Chapter 6 Avoiding Water Droplets

That night, Li Duobao had the broken parlor repaired, and then arranged some more guards to strengthen the patrol on the ship.

In the next few days, several people sat together during meals, and the rest of the time they practiced in their own rooms.

However, Li Duobao and Lu Yun looked for Jiang Yun a few times, but they were all talking about some things about the shortcomings of parents and cultivation.

On the fourth day of sailing, the weather was still sunny and windy.

"Everyone is up, there is a reef ahead!"

At this moment, the captain's nervous voice came from the deck.

"Didn't you say there were no obstacles, why did there suddenly become more reefs?"

Li Duobao was the first to rush out of the room, and he asked the captain suspiciously.

And the captain was also puzzled at this time, indeed according to the route map, the route they chose was without any obstacles, and they could directly reach [Fengdingtian], but the reef group that suddenly appeared caught him off guard.

"Less... Young master, I don't know, I have studied the route map you gave many times, and this sea area is indeed safe, but this reef group seems to have appeared out of thin air. ”

The captain looked a little nervous and scared in the face of Li Duobao's questioning.

"What's going on, what's going on?"

At this time, Jiang Yun and the others also left the room one after another and came to the deck.

"Ang, it's okay, it's just that I encountered some reefs, and I should be able to avoid it. ”

When Li Duobao heard this, he saw that it was a tiger ben offering, and replied with a normal smile on his face.

"Young master, this reef group is at least fifteen nautical miles in diameter, if we knew in advance, we would definitely be able to avoid it, but now that we are approaching, we will definitely not be able to avoid it, unless we retreat and reopen. ”

At this time, the captain's voice came from behind Li Duobao, and the meaning expressed undoubtedly disappointed several people.

"If you go back a distance and choose a new route, what about the time?"

Li Duobao listened to the captain's words, thought about it and asked.

"If the time gap is not big, we can speed up and make up for the lost time. ”

"It will take at least two days to re-plan the route back and forth, and even if the horsepower is maximized, we will not be able to make up for it, after all, the configuration of the dozens of supply ships accompanying it is not high, and there is no way to keep up with our speed. ”

"And if something goes wrong along the way, the delay will only be longer. ”

"So the best way is to keep the route and move on, and I'll arrange a few people with good water to feel the specific situation later, and try to choose the best route to move forward. ”

Li Duobao thought about the captain's proposal, he weighed it for a long time, and found that there was only this way, but he didn't express his opinion directly, but turned his head to look at the others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the captain of the situation has also been introduced, and any of you have a better proposal. ”

"Since the captain has said so, then listen to the captain, after all, people are professional, we just need to do our part. ”

Several people also thought about it when they heard this, and felt that what the captain said was reasonable, so they didn't change it and responded.

"Well, in that case, then do what you want. ”

Li Duobao saw that everyone did not object, so he gave instructions to the captain on the spot.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the captain did not waste time, turned around and ran under the mast on the roof of the ship.

"One team and two teams, each with four people, set off from both sides of the ship to survey the terrain of the reefs, and came back in half an hour to report, asking for the most accurate topographic map to me as quickly as possible. ”

The captain is also experienced and decisive under orders, and the first and second teams referred to immediately sent four people each, undressed, and jumped off the boat wearing only a pair of shorts, swam forward, and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Captain, how long will it take to start again?" Li Duobao asked when he saw that the captain had already arranged the task.

"If there is no problem, we can get an accurate topographic map in the middle of the night tonight, and we can leave tomorrow morning when it is slightly bright. ”

"Don't delay what we're going to do, right?"

Li Duobao is still more concerned about this task, and he does not leave the center in three sentences.

"I can set off when I have the specific topographic map, and I will speed up the rest of the journey so that I can reach my destination at the scheduled time if there are no special circumstances. ”

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, and now all the ships will rest in place and depart early tomorrow morning. ”

After Li Duobao gave the order, he turned around and went back to his room, and the ghost old man took out the golden beetle again and conveyed a message to the ships behind.

Jiang Yun saw that he didn't have anything to do at this time, so he pulled Jiang Xiaoqian back to the room, you asked him why he didn't come out to see the scenery after going to sea for so many days?

Because...... Jiang Yun is seasick!

