When 'God' Decides To Start Over

Chapter 667 - 273 Cemetery_3

The man didn’t pay any attention to him and just continued drinking his wine.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" Li Xiu stared at him and asked.

The man still ignored him, continuing to gulp down wine.

"Are you from the Demon Kingdom?" Li Xiu asked again.

"Is who I am really that important to you?" After taking a big swig, the man put down the bottle and wiped his mouth as he spoke.

"Very important," Li Xiu said seriously.

"Sorry, I don’t know who I am either. You can just consider me a wandering ghost with nowhere to reincarnate," the man said.

"Why won’t you let me dig the graves?" Li Xiu stared at him and asked.

"No one is stopping you from digging the graves. If you really want to, just go ahead. I’m merely reminding you, if I were you, I wouldn’t dig those graves," the man said.

"Why?" Li Xiu frowned and asked.

"Because those graves are buried with evil spirits that can devour everything. If you dig them up, it’s over for you and for this city," the man took another swig and said.

"Evil spirits? You mean powerful demon spirits are buried here?" Li Xiu thought for a moment and asked.

"Maybe," the man said indifferently, "Just leave if there’s nothing else. This is not a place for the living."

"Aren’t you alive?"

"I told you, you can consider me a wandering ghost."

"But to me, you seem like a person."

"Then don’t think of me as a person."

"Can you tell me your name?"

"Forgotten. I’m just a wandering ghost who has forgotten past and present lives. How could I have a name?"

"You must have a nickname at least?"

"Call me whatever you like."

"Alright, then I’ll call you Ghostie," Li Xiu stared at him and said, "Can you tell me why you’re here?"

"I don’t know. I was here when I woke up," Ghostie replied.

"What do you know then?" Li Xiu frowned and asked.

"I only know that under these graves lie evil spirits. They’re always howling and screaming, giving me a headache," Ghostie said.

"Even now?"

"Even now," Ghostie nodded and said.

Li Xiu listened closely, but he heard nothing. Not even the sound of wind; it was so silent that you could hear a pin drop, let alone the howling of evil spirits.

"Are you sure?"

"I’m sure."

Li Xiu concentrated and listened again but still heard nothing.

"If it’s so unbearable, why not leave?" Li Xiu stopped questioning and asked.

"Can’t leave," Ghostie said.

"Why can’t you leave?" Li Xiu pursued.

"If I walk out of this graveyard, I’ll die," the man said with a smile.

"How can you die?" Li Xiu didn’t believe him.

"I’ll just die," the man showed no intention to explain.

"What if I take you out?" Li Xiu coldly stared at him and said.

This person was strange and spoke with too many uncertainties, making it hard for anyone to believe him.

"Suit yourself," the man replied indifferently, continuing to drink.

"Then pardon me." Li Xiu concentrated Light Energy and reached out to grab the man, wanting to find out his true origin.

Surprisingly, the man didn’t resist at all, allowing Li Xiu to seize his wrist.

"Pardon me," Li Xiu was slightly stunned but had no intention of letting him go. He began to pull him out of the graveyard.

The man didn’t resist, letting Li Xiu drag him, stumbling out of the graveyard.

Thud!

Li Xiu had just pulled the man out of the graveyard when he fell to the ground with a thud. Li Xiu was shocked to find the man had stopped breathing.

Reaching out to check, there was no breath, no heartbeat, no pulse; his once warm body was quickly cooling.

Li Xiu initially thought he was feigning death and immediately pulled out a gun, shooting at his head.

The bullet hit the man’s head, but he remained motionless. If someone could feign death to this extent, he couldn’t really be considered human.

This bullet was an Undying Bullet, so it naturally didn’t harm him. The bullet lodged in his skull, gradually disappearing.

Yet the Undying Bullet somehow caused his cooling body to warm slightly, and his heart began to weakly beat.

But after only a couple of beats, the heart started to stop again.

Li Xiu hurriedly dragged the man back into the graveyard. He didn’t want to kill the person needlessly; he didn’t truly intend for this man to die.

Amazingly, when Li Xiu dragged the man’s body back into the graveyard, his heartbeat and breathing quickly returned.

After a moment, the man sat up by himself and looked at Li Xiu with a smile, "Now do you believe?"

"How do you know you’ll die if you leave the graveyard?" Li Xiu was still skeptical.

If this man had left the graveyard before, he should have already been dead. How did he come back?

"Because someone did the same thing as you before," the man stood up, picked up the wine bottle on the ground, and took another swig.

"Who?" Li Xiu asked.

"He said his surname was Li, an interesting man," the man said.

"Surname Li!" Li Xiu couldn’t help but think of the Red Sand City Lord.

The Red Sand City Lord was the president of the Changsheng Tian, so his surname was Li, and it wasn’t surprising that he had been here, as he had initially built this City of Light.

"A sleazy old man?" Li Xiu described the Red Sand City Lord’s appearance.

"No, a handsome young man, though he said he was very old." Ghostie said as he staggered over to a gravestone and sat down against it, "You should leave. If you stay any longer, you might not be able to leave."

Ghostie’s words made Li Xiu even more suspicious that the man was the Red Sand City Lord.

"Ten... Nine... Eight..."

Li Xiu wanted to ask more, but Ghostie suddenly started counting down.

Li Xiu understood his meaning, urging him to return to the city.

"What if I don’t go back to the city?" Li Xiu looked at Ghostie and asked.

Ghostie didn’t answer, just continued counting, "Seven... Six... Five... Four... Three... Two... One..."

As he finished counting, there was a loud rumble, and the city gate that Li Xiu had raised unexpectedly shut by itself.

"Now you can’t leave even if you want to," Ghostie sighed and said.