The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 1: Married?

Chapter 1: Married?
Fallen Cloud City.

Yunqian Si.

In a thatched hut on the edge of the stables.

A faint, pleasant fragrance mingled with a strong odor of sweat.

The pungent smell made Jiang Man, who was half asleep, wrinkle his nose and subconsciously raise his sleeve to cover it.

The moment the sleeve came close to his nose, the pungent, lingering stench assaulted his senses, sending a shiver through him and instantly snapping him back to reality.

The moment I opened my eyes, I was stunned.

He was standing in front of a simple wooden bed, surrounded by mottled earthen walls with worn-out double happiness characters hanging on them, as if they had been torn off and pasted on from somewhere.

Apart from a wooden bed and a set of tables and chairs with missing corners, the room was almost empty.

The most striking thing was a woman dressed in coarse linen clothes sitting by the large bed in front of her.

Rough clothing is not unusual here.

What is astonishing is her exquisitely beautiful face, as if it were a masterpiece sculpted by a master. Her almond-shaped eyes are like obsidian immersed in a clear spring, and her gaze carries a hint of shyness.

Her lips were slightly pursed, as delicate as cherry blossoms.

Such beauty should only exist in heaven, how could it grow among thatched huts?
"Husband, won't you let go?" she whispered, her voice as melodious as a mountain stream.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Man was taken aback.

I was just surprised to realize what the other person was saying.

husband?

I?
He then realized that his rough, thick hand was holding a rusty key, while the woman's slender fingers were covering the upper part of the key.

Instinctively, Jiang Man wanted to let go.

Suddenly, a slight stinging pain came from my mind.

Immediately afterwards, memories flooded back like a tide.
His earliest memory is that he knew he had transmigrated, transmigrating into his mother's womb.

However, for some unknown reason, he suffered a great shock before he was even born.

At that time, he thought the other party wanted to have an abortion, and even if he didn't want to, he was powerless to resist.

Then he fell into a coma.

They fell into endless darkness.

I woke up here.

But he soon learned the general situation.

The expected abortion did not occur, and he was indeed born safely.

However, due to mental disability, he was suspected of being abandoned.

Finally, we went to a relatively remote village at the foot of the mountain.

It is located in a town or village under the jurisdiction of one of the three major sects of the Immortal Sect.

They went there and immediately started working in the fields.

When he was ten years old, he was assigned a yellow ox.

At the age of sixteen, because the village was sparsely populated, he was the only one who met the age requirement and was sent to Luoyun City to participate in the cultivation selection. He joined the Qingyun Pavilion in Yunqian Division with his old ox.

At eighteen years old this year, the old ox suddenly began to speak human language without warning.

Ask him if he wants a wife.

The mentally challenged man didn't realize that the cow could speak human language; he simply envied others for having wives and finally nodded in agreement.

The old ox then told him that three days later, around noon, a stream would appear behind the mountain, and if he followed the stream upstream, he would see a fairy lake, where some fairy robes would fall.

Whoever takes away his fairy robe will become his wife.

He believed it and did as instructed.

In the end, they did indeed bring back a woman who was as beautiful as an angel.

It was the person right in front of me.

We just performed the wedding ceremony during the day.

That evening, the other party gently told him that since they had already paid their respects to heaven and earth, they were now husband and wife.

I must live a good life from now on.

She even offered to help with cleaning and chores, but the chains on her feet bound her. If she could find the key to unlock them, she could truly contribute to the family and build a happy and fulfilling life with him.

The foolish man couldn't resist the allure of her every smile and gesture, and naturally believed her again.

And at that moment, he was holding the key.

As the memories returned, a strange feeling stirred within Jiang Man.

The talking cow, the woman who lost her clothes, and me who got married.
Why does this plot feel so familiar?

Immediately, Jiang Man glanced at the iron chain on the other person's ankle.

this.
Isn't this a case of kidnapping fairies?
Would such a fairy be willing to be with me just because we've gone through a wedding ceremony?
Jiang Man didn't believe it.