Originally, he didn't know about it, because he was a complete landlubber, he had never been on a boat in his previous life, and he had stayed inland all his life, and he had no way to touch these things.

So when he got on the boat this time, the feeling like stepping on cotton suddenly made him uncomfortable, especially when he encountered a big wave, the kind of ups and downs were simply terrible.

On the first day, Jiang Yun vomited almost the whole time, which made Li Duobao, who came to see him, laugh for a while.

A dignified congenital master, he was seasick. Jiang Yun was embarrassed now, but in the next few days, he slowly got used to it, unless he encountered a big wind and waves, he could already live as if he was on normal land.

However, after traveling for so many days, after entering the deep sea, there are hardly many big waves, and the sea surface is still relatively flat like the ground.

Just as Jiang Yun returned to the room, the voice of the void master came from his consciousness.

"Haha, boy, I mean your kid is lucky or unlucky, you're double happy this time. ”

Jiang Yun jumped at this cold sound of the Void Master, and Jiang Yun was just about to continue his cultivation and improve his cultivation when he heard the voice of the Void Lord.

"I said Master Xu, can you add a vibration mode to yourself in the future, don't come out so suddenly, you can easily grasp and scare out of illness. ”

"Hey, boy, don't be cheap and behave. ”

"Cheap? You're so shameless, from the beginning to now, what have I gotten cheap from you?"

When Jiang Yun heard this, he couldn't help but give Xuye a roll of his eyes.

"Not to mention whether the Daozang Fragment is powerful or not, didn't I provide you with the news of Shennong Ding. ”

Master Xu's anger replied to Jiang Yun.

"Shennong Ding? Are you embarrassed to say? Just for such a broken tripod, there are several super forces to rob it, are you sending me benefits, you are obviously sending me on the road." ”

"Forehead cough cough ......"

Master Xuan also seemed to know that he had made a mistake this time, and coughed a few times in embarrassment.

"Okay, don't talk about this with your little doll, I have something to tell you, you kid is lucky with shit this time. ”

Jiang Yun was immediately interested when he heard this, but he was afraid that Master Xuye would dig a pit and wait for him, so after a short period of concentration, he returned to his former looseness and asked lightly.

"What good news, shouldn't it be you again, an old pit, dig a pit for me to jump, I'll tell you, this time I can't live or die for you. ”

"Hey, I said you little doll, haven't the adults in your family taught you to respect the old and love the young?"

Master Xuan seemed to be angry with Jiang Yun, and replied to him fiercely.

"If I say it's good news, it's definitely good news, do you like to hear it or not. ”

Jiang Yun saw that the effect had been achieved, and his anger was almost gone, so he said with a grin.

"So what's the good news first?"

"Hmm...... Avoid water droplets!" said the virtual master mysteriously.

"Hold the grass, avoid water droplets?!" Jiang Yun heard Master Xu's tone be a little excited when he heard Master Xuan talk about avoiding water droplets.

"That's right, it's to avoid water droplets!"

Seeing that Jiang Yun was so excited to get the news, Master Xuye was a little proud, but Jiang Yun's next answer made Master Xuye want to strangle this bastard.

"What is the water bead, can you eat it?" Jiang Yun's excited expression instantly retracted, and he regained his tranquility.

"You...... You little deflated three, you don't know what to avoid water beads, what are you excited about?"

If there was an entity, the virtual master could almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, but before vomiting blood, he definitely wanted to strangle this bastard, this guy was simply too cheap.

When Jiang Yun heard this, he did not raise the bar abnormally, but continued to ask Master Xuye what was to avoid water beads.

Xuye took a few deep breaths decently, and then brewed his words.

"Legend has it that it was ...... in antiquity"

"Stop, get to the point. ”

Just as Master Xu's voice was about to paint a picture and introduce the power of this water-avoiding bead, Jiang Yun's uncoordinated voice interrupted him, making Master Xu's anger for a while.

"This water-repellent bead is very good!"

Master Xuan also played with his temperament, and directly said that it was very bullish to avoid water droplets, and disappeared.

"That's it? Where is it? What's the use? No...... Master Xu, can we have some ethics as a bug, so you can introduce it in more detail. ”

Jiang Yun shouted several times, but he didn't see the Xuye reply, and now Jiang Yun knew that the Xuye might be really angry.

