Chen Jingyu said: "It is also a good decision to choose this place to do that thing. ”

Qiu Mujie said in a deep voice: "What are you discussing?"

Chen Jingyu sneered: "This is not something that you should know as an outsider, you just follow honestly." ”

Qiu Mujie's face changed slightly, and a hint of sarcasm appeared instead, and he sneered: "Tease, do you think I'll be interested in knowing? Hahaha." ”

Chen Jingyu was furious and shouted, "Shut up this seat!"

Ye Xuan sighed, although Chen Jingyu's strength is extraordinary, he still has too little experience, how can he compare with Qiu Mujie, he is completely rookie-level.

Qiu Mujie sneered: "It's nothing more than Yue Jiuyuan and Ye Xuan doing some unsightly things behind their backs in the Holy Domain. ”

Chen Jingyu was furious and said: "Xuan Shao, are you really reliable with such a person by your side? Such a big thing, there can't be a mistake, in case there is ......?"

Ye Xuan directly interrupted: "Okay, you're angry again, you must learn to control your emotions." Why hasn't Yue Jiuyuan arrived yet?"

Chen Jingyu was stunned for a moment, slightly shocked in his heart, and after snorting coldly, he said, "Lord Yue Jiuyuan may have something to delay." ”

Ye Xuan secretly scolded himself for being stupid, and asked the Yue Jiuyuan Soul Body in the Ancient Monument of Emperor Wu to know, and asked him many times.

In the ancient monument of Emperor Wu, in the square inch mountain.

Yue Jiuyuan's face was solemn, and he said, "I may be being targeted, and I'm trying to find a way to get rid of them." ”

Ye Xuan said: "Do you know who it is?"

Yue Jiuyuan said: "There are no clues, but most of them are Wei Qing's people." Wei Qing came to me because of Chen Jingyu's matter, and I pushed him back, and he was furious. Besides, it doesn't matter who it is, it's important that you're safe. ”

Ye Xuan said: "Don't worry, no one knows that your second soul body is with me, even if Wei Qing personally makes a move, I can let him come and go." ”

Yue Jiuyuan was taken aback, and then said: "I already know about the Rising Sun City, although the Holy Domain has not officially ordered you to be wanted, but you have been listed as the number one wanted person, followed by Ye Fan and Che You, but if the wanted warrant is issued, the impact will be too great, so I can only tacitly accept it." ”

Ye Xuan said with a smile: "What they want is just a holy weapon, what about the reincarnation of the Great Turntable Sacred Domain?"

"The Great Wheel of Reincarnation?" Yue Jiuyuan was stunned for a moment, looking puzzled.

Ye Xuan said: "I didn't expect them to hide this matter from you, but there were many people present at the time, can this kind of thing be hidden?" He briefly said about the reincarnation wheel at the moment.

Yue Jiuyuan's face changed slightly, although he seemed calm, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Just let them study it first." ”

Ye Xuan said with a smile: "If you can't make a name for yourself, you will have to study it together in the end, especially after you have two souls in one and achieved the pinnacle." ”

Yue Jiuyuan said: "Let's not talk about this matter first, it's all later." I'll get rid of those who are following me, take them around the North, and I'll let you know as soon as I hear about it. ”

Ye Xuan nodded, and disappeared into the ancient monument of Emperor Wu.

In Jiang Hun City, Ye Xuan said: "I'm afraid that Yue Jiuyuan won't be able to come for a while, let's stay in this place first, and I'm also very interested in the environment of this place." ”

"Environment, are you referring to this Great Five Elements Transformation Array?" Qiu Mujie mused.

Ye Xuan said with a smile: "I came here once in the past, and at that time, it was just to explore this Great Five Elements Transformation Array, and I was no longer interested. ”

Qiu Mujie said: "Then this interest is not this kind of dead ash?"

Ye Xuan said: "Yes, if I guess correctly, this thing is an extremely strong mutated earth elemental power. I found out at the time, but I didn't pay much attention to it. ”

There was a light in his eyes, it was different now, if he could find an extremely strong earth element, and refine it into the Tushi Heaven, who could match the power!

Qiu Mujie didn't know this, but said: "With such a powerful earth elemental power, if it can be refined for your own use, it must be very powerful, but this thing has existed in Lawless for so long, and no one has taken it, so it is extremely difficult for you to collect it." ”

Ye Xuan said: "What you say is reasonable, but how can you know if you don't try? ”

Qiu Mujie's eyes flashed with surprise, and he said, "So you took it and rebuilt it?"

Chen Jingyu was shocked in his heart, and looked at Ye Xuan with some horror.

Ye Xuan said: "You don't have to worry about this." ”

Qiu Mujie laughed strangely and said, "It turns out that you are a more extreme and extreme person than me, hahahaha!"

Ye Xuan said coldly: "This can also cause your excitement?"

Qiu Mujie suddenly closed his mouth, his face full of anger and coldness.

Chen Jingyu seemed to be unable to ease his nerves, and said in a daze: "Xuan Shao, you, you ......"

Ye Xuan said: "Do a good job this time with peace of mind, don't be distracted, and don't worry about what you shouldn't care." ”

Chen Jingyu was shocked again in his heart, every time Ye Xuan said something, he could wake people up, and he immediately believed what Qiu Mujie said.

At this moment, the fog in the sky began to gradually dissipate, and the air gradually became dry, and there were many passers-by, and they were all frowning.

Chen Jingyu raised his hand, glanced at his arm, and exclaimed: "It's so strong that the dead ash breath, the skin that was moisturized just now began to dry up in an instant, and the dehydration is too bad." ”

Ye Xuan also raised his arm, the strength of his physical body was far above Chen Jingyu, the surface of his skin seemed to be covered with a thin layer of ash, and he blew lightly, and the dust did not move.

Qiu Mujie stretched out his hand and grabbed it in the air, and the air around him flowed, slowly converging into a clod of earth the size of a broad bean in his palm, turning gray.

He grabbed it directly with his hand, suddenly frowned, and turned his palm open, only to see that the skin that had touched the clod of soil began to wrinkle and even fall off.

"How is that possible?!"

Qiu Mujie was shocked, although he did not transform at the moment, his physical strength was not comparable to that of ordinary martial artists, "Even my physical body can't bear this dead ash, how can those ordinary martial artists still survive in this environment?"

