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On the second day after the first-level alert in the Night Phantom Land was lifted, everyone from Shandar Academy followed Queen Xi to the base she had prepared for Shandar!
Faced with Your Highness personally extending an invitation, Shandar's Headmaster naturally felt greatly honored. But when it came time to negotiate the final terms, he grew somewhat nervous. He stayed holed up in a private room and refused to come out. Even when discussing matters with his instructors, it was Ah Li who handled the communication. The Headmaster, who had initially been eager to come to the Northern Star Region, had now turned into a sulking turtle.
This left some of the instructors completely baffled. Ah Li, who was somewhat familiar with the Headmaster's personality, merely chuckled inwardly.
That old fellow's thoughts were so simple that she could guess them with her own fox fur!
In the Eastern Star Region, Shandar had risen step by step on the foundation of its solid Martial School, but in reality, its progress had been difficult because of its lack of roots!
Anyone truly familiar with Shandar knew that its student base had once mainly come from two places. The first was the Vastaya tribes.
This was one of the largest races in the universe, but also the loosest and least cohesive. Shandar had deep ties with several Royal Clan Bloodlines among them, so it could occasionally gather some promising youngsters from those branches. However, the Vastaya followed the most primitive policy of allowing the strongest to rise to power. As a result, their clan leaders frequently switched allegiances. One person might rule in one era, only for an entirely new king to take over in the next.
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