Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 354 Who was reborn and is still being chased and beaten?
"Do you also know something?" Qin Shuang asked Ma Qi, seizing the opportunity between Duan Huaige and Yue Yao, her eyes filled with scrutiny.

When Qin Shuangjiang's cool little hand grabbed him, Duan Huaige actually wanted to gasp, because he didn't expect Qin Shuangjiang to be so ruthless... It seems that this girl has really been turned into a freak by Xiao Jiang and Yan Qiuxi.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If it were him, he would have a great start to the second playthrough, with the advantage of foresight, but Yan Qiuxi would secretly influence him, causing her to not be able to fully utilize her advantages, and in the end, he would even be countered by Jiang Xiyu...

How could the proud and aloof Miss Frost just admit defeat like that? She chose the strategy that garnered the most comments – to seize the future!
Seeing Qin Shuangjiang's eyes constantly scanning his expression, Duan Huaige was almost sweating profusely... What if they didn't say something right? Would she just break it off?
I wonder if the Crimson Lotus Body Forging Technique can regenerate severed limbs?
"What are you talking about, Frostfall? I don't quite understand what you mean... Um, why don't you let go first, and we can have a proper talk?"

Qin Shuangjiang ignored his suggestion and continued with a cold face, "I'm talking about myself. Do you know that I'm playing a second playthrough?"

"..."

"I don't know, I really don't know." Duan Huaige decisively denied it, and even asked in return, "What? Shuangjiang, you mean you were reborn? That's why you met me so early and even came all the way to Jiangnan to study?"

Qin Shuangjiang: "..."

Since things had come to this point, the King of Qin decided to stop pretending and said coldly, "I do know a lot about how things will develop in the future, but I have not been reborn."

"The Spring and Autumn Sword Intent can reverse the cycle of time, allowing practitioners to transfer a portion of their memories to their past selves, which then nourish their current realm. Therefore, as long as practitioners of the Spring and Autumn Sword Intent do not perish unexpectedly, they can continue to grow stronger over time."

"The more I cultivate the Spring and Autumn Sword Intent, the more memories I receive."

Upon hearing this, Duan Huaige suddenly realized why Qin Shuangjiang, despite appearing to be reborn, exhibited many behaviors that did not suggest she was a reborn individual. This was partly due to the butterfly effect disrupting the timeline, but more importantly, it was because she had not received the complete transmission of memories.

This also explains why, even though it's the second playthrough, Qin Shuangjiang hasn't learned from her failure in the first playthrough. Her personality has only changed a little, being a bit arrogant, but not completely.

"If that's the case, why didn't you choose to be reborn directly, but instead chose this method?"

"Because it's not allowed," Qin Shuangjiang said quietly. "Rebirth has too great an impact on the cause and effect of the entire world, especially for someone like me who has a lot of influence. So the only option is to use a clever method to gradually regain my memories."

Even those like Taiqing and Yan Qiuxi, who have cultivated the Dao of Cause and Effect to its peak, cannot be directly reborn.

Duan Huaige was taken aback, thinking to himself, "So being reborn is this difficult? I thought having a second playthrough would be easy for you. If that's the case, then calling you Qin Er Shi (the Second Emperor of Qin) isn't quite accurate."

"So... what Yan Qiuxi meant when she said that you obtained the memories of the future through the Spring and Autumn Sword Intent and started to make plans... but she ruined them."

"Indeed." The King of Qin sneered, "Although I don't know how she sabotaged it, she is undoubtedly the culprit!"

"Do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence? Do we need it? Her public persona is the biggest evidence!"

"..."

That makes sense. Only someone as extraordinary as Qiuqiu would betray her best friend like that; she's practically invincible. So, Qin Shuangjiang and Yan Qiuxi, you two pulled this stunt just to make me choose a girlfriend again?

“But then Taiqing was born prematurely, and your Mountain and River Daoist Techniques… all of these things made me realize that something was wrong… the timeline has clearly been altered.” Qin Shuangjiang continued, “Another purpose of my return was to stop Taiqing, but now her development has exceeded everyone’s expectations.”

"Give her some more time, or a fragment of the 'Map of the Land and the People,' and I'm afraid no one in this world will be able to suppress her."

"Your future Spring and Autumn Sword Intent is so powerful, yet you still can't defeat Taiqing? You even need to open a second playthrough to stop her development?" Duan Huaige clicked his tongue in amazement. This ancient female demon was far too fierce, wasn't she? Even Qin Shuangjiang's Spring and Autumn Sword Intent and Yan Qiuxi's Karma Daoist technique couldn't kill her?

Qin Shuangjiang paused for a moment upon hearing this, and finally said calmly, "This is only one of the purposes. Of course, the main purpose is still because of you."

"I?"

"You will die in the future." Qin Shuangjiang said, word by word, "That madwoman Jiang Xiyu will also completely lose control and then inherit the world-destroying karma of Taiqing."

"So I came back to save you."

Duan Huaige remained silent for a long time after hearing this. He had considered this possibility, but felt it was unlikely... After all, in the system's future description, he was just a poor man who didn't dare to underestimate others, and he had several beautiful ex-girlfriends before finally choosing to marry Yan Qiuxi peacefully...

How will I die in the future?

Qin Shuangjiang shook her head. Duan Huaige asked, "Is it that you can't say, or that you don't know?"

"Since I don't know, I can't say either," Qin Shuangjiang said seriously. "The worst thing you can do when trying to change cause and effect is to force it."

This is like if you traveled back in time and wanted to save a friend who had drowned. You couldn't just tell him that you would die if you went to the beach today. Instead, you had to change things in other ways, such as contacting a lifeguard nearby in advance, preparing life jackets, or learning how to save yourself from drowning together a long time ago. These things could increase the chances of changing his fate.

If you forcefully interfere, the causal line will veer off course to an unexpected place, catching you off guard.

Duan Huaige nodded, indicating that he understood what she meant, and then asked, "So what did you mean by 'let's figure it out together'?"

"Of course, I learned the truth from Yan Qiuxi." As Qin Shuangjiang spoke, she unconsciously tightened her grip on the innate spiritual root in her hand, causing Duan Huaige's lips to twitch and almost to cry out.

"Just open the inner view of the Landscape Map, and then cooperate with me," Qin Shuangjiang said calmly. "Don't you also have many questions you want to ask?"

Upon hearing this, Duan Huaige's heart stirred slightly. He did have a guess that his system might be related to Yan Qiuxi, but once he said it, wouldn't that mean that cause and effect had been forcibly changed?

"Alright, I can play along, but Frost's Descent... we're just acting, isn't it a bit unnecessary to be so serious?" Duan Huaige swallowed hard and said, "It's one thing for you to hold my innate spiritual root... but you don't have to go so far as to..."

With this pose, my innate spiritual root is practically at the school gate!

(End of this chapter)