"Ding Dong!"
(Yes, they are being chased by a group of people. Are those young people your friends? I can go and help you chase away those who are pursuing them!)
Qing Chen shook his head, "No need, thank you Ding Dong; I appreciate your kindness."
Ding Dong scratched his head, not understanding why Qing Chen would refuse.
In fact, the young man's thoughts were simple: he felt that Ding Dong was too kind, unwilling even to harm ants on the ground, so how could he ask Ding Dong to engage in fighting and killing?
In this world, so people always like to bully the kind; the kinder others are, the more these people take advantage.
But Qing Chen was not like that.
The elderly man behind him said, "Hey, kid, translate what Ding Dong is saying, will you? I can only hear what you're saying but can't hear him, and it's really frustrating."
Qing Chen wondered internally about where he should start translating with so much that Ding Dong had said.
Thinking, he said, "He said the moonlight is very nice tonight."
"That's it?"
"Yes."
Old man: "Now, I have reason to suspect that what Qing Shan Falcon said before was not really 'welco Knights ho...' "
Returning to the large willow tree, Ding Dong greeted Qing Chen and then returned to the inner depths, apparently still having things to do.
As the willow tree swayed its branches, sounds of the wind ca from the deep recesses, carrying the old folks' queries within it.
If Ding Dong's language was "Ding Dong," then the old folks' language was the sound of the wind.
Whenever those Knight ancestors spoke, Qing Chen always felt as if he were being touched by a gentle, soothing breeze.
Qing Chen explained to the depths, "Indeed, one of them has not yet passed the test of the heart, but I believe he can beco a Knight."
From the depths of the Taboo Land, the wind asked, "Since he cannot pass the test of the heart, how will he unlock the Genetic Lock after completing the Knight's challenge?"
Qing Chen replied, "Have you all forgotten? Knights have always had another path, a route once taken by our ancestors."
The rustling wind from the depths of the Taboo Land suddenly beca still.
This so-called other path was the one that existed before Qin Sheng created the Breathing Technique.
The path once walked by the Knight founder, Ren He.
Back then, the Inner World had not yet ford the Forbidden Sea, and fishern could still go out to sea, Knights could face the final life-and-death challenge before thirty-ter high waves.
Back then, Knights would unlock all Genetic Locks after eight life-and-death challenges and then advance to A-Class.
It was only because the Forbidden Sea later erged, making the last life-and-death challenge unfeasible, that Qin Sheng sought a new approach through the Breathing Technique.
Qing Chen slowly shared his thoughts, "The ancestors should have learned from my master that I co from another world, a place we call the Outer World. The sea there is safer."
When Hu Xiaoniu completes the eight life-and-death challenges, he will follow the oldest path of the Knights.
Although he may not go as far as Li Ke did, that is still A-Class!
The noisy wind was silent.
And with it, the leaves of the Taboo Land ceased their rustling.
Perhaps it was not until this mont.
That the old folks realized why Uncle Li Dong had said that Qing Chen would bring unprecedented opportunities to the Knight Organization.
During the era of Qin Sheng and Ren He, the Knights were not as dwindled as they are now.
Though the eight life-and-death challenges were deadly, there would always be followers willing to risk their lives for their beliefs.
During that era, twelve Knights easily swept through the Southwest Snow Mountain as though it were re play, though the highest they could reach was A-Class, they were many in number!
It is said that at its peak, the Knight Organization had over thirty mbers.
More than thirty A-Class mbers is an unimaginable concept, enough to protect a city in a world surrounded by consortia, and no one would dare to offend.
No one would want to face the wrath of more than thirty A-Class powerhouses; no one could withstand such a level of retaliation, not even a Demigod.
Just their existence around the world would be an invisible deterrence.
As Qing Chen eloquently expressed, even Li Xiurui, the experienced Master of Li Family, was deeply moved.
It was at this mont that he truly understood why Uncle Li Dong held such limitless hope for this young man.
Because the young man could reclaim the glory that belonged to the Knights!
The old man sighed, "Li Family has not failed you, may you not fail the Li Family."
Qing Chen thought for a mont and said, "It's too early to talk about this now; perhaps I might die young."
"You sly young man, truly, if you don't want to die, no one could find you," the old man said.
Just then, the wind spoke again, "From today, Gate 002 of the Taboo Land will always be open to you. If you encounter any difficulty, you can run here, where no one can kill you, not even a God."
The mingling winds, converging, as if a group of people were unanimously expressing the Knights' ancestors' promise.
Qing Chen was stunned.
Uncle Li Dong had said that although the Knights were the guardians of Gate 002 of the Taboo Land, the ancestors had principles and generally did not interfere with the outer world.
If Knights were chased into this place, those who were less skilled would still die.
What the old folks could guarantee was only making the enemy pay in blood and not leaving this place alive.
But now it was different; the old folks had already made a promise.
Simply because they too saw a future in Qing Chen, a brilliant era of the Knights that was about to belong to him!
Like the sun rising over the sheer cliffs of the Qing Mountains!
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