This was bad enough, but in the process, he also injured his essence. Not to mention the impossibility of ever reaching Core Formation in the future, he greatly shortened his lifespan, turning his hair white overnight.

The young master himself was naturally in great pain, and his wife was also in tears, begging everywhere for someone to treat her husband. She even put aside her pride and brought her husband to the Sword Casting Manor.

However, the Manor Master refused to see them and didn’t even allow them to enter, only sending a message saying, "You reap what you sow."

From then on, the young master gave up hope. He advised his wife not to grieve; at least he had ten good years left. After they spent this last stretch of time together, she should take the child and find a good man to remarry.

The wife, of course, was unwilling and didn’t want her husband to feel guilty, so she forced a smile every day, secretly looking for ways to prolong his life.

In the world of cultivation, there are naturally heavenly materials and treasures, as well as spirit pills that can extend life or even repair one’s essence. But they were far beyond what she, a mere Foundation Establishment loose cultivator, could obtain.

Until the woman unintentionally heard a rumor about a mysterious and strange "Ghost Market" recently appearing in an Ancient Battlefield.

In the Ghost Market, people could exchange goods, functioning much like a regular market, but among the traders were both humans and ghosts, and everything had to be conducted according to certain rules, or there would be deadly consequences.

What was most special was that there was a Ghost Gambling House in the Ghost Market, where one could gamble with their lifespan. Winners could extend their lives, with some even winning a thousand years of life here.

More importantly, the lifespan won could be used in the Ghost Market to buy many rare treasures, including Celestial Tier items.

Of course, if you lost, you would shorten your lifespan right then and there.

Some old fellows who didn’t have long to live chose to make one last gamble here. If they won, all would be well; if they lost, it would merely bring an early end to their miserable lives.

The woman, upon learning of this, was naturally moved, but she couldn’t bear to let her husband gamble. If luck wasn’t on their side, he might be gone instantly.

After much consideration, she went to the Ghost Market alone, hoping to find out if the lifespan won could be transferred to another person.

Even if not, she could use the lifespan won to buy rare spirit medicines to prolong life from the Ghost Market.

In any case, gambling was a must; the woman, with her less than 150-year lifespan, couldn’t afford such expensive items by buying them outright.

The result... she lost all her lifespan in the Ghost Gambling House.

Lan Cai’er did not know the specifics, only that her mother died in the gambling house. She even wagered her post-mortem "yin lifespan," showing how desperate she was in life, how much she wanted to save her husband, but unfortunately, she still lost, and lost terribly.

From then on, she couldn’t even find peace in death, being detained in the gambling house as a ghost slave, serving to roll the dice for the guests.

Later, the young master, seeing his wife not returning for several days, anxiously sought information everywhere until he discovered that his wife had risked her life in the Ghost Market for him.

So he also rushed into the Ghost Market, trying to rescue his wife.

Through force, the young master certainly couldn’t overturn the Ghost Gambling House; he wanted to use his own lifespan to redeem his wife’s ghost, but he couldn’t afford that price, so he had no choice but to gamble.

The result goes without saying; the young master also lost all his lifespan and wagered his yin lifespan, finally dying on the spot, both husband and wife trapped in the Ghost Market as slaves, never to be reincarnated.

This was not yet the end. Their daughter, who was originally entrusted to a friend by the young master, was sold.

But when the friend saw that both parents were dead, they simply sold Lan Cai’er to the Hehuan Sect, not only removing a burden but also making a profit.

This is Lan Cai’er’s backstory, and only after hearing it did Chu Xuan and the others understand why her demeanor was so unique.