Heart (Part 2)

Xie Qing and the immortal woman were eating mushroom soup in silence. Xie Qing's cooking skills were decent, but not enough to satisfy an immortal's taste buds. However, the immortal woman did not complain and just ate the soup. Xie Qing was a bit puzzled.

"She is different from the cultivators I have heard of...," Xie Qing thought, looking up at the night sky. "Arrogant, like stars in the sky, shining bright and illuminating the heavens. And I, along with all mortals, can only be worthy of being the dirt beneath their feet."

A sense of melancholy overcame him. It was true that such a fate was pitiful. What mortal would not want a luxurious and healthy life?

Xie Qing had also dreamed of this since he was a child. The day he learned about cultivators became the cause of his obsession and desire to become one.