Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 363 The Dao of Cause and Effect!

Duan Huaige slowly looked away, revealing an expression of helplessness...

Qiuqiu, oh Qiuqiu, this isn't Shuangjiang's fault for being too ruthless, it's just that you're too overpowered... You said she finally made up her mind to call you over to save the day, but you didn't do anything to save the day, yet you went out of your way to backstab her...

In the end, she even accidentally rolled over a speed bump because her car was rolling backwards... If she doesn't take out all her anger on you, who else can she take it out on?
You can't exactly vent your frustrations on me, can you?
"Duan Huaige, you actually betrayed me! A Jiang, don't just hit me... Xiao Jiang, she's faking her death too!"

Jiang Xiyu immediately broke down, turning over and shouting, "Yan Qiuxi! Are you even human?! It wasn't me who betrayed her! It was you!"

"So what? Just tell me, were you the one who dragged Ah Jiang here with you?"

"Shut up!" Qin Shuangjiang's face turned ashen. "Who's going to take it back? Huh? I'm asking you, who's going to take it back!"

"Wrong, wrong, A-Jiang! We were coerced by Jiang Xiyu into coming here to participate in the Silver Handkerchief competition!" Yan Qiuxi quickly corrected herself and explained.

"I...I didn't! That's me in the future, what does it have to do with me now?" Jiang Xiyu said, her voice lacking confidence.

Duan Huaige's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that this time... Jiang Xiyu was replaced by the witch Xiao Jiang's personality while she was fully conscious? Just like when they first met, when he and the darkened witch Xiao Jiang kissed in the girl's dream?
Was this an accident, or was it something the Great Demon King Xi Yu did on purpose?

"Whether it's your future self or your present self, it's me who got caught in the crossfire from your antics!" Qin Shuangjiang sneered. "What? Weren't you so smug just now? Now it's my turn to settle scores!"

"No! Xiao Duan... help me, waaaaah... Qin Shuangjiang, you better wait until I log back into my main account and play with you!" Seeing that she couldn't escape this beating, Jiang Xiyu decided to throw caution to the wind:

"Qin Shuangjiang, don't be so smug! I just watched with my own eyes as you and Yan Qiuxi knelt before me and Xiao Duan, sharing the spiritual roots! Ha, old habits die hard. You're a turtle for life!"

"Don't even mention now, I'll definitely kick you all out in the future! Don't even think about lusting after my childhood sweetheart! You should be grateful you got to eat spiritual roots this time, because you won't have such good fortune again!"

Yan Qiuxi: "..."

Qin Shuangjiang: "..."

"Ah Jiang, let me go! I want to challenge her to a one-on-one duel!" Miss Yan Wang said through gritted teeth.

"No need, we can fight together, it won't be a problem!"

Qin Shuangjiang wanted to loudly tell Jiang Xiyu that she wasn't a turtle, but the ultimate winner, and that Duan Huaige's 100-ton king had slid over the speed bump for the first time with her! But then she thought that saying it would probably make Yan Qiuxi laugh to death, so she silently held back, preparing to find the right opportunity to deliver a fair and square blow to the two of them.

That night, the two girls' wails continued until 3 a.m.

While the King of Qin was clearing out prisoners of war, Duan Huaige went to another place to count his spoils of war—after going through hardships and tribulations, he had finally mastered the Dao of Cause and Effect.

He entered the Mountain and River Map, discarding all distracting thoughts. The cultivation of the Dao of Cause and Effect was profound and mysterious. It was not like ordinary spiritual power, which was applied step by step. Instead, it was like watching a movie, feeling the connection between one causal line after another.

The lines of cause and effect are the embodiment of the interconnectedness of all things, with different colors corresponding to different types of cause and effect. Duan Huaige sat cross-legged in the center of the Yin-Yang fish array formed by the three thousand strands of afflictions, circulating his incantation and concentrating his mind.

This step is known as opening the Heavenly Eye in the Daoist theory of cause and effect. Suddenly, thousands of golden threads exploded before Duan Huaige's eyes, those threads penetrating the walls and entwining everything: the jade slip on the table was connected to the sleeve of the elder of the Celestial Master's Mansion thirty miles away, and the peach tree outside the window was intertwined with the underground spiritual veins like a spider web.

Being able to glimpse the cause and effect of all things for the first time filled Duan Huaige with great curiosity, and he couldn't help but start examining the cause and effect of the things around him—the pen on the table was placed there by the disciples of Longhu Mountain three months ago, and further back, Duan Huaige could see the scene of the disciples of Longhu Mountain going out to purchase supplies, followed by the process of making the pen.
The whole story of the pen was crystal clear to Duan Huaige, but he soon realized something was wrong. He could feel an invisible thread wrapping around his neck, making it hard for him to breathe.

He looked down and saw a faint red causal line!
The black line severs cause and effect, the red line carries karma! Peeping too much into cause and effect will inevitably bring backlash!
In fact, this is also a tribulation for practitioners of the Dao of Cause and Effect. Many people fail to grasp the proper measure and become obsessed with exploring the cause and effect of all things, eventually being assimilated by the causal lines and turning into nothingness.

Duan Huaige immediately closed his eyes and calmed himself down for a moment. Fortunately, he cultivated the Azure Lotus Soul Tempering Technique, and his soul strength far exceeded that of others, which allowed him to escape the karmic red line.

The subtlety of the Dao of Cause and Effect lies not only in observation, but also in altering cause and effect! After Duan Huaige finished adjusting his breathing, he tried to condense a faint black thread at his fingertips with spiritual power, following the description of the Dao of Cause and Effect.

He manipulated the black thread, guiding it into the candlelight in front of him. A white thread extended from the burning candlelight, connecting to a junior disciple of Longhu Mountain.

This ever-burning candle was lit by this young disciple himself! At this moment, Duan Huaige manipulated the black and white threads to intertwine, and gently pulled them.

"Destroy!"

With a soft shout, the white silk thread snapped, and the ever-burning lamp, which had been impervious to wind and water, suddenly trembled and the flame vanished.

Success! Duan Huaige was shocked. On the surface, it was just an ordinary candle blowing, but the layman sees the spectacle while the expert sees the skill. This meant that Duan Huaige had mastered the technique of severing cause and effect!
Although there are advanced operations such as modifying cause and effect, grafting cause and effect, and reversing cause and effect, everything is difficult at the beginning, especially such a mysterious and profound Taoist method!

Ever since hearing Yan Qiuxi's last words, Duan Huaige's pursuit of strength has become even more urgent. Miss Qiuxi and Miss Shuangjiang couldn't have gone to such lengths to orchestrate something as trivial as "Resurrect, my love," could they?
Yan Qiuxi may be defying the heavens, but she's also quite capable when it comes to serious matters. With that in mind, Duan Huaige took out his newly acquired reward: [Earth-grade Spirit Essence].

He had previously obtained a similar [Profound Grade Spirit Marrow], which was said to be able to evolve spirit stone veins. Duan Huaige chose to use it to cultivate spirit stone mines. However, now that he has a new task to cultivate spirit-nurturing herbs, the use of this spirit marrow is questionable.
Duan Huaige, on a whim, came to the vicinity of the Spirit Nourishing Grass, which he hadn't checked in a long time, wanting to see what was so special about this Tree of Life, which was said to be of great use in the future.

(End of this chapter)