I Really Can't Do It Anymore

"Holy crap!"

Su Li jolted, nearly having a heart attack from fright!

It reminded him of the lingering trauma from his past life, being dominated by the sudden jump scares in terrifying Flash animations!

But back then, it was just a prank. To say it was truly scary might not be accurate.

However, right now, Su Li could genuinely feel a pair of incredibly venomous and sinister bloodshot eyes staring at him!

With his current knowledge, he didn't believe this was just a hallucination!

Su Li's face immediately darkened. He hadn't expected that by impersonating a master of Heavenly Secrets, he would attract such a heaven-defying existence.

Su Li took a deep breath and silently recited in his mind: "Thus have I heard... If a good son or good daughter wishes to awaken the supreme, perfect enlightenment, how should they abide? How should they subdue their minds... A Bodhisattva, abiding in the Dharma, should practice giving without abiding anywhere..."

After reciting that passage, Su Li switched to another: "Namo Amitabha Buddha..."

Following that, Su Li recited another: "Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon, Venerable Ksitigarbha, Prajna all Buddhas, Prajna Paramita empty..."

After reciting these passages silently, he still felt a chill all over his body, as if something was pressing down on him, making it hard to breathe. Su Li immediately held his breath again and silently recited in his mind: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable..."

Then, he said: "Soldiers, fight, all, array, before, line..."

Next: "Heaven and Earth have no limits, profound heart true law, nine heavens universal transformation, transform shape ten directions, Purple Firmament Divine Thunder!"

Continuing: "Heaven and Earth have righteous energy, mixed and flowing..."

Finally, Su Li even recited the "Song of Righteousness" in his mind.

Unknowingly, that cold, heavy, sinister, and oppressive feeling had vanished without a trace.

"Hoo—"

Su Li exhaled a large breath of stale air. Only then did he feel that his body was sticky, having broken out in a cold sweat.

In his hand, the Five Emperors Ancient Coin emitted a faint warm energy, dispelling some of the icy chill and gradually calming him down.

"I do not belong to this world and am not affected by the laws of this heaven and earth. I am truly a person outside of fate! What need is there to care about demons, ghosts, spirits, and monsters!"

"From now on, they should be the ones afraid of me!"

Su Li comforted himself before looking at Fang Yueheng in front of him.

Fang Yueheng still looked at him with eager eyes, his large eyes filled with sunshine and vitality.

"I just did a divination for you. Your situation is very dire."

Su Li's expression turned more solemn, and he said gravely.

"Master Su, please do not hesitate to guide me."

Fang Yueheng did not doubt him in the slightest. He bowed in salute, his attitude extremely devout.

At this moment, Hua Ziyan quietly walked over and reached out with her sleeve to wipe the cold sweat from Su Li's forehead. She said softly, "Master Su, if you are tired, there's no need to rush. Take your time."

After Hua Ziyan came over, Mu Yuxi also followed.

Both were still wearing purple gauze dresses today, looking exceptionally ethereal and stunning, as beautiful as celestial beings.

Su Li withdrew his gaze and looked back at Fang Yueheng, saying, "I will cast another hexagram for you."

After he finished speaking, he immediately took out the Five Emperors Ancient Coin and the Nine Nights Spirit Sunflower Cold Stem and cast a hexagram for Fang Yueheng on the spot.

There was no need to even look at the hexagram; it was clearly a sign of extreme misfortune!

Not only was it a sign of extreme misfortune, but the entire divination also contained waves of dark, misty aura.

This bizarre aura made even Fang Yueheng feel a strong sense of palpitation and unease.

Su Li pondered for a long time. Without immediately revealing the specific information, he subconsciously glanced at the other people present.

After his gaze swept over the male and female prodigies, Su Li's eyes fell back on Zhuge Qingchen.

Then, as if he had thought of something, a hint of relief appeared on his face.

"Lian... Qing younger brother, you seem to be in good spirits today."

Su Li's sudden greeting made Zhuge Qingchen's breath hitch, and he instinctively had a bad premonition.

"Could it be that Brother Li wants me to guide him in the divination?"

Zhuge Qingchen thought of this, and his body and mind turned cold. He almost knelt on the spot – ever since he overexerted himself in divination yesterday and foamed at the mouth, he had developed a strong psychological trauma towards divination and never wanted to help anyone with it again in his life!

Even if he couldn't avoid it, he would have to wait for some time, until his psychological wounds had completely recovered, before he could act again!

But at this moment, being stared at by Su Li, he immediately felt his scalp tingle.

"No, no, no, my spirits are not good at all today, and I haven't recovered at all yet. I need three more days of rest, no, half a month of rest to recover!"

Zhuge Qingchen shook his head like a rattle drum.

"To avoid me asking you to try divination, you're directly pretending to be weak? Acting like you're incapable? You represent the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!"

Su Li heard Zhuge Qingchen's words, which contradicted his true thoughts, and immediately exposed him, reaping a full 580 points of Heavenly Secrets Value on the spot!

"You've recovered quite well!"

Su Li thought to himself.

He was prepared to seize every opportunity to harvest Heavenly Secrets Value.

