Soul Perishing Tea Can, Secretly Peeping

The moon is past its halfway point, and the magpies fly south.

Su Li sat quietly, gazing out the window, his thoughts in disarray.

Eighteen years since his transmigration, yet he had achieved nothing. Worse, despite saving others' lives multiple times, he had become a target, seemingly doomed.

If he hadn't glimpsed a part of the truth through the system, he himself would have found it hard to believe.

But this was reality.

In a world like this, the moment you chose to rely on others, your current fate was sealed.

Su Li brought up the system's holographic panel, looking at the 74,361 Heavenly Secrets Value points. He hesitated for a moment.

Should he wait until he accumulated around 100,000 points to buy the Latent Dragon Pill, or spend 10,000 points to refresh the Heavenly Secrets Mall and take a gamble?

While pondering, Su Li took out the Six Roots Nine Night Spirit Sunflower Cold Stems and performed another divination for himself.

The Life Archive System could not access his own archive.

However, fortune-telling could provide a basic judgment.

Normally, there were three major taboos in fortune-telling: not divining for the dead, not divining for oneself, and not divining for peers.

Crossing these lines would have severe consequences.

Especially the taboo of divining for oneself, which had the saying, "Divining for others is fine, but divining for yourself spells certain death."

However, Su Li's abilities came from the system, so he was free from these taboos and drawbacks.

At this moment, a divination was cast, and the result was exactly the same as the previous one – still no change in his Destiny.

This was a terrible hex – the 'Shui Shan Jian' hexagram, with the hexagram image: ×o×o××.

The commentary stated: Heavy rain pours from the sky, snow fills the heavens; the traveler on the road suffers from cold, dragging through mud and water, exhausting all effort; matters are not as desired, requiring patience.

This hexagram was formed by the combination of two different hexagrams (Kan above, Gen below).

Kan represents water, and Gen represents mountains. High mountains and deep water, countless difficulties; life's obstacles, nowhere to turn.

Seeing this result, Su Li sighed softly, silently closed the system, and then continued to practice his breathing and attempt to refine Qi.

Just then, as if struck by inspiration, his heart suddenly pounded, and his mind inexplicably felt unfocused.

Vaguely, he had a hallucination – in front of his eyes, it seemed a sea of fire appeared, and within the sea of fire were thick chains covered in ferocious bone spurs.

It seemed a person was trapped within the chains.

The person's bones were bound by the chains, piercing through flesh and blood, nailing him firmly in the sea of fire.

The person's face was somewhat blurry.

But Su Li had a feeling – that seemed to be him.

This hallucination appeared and vanished in an instant.

Su Li's expression turned extremely grim, and he immediately began to consider his escape routes.

However, at this moment, who could he trust? Who could he rely on?

The figures of Zhuge Qingchen, Hua Ziyan, Mu Yuxi, Yun Qingxuan, Fang Yueheng, and Que Xinyan flashed through Su Li's mind.

Ultimately, these figures faded away one by one.

"After consuming the Nine Radiance Heart-Inquiry Tea, my condition has improved. My body can now withstand some Spiritual Qi for a short period, instead of being unable to bear any at all."

"If I could get a few random teleportation talismans or formation plates, I might have a chance."

"However, this kind of random teleportation is easily tracked."

"Moreover, if I can think of this method, they will naturally be prepared – with Yun Wanchu's caution, if they really make a move, my chances of escape are slim."

"I can only hope to harvest some Heavenly Secrets Value tomorrow. If not, I'll have to forcibly refresh the Heavenly Secrets Mall, give up on the 'Latent Dragon Pill', and look for other special goods."

Su Li pondered in his heart, but at this moment, he suddenly sensed a bone-chilling aura engulfing him.

It was an extremely primitive, vast, profound, ancient, oppressive, terrifying, and bizarre aura.

As this aura appeared, Su Li felt everything around him instantly plunge into endless darkness, as if he had been suddenly pulled into an abyss ten thousand feet deep.

"What's going on? They're making a move? So eager?"

Su Li was horrified, but then, the 'Five Emperors Ancient Coin' on his left wrist emitted a faint golden light.

As the golden light appeared, Su Li felt his wrist become extremely hot, even a little painful!

But this stinging pain, paradoxically, allowed him to break free from that terrifying state of 'sinking' and immediately regain consciousness.

At this point, Su Li could clearly sense that something seemed to be spying on him!

"Who?!"

Su Li shouted coldly and stared intently towards the window sill where he sensed the presence!

The night was deep.

Yun Qingxuan listened to the chirping of insects in the mountains, listened to her own breathing, but her heart could not calm down for a long time.

A while later, she took out the palm-sized desolate tower again, rubbing and playing with it in her hand. In her mind, the projection she had seen an hour ago resurfaced.

It was a projection that made it hard for her to believe and completely threw her into disarray.

One hour ago.

After Yun Qingxuan finished comprehending the transformation of her Nascent Soul, she walked out of her cultivation chamber and returned to her room, preparing to meditate.

