After Jiang Xuannv came down from the men's dormitory, Xiao Yu strolled around campus with her. Jiang Xuannv read legal statutes while answering some of her questions.
Xiao Yu smiled. "Her learning ability is very strong, and her understanding of the world is different from ours. After reading laws for a while, a cat caught her attention. Then she noticed birds in the trees and gave up looking at her phone, instead observing cats, dogs, and birds around campus for most of the day. In the end, she squatted down to study the habits of ants, and then you came back."
Lu Xing did not dare imagine how beautiful the sight of "himself" squatting on the ground to watch an ant nest would have been. It would have made more sense with Jiang Xuannv's petite, delicate, expressionless appearance.
"Does the Virtual World not have any of these little animals?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.
Lu Xing shook his head. "No. There were no cats or dogs. There were bird calls in the trees, but no birds. I checked. The models for flowers, grass, and trees were very crude. If you crushed them with your hand, the petals would break into fragments. It was completely different from the Real World."
Xiao Yu did not play games much, but she knew these basics and quickly reached a conclusion. "The future Virtual World wasn't detailed enough?"
"Right. If we compare it to the realism level in online game novels, it was probably only around forty percent."
Lu Xing also told her about everything he had seen and experienced over the past three days.
Xiao Yu said, "Only half a day passed here, but you spent three days in the future. Of course, that isn't the important part. The important question is, why did the artificial intelligence do this?"
Lu Xing shook his head. "There was too little information. I can't infer anything."
Xiao Yu smiled faintly. "Your trip through time wasn't without gains. At least you got in touch with other humans. I asked Jiang Xuannv, and she said she had never seen any other humans."
"She disguised herself too well. Humans all treated her as an Intelligent Being."
The two chatted as they walked, going from the grove to the teaching building, then to the chemistry lab, then around to the women's dormitory, before finally returning to the cafeteria where Jiang Xuannv had been watching ants.
"I'm hungry. I'm going to eat first. What about you?" Lu Xing asked, then smiled. "If you want to eat at the cafeteria, I'll treat you."
"You're treating me?"
Xiao Yu looked toward the cafeteria, seeming a little embarrassed. "I'll treat you instead." She added, "I graduated several years ago. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to go into your cafeteria again."
She had not actually wanted to say that. It made her sound so old!
Lu Xing shook his head. "I'm too tired today. I don't feel like going out. I'll just eat something simple. Another day. When I have money, I'll treat you as thanks for your help today."
Xiao Yu nodded slightly, and the two parted ways.
Lu Xing grabbed a quick meal and returned to the dormitory. Qi Wenyu immediately got to his feet. "Sixth Brother, I contacted a doctor for you. Whatever you do, don't wet the bed again before seeing one!"
"Get lost."
"Hahahaha."
Lu Xing roughly understood what had happened. Jiang Xuannv did not know how to use the toilet. Fortunately, she had not asked Qi Wenyu to teach her. Instead, she contacted Xiao Yu after entering the restroom.
Xiao Yu had used Lu Xing's body, and conversely, Lu Xing had used hers.
They had used each other's bodies.
"Are you asleep?"
After showering, Lu Xing came out and saw a WeChat message from Xiao Yu.
"Not yet. What's up?"
"I organized some names and photos of the people in my social circle. You can take a rough look first."
"That's very thoughtful! [Like] I'll organize mine too and send them to you tomorrow."
"Sixth Brother has a girlfriend?"
Qi Wenyu leaned over, trying to peek at his phone. Lu Xing hurriedly covered it. "No, no. We're just chatting."
"Just chatting." Qi Wenyu grinned, full of envy. "Your photo even showed up on the Confession Wall. There was a beautiful older girl beside you, and there were tons of replies!"
Lu Xing did not know whether to laugh or cry. "She's not from our school. Why would she be on the Confession Wall?"
"What company does she work for? What's her name? Does she have a boyfriend? Sixth Brother, introduce me to her. Older girls are exactly my type!"
"Don't you always like freshman girls?"
"In principle, yes. But for an older sister, I can break my principles!" Qi Wenyu clenched his fist and made a forceful gesture.
"Why don't you break your moral boundaries and become a pervert?"
After exchanging some nonsense, Lu Xing queued up for ranked games with him. They did not lie down until midnight, still not fully satisfied.
This was the kind of National Day break college boys were supposed to have!
But—
When Lu Xing opened his eyes again, he found himself lying amid ice and snow once more. Beneath him was a Cold Jade Bed. He propped himself up, and long black hair like a waterfall spilled over smooth, fragrant shoulders. With one glance, Lu Xing knew he must currently look like a beauty in Begonia Spring Sleep.
Such a beautiful person was Cold Ice Fairy, not him.
Lu Xing quickly calmed down. He had traveled through time several times already, after all.
Looking around, he saw that the ice chamber was almost no different from the last time he had come. Only the mirror had been turned around. At the end of the writing he had left last time was an additional line:
Hold the mirror, and you may travel throughout the Three Realms and Six Paths.
"That was it?"
Lu Xing searched carefully. There really was only that one line. Cold Ice Fairy had not answered the questions he had left last time, nor had she even told him her name.
Lu Xing was speechless for quite a while.
He did not know whether this Fairy disdained speaking too much to a mortal like him, or whether she had concerns and refused to reveal more information.
Or perhaps she was simply cold by nature, stingy with words toward both people and matters.
Thinking about it carefully, the sentence she had left contained quite a bit of information.
First, she was very powerful.
Second, the mirror could be trusted.
After considering it for a moment, Lu Xing decided to trust her for now. Barefoot, with jade-white feet, he got out of bed. Dressed in a plain white gown, he stepped across the ice and came before the mirror.
The fairy-like face appeared in the mirror once more, reflecting into Lu Xing's eyes as well. He was instantly stunned by its beauty. It was as though the entire ice chamber had become radiant because of the Fairy's appearance, like a celestial palace in an immortal realm.
Lu Xing had nothing to say. The words he had originally wanted to use to tease her had now vanished completely from his mind.
There was no helping it. People were visual creatures. Her peerless immortal beauty was enough to make even her enemies willingly bow beneath her white skirt.
"Good daughter, you're awake?"
The beautiful woman in red appeared in the mirror again. She met Lu Xing's eyes through the mirror and immediately realized, "You're the ghost from Earth?"
In an instant, countless figures appeared in the mirror again: innocent and adorable young girls, gentle and elegant women, virtuous women, cold women—all staring at Lu Xing.
The difference was that last time, they had filled the entire mirror. This time, they stood farther from its surface, allowing the mirror to reflect all their faces. Every one of them was a beauty with exceptional looks and bearing.
There were great beauties and little beauties alike.
Pure and adorable, lively and charming, cold and peerless, graceful and noble...
This mirror had gathered every stunning beauty in the world!
"I'm from Earth, but I'm not a ghost!"
Lu Xing calmed himself and cupped his fists toward the many beautiful women in the mirror. "Greetings, everyone. My name is Lu Xing."
The women in the mirror wore different expressions, and faint whispers drifted out.
"Lu Xing? He's the Earthling?"
"He entered our bodies without alerting the Reincarnation Mirror. Could Earth be the Immortal Realm?"
"No, Earth has no Spiritual Energy. Cultivation is impossible there."
"You've never been to the Immortal Realm. How do you know what it is like?"
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