The Knight's Path in the Outer World

At midnight, Whale Island fell silent.

The black seawater outside the island washes over Whale Island, which has remained unchanged for thousands of years. In the night sky, international flights occasionally fly overhead with their signal lights flashing, but the people on the planes are unaware that a magical island is hidden below.

In the dormitory area, the students were all asleep. Some said that while sleeping, they would mutter things like "Give me points" in their sleep.

Li Tongyun, carrying Xiao Zhenji, cried as they passed through the secret passage of the War Fortress.

The two little girls cried together, and while crying, Xiao Zhenji would comfort Li Tongyun, saying, "Sister, don't cry..."

Today, Li Tongyun took Xiao Zhenji to training. When they got back, Jiang Xue immediately saw the bruises on Xiao Zhenji's body and gave Xiao Tongyun a good spanking.

Even though Li Tongyun is now close to being at B-Class, she doesn't dare to fight back against her mother and can only suffer in silence.

When Li Tongyun cried, Xiao Zhenji started crying too.

Then Xiao Tongyun ran out with Xiao Zhenji. Jiang Xue knew the little girl would definitely go to Qing Chen to complain, so she didn't care.

The two little girls had just passed through the secret passage when they burst into tears inside the War Fortress: "Brother Qing Chen! Please do something for my mother! She doesn't love me anymore!"

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

The two children's voices were exceptionally loud in the War Fortress.

The next moment, as soon as they entered the fortress, they saw sixteen Golden Family sitting cross-legged on the ground, each with a tassel of Purple Orchid Star in their mouth, silently cultivating.

"Oh! Xiao Qi, you guys are here too!" Xiao Tongyun stopped crying, quickly wiped her own tears, and then quickly wiped Xiao Zhenji's tears.

She could cry freely in front of Qing Chen, but she couldn't let anyone else see it.

In Xiao Tongyun's view, the dignity of the members of Daylight cannot be lost in front of outsiders. That's how the world is. Once people discover your weakness, they will want to bully you.

Xiao Qi opened her eyes and glanced at them, then closed them again as if nothing had happened, muttering a reminder to the others, "Don't look, concentrate on your cultivation."

Xiao Qi had also cultivated in Luo Wanyai's backyard, so she knew that these two were Bai Zhou's little princesses...

How could anyone else see the little princess crying?

Luo Wanyai, Black Family, instructed that once they arrived on Whale Island, they should work more, observe less, ask fewer questions, and speak less, and follow the director's instructions in everything they did; this was the principle of their actions.

In fact, the family members all knew very well that the fact that the dean could make Lao Luo say such things meant that the dean's identity was self-evident.

After all, among all the Parent's Association, only that parent held a higher status than Luo Wanyai.

Therefore, when Xiao Qi and the others saw Qing Chen, their eyes were filled with admiration, making Qing Chen feel a little uncomfortable.

Qing Chen did not deny Xiao Qi's guess.

Anyway, he was mortal enemies with Kashima, Kamishiro, and the Chen family, and having the status of a patriarch would still make him a mortal enemy.

Having a lot of debt is not a burden.

At that moment, Qing Chen was also practicing the fourth stage of the Breathing Technique of the Myriad Thunder Department. Hearing the crying, he opened his eyes and asked with a smile, "What happened? Did you get beaten up again?"

Li Tongyun pulled Qing Chen aside and tearfully complained, "I know you're usually busy and don't have time to train Xiao Zhenji, so you took her to the south of the island and had her materialize a cliff she could climb for daily training. When my mother saw her come home covered in injuries, she only felt sorry for her, not for me! She's a knight, she has to go through this sooner or later. What knight doesn't endure hardship?!"

Qing Chen paused for a moment, then patted Li Tongyun's head and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Upon hearing these words, Li Tongyun's pent-up grievances burst forth, and she burst into tears again, sobbing uncontrollably.

Qing Chen smiled and wiped away her tears, "Don't cry. Your mother is just worried that you're too naughty. After all, in her eyes, you'll always be a little kid. You still have your mother to discipline you. I can't even find anyone to discipline me."

He knew that while he was imprisoned in A02 Base, his family still had to rely on Xiao Tongyun to maintain morale. At that time, Xiao Tongyun was probably worried sick herself, but she still had to pretend to be nonchalant and urge everyone to cultivate.

Now, the other party is taking the initiative to share the pressure and train Jingūji Maki. Others may misunderstand Li Tongyun, but Qing Chen cannot.

He knew that this young girl was unusually precocious, but he did not expect that after her experience in the Inner World Consortium, she would mature at a speed beyond imagination, much faster than Nan Gengchen and the others.

However, at that moment, Qing Chen suddenly thought of a question, "You said that Xiao Zhenji materialized a cliff in the south of Whale Island?"

"Yeah," Xiao Tongyun nodded, "I was thinking that since everyone can't leave the island during the semester, let's train on the island first."

Qing Chen's eyes lit up. "Come on, take me to your training place. Xiao Qi, watch the house. Myriad Thunder Department's training must not stop. If anyone tries to steal something, beat them hard."

"Okay," Xiao Qi replied.

When Qing Chen and his two companions arrived at the southern part of Whale Island, Xiao Tongyun tugged at his sleeve and said, "Brother Qing Chen, look at that forest. When I came here during the day, I saw shadows flashing through it. It seems like someone still lives there."

