Volume 11: The First Law Chapter 29: A Different Way of Playing
Qin Yitian didn't know what the bond between him and Lu Qingshan was that was strong enough to transcend the long river of time, but Lu Qingshan knew it very well.
That is the bond between the sword cultivator and his natal sword.
It can span endless time and space and is eternal.
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"When Your Highness cast the first spell, how far had the situation developed?" Lu Qingshan asked.
Since what Qin Yitian needs is to reverse cause and effect, he will do all this.
But first, he needed to understand the specific situation, instead of being completely unknown like last time.
"Since the White Walkers resurrected, the Iron City has stood for sixty years. In the first thirty years, our human race had an absolute advantage, but the White Walkers never disappeared. In the last thirty years, our human race gradually lost its strength. Under the excessive war, more and more countries were in dire straits. Until the sixtieth year, nearly 100,000 White Walkers came to the pond and the Iron City was broken."
"Afterwards, the White Walker army invaded our human territory. In five days, they destroyed five countries, leaving corpses everywhere they passed."
"As if they have some irreconcilable hatred towards us humans, these White Walkers are killing us all, leaving no one alive. They are determined to annihilate our race. The five destroyed countries have become a living hell."
"And the sixth country that the White Walker army's swords are aimed at is our Qin State."
"The defense of Iron City lasted for sixty years. The national strength of Qin had already been weakened to the extreme when Iron City was destroyed. Facing the powerful army of the White Walkers, we had no ability to resist."
"If the resurrection of the White Walkers is the cause, then the fall of the Daoyuan Realm to the White Walkers and the slaughter of the human race is the result."
"The cause and effect have already been determined."
"Faced with this hopeless situation, I can only follow the example of my ancestors and perform the first method to reverse the cause and effect."
Has it reached the point of no return?
Lu Qingshan had made up his mind.
"I have at most thirty years left."
"Yes." Qin Yitian nodded.
"Thirty years? That's enough..." Lu Qingshan muttered, then changed the subject and asked, "So, what is the story of the Mountain Guest?"
There are many discrepancies between the records Qin Yitian had said before about the "First Law" and the actual situation.
There is no doubt that Qin Yitian was hiding something.
"The stories I told you before about the First Law are all recorded in the secret history. I did not deceive the general on this point."
"However, even official history will be embellished, not to mention the authenticity of secret history records."
"The actual situation is that the person named Zuo Shanke does exist, but he is not some unknown hermit. He is the previous king of Qin, my ancestor. In his later years, he suddenly became fascinated with Taoism, so he passed the throne to the crown prince and lived in seclusion in the mountains to practice Taoism."
“It was not until the Daoyuan Realm was about to collapse that he chose to come out and perform the first Dao method to save the world.”
"That time, the invasion of the aliens also swept across the Daoyuan Realm, affecting all human beings, so we were all passengers on the ship. In this case, the person who helped our ancestors reverse the cause and effect must have come from the outside world. However, even as the descendants of our ancestors, we don't know who that person from the outside world was, and why he had a cause and effect relationship with our ancestors."
"Because, after performing the law of cause and effect and annihilating the army of aliens, the ancestor passed away."
"Sitting in meditation?" Lu Qingshan discovered the key point and frowned as he looked at Qin Yitian, "What is the price of performing the law of cause and effect?"
"The life you mentioned earlier?"
"I guess so," Qin Yitian seemed very calm, "I told you that Taoism is based on bloodline and is natural. But the law of cause and effect is special. It is not based on our bloodline, but on the dragon bird as a carrier."
"Only the bloodline of our Qin family can perform the law of cause and effect through the dragon bird."
"And it must be a pure bloodline, otherwise it is not enough to control the dragon bird."
"The reason for this is that our Qin family's blood contains a unique power, and this power is the key to activating the law of cause and effect."
"The Qin Kingdom has been passed down for so many years, and there are only a handful of people with pure blood in the royal families of all generations. I am very lucky. I am the only person with pure blood in the Qin royal family for hundreds of years. The blood flowing in my body is pure enough to perform the law of cause and effect."
Lu Qingshan looked quietly at the beautiful Qin Yitian.
Qin Yitian looked a little lonely , but after a moment, a resolute look returned to her face.
She continued, "This power is contained in our blood, and it is closely related to our lives. When our ancestor performed the law of cause and effect, the power in his blood was drained away by the dragon bird, and he died on the spot."
