When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 738 - 297: Mute_2

Just as Li Xiu was about to use Ghostly Eye Covering, he suddenly saw the figure of the bride-to-be flash and float away from him, landing next to the Longevity Lamp.

"Husband, do you need me to blow out the lamp for you?" The bride-to-be, her face covered by a red veil, said as she approached the Longevity Lamp.

Her red veil swayed slightly, the beads hanging beneath it swaying, stirring a slight breeze. To his surprise, the breeze made the flame of the Longevity Lamp flicker, and the originally torch-like flame shrank significantly, almost reverting to its original size.

The demon spirit that was originally stepping towards Li Xiu suddenly stopped, looking at the bride-to-be with some confusion.

"Who are you?" The demon spirit studied her for a long time, its eyes still filled with doubt.

The bride-to-be ignored it and continued to ask, "Husband, do you need me to blow out the lamp for you?"

"You get ready first, I'll have a word with her." Li Xiu was pleasantly surprised, not expecting the bride-to-be to have such abilities.

The bride-to-be hummed softly in agreement, standing by the Longevity Lamp, ready to extinguish its flame at any moment.

"Can we have a proper conversation now?" Li Xiu looked at the demon spirit and said.

The demon spirit sighed lightly, "We can discuss the price."

"That's not urgent. Can you tell me your name?" Li Xiu asked, looking at the demon spirit.

"Mute," the demon spirit replied.

"What?" Li Xiu looked at the demon spirit in confusion, thinking he heard it wrong.

"My name is Mute," the demon spirit repeated.

"But you are not mute, not only are you not mute, but you have a pleasant voice," Li Xiu said.

"Being able to speak doesn't mean you're not mute," the demon spirit said flatly. "Whether you're mute depends on whether what you say has any effect. If your words are completely useless and have no influence, then what's the difference from being mute?"

"That actually makes sense," Li Xiu nodded slightly. "Let's just say you're called Mute. Where do you come from? In the Demon Spirit Race, a demon spirit like you shouldn't be a nobody, right?"

"I come from Longevity Island," Mute said.

Li Xiu wanted to ask more, but Mute glanced at the increasingly oppressive dark clouds outside the door and said, "Neither of us has time now. You only have two choices: blow out the Longevity Lamp and never come here again, or give me the Sword Embryo, and everything will have nothing to do with you; you can continue to live your previous life." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"What's there?" Li Xiu also looked at the dark clouds outside the door, which seemed like mountains hovering above the workshop, creating an oppressively suffocating feeling.

"It's hard to explain in a few words, and if I explain, it'll be too late for everything." Mute looked at Li Xiu and said, "In the last bit of time, what do you want?"

"What can you offer?" Li Xiu retorted.

Time seemed really urgent, and Mute had no intention of wasting words with Li Xiu. She pulled something from her hair and tossed it to him: "Use this to exchange for the Sword Embryo. If you want to trade, give me the Sword Embryo. If you don't, we'll part ways; I'll leave, and you blow the lamp."

Li Xiu caught what she tossed and saw it was a slender rod like Amethyst, one end round and the other square, looking like a chopstick, but there was only one.

"Is this a chopstick?" Li Xiu asked, holding the slender rod.

Mute did not answer, just turned around and walked towards the door, saying as she went, "Fend for yourself."

"Catch." Li Xiu, holding the chopstick, pondered a bit and then tossed the two-handed great sword's Sword Embryo towards Mute.

Mute did not turn around, catching the great sword with a backhand. The weighty great sword, in her hand, felt as light as foam. She carried it with one hand and propped an umbrella with the other, walking out of the workshop door.

"Don't lose it, you'll have your benefit," Mute's voice came from the rain. As the voice faded, she clearly only took a few steps but had already gone very far.

As Mute walked away, the oppressive clouds like mountains overhead gradually rose, the rain subsided, and the thunder slowly faded into the distance.

When Li Xiu could no longer see the amethyst glow of the umbrella, the thunderstorm had ceased, the overcast sky dispersed, and the world outside returned to its usual brightness, with the rainwater on the ground vanishing without a trace as if it hadn't rained a drop.

If not for holding the Purple Crystal Chopsticks and the Sword Embryo already gone, Li Xiu would have thought those events were just illusions.

"What a strange demon spirit," Li Xiu thought with many doubts in his heart, but unfortunately, he hadn't had the chance to ask.

Looking at the Purple Crystal Chopsticks in his hand, he saw a faint strange purple light flowing inside, but not very strong, only a very weak light energy fluctuation.

It didn't seem like a contract nor related to a demon spirit, seemingly a type of demon spirit material.

Unable to figure it out, Li Xiu had to put it away, planning to take it back and have Old Master inspect it.

Li Xiu looked towards the bride-to-be beside the Longevity Lamp, but she had somehow disappeared, and glancing down, he realized that at some point, she'd transformed back into a ring on his hand.

Li Xiu walked out the workshop door to look around, the sky clear, and far and wide, he found no traces of demon spirits.

Li Xiu had no choice but to follow his original plan, returning to the workshop to blow out the now-normal Longevity Lamp, and in an instant, he was back outside the Sword Soul Gate.

Li Xiu returned to Courtyard Seven, which besides Old Qian, had not a single person.