The Ling family of the Xuanmen Spirit-Taming Sect has a tradition: every generation must choose one person to marry a memorial tablet.
In Li Liang's generation, he was the one chosen.
The tablet bore only two characters: Ji Yuan.
But was Ji Yuan human or ghost, man or woman, some rare treasure or exotic beast, or a demon?
Li Liang had thought he was destined to remain a bachelor for life.
He never expected strange things to start happening the day after his wedding.
Whenever Li Liang went out, either a water pipe burst, bugs and rats swarmed, or trash fell from the sky, landing squarely on the people around him. Before long, everyone was too afraid to go near him.
But as soon as he got home, a delivery would arrive. Every box he opened was filled with... gold?
Li Liang: ...
What was this supposed to mean? Was he being rewarded for being a married man and upholding the virtues of a husband for another day?
Later, the Li family was invited to join an important international expedition.
Only after everyone entered the enormous underground space did Li Liang understand whom he had married.
The coming-of-age ceremony became a wedding, and the abyss came from golden bones.
Water encircled the banks for a thousand miles; after ten thousand years, the beauty returned.
Bonus scene:
Li Liang hoisted Ji Yuan over his shoulder. "We've already had the wedding ceremony. You're coming home with me!"
Ji Yuan [striking him]: "Let go! I've been a gold mine for ten thousand years. I won't let someone else get me for nothing. I'm not leaving. I'm staying right here!"
#In one sentence: I married a gold mine#
#Also known as Beneath the Earth, Ten Thousand Meters, part of the Spirit of Words series#
#The blurb has been screenshotted and posted on Weibo#
Theme: The charm of words lies in their legacy; they are the spirits of thought.
