Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!-Chapter 694 - 625: On Causality

The teacher’s words, like a bolt of lightning in the night, instantly shattered the confusion that had lingered long in Yan Yueqing’s heart!

She had vaguely felt this notion before but never managed to capture it clearly.

At this moment, Gu Shouzhuo’s words revealed it, like clouds parting to reveal the sun!

"What the teacher means is..." Yan Yueqing’s voice slightly rose in excitement, her eyes bright and astonishing. "Jiang Ke took the risk five years ago not just because of my existence, but because she or the force behind her sensed a power significant enough to overturn their entire plan was disrupting the timeline?"

"They fear that this power will eventually completely alter the ’predetermined future’ that benefits them, leaving their schemes empty? So, they spared no expense to act before the timeline is significantly changed, before that power truly takes effect, attempting to eliminate me completely and forcibly ’return’ everything to the ’right track’ they set?"

She took a deep breath, "They’re racing against time, trying to eliminate the greatest variable—me—before the power that changes fate fully exerts its influence?"

"Precisely!" Gu Shouzhuo nodded slowly, his gaze piercing through the fog of layers of conspiracy, "This is the most logical inference."

"The severe disturbance of the timeline is not entirely unknown to those proficient in ancient prophecy, astrology, or oneself with a deep realm who can sense the fundamental rules of the world. Like the undercurrents beneath a calm lake, sharp fishermen can always sense them early."

"Jiang Ke, or the true mastermind behind her, inevitably sensed through some method the huge threat this disturbance from the ’future’ posed. They cannot precisely pinpoint what the source of the disturbance is, but relying on instinct or some guidance, they are extraordinarily certain that the core of the greatest variable lies within you—Jiang Xiaoxing!"

"Thus, they chose the most direct, most violent, and also most effective method—to completely eliminate this ’variable core’ before you have grown wings, before you truly awaken and threaten them! This perfectly explains why they dared to attack five years ago before you posed a substantial threat to Jiang Ke."

"Because, in their view, ’time’ is no longer on their side! The power that disturbs time is rapidly closing their window to ’correct errors.’ They are... operating before ’fate’ is altered to execute the ’fate’ they believe in!"

A chilling coldness instantly rose from Yan Yueqing’s footsteps, entwining her spine like an icy snake, spreading to every limb.

So, that’s how it is!

Jiang Ke’s early aggression was because Jun Lii, who deeply loved her in the future, undertook a heaven-defying act to change her tragic fate, instead exposing her as a "variable" under the enemy’s gun!

Her past catastrophe turned out to be the spark for her future hope!

This cycle of cause and effect, how cruel?

However, beneath the chilling cold was not despair but Jun Lii’s love bursting forth like volcanic lava, and even her own fiery and resolute determination!

Understanding the logic of enemy actions means grasping the thread of counterattack!

"So that’s how it is... that’s how it is!"

Yan Yueqing muttered to herself, with confusion and astonishment quickly fading from her eyes, replaced by a sharpness as clear as ice, as cutting as a blade.

"So, after Jiang Ke failed to act five years ago, her sudden disappearance, her vanishing without a trace, might also be related to this? Her premature action not only exposed herself but possibly disrupted the carefully arranged plans of her and her backers?"

And my mother... able to swiftly stabilize the situation after Jiang Ke’s aggression, even rising strongly with some assistance, taking control of the Jiang Family’s power, this seemingly abrupt turn, perhaps... is also the result of this power attempting to alter the future, intervening by chance? The butterfly’s wings have already stirred the storm?"

Seeing the flame that burned in the disciple’s eyes, not of fear but of fighting spirit and desire to control fate after understanding the truth, Gu Shouzhuo’s stern face finally showed an almost imperceptible touch of relief.

He nodded slightly.

"Cause and effect entangled, linked circle by circle, intricate and unpredictable. This ’time flux’ you experienced, for you, is the ’result’—it made you bear the catastrophe early, with your soul heavily damaged, barely surviving;

but in this long-standing conspiracy, it is also the crucial ’cause’—it allowed you to glimpse the truth at the edge of life and death, to rise from the ashes, and finally return with eyes that see everything! The balance and cost of this, as subtle as a hair’s breadth, is perplexing."

He stood, arms held behind, once again gazing at the sky, his voice as if echoing from eternity: "Xiaoxing, in recent years, the master often gazed at the star river from the top of this Panshi Residence."

The topic suddenly shifted, carrying a profound cosmic perspective, "The sun, moon, and stars rise in the east and fall in the west, seeming to be eternally unchanged, yet actually each moment they are moving along their predetermined trajectories in the vast universe. Billions of stars, each has its place, each has its path. The so-called ’fate track’ is like the trajectory of these stars. We observe stars to know the changes in seasons, glimpse the general trend.

Your star fate track dramatically deviated five years ago, its light suddenly dimmed, nearly extinguished, yet amongst the intersecting star tracks, a strong and unfamiliar gravitational force forced it back onto a path... that should not exist. This is the reflection of the ’fate alteration’ you experience upon the star dome."

Yan Yueqing listened intently, as if she also saw the thrilling track of a star in that vast sea of stars.

Gu Shouzhuo withdrew his gaze, looking back at Yan Yueqing, his gaze deep as an abyss.

"Through years of star observation, the master’s deepest insight is: All things in the world have regular operations. Many ’accidents’ and ’coincidences’ that you believe, or efforts to ’reverse’ what seems doomed, upon careful examination of their source, may also be the segment pre-designed by this grand ’Heavenly Dao.’

Just like snow pressing bamboo, seeming to break it, but actually accumulates the power to break ground come spring; floodwaters overrun, destroying fields, houses, yet bring fertile mud to nourish all things. ’Change,’ perhaps itself is part of ’destiny.’

He walked to Yan Yueqing, gaze gentle yet full of power, dispelling the gloom that rose in her heart due to this fatalistic tone.

"Don’t misunderstand the master’s meaning. Mentioning ’Heavenly Dao is destined’ is not to make you helplessly await doom, surrender to the so-called ’fate.’ Quite the contrary, recognizing the general trend, knowing some grand trajectories cannot be entirely reversed by one’s own strength, is to make you more clear-headed! To let you understand that instead of exhausting effort to resist that unstoppable torrent as the star river surges, you should focus your wisdom and strength on what you can grasp in the present! Focus on the ’trajectory details’ you can influence!"