My father spent his entire career as a city bus driver and poured his life savings into buying a home in the city. To make my older brother’s wedding possible, he resolutely sold the house and returned to his hometown, emptying his provident fund to pay the entire amount as a bride price. That left my sister-in-law Su Niannian and my brother with a home in the city center. When I went to ask for even a fraction of the money to prepare for my own marriage, my sister-in-law flatly refused, claiming the bride price was her private property. My father tried to smooth things over, urging me to put harmony between siblings first.
Years later, when my father was gravely ill and bedridden, I hoped my brother would step up out of gratitude. Instead, Su Niannian twisted the facts and used the fact that I hadn’t split from the family to force me to cover the full medical bill. My father meekly gave in, saying my brother was henpecked and couldn’t make decisions, and pressured me to pay upfront with the promise that I’d be repaid later. My heart turned cold, and I refused to compromise. In the end, my father died with regrets. My brother couldn’t let go of his resentment, and casually handed me the family’s dilapidated old house in the countryside as my only inheritance.
I was born with the fate of the Five Evils, Three Deficiencies, and Solitary Fiend, destined for strained family ties and a life alone. From the moment I took over that sinister old house, I was forced into the business of feng shui and supernatural affairs. I have no cheat-like halo and no mindless, rapid-fire power-ups. I travel through all kinds of paranormal trials, from haunted houses and ancient villages to barren graves and cursed lands, facing suspicion and betrayal from those who live there, and the coldness of human nature. I delve deeply into folk arts and secret techniques, including funeral rites, dragon-vein geomancy, and choosing burial sites. With nothing but a mortal’s flesh and blood, I fight the chains of fate, tempering my resolve through repeated brushes with death, while being pulled back and forth between the regrets of human relationships and the code of honor of the martial world...
