The persistent drizzle of the summer solstice season, tapping on the green tiles of the roof, made a tinkling sound at night.

    With a furrowed brow, Lu Jin'an slowly opened his eyes, and the sound of gurgling bubbles filled his ears continuously.

    Turning his head, he saw countless blood bubbles popping up from the boiling blood in the pit.

    He glanced over and did not show any extra emotions, only feeling a sharp pain in the back of his neck — he was knocked out here by a blow to the head.

    Besides the pain, there was also a chill in his body because his clothes had been stripped off completely. However, there was still a clean woolen blanket beneath him, which made one think, "The murderer is surprisingly kind-hearted."

    Crackle——

    A woman in a blue and white khasi skirt with a wide-sleeved shirt walked into the room.

    The woman's fair, spotless face was tinted with a faint blush, and her slightly disheveled long hair cascaded down like the flowing clouds of dusk, reflecting some deep blue hues in the flickering glow of the candlelight.

    Under the slanting willows, the delicate eyelashes trembled slightly, and her sky-blue eyes displayed a distant, ethereal elegance. The thin lips under her upturned nose formed a rose petal-like delicate curve, creating an enchanting and classical appearance.

    Between the gentle breaths, it was like the lake under the moonlight, cold and elegant.

    In an instant upon seeing Lu Jin'an, her cold expression bloomed into a gentle smile: "My husband, you've woken up?"

    Lu Jin'an silently looked at her - the person responsible for knocking him out was his wife Zhu Nanzhi, who had been married for one and a half years.

    "I'm sorry, it must hurt a lot."

    Zhu Nanzhi walked over to his side and sat down, gently holding him in her arms and stroking the back of his neck, "I didn't want it to be like this... It's all the husband's fault."

    "My husband, with your outstanding appearance and excellent character, why did you choose to practice the dark arts? I had expressly advised you not to go to the clinic again, but why didn't you listen? Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened."

    Lu Jin'an pulled at the corner of his mouth: "So that's your reason for taking off my clothes? And you found out about the blood pool here three days ago, came personally, and saw that it was tonight... When did you give me the poison and seal my cultivation power?"

    "Because I still want to see everything about you~" After answering the first question, Zhu Nanzhi asked back, "Husband, do you remember when we first met?"

    "Impressive."

    Speaking of it, Lu Jin'an closed his eyes. He could still clearly remember the first thing Zhu Nanzhi had said when she saw him, and what he hadn't expected was to get into this situation.

    "Sir, you're lying all alone on such a desolate snowy mountain. Don't you fear freezing to death?"

    "..."

    "Are you injured?"

    "No."

    "Let me think... Would it be considered a kind benefactor to dig you out of the snow without your knowledge and give you hot water to drink?"

    "..."

    "Why aren't you saying anything?"

    "Alright."

    "Are you a local?"

    "Yes..."

    "Is there a reason why you're lying in the snow, right?"

    "Yes..."

    "Exactly, I also have business here. How about we travel together?"

    "Alright."

    "So let's get married."

    "Hmm... Hm?"

    "..."

    The memories of a year ago reappeared in his mind. Lu Jin'an, who had just reopened his eyes, stared at the classical beauty within arm's reach, slightly dazed.

    A girl who is completely unknown to each other giving herself freely must have some unknown purpose. But even now, Lu Jin'an still doesn't understand what kind of purpose she has in approaching him.

    Because Zhu Nanzhi gave herself completely.

    He still remembers Zhu Nanzhi's warm but uncompromising words at that time.

    "After we get married, you can live in this mansion as you wish... Do you have a house? No, you'll have to live here."

    "I can give you a thousand crystal magic stones every month as a monthly allowance... You don't have to do housework."

    You don't want to? You're not short of crystal magic stones with your clinic? It's fine, and it doesn't conflict with me giving you.

    You just need to live here in peace and get married to me."

    Under such conditions that are like a dream, Lu Jin'an did not eat with a clear conscience. Although he was living in her home, the crystal magic stones she gave him were placed in the warehouse without being used, and he voluntarily made three agreements with her.

    Do not interfere with each other's private life; do not live together in the same room; end things well after the business is completed.

