Chapter 103 - 93: Xia Shuran’s New Label

Chapter 103: Chapter 93: Xia Shuran’s New Label

「In the Mirror World.」

Xia Shuran had fully awakened.

The tall, illusory figure floating behind her was continuously bestowing her with Extraordinary Power.

With every passing second, she felt the power inside her double.

Every cell in her body brimmed with an unprecedented explosive force.

This rapid growth in power pushed her courage to its absolute peak.

With her courage at its peak,

she stared at the mirror image that had suddenly stepped out from a reflective surface before her.

There was no fear in her heart.

There was only a burgeoning will to fight and an endless rage at having been tormented.

"Get lost!"

Xia Shuran roared, violently yanking her fist free from the mirror image’s grasp.

Immediately, the energy in her body erupted as she threw the now-free fist straight at the image’s head.

The moment she threw the punch, the illusory Martial Soul floating behind her mirrored the action, smashing down toward the image’s head with monstrous force.

"BANG!!!"

A deafening crash echoed out.

The incredibly hard mirror image exploded on impact, shattered into a rain of glass fragments by Xia Shuran’s single punch, and fell to the ground.

But in the next second, a new mirror image appeared a short distance to her side.

"Not bad, little sis. You’ve got some strength, but you’re still a long way off from your handsome senior," the mirror image said playfully.

Having just awakened her Martial Soul, Xia Shuran was intoxicated by her constantly growing power and didn’t even register what it was saying.

The moment she heard the voice, she instinctively lunged forward, dashing to the source of the sound at top speed and unleashing another heavy, powerful punch.

"BANG!!!"

The familiar sound of impact rang out again.

The mirror image once again exploded on contact, turning into a pile of glass shards.

"Not bad. A little stronger than before. You deserve some encouragement and praise."

The previous image had barely shattered when the next one appeared behind Xia Shuran.

Its voice was still full of taunting amusement.

Hearing it, Xia Shuran felt a surge of irritation.

"Shut up!"

Xia Shuran cried out, spinning around to charge the mirror image and lashing out with a kick.

Struck by the kick, the image once again shattered into a pile of glass fragments.

"BANG!!!"

"BANG!!!"

"BANG!!!"

For the next ten-plus minutes, the sound of the mirror images being shattered by heavy blows rang out continuously.

Xia Shuran threw punch after punch and kick after kick, but the mirror images seemed endless. No matter how many she destroyed, they would instantly regenerate.

She soon realized the source of the problem: the surrounding mirrored surfaces were continuously generating new images.

So, she turned her attacks on the mirrors, shattering them one by one.

But there were simply too many mirrors.

She shattered over a thousand of them in a row, fighting until her energy was completely depleted and she could no longer lift her arms or legs. But when she looked up, she saw thousands, even tens of thousands, of mirrors still waiting for her.

"THUD!"

Xia Shuran’s legs gave out, and she collapsed to the ground, her eyes filled with despair and helplessness. "I can’t get out... I really don’t think I can get out... *sob*..."

As she spoke, she began to cry in spite of herself, all of her earlier fierceness gone.

Seeing her exhausted, sitting paralyzed on the ground and doing nothing but crying her eyes out, the mirror image instantly found it all boring. It casually tossed out a final remark: "Weak and a crybaby. Your willpower isn’t even a tenth of your senior’s. So boring. I’m done playing."

As soon as it finished speaking, dense cracks spread across its body, and with several CRACKS, it shattered into pieces on the ground.

Following its destruction, the entire oppressive and bizarre Mirror World collapsed along with it, and everything in the surroundings faded away.

Xia Shuran had just wiped away a tear when, in the next second, her vision blurred and everything went black. When she opened her eyes again, she found she had returned to the real world.

She looked around in disbelief. Seeing that she was standing next to the Mixue Ice City, she realized she had truly escaped that bizarre Mirror World. Overcome with joy, she couldn’t help but start crying again.

Passersby, seeing a girl standing on the side of the road wiping her tears, assumed she had been dumped by her boyfriend and was crying her heart out in sadness.

One man, seeing she was pretty, even approached her with a tissue to offer comfort, hoping to use the chance to get to know her.

But she ignored them all, simply choking back sobs as she dried her tears with her hand and hurried toward the nearby Mixue Ice City.

She remembered that Gu Qing had gone into Mixue Ice City to buy lemonade.

She needed to find Gu Qing and tell him what had just happened to her.

When she got to Mixue Ice City and couldn’t find any sign of Gu Qing after searching for a long time, she belatedly realized that a lot of time must have passed. Gu Qing had probably gone looking for her.

So, she quickly took out her phone, opened WeChat, and placed a voice call to Gu Qing, waiting anxiously for him to pick up.

...

「Inside the Little Fairy Pet Shop.」

Liu Zhiyi stared at the real-time feed on the mirror’s surface, her face filled with surprise. "Gu Qing, your little junior actually awakened?"