Ye Xuan said: "It's good to get used to it for a long time, besides, we are all physically exposed to this dust, and everyone else uses vitality to protect the body, and who can condense the dust in the air directly empty-handed like you, I am afraid that the power of the earth system within a radius of a hundred zhang of your small piece of dust has been drawn." ”

Qiu Mujie laughed: "That's just as well. ”

Chen Jingyu said: "It is indeed a good cultivation method to use Yuan Force to protect the body against this environment all year round. And it is estimated that the closer you get to lawlessness, the greater this damage will be. ”

Ye Xuan raised his hand, and countless water droplets suddenly gushed out from his arm, converging into a trickle, slowly washing away those gray dust.

The dust melted away as soon as it touched the water, and it was washed away in an instant.

Qiu Mujie frowned and said, "Mutant water?"

Ye Xuan said: "Well, this water is called Heaven and Earth Water Yuan, and it seems that it can play a role here." ”

Suddenly, all three of them frowned, almost at the same time as their knee-jerk movements.

I saw a palm wind coming through the air and slamming into Ye Xuan's back.

Ye Xuan turned around suddenly, stretched out his hand and grabbed it gently, and his five fingers were clasped on the man's arm, directly cutting off his vitality.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The surging vitality flowed smoothly in the meridians, and after being cut off in an instant, it couldn't be reversed for a while, and it suddenly rushed into the major points in the arm, and all of them exploded!

"Ahh

The man screamed miserably, his eyes showed surprise, and at the same time he was a little unwilling, and in a flash of his left hand, a sharp sword stabbed Ye Xuan's throat.

The cold light flashed on the sword, and the cold sword intent spit out, like a long snake spitting out letters.

Ye Xuan raised his hand again and flicked his fingers directly.

"Bang!"

The sword light was instantly annihilated, and the entire sword also came out of his hand, and it flew out.

At this time, the person who attacked the sneak attack no longer had an unwilling look, he was full of shock, and with the power of Ye Xuan's finger to knock himself away, he stepped on it violently, turned around and flashed in the air again and again, and disappeared into the street.

Chen Jingyu frowned and said, "What birdman?"

Ye Xuan smiled lightly and said, "I don't know, let's take a look." ”

He took a step forward and disappeared in place. The other two also followed and disappeared in one fell swoop.

The man who had sneaked up on him was short and refined, and seemed to be very familiar with the map of Jiang Hun City, and in a few breaths he had crossed several streets, and had picked up some strange and remote places to walk, and after a while, he had scurried into a hut.

After a while, the man completely changed his dress from the inside, and his demeanor and temperament were completely different from before.

The man walked around the street a few times, and after making sure that he was not being followed, he walked into a seemingly luxurious mansion intentionally or unintentionally.

"Yan Xing, why are you dressed like this and in trouble?"

In that luxurious house, there were more than a dozen people gathered around, as if discussing something.

"Alas, don't mention it, it scares me to death!"

The man took off the big felt hat on his head and wiped a few handfuls on his face with his hands, and suddenly all the fat powder receded, revealing his true face, and his face was still full of fear.

"It's not often that you can be scared like this. ”

The eyes of the person at the head of the hall burst into essence, he was dressed in a wide cloth robe, he sat on the top with a big grin, one foot directly on the chair, the upper lip was slightly mustache, and the hair was also gray, obviously going through a lot of vicissitudes.

"Captain, if I hadn't run fast, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to come back to see you brothers this time!"

Yan Xing stepped forward directly, picked up the wine jar on the table and poured a few big sips, before panting, his face gradually becoming a little ruddy.

"What the hell is going on?Who in the city doesn't know that you are a member of our Qingju Mercenary Group, and you dare to provoke?!"

All of a sudden, everyone was emotional, and they all raised their eyebrows, wanting to avenge Yan Xing.

Only the captain Zuo Cheng's face was calm, and he said slowly: "Is it someone from outside or from inside?"

Yan Xingdao: "It's from outside." ”

"Outside?" The hall fell silent for a moment, and they all looked at Yan Xing.

Zuo Cheng's face sank, and he said angrily: "Don't you know the rules in the regiment? What kind of place is this Jianghu City, how can ordinary people come here at will!"

"Yes, Yan Xing, you are usually a very clever person, why did you suddenly make a mistake. ”

"According to the rules of the regiment, all outsiders are not allowed to do anything until they find out the details, you are really killing yourself. ”

"It's good if people are fine, don't make this mistake again in the future and make the group growers angry. ”

When everyone saw that Zuo Cheng was angry, they all reprimanded.

Zuo Cheng said in a deep voice: "Are you sure that you are not being followed?"

Yan Xing hurriedly said, "It's impossible, but I walked around the city for most of the day before I came back." ”

"Yan Xing's stealth methods are still very clever, and the head of the regiment can rest assured. One spoke.

Zuo Cheng nodded and said, "Let's tell you the details, the environment in Jiang Hun City is so bad, without strong strength and purpose, no one will come here innocently to play, and you are also a smart person, why would you make such a low-level mistake." ”

Yan Xing wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, as if he still had palpitations, his arm ached faintly, making his brows frown, and said, "The reason why I suddenly made a hasty move was because I found that person had an extremely strong mutated water element. ”

"Mutated water elemental?!"

At this time, everyone was shocked, all of them showed a solemn look, and more than ten pairs of eyes bloomed with essence.

Even Zuo Cheng's face changed drastically, and he said, "Are you sure?!"

Yan Xing nodded and said, "It's certain, so I can't help but make a move, and that person is very young." When I made the shot, I thought that I would be very sure, and even if there were quite twists and turns, I would eventually succeed, and no matter how bad it was, it would be no problem to escape. After all, if I don't make a move, he will soon be discovered by other mercenary groups, and the mutated water element may be gone at that time. ”

Zuo Cheng said: "No wonder!

"Later?" Yan Xing trembled and said in horror: "Then I escaped!"

"Escape? I'm pointing out the process of hand. Zuo Cheng asked dissatisfiedly.

Yan Xing's face turned pale, he pursed his lower lips, I don't know if it was because of the environment or something else, those lips were cracked, oozing blood, and muttered: "Terrifying, that young man's strength is too terrifying, it is a strength that I have never seen in my life." I only made two moves, and the other party stopped me lightly, unless the other party had no intention of killing me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to escape at all!"

