The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 740 Three Thousand Mirror Ruins 7
"You young people can talk things out yourselves. I, this old man, won't say much. Moran, don't feel pressured just because I'm here. The Deer Mirror will still be yours to rule in the future!"

After saying this, Master Luming went to the balcony a few meters away from them to continue watching the test.

Mo Lan was puzzled. Could it be that Wang Jingnan was looking for her?
"How is Moran feeling?" Wang Jingnan asked with concern, pushing a teacup on the table toward her. "This is a drink made with green moss essence. It's more effective and tastes better than green moss gel. Try it!"

Although Moran didn't know what the green moss essence was, she could see traces of energy in the tea that were similar to, but stronger than, the green moss gel, and guessed that it might be a better oral healing medicine than the green moss gel.

He thanked them and then picked up his teacup and drank.

The green moss essence drink that went into her mouth was secretly collected by the Book of Cards as new materials. Moran only got a general taste of it, and it was indeed much better than the green moss gel, which made her pale face look a little rosier.

That's good. With this as a cover, Moran won't have to pretend to be weak for the next few days.

"I feel much better, thank you." After thanking him again, Moran fell silent, waiting for Wang Jingnan to continue.

This person called her here, surely just to give her this cup of tea!

Wang Jingnan: "..."

Even if a normal person isn't extremely grateful to him after drinking the tea, they would at least feel a bit closer to him, right?
Why did he still feel that her attitude was distant and guarded, just like when she first came in, even though she had said thank you twice?
The key point is that they didn't seem to want to know his intentions at all, and Wang Jingnan was too embarrassed to say it directly, so he could only continue to find topics to show his friendliness:

"Mo Lan, I haven't congratulated you yet! You got two perfect scores, something Lu Mingjing hasn't seen in years. We'll probably both be assigned to Detective Class 1, and we'll be classmates from now on!"

"Mm." Moran nodded, indicating that she understood, and added curtly, "Congratulations to you too!"

She's starting to figure it out: is Wang Jingnan trying to win her over by showing goodwill because of her talent test results?
Not sure, take another look!
The conversation died down again.

As the son of the Mirror Master, Wang Jingnan was always flattered when he spoke to others, and no one ever made him fall silent. It seems that he is a true bookworm.

He considered the woman's talent before patiently continuing his conversation with her.

"Mo Lan, talent is certainly important, but turning talent into strength requires resource support. Have you thought about earning resources in the future?"

Moran shook her head.

She couldn't easily tell others about her methods for acquiring resources, so she could only pretend she hadn't thought of them.

Wang Jingnan finally felt that the initiative in the conversation had fallen into his hands again: "If you are willing to sign a contract with me to assist me until I become the master of the Deer Cry Mirror, the Wang family can provide you with all the cultivation resources in the future!"

After reading the contents of the contract that Wang Jingnan produced, Mo Lan finally understood his intentions.

This means he's investing in her and making her work for him!

The Donghua Alliance comprises eighteen major mirror domains, each directly governed by its respective mirror master.

However, the position of Mirror Master is not hereditary.

Instead, the competition takes place once every twenty years in the Mirror Master Contest. Those who qualify for the contest can challenge the old Mirror Master, and if they succeed, they will become the new Mirror Master.

Wang Qiming only managed to retain his position as the Mirror Master of Luming Mirror by narrowly winning the last Mirror Master competition. News of his serious injury and decline in strength spread around that time.

It seems the rumor is true; Wang Qiming is planning to have his son participate in the next Mirror Master competition, handing over the position to him!
Putting everything else aside, by signing this contract, she has lost her eligibility to compete for the position of Master of the Deer Cry Mirror. She has gone from a potential competitor to Wang Jingnan's assistant.

Moran had no interest in the Deer Mirror.

The so-called Mirror Lord is actually just a fiefdom granted by the Alliance to the strongest Mirror Explorers.

The core of these mirror spaces is controlled by the Donghua Alliance; the mirror masters only receive partial access to and output from the mirror spaces.

It goes without saying that such a large mirror space, which humans have already developed and inhabited, is extremely important to the consciousness of the Three Thousand Mirror Ruins world.

Unless you're prepared to go against the will of the world, it's best not to even think about taking it.

She was certain that if she tried to attack such a mirror space, the world consciousness of the Three Thousand Mirror Ruins could kick her out of this world.

It also has this ability: if it comes with an invitation from a close friend, the world consciousness will take extra care of it; but if it is detrimental to the world, it will be directly expelled.

Moran's target is small living spaces without intelligent beings.

It's best to use the original Mirror Space as material for the Book of Cards, then use the Book of Cards to make a new one and put it back in its original place, before leaving with your own Book of Cards.

This would not cause too much harm to the world itself, nor would it violate the explorer's prohibition against the rampant plundering of the world's resources.

If an explorer were to come and take a mirror space with him, the entire Three Thousand Mirror Ruins world could be emptied out by the explorer!
Moran has contract magic that allows her to bypass the constraints of magical contracts, so it doesn't matter whether she signs the contract or not. It's also fine if she doesn't participate in the competition for the position of Mirror Master of Deer Cry. She's not interested in that. But she also doesn't want to assist Wang Jingnan in becoming the Mirror Master of Deer Cry!
No matter how many resources the Wang family can provide her, they won't let her waste her time working for someone else, not even temporarily.

Moran pushed the contract back and uttered the longest sentence he had spoken since arriving in this world:

"I will not participate in the competition for the position of Master of the Deer Cry Mirror, but I have no intention of assisting others. My goal is to cultivate myself into a top-notch Mirror Explorer."

Wang Jingnan's smile couldn't be maintained any longer.

"Mo Lan has lofty ambitions, Jing Nan, but you can't force things!"

Wang Qiming turned around and gave a reminder.

Wang Jingnan managed to maintain his composure: "Mo Lan, then I wish you all the best!"

"Thank you for the tea, I'll be leaving now."

Having already refused, it wouldn't be appropriate for Moran to continue drinking their fine tea, so she wisely left.

After she left, Wang Jingnan's face finally showed an angry expression: "How dare she!"

“Jingnan, if she really is the timid, withdrawn, shallow, and charismatic bookworm described in the files, even with excellent talent test results, she shouldn't have the courage to refuse our recruitment, let alone say those words. Unless… she truly has the heart of a strong person! It's a pity we couldn't recruit someone like that, but we can't afford to offend her.” Wang Qiming said, “There are quite a few good prospects this year, let's look at others!”

"The heart of a champion?" Wang Jingnan watched the departing figure on the sports field. "I'll see if you can make it to the end on your own!"