Chapter 409: Man Proposes, God Disposes; Everything Depends on Human Effort; All Living Beings Suffer, Only One Can Save Oneself

This discovery Match Match Match Match Match Made Seeing Jin Li feel even better.

In the future, when she was busy with work and truly couldn't find the time to practice test questions, she could supplement her divine power in this way.

However, Seeing Jin Li felt that she definitely wouldn't need this function in the next few months; she wanted to use all her spare time for review.

But after the exams, if she could get into university, then this method would be very useful.

Once she was already in university, there would be no need for her to hold a copy of "Five-Three" to practice questions every day; her ambition wasn't to be a teacher, after all.

Seeing Jin Li didn't know what she had thought of, but her eyes darted around; she wondered if this function had only appeared recently or if it had been there from the beginning.

Previously, she had always come to the Daoist temple in person to pay her respects and had never had any other ulterior motives.

After all, only by coming in person to pay respects could one appear more pious.

And divine power transmitted through Wi-Fi...

Seeing Jin Li sensed it carefully; it was very faint, probably one-tenth of what she received when coming to the Daoist temple in person to worship, or perhaps even less.

After all, today was a special day; whether it was the wish-power of the believers or the divine power descended by the Three Officials Great Emperors, the total amount was higher than usual.

"Seeing Jin Li?"

Gu Cheng's voice came through the phone, asking doubtfully: "Your expression is a bit solemn; what are you thinking about?"

Seeing Jin Li shook her head: "Nothing, I just feel that worshipping the gods through a phone screen isn't pious enough, but—"

She changed her tone, "Although it's not pious enough, it's still somewhat useful; having something to worship is better than having nothing."

Gu Cheng said with a faint smile: "As long as you feel it's useful, that's fine. Later, when my schedule isn't so busy, I'll specifically go to Daoist temples everywhere to pay respects, and I'll let you follow along to worship too."

A glimmer of water passed through Seeing Jin Li's eyes, making them look moist and bright.

She said softly: "Don't you think this hobby of mine is very bad? Others like sports, fitness, baking, reading... but I actually like visiting Daoist temples; many netizens think this hobby of mine is very strange."

Gu Cheng heard the seriousness in her words, and his expression also became more serious as he replied: "To be honest, it is a bit strange, because you aren't someone who likes to rely on luck."

He explained: "I've come into contact with some fanatical enthusiasts of worship culture; rather than calling them enthusiasts of Daoist temple culture or Daoist culture, it's more accurate to call them a group of people who only think about waiting for heaven to provide for them.

Good luck is only temporary, but personal ability is for a lifetime. If you only have good luck, even if you walk down the street and pick up gold, you won't be able to keep it.

Those people don't discover their own shortcomings and push all their dissatisfaction onto bad luck, only wanting to rely on worship to change their fate.

But in my eyes, this is the most unrealistic thing; it would be better to calm down and study, be more serious at work, and not be lazy—that is the true way to change one's fate."

Many people are keen on worship culture; in fact, it is a kind of hope and longing for a better life.

It is not that they truly hope to daydream.

A student whose total knowledge can only earn them 60 points.

If they don't review, don't look at their wrong answers, and don't spend effort thinking, even if they change their fate through worship and take the exam, they will at most only be able to score 60 points.

60 points is already the ceiling of their ability.

Therefore, for those who only have the ability to score 60 points, wanting to get 100 points by changing their fate through worship is impossible.

Some people always say they hope for heaven-sent wealth, but more people wouldn't be able to grasp it even if they had it!

A rookie who just started a job was supposed to start from the grassroots, but heaven-sent wealth promoted them to the top level, making them the president.

Then the problem arises.

Do they know how to manage employees?

Do they know how to attract business for the company?

Do they understand the twists and turns of commercial competition?

They don't.

They can become president in a day, and they can also ruin the company in a day.

Gu Cheng saw Seeing Jin Li looking at her the whole time, as if wanting to hear him continue, so he added: "Although it's a bit strange, I understood you later."

His voice suddenly became very, very soft, "Because some things are indeed impossible to change through human effort, such as the aging of the human body, the decline of energy, or the transition from a healthy body to one filled with pain.

Some people clearly have a normal daily routine but get cancer. Some people are very kind, but they get into a car accident while walking on the road.

Every day of ours is actually very likely to be our last; these sudden accidents are simply not things we can change through human effort."

Gu Cheng looked steadily at Seeing Jin Li, saying earnestly and attentively: "Therefore, I respect your hobby of liking to go to Daoist temples; the things you seek must also be things that cannot be changed through human effort."

Seeing Jin Li's luck has always been very good, but she never lets the team market this point, which shows that she doesn't believe one can get by for a lifetime just by relying on luck.

