Before he could finish speaking, Lu Yuan handed over his badge.
The senior took the badge, squinted at it for a long while, then looked up at Lu Yuan and asked again in disbelief.
"You passed them all? Seriously? Didn't you just come by a couple of days ago? The certification only ended today, right? Did you cheat? That shouldn't be possible. String Knight isn't that easy to fool."
Lu Yuan did not waste words with him. He simply nodded and said he had passed.
Only after repeatedly confirming that the two Intermediate Certification marks on the badge were real did the senior return it to Lu Yuan, still looking incredulous.
"I didn't expect you to be this capable! But since you passed the Intermediate Certification and took this assignment, let me tell you something. The academy has been short on people with Intermediate Pharmacology Certification and Inscription Studies certification lately. You picked a good time."
As he spoke, the senior tore off a slip of paper, wrote down a long address, and stamped half a seal onto it.
"This is the address. Just go straight there and say you took the assignment from the Bounty District. Show them your badge, and they'll understand."
Lu Yuan accepted the slip, glanced at it, and nodded.
After hesitating briefly, he still could not help asking, "Senior, has the number of assignments suddenly increased lately?"
The senior looked at Lu Yuan as if he had noticed something, then ultimately nodded. "Yes."
The senior lowered his voice. "Things outside haven't been very peaceful lately. Just be careful. Go on now."
The address on the slip was located in Knight Academy's North Cliff District. It was at the highest point of the northern slope, quite far from the residential area. Lu Yuan had never been