"It turns out that the Fanshan Ancient Temple has already installed someone in the Bingyan Palace, and I don't know what treasures in the Bingyan Palace are worthy of being remembered by the Fanshan Ancient Temple?"

After getting such a bombshell news, Liu Mu was difficult to calm down in his heart, but this news was not important to him, the most important thing now was to get the entire Liu family in his hands and how to completely bring down Liu Qingshan.

"The purpose of this action of the Ancient Temple is not known to us minions, okay, we are not allowed to discuss this matter here, and the next thing is to deal with Liu Qingyun with our hearts, and we should also do some things. Meng Duanshui nodded, then sat back at the top and took a sip of tea, but there was unwavering hatred in his eyes that made Liu Mu on the side obediently shut up. Seeing the horror in Liu Mu's eyes when he looked at him, Meng Duanshui smiled and said.

"Elder Liu Mu, you can rest assured, I have no interest in your Liu family's power, as long as Liu Qingyun, the bastard, dies, I will let his family be ruined and his wife be separated, and I will let him die in despair. The last sentence was extremely low and full of hatred, gritting his teeth and almost roaring, the thick hatred in his eyes was buried deep in his eyes and disappeared in a flash, which made Liu Mu on the side feel a chill in his heart, and guessed in his heart how Liu Qingyun offended this evil star at that time?

"You can't lie to me, if everything here will be mine, I will definitely have no selfish intentions for the Valley of the Wicked every year. At this time, Liu Mu only had a deep fear of Meng Jieshui, and even his words were a little intermittent to show the complexity and horror in his heart, you must know that Meng Jieshui at this moment is enough to compare with such a strong existence as Liu Qingyun, if he offends him, I am afraid that he will not even know how to die.

"Hmph, with my strength, I still need to lie to you, I think you should know why I cooperated with you. Meng Duanshui snorted coldly and was a little displeased, and after that, the corners of his mouth raised a hint of sarcasm, but he felt happy in his heart. "Hmph, Liu Qingyun, Liu Qingyun, I'm afraid you never dreamed that your brother who was born and died together when he fought side by side, but at this moment, he turned against you for the position of the head of the Liu family and even wanted to put you to death, hahaha, ridiculous, really ridiculous, this is the temptation of power. ”

Liu Mu stood aside, of course, he also heard Meng Duanshui's extremely mocking words, and a trace of guilt appeared on his face, but he disappeared in an instant. "The powerful and wealthy people get it, I have been with Liu Qingyun for so long but I haven't gotten anything, there is a vacant position of the second elder but there is no real right in vain, but it is the great elder Liu He, who only entered my Liu family after we broke out of a piece of land, I didn't expect to become the great elder of the Liu family with the identity of a doctor, why did he? So the result is all caused by him Liu Qingyun himself,"

At this moment, Liu Mu's eyes were full of fierce resentment, but thinking that the entire huge Liu family would be in his pocket in the future, Liu Mu laughed unconsciously. "Hey, hey, yes, Xiaoxiong is not only satisfied with the status quo, which is why I asked you to cooperate, but ......" Meng Duanshui picked up the already cold teacup and blew it gently, and then asked in a cold voice.

"Hasn't that guy named Liu Xun been caught yet?" "How could that bastard come back? Didn't you send someone to cut him down and eradicate him, could it be that the bastard could still escape with his life at the hands of your executioners?"

Meng Shuanshui's words made Liu Mu stunned for a moment and didn't come back to his senses, he didn't know Liu Xun's situation at this time, but he knew that the Elder Meng in front of him had already sent a killer to hunt down Liu Xun. "Hmph, the Rao I sent out did not catch him and died, but it doesn't matter, are you sure that those disobedient old guys are really okay in the black prison?"

"You can rest assured, even if the peak martial artist of the Earth Spirit Realm is imprisoned, there is no possibility of coming out, besides, Liu Qingshan and Liuhe They were also poisoned by me and cultivated to be imprisoned, if they don't know the current affairs, they will be killed after threatening Liu Qingyun. Liu Mu raised his head, a hint of victory appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he continued proudly with his hands behind his back.

"Besides......" "That's good, you have to take care of your family's hearty eldest son, if something goes wrong at this juncture, I'm afraid you will be to blame!" Meng Duanshui interrupted Liu Mu's words after taking a sip of tea again, and said softly, making Liu Mu stunned and thinking of his son who hated iron and steel.