"You've never seen it in your life?"

Zuo Cheng's face showed solemnity, stared at him and asked, "How old is that person's real age?"

Yan Xingdao: "Sure, really sure! Although I can't believe it, that person's strength must be above that of the group leader......! I guess I'm about 20 years old. ”

There was silence in the hall for a while, and the solemn and greedy eyes of everyone suddenly became stunned.

"Hahaha!"

Then there was a burst of laughter, and everyone was staggering with all kinds of contempt and mockery.

Yan Xing's face flushed with shame, and he shouted angrily: "What are you laughing at! What I said is completely true!"

Zuo Cheng didn't smile, just frowned and said, "About twenty years old, and the strength is still above me?"

Yan Xing said firmly: "Yes, I will never be wrong about this!"

Zuo Cheng said: "I am the strength of the eight-star peak Martial Emperor, I have been in the lawless for many years, and my real strength can completely fight with the nine-star Martial Emperor, what is the concept of strength above me? Twenty-year-old Nine-Star Middle-Rank Martial Emperor?" Speaking of this, he himself couldn't help laughing.

Yan Xing was stunned, his face turned even redder, this is indeed impossible to refute, the twenty-year-old Nine-Star Intermediate Martial Emperor, looking at the continent, absolutely does not exist, but he knows that his feelings will never be wrong, that person is really only twenty years old, and his strength is really stronger than Zuo Cheng, but he can't explain it, because it is difficult for him to accept what he has seen with his own eyes, let alone others.

He said calmly, "The man is still in the city, and you will know sooner or later." ”

Zuo Cheng's pupils shot out of his pupils and said, "Where is that person now?"

Yan Xingdao: "I met them in the middle of the main street, a group of three, and the other two don't seem to be easy to mess with, I'm afraid that other mercenary groups are also targeting them." ”

"Captain, let's do it! It's just three people, it's worth it in order to mutate the water element!" one of them proposed, with a glint in his eyes.

Another humanitarian: "The mutated water element has a great effect on lawlessness, and it is simply a necessary fetish for home travel, killing people and goods!"

The expression on Zuo Cheng's face changed, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

"Captain, if we can have the assistance of a powerful mutated water element, the success rate will definitely increase!"

"Yes, this ghost place, being able to resist the power of the dead has won a great initiative, isn't it because of Luo Wang Baoshui that the White Fang Mercenary Group's Bith can suppress us everywhere. ”

The cries of the crowd sounded, and they were all in favor of robbing.

Zuo Cheng said: "What do you see Yan Xing?"

Yan Xing sighed and said, "Commander, if everyone insists on going, I will naturally go with me, sharing life and death." But I really don't want everyone to go, because I really lose and find death!"

"Hmph, I really don't believe it! A young man in his twenties scares you like this!" one snorted dissatisfiedly.

Zuo Cheng's face flashed with extreme struggle, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's let them wander around the city for a while, let's keep an eye on them, and let the other mercenary groups try their strength." ”

"Captain, will this be a missed opportunity?" said one of them.

Yan Xing's eyes lit up, and he seemed to breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

Zuo Chengdao: "Although I don't believe Yan Xing's words, I am the head of the regiment, and I have to be responsible for the safety of adults, and I should be careful, and even if that person is not as terrifying as Yan Xing said, at least he is a hard stubble." ”

"Bang! bang!"

A crisp applause came, and Ye Xuan smiled: "Yes, you can be qualified for the position of head of the regiment, the decision just now has already made you go away from the ghost gate." ”

"Who is it?!"

Everyone suddenly convulsed, and suddenly became agitated, and the figure flew up, instantly surrounding Ye Xuan and the others.

Yan Xing's face turned pale, and he said in horror: "It's him, it's him! You, how did you find here?!" Although he thought of the answer, he couldn't believe it, or he couldn't accept it.

Ye Xuan smiled: "You don't need to be vigilant, because it's useless for you scum to be vigilant, I'm sorry I have always spoken so directly." Besides, I don't have any ill will towards you. ”

"What did he say? Don't be ashamed to say that we are scum!" Everyone was furious, but the sudden appearance of Ye Xuan and the three of them really shocked them, and they were extremely vigilant in their hearts, and they didn't dare to do it without permission.

Zuo Cheng also felt a lot of pressure, and the three of them didn't even have the slightest fluctuation of Yuan force.

He was shocked in his heart, these three people obviously couldn't be mortals, it could only show that his cultivation couldn't see through them!

"Three, if Yan Xing has offended anything before, he has already been greatly punished, and please raise your noble hand. ”

Zuo Chengqiang held down the turbulent waves in his heart, and softened at once.

Everyone in the Qingju Mercenary Regiment has been crawling and rolling on the line of life and death all year round, and when they heard the words and tone of the regiment leader, they suddenly understood, and the three people in front of them were absolutely invincible, and they couldn't help but be extremely surprised.

"Hehe", Ye Xuan smiled: "Very smart leader." ”

Zuo Cheng said bitterly: "Adults are not here just to make fun of me." ”

Ye Xuan said: "What do you think?"

Zuo Cheng pondered for a while and said: "The adults must have something else to do when they come to Jianghun City, in the head of the Xiaqingju Mercenary Regiment Zuo Cheng, our regiment has a good reputation in Jianghun City, if necessary, we are willing to serve the adults!"

Chen Jingyu couldn't help but ask, "Are you so sure that we have something to do here?"

Zuo Cheng said with a smile: "The adult also said just now, the strength of our scum is not worth showing in the eyes of adults, and adults have no ill will towards us." If he only wanted to punish Yan Xing, with the strength of the three adults, he would never let him escape. ”

Ye Xuan said: "Yes, I like to deal with smart people, I do have something to do with you." He got straight to the point and said, "How much do you know about this lawlessness?"

"How much do you know?" Zuo Cheng said with a smile: "I don't dare to say a lot, after all, this world is too weird, but there are really not many people in this Aotian Continent who know this world better than our brothers." I've been here for almost fifty years!"

Ye Xuan's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, it seems that I have found the right person." Tell me everything you know about the lawless. ”

Zuo Cheng was stunned for a moment, and said: "Say it all? How can you say this? There are too many things, and my affairs in the past fifty years have been related to this lawlessness." ”

Qiu Mujie frowned and said, "Why bother, you just searched him for his soul?"

