In ancient times, they secretly became gods in the deep mountains.

Chapter 84 He wants to trade my life for his.

What's wrong with my daughter?

The elderly Mrs. Lu and her husband rushed over with great joy, but when they saw their daughter's pale face and unconscious state, they were filled with worry.

Her heart ached: "Xing'er, what's wrong with your mother? Why is she unconscious?"

"Grandmother, my mother..."

Liu Xingchen was distressed. How could he explain that all of this was related to his father?

"Your Majesty, please save my daughter."

Old Master Lu also knelt down and prayed, "Please, Your Majesty."

"She was subjected to a life-borrowing ritual, causing her soul to leave her body. Once her soul is summoned back, she will be able to awaken."

Gu Yuexi's voice blended with the mountain, creating an ethereal and otherworldly effect that was truly astonishing.

Everyone present looked surprised.

Is this the voice of a fairy goddess?
Do gods really exist in this world?
Unlike the shock of the others, Liu Sheng was drenched in sweat, feeling as if his life was about to end.

"What is this life-borrowing ritual?" Old Madam Lu asked, her face full of confusion.

Gu Yuexi said, “There is an ancient ritual in which a person who is about to die finds a partner of the opposite sex who was born on the same day, month, and year and establishes an intimate relationship with them for at least three years. Then, this life-borrowing ritual can be held, a mourning hall can be set up, and incense can be burned and offered daily. This can deceive the heavens and defy fate to change the destiny of dying young.”

"The life-borrowing ritual has a duration of twenty years. After twenty years, the dying person can completely change their fate. If I'm not mistaken, your son-in-law Liu Sheng is the one who used the life-borrowing ritual. He had this intention from the very beginning when he married your daughter."

Liu was sweating profusely again.

The mysterious Golden Saintess was right; that was indeed his intention.

"What!" Old Master Lu was furious.

"He...he actually plotted against our Lu family!"

Madam Lu was devastated: "My daughter, a living, breathing person, actually became someone else's scapegoat!"

She angrily demanded, "Liu Sheng, Liu Sheng, are you even human?!"

"What deep-seated hatred has my Lu family had with you that you have ruined my daughter's life!" Old Master Lu said indignantly, glaring at her.

"Dad! She's my mother! How could you do this!" Liu Xingchen cried out.

Liu Sheng was rendered speechless by the interrogation he received from the group.

My mind was a mess; I was panicked, helpless, and sweating profusely.

Finally, the last thread in his mind snapped!

He revealed a slightly manic expression.

He said angrily, "So what if I did it? Do you think I, a scholar with official rank and a wealthy family, would choose to marry a merchant's daughter instead of a daughter from an official family, since she is of no help to my career?"

Liu Sheng smiled sarcastically, stating his purpose without any pretense: "If it weren't for the life-borrowing ceremony, would Lu Jinxiu be worthy of me?"

He sighed in anguish as he thought of the past.

"More than ten years ago, I had just passed the imperial examination and was on the verge of a bright future, but then I discovered that I had a tumor in my brain that was incurable by medicine."

"In order to survive, I found a wandering Taoist priest who told me about this method of borrowing life. I spent a lot of effort to find out that Lu Jinxiu was born on the same day, month, and year as me. That's why I persevered and went to propose marriage to her several times."

"After she married into the Liu family, I spent several years with her. When the time was right, I carried out the life-borrowing ritual. So many years have passed, and I thought everything was foolproof, but... hehe... hahaha!!"

"I just want to live, what's wrong with that?"

His face showed no remorse, only regret that he hadn't been discreet enough and had been discovered, ruining his efforts.

"Father, so this is what you wanted. You never cared about my mother, so you didn't hesitate to use evil magic on her. You never cared about me either. When I was being persecuted by evil spirits, you were whispering sweet nothings to them."

Liu Xingchen was heartbroken.

His mother was the person he cared about most in his life.

However, the father used evil magic to control the mother.

Thinking of the fox demon he had seen not long ago, Liu Sheng's eyes flashed with disgust: "If I had known she was a demon, I wouldn't have married her."