However, just before meditating, she acted on a flash of inspiration she had after consuming the Nine Radiance Heart-Inquiry Tea.

The tea leaves were still there, and although the holy water was gone, she had top-grade pills and some spiritual water imbued with Spiritual Qi in her hand.

Although she didn't have the Flame Lightning Thunder Fire, she had Cloud Lightning spiritual power, which could condense cloud-attribute lightning fire.

Even though she no longer had the Purple Rhyme Pot, the tea can that held the tea leaves should also be able to brew tea, right?

Therefore, even without the perfect Nine Radiance Heart-Inquiry Tea, she could still consume a second-rate brew.

After all, the benefits would be substantial.

With this thought, Yun Qingxuan immediately began to operate.

She first poured the medicinal liquid, rich in Spiritual Qi, into the tea can, re-soaked the already brewed tea leaves, and then began to boil it.

As soon as she started boiling, the tea can underwent some unimaginable changes.

A line of ancient Rune characters flowed out with a faint rosy glow. The runes on the glow gradually formed two special characters—Soul Perishing!

"Soul Perishing Tea Can?"

Yun Qingxuan was startled. She felt like she had heard or seen the 'Soul Perishing Tea Can' somewhere before, but she couldn't recall it at all.

It was like how she couldn't remember where she had seen the 'Nine Radiance Heart-Inquiry Tea' before.

"I'm afraid this thing is also very powerful."

"Master Su said that as long as I don't get involved with the 'Soul Locking Tower,' my Destiny will be good for a long time."

"But, that flash of inspiration should still be worth trying."

"These two things were discovered together, perhaps they are related."

"Let's give it a try."

Yun Qingxuan placed the thumb-sized Soul Locking Tower directly into the Soul Perishing Tea Can and then condensed lightning-attribute spiritual fire to start boiling it.

At first, there was nothing unusual.

But gradually, a large amount of white smoke began to rise from the tea can, and then the smoke became denser and denser.

Soon, the smoke filled Yun Qingxuan's entire room.

Yun Qingxuan, as if possessed, continued to boil the tea blankly and foolishly, paying no mind to anything else.

"Ah—"

"Ah—"

"Crack—"

Faintly, it seemed as if shrill screams from the depths of hell were continuously coming from the smoke.

These sounds, which were initially ethereal and illusory, soon became increasingly real, as if echoing in her ears.

Yun Qingxuan continued to boil the tea, her body motionless, but she seemed to have entered a dream and suddenly flew up.

Then, her vision expanded, as if she were a deity soaring through heaven and earth, soaring through the void with a condescending gaze upon the mortal world.

Wisps of white smoke dispersed in all directions, and as the smoke passed, Yun Qingxuan's vision followed.

Subsequently, in this state, she saw Hua Yunxiao conversing with an elderly man.

"Ancestor, that body belongs to a young man who has greatly indebted Yunxiao. Yunxiao cannot go against his own principles."

"Ancestor, Yunxiao understands!"

"Hmm, furthermore, Mr. Zhuge has already deduced that this is an opportunity. Do you happen to have disciples with the Earth and Wood spiritual bodies on your side?"

"This... indeed, we do."

"Very good. Tomorrow, there will be an opportunity to gather the souls of the seven great spiritual bodies imbued with the spiritual essence of Yin Yang and Five Elements. Mr. Zhuge has also foreseen everything; we just need to wait for the event to unfold. You must personally monitor this matter and follow in secret to prevent any accidents."

"Ancestor, regarding this matter, it seems that Master Su... Su Li has already deduced it and asked Zhuge Qingchen to follow him and protect him."

"Oh? Then, send him away, or... have Mr. Zhuge personally step forward and guide him. As the core Earth and Wood spiritual body, he must be sacrificed this time; this is crucial! Otherwise, the Nine Desolations Altar cannot be opened, and I will ultimately have a great regret before my true revival.

Also, Mr. Zhuge mentioned that there will be great changes at the Wanli Holy Land's mountain gate. Therefore, we will openly recruit disciples and open the forbidden grounds for trials, while secretly abandoning them.

With the sacrifice of these people, we will create a true cover for our actions."

"All disciples... abandoned?"

"You can pick a few and send them out for trials. The rest... can stay."

"Ancestor, what about Xiao Chu..."

"Him? He's nothing more than a dog raised by our Hua Clan. If he doesn't stay, who will? What, you still want to take him with you?"

"Old Ancestor, can we truly succeed on this expedition?"

"This is an opportunity. With Mr. Zhuge going all out, we have a ninety percent chance of success. If not now, then when? Yunxiao, you've truly grown old. No wonder the Hua Clan has reached a dead end in your hands over these years!"

"Old Ancestor… Yunxiao is ashamed. Yunxiao will go make the arrangements now."

"Mm, go. Remember your burden, and don't have any more reservations. Every rising lineage is ultimately built upon a mountain of corpses."

Yun Qingxuan was utterly shocked!

She never imagined that she would suddenly uncover such a world-shattering secret!

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