Chapter 1: The Strange Occurrence on Guard Spirit Night

  "Alas, I only have one daughter, how can I bear to drive you away!" My dad sighed softly and took the things from my hands, starting to bustle about.

  Instead, I got a chance and stood aside, asking him in a low voice: "Dad, do you know what a spiritual marriage is?"

  My dad looked at me with a calm gaze and said in a soft voice, "Your grandmother told me before that the Ling marriage is an ancient and mysterious way of marriage among the three tribes, binding two people's souls together for life after life, unchangeable. As long as one party has great power, then by forming this spiritual marriage, the other party can gradually become stronger with his help. In other words, you were already out of luck at that time, so there was only this method to retrieve your vitality."

  "How can this spiritual marriage be dissolved?" Actually, this is what I most want to know.

  My dad almost smiled wryly and shook his head. I should have known better, with such a perverted way of locking up, it's going to bind my soul for life after life, how could I possibly open it easily?

  "What if I marry him in spirit now and then marry someone else in reality?"

  "Except for the person who married you in spirit marriage, all other men who have touched you will be infected with the evil spirit of your spiritual marriage and die prematurely."

  I felt a chill run down my spine, what kind of evil spirit or demon could have come up with such a vicious and sinister ghost marriage!

  If it were me, even if I loved a man dearly, I would still hesitate to bind him to me for all eternity. But when Shu An made up her mind to go through with this spirit marriage, the determined look on her face really unsettled me.

  Look at me with a worried expression, my dad intentionally spoke out to comfort me: "I think Shu An is willing to marry you in spirit because your fates are tied together."

  "Fate? Heaven's fate or human fate?"

  My emotions suddenly got a bit out of control, to the point where my tone rose by an octave. Before I realized it, my dad called out my name in a very difficult tone: "Xiao Xian..."

  I stared at him intently, feeling that he had something to say but was hesitating.

  I hastily asked: "Dad, what are you going to say?"

  As soon as I asked, he suddenly changed his tone and said with a sigh: "I just wanted to tell you that things have come to this point, we can't change anything. You are my daughter, always will be my daughter. As long as you can live safely, it's better than anything else. Don't think about it too much anymore. I think Shu An is a good person, he looks good and has good manners. Most importantly, I believe he will protect you like he protects himself."

  My dad said this whole section, and I almost focused on the words 'cultivation and eloquence are very good'.

  I don't know if my dad really can't read people or if Shi An is just a good actor, probably both, it's really making me feel so unjust!

  It's no longer a matter of upbringing, it's entirely a problem with one's character!

  Of course, I didn't dare to tell my dad about this, because he is a person who distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Seeing how sincere he was in inviting Shu An home today, I knew that he was truly grateful for Shu An saving me. If I were to say something bad about Shu An in front of him, my dad would definitely scold me for being ungrateful!

  Alas, what kind of person he is doesn't matter now. I still have a lot of headaches to deal with, such as my hair.

  This hair is too eerie, it gives me a subtle feeling that it's not actually hair, it's more like a coarse-lined hand tightly wrapped around my entire neck.