Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1078: Chapter 655: The Knight’s Path in the Outer World

At midnight, Whale Island fell silent.

Outside the island, the black sea water continued to wash over the long-standing Whale Island. Every now and then, international flights would pass overhead with blinking signal lights, unaware of the magical island hidden below.

In the dormitory area, the students had all gone to sleep. Some people said that in their sleep, they would mumble dream talk like ”points,” ”give me points.”

Li Tongyun, with Xiao Zhenji in tow, cried as they passed through the secret passages of the War Fortress.

The two little girls cried together, and amidst her tears, Xiao Zhenji comforted Li Tongyun, telling her not to cry...

Today, Li Tongyun took Xiao Zhenji for training. Upon returning, Jiang Xue immediately noticed the bruises on Xiao Zhenji. Right then and there, she spanked Xiao Tongyun’s bottom.

Even though Li Tongyun was nearly at B-Class, she dared not resist her own mother and could only endure it with grievances.

When Li Tongyun cried, Xiao Zhenji cried with her.

Then Xiao Tongyun took Xiao Zhenji and ran out. Jiang Xue knew the little girls would definitely go to Qing Chen to complain, so she let them be.

The two little girls had just crossed the secret passage and started wailing inside the War Fortress: ”Brother Qing Chen! Please deal with my mom, she doesn’t love me anymore!”

”Master, please save my sister!” Xiao Zhenji said in Japanese.

The voices of the two youngsters echoed quite loudly in the War Fortress.

But next moment, as they entered the fortress, they saw sixteen Golden Family Members sitting cross-legged on the ground, each holding a spike of Zhi Lanxing silently cultivating.

”Wow! Xiao Qi, you all are here too!” Xiao Tongyun stopped crying, quickly wiped her own tears, and then wiped Xiao Zhenji’s tears.

She could cry without restraint in front of Qing Chen, but she couldn’t let others see her.

In Xiao Tongyun’s view, the dignity of the Daytime Members couldn’t be compromised in front of outsiders. This world is like that; once people find out about your weakness, they’ll want to bully you.

Xiao Qi opened his eyes and glanced at them, then closed his eyes again as if nothing had happened, whispering to remind others, ”Don’t look, focus on cultivating.”

Xiao Qi had also cultivated in Luo Wanya’s backyard, so he knew these two were the little princesses of the Daytime...

How could anyone else see the little princess in tears?

The Black Family Member Luo Wanya instructed them that on Whale Island, they should do more work, look less, ask fewer questions, and speak less, following all the principal’s arrangements; this was the principle of action.

In fact, the family members all understood that if the principal could make Lao Luo say such things, then the principal’s identity was self-evident.

After all, within the Parents’ Meeting, the only one with a higher status than Luo Wanya was that parent.

So, when Xiao Qi and the others saw Qing Chen, their eyes were full of reverence, making Qing Chen a bit uncomfortable.

Qing Chen did not deny Xiao Qi’s speculation.

After all, he was deadly enemies with Deer Island, Jindai, and the Chen Clan, so having one more identity as a parent still meant being enemies.

Debts don’t crush someone already in debt.

At this moment, Qing Chen was also practicing the fourth section of the Breathing Technique from Wan Shen Lei Si. Upon hearing the crying, he opened his eyes and smiled, ”What’s the matter? Got spanked again?”

Li Tongyun took Qing Chen aside and complained while crying, ”I know you’ve been busy and haven’t had time to train Xiao Zhenji, so I took her to the southern part of the island and had her manifest a cliff for daily training. But when my mother saw her covered in injuries coming home, she only cared for her and not for me! She’s a Knight, after all, and she’ll have to get over it eventually. There’s no such thing as a Knight who doesn’t endure hardship in this world!”

Qing Chen was taken aback for a moment, then patted Li Tongyun’s little head, ”You’ve been through a lot.”

Upon hearing these words, Li Tongyun’s grievances burst open again and she cried loudly, sobbing.

Qing Chen smiled as he wiped her tears, ”Don’t cry. Your mom is just worried that you’re too naughty. In her eyes, you’re always a little kid. You’re lucky to have your mom spank you. I’m looking for someone to spank me, but can’t find anyone.”

He knew that while he was detained at A02 Base, the household still relied on Xiao Tongyun to stabilize morale. During that time, Xiao Tongyun might have been scared out of her wits herself, yet she had to act as if nothing was wrong and urge everyone to cultivate.

Now, she was actively helping him shoulder the burden by training Jinguji Maki. Others might misunderstand Li Tongyun, but Qing Chen could not.

He also knew that this little girl was particularly mature for her age, but didn’t expect her maturity to progress at an extraordinary speed after honing her skills within the Inner World Consortium, at least much faster than Nan Gengchen and the others.

However, at this moment, Qing Chen suddenly thought of a question: ”Did you say Xiao Zhenji manifested a cliff in the southern part of Whale Island?”

”Yes,” Xiao Tongyun nodded, ”I was just thinking that since everyone can’t leave the island during the semester, we should train on the island first.”

Qing Chen’s eyes lit up, ”Come on, take me to your training spot. Xiao Qi, look after the house. Don’t stop cultivating the Wan Shen Lei Si. If anyone comes to steal something, hit them hard.”

”Alright,” Xiao Qi agreed.

The trio of Qing Chen, Li Tongyun, and Xiao Zhenji arrived at the southern part of Whale Island. Xiao Tongyun tugged on his sleeve and said, ”Brother Qing Chen, look at that forest. When I came during the day, I saw shadows flashing inside, as if someone was living there.”

