Chapter 121: The Great Comparison of the Family (5)
The second round is no different from the first round, it is designed to show how good you are, but the difficulty adjustment is much more difficult than the first round.
This time, the number of participants is set at ten, and the age is still not more than twenty-five years old, otherwise it will be considered a violation.
The three people who appeared yesterday stood up silently at this time.
"Go ahead. The Night Spirit looked back and smiled.
The three of them bowed their heads respectfully: "Yes." β
No substitutions!
It's the same three people from yesterday.
"Are you sure you want to do this?, although the number of people is not as large as in the first round this time, but the difficulty has increased a lot, are you sure about the strength of the three of them?" Ye Jingyi had a worried thought for the first time, although he was more curious about what the root of Ye Ling's calmness was, and what supported her to have such confidence.
Night Spirit glanced at him and took a light sip of tea: "I thought you would be familiar with the word exorcism......"
Ye Jingyi's smile froze, and a gloomy look flashed in his eyes: "Although I am, it doesn't mean that I have to understand." β
"Everyone has their own ambitions, I know. The Eidolon nodded slightly.
It is impossible for the current Holy Vein Night Clan to go back to the time when it was the original exorcist Night Clan, although it will change a lot, but one thing has not changed - no matter which Night Clan, it has never escaped from the palm of his hand!
"It seems that you really have no fear, so it is convenient to reveal the cultivation of those three people?" It was just that after a short period of stiffness, Ye Jingyi returned to normal, as if nothing had happened, and even began to inquire about the cultivation of those three people with interest.
"The eldest one is called Ye Changji, the peak of the spiritual void period. β
"Another young man is called Ye Zihao, the spiritual void period is high-level, and the youngest girl is called Ye Ran, the peak of the spiritual void period is about to enter the Xuanling period, and it is the highest cultivation among the three. β
The night spirit didn't hide it, and really began to introduce it at a glance.
Immersed in the memory information, she didn't notice that the expressions of several people at the scene, from strange at the beginning to indescribably strange later, stared at the night spirit with complicated eyes, and looked at the three young people with flat faces below in disbelief.
"Wait, wait a minute!" Bai instantly swallowed his saliva, his expression constipated as if he had been fed a piece of Xiang, and it took a while before he squeezed out a sentence under the night spirit's puzzled gaze: "Are you sure?!"
"What?" the Eidolon was even more confused.
Bai Yan took a deep breath, and never felt like his heart was about to pop out: "I mean, are you sure what you said is true, they ......"
He held out his hand but trembled uncontrollably, but no one cared about it at this time, except the Night Spirit.
"What's wrong with you? " The corners of the night spirit's mouth twitched, and he was speechless as he looked at the claws that were trembling and were about to come out of the afterimage.
Bai instantly slapped his thigh violently: "Miss Night, are you still in the mood to joke now!"
"Those three people really have the cultivation of the Spiritual Void Period, are you sure?!"
The night spirit frowned, "What's wrong?"
What's wrong......
How... How...... What's wrong......
A voice like a magic voice echoed in everyone's ears, oh, everyone here, get rid of the Eidolon and the hundred people she brought.
Like the night spirit, the eyes of the hundred people couldn't help but flash with doubts because of the movement here, and some even lowered their heads embarrassedly, thinking that Bai Xian and the others were disgusted with their lowly cultivation.
How do you think that Bai Instant immediately raised his voice sharply: "Do you know how many there are in the Spirit Realm right now? Do you know the cultivation of the current Divine Lord? You tell me now that the kid who is younger than me and Bai Ye is the Spirit Void Realm, and he is still at the peak?!"
It's not crazy, it's almost crazy now.
Eidolon: "......"
Well, she got it.
"The cultivation of the Divine Lord?" the night spirit hesitated and floated towards Bai Instant.
Bai Xuan's face turned dark, and he gritted his teeth: "Xuanling Stage Intermediate Rank!"
Okay, the world is quiet, the Eidolon is petrifiedβ
"Xuanling Stage Intermediate Rank, are you sure?" Night Spirit's eyes widened with some incomprehension: "Should the Divine Lord have the best resources, how can it only be that there is only the Xuanling Stage Intermediate Rank?"
White Moment, White Night, Night View: ...... Who the hell is this person attacking, indiscriminately attacking?