"I will be no exception."
"The time has not come yet... Once the time comes for me to use my magic, I will end up like my ancestors."
"Is there no way to save you?" Lu Qingshan asked.
Qin Yitian shook his head and said softly: "General, this is also cause and effect."
Lu Qingshan was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "But what we are doing now is not reversing cause and effect?"
"I will find a way to save you," he emphasized. "I will definitely."
Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Qin Yitian's eyes gradually brightened, then dimmed again. He looked at him seriously and said, "This is very difficult."
"It is difficult," Lu Qingshan said with a smile, "but this is not the first time I have encountered such a difficult thing."
When the Dragon Bird was damaged and Qin Yitian fell into a deep sleep, didn't he still go into the abyss alone and rescue Qin Yitian?
It's just one more time.
Lu Qingshan is full of confidence.
Qin Yitian didn’t know where Lu Qingshan got his confidence from, but he instinctively believed in Lu Qingshan.
"As for now, let's solve the problem of the White Walkers first." Lu Qingshan continued.
"General, don't worry. You have many chances to start over and you will always find a way." Qin Yitian comforted him, fearing that Lu Qingshan, who had just been "reborn", had not yet come out of the shadow of his last failure.
A smile appeared on Lu Qingshan's face. "Don't underestimate me. In fact, I only need one chance."
"But..." Qin Yitian glanced at and said cautiously: "Then why did the general come back?"
"..." Lu Qingshan was choked and gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not making excuses, but the last time, the White Walker threat should have ended, but I encountered some accidents that shouldn't have happened."
"An accident that shouldn't have happened?" Qin Yitian was surprised.
Lu Qingshan explained in detail to Qin Yitian what he saw and heard after leading the Dragon and Phoenix Army into the snowfield.
After listening to Lu Qingshan's narration, Qin Yitian was deeply shocked.
"You mean, there are extremely powerful White Walkers coming from the future just to kill you?"
Qin Yitian frowned, incredulous. "And it said that it was the Heavenly Dao that helped it cross the long river of time?"
"Yes," Lu Qingshan nodded, "and it's not from the original future, but from the future after the cause and effect are reversed."
"How is this possible? Heavenly Dao actually exists? Why does Heavenly Dao do this?"
“Although it is hard to believe and I cannot figure out the reason, the great power that transcends the long river of time, perhaps apart from the law of cause and effect, can only be the way of heaven.” Lu Qingshan said slowly.
"What should we do? With such existence hindering your actions, do we humans still have hope of solving the problem of the White Walkers?" Qin Yitian frowned and fell into deep worry.
"I thought of the solution on the way here." Lu Qingshan smiled slightly.
"What's the method?" Qin Yitian immediately raised his head, which had just been lowered, and looked at Lu Qingshan in disbelief, his eyes blinking, which was very beautiful.
"Before answering this question, I want to ask you a question first." Lu Qingshan said with a smile.
"General, please ask. Yitian will tell you everything I know." Qin Yitian said gracefully.
Lu Qingshan asked, "Last time, why didn't Your Highness tell me everything? Even the method to start over was in the brocade bag?"
Qin Yitian bowed slightly to Lu Qingshan and apologized, "General, this is not my intention, but I know very well that such a ridiculous thing, if not experienced personally, who would believe it?"
"Whether it's reversing cause and effect, or so-called rebirth...
If I tell anyone that I can start over again by committing suicide, they will probably think I'm crazy.
Who would dare to do this unless they are desperate? "
"No one jokes about their life."
"Especially for a general like him, under normal circumstances, he would rather fight to the last moment than commit suicide."
"That's true," Lu Qingshan nodded in approval. How could a sword cultivator give up fighting? However, he immediately shook his head and said, "But you are wrong about one thing."
"You misjudged my trust in you."
"I will believe everything you say." Lu Qingshan said seriously.
There is no sword practitioner who does not believe in his own sword.
Qin Yitian was stunned. He didn't expect Lu Qingshan to say that.
The imperial study fell into silence for a moment.
"General, if you give me a peach, I will definitely give you a jade pendant in return," Qin Yitian finally said, "I will also have 100% trust in you, General."
"Very good," Lu Qingshan clapped his hands and praised, "I really need your trust now."
He paused, a gleam in his eyes, and continued: "Because, this time I plan to play in a different way!"