Gu Qing was just as shocked. "Wait, how did she suddenly awaken? Aren’t Extraordinary Awakened supposed to be extremely rare?"

’My ex-girlfriend is an Extraordinary Awakened.’

’My former rich, beautiful high school English teacher is an Extraordinary Awakened.’

’And now, even the junior I’m flirting with has suddenly become an Extraordinary Awakened.’

’What is this?’

’Are all the beautiful women around me Extraordinary Awakened?’

’And I’m the only one who isn’t, despite being the handsome one?’

’Does that make any sense?’

’This is absurd!’

For a moment, Gu Qing felt a profound sense of unfairness.

But he quickly calmed down, his gaze falling on the space above Xia Shuran’s head.

He excitedly discovered that the tag floating over Xia Shuran’s head had changed.

It had gone from the unremarkable [Martial Arts Grandmaster] to the clearly extraordinary [Martial Saint].

’So tags can change.’

’At least my junior’s tag changed.’

’Martial Arts Grandmaster to Martial Saint.’

’That’s clearly an upgrade.’

’I have a new tag to grind!’

The more Gu Qing thought about it, the more excited he became.

Just then, Liu Zhiyi, who was standing to the side, composed her surprised expression and said with a serious look, "Gu Qing, now that your junior has become an Extraordinary Awakened, you can recommend her to join the Night Court and receive a generous recruitment bonus."

Gu Qing snapped back to reality at her words and looked at Liu Zhiyi. "Sister Zhiyi is right. I’ll head back to the university now, find my junior, confess everything, and recommend her to join our Night Court."

Liu Zhiyi added, "Contact someone in the HR department now and ask them for a digital version of the new member registration form. You can send it directly to your junior later and have her fill it out."

"Okay, I’ll do it right now."

With that, Gu Qing immediately contacted Jiang Wanqiao, telling her he wanted to recommend an Extraordinary Awakened to join the Night Court and asking her to send over a digital version of the new member registration form.

Less than two seconds after he sent the message, Jiang Wanqiao replied.

[Jiang Wanqiao: Wow, congrats, congrats!]

[Jiang Wanqiao: You just officially joined the Night Court two days ago, and you’re already recommending an Extraordinary Awakened. I’m so jealous.]

[Jiang Wanqiao: Hold on, I’ll go find the registration form and send it to you now.]

[Gu Qing: Thanks, sorry for the trouble.]

A moment later, Jiang Wanqiao sent Gu Qing the digital new member registration form.

Just as Gu Qing finished receiving the digital form, his phone suddenly started vibrating violently.

He looked closely and saw it was a voice call from Xia Shuran on WeChat.

Without a second thought, he answered.

The moment the call connected, Xia Shuran’s panicked voice came through the receiver:

"Senior, where are you right now?"

"I just encountered something supernatural! I was pulled into a mirror by... I don’t know what it was! I was trapped in there for over an hour and only just got back to the real world."

"Senior, you have to believe me! Everything I’m saying is true, I’m not lying to you!"

Xia Shuran’s voice was filled with distress. The thought of the despair she felt while trapped in the Mirror World made her want to cry.

Gu Qing listened quietly to his junior’s story, then soothed her with a gentle voice, "I believe you. Because I was just pulled into the Mirror World, too."

"..."

Xia Shuran was clearly stunned. A full three seconds passed before she spoke again. "Senior, are you telling the truth?"

Gu Qing affirmed, "It’s true."

Xia Shuran quickly and urgently asked, "Senior, where are you now? I want to see you!"

Learning that Gu Qing had also just been pulled into the Mirror World like her, she had so, so much she wanted to tell him, to confide in him in person.

Gu Qing: "I’m at home right now."

Xia Shuran was completely bewildered. "Senior, why did you go home?"

Gu Qing: "It’s complicated. We can talk about the details when we meet."

Xia Shuran: "Senior, I’m still here at Mixue Ice City. Are you going to come find me?"

Gu Qing: "Give me forty minutes. I’m calling a taxi to come find you now. Hanging up."

After saying that, he hung up the call and turned to Liu Zhiyi beside him. "Sister Zhiyi, I have to go find my junior now. I’ll be taking this Magic Mirror with me."

"Mm, go ahead and take it."

Liu Zhiyi handed the Magic Mirror back to him.

Gu Qing took the Magic Mirror, expertly slipped it into his phone case, and said gratefully,

"Sister Zhiyi, thank you so much for tonight. If you ever need my help with anything in the future, just say the word. I’ll be there, no questions asked."

"Alright, go find your little junior."

Liu Zhiyi smiled, not treating her small effort as a favor that Gu Qing now owed her.

Deep down, she genuinely liked Gu Qing’s character and was more than happy to help him.

"Then I’ll be going, Sister Zhiyi."

With that, Gu Qing quickly left, hailed a ride-share, and rushed back to that Mixue Ice City to find Xia Shuran and confess everything.

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