So all kinds of good words were smashed, what is the first handsome in history, the strongest in history, the national male god, after a good word, this virtual master is really useful.

"Hmph, you little doll, next time you dare to interrupt me, the deity will seal itself and fend for itself. ”

"Oh, my virtual master, you finally came out, boy, I promise, never to intervene again, you continue. ”

"Hmph. Master Xuye snorted again, but this time it was not a cold snort, but a little arrogant. An old and deep voice snorted arrogantly, which couldn't help but make Jiang Yun feel a chill again.

"In ancient times, there was a kind of beast called the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast, each of them was born with a half-saint cultivation, and at that time the continent was not divided, and this group of fierce beasts was unified and hibernation in the boundless sea. ”

"After the outbreak of the Divine War, there was a saint-level powerhouse who accidentally broke into the nest of the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast and was besieged by this group of fierce beasts. ”

As a result, after he hunted and killed a water-avoiding golden-eyed beast, he found that in addition to the demon pill in the body of this fierce beast, there was actually a spirit bead, and then he refined this spirit bead with indescribable power, and after refining, he found that this spirit bead actually had the power of water and fire, so he named it "Water Bead". ”

Shocked by this discovery, he took the orb out of the way, and in the next few hundred years of battle, once he was defeated, he used it to hide in the boundless sea. ”

"Later, the god war reached its climax, and the killing between the various races was life-and-death, and this saint-level powerhouse was defeated after all, and was imprisoned by a saint-level powerhouse of the demon race. ”

After a period of torture, this water-avoiding bead was used as an exchange condition for his release, and was handed over by this strong man, but how could the demon clan do what he wanted, and he didn't plan to stop after getting this water-avoiding bead, and continued to ask about things related to the water-avoiding bead, and the means were even more cruel. ”

In the end, this saint couldn't stand the methods of the demon clan, and put the matter of avoiding water beads out of the tray. And after the demons got the news, they rushed to that sea area with the strength of the whole clan and began a massacre. ”

"For a while, the sky was dark, and the smell of blood was filled with the sea for thousands of miles. Finally, a few months later, the entire clan of the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast was annihilated, and the demon clan obtained a total of more than thirty water-avoiding beads. ”

And when this battle was about to end, it was also targeted by several other clans, and after they waited for the demon clan to successfully capture the treasure, they tried to make a profit. ”

So this sea area began to kill endlessly, and for a while, all kinds of spiritual treasures and immortal weapons flew together, stumps and broken arms were scattered, and the aura of various spells and secret techniques flew out. ”

"Finally, the battle stopped, and the five races of people, ghosts, gods, and demons all lost part of their combat power, especially the demon race. ”

"Each clan went back with their own loot, and later in the later stage of the Divine War, because of this strange treasure, the battle of each clan rose several levels, and it was miserable. ”

"Okay, that's all for the background of the story, let's talk about this water droplet. ”

"This water-repellent bead is a strange treasure generated in the body of the water-repellent golden-eyed beast, and once you get this strange treasure, it can be invulnerable to water and fire once it is refined, so it will definitely be a great help for your future growth. ”

After a long time, Master Xuxuan finally explained to Jiang Yun what this water-avoiding bead was, it turned out to be a strange treasure conceived in the body of an ancient fierce beast, but it felt so good.

"By the way, Master Xu, didn't you say that it was a good thing, and it was not a good thing, except for this water droplet, what else did you not tell me?"

Jiang Yun suddenly recalled what Xuye had just said, and asked with a strong hold back of the excitement in his heart.

"Alas, this time I will explain it to you at one time, lest you, a little cub who doesn't know what to do, say that the old man is cheating. ”

Jiang Yun smiled when he heard this, scratching his head embarrassedly.

"Although this water-repellent bead is powerful, you are lucky to meet it here, but this treasure hunt is easy, but treasure is difficult. ”

"Hmm, what's the hard way, is this droplet of water in the deep sea under our feet?"

