When "God" Decides To Start Over

"Last time he said he'd treat us to a drink, surely it wasn't this kind of wine, right?" Bai Ying felt a bit regretful; had she known, she might have resolved her own problems by agreeing to Li Xiu's offer last time.

"Probably was." Li Qingyi nodded.

"Something's off." Bai Ying suddenly said.

"What's off? There's nothing wrong with his wine, I've already tried it." Li Qingyi responded.

"I'm not talking about the wine; I'm talking about you, there's something odd about you. Why do I feel like you're acting strange?" Bai Ying scrutinized Li Qingyi.

Li Qingyi was startled and quickly said, "What's wrong with me? You're the one acting weird."

"There's definitely something wrong. You're not as calm as usual, your demeanor is quite different from your usual self. Be honest, besides the conditions you mentioned earlier, did the Lord of Light City propose any other terms?" Bai Ying pressed.

"No, there really isn't." Li Qingyi shook her head hurriedly.

"Hmph, there's definitely an issue. Did he have any ulterior motives, any designs on you? All men are the same, make sure you don't agree to any shameless conditions for my sake..." Bai Ying grew more suspicious.

"There really wasn't... he said a gentleman cherishes beauty lawfully, and has no interest in what's bought with money..." Bai Ying knew her too well, seeing that she couldn't hide it, Li Qingyi had no choice but to repeat what Li Xiu had said.

"That bastard... talking about freeloading so self-righteously..." Bai Ying gritted her teeth as she listened.

"What freeloading? You've lost your mind, talking nonsense." Li Qingyi's face flushed bright red.

Bai Ying realized her words were problematic and laughed, "I didn't mean you're that, I meant... in any case, that scoundrel Lord of Light City is not a good person, don't bother with him. I don't think he can produce a drink with three attributes, he just wants something for nothing."

"But what if he actually can?" Li Qingyi questioned.

"No matter what, don't agree to his conditions. The daughter of the President of the Longevity Guild selling herself as a spokesperson for three years, imagine how that would look." Bai Ying advised.

"It's not selling oneself, just taking some promotional photos and videos, which can get you a chance at Super Spirit; that's nothing." Li Qingyi said.

"You're naïve, the Lord of Light City is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Who knows where he'll take those photos; you're a tempting little lamb, every man wants a piece, don't let the wolf catch you." Bai Ying quickly added.

Li Qingyi laughed softly, "Who's the lamb and who's the wolf isn't certain yet."

Li Qingyi initially thought Li Xiu would contact her today, but even by evening, Li Xiu had neither called nor sent any messages.

Li Xiu had no time to contact Li Qingyi as he was preparing for his advancement to D-level.

In the room, the Starlight Ruby was pinched between Li Xiu's fingers; his eyes turned eerily white, and a faint white light glowed from his brow.

The Demon Spirit Gemstone is essentially a result of humans with extremely strong spiritual senses who, in specific environments, completed the Seed Spirit Technique at the moment of death, merging their spiritual sense with the gemstone to form a new life form—the Gem Demon Spirit.

If Li Xiu hadn't learned the Seed Spirit Technique from the Unparalleled King, he wouldn't have understood it at all.

But now that he understood its principles, things were much easier.

Since the Demon Spirit Gemstone can devour each other's energy, Li Xiu just needed to strengthen the gem spirit within the Starlight Ruby and then swallow the Starlight Ruby into his body, turning himself into a Gu Insect Jar where they could mutually devour each other's energy, solving the issue.

Li Xiu pressed the Starlight Ruby against his forehead, allowing his nearly tangible spiritual sense to flow into the Starlight Ruby strand by strand.

This was the result of Li Xiu's flexible application of the Seed Spirit Technique, directly planting his spiritual power into the Starlight Ruby to consume, assimilate, and enhance the gem spirit within.

Only Li Xiu could use this method, as there was currently no other being in the world whose spiritual sense could cross that threshold to such a degree.

Not to mention an ordinary person's spiritual sense, even a Magic Armor Master's spiritual sense couldn't be strong enough to extend beyond the body and permeate objects.

Li Xiu stood there expressionlessly, sensing his spiritual sense penetrating the Starlight Ruby and being absorbed by the gem spirit inside.

After his spiritual sense invaded the Starlight Ruby, Li Xiu could clearly sense the presence of the internal gem spirit.

Though he could only sense its existence and not discern what kind of gem spirit it was, judging from its will's strength, it was likely a very powerful gem spirit.

Li Xiu continuously sent his spiritual sense into the gem spirit, allowing it to absorb and strengthen itself.

What Li Xiu was doing was akin to diluting stock ownership; the gem spirit was originally one hundred percent in control, but after assimilating an amount of spiritual sense comparable to itself, its ownership was diluted to fifty percent.

Given the immense strength of Li Xiu's spiritual force, he could infuse it with double, triple, or even ten times the amount, and gradually the gem spirit became his puppet, with Li Xiu becoming the actual controller of the gem spirit.

Not having fully controlled the Demon Spirit Gemstone, Li Xiu set the Starlight Ruby aside and stopped crossing the line to return to normal.