When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 737 - 297: The Mute

"What do you want for living? What do you want for dying?" Li Xiu was quite interested in these high wisdom magic spirits and asked from inside the door.

"On a stormy night, if you want to die, it's simple. You just have to blow on that Longevity Lamp and you'll know what death feels like." The spirit under the umbrella said slowly.

Li Xiu's face changed slightly, sensing a bad omen. However, he didn't blow on the Longevity Lamp but said, "It seems you've had your eye on me for quite some time."

The spirit under the umbrella didn't answer Li Xiu's question, but continued, "If you want to live, hand over the Sword Embryo."

"Sword Embryo? What Sword Embryo?" Li Xiu was somewhat surprised. This spirit was after the big sword's embryo he had obtained; he thought the spirit wanted to break out from the Land of Trial.

Li Xiu had been here for a month and had seen more than a dozen sword embryos, but most were useless. The only useful one he'd brought back was this one.

The spirit wanted him to hand over the Sword Embryo, and it could only be this one.

"Naturally, it's the Radiant Sword Embryo you have on you." The spirit said.

"What Radiant Sword Embryo? The sword embryo I brought back is as black as ink, without a hint of light." Li Xiu replied.

"Ignorant human, the Radiant Sword Embryo refers to a sword embryo that can withstand the Radiance Force, which has nothing to do with whether it emits light." The spirit said disdainfully.

"Are you referring to the Radiance Force as the light qualities of Light Energy?" Li Xiu asked.

"You could say that." The spirit replied.

"So there are four qualities of sword embryos: flowing color, shining, brilliant, and radiant?" Li Xiu asked again.

"Correct." The spirit answered.

"What do you want this Sword Embryo for?" Li Xiu continued to ask.

"You really have a lot of questions. I don't have time to explain so much nonsense. Decide now if you want to live or die." The spirit snorted coldly.

Li Xiu didn't speak; he quietly blew towards his Longevity Lamp's flame.

The originally dim yellow flame, upon Li Xiu's blow, transformed into an eerie blue, not only not extinguishing but growing larger.

"Sure enough, it won't extinguish." Li Xiu had already guessed this might be the result but was still somewhat surprised.

The spirit being able to make the Longevity Lamp inextinguishable was something he had never encountered before, nor heard of.

"Possessing such terrifying abilities, what level is this spirit?" Li Xiu frowned privately; escaping was out of the question now, and if he didn't hand over the Sword Embryo, he might not be able to fight this spirit.

The main problem was not knowing the spirit's abilities and level, making the battle too risky.

Li Xiu tried blowing several more times, and the result was that the more he blew, the brighter it burned; the Longevity Lamp's flame was almost turning into a blue torch.

"You can keep blowing." The spirit outside seemed to know Li Xiu was blowing the Longevity Lamp and said mockingly.

"You can have the Sword Embryo. What will you exchange for it?" Li Xiu abandoned the idea of extinguishing the Longevity Lamp and addressed the outside.

"Already on the brink of death, and you still wish to bargain with me?" The spirit's voice grew colder.

"Why not negotiate? If you could come in, you would have already, rather than standing outside speaking so much nonsense. Since I can't escape and you can't get inside, discussing a price… isn't that normal…" Li Xiu hadn't finished speaking when he froze in place.

The workshop door creaked open, and the spirit with an umbrella pushed the door with one hand and walked right in.

"Continue." The spirit stood before Li Xiu and said mockingly.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward; Li Xiu coughed lightly and said, "A spirit as cultured as you wouldn't rob me of my belongings, right?"

"What do you think?" The spirit slightly raised the umbrella, revealing a beautiful face, half smiling half teasing, with enchanting eyes looking at him.

"You wouldn't, right?" Li Xiu replied.

"Since you said I'm a cultured spirit, of course, I wouldn't rob your belongings," the spirit nodded with a smile but then added, "But taking things from a dead person isn't robbing; it's collecting. Isn't that right?"

"Seems to make sense." Li Xiu sighed lightly, "Looks like it's better to give you the Sword Embryo rather than you bothering to collect it."

"You're also quite cultured, for a human." The spirit smiled.

"I'm just unclear on one thing. Could you help me understand?" Li Xiu asked.

The rain outside grew heavier, and thunder roared continuously, sounding as if the sky were about to collapse.

The spirit glanced outside lightly and said, "I don't have much time left, and neither do you. It's still not too late to hand over the Sword Embryo now, otherwise, even if I didn't intend to kill you, you wouldn't survive."

"Besides you, who else wants to kill me?" Li Xiu asked.

"You really are troublesome. Seems it's easier just to collect." The spirit said and started moving towards Li Xiu.

Li Xiu's gaze sharpened as he prepared to launch Ghostly Eye Covering.

Lao Qian's Illusion Technique was carried by the Illusion Sword, requiring Light Energy and Spiritual Sense to be used.

Li Xiu was able to trap Lao Qian in an Illusion Realm by touching the Illusion Sword and using Spiritual Sense to rebound the force of the Illusory Sword. He himself doesn't possess the ability to combine Light Energy and Spiritual Sense, being able to only use Spiritual Sense alone or simply Light Energy, lacking the ability to fuse the two thus unable to wield that Illusory Sword.