"Don't worry, I'll discipline myself. Liu Mu sighed lightly and said helplessly. "That's fine!" Broken Water nodded and was silent for a long time, then slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground and split it apart, with a low roar full of resentment and twisting.

"Liu Qingyun, as long as you dare to come back, I will make it difficult for you to fly and die without a place to be buried, you can wait for me. Liu Mu saw Meng Duanshui, whose face was crazy and distorted at this moment, his heart trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to touch the mold at this time, so he could only force down the resentment in his heart, and he was depressed, and he left the Liu family hall without staying or staying, and the hall suddenly fell into darkness and silence.

"Click!" Shortly after the two of them left, they heard a faint sound that suddenly sounded and a door appeared on the side of the wall of the hall. And Yan Feng, Gu Chen, and Liu Xun, the young patriarch of the Liu family, also appeared in it, Yan Feng and Gu Chen's faces were a little unsightly at this time, they didn't expect to get such a shocking news by mistake in this operation.

"Brother Feng, after this matter is over, we must go back and tell the top management of the Bingyan Palace, and I don't know who the traitor who is planted in my Bingyan Palace by the Fanshan Ancient Temple?" Gu Chen took a deep breath and said to Yan Feng, after all, he is the grandson of an elder of the Bingyan Palace, and since he grew up in the Bingyan Palace, he has long regarded the Bingyan Palace as his home, and he will never allow anyone to be unfavorable to the Bingyan Palace, even if the other party is the Fanyan Ancient Temple, one of the five major forces.

"I didn't expect the Buddha Ancient Temple to come out like this, the world thought that these monks of the Fan Lin Ancient Temple only wanted to cultivate strongly, but they didn't want to do these insidious things. Yan Feng nodded, then walked out of the secret passage and came to the hall to stand quietly, while Gu Chen and Liu Xun also followed.

The three of them quietly walked out of the hall and came outside, looking at the dark environment around them, Liu Xun couldn't help but sigh lightly, looking a little dull. "In the past, even if the family would not be so dark and silent no matter how late it was, at least there would be people patrolling back and forth to ensure the safety of the family, but now ......" "Don't worry, Liu Xun, we will definitely rescue your second uncle and the eldest elder." Gu Chen stepped forward and stood side by side with Liu Xun, he had been a guest at the Liu family, the Liu family at that time was full of vitality and vitality, not as lifeless as it is now, so he could only pat Liu Xun on the shoulder and comfort.

"That's right, everything will be fine when this matter is settled, and your people, your father, and your second uncle will definitely be safe. Yan Feng also stepped forward to comfort Liu Xun, and then turned his head to look around at the situation and frowned slightly. "Liu Xun, do you know where we are now, and where is the black prison where your second uncle and the eldest elder are being held?"

"The black prison is a place of imprisonment for our Liu family, which is rarely used, but there are also some wicked people imprisoned in it, I didn't expect the second uncle and the eldest elder to be imprisoned in the black prison, it's really hateful, I don't know if my sister Liu Qin'er is also locked up inside?" Liu Xun quickly cheered up, and said softly after determining the location of himself and the others, and then found the target and took the lead in moving to the left.

"Come with me, and I'll take you to the Black Prison. Yan Feng and Ru nodded and followed Liu Xun silently so as not to startle the snake, and soon came to the entrance of a cave with a dim light, but the figures of the two guards at the entrance made Yan Feng and the three of them slightly stunned. "Liu Xun, I didn't expect your family to be quite big, I didn't hear that your family had this place last time I came?"

At this time, Yan Feng and the four of them quietly hid behind a ginseng tree not far from the cave, and looked at Liu Xun, the two guards at the entrance of the black prison, and couldn't help but look a little anxious. "Gu Chen, now is not the time for this, things are a little tricky, how can you sneak into the cave without attracting the attention of others?" "This ......" Hearing Liu Xun's words, Gu Chen was slightly stunned and stopped laughing, his nerves have always been big, and he couldn't think of a good way at this time. Yan Feng stared at the guards guarding the entrance of the cave silently, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he squatted down and groped on the ground.

