Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 149 148, not shackles

”Strange, making a throat-slitting gesture, such a provocative act, doesnʼt fit with your cautious personality. Do you have a purpose?”

In the woods, Qing Chen and Uncle Li Dong met up, the latter asked with some curiosity.

Qing Chen explained, ”I was worried they would run off. In case their hatred wasnʼt enough and they didnʼt come after me, then my plan might not work well.”

”Ah,” Uncle Li Dong nodded, ”Now that makes sense.”

When the mentor and student walked side by side, the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed, as if this place was not Taboo Land, but an ordinary forest.

”By the way, Master,” Qing Chen asked, ”have those wilderness people come in?”

”Only those from Fire Pit have come in. Judging by their current route, they are heading straight for the heart of Taboo Land. I always felt their sudden appearance near the Central Plains was likely aimed at Qing Huai,” Uncle Li Dong said.

”Aimed at Qing Huai?” Qing Chen was puzzled.

”Of course, in the Shadow conflict, itʼs not just you who wants to kill him,” Uncle Li Dong explained, ”Perhaps someone from the Qingʼs Family traded interests with Fire Pit to have them help eliminate Qing Huai. That would actually be normal; just you and Qing Huai fighting back and forth would hardly look like a Shadow conflict.”

”The Federation has contacts with the wilderness people too?” Qing Chen didnʼt understand.

”Of course thereʼs contact. As long as there are interests driving it, anything strange could happen,” Uncle Li Dong explained.

Qing Chen looked at Uncle Li Dong and asked, ”What did that Fire Pit elder mean by ancestral rewards? From his tone, it sounded like there were substantial benefits. How do these people get ancestral rewards?”

Uncle Li Dong glanced at Qing Chen, ”What ancestors reward them with is their ancestorsʼ business. What you can do is, if he thinks about killing you for a reward later, you send him to meet his ancestors.”

Qing Chen: ”...”

At this time, Uncle Li Dong said, ”Remember though, Xiao Chen, just like the Federation, there are good and bad people everywhere. Or say, the bad blood between the wilderness and the Federation has been long-standing, in fact, you have long lost the ability to tell whoʼs right and whoʼs wrong.

For instance, the autumn hunt involves hunting wilderness people, to them these corporation heirs are no different from demons.”

Qing Chen became thoughtful.

Then, Uncle Li Dong took out a sealed bag, ”Handle it yourself, but remember, once youʼve opened this sealed bag, you also need to prevent your bag from being found.”

”Uh-huh,” Qing Chen went off to deal with the physiological matter.

While he was carrying the sealed bag back, planning to think about where to bury it,

his gaze suddenly shifted to his teacher.

Uncle Li Dong immediately grimaced, ”Get away from me, Iʼm not going to take care of that for you.”

Qing Chen earnestly said, ”But thereʼs nowhere safer to put the sealed bag than with you, Teacher. A teacher for a day is a father for life. In my heart, I regard you as my father, and you said you regard me as your son, so where in this world would a father despise his son?”

”You make a good point,” Uncle Li Dong glared, ”Can I take back what I said about regarding you as a son now?”

”Itʼs probably too late,” Qing Chen said.

Uncle Li Dong sighed and pointed at the crown of a large tree, ”Throw it up there.”

Qing Chen didnʼt understand but did as told.

To his surprise, after the sealed bag flew into the sky, a furry little paw reached out from the tree canopy and caught the sealed bag.

Then the tree canopy shook, and the furry little animal used the cover of the tree to hide its shape, speeding toward the heart of Taboo Land, and Qing Chen could just make out its large snow-white tail.

Qing Chen was curious, ”Teacher, what animal is that?”

”Youʼll find out later,” Uncle Li Dong said.

The young man glanced oddly at his teacher and suddenly realized that this teacher not only had absolute rule exemptions in Taboo Land 002, but also seemed to have many strange friends.

Is this the home field of a Knight?

”Thatʼs right,” Uncle Li Dong said, ”you need to be careful of that Cao Wei, the one close to Qing Huai.”

”Oh?” Qing Chen was puzzled. His teacher had evidently investigated all the details before coming to kill, even knowing the name Cao Wei.

”Iʼve looked at Cao Weiʼs information, and heʼs much harder to deal with than Qing Huai, a capable and valiant hand in warfare,” Uncle Li Dong explained, ”I feel that lad is hiding his clumsiness, waiting for you to make a mistake.”

”Hmm, thank you, Teacher, for the reminder,” Qing Chen glanced at Uncle Li Dong, ”Shall I go and cause some more trouble then?”

”Go on, go on,” Uncle Li Dong waved his hand.

Watching Qing Chenʼs retreating figure, he suddenly remembered a phrase—to be a parent or child is but to watch their backs as they walk away into the distance.

Am I a qualified master?

This was Uncle Li Dongʼs first time as a master, so he was always a bit worried that he wasnʼt doing a good job.

He hesitated for a moment but finally decided to indulge once: ”How about I just kill them for you directly, as a gift from your teacher?”

However, just at that moment, Qing Chen suddenly turned around and looked back at Uncle Li Dong, saying, ”Teacher.”

”Hmm?” Uncle Li Dong was taken aback.

”This time I say Iʼll try on my own not because of stubbornness,” Qing Chen said calmly, ”Children who are always held while walking will grow slower than others. I know, Teacher, that you are about to embark on a very dangerous mission. You know itʼs perilous, so you introduced me to Li Yinuo, letting me know who to turn to if I encounter trouble in the future.

You also took me to kill Qing Huai, helping me remove an obstacle from my path to power. And then youʼve gone to great lengths to conceal my identity, fearing it would bring me harm.”

”I was thinking, your plans must take some time to prepare; if I can grow fast enough, maybe Iʼll be able to help you when the time comes.”

”In your eyes, this master-apprentice relationship might be a shackle for me, but Iʼve never seen it that way,” Qing Chen said.

The youth stood in the dim woods. Although he had not known Uncle Li Dong for long and they were not related by blood, he knew who truly had his best interests at heart.

Uncle Li Dong stood still, the young manʼs words echoing in his mind: If I can grow fast enough, maybe Iʼll be able to help you when the time comes.

No wonder the youth, even after returning to the Outer World, trained against the clock, as if racing against time.

Uncle Li Dong smiled and waved, ”What are you talking about, silly? Hurry on then.”

”Okay,” Qing Chen walked into the woods.

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In the woods, Cao Wei was personally cutting open the clothing of a dead soldier, leaving nothing behind.

As he sliced open the soldierʼs shirt, a strange Six-winged insect suddenly flew out from the torn garment.

With quick reflexes, Cao Wei threw his dagger.

With a clink, the Six-winged insect, the size of an index finger, was pinned to the ground.

Normally, those Six-winged insects did not attack large organisms. Their bodily venom was designed to hunt other insects.

It was only when the rules of the Taboo Land were violated that they would attack.

Cao Wei pulled out the dagger from the ground and coldly said, ”Stop the nonsense about supernatural beings in private. Itʼs the Six-winged insect that killed them, not some demons or ghosts.”

The soldiersʼ expressions eased slightly at this.

Cao Wei glanced at Commander Qing Huai: ”Commander Qing Huai, shall I take two combat squads to pursue him?”

”No need to pursue,” Commander Qing Huai shook his head calmly, ”our urgent task now is to secure our previously discarded seal bags properly, and tell the soldiers to dig out all the bags and carry them in their packs.

Blind pursuit would only allow the enemy to lead us away from our post, knowing that they just have to find our burial pits to commit murder, while we are merely being led by the nose.”

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