Summary
Cui Ling’s taciturn Taoist husband keeps refusing her advances, even though a ghost’s poison makes her crave his touch. To shake his composure, she conjures floating comments claiming she has fallen for his younger brother. The jealousy works—far too well. As they travel toward a cure, a handsome stranger and a city plagued by water spirits turn her teasing into a dangerous misunderstanding. Wen Wuchen will do almost anything to keep her, but Cui Ling has secrets of her own. When possessiveness threatens his cultivation, both must confront what their years together have truly cost.