Chapter 800 – Three Thousand Mirror Ruins 67

Chapter 800 – Three Thousand Mirror Ruins 67

Yan Shuang thought for a moment, then turned and retrieved two leather-bound notebooks from her storage equipment. They looked somewhat aged. She handed them to Mo Lan.

“These are the original notes I took when I explored two unclaimed mirror spaces years ago,” Yan Shuang explained, pointing to the thicker of the two. “This one is for a medium-sized mirror space.” She then pointed to the other. “And this one is for a small mirror space.”

“Because their internal resources are relatively scarce and not worth developing, the exploration records have stayed with me all this time. I never turned them in to the Alliance for contribution points.

But once the native mirror beasts inside are cleared out, they’d make quite decent private resting spots or training grounds—especially the small mirror space.

My Mirror Explorer aptitude isn’t top-tier, so I’m not suited to become a Mirror Lord and bind to a core. Back then, I only did a cursory exploration and never sought out their spatial cores to claim ownership.”

Yan Shuang continued, “The entrances to both mirror spaces are quite well-hidden, and the methods to enter are somewhat complicated. I discovered them by pure chance, and they shouldn’t have been found by anyone else. Once your strength reaches around seven-star in the future, you should have the ability to explore and claim ownership of them.”

“Thank you, Instructor!” Mo Lan was overjoyed. She hastily accepted the two hefty notebooks with both hands, clutching them tightly to her chest, unable to suppress a laugh.

It was just a single Glazed Orchid, and in exchange she’d gotten information about the unclaimed mirror spaces she’d been dreaming of—what an incredible deal!

She couldn’t wait to go back and study these two notebooks.

Watching Mo Lan’s expression of having found a priceless treasure, brimming with contentment, Yan Shuang actually felt a twinge of guilt.

In her view, the value of this Glazed Orchid far exceeded what she’d given in return.

The ‘Minor Focus Elixir’ formulated from the Glazed Orchid could greatly alleviate the mental sea injuries that had plagued her for so long, giving her more confidence and assurance for her upcoming trip to the Landscape Dense Forest mirror space.

Even if she ultimately couldn’t find the Focus Flower in the Landscape Dense Forest, the efficacy of the Minor Focus Elixir meant that her remaining injuries could self-heal through slow recuperation over time.

And if she was lucky enough to actually find that Focus Flower, not only could she rapidly cure her old ailment, but her strength might even advance further as a blessing in disguise!

No matter how she calculated it, the value of this Glazed Orchid to her current situation far surpassed those two mirror space exploration notebooks.

Setting aside the fact that those were resource-poor mirror spaces, the notebooks themselves wouldn’t be useful to Mo Lan until she reached seven-star—they were of no immediate use.

Thinking this, Yan Shuang felt she had shortchanged her student’s kind gesture. She retrieved a large pile of beast cores, mirror coins, and other conventional resources that Mo Lan could actually use right now from her storage mirror accessory. “Take these too.”

But Mo Lan shook her head repeatedly, hugging the notebooks in her arms even tighter, wearing an expression of “I already have the whole world,” and said firmly:

“No need! Really, there’s no need! Although my parents have passed away, they started planning and accumulating cultivation resources for me before I was even born. The inheritance they left behind is enough to support my cultivation all the way to becoming a high-star Mirror Explorer—I’m not lacking in resources.

Instructor, these two notebooks you’ve given me are the best gift I could ask for!”

Seeing the determination in her eyes, Yan Shuang finally relented. “Alright. When you go to Mirror Ruins University in the future, if you run into any difficulties, write to me. I spent quite a few years at Mirror Ruins University, after all—I still have some connections there.”

“Mm!” Mo Lan nodded emphatically.

When Mo Lan followed Instructor Yan Shuang back to the fifth-year Mirror Explorer Class One classroom, the other students had long since filled out their preference forms and were excitedly discussing their future academy lives in small clusters.

Upon seeing Yan Shuang return, Wang Jingnan immediately handed over the collected preference forms.

Yan Shuang had just finished checking each form and confirming there were no issues when a somewhat noisy flurry of footsteps and conversation drifted in from outside the classroom door.

The principal appeared, accompanied by several people of distinguished bearing and formal attire, striding briskly toward them. “Instructor Yan, everyone!” The principal spoke first, wearing an enthusiastic smile. “These are recruitment teachers from Eastern China Academy, Northern Abyss Academy, and Western Radiance Academy. They’ve come specially to meet our outstanding graduates of this year’s class—especially Mo Lan!”

The gazes of the several recruitment teachers instantly locked onto Mo Lan, their faces wreathed in warm smiles.

The teacher from Eastern China Academy spoke first, his tone full of admiration and enticement: “Mo Lan, congratulations on achieving the outstanding result of national top scorer! Eastern China Academy sincerely invites you to join our ‘Elite Program’! If you come, the Academy will provide you with the highest scholarship, an exclusive cultivation resource quota, and personal mentorship from a vice-headmaster-level instructor…”

The teacher from Northern Abyss Academy was equally eager: “Our Northern Abyss Academy is willing to provide an independent two-star mirror space as your private training ground for the duration of your enrollment!”

The teacher from Western Radiance Academy added: “We can assign instructors to escort and protect you during future mirror beast hunts!”

They chimed in one after another, each offering increasingly generous terms.

Yan Shuang waited until they had mostly finished before interjecting coolly, addressing Mo Lan: “Show the teachers the mark on your arm.”

Mo Lan nodded and rolled up the sleeve on her right arm, revealing the purple star-patterned mirror emblem for all to see.

The recruitment teachers who had just moments ago been overflowing with enthusiasm and competing to extend their olive branches fell instantly silent at the sight of that purple star. The smiles on their faces froze in place, replaced by sheer shock and a hint of embarrassment.

“That’s… that’s… the ‘Mirror Star’ insignia of Mirror Ruins University?! And it’s… purple?!” The recruitment teacher from Eastern China Academy exclaimed in disbelief, his voice cracking with incredulity.

The teachers from the other academies exchanged stunned glances, as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over them.

The purple mirror emblem was the mark of a Mirror Ruins University Youth Class student!

Mirror Ruins University—an institution that towered above every national Mirror Explorer academy.

Even among the nation’s top-tier Mirror Explorer academies, only a select few exceptional graduates ever had the “opportunity” to apply for advanced studies at Mirror Ruins University, and the competition was despairingly fierce.

As for other academies, they could barely even reach the threshold.

And the Youth Class of Mirror Ruins University? In the entire history of the Eastern China Alliance, the only person to have come from there was the Alliance Leader.

Every condition they had offered looked pale, feeble, and laughable in the face of the Mirror Ruins University Youth Class.

The recruitment teachers immediately understood that this year’s top scorer was someone they could never recruit to their schools, no matter what. They could only redirect their focus toward other high-achieving students in the class.

But the news that someone from the Eastern China Alliance had been admitted to the Mirror Ruins University Youth Class was truly something that would invigorate every Mirror Explorer in the Alliance.

Perhaps before long, the Eastern China Alliance would have another nine-star Mirror Explorer.