"I didn't ask you this... Ah no! I should ask you!" Bai Yi, who was disturbed by the night spirit, took a deep breath, for fear that he would kick his feet and go straight to the west.
Night Spirit was helpless: "I didn't lie, I didn't lie to you, the three of them have indeed reached the realm of the Spirit Void Period, and this will naturally be exposed when they wait for the Spirit Realm." β
Bai instantaneously looked like ashes, specially, take a knife, he stabbed himself to death.
"How old are they......" Ye Jingyi's expression was vague, his eyes looked at Ye Ling with some complicated eyes, and pursed his lips, the handsome face like Wen Yu's warm sun at this time made his whole person look no more easy-going than usual.
Eidolon: Ah...... She couldn't answer.
"You tell me this, aren't you afraid that I'll tell others about their existence?" Ye Jingyi said in a somewhat strange tone.
Those eyes were glued to the person in front of him, and this was what he couldn't figure out.
Spread out such hole cards so bluntly, to say that the night spirit doesn't know what it means to be backed by three spirit void period masters, he doesn't believe anything, even if she doesn't think it is important and doesn't know the severity, but this plainly exposes the information of his side to others, which is not like the night spirit he knows.
"Will you?"
The Eidolon did not answer the rhetorical question.
Ye Jingyi pursed his lips, and after a while, he chuckled: "If you say it, no one will believe it......"
Yes, that's why the Eidolon has no fear!
"That's one point, and one point. Night Spirit's gaze fell on him calmly: "Trust a person, I will not treat him as an outsider, whether this person has other intentions in his heart or not, at least in my eyes, as long as I think he is a trustworthy person." β
That's a somewhat wayward answer......
"You're really, surprise me. Ye Jingyi said with tears and laughter.
The cold heart, but for some reason, there was a trace of warmth because of these words.
So, she trusted him, so she didn't treat him as an outsider, so she answered without reservation when he asked that tentative word?
Ye Jingyi didn't know what it was like to say for a while, but this feeling of being trusted, he was......
Never.
Bai instantaneously looked at the night spirit, then to the night Jingyi, and finally closed his mouth wittily.
Trust?The trust of the night spirit can be eaten?Alas, but I have to admit that he is comfortable when he hears this, who doesn't want someone to trust himself so unreservedly?!
There is a bit of truth in the night spirit's words, only she knows, Bai Yi faintly feels that there is a real part in it, but the more she comes into contact with one, the deeper and longer the contact, she will find that this girl who seems to be able to warm the world of others, her own world is cold.
Let's ask, how can a person who can't even warm himself warm others?
To this day, Bai Instant still recalls the strange questions that Night Spirit asked him when he was a child, and what impressed him the most was probably the word trust.
I don't know.
The person in front of him, who talked a lot about trust, was six or seven years old, but he was full of denials of these two words, and the night spirit at that time didn't even know what the meaning of trust was, and didn't understand how others could help her unconditionally, even if it was her relatives, she also speculated with a skeptical attitude.
So, now Bai Instant just wants to roll his eyes.
Having said that, he can still be regarded as half of the night spirit's emotional mentor, of course, it has nothing to do with those love and love, the night spirit will talk to him every time he encounters an incomprehensible emotion, for Rong Qi, the night housekeeper, at the beginning, the night spirit only had a faint good impression of him, but his accommodation and tolerance and even care for him made the night spirit confused.
Thanks to him!
If it weren't for him, Rong Qi would still be able to get along with the night spirit so happily at this time?The night spirit was very suspicious, but she would not casually target others because of her suspicions, and Bai Instant also found that many of the night spirits' suspicions came from her incomprehension, and she didn't know how she should react, so she could only passively warn of the other party.
Looking at the rejuvenated night spirit now, and then thinking back to the cold night spirit in his memory, Bai instantly felt a sense of accomplishment.
However, just as he was fluttering.
Suddenly, the soft voice of the night spirit came from beside him: "Is there something wrong with you?"
Bai Instant's body suddenly became agitated.
"No ......," his eyes widened.
"Oh, I thought you were in trouble. The night spirit raised his hand to pinch his hair behind his ear, and said lightly: "You laughed so obscenely, but I was lucky to know you, otherwise I would have wanted to beat you up." β
Wretched?!
Bai Instant: You're obscene, your whole family is obscene!
