Chapter 817 – Three Thousand Mirror Ruins 84

Qu Luo frantically searched for an excuse to refuse, wishing she could teleport back to her dormitory that very instant and bury herself under the covers.

Teacher Mei Ye looked at the two of them and shook her head helplessly. “Monthly sparring sessions are mandatory. As for increasing the frequency, that’s up to you two to negotiate voluntarily. Today’s session is now concluded—arrange the rest of your time as you see fit.”

Mo Lan could see Qu Luo nodding repeatedly and knew she couldn’t push the girl too hard—she was far too thin-skinned. “Alright then~ Once a month it is, just as the teacher says! But if you ever want to spar more often, make sure to contact me!”

Qu Luo: “…” All she hoped for right now was that the next sparring session would never come.

Time flew by in a whirlwind of frenzied studying, reading, and sparring.

Finally, on this day, Mo Lan passed the final course examination for the last subject listed on her original course selection form, with outstanding results.

Courses that might take an ordinary person five years to complete—Mo Lan had truly mastered and integrated them all in just two years.

The day for the monthly sparring session with Qu Luo arrived once again.

Mo Lan and Qu Luo arrived at the training ground simultaneously and launched into combat without a word.

After so many exchanges, the two knew each other’s strength and fighting style inside and out.

Qu Luo had indeed taken the advice to heart, enrolling in several of the most fundamental combat courses. After systematic instruction, her control over her body and the weapons in her hands was incomparable to before.

During sparring, she could now modulate her force with ease—capable of executing exquisite combinations that honed Mo Lan’s techniques, yet also able to pull back her strength at critical moments.

Though she still apologized while fighting as ruthlessly as ever, just like in the beginning, she no longer worried about accidentally killing Mo Lan. With far less psychological pressure, she could even attempt tactical maneuvers now.

As usual, under Teacher Mei Ye’s supervision, the two fought a thoroughly satisfying bout, consciously applying and refining the new techniques they had recently acquired.

After the session ended, Mo Lan wiped the sweat from her temple and said to Teacher Mei Ye and Qu Luo, “For the upcoming period, I’ll need to take a leave of absence to conduct exploration practice in the school’s mirror spaces.

“After taking so many courses, it’s time to put what I’ve learned into practice and hunt some mirror beasts. It’s also a good opportunity to try extracting and fusing new beast core skills.”

Only she herself knew that hunting mirror beasts and extracting skills were merely pretexts.

Over the past two years, Qu Luo had been her reliable “materials supplier,” providing her with a steady stream of specialty magical plants and mirror beast materials from various mirror spaces across the school.

Mo Lan had also made a conscious effort to purchase a considerable amount at the school’s marketplace.

Aside from the particularly rare ones, she already possessed virtually all the materials available in the school’s mirror spaces, and could use the Book of Cards to craft the corresponding cards.

The beast cores she had analyzed and studied ranged from one-star all the way to nine-star.

Even without hunting mirror beasts or extracting skills, she could casually unleash a whole array of high-star skills, every one of which exceeded her publicly known level.

Both her Witch Magic and mage magic had reached the pinnacle of this world. She had learned nearly all the secret techniques of Mirror Ruins University’s martial arts instructors, and had finished reading most of the useful books in the library space. Those she couldn’t finish, she had secretly copied. Now, only the exploration and research of “ownerless mirror spaces” remained, still long overdue.

After taking so many courses and reading so many books, Mo Lan was now a theoretical expert on ownerless mirror spaces. All she lacked was practical experience. Next, she would seek out ownerless mirror spaces, become a Mirror Lord, and put to use everything she had learned about them over the past two years.

The duration of this journey was uncertain, and if things went smoothly, she would very likely return directly to the world of Valen, becoming a missing person in the Three Thousand Mirror Ruins World. So after requesting leave from Teacher Mei Ye, Mo Lan also wrote a veiled farewell letter to the teachers and classmates she still kept in contact with in this world.

The letter revealed no specific destination—only that she would be embarking on a long exploration with no set return date. She expressed gratitude for the guidance and friendships of the past, and wished everyone well.

Having done all this, Mo Lan took one last look around the dormitory room she had occupied for nearly two years. Her gaze was calm, without a trace of attachment.

In the next moment, she resolutely activated her mirror emblem and teleported to the school’s Mirror Hall.

It resembled a colossal transit hub, with countless teleportation gates of varying sizes arranged in orderly rows, each shimmering with iridescent light. Every gate led to one of the resource-type mirror spaces owned by Mirror Ruins University.

From the lowest one-star to the highest nine-star, all teleportation gates were freely accessible to the school’s students—a testament to the institution’s deep reserves.

Mo Lan walked straight toward a golden gate leading to the eight-star large mirror space known as the “Golden Oasis.”

The Mirror Lord of this space was named Huang Yao, who also served as a lecturer at Mirror Ruins University, teaching the two courses 《Mirror Lord’s Self-Cultivation》 and 《Advanced Mirror Space Development and Management》.

Mo Lan had been an outstanding student in both courses.

Teacher Huang Yao’s Mirror Explorer aptitude wasn’t particularly exceptional. After becoming the Mirror Lord of the Golden Oasis, his psychic power had become so burdened that he could no longer execute high-star skills, let alone claim lordship over another mirror space.

He had carved out an alternative path, devoting most of his energy to detailed localized monitoring of the Golden Oasis. Leveraging his Mirror Lord privileges and deep understanding of the space, whenever he detected peculiar fluctuations somewhere within the domain that suggested the entrance to an ownerless mirror space, he would conduct an investigation, then record the relevant information and sell it at clearly marked prices.

Depending on the “gold content” of the information, the prices varied enormously.

Entrances to large mirror spaces with detailed locations and confirmed activation methods were classified as premium intelligence—typically sold directly to the school or wealthy large-scale Mirror Explorer organizations, or exchanged for resources with other Mirror Lords. They were worth a fortune.

Entrances to small or medium mirror spaces with detailed locations and confirmed activation methods were classified as quality intelligence—sold to well-off school instructors or high-star Mirror Explorers.

Entrances with detailed locations but no known activation method were classified as bargain intelligence—sold repeatedly at the low price of ten thousand mirror coins per lead to students and low-level Mirror Explorers who dreamed of becoming Mirror Lords but lacked resources, hoping to try their luck.

For the seller, the first two categories were high-profit premium goods, each piece of intelligence sold only once. The last category of bargain intelligence, though low in unit price, benefited from high volume and steady output. Through “thin margins, high turnover,” it still generated an extremely impressive income.

In her Mirror Lord courses, Mo Lan had heard no shortage of instructors—including Huang Yao himself—enthusiastically extolling this brilliant approach to “monetizing resources.”

She had even gotten to know several other Mirror Lord instructors who had similarly “built their fortunes” by selling such intelligence.

However, premium and quality intelligence remained perpetually in short supply.

Mo Lan had waited patiently for two years, yet had failed to successfully purchase even a single confirmed lead that came with an activation method.