He knew that Seeing Jin Li's health had always been very poor, and in the past few years, she had almost retired; Chenxi Entertainment said that she had been recuperating during those days.

Combined with Seeing Jin Li's frequent visits to Daoist temples after her comeback, Gu Cheng believed that the reason Seeing Jin Li liked to worship must be related to her health.

He didn't know if worship was useful, but Seeing Jin Li's health had indeed improved a lot in the past two years; although she still couldn't run a full schedule like a normal artist, at least she could join a crew to film.

Filming in a crew is also not simple or easy.

Based on this, if Gu Cheng had to choose, he wouldn't stop Seeing Jin Li from worshipping; instead, he would support it even more.

He thought to himself that if he had time in the future, he would take Seeing Jin Li to worship together.

If Seeing Jin Li was busy, he would go worship himself and then video call her.

If ten thousand pious kowtows could exchange for Seeing Jin Li's health and safety, Gu Cheng would ask for nothing more.

Seeing Jin Li felt a warmth in her heart, and her body also felt warm; she looked at Gu Cheng with even softer eyes, as if a gentle moonlight were spilling onto him.

She suddenly gave a soft "hmm," not looking at Gu Cheng, but at the koi pond not far away, and said in a low voice:

"If we both have time in the future, let's go out and worship together."

The light in Gu Cheng's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and he said in a resonant voice: "Okay!"

He added: "How about we check our schedules first?"

Seeing Jin Li glared at him shyly and angrily, saying: "I'll be filming in the crew next, and you'll be busy holding concerts all over the country; how could we possibly get together?"

Gu Cheng: "Man proposes, God disposes."

Seeing Jin Li:...

Fine, Seeing Jin Li was convinced.

She would ask Chen Qin for a copy of the schedule when she saw her later.

Her announcements were all very simple and not many, so she usually didn't look at the schedule.

Seeing Jin Li heard Gu Cheng's teammate calling him and was just about to hang up the video when she suddenly remembered the matter she wanted to find him for, so she hurriedly said:

"I saw the trending search about Sister Jian Sister Jian Jian Jian Jian Jian Jian Liting on the blog; she also went to the Daoist temple to worship today. Are you still in contact with her? Has her condition improved a bit, and has her health recovered?"

The expression on Gu Cheng's face was a bit solemn.

"I've heard some things from Brother Guang intermittently over the past few months, but I'm not very clear about it. I'll ask Brother Guang about her health later and then come tell you."

Seeing Jin Li nodded, "Hurry up and go get busy!"

"Seeing Jin Li!"

Chen Qin found Seeing Jin Li with an excited and thrilled expression, saying: "The Daoist priest of the Three Officials Hall found me, saying that he saw the blog trending search and wanted to thank you for bringing popularity to the temple, attracting many tourists to visit; he said he wanted to chant scriptures for you alone."

Seeing Jin Li was a bit surprised; this was unheard of.

In the past, one had to donate money to receive special treatment; she didn't expect that helping to drive traffic would also earn special treatment now.

Sigh, the Daoist priests in the human world don't have it easy either, racking their brains to manage the temple.

Chen Qin asked: "Seeing Jin Li, are you going?"

Seeing Jin Li smiled and said: "I'm going; chanting scriptures alone is quite good, and the Daoist priest will also add some magic power to me; perhaps my career will become smoother and smoother."

She thought of something and said: "Xiao Qin, we can't let the Daoist priest work for nothing; you represent me and go donate to the temple, 30,000 Liu Liu Yuan will do."

Chen Qin nodded hurriedly: "Okay, I'll go donate after I take you there."

Seeing Jin Li walked into the Three Officials Hall again and met the eyes of the Daoist priest that had seen through the vicissitudes of the world; she nodded slightly.

The Daoist priest didn't exchange too many pleasantries with her and said calmly: "Sit down."

She came to a small cubicle in the Three Officials Hall, where there were also statues of the Three Officials Great Emperors, but they were all small statues.

Seeing Jin Li knelt on the prayer mat, and the Daoist priest waved his horsetail whisk and chanted scriptures.

Just as she wanted to hear what the scriptures were, her consciousness was suddenly pulled into a scene.

It seemed like she had arrived in an illusion, or perhaps it wasn't, but the real world.

She seemed to have possessed a girl.

"Slap!"

She was slapped, and when she looked up, the girl opposite her raised her arrogant face, her eyes flashing with a vicious look, and said:

"Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, you have no shame, you seduced the teacher! I want everyone in the school to know that you like the teacher, so you won't be able to hold your head up in school!"

"No, I didn't, it's not like that, I didn't! I didn't seduce the teacher, it was the teacher who—"

"Slap!"

Another slap came, and the girl opposite said: "You still have the nerve to say the teacher seduced you? You should look in the mirror; you look so gloomy, who would like you? It must be you who took the initiative to seduce the teacher, which is why the teacher favors you!"