"The cultivation realm of these two guards should not be high, and our cultivation is all in the Xuanling realm, as long as we find a way to attract them to break them one by one, it is not difficult to make a sound. At this point, Yan Feng picked up a palm-sized stone from the ground, and then threw it vigorously at the side of the guard.

"That way, we can go in unharmed and not alarm the others. "Smack!" The sound of the stone falling on the ground was so crisp that it seemed a little abrupt in the silence of the night, and it immediately caught the attention of the two guards guarding the entrance to the cave. "Who?" The two guards, who were already drowsy at this time, suddenly woke up, raised their heads vigilantly and shouted loudly.

However, there was still silence around them, which made the two guards unconsciously clench their weapons. "You're waiting here for me to come and see, and I don't know what the hell is making the noise this night. After a long time of no movement, one of the guards took up his weapon and strengthened himself, and slowly approached in the direction from which the sound had come from, unaware of the impending mortal danger that befell him.

When the guard had just walked to the big tree where Yan Feng and the three of them were, Yan Feng nodded slightly to signal his move, and Gu Chen also nodded to show that he understood. When the guard approached, Gu Chen's eyes were quick to reach out and cover the guard's mouth, and the other hand also grabbed the guard's neck and twisted it hard, the guard only had time to let out a dull snort, and his body softened and he lost consciousness. At this time, Liu Xun also reached out from behind to support the guard's limp body, so that he didn't look out of the ordinary.

"What's wrong with you, Lao Wang?" Did you find anything, and the other guard who was still guarding the entrance of the cave saw his companion walking over, but he stood beside the big tree in a daze, and asked with some doubts. And the "old Wang" standing next to the big tree shook his head Mu Ran to indicate that it was okay, and then "raised his arm" and beckoned to the guard at the door, as if he wanted to let the guard pass.

The guard at the door saw that the tense nerves after this scene relaxed, withdrew the weapon in his hand and walked towards the "old king" with a scolding, but he didn't find anything unusual about the old king. "My old Wang, what kind of crazy trick are you smoking? Usually you talk a lot, don't you? Why are you dumb now? Don't be too crazy to make a mysterious mystery, you guy ......"

The guard walked slowly to "Lao Wang" and before he could finish his words, he felt that his neck was being choked, making him unable to breathe and weak. "You, you are ......" The guard's eyes widened and he looked terrified, and at this moment he seemed to understand what was strange to "Lao Wang" just now, so he couldn't help but want to shout a warning loudly. However, before the guard could call out, Yan Feng, who was quick-eyed, quickly stepped out and twisted the hand that grabbed his neck and twisted it hard, only to hear a slight crisp sound of "click", and Yan Feng drew a gourd and twisted the guard's neck.

"Let's go in!" Yan Feng and the three of them hid the bodies of the two guards lightly and then dodged towards the black prison, without making a sound from beginning to end. Under the leadership of Liu Xun, Yan Feng and the others quickly entered the black prison, and it was not until they entered the black prison that Yan Feng found that the environment inside was dim and damp and he couldn't even see the situation clearly, and if he didn't explore carefully, he could barely see anything in the dark.

There are dozens of wall holes on both sides of the black prison passage, and the wall caves are dark and deep, and I don't know where to go, He Yanfeng patted Liu Xun's shoulder and comforted, and then concentrated his mental power to pay close attention to the movements in the black prison. Yan Feng knew that Liu Xun's second uncle was Liu Qingshan, the younger brother of Liu Qingyun, the head of the Liu family, a powerful martial artist with the fifth level of the Earth Spirit Realm, and the Great Elder Liu He was also a master with the third level of the Earth Spirit Realm, in addition to that, Liu He was also a doctor, all of which Liu Xun had told Yan Feng before. Yan Feng walked slowly into the passage, and

"Hmm, what the hell is this bastard going to do?" Liu Mu felt that his hand was firmly grasped by Yan Feng, his expression changed slightly, and he was a little surprised in his heart, but relying on his cultivation that was far higher than the other party, Liu Mu didn't care at all.

"Boom, boom!" Just as Liu Mu was about to kill Yan Feng in one go, suddenly a violent explosion suddenly sounded in the vines, instantly bursting the vines that trapped Yan Feng. At the same time, a strong energy that made Liu Mu change color diffused from Yan Feng's body, and the passage of the earthquake trembled, and the sand and dust were scattered and the stones were splashed, and the tyrannical energy that made people palpitate shook everyone away.