......
By the time you come and go, the game is already in full swing.
Sure enough, the Exorcists Association sent three people to the field twice in a row, causing a lot of fluctuations, and when someone recognized that it was the three people who played this time or yesterday, this fluctuation became a choppy, and the audience was okay here, but the most serious source of waves this time was still on the Star Network.
Yesterday many people pressed the Exorcist Association to lose, so much so that the gamble was ...... Cough!
Therefore, many people have a grudge against the Exorcist Association, and through the screen, the night spirit can feel his own joy and the other party's resentment.
"Why are there still the three of them, shouldn't they be allowed to rest?" someone asked incomprehensibly.
Immediately, someone answered below.
"It depends on what the Night Leader has in mind. β
"I don't know, look at it~......"
"Yesterday there were fifteen games in a row, and today there are still ten games, so don't treat the three of them as people. β
"It's too much, that Eidolon is too much!"
"It's just a slave owner, isn't it vulgar in the spirit realm? Did these three people offend that night spirit? Otherwise, it wouldn't have been targeted, bringing so many people, and only letting these three people fight, doesn't this clearly mean to embarrass these three people. β
Next, the number of answers to this question exceeded 100,000 in just one minute.
Bai Ye, who was paying attention to the movement of the star network, looked slightly cold, and suddenly there was a slight weight on his shoulder, and Bai Ye immediately looked up in a daze.
"Don't take the above too seriously, there is never a shortage of melon-eating people who don't know the situation in this world. The night spirit glanced disapplaudively at the brain screen in his hand, raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"You don't care. The white night's eyes moved slightly.
The night spirit blinked, "Why?"
"They're scolding you. "I didn't go down, but after a cursory glance, the problem was already crooked, and there was a lot of swearing and scolding each other.
Thinking what it was, the night spirit patted him amusefully and tilted his head: "Don't let irrelevant people control your emotions, keyboard warriors~ This kind of occasion is common." β
To be honest, she misses it a lot, cough, but if she says this, she should be despised by Bai Xian, just think about it.
"Well, I don't look at it. β
The light under his eyes flickered, Bai Ye waved his hand and pulled the screen, staring indifferently at the competition venue outside the floor-to-ceiling glass, and no longer spoke.
As expected, although the second exorcist association was scolded badly, the score plummeted because of this, falling directly from the first place to the last place, chasing the refiner association with a difference of five points.
The game is over.
The night spirit and the group left the scene as they had done yesterday.
But this time, I met an unexpected person on the way.
"President Night. β
Hearing this, the night spirit stopped, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly: "President Murong." β
"This time it's really unexpected, I thought that this time the night president should lead the exorcist association to rush to the first place, but I didn't expect this to go wrong in the middle of the middle. President Murong said with a smile.
It seems that his mood today is so much better than yesterday that he doesn't know how much, he is simply raising his eyebrows.
Ye Ling chuckled: "Congratulations to President Murong, this competition is also unexpected by Ye. β
There were words in this sentence, but President Murong mistook it for that Ye Ling was softening, and his expression suddenly became a lot of pride, but he forcibly pressed it, making his face look particularly awkward: "Where, the third game is the time to decide the final ranking, I am looking forward to the counterattack of the Night Lord!"
As he spoke, he arched his hand, turned around and left with the person behind him.
"Hmph. As he passed by the Night Spirit, a refiner glanced arrogantly at the group behind the Night Spirit and snorted disdainfully.
Although others did not show it like him, they also subconsciously appeared to be unattainable.
If yesterday they were mad, today's eyebrows are sturdy and make them feel appreciated, and looking at the people of the Exorcist Association, their noses are not noses and eyes are not eyes, and they can't wait to walk with their heads up.
"Is this cervical spondylosis?" Bai Yi muttered softly.
Bai Ye frowned expressionlessly: "Don't talk nonsense, do you want to embarrass others." β
"Isn't that curious? "The mouth is aggrieved, but in fact, Bai Instant's squint at someone's gaze is called a ridicule.
Oops.
The pure white and flawless junior brother was also taken crookedly, and he would actually be sarcastic.
The current White Night is very much in line with Bai Xian's secret poke and poke at the dog's bold guess, such a cold appearance is not allowed to enter, and the inside may be a sullen and unrestrained setting.
