"Huh?"

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Why did you suddenly get angry? Donghuang Taiyi misunderstood, but Shan Bing did not misunderstand, although Huorong's eyes were a little hot, but among them, there was no trace of male and female affection, this, Shan Bing could still feel it, she would be uncomfortable, just because the man's eyes were too hot. Therefore, Donghuang Taiyi's sudden scolding was really beyond her expectations, which made Shan Bing startled.

"You ......" Huo Rong showed a tight expression, and then, as if he thought of something, he actually laughed, it was really good, it turned out that Donghuang Taiyi still had this kind of thought, Huorong smiled, generously forgave Donghuang Taiyi's attitude, and cooperated with what he thought in his heart.

"I seem to remember that Shan Bing said that there are other reasons for you to return to this Eastern Continent, but the most important thing is to find your former friends?" Signaling to Shan Bing with his eyes, he shouldn't be wrong, seeing Shan Bing nodded, Huo Rong continued.

"I'm wondering if the Ice and Fire Gate was founded by the person you are looking for." Huo Rong just said such a sentence, and did not continue to say, Shan Bing and Donghuang Taiyi, although these two people are not smart in deciding to decide, but in Huo Rong's mind, it is not stupid to take one, he believes that the two can understand what they have not finished speaking.

Well? Shan Bing was stunned for a moment, she really hadn't thought about this possibility, but now, once Huo Rong brought it up, Shan Bing found out that it was really quite possible.

Before he left, Mei Jian's ability was good among human beings, and whether it was Ma Hangjian or Mei Jian, they all had their own routines in terms of employing people, after all. Once, before the end times, they were born from everyone and had the power. has courage, and powerful mana, coupled with Taishang Laojun, Cai Cai and Fanfan, this qiē, it seems, Tian really has the ability to create a zào of their own organization in less than seven years.

The mysterious but never-before-seen leader is a woman? Wouldn't that be worth it? Shan Bing is not too confident, but too old. can be regarded as his own servant, and only in this way can it be said that the immortals are actually subordinate to mortals. Otherwise, the mixture of Taishang Laojun's unruliness and old fritters, even if Mei Jian and Ma Hangjian are not simple characters, they can't be controlled.

"Bing'er, are we going to the Ice and Fire Gate to have a look?" Donghuang Taiyi's words are pure nonsense, since Shan Bing has already suspected that the Ice and Fire Gate is built by Ma Hang. Taishang Laojun and they founded it, how could Shan Bing not go to take a look? After all, those people were the main reason why Shan Bing returned to the Eastern Continent this time, otherwise, when the desert and rift valley had not disappeared. She tried her best to return to the Eastern Continent, that was simply an act of looking for death, at that time, there were not a few immortals in the boundless desert, let alone it. Shan Bing is nothing more than a human being.

Sure enough, after Donghuang Taiyi's words fell, Shan Bing nodded, and at the same time, Donghuang Taiyi also received a big roll of the eyes from Huorong.

"What? Look at me like that? I know that you look okay, but playing rice is against the morality of a male, don't forget, you are now in front of Xiaoice. "Donghuang Taiyi's mouth has followed the passage of time, from a few slaps that can't make a sound, to the point where Lori is verbose, that is, his group of guards did not follow at this time, otherwise, they will definitely wonder what their Demon Emperor has experienced over the years, otherwise, why did it become so thorough? Even if the world is turned upside down.

"You...... Donghuang, Lord Demon Emperor, don't you think that the question you just asked was too naïve? Huo Rong really didn't want to say anything, but, he was in a really bad mood now, that Donghuang Taiyi was still there, he had nothing to say, like a fly, muttering, so that he wanted to remember the happy time he used to have, isn't this looking for scolding?

Along the way, he can be sure that once, the Donghuang Taiyi in his memory has disappeared a long time ago, and the one in front of him, although he still has the same breath, is really no longer as powerful as before, under the control of the power of life and death, as long as he follows Shan Bing, Huorong has absolute confidence, Donghuang Taiyi will not kill himself, of course, there is a more important reason, this nearly a month has passed, Huorong has been suppressed because of the seal of tens of millions of years, There is a great deal of recovery, and now, if he fights to the death with the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, although he will definitely be in the heat of the disadvantage in the end, he will definitely be in flames, but the Eastern Emperor Taiyi will not have much benefit.

In addition, Huo Rong knows very well that Donghuang Taiyi values Shan Bing, and Shan Bing is now around him when he is employing people, Donghuan Taiyi will definitely do everything possible to hold on to his life, because he doesn't believe that other people will really do their best to help Shan Bing, since this is the case, he must be able to live well in Donghuang Taiyi, only in this way can he control the demon world and obey Shan Bing, so that he can give help when He Chengcheng encounters danger, so that he can always protect her.