    Zhu Nanzhi agreed.

    So Lu Jin'an started living what seemed like a life of receiving a soft allowance.

    But even though they had mutually agreed on the three agreements, one of the stipulations was broken on a night half a year ago.

    Lu Jin'an ate the so-called "soft meal" named "Zhu Nanzhi" to the last grain of rice - it was given to him by the other party after they had been drinking.

    Zhu Nanzhi's red flush after being drunk, her coy whispers and seductive recitals... Even a gentleman could not resist the temptation.

    Lu Jin'an is a man and his body is healthy, so although he is cautious, he also ate the soft meal that was offered to him after drinking alcohol.

    In addition to bleeding, there was no incident of replenishing yang with yin.

    Zhu Nanzhi gave herself again for the second time without any reason.

    So the two of them lived together in one room, and then they couldn't stop from then on.

    Lu Jin'an doesn't know what the rich nymph's motive is for giving it away, but he gradually finds that her control desire is getting stronger and stronger.

    Apart from her menstrual period, she wants to be intimate every night, but as her control desire has grown stronger, she has lost that dominance during intimacy. More often than not, she is like a gentle cat, charming and heart-tugging.

    Lu Jin'an wouldn't find it hard to comply with her requests, but as time went on, Zhu Nanzhi's demands became increasingly unreasonable: she wouldn't let him treat women patients, she only wanted him to eat what she cooked, and she prohibited him from going out.

    Lu Jin'an naturally rejected Zhu Nanzhi's increasingly bizarre behavior, and she did not continue to make such requests after that.

    Until now.

    He was completely washed away by his Daoist cultivation of Xiongstong, and she even knocked him out, stripped him naked, and imprisoned him in his own clinic.

    Although there were no physical restraints such as shackles, Lu Jin'an could feel that the area was completely sealed off by a barrier.

    What does Zhu Nanzhi want to do? Imprison him to satisfy her desire for control?

    "Remember, husband... I am very happy." Zhu Nanzhi looked at Lu Jin'an's eyes softly and tenderly: "Does the husband like his wife?"

    "We had our agreement at the beginning," Lu Jin'an said without any expression.

    "That's not important." Zhu Nanzhi turned her head and looked at the blood pool: "What's important is that I very much like the husband. I hope he never leaves me, but the husband doesn't want to."

    Her voice fell, and she let go of Lu Jin'an to stand up and walk in front of him, looking down at him: "And the husband has practiced magic arts, which makes it impossible for the wife to help the husband out."

    At her words, Lu Jin'an, leaning against the edge of the blood pool, raised his eyelids slightly. Just as he was about to speak and ask his doubts, he saw Zhu Nanzhi lift her right hand and clasp it in mid-air, and a long sword hidden in a snowy scabbard appeared in her hand.

    Lu Jin'an narrowed his eyes. He recognized this sword.

    The legendary sword of Qing Miaogong, named 'Zhan Ming', which has not chosen its master for a thousand years.

    "Do you recognize this sword, husband?" Zhu Nanzhi held the Zhanming sword close to her chest and tilted her head to look at him, "You are still at the level of Tongsheng cultivation..."

    So, does the name 'Lu An' mean that the husband's name is false, or even his appearance?"

    Saying this, she approached a few steps as if she wanted to see if he had transformed, but just as she was about to reach out, she withdrew her hand: "Never mind, it doesn't matter."

    At her words, Lu Jin'an, who was still struggling to mobilize the spiritual energy within him, smiled: "You want to kill me?"

    "If the husband is killed, indeed, it can make the husband always be by the wife's side, but..."

    As she spoke, a tinge of pallid red flushed her face, and the smile curling her lips showed signs of twisted madness.

    She held the Zhanming sword tightly and twirled around, her heron skirt flaring out, revealing a small section of her tender white calf and the jade-like feet encased in embroidered shoes: "But if I were to kill the husband, I would never be able to hear the husband's voice again, never feel his body heat, never understand the husband's magnanimity..."

    She stopped spinning, her crimson cheeks pressed against the hilt of Zhan Ming, lightly rubbing against it. Her pair of sky blue eyes showed signs of a sickly infatuation as she stared at Lu Jin'an.

