Moved Mortal Heart

"Good morning, seniors."

Lu Xing summoned the beauties in the mirror, then made up a time. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains and overcast clouds, and without clocks or anything, he had no idea what time it was.

One sentence exposed his identity.

"The kid's here?"

The Empress lazily propped her face with her hand, still sitting on the Dragon Throne on the mountaintop. Her narrow phoenix eyes held a hint of playful amusement.

"Young master from Earth, we meet again~"

The Blue Skirt Girl giggled. She was still sitting on a rock by the stream, her fair legs kicking at the water.

"Lu Xing, Auntie sees you again."

The Neon Fairy, dressed in a red dress, looked at him with a gentle expression, then said happily, "My daughter's Mortal Heart was Moved because of you, and she's finally willing to come out of the ice cave! Lu Xing, take her with her physical body to experience the prosperity of the human world, laugh and cry a little, so she doesn't waste a reincarnation!"

Wait!

Lu Xing was shocked. The Fairy's Mortal Heart was Moved because of him?!

Before he could ask, a woman in a black dress said coldly to Lu Xing:

"What's so good about crying? What's so good about laughing? If you take her into the mortal world, it's better to let her seek the path to becoming an immortal, which would also fulfill our wishes."

"Becoming an immortal is so boring!"

The Blue Skirt Girl retorted, and also said to Lu Xing, "Hurry and take me and these good grandchildren to the human world. I'm already tired of this place, it's almost unbearably boring!"

"I think... becoming an immortal is good."

"What about immortals, what about humans?"

"Are we going into the mortal world? Can we not go?"

They each said a sentence, and Lu Xing didn't know who to listen to. He could only tell that they were all quite concerned about the Fairy entering the mortal world. Some said they didn't want to go, some urged her to go, but most were indifferent.

"Seniors!!"

Lu Xing called out to them. After they quieted down, he quickly asked, "May I ask what the Neon Fairy meant by 'Mortal Heart Moved'?"

"It's the literal meaning~" The Blue Skirt Girl covered her cheeks with her hands as if shy, and said bashfully, "You are no ordinary person, this concubine's Mortal Heart is Moved for you, and I wish to become your Dao Companion, to know each other for this life..."

"Stop talking!!!"

The Lute-Holding Girl shouted with a red face.

"Pah, he wants to make me fall for him?" The Empress laughed and spat.

The others either laughed or were shy, but most were still indifferent.

The Blue Skirt Girl immediately put her hands on her hips. "What do you want to do, rebel? How dare you disrespect your elders!!"

The Lute-Holding Girl hid with a red face and didn't say anything.

The Neon Fairy also smiled and didn't speak.

Lu Xing roughly understood. The Cold Ice Fairy's Mortal Heart being Moved wasn't about romantic feelings, but the literal meaning: she had the idea of entering the mortal world.

No wonder she came out of the ice cave.

"I think."

Lu Xing looked at the Empress sitting on the mountaintop and said, "You're not as beautiful as Cold Ice Fairy, who is your master. If I were to be moved, it would be by the Fairy!"

This sentence was originally meant to retort the Empress, but who knew that after saying it, not only her, but also the souls of the beauties in the mirror all started laughing.

This left Lu Xing completely bewildered, only vaguely realizing that this group of beauties in the mirror were once again laughing at his ignorance.

Damn it, one day I'll make them pay the price!

"So, I can go down the mountain now?"

Lu Xing changed the subject.

Many people in the mirror said yes, but the Blue Skirt Girl said, "We've answered so many of your questions, shouldn't you repay us?"

"What does Senior want me to do?"

"It's simple, just tell us where Earth is."

Last time they didn't specifically ask Lu Xing anything, were they observing him?

Lu Xing smiled and said, "Even if I wanted to tell you, I couldn't answer. I can only say that based on my speculation, Earth is another world. Your Three Realms and Six Paths is one world, and Earth is another."

Afraid they would misunderstand the meaning of "world," he explained again.

"How amazing!"

The Blue Skirt Girl sat by the stream and sighed, then asked, "Then how did you get here?"

