"Selection? Hahaha, of course not."
"Your current ability is among the top of the promising talents we have selected."
"If you still need to select candidates, then they're out of the picture."
"Moreover, based on the recommendations of myself, Shao Zheng, Hua Zhanhong, and others, Xiao Lan, you will compete as the captain of the National Team."
"This is finalized and will not be changed."
Dean Xiao directly pointed out the matter without hiding anything.
Su Lan nodded in understanding.
Participating in the National University Competition was not his own initiative, but rather a suggestion from Dean Xiao and the others. Naturally, he needed to do the preliminary work for Su Lan.
After chatting for a while, Dean Xiao brought up Ding Yumin's situation.
Before leaving, Dean Xiao gave Su Lan a meaningful look, as if to say, "You little rascal, you're not being honest."
"Xiao Lan, don't let Xiaomian down."
Upon hearing this, Su Lan waved her hand with her back to Dean Xiao.
"Don't worry, I truly love them all."
Hearing this, Dean Xiao felt a toothache.
This junior, whom he highly regards, is top-notch in every aspect.
Even in terms of his benevolent nature, he is top-notch.
"Forget it, let the young people worry about their own affairs."
...
As Su Lan left the dean's office building, a figure with a fragrant breeze greeted her as soon as she stepped out of the main gate.
Ding Yumin bumped into Su Lan hard, her face beaming with undisguised joy.
Su Lan looked at the girl with curved eyebrows and eyes in front of her, raised her hand and pinched her cheek, feeling its softness and suppleness.
"If you know I'm inside, why don't you dare go in? You're not unfamiliar with Grandpa Xiao, are you just shy?"
As they walked, feeling the softness on her arms, Su Lan teased Ding Yumin.
Ding Yumin's ear tips turned slightly red, but she did not deny it.
"Last time I met Grandpa Xiao and Grandpa Fu, they teased me for quite a while. This time I'll go see them a little later."
Because of her past identity as a victim of disaster and her easily out-of-control mental energy, Ding Yumin had a strong tendency toward self-destruction and extreme repression and depression.
Now, after Su Lan's guidance and with her mental power under control, she is no longer out of control, and her previously feigned gentleness and tranquility have become her true nature.
Especially after Ding Yumin and Su Lan broke through the final barrier in Asuka City, Ding Yumin gained an unparalleled sense of security.
This sense of security allowed Ding Yumin to basically return to the state of a normal girl.
He's just a little clingy to Su Lan.
Ding Yumin has no classes today, Ye Xinxia has several important classes she can't skip, Mu Nujiao, Ai Tutu, and Bai Tingting all have classes, so only Ding Yumin is with her.
"Is there anywhere you'd like to go today?"
Having finally spent a day with Ding Yumin, Su Lan naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to take her home.
Upon hearing that she was to be taken out for fun, Ding Yumin's eyes instantly lit up.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ding Yumin told her where she wanted to go.
Without delay, the two set off immediately.
The two acted like a couple in the honeymoon phase, doing many things that couples do together.
Su Lan and Ding Yumin didn't return home until evening.
Even though they had walked nearly 50,000 steps, the two were still full of energy.
This level of exercise is nothing for either of them.
Back at the villa, it was as lively as ever.
At some point, Mu Nujiao, Bai Tingting, and Ai Tutu would gather at Su Lan's place whenever they had free time.
Even on weekends when there are no classes or when I don't go out, I spend the time from waking up to going to bed late at Su Lan's villa.
Moreover, because Su Lan's house has many rooms, the three women each chose a bedroom to "dress up" a little.
If replicating one's original room one-to-one is considered "slightly" a bit...
However, Su Lan did not come away empty-handed.
Perhaps because she was at home, Su Lan could easily see through Ai Tutu's clothes.
The name "Big Rabbit" truly carries great weight.
Bai Tingting didn't intentionally offer any perks, but as a girl with a healing personality, she would occasionally "reward" Su Lan.
However, she mostly discussed the diversity of dishes with Ye Xinxia.
As for Mu Nujiao, she truly lives up to her reputation as a woman who is passionate about battle.
After learning that there was a huge battle space in the basement of Su Lan's villa, with a barrier that even super-level magic could not break, the underground training ground became her training space.
Su Lan didn't have much time to guide her, but the alien girl did.
Su Lan specifically arranged for several advanced-stage warrior-level alien girls to guide Mu Nujiao.
Mu Nujiao, who feels she is making progress every day, is very happy about it.
Thanks to her persistent fighting over the past six months and the unlimited supply of resources from her family, Mu Nujiao's strength has been raised to the third level of the intermediate rank.
Both the plant and wind systems are mid-tier level three.
Although the plant type did not have a spirit seed, Mu Nujiao obtained a unique plant that perfectly matched her fighting style.
At this moment, in the underground training room, the vines that were originally released by using plant magic have turned into sharp spears the size of bowls that pierce through the soil and pierce the ground.
If more magic is added to these sharp spears, they can completely cover the entire battlefield.
The spear, which has a built-in armor-piercing effect, is almost impossible for ordinary mages to resist, resulting in injury.
Furthermore, these wooden spears possess properties such as corrosion resistance and fire resistance. They are themselves exotic plants of the genus Ironwood, and once struck by them, virtually no mid-level mage can withstand them.
In addition to the plant type, the wind type Mu Nujiao obtained a wind type spirit seed.
The wind-type spirit seed was also a resource that the Mu family actively provided to Mu Nujiao.
With the Wind Spirit Seed, Mu Nujiao experienced a significant boost in both movement speed and wind magic enhancement.
These are resources that would have been almost impossible for Mu Nujiao to provide in the original story, but now the Mu family has given them to her without reservation.
The Mu family is already making every effort to collect special exotic plants of the high-level plant type, as well as wind-type soul seeds.
As for the Star River Vein, which can help intermediate mages increase their success rate in advancing to higher ranks, the Mu family had already prepared it for Mu Nujiao.
This treatment, so different from that in the original work, was naturally an investment they made in advance because they saw that Mu Nujiao and Su Lan's relationship was getting closer and closer.
Especially after the Xihang incident recently spread to the major families in Shanghai, the Mu family has been doing even more to pave the way for Mu Nujiao.
There was no other way; if the [Alien] Hunting Grounds had only had semi-forbidden spells before, there were suspected forbidden spell mages.
It is now clear that the [Alien] Hunters are all under the command of a forbidden spell mage with at least two forbidden spells.
This is far more impressive than the Mu clan!
As is well known, there are differences between forbidden spellcasters.
The Mu clan's forbidden spells cannot be cast independently; casting them requires assistance from others, which is quite difficult.
The person at the [Alien] Hunter's Den is now confirmed to be able to cast forbidden spatial magic!
Even according to those who were present at the time, there were no problems with the release of the forbidden spell.
If we don't do everything we can to help Mu Nujiao establish herself firmly by Su Lan's side and avoid falling out of the circle, are we just going to wait for someone else to surpass her?