He Actually Wants to Be My Son-in-Law

Su Li didn't let the opportunity pass, sighing, "So, you think you're amazing, think my talent is terrible, and that I only have a little bit of deduction ability due to a soul mutation? Actually, it's far from it. I've only casually studied deduction methods with my father for over ten years, yet I can deduce all your karma. I can not only Peek into Profundity but also Peek into Spirit, and even Peek into Saint!

Therefore, I find people like you, who are so arrogant and self-satisfied, to be truly short-sighted, unaware of the vastness of the heavens and the depth of the earth.

Yet, not only do you lack self-awareness, but you also believe heaven itself is jealous of you? And you think you're incredibly successful and outstanding?

My Heavenly Secrets deduction ability is more than ten times, even a hundred times stronger than yours, and my looks are more than ten... times better!

Alas, life is truly lonely as snow. I'm so successful, so outstanding, have I become arrogant? Have I become proud? Have I bragged to you all?"

Su Li's words were like a thunderclap, resonating powerfully, almost causing Zhuge Qingchen to have a mental breakdown.

"Oh, right, let me add something. If you wish for senior Hua Yunxiao to die sooner, you can try to make him your father-in-law."

"Of course, what about Hua Ziyan? She has always regarded you as an elder, someone of her father's generation, an uncle! Towards you, she only has a trace of admiration.

Since ancient times, passionate hearts are left with regret. Fallen flowers are willing, but the flowing water is uncaring. Master Zhuge Qingchen, it's best to remain a Heavenly Secrets Mysterious Master; romance is truly not suitable for you at all."

Su Li added two more sentences.

Hua Yunxiao's expression stiffened upon hearing this.

"So this Mysterious Master Zhuge Qingchen has been helping me deduce things all these decades, being so enthusiastic towards me...

I considered him a friend, and he actually wants to be my son-in-law, wanting to sleep with my daughter?"

"This scoundrel, with such malicious intentions! My daughter is not someone he can just have ideas about!

If anyone is to have ideas, it should only be Master Su!"

"Besides Master Su, no one else can be my son-in-law now!"

Hua Yunxiao muttered inwardly, already contemplating how to reject Zhuge Qingchen without offending him or the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion he belonged to.

Su Li noticed Hua Yunxiao's emotional shift and checked his Life Archive, immediately feeling at ease.

See, his future father-in-law truly has discerning eyes, a fiery gaze, and immediately recognized that he was the true, unparalleled, peerless prodigy of this era!

"Su... Master Su..."

Zhuge Qingchen snapped back to reality, the shock in his heart immeasurable.

He didn't feel the slightest bit of embarrassment. Embarrassment? Would he?

He never felt embarrassed; embarrassment only happened to him.

He was still the same youth as before, not changed one bit.

Zhuge Qingchen's expression remained unchanged, and he quickly composed himself, saying with a smile, "Master Su is joking. I'll first deduce how your friend can solve his cultivation problems. Actually, cultivation isn't difficult at all. Look at me, I just casually practice every few days. My strength, as Master Su said, is passable, just a Spiritual Infant quality of 5-star Spiritual Infant, at the early-mid stage of the first level of the Spiritual Infant realm. These are trivial matters, trivial."

As Zhuge Qingchen spoke, Su Li heard his inner thoughts again: I can't deduce as well as you, but my realm is strong, my talent is good. Little fellow, are you envious? And actually, hehe, I cultivate very diligently. Deduction consumes vital energy and soul. If I weren't trying to curry favor with Imperial Lord Hua, my future father-in-law, why would I casually help others deduce? After all, I even use most of my sleeping time and time spent playing with Fairy Li for arduous cultivation...

Su Li was utterly speechless upon 'hearing' these thoughts.

Why is this person so hypocritical? Why does he put on a different face in front of and behind people?

Isn't this deliberately making himself a cash machine for me?

How could he be so shameless?

Thinking this, Su Li immediately 'convinced with reason' on the spot: "Cultivation is not difficult for you at all! After all, the last time you broke through to the Spiritual Infant realm, you cried so much that you pulled out your hair while contemplating the method of breaking through, becoming bald for quite some time."

"'Casually practice every few days' is indeed true, because you don't sleep or eat for days on end, only cultivating with utter disregard for your well-being. That's truly not working hard."

"As for the 5-star Spiritual Infant quality and the early-mid stage of the first level of the Spiritual Infant realm, you indeed consider them trivial, yet why do you constantly mention them, asking your master every day if you are amazing? Is this what you call trivial matters?"

Su Li's barrage of three questions directly caused Zhuge Qingchen's face to darken.

This was simply bullying too much!!!

Zhuge Qingchen felt that his trip this time was probably because he didn't check the almanac before leaving, otherwise, he wouldn't have his face so forcefully rubbed against the ground.

Alas, rubbing, rubbing, it's the devil's technique!

This Su Li is a scoundrel!

Damn it, I want to slap his smiling face until it blooms like a flower on his backside!

Zhuge Qingchen took a deep breath, suppressing the violent thoughts that arose in his heart.

Forget it, I won't bicker with such a petty person who gets arrogant when they succeed. I'll calculate for him properly too!

Hmph, what friend? I think his own talent in cultivation is just too poor!

Also, don't think you're the only one who can calculate!

Hate!

You old pervert!

Zhuge Qingchen resentfully began to deduce Su Li's situation.

Meanwhile, Su Li looked at the abundant red light flashing on the system panel, his face flushing with joy.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable harvest--

[Reasoning to Convince, exposing Zhuge Qingchen's hypocritical facade, gained 250 Heavenly Secrets Value.]