This humble home had a hard bed board, and the foot of the bed was covered with dried mud stains, making it look dark.

How can a home that is like a pigsty inspire a sense of belonging?
Secondly, this coarse linen clothing felt prickly to wear, and the stench of sweat was particularly nauseating.

Not to mention pampered, delicate-skinned fairies.

The other party is probably enduring this with great difficulty all the time.

The fairy isn't stupid. How could she willingly help with chores? And be a devoted wife and mother?
If the key is given away, retribution will arrive soon, and I fear I won't live past today.

Offending such a person will bring him utter destruction.

Stories like this in picture books may have a happy ending, but reality is not a storybook.

Even if a fairy from the heavens were bewitched, she would never actually submit to a country bumpkin!
Thinking of this, Jiang Man suddenly gripped the key tightly, wanting to pull it back.

However.
Not moving.

His heart sank, and he instantly realized something was wrong.

Can holding a key for a long time restore its magic power?

Jiang Man was tense all over, his thoughts racing.

Finally forcing himself to remain calm, he slowly spoke: "Fairy, if I said that all of this was a misunderstanding, would you believe me?"

The fairy, who had been shy and timid, now stared at him with a cold gaze.

Jiang Man understood that the other party didn't believe him at all.

"Fairy, if I let you go, can you let me go too? I was young and ignorant, and was deceived by villains. Only today, after waking up from my dream, did I realize the terrible mistake I had made." Jiang Man asked strugglingly.

As he spoke, he secretly exerted force in his hand, trying to snatch the key back.

But the key seemed to be firmly embedded in her hand, remaining completely still.

"What are you saying, my husband? We are husband and wife who have sworn an oath to heaven and earth. How can you say you'll let me go?" The fairy's lips parted slightly, and her cold words sent a chill down Jiang Man's spine, who was in August.

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Man suddenly felt a sharp pain all over his body, as if countless ice needles were piercing his bone marrow.

It even felt like my body was about to be torn apart.

His instinct was to let go and back away.

But the hand holding the key felt like it was glued to the ground.

Now they're stuck in a dilemma.

She truly is a fairy.

"Does my husband know what will happen when we get married? I have never seen anyone who dares to get married to me. You must be an unparalleled genius, right?" The fairy looked at Jiang Man with a hint of mockery in her eyes.

Jiang Man insisted, "It was indeed persecution by treacherous people."

I had only just woken up; it was the old ox's fault.

Moo!
Just then, a cow mooed outside the courtyard. The sound wasn't loud, but it was very clear.

At this moment, Jiang Man felt the key in his hand vibrate.

Even the strength of the person in front of me seemed to have weakened.

Soon, the other person tightened their grip on the key slightly.

The fairy's eyes flickered slightly as she glanced at the door of the house. When she looked at Jiang Man again, her eyes were filled with indifference: "My husband even raises evil gods as livestock. No wonder he dares to marry me. He must understand what he has to endure to marry me."

Before the words were even finished, the key shattered into pieces.

Even the chains disappeared.

Then Jiang Man felt something abnormal in his body, as if something had entered his mind.

Before he could even notice, the figure in front of him slowly faded away.

The other person's soft voice rang out again: "A day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. My husband must work hard, the price of a wedding ceremony is not easy to bear. Also, your livestock has offended me, and my punishment will come soon."

We may meet again at any time, but I don't know if, when we meet again, my husband will be alive as he is now, or already a withered bone buried in the earth.

After that, the other party completely disappeared.

Then there was a loud bang.

The dilapidated wooden door collapsed with a crash.

Jiang Man felt a pang of heartache.

At that moment, he saw an old yellow ox through the gate, its eyes filled with disdain.

Jiang Man's heart tightened as he recalled what the fairy had said.

This is an evil god.

The ox, who depended on each other for survival, turned out to be an evil god that everyone wanted to kill.

"I'll just keep playing dumb," Jiang Man thought to himself.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his mind again.

A golden, unidentified object floated in his mind.

A thought crossed his mind, and he wanted to figure out what it was.