"Wow!"

Everyone gasped and retreated in fright.

Zuo Cheng's face also changed greatly, and he suddenly retreated ten zhang away, directly smashing the hall, and a white light lit up in his hand, and it was actually a bright war knife in his hand, staring at the three of them vigilantly.

Chen Jingyu frowned angrily and said coldly: "Crazy Jie, put away your filthy and vicious heart, don't let people think that I am on the same path as you!"

Ye Xuan said: "You see that you scared everyone. He chuckled and said, "Let me ask, do you know how this lawlessness came to be?"

"The formation of lawlessness?" Everyone was stunned, and then pondered, Zuo Cheng also thought carefully, and said slowly: "No one knows how long lawlessness has existed, but I have heard some legends. It is said that under this land is the underworld of death, because the breath of the dead land has come up, which has caused the world to change and become the current environment. ”

"Oh?" Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, and did not say anything, but asked, "Do you believe this legend?"

Zuo Cheng smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I don't believe it. ”

Ye Xuan said: "Then you must have your own ideas, right?"

Zuo Chengdao: "I think that the root cause of the formation of this climate should be caused by the earthly leylines of lawlessness, and the entire earthly leylines below have undergone changes similar to elemental mutations, and they have accumulated for countless years to form the current appearance. ”

Ye Xuan said: "Leyline mutation? Even if it is a leyline mutation, there should be a reason." ”

Qiu Mujie said coldly: "You just ask him if it is possible that the mutated earth element is caused by it." ”

"Mutant earth elementals?"

Zuo Cheng was taken aback and hurriedly said: "I have also thought about this situation, but to cause such a large-scale environmental mutation, how strong must the earth element be? I am afraid that it has already reached the level of the earth's soil." ”

Qiu Mujie frowned and said: "According to legend, the earth of the soil evolves and the earth is the existence closest to the origin of the soil system, could it be that there is the earth and the soil here?"

Ye Xuan knew that it was impossible, the earth soil could be said to be the strongest earth element, and the chance of mutation was very small, he said, "Have you ever been to this central area of the lawless?"

The faces of all the people in the Qingju Mercenary Group changed greatly, and Zuo Cheng also oozed cold sweat on his forehead, and said: "My lord said that he was joking, our people are of low strength, aren't we going there to die?"

Ye Xuan was surprised: "Is it so terrifying? You are an eight-star peak martial emperor, even if the earth is smashed over, it will be difficult to hurt you." ”

Zuo Cheng said: "Ordinary mutant earth elements are indeed not a big deal, no matter how strong the power of the elements is, they can also be resisted with the Nine Heavens Emperor Qi, but the kind of death qi contained in this earth-based earth element is the nemesis of all living beings, directly consuming people's vitality, it is really terrifying!"

Ye Xuan said: "This kind of environment with elemental damage is indeed a headache, no wonder you want to rob my water element." ”

Zuo Cheng smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, I met an adult, magnanimous, if it were someone else, Yan Xing would have died a long time ago." ”

Ye Xuan snorted: "Don't think that Ben Shao is a good stubble, since I came to you, there is naturally something." I need you to lead the way to the center. ”

"What?!" everyone's faces changed drastically, and Zuo Cheng said in surprise: "My lord, you must not go! There is really a place to go and no return!"

Ye Xuan said with a smile: "If there is really no return, you will have to be buried together." ”

Yan Xing's face changed several times, and he said, "Commander, I caused the trouble, let me take them!"

Zuo Cheng's face was gloomy, and he suddenly said slowly: "My lord, near the central area of the lawless, there is a mountain range called Battle Spirit Mountain......

"Captain!"

One of them suddenly exclaimed, with a look of surprise in his eyes, and the others also changed their faces, but they quickly returned to normal.

Zuo Cheng said: "Originally, we weren't sure, but now that there are three adults here, maybe there will be more opportunities." ”

Ye Xuan was surprised: "Oh, but what's the good thing?"

Zuo Cheng said: "The Battle Soul Mountain is the lawless boundary of life and death, once you cross the Battle Spirit Mountain, you are almost certain to die, I have only seen one person cross the Battle Spirit Mountain and return with his whole body in the half hundred years of Jianghun City, and the rest of the people will die in it without exception." ”

Chen Jingyu exclaimed: "Who is so awesome?"

Zuo Cheng's face flashed with essence, and he said in a condensed voice: "Sect Master of the Soul Devouring Sect - Lord Huangfu Bi!"

Chen Jingyu was taken aback, nodded and said: "It turned out to be him, with his strength, even the most dangerous Tiandang Mountain Range may not die." ”

Qiu Mujie said: "Since the old horseman can pass, we should have no problem." ”

The hall was silent in an instant, as if there were no ghosts.

Zuo Cheng touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and said: "This lord seems to be extremely confident, and he is quite dissatisfied with Lord Huangfu Bi, although this lawless heaven is on the border of the Western Regions, it is also within the scope of the Soul Devouring Sect, you still have to be careful when you speak." ”

A murderous aura flashed in Qiu Mujie's eyes, and he was immediately frightened that Zuo Cheng's heart twitched violently, and his face turned pale in an instant.

That murderous aura just disappeared in a flash, but it pierced directly into his heart like a knife, this is the strength of the opponent's martial intent, almost condensed into substance, and a single gaze can take a person's life!

If it weren't for his own strength, he would be afraid that under the cold light just now, he would be directly frightened to the death.

His heart couldn't help but beat wildly, who the hell were these three people? It was definitely impossible for them to be unknown people on the mainland, they boasted that their strength could be compared to the Soul Devouring Sect Master, could it be that the Title Martial Emperor was here?

Zuo Cheng's face turned pale and turned iron-blue, and he couldn't recover for a while, his demeanor became unprecedentedly respectful, and he said coldly: "Dare to ask the names of the three adults?"

