Lu Li: "..."
"What is this, the Scales of Time's cult culture?"
"Getting all artsy like this—are you planning to become philosophers together?"
After Lu Li's long spiel, Black Star's initially excited emotions were abruptly thrown out of rhythm.
His face flushed red as he stammered for a long while, only barely managing to squeeze out two rather feeble taunts in the end:
"You uncultured brute with such shallow knowledge obviously wouldn't understand the underlying logic behind how the world operates!"
"Even if the truth were laid out before you, you would only find it incomprehensible because of how profound and mysterious it is!"
"Sure, sure, sure. I don't understand, I'm a brute; you understand, you get it, you're a genius." Wearing an indulgent expression that plainly said, "I won't bother arguing with an idiot," Lu Li continued questioning him:
"Assuming what you said is the truth, then according to the logic of events, I would only start harboring hostility toward you in the future."
"But you tried to kill me the very first time you saw me, before you even knew who I was."
"So logically speaking, doesn't that mean you provoked me first and formed a grudge with me, which then led to the future me using some method to return to the past and take revenge on you?"
Black Star was left utterly dumbfounded by that line of reasoning.
Seeing that the other party still did not seem to fully understand, Lu Li simply summed up what he had said:
"In short, every cause has its effect. Your retribution is me."
"...So I was the one who provoked you, planting the cause first, and that brought the future you back to the past to take revenge on me?" Black Star muttered to himself, confusion gradually filling his