"A celestial being sent me," Lu Xing said with a smile.

"The boy is lying!" the Empress snorted.

The Purple-Clad Woman said, "If there really are celestial beings, they are probably from ancient times."

"What does Earth have?" someone else asked.

"It has everything, and it has nothing. I haven't seen your Three Realms and Six Paths, so how can I compare? I can only answer that Earth has no spiritual energy and cannot cultivate. I can't answer anything else."

"Then hurry down the mountain and see for yourself!"

Many of them urged him, and those who were indifferent about him going down the mountain before were still indifferent now.

"Don't rush, I need to make some preparations and bring some things from the ice cave back with me."

Lu Xing said. Cold Ice Fairy didn't care about anything, so he could only decide for himself.

"What's so good about those broken things? Hurry down the mountain. If there's a fight, we'll help you!" the Blue Skirt Girl urged him again.

Lu Xing ignored her. He didn't think that things worthy of being left at home by a Fairy were broken. He could leave other things, but he should at least bring that sword.

Holding the mirror, he walked back.

On the way, he finally had time to check the system prompts that had just popped up. The reason he hadn't looked before was that he was worried they would notice if he was distracted.

"Novice Advancement Quest Two: Preliminary Experience of a Fairy's State of Mind.

Option One: Reside in an ice cave for twenty years, reward: ten million experience points.

Option Two: Reside in an ice cave for one year, reward: one hundred thousand experience points.

Option Three: Reside on a snowy mountain for ten days, reward: one thousand experience points."

After reading, Lu Xing fell silent.

What kind of bizarre quest content was this?

Live in an ice cave for twenty years, ten million experience, instantly max level upon leaving?

Lu Xing believed there were ruthless people on Earth who could achieve this challenge, but it definitely didn't include him.

Should he say it was worthy of being the Life Exchange System? It detected that he hadn't completed Quest One and was about to leave the snowy mountain, so it released this quest to experience the Cold Ice Fairy's state of mind.

What would happen if he didn't do it?

Lu Xing tried asking, but unfortunately, there was no answer.

After thinking for a while, fine, he would stay on the snowy mountain for ten days. Fortunately, Option Three allowed him to leave the ice cave, otherwise, he would really suffocate.

"Your steps are slow, what are you thinking about?" someone in the mirror asked.

"I'm thinking, who exactly are you people?"

Lu Xing asked. These people seemed to be closely related to the Cold Ice Fairy. Mother and daughter? Ancestors? Master? Friends? Sect inheritance?

From their fragmented words, it seemed some of them were the same person as the Cold Ice Fairy, but sometimes they would distinguish themselves from each other, making it hard to tell what was real and what was fake.

Perhaps it was similar to the Three Corpses cutting in prehistoric novels, but their number was too large. Lu Xing had an impression of at least ten people, and there had been at least several hundred who had appeared.

"Hehe~"

The beauty in the mirror just smiled, not answering him at all.

They had reached an agreement, deliberately concealing the truth, just not telling him.

Lu Xing didn't press further. After descending the mountain later, he would try to investigate and see what this mirror and their origins truly were.

Returning to the cave, he had left some writing here last time. Upon returning, he saw that the Cold Ice Fairy had also left writing here. So, after writing, her Mortal Heart was Moved, and she walked out of the ice cave to the garden, leaving writing again.

To be honest, Lu Xing still didn't exactly understand what the "Mortal Heart" they spoke of was.

The heart to enter the world?

Regardless, this was the last time he would return to this ice cave buried deep in the mountain.

Lu Xing picked out a sword, a painting, and an ancient lute. The soul of the beauty in the mirror didn't teach him how to store them, deliberately watching him carry the lute as he walked. That Blue Skirt Girl even clapped her hands and giggled, truly annoying!

Lu Xing could only carry the sword, carry the lute on his back, and leave the home where the fairy had lived for who knows how long, step by step.

A quarter of an hour later, he walked out of the ice cave and stood in the wind and snow. He looked into the mirror and saw a peerless sword immortal holding a sword, carrying a lute on his back, dressed in white, with a red silk hair tie.

Lu Xing was amazed by the fairy!