After Zhuge Qingchen's Heavenly Secrets Value was harvested, he immediately felt a bit drowsy and even a little depressed.

Before, he was feigning weakness, but now, he was genuinely struggling and truly weak.

"I'm really not doing well right now. I guess watching you divine is very taxing on my spirit, energy, and mind. From this, it's evident that Brother Li, your attainments in divining Heavenly Secrets are truly astonishing."

Zhuge Qingchen said weakly. In just this short while, the dark circles under his eyes had deepened again, and there were even bloodshot veins.

Hearing that even a top-tier Mysterious Master of Heavenly Secrets like Zhuge Qingchen praised Su Li so highly, Fang Yueheng's eyes were filled with even greater anticipation.

As for fear? It didn't exist! Fang Yueheng had never known what fear was since he was young.

Not far from Fang Yueheng, Yun Qingxuan, Yun Qinghong, and others also had sparkling eyes, their faces filled with even more anticipation.

"Fang Yueheng's matter involves Fang Yueyu and the Infant Soul behind Fang Yueyu! Fang Yueheng is only at the second level of the Golden Core Realm, so he's not strong. Fang Yueyu, outwardly, is only at the late stage of the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, but in reality, his true strength has reached the fourth level of the Golden Core Realm. However, even at the fourth level of the Golden Core Realm, it wouldn't be difficult to deal with him. The difficult part is that Infant Soul that has lived for over nine thousand years behind Fang Yueyu! That's terrifying!"

"More importantly, this thing seems to have noticed me. Could it be that because I'm looking at her through the Life Archive in the system, she can also sense it?"

"What kind of ability is this? What kind of strength? To be able to 'influence' me from such a great distance?"

"Zhuge Qingchen, this person can be considered a true Son of Destiny, a favored child of fate! What would happen if I let him follow Fang Yueheng to solve the problem? Would he die?"

Su Li summoned Fang Yueheng's Life Archive again and looked it over, finding no changes.

He then continued to look at Fang Yueheng's Life Archive, but discovered that viewing his future archives consumed an enormous amount of Heavenly Secrets Value, so he abandoned the idea.

Su Li also summarized some patterns: if he didn't interfere in certain matters, their Life Archives would hardly change, and then the events that were supposed to happen in the future would definitely occur!

However, if he interfered, then this kind of 'Life Archive' would undergo subtle changes. But while these changes would be adjusted in real-time, the 'Life Archive information' for the future would not be refreshed constantly.

Only after the Heavenly Secrets Value was settled would the 'Life Archives for the next seven days' be refreshed.

In other words, Su Li had opened Fang Yueheng's Life Archives for the next seven days, which was information based on the future seven days from this point in time.

This information could be viewed at any time before settlement and would remain the same.

But, once a fundamental or significant change that affected the future occurred, viewing the future Life Archives again would require spending Heavenly Secrets Value.

Of course, it was also possible to 'indirectly' view it through the 'connections' of others. For example, previously, through Hua Ziyan's future Life Archive, the matter of Hua Yunxiao's death tribulation was confirmed; this was how it was done.

"Qingchen, from now on, you will follow Fang Yueheng closely until the afternoon the day after tomorrow."

Su Li suddenly said to Zhuge Qingchen.

Zhuge Qingchen was stunned.

Fang Yueheng, Hua Ziyan, Yun Wanchu, and others were also somewhat puzzled—was there some karma involved in this?

"Okay! Since Brother Li has personally made this request, Qingchen will definitely fulfill it!"

Zhuge Qingchen promised on the spot.

Su Li nodded, then took out six cold stems and performed a simple divination using the sixty-four hexagrams of King Wen of Zhou.

This time, Su Li divined the hexagram Feng Shan Jian, with the hexagram image being 'oo×o××' (see the bonus chapter illustration at the end of the chapter for details).

The direct interpretation of this hexagram's commentary was: A phoenix lands on Mount Qi, and after a few long cries, a sage emerges. King Wen descended from heaven to establish his enterprise, enjoying riches and glory for eight hundred years.

This was a top-tier auspicious hexagram!

From the perspective of the hexagram image, it represented: A handsome bird is fortunate to escape its cage, shedding disaster and displaying its might. Once successful, fortune arrives, and it can travel freely east, west, north, and south.

This hexagram was formed by the combination of two different hexagrams (lower Gen, upper Xun). Gen represents mountains, and Xun represents wood. There is wood on the mountain, gradually growing, and the mountain also rises. This is a process of gradual progress, hence it is called 'Jian' (渐), which means 'to advance' or 'to gradually progress without haste'!

This meant that as long as Zhuge Qingchen, who was known to bring death to those he followed, followed Fang Yueheng, Fang Yueheng would not only survive this disaster but also gain immense fortune and opportunities!

This was utterly absurd!

"With a hexagram like this, if we play it safe, we'll win without lifting a finger! Let's do this!"

"Hua Yunxiao and Hua Ziyan both have death tribulations this time, right? I can just exaggerate this calamity..."

"Whether we get rich or not depends on this move!"

Su Li's eyes gleamed as he looked at Zhuge Qingchen, already having conceived a method to break the deadlock!