"Yes, this bead is in the deep sea, but it's not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is...... This water-avoiding bead has been swallowed by a demon beast, the strength of this demon beast is not low, according to your current realm, at least there is a mid-congenital cultivation, but you don't underestimate this mid-congenital demon beast, in this sea, your strength has been limited by a wide range, and this demon beast can definitely play an extraordinary level. ”

"In other words, although this demon beast is said to be a mid-congenital stage of cultivation, it can at least exert its strength in the late congenital stage. ”

Jiang Yun is in a difficult position now, if it is on land, even if this demon beast is a congenital stage of great consummation, Jiang Yun is not afraid of it, after all, he has now built a foundation in half a step, but this is a coincidence that he is now in the sea area, mainly by himself...... Not water-permeable at all!

"Okay, I know what you're worried about, I can help you this time, and I'll use my soul power to protect you later, so that you can walk on the ground in the deep sea, but the matter of fighting this demon beast depends on your ability. ”

"Hmm, if you open it for me, then I'm still afraid of a ball, so I'll let it out. ”

After Jiang Yun finished speaking, he discussed the time with Master Xu, and they planned to dive to the bottom of the sea at night, so as to avoid the suspicion of others at that time.

"Xiaoqian, I will leave for a while tonight, if someone knocks on the door, you will say that I am slightly unwell, I have rested, and I will talk about it tomorrow. ”

"Hmm, where are you going so late, young master, this is the sea, and besides, you are still ...... the water."

Jiang Yun's old face turned red when Jiang Xiaoqian said this, and Jiang Yun replied without waiting for Jiang Xiaoqian to continue asking.

"I just suddenly felt something in my heart, and I had a hexagram for a while, and I found that there was a treasure in this sea that was destined for me, and I went to get it. Then, when I was in meditation, I cultivated a secret technique that allowed me to ignore the water and walk on the ground. ”

"Wow, the young master is really amazing, that's okay, I'll guard the room at night and don't let people in, young master, you have to pay attention to safety, after all, this is the sea area, and none of us knows what dangers there are under the sea." ”

"Okay, I see, you don't have to worry. ”

After saying that, Jiang Yun began to settle down, and he wanted to try to adjust his state to the best before going to the sea tonight.

And Jiang Xiaoqian pushed open the door at this time and went out to see the scenery on the deck. To be honest, Jiang Xiaoqian is also going to sea for the first time, but she is not afraid of water, but she likes this environment, so quiet and natural.

Three or four hours passed in a blink of an eye, and Jiang Yun also woke up from his meditation.

"Xiaoqian, remember what I said to you. ”

"Well, young master, I know, you must pay attention to safety. ”

"Good!"

After Jiang Yun finished speaking, he put on a night suit and went out. He picked a route along the circumference of the ship and quietly walked down, and when he reached the bottom of the hull, he jumped into the sea.

"Help me!"

Jiang Yun shouted loudly in his heart at this time, he already felt uncomfortable, the sea water at night was extremely cold, in this state, even if he could hold his breath for a long time, he would have to freeze to death if the sea water could not drown.

"Okay, look at me. ”

After Jiang Yun finished speaking, the voice of the void master came from Jiang Yun's consciousness.

As soon as Master Xu's finished speaking, a Xuanhuang aura suddenly emanated from Jiang Yun's eyebrows, and the mysterious aura instantly enveloped Jiang Yun's body, and then he exuded a misty and indescribable aura all over his body.

And Jiang Yun felt extremely comfortable at this time, and his eyes could see the surrounding environment normally. And he felt like a person who had been struggling in the water for a long time and was suddenly pulled ashore.

He tried to open his mouth to breathe, but he was suddenly choked by the sea water that poured into his mouth and nose, and coughed violently, and a few bubbles immediately bubbled out of the calm sea and floated up.

"Huh, what's going on?"

Jiang Yun couldn't help but be a little puzzled, didn't he say that he was walking on the ground, why he still couldn't breathe.

Master Xu's voice also sounded at this time, and he gave Jiang Yun an explanation.

"My divine soul power can ensure that you don't have to breathe, so you don't have to do those superfluous actions, and also, I can support you to move around the bottom of the sea for two hours at most, and after two hours, even if you don't get the water beads, you have to go back, otherwise even if the saint arrives, it will be difficult to save you!"

"Huh? I thought it was unlimited. ”

"Do you think I am the great god of Pangu, don't waste time, hurry up and get the water droplets!"

