.

He didn't utilize the Earth Emperor's Tome, which should not be randomly displayed.

Otherwise, he would have to consider leaving Dongyue Mansion.

There would be no choice.

Even if Wei Qiankun and Wang Yeqing are righteous people without thoughts of seizing the Earth Emperor's Tome, it doesn't guarantee others wouldn't envy and spread the news.

If the Earth Emperor's Tome, which had previously drawn foreign rulers to compete, reemerges, there would fearfully be a tumult, bloodshed endless, making it really hard for him to escape with it.