Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 775: 460. Surviving after the Disaster

Above the firmament, the snow, like goose feathers, fluttered about.

It landed on Shadow and Qing Chen’s hair and shoulders.

Qing Chen felt very fortunate.

Even though life in the Outer World was hard, he still felt fortunate.

Uncle Li Dong, Li Xiurui, Shadow.

Although the three of them had different styles of doing things, they all tried in their own ways to help him understand the world.

And taught him how to coexist with it.

Someone gave him the Taboo and the farthest path of cultivation in the human world.

Someone stood on the precipice of a verdant mountain facing the sunrise, telling him what the most precious thing in life truly was.

Someone took practical actions to help him win people’s hearts, determined to elevate him to the most powerful position in the Federation.

Shadow walked to the lakeside, found a black stone to sit on, and while looking at the lake surface swept by heavy snow, said, “Qing Chen, one day you will have to face all this by yourself. Just like the path on the precipitous mountain, the first 599 meters are walked with the help of predecessors, but the last meter no one can help you with.”

Qing Chen was momentarily stunned.

He suddenly looked towards Shadow, his pupils abruptly contracting.

How could he know all this if not a Knight?!

Actually, many people knew that heavenly path, but only those who had truly walked it once understood the hardest part of it.

They knew about that last meter.

Shadow smiled, “Don’t look at me like that, I am not a Knight because I didn’t leap during that last meter. The path of a Knight is about selecting companions. Those who walked the same path, regardless of their identity, origins, or personality, will come together if they make it, and that’s the fascinating aspect of the Knight’s Path. In earlier years, the organization of Knights was more relaxed. They would share this path with many, encouraging them to take it without worrying about leaking secrets. You and I are destined to be different people, perhaps that’s why I couldn’t make that leap. For the last meter, I used a grappling hook. I don’t want to gamble with life. I like to have everything under control.”