The Yama Eye Opens, Heaven's Secrets Defy Divination, All Taboos Fall Away, and the Ghost Sages Emerge!

Li Xian was wild by nature, following his whims and indulging his passions. Hearing Tao Xiangrong offer to spend her life with him, sustaining each other through hardship, filled him with gratitude. Yet he thought, I'm tangled in so many debts of love, a hopeless knot I still don't know how to untie. Besides, there's Madam Yan, Sister Liuli... and that general... I... His heart was a snarl of threads.

Tao Xiangrong frowned. "My darling Li, why aren't you answering?" She nudged him gently and saw him staring in a daze, his expression conflicted. Something suddenly occurred to her, and tears spilled down her cheeks. "You... could you think I'm cheap... and refuse to marry me? You... you..." She was utterly heartbroken, her sorrow too poignant for words.

"Nothing of the sort, nothing of the sort!" Li Xian hastily said. "Sister, don't overthink it." Tao Xiangrong recovered a little. "Really?" Li Xian said, "Absolutely. I treasure you more than anything. How could I bear to look down on you?"

Tao Xiangrong covered her tears with a soft laugh and hugged Li Xian tightly again. Besotted beyond measure, she drew him into bed and kept asking, "Then why wouldn't you answer just now? Marrying me would put you in a difficult position, wouldn't it?" Li Xian said sincerely, "Of course I hope we can stay together forever. But there are still things I haven't resolved. There's a great stone hanging over my heart that has yet to fall."

"Dear little brother," Tao Xiangrong said tenderly, "I'll never be a burden to you. Rest assured. I only want to marry you and devote myself to being your wife. I ask for nothing else. Whether you want to keep making your way in Jade City, roam the martial world, or retreat from worldly