Volume 11: The First Law Chapter 28: The First Law (Part 2)
There was silence in the imperial study.
Lu Qingshan was silent for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth and asked the first question.
This is also the issue that concerns him most at the moment.
"What exactly is the first law?"
"You should have guessed it." Qin Yitian stepped forward and pulled out an ancient wooden box that Lu Qingshan was very familiar with from under the desk.
On the box, dragon and phoenix carvings are vividly displayed.
Qin Yitian gently opened the box, and a flash of red light flashed from inside the box.
The beautiful dragon bird lay quietly in the box.
"Yes, the Dragon Bird is the first law, or rather, it is the carrier of the first law."
"So, the first method is to go back in time?" Lu Qingshan asked again.
Judging from the current situation, no matter how incredible it is, the first method should be related to time.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yitian actually shook his head and said: "No, the first method has nothing to do with time...it has to do with cause and effect."
"Its real name is the Law of Karma," she said seriously.
"Cause and effect?" An answer that was unexpected yet reasonable.
After all, when Lu Qingshan comprehended the true meaning of cause and effect, Qin Yitian had already told him that Dragon Bird was the sword of cause and effect.
And as we all know, the law of causality is the most terrifying weapon no matter what world it is in.
"Yes, cause and effect." Qin Yitian nodded slightly and added: "To be more precise, it should be called reversing cause and effect."
“Reversing cause and effect…?”
Seeing Lu Qingshan looking thoughtful, Qin Yitian gently took out the brush that was placed on the desk and soaked in the inkstone.
Then, she took out another piece of rice paper from the stack and spread it on top of “The mountains and rivers are broken and the catkins are drifting in the wind”.
Qin Yitian held the pen in his bare hands and drew two dots on the rice paper.
"Cause and effect are like two dots on a white paper. This is the cause," Qin Yitian pointed to one of the dots, then pointed to another dot and said, "This is the effect."
"All causes and effects are predetermined. When the cause occurs, the effect actually appears," Qin Yitian drew a straight line between the two points, "and this line, which is the development process from cause to effect, appears later."
"That is to say, under normal circumstances, when the cause occurs, no matter how you draw the line in the middle, no matter how you twist it..."
Qin Yitian drew a twisted line segment from the "cause" point, twisting and turning, and finally ending at the "effect" point, "but its ending is the same, it will all fall at this effect point."
"And what the law of cause and effect does is very simple. When the result comes, wipe out the result with a sword." Qin Yitian put the brush back in the inkstone, and the brush tip spread out in the ink.
"From now on, everything will be reversed, and the 'result' will be determined by the direction of the line segment, not by fate."
"That is... reversing cause and effect."
Lu Qingshan was stunned.
"Then why did you give me such an important sword?" After thinking for a moment, he asked again.
Even if cause and effect were reversed, it would be impossible to explain why Qin Yitian took a liking to him at first sight and gave him unparalleled trust.
"General, don't worry, I will explain everything to you." Qin Yitian said softly.
"As the first law, the law of cause and effect is extremely powerful, but it also has many limitations."
"First, when I use the law of cause and effect to cut off the destined fruit, I can go upstream along the river of time and find a time node in the original cause and effect line to start over."
“It’s like going back in time.”
"Of course, this backtracking has its limits ."
“My limit is to go back thirty years.”
"Then, the timeline of reversing cause and effect is a closed loop. It only exists between the time point I chose and the original result."
"In this closed-loop timeline, as long as the general does not die at the hands of others, he can return to the original time node by 'committing suicide'."
"But once time has passed the point of effect, the law of cause and effect loses its effectiveness."
"To put it simply, if the general commits suicide again after the day I use the law of cause and effect, it will be real suicide."
"I wonder if the general can understand what I am saying?"
I am familiar with this. Isn't it just saving, loading and automatically saving and overwriting the original save? Lu Qingshan nodded to show his understanding.
Qin Yitian nodded and continued, "Secondly, after reversing the cause and effect, everything that has happened in the original cause and effect line cannot be touched, otherwise it will be erased to calm the disorder of the cause and effect line."
"In layman's terms, time is like a long river, and people are passengers on the ship. Cause is the starting point of the ship, and effect is the destination. When the ship sets out, the destination has already been set. Even if there are twists and turns along the way, it will eventually reach the destination. Reversing cause and effect is like sneaking across the river. During the journey, you must try your best to hide yourself and not be discovered by the captain, otherwise you will be beaten to death."
"The problem is that I am a person in the causal line, that is, a passenger on the ship. When the passengers board the ship, they already know their destination, so I can never do anything to change the route, otherwise the captain will immediately find out that there is something wrong with me."
"If I want to change the course and let the ship go somewhere else, I have to pull someone who is not on this ship on board."
"Reversing cause and effect, I can only be a bystander, not an executor."
"As you can see, no one in the Daoyuan Realm can escape the threat of the White Walkers."
"That is to say, everyone in Daoyuan Realm is on this ship."
"According to this principle, the general should be from the outside world."
Lu Qingshan was in a complicated mood. He looked at Qin Yitian and nodded, "Yes."
"Moreover, the general should come from the future." Qin Yitian smiled and explained:
"The identity check on the ship we are on is very strict. It's not like I can just pick up anyone and he will definitely be rejected from all sides."
"Only if there is a deep karmic connection between this person and me can I pull him on board."
It is not difficult to understand that passengers are not allowed to bring a stranger on board at will, but if they can prove that this person is their relative, it will not be so difficult.
“When I performed the causal magic, I felt as if I was on a long river of time, and was flying backwards very quickly. At the same time, I could see the causal line on my body and the person on the other end of the causal line.”
"Unfortunately, all the people who have a karmic connection with me are on the boat."
"I said before that those on board could not change course."
"Just when I was in despair, a causal line inexplicably began to grow on my body."
"This causal line is vague and illusory, leading to the far end of the long river of time, as if it could disappear at any time."
"It's not because the causal relationship between the person on the other end of the causal line and me is too shallow. On the contrary, the bond between him and me is extremely deep."
"Because this is a causal line that spans the long river of time."
"I don't know the person on the other side of the causal line now, but in the future, there will be an inseparable bond between him and me."
"I don't know what kind of close bond it is that can allow the causal line to cross the long river of time. But I know that the person who has such a bond with me must be trustworthy, so when I was almost in a desperate situation, I grabbed this line without hesitation and pulled the person on the other end of the causal line onto the boat."
"At the last moment of reversing cause and effect, I also saw the man's face clearly."
"That person is the general."