Ye Xuan said: "We don't need to ask our names, you continue to talk about the Battle Spirit Mountain." ”

"Yes!" Zuo Cheng didn't dare to disobey, forcibly suppressed the shock and curiosity in his heart, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "The earth emperor beads are abundant in the sky, but they are known all over the world, and the closer to the central area, the better the quality of the beads, the best earth emperor beads are all produced in the Battle Spirit Mountain without exception, and the amount of survival is very small, even Jiang Hucheng is difficult to receive." Therefore, the price of the best Tuhuang pearl is unimaginably high, and there is a steady stream of people who have gone into the mountains to die one after another. ”

He paused a few times, seemed to touch his mind, a trace of undetectable pain flashed on his face, and continued: "So although the Battle Spirit Mountain is dangerous, it has been discovered by everyone one after another. Recently, a news came out, which was only spread in a small area for the time being, and I don't know whether it was true or not, but it made all the mercenary groups a little uncontrollable. ”

"I don't know how many mercenary groups in Jianghu City, dozens of them are wiped out every year, and there are about eight of them that have made a little name over the years, and the Qingju Mercenary Group is one of them, but it is also ranked low among the eight mercenary groups. ”

"The older the so-called rivers and lakes, the less courage they have. Usually those rookie-level mercenary groups enter the area of the Battle Spirit Mountain, and our eight mercenary groups will never venture into the forbidden area, but for some reason, this time the extremely powerful Twilight Mercenary Group can rank in the top ten among the eight mercenary groups, but it suddenly entered the forbidden area collectively and went deep into the Battle Spirit Mountain!"

A trace of shock and complexity flashed in Zuo Cheng's eyes, and he said, "The result is that the group is wiped out!"

The entire hall fell silent, exuding layers of oppressive atmosphere, and everyone's breathing was extremely heavy.

Ye Xuan frowned and said, "To be able to make them do such a crazy thing must be driven by great interests." Is it that now that the benefits are coming out, it has stimulated you again?"

Zuo Cheng's face showed a strange color, and he hurriedly said: "My lord is really wise! No one knows where the news of the Twilight Mercenary Group got from, but now almost all of the eight mercenary groups know." There is a huge deer-type monster in that Battle Spirit Mountain, which has extremely strong earth power and can swallow the sky and the earth, and the people of the Twilight Mercenary Group found that the monster's feces can actually form an Earth Emperor Bead higher than the best grade after it is soiled!"

Chen Jingyu didn't have much expression, but said in surprise: "There is such a thing?"

And Ye Xuan and Qiu Mujie were faces changed greatly, and Qiu Mujie said in a condensed voice: "The level of the best Earth Emperor Bead is already the ninth order, and it is not uncommon for monsters to produce such an effect, but they are all rare to see, and they are rare and rare!" He shot a light in his eyes, and even licked his lips.

Ye Xuan said: "What do you want to do now, you won't be stupid enough to hunt that monster, right?"

Zuo Cheng said: "That monster seems to have fallen into a deep sleep recently, leaving a few cubs in the mountains. ”

Ye Xuan frowned, finally understood their thoughts, and said, "If it's just cubs, then how did the Twilight Mercenary Group get wiped out?"

Zuo Cheng said bitterly: "This is exactly what I am worried about, now all the mercenary groups are surging in the dark tide, and it seems that they are about to march towards the Battle Spirit Mountain." There is great strength in numbers, and if everyone acts together, they can also stay warm. ”

Ye Xuan said: "I understand, to enter the center of the lawlessness, you have to cross the Battle Spirit Mountain, right?"

Zuo Chengdao: "Exactly, the Battle Spirit Mountain is the dividing line between life and death, and it is a place that must be passed. ”

Ye Xuan said: "Okay, let's go into the Battle Spirit Mountain together to have a look." If it is really dangerous, you will stay in the mountain, and you will not have to go with us. You've never been in there anyway, and it's a burden to follow. ”

Zuo Cheng was overjoyed and said, "If it's just to the Battle Spirit Mountain, the Qingju Mercenary Group is very happy to serve!"

If Ye Xuan and the three of them are there, they can still escort them, and the risk of going to Battle Spirit Mountain will be reduced too much.

Ye Xuan said: "Let's go." ”

Zuo Cheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Just go, I'll let everyone prepare!"

Ye Xuan said: "No need, without further ado." And you don't have anything to prepare, just lead the way. ”

A strange color flashed in his eyes, his eyes shrank slightly, and the entire hall space swirled, and the heavens and the earth changed in an instant.

"Huh, this is ......"

Everyone was shocked, and the shock was beyond measure, and they were still in the hall just now, and they were in a wasteland in an instant. Looking at it, it turned out to be outside Jiang Hun City!

At this moment, cold sweat broke out on everyone's foreheads, and in this dead and silent environment, they only felt that their bodies were cold. This kind of supernatural transfer technique will transfer everyone away unknowingly, not to mention seeing it, it is simply unheard of!

At this moment, everyone looked at Ye Xuan's expression as if they had seen a ghost, and Yan Xing did not have a trace of blood on his face, only then did he understand what a stupid thing he had done.

Zuo Cheng shouted: "Everyone raise their spirits and set off towards the Battle Spirit Mountain!"

Suddenly, several rays of light rushed into the sky, followed by a fierce roar, and three huge gray beasts suddenly appeared on the ground, exuding an extremely strong color of dead ash.

The beast was covered with a frame and pulled a chariot behind each of them.

Chen Jingyu frowned and said, "Why is the beast pulling the cart so primitive?"

Zuo Cheng smiled bitterly: "My lord doesn't know, the power of this heavenless leyline is extremely strong, and it can't be located with a pointer at all, so you can only rely on this earth copper bull beast to sense the direction." ”

Chen Jingyu suddenly said: "I see, the posture and breath of this thing are consistent with the surrounding environment, and I think it can adapt very well." ”

Ye Xuan said: "Does anyone who goes to the Battle Spirit Mountain have to use this Bronze Bull Beast to pull the cart?"

Zuo Cheng said: "This is not necessarily, some powerful beings can directly leave coordinates on the Battle Spirit Mountain, and forcibly break through the sky through their own spatial supernatural powers." I can do it in other places, but the suppression of the earth elements in the Battle Spirit Mountain is too powerful to work at all. ”

Ye Xuan nodded and did not speak.

In this way, he will be able to leave the coordinates in the Battle Spirit Mountain, and then let Yue Jiuyuan directly split into the air, and he will also be able to get rid of a large number of dangerous factors, which is an unexpected benefit.

"Roar!"

The three Earth Bronze Bull Beasts kept roaring, and immediately someone stepped forward to feed them, and when they were full, they immediately raised their heads and roared, full of energy.

