Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1117: Chapter 668: The Pact of the Taboo (Part 2)

Qin Sheng said: “The knight’s original intention is authenticity and sincerity—being real with oneself and maintaining sincerity towards the world. True authenticity means no pretentiousness, no timidity, no hypocrisy, no exaggeration, and not being bound by worldly standards. Sincerity means having a heart so genuine that it can be shown to the sun and moon, being earnest, candid, and passionate.”

Qing Chen pondered that the world’s evaluation of knights was not the knights’ evaluation of themselves.

Knights’ beliefs gradually align on the path of life and death, but their personalities are varied and diverse.

In fact, in terms of personality, knights are unanimously consistent in being authentic and sincere.

Sometimes everyone takes detours, but the repeated life-and-death experiences are like the pruning and correcting process during tree growth; they correct themselves time and again, repeatedly finding and returning to their initial intent.

Qing Chen also took detours, and perhaps will take more in the future, but the significance of life-and-death experiences lies in continuously reflecting on life’s meaning to eventually become a qualified knight.

Nowadays, Qing Chen himself uses this standard to view those challengers in the academy.

He likes Chen Zhuoqu’s character most—after completing the reward, she directly asks Xiao Qi for it without delaying for even a minute.

Doing what one thinks, with clear intentions.

No matter how others view her, that is the true Chen Zhuoqu.

Only such a simple, pure Chen Zhuoqu can go further along this path.

If she desires double rewards but dares not to express it, such a person cannot pass the heart’s questioning.

Because she even deceives herself.

Chen Zhuoqu’s sincerity lies in her willingness to help classmates even though she desires victory, never having harmed anyone for her own gain.

As for Hu Jingyi, despite experiencing many failures in life, he still loves this world and his own life. If even this isn’t sincerity, what is?

Those students who previously excluded Hu Jingyi seem real, as they were only demanding Hu Jingyi to give up for successfully completing the challenge.

Is there anything wrong in pursuing one’s own interests?

But this authenticity differs from Chen Zhuoqu’s—the latter harmed no one and instead helped others, while they are harming Hu Jingyi and others.

According to the rules, Hu Jingyi and others have equal challenge rights, yet they developed a sense of superiority and condescending attitude after completing the first stage.

Thus, their authenticity is dark and selfish, not sincere.

At least, Qing Chen is unwilling to imagine himself fighting alongside such people.

The team that intends to continue together must be pure.

Qin Sheng sighed: “Initially, when Uncle Li Dong said you would lead the knight organization into a new era, I held an indifferent attitude. But now, it seems I underestimated you back then.”

However, Qin Sheng and their questions were answered, but Qing Chen had not finished his.

He curiously asked while sitting in front of Qin Sheng’s tombstone: “Speaking of, when new knights come to pay respects to you old seniors, are there supposed to be taboos as gifts, right?”

The Taboo Land No. 002 suddenly fell into silence once more.

It’s unclear why, but since Qing Chen arrived here, moments of silence were particularly frequent.

Qing Chen calculated on his fingers: “My master, Uncle Li Dong, prepared gifts for Jinguji Maki and Li Ke, which were exchanged from the Contraindicated courts using the taboo ACE- Witness Killer—ACE-060 No Love Telescope, and ACE-119 Tissue Box. He also owes Hu Xiaoniu one, saying it will be given later. What about you, what are you sending?”

During the previous century’s battle, Li Bingxi used Witness Killer to flee.

After that item was contained in April, Uncle Li Dong forced the exchange of two taboos.

Taboo ACE-060 No Love Telescope: A telescope with adjustable focus from 4 to 32 times. Nothing special, but it allows you to see a woman’s makeup clearly or even see through photo beauty filters to the bare face.

The containment condition is simple—the host must be male.

Li Ke, as a knight and core member of the Li Family, is also a young boy with hormones secreting, naturally needs this thing.

Taboo ACE-119 Tissue Box: Contains endless supply of napkins and occasionally pulls out a napkin with a prophecy on it, accurately predicting an event happening to you within the next 12 hours. Unfortunately, the probability of appearing is very small. Some have pulled for years without seeing any prophecies.

Qing Chen intends to leave this for Jinguji Maki. The little girl likes to cry, and Li Tongyun weeps after being beaten by Jiang Xue, perfect for wiping tears and blowing noses. And one day, perhaps a prophecy will be pulled unexpectedly?

If no prophecy appears, that’s fine—it saves money on buying tissues.

However, when Qing Chen was going to City No. 22 to kill Jindai Yunhe, he didn’t bring these two taboos but instead had Qing intelligence personnel Qing Ling, who escaped from A02 base, deliver them back to the Qing’s Family for later return.

Although these two taboos don’t aid in combat, they are undeniably actual taboos.

Qing Chen even suspects Uncle Li Dong, currently in the north, is busy… seeking taboos for him.

At this time, an old chap weakly stated: “Weren’t those challengers of yours not yet knights? Once they become knights, naturally, they’ll have them… I guess.”