And looking at Yan Feng at this time, he couldn't stop and suddenly retreated, Liu Mu's strong attack made him unable to avoid until his body was smashed against the wall. "Poof!" Yan Feng, who was attacked, instantly turned pale and spat out a large mouthful of red blood, and Yan Feng's face turned extremely sluggish, obviously suffering a lot of injuries.

But Yan Feng ignored it as if he didn't feel the pain, and hugged Liu Mu's arm with both hands, no matter how hard the other party tried, he couldn't break free. "Old bastard, do you think you can sanction my Yan Feng's life? Don't be delusional, then I'll let you taste the power that doesn't belong to this world, Red Spirit Fire, burn him to death for me!" Yan Feng's voice was extremely weak, although he withstood the strong blow of Liu Mu, the old bastard, but the Earth Spirit Realm was the Earth Spirit Realm after all, and his cultivation in the middle of the Xuan Spirit Realm was really too weak, and Liu Mu's full force still seriously injured him.

At this moment, Yan Feng suddenly raised his head and stared at Liu Mu with a stunned expression, the voice between his lips and teeth was like the Nine Nether King's gloomy and ghostly, and then Yan Feng raised his head and screamed to squeeze all the little spiritual power left in his body, and suddenly a red fire like blood burned all over his body.

The scorching flame that exuded the aura of destruction made Liu Mu's pupils that Yan Feng had grabbed suddenly dilated, and his face was terrified, and finally in Liu Mu's frightened gaze, the crimson flame instantly turned into a wisp of silk thread and penetrated into Liu Mu's pores, piercing into Liu Mu's sea of qi like a steel needle. "Ahhh

"What the hell is this?ahh......hh

But Yan Feng still resisted desperately and did not relax, and smashed all the red spiritual fire that could be borrowed from the Swallowing Yan Ancient Tower in his body into Liu Mu's body, until the feeling of sharp lack of spiritual energy in his body and the extreme dizziness in his mind did Yan Feng give up.

"Boom!" Yan Feng, whose strength was exhausted, was shocked to the wall by Liu Mu's violent power, and directly smashed the wall as hard as steel into a not shallow hole, and Yan Feng spit out a mouthful of blood again and fell to the ground but could no longer stand up, his face was as white as paper and languished to the extreme, and he no longer had the strength to fight. Liu Mu was still roaring in pain, wisps of crimson flames gradually appeared on the surface of his body, and the extreme pain made Liu Mu no longer able to bear the ground and roll back and forth, but he couldn't extinguish the flames burning on his body no matter what.

The Red Spirit Flame does not burn any substance, it only burns the internal organs in the human body, no matter what part of the body will be completely burned by the Red Spirit Fire, such as muscles and bones, such as the sea of qi. This kind of flame is more domineering than the phantom gold fire, because it doesn't care how high the enemy's cultivation is, once it is allowed to drill into the body, it means that his body is about to be destroyed by it, and people who are not high in cultivation usually have no resistance to this kind of flame.

Liu Mu's movements gradually slowed down, it was not tortured to death by the red spirit fire, but the miserable situation in his body made Liu Mu feel more uncomfortable than death, because just now he also stepped into Liu Yun's footsteps, and the sea of qi was completely destroyed and there was no possibility of recovery. "No...... My cultivation, my cultivation in the spiritual realm, damn bastard, you actually made me a waste, I will kill you. ”

Liu Mu's voice was full of unwillingness and sadness, just a moment ago, he was still a master with the cultivation of the Earth Spirit Realm, but in an instant, he became a waste who was not even a martial artist, such a gap made Liu Mu so sad and angry that he even wanted to commit suicide. In addition to the burning of the sea of qi, Liu Mu's body was not too seriously injured, but the feeling of becoming a waste still made him feel painful, he picked up a sharp long sword on the ground and walked towards Yan Feng step by step, he swore to kill this bastard, it was because of him that he and his son Liu Yun would become waste, a desperate waste.