Zuo Cheng frowned and said, "Let them be low-key, don't attract too much attention." ”

Everyone got into the chariot separately, and suddenly the bronze bull beast ran wildly in the wasteland, raising up a cloud of dust and dust, which was blocked by the bursts of light inspired by the chariot.

This lawless dust is also extremely harmful to the body, and no one wants to get it on their bodies.

In the chariot, several huge copper cups were placed side by side, which contained liquids of different colors, which were volatilized through the formations on the copper cups, filling the entire chariot with water mist and moisturizing the body.

Ye Xuan and the three of them rode alone, galloping on the ground.

Chen Jingyu frowned and said: "This lawless is indeed sinister, the divine consciousness here is suppressed so much, I don't know what the situation will be when I get to the Battle Spirit Mountain or the central area." ”

Ye Xuan looked at Qiu Mujie, seeing that he looked pensive, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Mujie is thinking about that deer-shaped giant beast?"

Qiu Mujie said: "You also know that I like to study these things, according to my speculation, that thing is very likely to be some kind of mutated demon beast, maybe it can refine something powerful." His eyes lit up with excitement.

Ye Xuan was speechless for a while, and said, "This place is not simple, don't put yourself in it." ”

"Cut!" Qiu Mujie sneered: "Except for a few people in the world, who dares to say that they can take me in?"

Ye Xuan smiled: "This is not necessarily, I know that there are several powerful existences in this world, which are enough to put you in." ”

"Oh? ”

Qiu Mujie's eyes lit up and asked with interest.

Ye Xuan smiled: "You want to write them down one by one, and then catch them one by one and study them." ”

Qiu Mujie smiled and said, "The path of the art path is endless. ”

Ye Xuan's heart moved, this Qiu Mujie was also a master of the art in the world, and he couldn't help but feel respect in his heart and began to talk.

Both of them are unworldly geniuses, and they are out of control when they talk, their eyes are shining, and they are very interested all the way, and a few days have passed before they know it.

Chen Jingyu was tasteless, sitting cross-legged in the chariot and closing his eyes to breathe.

Suddenly, the Bronze Bullmon let out a low roar and stopped.

I have stopped several times before, all of which are due to the exhaustion of the body of the cattle and beasts, and they need to replenish food once a day, but it is not long after the replenishment is completed, which is obviously not a reason.

"Who is my Dao, who dares to cross the lawless sky to come to this place, it turns out to be the cubs of the Qingju Mercenary Group. Hehe, do you want to peep at the giant deer with your meager strength?"

A cruel laugh came from the front, the voice was majestic and loud, rolling up the dust and sand and rushing towards the chariot, and the Earth Bronze Bull Beast was swept away by the dust, and couldn't help but roar, constantly retreating.

"It's Ke An!"

There was a sound of panic in the two chariots, and all of a sudden it became noisy and a little messy.

At this time, Zuo Cheng's voice sounded, and he shouted: "Ke An, what are you doing here?

In the dust and sand in front of him, a pale yellow light lit up, and two Earth Bronze Bull Beasts appeared faintly in the light, which was different from that of the Qingju Chamber of Commerce, belonging to the kind of single rider, with two people sitting on it, and their bodies were hidden in the huge gray robes.

The person on the left sneered: "Of course you can come, usually you can come whenever you want, but now, it's not the time for children to play, so if you are interested, go back the same way." ”

Zuo Cheng snorted: "Which mercenary group wants to monopolize the business of Battle Spirit Mountain? I am afraid that the price is not small to be able to invite you to come out, do they have such self-confidence, can they do something that the twilight mercenary group can't do?"

He had to keep his eyes on the man on his right.

Ke An has always been a loner, and he is very famous in Jianghun City, in addition to finding some raw materials to sell, he is often employed by others. This trip to the Battle Spirit Mountain, the Qingju Mercenary Group originally wanted to hire him, but they couldn't contact anyone, so it turned out that he was hired first. So the man on the right must be the employer.

It's a pity that the power of death here is too strong, which hinders his divine consciousness and makes him unable to see the true face of that person.

"Hahaha, what you're asking is not something I want to think about, all I have to do is stop some scum. Ke An laughed.

Zuo Cheng sneered: "Scum, Ke An, I advise you to leave and get out of the way, otherwise the consequences are not something you can bear." If there was no Ye Xuan and the three of them to follow, he would have been furious at the moment, and he would have rushed up to fight with a knife, but now his heart is extremely calm, and there is even a hint of schadenfreude.

"The consequences are not something I can afford?"

Ke An's face became strange, and then he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, the strength of the Qingju Mercenary Group is getting more and more vegetable, but the cowhide is getting more and more powerful." He sneered: "I'll tell you honestly, with me here today, don't think about any of you!"

"Lord Qinyu, I'm bothering you, it's very annoying to chirp. Ye Xuan's voice sounded faintly.

Qiu Mujie also said coldly: "Disturb our discussion, capital crime!"

Chen Jingyu has followed Yue Jiuyuan for a long time, and naturally knows the spirit of the soul refiner's research and dedication to the Dao of Arts, and he has always admired it very much, although he has some discord with Qiu Mujie, it does not affect his respect for Qiu Mujie's achievements in the Dao.

"Let's continue the discussion, just give me five breaths. ”

When the words fell, Chen Jingyu's figure disappeared in the chariot, and at the same time, a voice sounded in the air, and said indifferently: "Zuo Cheng, keep moving forward." ”

Zuo Cheng was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said loudly: "Keep going!"

The three Earth Bronze Bull Beasts roared a few times at once, and then took heavy steps and slowly pulled the chariot, and the speed continued to increase.

The two riders in the yellow light trembled slightly, and their faces showed anger.

Ke An was even more furious and said: "Zuo Cheng, dare to despise me like this, die!"

He spit out a word, and suddenly the aura on his body skyrocketed, and a sword light slashed out in an instant, and the yellow light around his body was shattered, and the dust in the sky was rolled up.

Both of them were dressed in flying clothes, and their bodies were full of murderous aura.

"Boom!"

That sword swept directly across the sky, cutting a huge ravine in the earth, and it didn't break forward!

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a crisp sound sounded, and the huge sword light instantly disintegrated, turning into countless bits of fluorescence.