"Okay!" Jiang Yun also became serious at this time, and after replying, according to the guidance of Master Xu, he swam to the place where the target was.

Jiang Yun, who has never swam before, is like a fish under the protection of Master Xu, he is born a creature in the water, whether he is swimming more and more skillfully, or is it a stunt.

"Well, there is no underwater camera, if there is such a thing, it must be filmed, maybe it will return to the earth in the future, and it will be uploaded to the Internet to beat a group of those swimmers. ”

Jiang Yun also started to be obscene at this time.

According to Master Xu's guidance, it took about a stick of incense for Jiang Yun to finally arrive at the destination, and Jiang Yun, who saw the target, couldn't help but grow his mouth.

"This ...... Is this the monster you are talking about?"

Jiang Yun was stunned by this scene in front of him, and he didn't know what words to use to describe the grass grip in his heart.

"Is this a monster? It's a mountain!"

Yes, Jiang Yun was in front of him the demon beast that had swallowed the water beads, but this demon beast was too huge, and its body like a small mountain floated quietly in the sea water, constantly rising and falling with the dark tide coming and going.

"This is a mountain that has become a spirit!"

Jiang Yun added another sentence, and then took off a big mouthful of saliva to show the grass in his heart.

"Huh, I didn't expect it to be this little guy, this is a Zhenhai beast with a trace of blood under the ancient fierce beast, with a relatively docile temperament and not very aggressive, but if you look at its mountain-like body characteristics, you will know that its defense is very strong. But it's okay, I'll tell you where its dead hole is, and you should be able to solve it quickly. ”

When Master Xu's statement made Jiang Yun breathe a sigh of relief.

"Do you see the hole to the left? that's where it lines up HW, you're going to keep attacking there, and if you open a hole, you can kill it with aura. ”

Listening to Master Xu's guidance, Jiang Yun couldn't help but feel a little chilly.

"You're asking me to explode people's chrysanthemums?It's cruel, but ...... I like it. After finishing speaking, Jiang Yun smiled obscenely.

Speaking did not affect Jiang Yun's actions, I saw that he shot out with an aura, and the golden light on his right arm bone also turned into a lone shadow, rushing towards the chrysanthemum of the Zhenhai beast.

When it was too late, when this aura rushed into the chrysanthemum of the Zhenhai Beast, I saw that the beast suddenly let out a wail, and a trace of black blood spread out, and at the same time, Jiang Yun also saw that the head of the fierce beast turned from the side.

The mountain-shaped turtle-like Zhenhai Beast was staring at Jiang Yun at this time, and its two eyes could not see the slightest bit of anger except for pain and doubt.

Sure enough, this Zhenhai beast was as Xuye said, with a docile temperament, and if it was to be released as another fierce beast, it would have swallowed Jiang Yun in one bite.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun hit the weakness of this Zhenhai Beast with another blow, and then this Zhenhai Beast finally reacted, the ant-sized creature in front of him wanted to hurt himself, so he endured the pain and opened his mouth to bite Jiang Yun.

Despite its huge size, the speed of this sea beast is really dissatisfied.

Jiang Yun could do what it wanted, and dodged with a flick of the body, and at the same time his hands began to seal, ready to continue attacking.

At this time, this Zhenhai Beast was already on guard, and Jiang Yun's blow damage hit its back, and it was blocked by this strong defense.

One man and one beast officially began to fight.

Although Jiang Yun's strength is slightly superior, he can't play normally in the sea, but he is tied with this demon beast, just like this, you punch me and I take a bite, and one person and one beast are very happy.

The Zhenhai Beast slapped over at this time, hitting Jiang Yun's Heavenly Spirit Gai directly.

"It's good to come!"

Jiang Yun took advantage of the situation and dodged it, and a sword finger pointed at the Zhenhai Beast, and suddenly an aura rushed out and hit its head.

The Zhenhai Beast was in pain again, and it became more and more insane.

Then he turned around and slapped again, and Jiang Yun dodged it flexibly.

One man and one beast unknowingly saw that they had been fighting for more than an hour.

"Hurry up, I can hold out for half an hour at most. ”

At this time, the voice of the void master came from Jiang Yun's mind, and Jiang Yun nodded when he heard it.

"Okay, sir, I won't play with you. ”

"Look at my unique stunt---- the universe is invincible, super powerful, kill your unicorn arm that you didn't negotiate!"