[Reasoning to Convince, exposing Zhuge Qingchen's hypocritical facade, gained 438 Heavenly Secrets Value.]

[Reasoning to Convince, exposing Zhuge Qingchen's hypocritical facade, gained 945 Heavenly Secrets Value.]

[Reasoning to Convince, exposing Zhuge Qingchen's hypocritical facade, gained 1888 Heavenly Secrets Value.]

Four consecutive notifications left Su Li feeling completely satisfied, as exhilarating as chugging a bottle of 1982 salt soda.

After deducting the 500-point consumption, he netted a profit of 3021 Heavenly Secrets Value!

Adding this to his saved '2840' Heavenly Secrets Value, his current total reached 5861 points.

Indeed, Reasoning to Convince for a moment feels good, but Reasoning to Convince continuously feels continuously good!

"Qian Lan, refresh the Heavenly Secrets Mall!"

[Second refresh of the Heavenly Secrets Mall, consuming 1000 Heavenly Secrets Value, confirm?]

"Confirm!"

This time, Su Li was uncompromising, tough as nails.

Don't ask why, just know he's being extravagant and rich!

The Heavenly Secrets Mall panel flashed with golden light, and instantly, Su Li's heart tightened, his pupils involuntarily shrinking!

A golden item appeared!

It was clear that the previous purple Five Emperors Ancient Coin was more valuable than the green Introduction to Metaphysics!

And this time, the golden item was clearly superior to the purple one!

Su Li didn't have a specific comparison, but he could already see the dense golden light.

The golden light was so bright, Su Li felt a saying from his past life perfectly described his current feeling—it blinded his titanium alloy dog... human eyes!

Su Li narrowed his eyes, and within the golden light, the item revealed its true form.

It was something resembling a human 'brain', only about the size of a fist, and it was still trembling intermittently, looking rather intimidating.

As Su Li focused, the item's information also appeared.

Latent Dragon Pill (Price: 99,000 Heavenly Secrets Value): First Nine, the latent dragon does not act; if used, it will be seen in the fields. Upon consumption, it can greatly enhance mental power, making one's senses sharp and mind clear...

Seeing such a pill, Su Li was naturally extremely excited, but when he saw the price, he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

This price wasn't just high, it was outrageously high!

Su Li's extravagant heart vanished.

Even though the system description made it sound unremarkable, as if it only improved intelligence, compared to Introduction to Metaphysics, this item was undoubtedly extremely heaven-defying!

It could be said that if he truly bought it, it would be an earth-shattering, ultimate transformation for him!

After all, his appearance already overshadowed the world, peerless and unrivaled. If he were to become even smarter and more spiritual, the lives of other male cultivators would likely become even more difficult.

Not only that, but once he became smarter, the cultivation challenges he faced in this world would surely be easily resolved!

This made him how could he not be excited?

Unfortunately, he didn't have enough Heavenly Secrets Value right now!

Furthermore, only four days remained until the start of a new week!

Four days later, the items in the Heavenly Secrets Mall would automatically refresh into brand new items, regardless of whether they were purchased or not!

Four days to acquire 99,000 Heavenly Secrets Value—this difficulty was truly not small!

More importantly, he had to manage his Heavenly Secrets Value carefully, because if he accidentally went over 100,000 points, the system, given its nature, would definitely automatically upgrade and deduct Heavenly Secrets Value!

That would be truly despairing!

The 99,000 Heavenly Secrets Value limit was still manageable, as squeezing Mu Yuxi dry once yielded 250.

Fortunately, it wasn't 99,999 points, otherwise, that would have been truly despairing!

"Qian Lan, refresh the Heavenly Secrets Mall."

[Third refresh of the Heavenly Secrets Mall, consuming 10,000 Heavenly Secrets Value, confirm?]

"Abandon."

Su Li tested it, and as expected, the refresh cost increased tenfold. The third refresh would cost 10,000 points!

This was truly terrifyingly expensive, not appealing at all anymore.

"In these four days, I will squeeze Hua Ziyan dry, I will squeeze Mu Yuxi dry, I will Reasoning to Convince, I will make Zhuge Qingchen wholeheartedly convinced..."

After a long while, Su Li took a deep breath, calming his excited heart.

At this moment, in his eyes, everyone in this world was no longer a person, but a tool for him to harvest Heavenly Secrets points!

Su Li's slightly excited demeanor naturally fell into the eyes of Hua Yunxiao, Yun Wanchu, and Zhuge Qingchen.

However, the three of them didn't find anything amiss—a peerless prodigy in Heavenly Secrets deduction who was born unable to cultivate would have a terrifying obsession and passion for cultivation.

Now that he had hope, a little excitement was perfectly normal, wasn't it?

"Master Su, believe me, your friend will have hope soon."

"Yes, Master Su, in this regard, Mystic Master Zhuge has never disappointed."

Yun Wanchu and Hua Yunxiao both said with smiles, full of anticipation.

Su Li nodded, though in his heart, he wasn't too hopeful anymore.

He had already confirmed it: he possessed three souls and seven spirits, and his souls and spirits were incompatible with this world. Even though his physical body belonged to this world, it couldn't change the outcome of this 'incompatibility'.

Furthermore, his immunity to the laws of this world, his transcendence beyond them, would very likely make it impossible for Zhuge Qingchen to deduce anything.

Under such circumstances, cultivation had clearly become a pipe dream.

However, Su Li also held a faint glimmer of hope. Since his physical body belonged to this world, perhaps there truly was a solution.

Of course, if there really was no solution, then the Heavenly Secrets Mall would be his alternative path.

Besides these, there was one last path he could take, but although the chances of success on that path were high, it was also extremely arduous.

That path was not one Su Li was willing to take at the moment.