Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1114: Chapter 667: The Old-Timers of Taboo Land No. 002

“Yes, knights are all about risking their lives. Today, so many people attacked him; he might die out there tomorrow. He must have kids before he leaves. The legacy of the knights can’t die out!”

“This kid isn’t even a demigod yet, and the commotion he’s causing is bigger than his mentor’s. It’s definitely necessary to leave a child!”

“No, leaving just one isn’t enough; we need to leave two, one for the radicals and one for the conservatives!”

“Gongduo, Ding Dong, tie him and that girl up for me!”

Qing Chen was speechless…

What kind of nonsense is this!

Can a knight have a decent person around?

Luckily, Yang Yang couldn’t understand what the old guys were saying. Otherwise, the two of them would have been pretty awkward here.

Qing Chen ignored these old fellows and instead jumped down from the bear’s back to gently place the flowers in front of Li Xiurui’s grave.

This time, the old guys went ballistic: “Why does he get flowers and we don’t? You’re biased!”

“After all we’ve done for you, you can’t even be fair!”

“Ahh, I’m so hurt. I just helped you fight, and this is how you treat us?”

“That Li kid isn’t even a knight. Being here won’t give him any spiritual awareness, so giving him flowers is pointless.”

“Hurry, go pick a bunch for each of us!”

Qing Chen took a deep breath and looked at the hundreds of tombstones…how long would it take to pick all of these?

Just then, a deep voice emerged: “Quiet, I have something to ask him.”

In an instant, Qing Chen’s world fell silent, and the chatter disappeared completely.

Someone wanted to talk business.

Qing Chen curiously asked, “Who are you?”

“Qin Sheng.”

Qing Chen fell silent.

In the history of the Knight Organization, three figures are unavoidable: Ren He, Ren Xiaosu, Qin Sheng.

It’s possible to lack other knights, but these three cannot be absent. The first two need no explanation—one is the founder, and the other a god.

As for Qin Sheng, he was the first to usher in a new era using the Breathing Technique when the knights were at a dead end. Without him, the knight’s path would have already been severed by the emergence of the Forbidden Sea.

This was the true leader of the post-knight era.

“What do you want to ask?” Qing Chen asked. Finally, a sensible person appeared, and he could chat properly with these old-timers.

Qin Sheng’s voice came with the wind: “How many apprentices do you have now?”

Qing Chen replied honestly, “Li Ke, Hu Xiaoniu, Jinguji Maki, Qing Yi. Strictly speaking, just these four for now, but Qing Yi isn’t a knight, nor can he become one, as he hasn’t passed the Heart Test.”

“Li Ke has passed the Heart Test. Recently, it’s said that he’s already challenged the second life-and-death test and is currently attempting the third. His progress is quick.”

“Hu Xiaoniu just completed the fourth life-and-death test, but he’s taking the path without the Breathing Technique. He can only ascend to A-Class after completing all of them.”

Currently, Hu Corporation is fully supporting Hu Xiaoniu to complete his challenges, with vast financial and material resources at his disposal.

If he wants to practice diving, they’ll buy an entire diving facility; if he wants to practice high-altitude skydiving, they’ll buy him an entire training base.

The world’s best coaches are all gathered around Hu Xiaoniu by Hu Corporation. He doesn’t need to worry about anything; there will be people to handle everything for him.

Each of these coaches earns an annual salary of 10 million, but unfortunately, they must live under Hu’s surveillance because Hu’s must ensure they don’t leak information.

The confidentiality period is five years, which Qing Chen set as the duration.

This is like a common question on TikTok or Zhihu: Would you be willing to receive an annual salary of 10 million for five years straight, but the condition is you can’t use a phone or contact the outside world?

It’s hard to say if others would be willing, but at least these coaches are. They might even feel a bit embarrassed, as some have asked Hu Corporation if the terms require eating some shit or being chased by snails or mosquitoes…?

If there’s no chase, they feel a bit uneasy taking the money.

The answer was, of course, no.

For Qing Chen, the path Hu Xiaoniu walks today is the same path the challenge completers of the Time Traveler’s Academy will walk in the future. The resources bought by Hu Xiaoniu’s family will eventually be shared with his junior apprentices.

One could say that Hu Xiaoniu is the pioneer of the Outer World knight’s path. He’s paving a fast track for his juniors, summarizing all the experiences.

Just like in the Inner World, where the Knight seniors found a steep cliff, and so every knight’s first challenge starts there.

The seniors discovered that the Southwest Snow Mountain is suitable for completing the freeze consolidation, so all knights go there to complete this life-and-death challenge, saving time on finding suitable environments.

For the Outer World, where to complete high-altitude skydiving and where to complete wing suit flying, these are also tasks Qing Chen entrusted to Hu Xiaoniu.

Qin Sheng asked, “What about that Jinguji Maki? Why does she have a name from the Jindai side? You need to remember, our Knight Organization has no chance of reconciliation with the Jindai—it’s a fight to the last breath.”

“I understand, three knights died at the hands of the Jindai,” Qing Chen nodded. “Jinguji Maki is rather special…”

“Why special?” an old man asked.

Qing Chen organized his thoughts and recounted the story of Jinguji Maki.

A descendant of Genji, a born Onmyoji, her blood can suppress the Onmyoji’s Shikigami, and she has passed the Heart Test…

At this, all the old guys fell silent.

It was only long after that someone suddenly said, “Passed the Heart Test and can carry a Shikigami—doesn’t that mean our Knight Organization will gain a demigod-level Onmyoji Knight? The Onmyoji’s weakest point is their frail bodies, while we knights are the strongest martial warriors among transcendent beings…plus, her blood can suppress Shikigami!”