The man and the ghost were still in a stalemate. Jun Li seemed extremely painful and unable to make a decision. Li Gui finally embarked on the path of becoming a god, so he had to nip it in the bud in the bud in order to prevent the emergence of false gods in the future.

"My fellow countryman... Actually... I have always wanted to ask you a question..."

Li Gui looked at Jun Li calmly and then slowly said: "I feel that you know a lot of things. I even feel that there is a reason why we met..."

"My friend... Actually, you wanted to kill me the first time you saw me, right..."

Jun Li was stunned for a moment, then moved his lips and said softly, "That's right."

"Can you tell me why?"

Li Gui twisted his twisted fingers and said carefully: "I feel like I don't know you, and I don't know why you wanted to kill me when you first saw me... That kind of murderous intent doesn't seem to be the Tianshi's instinct towards Li Gui, it's more like you want to achieve a certain purpose..."

"Could you tell me...why do you want to kill me?"

Jun Li did not respond immediately. He struggled for a moment and asked, "Tell me first... why are you so obsessed with helping those greedy and insatiable humans?"

Why would you rather go to destruction for them...

Li Gui clenched his fists and suddenly laughed: "My fellow villager, do you remember what I said at the beginning?"

"I said at the beginning, who doesn't have desires? Every living creature has desires. Humans have desires, and so do weird creatures..."

"I actually had selfish motives when I first helped them... I was from the same hometown... I wanted to be needed..."

Li Gui looked at Jun Li and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "My fellow countryman... I have never been someone who is needed by others since I was a child... I have never been able to create value for anyone since I was a child. I can't even make anyone feel happy."

"When I was a child, my family was poor, and my parents told me to study hard so that I could get into a good school and make a name for myself in the future."

"They hired me a tutor and enrolled me in a cram school. They all hired very expensive tutors, from my hometown... I spent 300,000 yuan just on tutors..."

"My parents sigh every day when they see their empty wallets and bank cards. Even so, they always let me eat and drink well alone. But every time they make soup or delicious food for me alone, they always say..."

"If it weren't for you...we wouldn't be willing to spend so much money..."

"We can just make do with the two of us at home. If it wasn't for you to eat better, why would we spend so much?"

"My friend... I feel like I'm a burden, you know?"

Li Gui's gray eyes were filled with blood, and he choked softly: "I spent a lot of money from my family, but I'm not good at studying. In the end, I didn't even get into high school..."

"I have never been anyone's pride. I have never made my parents happy at home, and I am not the one who is needed anywhere..."

"I became like this after I died in an accident. I really came into this place by mistake. I didn't expect that there were people who were worse off than me..."

"Maybe I just wanted to help them in the beginning. I wanted them to live a normal life."

"But gradually I found that I was needed here... They needed me... They needed me to help them and provide them with a good life..."

Li Gui stared and said word by word: "Do you know how satisfied I was at that moment? They thought I was a god... I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, fellow countryman... For a moment, this evil spirit really thought I was their god!"

"I have given them a good life. They worship and respect me. Every day, people offer me sacrifices and make wishes to me because they know that only I can fulfill their wishes!"

"So what if it's selfish desire... So what if you offer me sacrifices just to satisfy your own greed..."

"I'm needed here!! I can make them happy! I can prove my worth to everyone!"

"My friend...I did promise you not to violate the laws of nature...I broke my promise..."

"Sorry…"

Li Gui trembled and suddenly laughed: "I also have selfish desires, you know? So I am not afraid of their selfish desires. I care too much about what people here think of me. I am afraid that if one day I can't satisfy them... they will no longer need me..."

"In fact, you didn't pursue powerful strength at the beginning."

Jun Li breathed a sigh of relief and looked at it calmly: "I said at the beginning that human desires can never be satisfied. At first they just want food and clothing and a normal life. Once you satisfy them, they will swell."

"Humans are creatures that never know how to be content. Their desires will kill you! Your desires come from their selfish desires. If it weren't for them..."

Jun Li gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, but finally he relaxed.

Li Gui was silent for a moment and then smiled: "My fellow villager, I know you have selfish motives towards me, but you don't have the heart to kill me."

"You have been warning me since the beginning, reminding me not to violate the laws of nature and not to eat human souls..."

"My friend, I have a feeling that you already knew that I would end up eating human souls... I feel like your initial warning was to prevent me from making the same mistake... But this is clearly the first time we met..."

"Why do I feel like you have anticipated everything? Why did you want to kill me from the beginning but then softened your heart..."

Jun Li did not speak, because Li Gui had eaten the soul of a living person, causing the tiger-shaped jade pendant on Jun Li's waist to become slightly restless. This was a reminder that an "opportunity" had appeared to sever the cause and effect.

"I'll tell you everything... and then I want to hear what you think."

Jun Li sat on the ground in silence for a moment and told it everything about Taoyuan Village, from the beautiful village that seemed peaceful and tranquil but revealed hypocrisy and desire everywhere to the worship of babies and then to the false god...

Li Gui listened quietly, his eyes getting bigger and bigger. He was silent for a long time and just said softly: "So that's how it is..."

"So when you first saw me, you thought I was some kind of evil spirit that eats human souls, and that's why you wanted to kill me, right?"

"It was only later that you discovered that I didn't have the opportunity that you could cut off the cause and effect, so you had to give up killing me and wait for an opportunity to kill me. Then, you discovered that I wasn't a bad person and became selfish. You reminded me again and again not to eat human souls, and finally became a false god, right?"

Jun Li nodded and said, "That's right."

Li Gui forced a smile, choked up for a moment and then said, "I'm sorry... I disappoint you..."

"It turns out that I will pursue power more and more in the future because of people's desires... Although there are already signs of this..."

Li Gui's smile was extremely complicated, as if a huge rock was pressing down on his heart.

"Is your wife... gonna be okay..."

"Can he hold me down?"

Jun Li shook his head in annoyance: "I don't know, I never found a chance to kill you, but now..."

"Now that I have eaten the child's soul... you have a reason to sever the cause and effect and kill me..."

Li Gui looked at the people who were still kneeling and worshipping the stone statue not far away, and listened to their growing wishes.

It suddenly seemed to understand something and then said softly: "Maybe you are right..."

"People's wishes cannot be fulfilled, and perhaps the paradise cannot exist at all... because it is originally a reflection of human desires..."

Li Gui stared blankly at the crowd vying to kneel down and worship him, listening to their hypocritical words of respect and their constant requests for "big villas" and "big sports cars".

"My fellow countryman..."

"Kill me..."

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