Mushroom Man

this moment……

The person before me is the one in my heart.

Princess Qinghe wept with joy, gazing up at the waning moon with rapt attention.

Before the towering, upright crescent moon, she was so insignificant.

But her love for Huiyue was as dazzling as the sun.

The burning flame of love transcended life and death, illuminating the entire underworld.

Princess Qinghe did not hesitate at all...

Like a moth drawn to a flame, she held up a mushroom of clarity, offering a moment of clarity to her beloved.

When a person is deeply confused and lost, only those who love you and those you love can pull you out of the mire.

The Awakening Mushroom bursts into light and flies toward the eyes of the Obsidian Moon.

In an instant, Huiyue, who had been in a daze and with lifeless eyes, finally woke up.

He held up the sky of the underworld with his hands and stepped on the mud of the Yellow Springs, struggling to break free from his cage.

However, it was just too big...

The entire underworld became a prison for the waning moon.

He wanted to gain freedom and transcend life and death, but that was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Even if one escapes the Fountain of Bewitching Power and regains consciousness, it will be of no use.

Princess Qinghe saw this and was very anxious.

She quickly looked at the Love Mushroom and pleaded, "Love, please help him!"

"He was trapped in the underworld his whole life, it's so pitiful."

"He needs freedom, he needs a new life."

"He is the son of the mushroom people, and should be shining like the sun in the sky, not trapped in this cold and desolate underworld as a lonely ghost."

Unable to resist Princess Qinghe's pleas, Love Mushroom sighed.

"I can help you, after all, love is all-powerful."

"But do you really want to help him be reborn and leave the underworld?"

"Now, in order to awaken him, you have paid with your life and become a lonely ghost in the underworld, never to return to the world of the living."

"Once you help him regain his life, you will be separated by death and never see each other again."

"And you will completely lose this hard-won love, and I will leave you too."

"At that time, you will be the loneliest and most solitary person in the world."

"They cried out to heaven and earth in vain, becoming lonely ghosts wandering the banks of the Yellow Springs."

Love is powerful, but it comes at a price.

Every love affair in life comes at a price.

The Love Mushroom helped Princess Qinghe rescue her beloved, but in doing so, it took her life.

If we help Princess Qinghe and help Huiyue regain her life, we will have to take away her freedom.

Everything in the universe, from carving to shaping, has its predetermined destiny.

What you gain, you must lose; this is fate.

Princess Qinghe fell silent for a moment after hearing Love Mushroom's explanation.

But she quickly made up her mind, clenched her fists, and her eyes became firm.

"Love, I must help him!"

"For love, I'm not even afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of loneliness?"

"I believe in Huiyue. Once he knows how much I love him, he will definitely rescue me."

"As you said, love can do anything."

"As long as we truly love each other, even if we are separated by life and death, what can stop us?"

Princess Qinghe's love for Huiyue was a one-sided, unfounded love, a love for which she was willing to sacrifice herself.

This love is unwavering until death; though it is utterly foolish, it is stronger than gold and unshakeable.

The Love Mushroom was persuaded by Princess Qinghe and thus shone brightly once more.

The flame, a symbol of love, soared into the sky, enveloping the waning moon. The waning moon, unaware of the reason, only knew that it seemed to possess boundless power.

He was born into the underworld, a numb and indifferent dead man who had never felt warmth.

Now, the warmth of love has given him feelings, just like a living person.

The enormous, bloated soul of the Moonblossom gradually solidified at this moment.

As the saying goes, things reach their extremes and then reverse; he, who should have been shrouded in deathly energy, suddenly burst forth with vitality.

Huiyue raised her fist and smashed it, piercing through the deepest part of the Yellow Springs and opening a path to life from the dead.

Without even glancing at the insignificant Princess Qinghe, he embarked on the road to the underworld.

He longed for a new life, for freedom.

What use is mere love to make the moon linger?

There was no lust in Huiyue's eyes, and she could not see the existence of the Love Mushroom.

With each step he took, the vitality grew stronger, and his ethereal figure became more solid.

However, in Princess Qinghe's eyes, Huiyue was drifting further and further away from her.

With each step it took, its figure, which should have been solid, became increasingly ethereal and elusive.

Upon seeing this, Princess Qinghe felt a sense of panic.

She couldn't believe that Huiyue wouldn't even stop and look back at her.

If that's the case, how could Huiyue fall in love with herself?

"The waning moon!"

Princess Qinghe couldn't help but call out, wanting her beloved to turn around and look at her, even just for a moment.

However, Huiyue turned a deaf ear to this until she completely disappeared from Princess Qinghe's sight.

In an instant, the vast Yellow Springs was left with only Princess Qinghe.

She looked around, but there was no sign of her beloved.

Love cannot withstand the test of time...

Most of the time, trust doesn't make the other person fall in love with you; it only moves you and brings you harm.

"The ecliptic moon, the ecliptic moon..."

Princess Qinghe was heartbroken, and her tears fell to the ground, transforming into blooming spider lilies.

These red spider lilies stand out vividly in the underworld, just to win back a glance from their beloved.

She called out Huiyue's name again and again, stubbornly refusing to give up.

Just then, a phantom mushroom with a net-like mycelium quietly appeared.

This mushroom, named Destiny, spoke mockingly: "Foolish man, don't you understand?"

"So-called love is nothing but wishful thinking on your part from beginning to end."

"You are destined to be separated by life and death, and will never cross paths again."

"Whether you live or die, it's unchangeable."

"You saved him with love, but in the end you ended up with nothing. This is your fate."

"You cannot love each other, nor can you escape the fate I have woven for you..."

Princess Qinghe was unusually furious upon hearing the mockery of fate.

She cried out and loudly protested, "No, that's not how it is."

"Love is omnipotent and is not bound by fate."

"It was you, it must have been you who blocked our love, causing us to be separated by life and death, unable to be a couple."

"Love, please help me one last time, I want to break free from this damned fate!"

Princess Qinghe's cries made the Love Mushroom, which should have left, stop again.

The Love Mushroom thus discovered the Fate Mushroom!
Logically speaking, Princess Qinghe had already lost love, and Love Mushroom shouldn't have helped her; this was also part of fate.

But love is not bound by fate; love can do whatever it wants and doesn't need to care about so-called rules.

Of course, most importantly...

Love-shrooms have always harbored a deep hatred for Fate-shrooms! (End of Chapter)