    "So the wife can't bear to kill the husband. The wife just wants to refine the husband into a sword spirit. In this way, the husband will always be by the wife's side, and the wife can always train and control him~"

    "Hmm?"

    Lu Jin'an's eyes widened, and his heart was suddenly in disarray.

    What he originally thought was just Zhu Nanzhi's inexplicable possessiveness became stronger as they spent more time together, but he never would have expected...

    You are actually a sick and perverse one?!

    Lu Jin'an opened his mouth, wanting to say something but feeling as if something was stuck in his throat.

    "Husband~" Zhu Nanzhi, holding Zhanming in her arms, smiled charmingly: "Aren't you moved? This is an idea I've had since I met you~"

    However, as the husband practices magic arts, it has given me the courage to make a final decision.

    Zhu Nanzhi, as she spoke, extended her hand to grasp Zhan Ming at a horizontal angle. Her moist eyes seemed to be able to draw out silk: "Zhan Ming is good, but it's not as powerful as the husband. Moreover, refining the husband into a sword spirit would completely eliminate the warmth of the husband~"

    The wife has been hesitating, after all, Qing Miao Palace does not accept male disciples, and there's no way to take the husband back openly. And the wife will be leaving tomorrow~"

    Zhu Nanzhi again held Zhanming close to her chest and happily spun another circle: "However, the husband is very loving towards the wife. He even helped me make up my mind~"

    The husband must have deliberately ignored the wife's warnings and continued to come here to practice magic, and then used this as a reason for the wife to refine the husband into a sword spirit~"

    The husband is really pampering the wife~"

    She looked up at the ceiling and seemed to have some kind of love emerging in her sky-blue pupils: "Ah~~~ The wife is really happy~ The feeling of happiness is a bit strange~"

    Zhu Nanzhi caressed her legs, then looked down at Lu Jin'an again: "The wife will definitely not let the husband down for his kind intentions~"

    Lu Jin'an watched this one-sided drama of the sickly and frenzied infatuated woman in a daze. Has her mind really gone bad?

    She imagines those things as the husband's good intentions towards her?

    However, from her performance, Lu Jin'an can also fully understand that the ultimate purpose of her white gifts is to refine herself into the spirit of her destined divine sword.

    This woman had a premeditated plan rather than acting on impulse!

    Thinking of this, Lu Jin'an was at a loss for words. It was clearly to refine herself into the spirit of her destined divine sword from the very beginning, and she used the excuse of 'practicing magic arts' to make it seem grand and majestic... Hah, women!

    In silence, Lu Jin'an suddenly felt a flash of cold light before his eyes. He heard the sound of 'clang' as Zhan Ming, held by Zhu Nanzhi, was drawn from its scabbard and emitted icy sword qi that chilled to the bone.

    Zhu Nanzhi giggled absurdly: "I was originally thinking of deeply reminiscing about everything about the husband here, but suddenly I feel like I've said too much."

    After all, the husband is at the level of Tongsheng cultivation, what if something unexpected happens?"

    Her voice fell, she inserted the sword scabbard into the floor, holding Zhan Ming one step after another and advancing towards Lu Jin'an, spreading his legs with her jade-like feet wearing embroidered shoes. She stopped at his thigh.

    She raised her right hand, and the blade of Zhanming was placed across Lu Jin'an's neck. Her eyes were filled with intense reluctance and joy at the prospect of being together forever.

    "Maybe the husband's name and appearance are false, but it doesn't matter. The wife will soon know everything about the husband. The wife... really, really happy~"

    Zhu Nanzhi's wrist trembled slightly as she held the sword, blood gushed from Lu Jin'an's neck but none of it fell, all of it was absorbed by Zhan Ming.

    Feeling the pain in his neck, Lu Jin'an wrinkled his brow. Despite still being unable to mobilize his internal spiritual energy, he leaned towards the edge of the blood pool. But after hearing Zhu Nanzhi's purpose, he completely stopped being worried.

    He slightly raised his head and looked at the Zhu Nanzhi with a sickly face: "Two more questions."

