Alternative timeline AU where Hua Cheng gets so excited to see Xie Lian again that he just swoops them both away on a cloud of butterflies from Mount Yujun to ghost city and just accidentally sets off a series of events in which the heavens genuinely believe that the ghost groom kidnapped Xie Lian.
Fengqing are sent on a man hunt after the ghost groom -> wait itâs a bride -> wait itâs a ghost under Qi Rong -> Qi Rong whereâs Xie Lian, like full on insane comedy of errors.
Meanwhile, Xie Lian is like, "Cool, Iâll pretend to be the doting bride whoâs shy,â but oh, this ghost is handsome, but oh, heâs being so nice and kind, and I should play the part right? Heâs clearly so strong I should lull him into a false sense of security⌠Iâll keep up the bride bit for a while. I have enough leftover spiritual energy to switch to a female form and be stuck like for a while, but itâs fine⌠Iâll kill him when his guard is down⌠oh wait, heâs giving me space?? Heâs confused and doesnât want to rush the wedding night?? He knows Iâm a man??? Heâs giving me enough spiritual power to change as Iâd like and also wants to dote on me??? He didnât kill those girls?!? Well fuck I'd better find out whatâs going on then. Oh San Lang you want me to call you San Lang you say I can stay here and use your library to figure out a game plan and also rest up and oh well I guess Iâm in no rush Fengqing probably have the ghost groom thing covered after all I Xie Lian am just a worthless god anyway so Iâll stay here and continue acting as like Hua Chengâs wife. Hell, the whole city already sees me that way since Hua Cheng brought me into the city in a wedding gown. This is fine, Iâm totally fine, my cultivation is not even at risk, itâs fineâŚ..
Hua Cheng, of course, is just constantly going wtf wtf dianxia, but no, her highness, she's so beautiful, I can't believe I didn't know she was a she now I've missed so much, wait, it's a ruse? Wait, me no ghost groom, why would you think I'm the ghost groom? Oh, the butterflies ahhhh hahaha wait, you thought we were married? I hahaha I need to go lie down, omfg. I need to explode into butterflies every 15 minutes, omfg. OMFG Dianxia is in my house!!!! Like, no thoughts, just Ahhhhhhhhh.
I donât know how Iâd end this as it is a 4am brain worm I just had but it is fun to think about.