After Jiang Yun shouted this, he clenched his fist in his right hand and smashed it towards the Zhenhai Beast, which seemed to sense this deadly threat, and his eyes leaked anthropomorphic fear.

"Boom!"

A loud bang came from the Zhenhai Beast, and I saw that the aftermath of this punch was in the seawater, like a stone falling into the water, and a circle of energy scattered in all directions.

The sea water was also churning and muddy, and when the sea water calmed down, I saw the corpse of the sea beast in the town being torn apart, and the black blood was fused into the sea water in large swaths.

"Its head is thirty meters in front of you on the left, go find the water beads, I feel that there are no less than a dozen demon beasts rushing over. ”

Master Xuye said anxiously, Jiang Yun didn't delay when he heard this, and swam straight over.

After finding the head of the Zhenhai Beast, he broke it open with great force, touched it with his right arm, and finally touched a cold bead in a sticky object, and pulled it out with his arm.

I saw that this bead was blue all over, and unlike the surrounding seawater, this bead emitted this faint blue light, and a breath of breath came out at the same time. After putting away the bead, Jiang Yun immediately swam towards the sea.

"Oh no, those monsters are coming. ”

The void master snoring is not good, he didn't expect that there were so many demon beasts nearby, this is not good.

"Hurry up and run, or after you are caught later, this group of unenlightened demon beasts will tear you apart and eat you. ”

Jiang Yun's heart was also tense when he heard this, and he couldn't help but speed up. At this time, he really seemed to be transformed into a fish, shuttling in the sea.

After a while, Jiang Yun saw the sea, and at the same time, he also found that a demon beast behind him was about to catch up with him.

At the critical moment, Master Xuye shouted "Hurry", Jiang Yun was like an ordinary car turned into a professional racing car, his speed increased several times, he suddenly jumped out of the sea, jumped into the boat, and then returned to the room with lightning speed.

And the demon beast didn't catch up with Jiang Yun after all, and at this time, maybe it was also wondering why the human beings it was catching up with immediately suddenly sped up.

After chasing the futile demon beast, after swimming a few laps of the boat, he turned around and swam away.

After Jiang Yun returned to the room, his aura worked, dried the seawater on his body, then took a hot shower, changed into clean and comfortable clothes, and settled down.

Jiang Xiaoqian didn't say anything when she saw Jiang Yun coming back, nor did she ask anything, but quietly gave Jiang Yun a protector on the side.

"Master Xu, what kind of secret technique did you have just now, why are you so?"

"Hmph, the deity is highly meritorious, and there are so many means that an ignorant child like you can understand. ”

Hearing Jiang Yun's meaningful inquiry, Master Xuan replied after snorting lightly.

"That's... Look, boy, my strength is weak now, in case I encounter any danger one day, wouldn't it be a pity to be cool if I didn't have time to dodge, so look at this...... Hey, hey!"

"Alas, I really deserve you, okay, I'll give you this "Dao Hidden Secret Technique", you must remember not to spread it, so as not to kill yourself. ”

"Dao Treasure Secret Technique, this Dao Treasure Fragment still has a secret technique?" Jiang Yun couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"The Secret Art of the Dao Treasure is some of the operating methods of the Fragment of the Dao Collection, I wanted you to give it to you after you have cultivated your body, but now it seems that you still need this secret art to protect your body, after all, I am only a soul body, and I can't protect you from all dangers. ”

"Hold the grass, you ...... old thing"

"Huh?" Hearing this, Master Xuan was furious, and Jiang Yun seemed to know that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly changed his tone.

"Master Xu, you always have this good thing to take out early, and you are so secretive to me. ”

"Hmph, I know that your kid can't spit out ivory. ”

"Hey, hey. Jiang Yun smiled when he heard this.

"By the way, Master Xu, this water-repellent bead has been obtained, how to use it next? I can't carry it in my arms every day, if someone else finds out, it will be a fatal disaster." ”

"That's right, you adjust your state first, and I'll teach you how to refine this water-repellent bead later. ”

"Okay!" Jiang Yun finished speaking, and began to adjust his state.

At this time, a figure also flashed in the depths of the aisle outside, as if it had never appeared.