Just when everyone opened their mouths wide and was shocked, Chen Jingyu had already appeared in front of the two horses, and a chilling aura erupted on his body, and then he saw a flash of sword light.

Ke An and the other people were horrified, and before they could recover their senses, they found that they had sat down and the Bronze Bull Beast was screaming, and it had been split in half!

The two of them were shocked and wanted to jump up, but their hearts sank suddenly, only to feel that a coercion came in the air, making them completely suppressed, and they couldn't resist at once!

"Boom!"

At the moment when the two Earth Bronze Bull Beasts were slashed to death, the two of them were also directly blasted out, ejecting like projectiles, shaking up the dust billowing in the sky.

Chen Jingyu stood in the air, looking coldly ahead. His body was covered with a faint layer of white light, which was the body protector emperor qi, isolating the power of death, so as not to hurt his own vitality.

"Phew, phew......"

In the distance, the two stood up from the ground, constantly spitting out the dust in their mouths, and the whole person was dusty. The exposed skin on his body was all shriveled up and covered with a thick layer of dust.

There was a look of terror in the eyes of both of them, because the coercion just now directly suppressed the emperor qi in their bodies, making it impossible to use the yuan force to resist, and they were directly invaded by a large amount of dead ash qi in their bodies, and a large amount of vitality passed.

The two of them desperately broke off the gray shell on the surface of their skin, and the light around them swirled, expelling the dead ash qi from their bodies.

"Stride, stomp!"

The three Earth Bronze Bull Beasts ran directly in front of the two of them and stopped.

Zuo Cheng walked out of the chariot directly, looked at the two of them coldly, and sneered: "Lord Ke'an, make a quick move, if you don't make a move, we scum will pass." ”

"Hahaha!"

There was laughter from inside the chariot, all sarcastic.

Ke An's face was red, his eyes flashed with shock and fear, and he looked at a chariot next to him, and the person who shot it just now was inside.

"So, who is the one who made the shot?" he asked, and the man next to him was also full of surprise.

Zuo Cheng thought to himself, you still asked Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu also wanted to know.

He snorted heavily, turned his gaze to the other person, and said coldly: "This friend, it seems that you are very faceless, you are Ke An's employer, right?"

The man's face changed slightly, and he flashed a look of rebellion, but as soon as he saw the chariot, he immediately became vigilant, and said: "No matter who the lord is just now, the matter of the Battle Spirit Mountain is far from being as simple as you think, I hope you can follow the advice and retreat." ”

Zuo Cheng sneered: "What do you think you are, you say retreat, then what kind of face do our Qingju mercenary group have to mix in Jianghu City?"

The man frowned, and there was faint anger, but after glancing at the non-moving chariot, he still suppressed it, and said kindly: "Face is important, but life seems to be more important, Commander Zuo Cheng is also a smart person, won't he weigh the trade-offs?"

Zuo Cheng said coldly: "You mean that if you don't listen to you, you will die?"

The man said, "Exactly. ”

"Bang!"

The place where the man was located exploded in an instant, and the whole person spat out a mouthful of blood, which shook into the sky, and then fell far to the ground, with a frightened look on his face.

Qiu Mujie's cold voice came, and said, "These two people are killed, keep walking!"

"Wow!"

The man and Ke An were both shocked, and hurriedly retreated, the man was shocked: "You, you can't kill me!"

Zuo Cheng's face was cold, and he sneered: "I don't know who you are, maybe it's an existence that my Qingju mercenary group can't afford to offend, but the few adults in this chariot can't afford to offend." ”

The man glanced at the chariot in horror, and the inexplicable blow just now fell, instantly seriously injuring him, plus Chen Jingyu's back before, which made him shudder, and said in horror: "Stop, let's take a look at this thing first!"

A ray of light shot out of his hand, Zuo Cheng grabbed it in his hand and looked at it, his pupils suddenly shrank, his face turned pale as soon as he "brushed", his body couldn't help but tremble, and the hand holding the token trembled so badly that he could barely grasp it.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

The rest of the Qingju Mercenary Group immediately discovered Zuo Cheng's symptoms, and surrounded them in surprise, and when all eyes saw the token, they suddenly fell into the abyss, and they all took a breath of cold air, and the surroundings suddenly became dead and silent, and everyone's faces were like this weather, dead and gray.

The token is half the size of a palm, carved with stars in the sky, rotating under a nebula, at a glance there is a sense of dizziness, magnificent atmosphere, magnificent and majestic.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

The man breathed a sigh of relief, his face showed a sigh of relief, and he said hehehe: "Commander Zuo Cheng, why don't you say anything?" He glanced at the chariot intentionally or unintentionally, and said: "I will write down today's events for the time being, and now I will not worry about you if I have important things to do, and he will settle this account in the future." ”

"Whew!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking the air, and the token in Zuo Cheng's hand came out of his hand, and was directly taken away by a force and flew into the chariot.

"Cut! What the hell is my Dao, it turns out to be the Star Order of Wanxing Valley, garbage!"

Ye Xuan's voice sounded, and then a ray of light **** came out.

Everyone's faces changed drastically, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and there were people in this world who dared to say that the Star Order of Wanxing Valley was rubbish?

"Bang!"

The light fell directly to the ground, shaking a faint light.

"Wow!"

When everyone looked down, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and the pores of their whole body stood up in fright.

Some people were even sluggish on the spot, and their minds were blank.

The starry order had been pinched into an iron ball, with a deep handprint on it, and some of the patterns and patterns revealed were still faintly recognizable.

"You, you, you ......"

The person in the Ten Thousand Star Valley seemed to be stuck in the neck, completely speechless, and his whole face was red.

Ke An was also completely overwhelmed and a little dumbfounded.

The space on the chariot swayed slightly, Ye Xuan suddenly appeared, his eyes were like water, and he said indifferently: "I'm very curious, how can the people of Wanxing Valley appear here, and what is going on on the Battle Spirit Mountain, and no one is allowed to enter?"

After a short period of shock, the man finally came back to his senses, and when the other party saw that Ye Xuan was just such a young man, his jealousy suddenly decreased, and he shouted: "Boy, who are you, you dare to be disrespectful to Wanxing Valley!"