It's a pity that he can only enjoy himself, if this matter is known by the guy in the white night, he will definitely cut him......
The conversation between the two was naturally listened to by those people in the Refiner Association, and it was originally meant for them, not to mention that Bai Ye and Bai Instant did not deliberately lower their voices at all.
Immediately, the members of the Alchemist Association looked not very good, and they were said to be cervical spondylosis or something, isn't this just **naked ridicule They were too happy and didn't take them seriously!
A gloomy owl appeared between President Murong's eyebrows, but when he turned around, he returned to his happy appearance: "Let the vice president smile, after all, it is inevitable that young people are arrogant, not to mention that they have the confidence to be arrogant, vice president ......"
"What did President Murong say, the two of them are also concerned, the competition is at the last moment, if there is an accident, it will be a victory. Ye Ling sighed, directly interrupted the other party's words, and then said with a pleasant face.
Care?!
The corners of President Murong's mouth twitched.
Laughed dryly twice, and arched his hand: "I see, then we will go first, President Night, see you tomorrow." β
Just let this yellow-haired girl talk for a while and see what she does tomorrow!
The group left a lot faster.
Bai instantly wrinkled his nose and snorted disdainfully: "It's no wonder that he can only be a junior leader in this Universe Domain, and he actually treats him as a cow." β
Being able to get into the position of the president of the Huanyu Domain can only show that the guy surnamed Murong has some ability, connections, and sometimes a kind of strength! But he just can't look down on this group of guys with eyes above the top, and he can't wait to walk with his nose?
As he spoke, the figure of the Eidolon passed by him in a bland manner.
Bai instant's eyes suddenly widened: "Hey, aren't you angry?"
The person walking in front did not look back or stop, but her indifferent tone showed her attitude at this time: "He, he is not worthy." β
A glimmer of fire appeared in the eyes of the people who followed, the scorching, and boiling flames, as if to ignite the already cold soul, the figure reflected in the eyes was obviously so thin but it made people involuntarily convinced.
Whatever she says, they believe it!
Bai Instant: "......", this is forced to pretend!
......
Returning to the imperial capital, the night spirit raised his eyes and saw a man he had never met standing at the gate of the association, and he was immediately stunned, and then walked over.
Seeing her eyes suddenly lit up, the man stepped forward and bent down to salute elegantly without losing courtesy: "President Night, it's time to wait for you!"
"You ......"
She didn't remember that she had seen this person, so the night spirit's eyes suddenly lit up: "Are you from Lingxiao Pavilion?"
The man who was about to introduce himself trembled slightly when he heard this, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, the fourth elder asked me to tell you that there will be something you need tonight, this is the list, please take a look." β
He didn't deliberately say anything, and when he arrived, the four elders repeatedly emphasized that they must not behave rudely in front of this Night President!
Although I am curious about when the four elders are so attentive to a person, the leader's explanation is always a holy decree, saying that there must be a reason he doesn't know if he doesn't provoke the night spirit, and even the four elders have said this If he really looks for death, I'm afraid that even the four elders can't save him!
He has also come into contact with cultivators from the spiritual realm, some are polite and polite, naturally there are also cruel and bloodthirsty, and he has seen a lot of wolves in sheep's clothing, so although the night spirit is just a little girl in his eyes, who can say for sure that this little girl will not wear any skin.
A faint glimmer of joy rose in the night spirit's heart, and when the man handed over a list of beige hard paper folded in half, he couldn't wait to open it, and his eyes quickly searched for what she was thinking about in the long slipping name.
Eventuallyβ
And the green lotus!!
Yes.
In it!
The night spirit's fingers that pinched the list turned white from exertion, and finally took a deep breath and said gratefully, "I know, say thank you to the four elders for me." β
"Okay. With a proper and appropriate smile on the man's face, he said softly, "The list has been delivered, and I should go back to my life, President Night, please." β
"Please. "The side of the Eidolin's body.
After seeing the people leave, the night spirit looked away and said suspiciously, "What are you doing here?"
"Do you think I want to be here, and you're going to Lingxiao Pavilion again tonight?" I only went yesterday and went again today, when did Lingxiao Pavilion's auctions become so frequent, Bai Xian touched his chin thoughtfully.