"No, sob, I didn't..."

Seeing Jin Li, attached to Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, saw the teacher take the initiative to touch her; she went from initial reluctance to being deeply trapped by the man's sweet talk.

Finally, the girl opposite discovered their relationship and spread it throughout the school.

What is pathetic is that this girl was also a fish in the teacher's pond, having been trapped earlier than Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, and had also "learned" everything from the teacher just like Qu Qu Qu Wenhui.

Qu Qu Qu Wenhui dropped out of school because she couldn't endure the school bullying.

Later, she worked while studying for an adult university degree, and after getting in, she met a very good boyfriend.

She thought her boyfriend would understand her, so she told him everything, but the person she met was not a good match; the man turned around and despised Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, and even spread her past affairs throughout the campus.

Qu Qu Qu Wenhui still couldn't endure the school bullying and left school again.

Returning to society to work, she gave up on herself and started dating another boyfriend.

The boyfriend was very honest and came from the countryside; Qu Qu Qu Wenhui didn't tell him about her past, just wanting someone to be by her side to comfort her.

As it turned out, this man was actually a scumbag; he seemed honest to Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, but that was because he didn't like Qu Qu Qu Wenhui at all.

At night, he would sleep with Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, but during the day, while Qu Qu Qu Wenhui went out to work, he would mess around with others, accidentally contracting AIDS and then infecting Qu Qu Qu Wenhui with it.

After Qu Qu Qu Wenhui found out, her mental state collapsed.

Seeing Jin Li had never been able to see Qu Qu Qu Wenhui's face clearly, but she had a vague premonition that this person would appear in her life.

Sure enough, attached to Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, she actually saw the drama *Assassination* in the background.

Qu Qu Qu Wenhui's inner voice echoed in her mind—

"If only I could be as decisive and ruthless as Li Li Feifei; I also want to take revenge on the people who once hurt me! If only I had been brave enough to expose the teacher's crimes back then, I wouldn't have been afraid to show my face all this time, cowering in a corner like a coward!

Yes, I shouldn't feel ashamed; this past is my misery, my weakness, but it is also my armor!

I really want to be brave for once, I want to so, so much..."

Finally, Seeing Jin Li was able to see Qu Qu Qu Wenhui's face clearly; she was wearing white clothes, with the company name on the upper left corner of the garment, and a work badge with her name hanging below it.

"Hanfang Huating International Hotel..."

Seeing Jin Li's mind felt dazed for a moment, as if she had been pulled back from a dream into the mortal world.

Raising her head, she met the Daoist Priest's peaceful gaze, and he bowed to her, "Kind believer, the scripture reading has concluded."

Seeing Jin Li nodded at him and walked out of the Three Officials Hall.

Her Master's voice suddenly flashed through her mind, and she finally understood something.

Her Master, it turned out, wanted her to go and help those fated people connected to her to find salvation.

Walking out of the Three Officials Hall, Seeing Jin Li ran into a few paparazzi; everyone exchanged polite greetings, and Seeing Jin Li got into the car, surrounded by Xiao Chen and Chen Lin.

Seeing Jin Li asked thoughtfully: "Xiao Qin, do you know the Hanfang Huating International Hotel? Why does it feel so familiar to me?"

Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, then thought and said: "It does sound a bit familiar; I feel like I've heard of it somewhere."

Xiao Cheng said: "That's the name of the hotel we're staying at right now; it's written on the navigation map."

Chen Lin realized: "That's right, Sister Seeing Jin Li, the hotel the production crew booked for us in the Film and Television City is this one. Is something wrong?"

Seeing Jin Li understood; it turned out to be so close to her, no wonder her Master would find her. She said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered it and asked."

Her fated people were not just determined by whether they appeared before her or had some entanglement with her, but also by whether they possessed merit and the power of vows.

She was a Koi from the Heavenly Realm; ordinary people would not have a fated connection with her.

To be fated with her, the merit and power of vows they possessed must be absolutely substantial.

According to the memories she had while attached to Qu Qu Qu Wenhui, Qu Qu Qu Wenhui's life in this incarnation was full of hardships, and she had not accumulated much merit.

Then, it must be that her previous life, the life before that, or even several consecutive lives were those of a virtuous person, which was why she had a fated connection with her.

To have reached the level of needing "salvation," one could imagine that this person was likely already facing the great terror between life and death.

But how was she to provide this salvation?

Although Seeing Jin Li had a mind full of scriptures to guide people toward the good, she still had doubts when it came to actually saving someone.

All living beings suffer; is there even a need to live in this world?

If she let Qu Qu Qu Wenhui continue to live, would it cause her even more suffering?

Seeing Jin Li sighed.

Master, you really have given this little Koi a difficult problem.