Qing Chen nodded, ”The things inside are strange. Even when Zheng Yuandong approached it, he felt a sense of danger, but as soon as he moved away, the danger disappeared. Zheng Yuandong once considered barging in to clear it out, to prevent the students on the island from being harmed by those things. However, once he charged in, the things inside hid away, unwilling to confront him. They seem to be a peculiar and cautious group of creatures. Later, with the urgency of setting up the Time Traveler’s Academy, Zheng Yuandong had no choice but to establish the school first and set this issue aside.”

This is also why Zheng Yuandong rarely leaves the island now. He worries about those things in the forest harming the students, so he decided to guard it himself.

As they spoke, Qing Chen felt he was being watched and suddenly looked toward the forest.

However, the forest was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

The feeling of being watched vanished swiftly.

Qing Chen didn’t think too much, but turned to look at Xiao Zhenji: ”Can you visualize a snow mountain over 8,000 meters in elevation for me?”

This was the environment required for his next survival challenge.

Xiao Zhenji thought for a moment, and in the next second, a majestic snow mountain rose up before them.

The sight of such a grand snow mountain suddenly appearing was truly awe-inspiring.

But an anomaly occurred; when the snow mountain grew to 1,200 meters, the peak seemed to exceed the height limits of Whale Island, and, as if being erased by rules, disintegrated into dust.

The snow mountain below continued to grow, but the peak kept being leveled and erased by the power of the rules.

Qing Chen shook his head: ”Stop.”

It seems that not every challenge can be completed on this Whale Island.

But if it could be 1,200 meters high...

Qing Chen looked at Xiao Zhenji: ”Visualize a 20 by 20 meter sheet of white paper for me, and a pencil as well.”

With that, he actually lay down on the newly visualized white paper, writing and drawing. He was recreating the azure cliff face with pixel-level accuracy.

Qing Chen even noted on the paper the location where each predecessor left their name, as well as the details of the textures on the cliff.

The words left by the Knight founder Ren He at the summit, the writings left by the knights, he recreated them one by one.

This drawing took him a full two hours, with seriousness and solemnity.

This scene didn’t seem like drawing, but as if he was reminiscing about a beautiful past life.

Xiao Tongyun and Xiao Zhenji watched earnestly. The prior snow mountain retracted into the ground, and a 600-meter-high azure cliff then rose up.

Qing Chen stood beneath the azure cliff, carefully caressing the rock face.

In fact, free climbing was merely one of the survival challenges; the path of a knight didn’t have to start here. In both the Inner and Outer Worlds, you could find 600-meter vertical cliffs to replace it.

However, for the current Knight Organization, the azure cliff already held a completely different significance.

The names and words on it were the true starting points for a knight.

Qing Chen once thought, if children like Xiao Zhenji couldn’t go to the Inner World to take the challenge, then they wouldn’t see the azure cliff, and the path of the knight would seem like a missing piece of the puzzle—the spirit left by the knightly predecessors, and the journey of ascending to the clouds alongside many knights.

But Qing Chen no longer needed to worry.

Starting today, the azure cliff that belongs to knights will also exist in the Outer World, and many people’s dreams will start from here.

However, it seems the azure cliff is still missing something.

Qing Chen turned back to Xiao Zhenji with a smile: ”Master will take you to climb the azure cliff once. Don’t close your eyes; you must remember how I climb up.”

With that, he tied Xiao Zhenji to his back with a rope, dusted his hands with magnesium powder, and began climbing upwards bit by bit.

Qing Chen knew what was missing here.

This azure cliff lacked a climbing route pioneered by a predecessor with magnesium powder for future generations!

On the Inner World’s azure cliff, the white magnesium powder had already imprinted on the rock face, guiding every knight upwards as they climbed. The magnesium powder’s marks were the best climbing route.

The route in the Inner World began with the founder Ren He.

And the route in the Outer World began with Qing Chen.

Halfway up, Jinguji Maki, feeling some acrophobia, couldn’t help but close her eyes.

Qing Chen, holding onto a crevice in the cliff face with one hand, suddenly asked, ”Zhenji, do you remember what I told you when we were in the Island Country?”

Zhenji, from today onwards, you will walk the path in this world that is the farthest among all shortcuts.

Don’t be afraid. When you feel fear, you must open your eyes and face it until it is no longer your fear.

Jinguji Maki opened her eyes and carefully observed every movement Qing Chen made, memorizing it all.

Xiao Tongyun stood at the base of the azure cliff, watching the two knights ascend into the swirling mist.

She suddenly felt that being a Protector for such people was really quite good.

Qing Chen also set up a total of 8 cliff climbing points not far from the azure cliff, with heights ranging from 12 meters to 240 meters, each increasing in difficulty. He released a new task on the Academy’s APP: Any ordinary person brave enough can sign up for the challenge at the academy. The first eight require academy protection, but the final challenge must be undertaken without protection. Upon climbing each cliff, one earns 300 points, as well as receiving one portion each of Realm Camellia, Immortality, and Zhi Lanxing.

This reward was enough to make all the students go crazy!

At this moment, Qing Chen finally understood the significance of the Time Traveler’s Academy and the points for him.

He wanted to select those with firm and brave hearts from seemingly ordinary children to be his future companions.

No need to ask your heart—just walk the path of the Ancestor of Knight.

This is the birthplace of knights in the Outer World, where dreams begin.