The thought of sharing a bed with a beast for so many years makes me feel nauseous.

Gu Yuexi ignored their grudges.

Use a soul-summoning technique to summon Lu Jinxiu's living soul.

After Lu Jinxiu's soul left her body, she hid in a corner of the Liu family. Her soul was weak and had no memories. She had been hiding in one place for many years, and when she felt the call, she immediately returned to her body.

Lu Jinxiu's face regained its color as her paleness faded, and her tightly closed eyes trembled slightly.

"Mother!" "Jinxiu!"

Seeing that Lu Jinxiu showed signs of waking up, Liu Xingchen and Old Madam Lu called out anxiously.

"Cough cough..." Lu Jinxiu coughed weakly, then slowly opened her eyes and subconsciously called out, "Xing'er... Mother..."

"mother!"

"beautiful!"

"My daughter!"

Lu Jinxiu slowly opened her eyelids and saw the most important people in her life.

Father, mother, son.

In the distance, a cold, chilling gaze was fixed on her; she recognized it as her husband's.

Husband... Hah... The husband who wants her dead?

"Father! Mother! Xing'er!"

She shed a few tears, looking fragile and beautiful.

Has she come back to life?

"Jinxiu, you're awake! That's wonderful! Mother... Mother has been looking for you for over ten years!" Old Madam Lu broke down in tears.

"Since you disappeared, I haven't had a good night's sleep or a decent meal. I've been longing for your return every day!" Years of pent-up emotions finally found release at this moment.

"I'm sorry, Mother!" Lu Jinxiu could only apologize.

"Jinxiu, it's all my fault. I let you marry such a wicked and ambitious bastard. Not only did he plot against you, but he also spread rumors that you ran away with someone else. I was blind to let you get married so hastily without investigating the matter." Old Madam Lu trembled and cried, sobbing.

“If you hadn’t chosen to marry into the Liu family, you wouldn’t have suffered these past ten years.”

"Mother, it's not your fault."

"Years ago, Liu Sheng hurt me in order to marry someone else. It was his fault, so why should we be blamed for it?"

Lu Jinxiu was unaware of the matter of borrowing a life.

In her memory, she and Liu Sheng had a fight over the matter of taking a concubine. Liu Sheng kept provoking her because of other women, and in a fit of anger, she was hit on the head by Liu Sheng.

"Oh! Daughter, that bastard Liu Sheng has been lying to you from the very beginning."

"He contracted an incurable disease and used evil magic to control you in order to survive, intending to trap you to death in the Liu family. Fortunately, there was the Golden Saintess. It was she who found you, otherwise we would have been kept in the dark for the rest of our lives."

"What?" Lu Jinxiu was extremely shocked.

"Mother, are you saying he used evil magic to control me?"

“Yes, Her Majesty said it’s a life-borrowing ritual…” Old Madam Lu relayed Gu Yuexi’s words to her daughter.

Lu Jinxiu closed her eyes, and a tear slid down her cheek.

How ironic!

She still thought that Liu Sheng at least had some feelings for her.

I never imagined it was all a scheme from beginning to end.

"I never imagined... he would trade my life for his!"

Upon seeing Lu Jinxiu awaken, Liu Sheng clutched his head and wailed in anguish, "She's awake! What will become of me? The ceremony has been abandoned halfway through! I'll die! I'll die!"

Through the blessing disc, Gu Yuexi fed Lu Jinxiu a restoration pill.

Lu Jinxiu swallowed the pill, and she felt that her strength had been restored to a considerable extent.

This scene, witnessed by the Lu family couple, filled them with immense gratitude towards Lady Jin Sheng.

"Daughter, it was the Golden Saintess who saved you! Quickly kneel down and thank her!"

"Madam Lu said, pulling her daughter along."

She cried and cried again with emotion.

It was the Golden Saintess who gave the mother and daughter a chance to meet again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you for finding my daughter!"

Several people knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up. Settle your grudges yourselves and go down the mountain. I have more important things to do." Gu Yuexi didn't forget that Huowa and Shuiwa had brought back a fox demon.