A Pact of Forbidden Items

"Do you know what you're saying?" Qin Sheng asked gravely. "Even at its peak, the Knight Organization never had more than twelve members."

Another person said, "We understand that you're trying to cheer us up, and we're grateful for it. But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Don't lie to us."

No one could blame these old-timers for not believing him. What Qing Chen had described was simply too unbelievable.

Qing Chen first had Ding Dong take Yang Yang and Zard to eat some fruit, while he himself sat before Qin Sheng's grave.

To outsiders, nothing happened within the Forbidden Zone except wave after wave of warm breezes. Yet Qing Chen seemed to be talking to himself. "I understand why you don't believe me. What I've done is use the Longevity Sky of the Kashima family as training support, then use rewards to draw Time Walkers into gradual training. I didn't begin by seeking out gifted individuals, nor did I ever reject students of poor aptitude. I simply tempered their character again and again until they became resilient enough to climb Green Mountain Cliff..."

Qing Chen continued, "Among them are people like Chen Zhuoqu, born to be winners, and people like Hu Jingyi, who may be slow-witted but are as hard as stone. They are all buried treasures, and now I have unearthed them."

After he explained what he had been doing at the Time Walker Academy, Forbidden Zone No. 002 fell silent once more.

After a long while, Qin Sheng said, "You are right about one thing. This may have been your master's blind spot. He always said we should find gifted children, but Knights... may not need talent at all. What we need is willpower as steadfast as bedrock."

For ordinary people, even after eating nine