The night spirit snorted and put the list away, "What they were asked to find will appear tonight, and I must go there myself." β
And the green lotus, the ice attribute elixir, one of the necessary medicinal materials for dredging the occlusion of the meridians, a single dose has a very strong healing effect, refining the elixir for the meridians is equivalent to reshaping it, cleaning up all the impurities in the meridians, restoring the most perfect state of the meridians, and in the shaping process of the green lotus, the meridians will be covered with a layer of protection, used to enhance the flexibility and defense of the meridians.
This is the first treatment that Ye Ling must go through before treating Ye Wuze's body, opening up the closed meridians!
Night Wuze sleeps all the year round, and the body function has been reduced to a minimum, and now people are awake but can't even stand, on the one hand, because the body is already in an extremely weak state, and on the other hand, because the meridians of the lower body are blocked, so that they can't exert their strength.
Hundred Turns Creation Pill - Reshape the meridians and cast the spiritual base!
It is rumored that the Hundred Transformations Creation Pill can turn a waste person into a genius who is hard to find, but that is the ultimate of the Hundred Transformations Creation Pill, and the night spirit has not refined this kind of pill, and it is the first time.
But for the sake of Nightless, she had to try!
In the past, he was also the dazzling sun under the sky, but he had to withdraw from the stage because of that body, Ye Wuze never said regret, but how could someone as arrogant as him admit it himself?
The night spirit wants him to get back on his feet and regain his healthy body, he is her third uncle, no matter what, she will not let Ye Wuze fall into a cycle of despair and hopelessness forever.
Now according to the Danshi level of this world, she should have reached the tenth rank Danshi, and the highest level is said to be the twelveth rank, and Danshi of her level are generally included in the headquarters of the Danshi Association to become a high-level, or a Danshi offered by a certain force, followed by the Divine Court.
There are very few idle Ten Rank Dan Masters, because this level is to put it mildly, it is a lively fragrant bait! Everywhere you go, you will shine, and no one will dare to mess with you.
......
At night, when the night spirit came out of the Exorcist Association, he happened to see a man and a fox squatting at the gate.
"Yo, you're here. Bai Xianba pursed his mouth, reminiscing about the deliciousness of the previous second.
One of the people who was squatting on his shoulder squinted slightly at the fox and hiccuped very much.
During this time, the night spirit didn't have time to take care of it, it was all Bai Instant taking care of it, who would have thought that the two of them would get along so well now and even hate each other late, at the beginning, Bai Instant regarded a certain one as a plague god, as long as there was a place where it was, he couldn't wait to grab the door and run out immediately.
"You two are here?" and, squatting here......
The Eidolon didn't say the second half of the sentence.
Bai instantly doesn't care about face problems, all face problems are floating clouds in him, and he is afraid that it will not be too late to have a full meal.
"Didn't you say there was an auction in the evening? Bai instantly took a full distance, touched his somewhat bulging belly and was very satisfied, and stood up slowly.
Night Spirit chuckled and nodded helplessly, "Then let's go." β
"By the way, do you have enough money...... The auction house in the dark market of Ling Xiao Pavilion is not simple, and the things inside are even more simple, starting at least hundreds of thousands, oh yes, it only accepts spirit crystal transactions and does not accept star coins. Bai Yi, who was about to follow, remembered something and spoke.
Spirit Crystal ......
Night Spirit nodded slightly: "I asked the four elders to help me exchange half of the spirit crystals for the elixir that I entrusted for auction there before, and half of it was exchanged for star coins, which should be enough." β
As she spoke, she subconsciously touched her fingers, and the hidden storage ring was clearly touched under her hand.
The makeshift space couldn't last long, so after piling all the medicinal herbs into the room, she picked out the precious ones, and the rest of the herbs that she ruthlessly threw on the ground were the ones she didn't think were particularly important.
...... This idea is very dangerous, if others know that the precious medicinal herbs she stacked in the room, in her eyes, they are actually just for refining pills and practicing hands, and by the way, selling a bunch of colorful grasses for money, I am afraid that they will want to chop her.
I've seen a brutal celestial thing, but I've never seen such a brutal celestial thing!
Doesn't it hurt to have a conscience when you step on top of those grasses every day?!
It's amazing to be rich!!
The night spirit replied: I'm sorry, you can really do whatever you want with money.