At this moment, Yan Feng was extremely seriously injured, in the explosion just now, all the internal organs in Yan Feng's body were displaced, and the spiritual power in his body was also exhausted without a trace of residue, and even his body could not move for half a minute, so he could only watch Liu Mu approaching with a sword and was helpless. "Old bastard, do you still want to kill my Brother Feng based on your current appearance?" Just when Liu Mu was only one step away from Yan Feng, Gu Chen's figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the two rao, Gu Chen could clearly feel that Liu Mu at this time did not have half of his combat power, and he was not even as good as a martial artist, if such a bastard waste let him hurt Yan Feng again, then he Gu Chen would simply cut his neck.

"Brother Feng, how are you?" Taking advantage of Gu Chen's situation when Liu Mu was stunned, his face was a little anxious. "Don't worry, ahem, I can't die of Yan Feng's life. Yan Feng smiled and said softly, his injuries were clear in his heart, because he used the red spirit fire in the Swallowing Yan Ancient Tower to consume all the spiritual power in his body, so Yan Feng's current situation was probably even more unoptimistic than Liu Mu, at least Liu Mu was still able to move freely. "Xun'er doesn't have to worry, let me take a look at Yan Feng's situation. At this time, Liu He, the great elder of the Liu family, also walked to Yan Feng's side, he was also a physician in addition to his identity as a martial artist, and Liu Qin'er, who was poisoned by Gu, would not deteriorate thanks to him. Liu He took the pulse of the weak Yan Feng in the concerned eyes of everyone, and only after feeling it carefully did he breathe a sigh of relief, and signaled to Liu Qingshan and the others that they didn't have to worry.

"Don't worry if I'm over, I'm just a little out of strength, just take a rest, as for Liu Mu, the old bastard, don't kill him for the time being, it may be useful to keep his life, after all, we still have to find out who is the traitor arranged by the Fan Lin Ancient Temple in the Bingyan Palace?" With the help of Liu Xun, Yan Feng sat up cross-legged, and after giving a command, he closed his eyes and condensed to recover the energy in his body.

And at this moment, Liu Mu and I finally softened, like a frosted eggplant, he knew that this time he was in a catastrophe, he never expected that he would be planted in a hairy hand Zheng Everything was settled, and things developed very satisfactorily, with Yan Feng's help, Liu Xun not only rescued the second uncle Liu Qingshan and the Great Elder and others, but also captured the invincible Second Elder Liu Musheng, and more importantly, Yan Feng and Gu Chen got an extremely shocking news during this trip, about the bad news that the Fan Lin Ancient Temple had actually planted a traitor in the Bingyan Palace.

This battle lasted for a long time, and it didn't end until the Second Ming Fang, Yan Feng, who had not fully recovered, stopped cultivating, and they didn't dare to go out from here, after all, they found out from Liu Mu's mouth that at this moment, there was also a Meng Duanshui in the Liu family who cultivated to the eightfold spirit realm in the earth. What is the concept of the eightfold cultivation of the Earth Spirit Realm Yan Feng knew very well, but even if Liu Qingshan and the others joined forces after they had completely recovered, they would not be his opponents, which made Yan Feng very anxious in his heart.

However, what surprised Yan Feng was that there was such a big movement in the black prison and it didn't alarm anyone, and no one even appeared during the period, which made Yan Feng feel extremely abnormal. And when Yan Feng told everyone this doubt, everyone didn't know why, just when they were about to slowly go out and find out, they were surprised by a loud shout. "Meng Xuanshui, I'm Liu Qingyun back, I will kill you today, I won't let you escape!" This voice was majestic and suffocating, but it was undoubtedly heard in the ears of Liu Xun and others, and it was only then that Liu Xun completely relaxed.

"Father is finally back!" After relaxing, Liu Xun was so weak that he could barely stand on his feet, during this time, his spirit was highly concentrated and he was in a state of vigilance at any time, if it weren't for Yan Feng and Gu Chen's help, he would have died a long time ago, and now as soon as Liu Qingyun, the head of the Liu family, came back, he seemed to have a backbone, and he didn't have to worry about anything anymore. "City Lord Mo, I didn't expect you to join forces with the Valley of the Wicked, it seems that the City Lord's Mansion is bound to disappear completely today. ”

Liu Qingshan's voice was full of majesty, and it could be judged from his voice that the Mo City Lord of Fengming City had already taken refuge in the Valley of the Wicked, and it was no wonder that Liu Xun would be wanted by the City Lord's Mansion of Fengming City. "Liu Qingyun, I didn't expect you to come back this time and bring a helper, but do you think you can survive today? Let's settle the old accounts together today, and die." Meng Jieshui's voice was like grinding his teeth, full of resentment, and he didn't know how Liu Qingyun offended him, and as his voice fell, a shocking battle broke out.