Ye Xuan's eyes shot a little cold, and said: "Joke, why do I have to pay homage to Wanxing Valley? Is it difficult for me to burn three incense sticks to worship it a few times? Hurry up and answer my question, Ben Shao doesn't have the time to talk to you." ”

The man's heart was shocked, he could see at a glance that this young man's demeanor was really not in his eyes, and he was definitely not pretending, but he still couldn't believe it in his heart, swallowed his saliva, and said: "You are really bold, Wanxinggu is ......."

"Bang!"

Ye Xuan waved his hand, and a thunderbolt shot down, instantly hitting him into the air, the whole person's skin was open, and his hat was scorched, "The last chance, don't say it, don't say it again." ”

"Tell me, I say, don't do it!"

The man was really scared, and there was an extreme tremor in his voice. His body is full of electric energy, and all the major points in his body are full of thunder energy, and even above the dantian is a thunder sea electric prison, if the young man starts harder, he is afraid that he will have been wiped out.

"Wanxing Valley has important things to do in the Battle Spirit Mountain, so the road here is sealed so as not to be destroyed. The man said honestly, "I don't know what it is." ”

Ye Xuan said coldly: "It's that simple, then it's useless to keep you?"

The man trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "It's useful, it's useful! There are many checkpoints set up along the way in Wanxing Valley, if I lead the way, I will be able to pass it smoothly!"

Zuo Cheng wiped a cold sweat and said, "My lord, just take him." ”

He kept beating a small drum in his heart, only feeling that the complexity of the matter had exceeded his expectations, for fear that Ye Xuan would really kill the people of Wanxing Valley at once, and the Qingju mercenary group would be doomed.

Ye Xuan said: "Whatever you want, in short, enter the Battle Spirit Mountain as soon as possible, I want to see what the hell is going on in Wanxing Valley." ”

Everyone was a great khan, and generally heard that Wanxing Valley was in front, and it was too late to escape, so he actually had to rush to see the excitement.

Zuo Cheng pinched the sweat in his palms, knowing that he had encountered an unprecedented crisis, whether it was Ye Xuan and the three of them or Wanxing Valley, they were all forces that were above him, and if he was not careful, he might be involved in it.

But he couldn't help all this, and he shouted, "You two come up and speed up!"

The three Earth Bronze Bull Beasts suddenly ran wildly on the wasteland, shaking up the dust that soared into the sky.

The man from Wanxing Valley and Ke An both had gloomy faces.

Zuo Chengdao: "Dare to ask your name?"

The man frowned and said, "Just call me Huayu." He rolled his gaze to the other chariot and said, "Who is there in there?"

Zuo Cheng looked at him deeply and said, "Don't ask so much, those adults are not for you to inquire about." ”

Huayu's body trembled, and she suddenly fell silent.

Half a day later, in the vast wilderness, I finally saw high mountains, rolling and undulating, lying horizontally at the end of the earth.

Ye Xuan stepped out of the chariot and stared at it, his eyes were full of different colors.

I saw countless dead ash qi surging from the mountains in the distance, much thicker than the entire edge of the lawless sky.

A few hours later, in a wilderness below the mountain, there was a strong fluctuation of Yuan Force, and many figures flickered, actually fighting.

Zuo Cheng exclaimed: "It's the Firebird Mercenary Group!"

The sound of killing in the distance shook the sky, and twenty or thirty people were caught in the melee.

The most fierce was the battle between the two men, and the fluctuation of the Yuan Force was so strong that it directly pushed the rest of the people away to a hundred zhang away, and most of the entire battle circle was their battlefield.

One of the old men in a green robe and cloth had a calm face, and the light in his eyes was bright, like a copper lamp flickering, a war knife danced impermeable, and circles of knives spread out, pushing around like waves.

On the opposite side is a big man with scars on his face, directly with his fists on his fists, and the helmet is constantly blooming with a fiery luster, and from time to time a vision rises, shattering the waves of the sword sea qi.

The strength of the two of them is not under Zuo Cheng, and the fierce battle is inseparable, and all kinds of spiritual pressure burst out all over the sky.

Ke An frowned and said, "Old Man Flying Bee!"

Zuo Cheng was taken aback and said, "What? That old man turned out to be the old man of the Flying Bee? How could these two fight together?"

Hua Yu said: "There is nothing strange about it, the Firebird Mercenary Regiment also passed our test before letting them in. Most of the old people of the flying bee are also employed by our Wanxing Valley. "His level is too low, he is only in charge of the first level, and he doesn't know it.

Zuo Cheng's face became solemn, the old man of the flying bee was a penance in seclusion, he was famous decades ago, and his reputation was not obvious over the years, and they all thought that he had already left this place, and he couldn't imagine that he was still hiding in it.

The doubts in his heart were even worse, Wanxing Valley itself was incomparably strong, why did he hire these masters to do things for them?

As long as Wanxing Valley gave an order and no one was allowed to approach the Battle Spirit Mountain, then naturally no one would dare to commit this taboo.

"Oh no, someone is here again. ”

In the battle circle in the distance, a martial artist suddenly shouted loudly, his face full of anxiety, and said, "Old Man Flying Bee, use your special move!"

The face of the old man in the green robe who was in the fierce battle suddenly sank, he glanced over, and when he saw the roar of the three bronze bull beasts, his face was ugly, and he snorted angrily: "The slippery jade and Ke An in front are really waste, no one can stop them!"

The sword in his hand burst into flames, shaking the enemy in front of him away, and then grabbed it with his left hand in the air, and then raised it violently, throwing it out like a bean.

Suddenly, there were many dense dots in the sky, making a "buzzing" sound, all over the sky.

"It's not good, it's a flying wolf bee!"

Everyone instantly evacuated in all directions, and the big man was also suddenly startled, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his fists tightened, and he shouted: "Little beast, destroy them all!"

"Big Tiger Head Fist!"

"Roar!"

Under the power of the fist, the tiger roars and shakes the mountains and forests!

Behind him, a red, blood-streaked tiger with wings emerged and lunged down.

"Boom!"

The flying wolf and blue-shaped bees in the sky were instantly killed, but more of them had already "buzzed" around him, and they all stung down.

"Ahh

Dahan screamed suddenly, and his body protection emperor qi was **** all around, wanting to shock those flying bees to death, but it was completely ineffective.

In an instant, dense bees crawled all over his body, and he was in a sharp pain all over his body, and he almost fainted.

(End of chapter)