Qing Chen nodded. "The things inside are very strange. Even Zheng Yuandong felt a sense of danger when he got close, but the danger would disappear as soon as he moved away. Zheng Yuandong once thought of rushing in and killing everyone to prevent the students on the island from being hurt by what was inside. But after he rushed in, what was inside hid and refused to meet him. It seemed to be a group of very strange and cautious creatures. Later, the establishment of the Time Walker Academy became urgent, Zheng Yuandong had no choice but to build the school first and then put this matter aside."

This is also why Zheng Yuandong rarely leaves the island now; he is worried that the things in this forest might harm the students, so he decided to guard it personally.

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

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

That feeling of spying is fleeting.

Qing Chen didn't think much of it and turned to look at Xiao Zhenji: "Could you materialize a snow-capped mountain over 8,000 meters above sea level for me?"

This is the environment he needs for his next Life and Death Trial.

Xiao Zhenji thought for a moment, and the next second, a majestic snow-capped mountain rose up in front of them.

The scene of the magnificent snow-capped mountain appearing out of nowhere was truly breathtaking.

However, a sudden change occurred. When the snow mountain reached 1200 meters, its peak seemed to exceed the height range of Whale Island, and it was as if it had been ground down into dust by the rules.

The snow-capped mountains below are still growing, but their peaks are being constantly smoothed and worn away by the power of the rules.

Qing Chen shook his head. "Stop."

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

But if it could reach a height of 1200 meters...

Qing Chen looked at Xiao Zhenji: "Conjure for me a 20-meter by 20-meter sheet of white paper, and a pencil."

After saying that, he actually lay down on the newly manifested white paper and started writing and drawing, actually using a pixel-perfect replication technique to draw the Green Mountain Cliff.

Qing Chen even marked the location where each senior left their name, as well as the details of the texture on the stone wall, in his notebook.

He meticulously reproduced the words left by Ren He, the founder of Knights, on the mountaintop, as well as the words left by the Knights themselves.

He spent a full two hours on this painting, working diligently and solemnly.

This scene doesn't look like painting; it's more like reminiscing about a beautiful part of life in the past.

Xiao Tongyun and Xiao Zhenji watched intently as the snow-capped mountain shrank back to the ground, followed by a 600-meter-high Green Mountain Cliff rising abruptly from the earth.

Qing Chen stood at the foot of the Green Mountain Cliff, carefully stroking the stone wall.

In fact, free solo climbing is just one aspect of the Life and Death Trial. The path of a knight doesn't necessarily have to start here; you can find 600-meter vertical cliffs in Inner World to replace it.

However, the Green Mountain Cliff have a completely different meaning for the Knight Organization today.

The names and words on those inscriptions mark the Qidian of a knight's journey.

Qing Chen once thought that if children like Xiao Zhenji couldn't go to the Inner World to challenge, then they would never see the Green Mountain Cliff, and the path of knights would be like missing an important piece of the puzzle, the spirit left by the knight predecessors, and the process of climbing to the clouds with many knights.

But Qing Chen no longer needs to worry.

Starting today, the Outer World will also have its own Green Mountain Cliff belonging to knights, and many people's dreams will begin here.

However, it seems that something is missing from these Green Mountain Cliff.

Qing Chen turned to Xiao Zhenji and smiled, "Master will take you to climb the Green Mountain Cliff. Don't close your eyes. You must remember how I climbed up there."

As he spoke, he tied Xiao Zhenji to his back with a rope, then dipped his hands in magnesium powder and began to climb slowly toward the top.

Qing Chen knew what was missing here.

These Green Mountain Cliff still lack a climbing route pioneered by predecessors using magnesium powder for future generations!

On the Green Mountain Cliff of the Inner World, white magnesium powder has been imprinted on the rock face. Every knight who climbs upwards is guided by his predecessors, and the magnesium powder marks are the best climbing routes.

The path to the Inner World began with its founder Ren He.

The path to the Outer World began with Qing Chen.

When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, Jingūji Maki, who was somewhat afraid of heights, couldn't help but close her eyes.

Qing Chen gripped a crevice in the cliff face with one hand and suddenly asked, "Maki, do you remember what I told you when I was in Japan?"

Maki, from today onwards, you will embark on the longest path of all the shortcuts in this world.

Don't be afraid. When you feel fear, you must open your eyes and look at the fear until it is no longer your fear.

Jingūji Maki opened her eyes and carefully observed Qing Chen's every move, then memorized it all.

Xiao Tongyun stood at the foot of the Green Mountain Cliff, watching the two knights ascend into the swirling clouds.

She suddenly realized that being a protector of this kind of person was actually quite good.

Qing Chen then set up a total of eight cliff climbing points not far from the Green Mountain Cliff, ranging in height from 12 meters to 240 meters, with varying levels of difficulty. He also posted a new challenge on the academy's app: any ordinary person with courage could register at the academy to participate in the challenge. The first eight cliffs would be climbed under the academy's protection, while the last one would be climbed without protection. Each successful ascent of a cliff would earn 300 points, as well as one each of Jingshan Tea, Longevity Sky, and Purple Orchid Star.

This reward is enough to drive all the students crazy!

At this moment, Qing Chen finally understood the significance of the Time Walker Academy and the points to him.

He wanted to select those seemingly ordinary children who were resolute, brave, and without regrets to become his companions in the future.

No need to Heart's Inquiry, just follow the path trodden by your knight ancestors.