Since reaching a cooperation with Ling Xiao Ge, she no longer has the concept of a sense of economic crisis, and her daily expenses are not much, one person has one mouth, three meals a day, and after eating for more than a month, she has not seen the lack of money in her storage ring.
"You ......"
Seeing the night spirit's not very sure and very conservative tone, the black line above Bai Xian's head was in chaos, and after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "You really don't need to talk to your family?"
It doesn't matter if the night spirit has no money, the night family is rich!!
The family behind her is a bottomless gold mine, oh no, the gold mine is not enough to show how terrifying the Ye family's wealth is! As the second largest in the wealth ranking of the Shencang Empire, second only to the royal family, and faintly on a flush trend, Ye Ling is a real squanderer, anyway, no matter how much she squanders, she may not be able to consume the money that the business under the name of the Ye family has made in a day.
I really don't understand, it's clear that the back is Dajin Mountain, but the eldest lady of the night family likes to start from scratch?
Look at her, look at her dazed face that doesn't realize her own background at all.
Bai was speechless: "What kind of expression do you have?"
"Or ...... Don't. The night spirit touched the tip of his nose and coughed, his ears were slightly reddened and a little embarrassed: "Don't bother them about my affairs, besides, didn't you also say that the amount of money in the auction is very large, I don't want to burden them." β
Bai Instant: He doesn't want to talk anymore, just this person, he really wants to pick up a knife and cut people, see if this person is talking about human words.
Dear, you really can't be a burden, don't think too much of yourself, okay!
Originally, Bai instantly thought that the night spirit really didn't understand how terrible the weight of the word "night family" was in the Shencang Empire, but after seeing today's night spirit, he suddenly felt that he was simply a god, and he could consider setting up a stall to tell fortunes in the future.
is obviously a rich lady who enjoys her life to the fullest, but here in the night spirit, it has become a matter of working hard and insisting on not causing trouble to the family.
"Okay, it's good if you're happy......"
is weak, this is the thinking of a rich man, how much did the night family hide from this girl, so that she couldn't even figure out her own background.
Night Spirit smiled helplessly, how could she not know what Bai Instant meant, but what she thought was so simple that she just wanted to rely on herself, she didn't want to be mentioned in the future, when the word Night Spirit was mentioned in the future, what came to those people's minds was the Night Family, which was useless, a burden and a bloodsucker.
In the past, she was used to relying on herself, and now she can have a home for her to rely on, but this home is so extraordinary that she can't rely on it with peace of mind, so she has to work hard, try to elevate herself to the same level as the rest of the family, so that she doesn't seem so out of place.
Bai instantly didn't understand the gains and losses in the night spirit's heart, let alone the source of her stubbornness.
But it's good that she understands it herself.
"Don't worry, I only have one goal for this trip, and it should be enough. "If that's not enough, find another way!
And Di Qinglian, she has to do it!
Bai Instant glanced at her helplessly, and coughed: "It's okay, if it's not enough, I still have it here." β
That's it, everyone has their own insistence, maybe this is the persistence of the night spirit, although I don't know what the meaning of such persistence is, isn't it good to struggle for a few hundred years less than others, some people dream of it, and some people abandon it.
This is the gap.
"Then say thank you in advance~!" Night Spirit laughed a few times, a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted guy.
The auction will start at half past eight sharp.
Since the night spirit was a cooperative friend of the Celestial Pavilion, as early as when the others were still in a long line, the night spirit took Bai Instant and followed the hints given by the man at the bottom of the list given to him to another quiet place.
The red carpet was spread on the floor, and the two waiters took the initiative to step forward when the two approached in the night spirit and white moment, and after verifying their identities, one of them led them in.
The corners of Bai Xuan's mouth twitched, making it so mysterious, it turned out to be a special channel......
"Come with me, both of you. After the waiter in front of him had walked for a while, he respectfully stretched out his hand to the side to ask, and only when the two of them walked in front of him did he quickly straighten up and lead the way again.
At every turn, that's the case.
Although this service is very ...... But how to say it, whether it is Bai Xian or Night Spirit, neither of them likes to be treated like this, Night Spirit is okay, the Night Clan people around him usually have a respectful attitude, but it is respect from the heart, it is admiration!
Eidolon: It feels weird.
Bai Instant: It's the first time in eight lifetimes that I've met someone with such a good attitude