    "Husband, you're not afraid at all~ It's true that the husband really likes the wife very much, and wants to stay by the wife's side, to cultivate the path with her~"

    "The wife is really happy, but the wife doesn't want to waste time. So the husband can only ask one question~" Zhu Nanzhi smiled absurdly, raised her left hand to touch her cheek, and divided and curved her slender fingers, especially the little finger which was placed on her lower lip, showing off her sickly appearance to perfection: "The wife will definitely answer the last question about the husband's physical body without reservation."

    Lu Jin'an took a deep breath and asked seriously: "How did you poison him?"

    He was very curious about this, as with his cultivation at the level of Tongsheng and his vigilance towards Zhu Nanzhi, how did she manage to succeed in poisoning him?

    Zhu Nanzhi's face flushed with a hint of shyness: "The husband's strength surprised me. I tried again and again, and finally confirmed that the husband is at the level of Tongsheng..."

    "Get to the point." Lu Jin'an interrupted her.

    Zhu Nanzhi lightly bit her red lips, but her left hand, which was on her face, slid down over her beautiful neck: "Even if the husband is vigilant, there will be times when he is completely relaxed..."

    "As long as it's not noticed during the most relaxed time~"

    Lu Jin'an looked at the position where her left hand finally stopped, his eyes widened in shock again: "You, actually had poison hidden in your body?"

    "Is the wife clever?" Zhu Nanzhi shyly laughed, "The husband's expression at this moment really sets the wife's heart aflutter~"

    Lu Jin'an's eyes twitched a few times, really, it's too much!

    How could such a tranquil and sacred place as Qing Miao Palace have produced such a deviant?

    "Did the husband's other question want to ask about what poison, isn't it?" Zhu Nanzhi tilted her head and spoke to herself again: "But the wife won't say. What if the husband knows the antidote? The wife has diligently sealed the husband's cultivation~"

    "Alright~" Zhu Nanzhi raised her left hand to push back her ear-length hair behind her ear, and the sword array for creating a sword spirit centered around her was activated at the same time. With her right hand, she applied more force, and the snow-white blade continued to deeply penetrate Lu Jin'an's neck, extracting his blood and drawing his soul essence: "Husband, bear with me for a moment... I will finish soon..."

    Lu Jin'an looked into her eyes that showed a bit of seriousness, feeling intense pain, but he smiled slightly and looked relaxed. His voice carried a touch of sincerity: "Thank you."

    The smile and voice fell into Zhu Nanzhi's eyes and ears, and she could no longer control her emotions: "Husband, you really want to stay with the wife forever, don't you? The wife is so happy~"

    "Big... freedom..." Lu Jin'an opened his mouth.

    Hearing his voice, Zhu Nanzhi showed a bit of shyness again: "The husband knows what he wants to say, the husband indeed can't hold it with one hand. Does the husband want to feel it again?"

    It's fine. Once the husband becomes the wife's sworn sword spirit, the wife will always hold the husband in her arms, never letting go."

    She paused for a moment, and her voice added a touch of distress: "It's just unfortunate that the handle is not as good as the husband... but being able to be with the husband in this life and in countless future ones, the wife is satisfied. The wife will take good care of the husband's body~"

    After speaking, Zhu Nanzhi suddenly increased the force in her sword-holding wrist: "Husband~~~"

    Then the husband will be able to stay by the wife's side forever~"

    Lu Jin'an faintly raised his corner of his mouth, but a slight smile appeared. His consciousness followed Zhu Nanzhi's crazy words and gradually sank into the rain-soaked night outside the window.

    ······

    Author: After the two novels, "It's Hard to Date My Senior Sister" and "My Senior Sister Is Not Human!," which combined have over five million words, my new book is released today.

    This time, the author tries to walk the path of cultivator immortals, which is still the type that readers who like the author enjoy. And this time, the male lead no longer starts off invincible, but instead tries to write about leveling up. If there are any shortcomings, please forgive me.

    Then I beg everyone to follow and read the new book during its release period, as it involves recommendations and level advancement, which are related to the author's motivation.

    Of course, the author will not abandon the story, as my reputation is guaranteed, so I hope everyone can support me during the release period.

    Thank you everyone!