"Liu Qingyun is back?" At this time, Liu Mu heard the sound outside, and his son both rebelled against the Liu family, but now they were beaten into a waste by a son outside the Liu family and rescued Liu Qingshan and Liu He and others, which is equivalent to letting Liu Qingyun have no worries. "Ahhh......h

"The destructive power of the peak of the Earth Spirit Realm is really powerful enough, and it will destroy the entire Liu Mansion in less than a stick of incense, where is the head of the Liu family?" Yan Feng and the others walked out of the black prison and saw a heroic middle-aged man standing with a sword, his appearance was similar to Liu Xun's walking eight points, and they didn't need to know that he was Liu Xun's father, that is, Liu Qingyun, the head of the Liu family. At this moment, at Liu Qingyun's feet, there was an extremely ugly-looking middle-aged man, the ugly middle-aged man was breathing heavily, his face was crazy, his entire right arm was cut off shoulder to shoulder, and the blood flowed, and the whole person looked extremely embarrassed.

And not far from the two of them another battle group also divided the winner, a white-robed white-haired old man waved his hand to repel another brocade-clothed middle-aged man, just when the brocade-clothed middle-aged man had no time to gain a firm foothold, the white-haired old man had already bullied forward, put a snow-white long sword in his hand on the shoulder of the brocade-clothed middle-aged man. "The seniors spared their lives, the seniors spared their lives, I was also coerced by the bastard in the Wicked Valley, if it weren't for him, I would never dare to go against Brother Qingyun!" Seeing that his life was pinched by others, the middle-aged man in Jinyi hurriedly knelt on the ground and desperately begged for mercy, but the white-haired old man was calm and ignored the middle-aged Jinyi, just waiting for Liu Qingyun's decision to end his life.

"Meng Broken Water, I spared your life ten years ago, I didn't expect you to be ungrateful, and now you want to destroy my family, if you don't kill me today, I'm sorry for being harmed by you in my previous life, and I have suffered a lot of losses. "Damn bastards...... Ah, I, I, that traitor, I only know that the valley lord calls him Elder Du, and what is the name of the demon soldier collection of the things they are drawing, I don't know anything else, let me go, that's all I know, please let me go, kill me!"

At this time, Meng Duanshui no longer had a trace of master's demeanor, crying bitterly and even his pants were wet, which made everyone unable to understand what kind of pain could make a strong martial artist who had cultivated to the high level of the Earth Spirit Realm so miserable. "As you wish!" "Click!" After getting all the answers, Yan Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, and with a hard pinch of his hand, he twisted Meng Duanshui's neck, and it was so neat that he didn't even frown.

"Whew!" After dealing with Meng Broken Water, Yan Feng's body was almost unstable, in order to torture Meng Broken Water, Yan Feng used up the last trace of spiritual power in his body, and now he can easily be knocked down even if he is an ordinary adult. "Brother Feng, how are you?" Seeing Yan Feng like this, Gu Chen hurriedly came to Yan Feng's side to support him, looking extremely worried. "I ......" Yan Feng wanted to reassure Gu Chen, but as soon as the words came out, he felt dizzy in his head, his eyes blackened, his body instantly paralyzed, and he fainted directly.

"Brother Feng!" Yan Feng Shaoxia!" Yan Feng couldn't hear the voice after that, he only felt that he was uncomfortable, as if his soul had fallen into a deep sleep, and now Liu Qingshan nodded and let Yan Feng's body introduce to Liu Qingyun. "This is Yan Feng, this time we were able to be rescued thanks to him, don't you know, Yan Feng Shaoxia abolished Liu Mu, a traitor, just by virtue of his mid-stage cultivation in the Xuanling Realm, his cultivation potential is amazing!" "Yan Feng?"

Hearing Liu Qingshan's explanation, Liu Qingyun raised his eyebrows and was a little surprised, if it wasn't for his younger brother's own mouth, otherwise even if he was killed, he wouldn't believe that there would be such a rebellious young man in the world.