It can be said that Huo Rong really saw the importance of Donghuang Taiyi to Shan Bing, and clearly knew that although Donghuang Taiyi was not afraid of death, he was afraid that Shan Bing would be bullied because there was no one to protect him and no one around him, so he was afraid of death, in fact, he was already deeply afraid of death, and she Huorong was really not afraid of death, alive, for revenge, and wanted to live, this is definitely not a joke, but, if death falls, Huo Rong will not be sad and sad, in its opinion, tens of millions of years ago, When the Great Golden Crow fell, but it was not by his side, these were already the time for him to die, to be able to live until now, these years, have been stolen by him, Huo Rong In fact, he couldn't figure out his thoughts in his heart, Donghuang Taiyi's kind of love for Shan Bing, Huo Rong couldn't see clearly, whether there was anything hidden in it, he saw through the difference between life and death, Huo Rong couldn't see why, and even, why did his mana that had been consumed by the sealed land recover eight layers in such a short period of time, these, Huo Rong still can't see clearly.

The seal of tens of thousands of years came out and was discovered. This heaven and earth is no longer the land he is familiar with, although he is an immortal, he is also hesitant. Although, he knew that there was no malice in that human woman, but the appearance of the Golden Crow Fire, and what those few people said that the Great Golden Crow fell because of a human woman, these things. Or did he leave traces in Huo Rong's heart, he didn't know, what Cheng Dù would develop to the Three Realms, where the immortals were no longer strong?

He doesn't even know that his enemies. Is it really only the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor? The immortals of the heavenly realm, although there are many who have betrayed the emperor of heaven, but to say that every immortal has bullied the great golden crow, this sentence, Huo Rong does not believe it, after all. When he was not yet sealed, when the Emperor of Heaven was still alive, at that time, the majesty of the Emperor of Heaven in the Heavenly Court was not so fragile, so even if the Emperor of Heaven fell. Those diehards of the former Heavenly Emperor can't all disappear and die, right? As long as they don't all disappear and die, the Great Golden Crow will not be bullied by all the immortals.

But. If those immortals were still alive, after the fall of the Great Golden Crow, why didn't anyone seek revenge on Ang Mu and the Jade Emperor? Huo Rong B pointed out, as if, this Three Realms, suddenly, turned into a fog, he is not a smart immortal, he was not before, now, has been sealed for tens of millions of years, all along, there is only one life form where is it, leaving the life group, for tens of millions of years, he no longer knows whether his own smart brain, which is itself a puppet, has completely lost the ability to turn.

For Shan Bing, he once secretly swore in his heart that as long as this human woman could help him and repay the hatred of the Great Golden Crow, then, from now on, he would only look forward to Shan Bing, but, now, okay, Huo Rong really minds that sentence, the fall of the Great Golden Crow is related to a human woman, although he doesn't know how true that sentence is, although, he doesn't know what the truth of the matter is, but, since hearing that sentence, Huo Rong's heart, There are different versions that emerge uncontrollably, among them, the most active version is, He Ning, this human woman who doesn't seem to be ambitious or fierce, when the big golden crow was injured, she took advantage of the fire to rob and kill the big golden crow, as for why the fire of the golden crow returned to her, the fire melt can't link this together for the time being, after all, the fire of the golden crow of the big golden crow, when the internal affairs of the bicycle fell, according to the normal situation, at that time, the fire of the golden crow, It should have disappeared automatically with the disappearance of the Great Golden Crow.

After all, the fire of the Golden Crow was not mined and refined, but cultivated by the Great Golden Crow with the essence of his own life. This kind of alien fire between heaven and earth cultivated by the essence of life is controlled by the director himself, if Shan Bing kills the Great Golden Crow, there is no reason why the fire of the Golden Crow will be transferred to her, originally, it is because of this thinking that Huo Rong feels that Shan Bing is not the murderer of the Great Golden Crow, but, in short, the more I think about it now, the more Huo Rong feels that the current Three Realms are no longer like before, and can be inferred through normal common sense.

The abilities of human beings are already above the immortals, so the mystery of the fall of the Great Golden Crow cannot be inferred by common sense? If you want to say that the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother have not killed the Great Golden Crow for so many thousands of years, and waited until the end of the world, and then, they did it, as long as you think about it carefully, you really can't figure it out.

Da Jin Wu has always been arrogant, that is, because of his arrogance, he will not be like the queen mother and the Jade Emperor's villain, attracting people everywhere in the heavenly realm, in short, at this time, Huo Rong's heart, on the contrary, looking at Shan Bing's eyes, has produced a trace of change.

Donghuang Taiyi, Shan Bing, I hope that the fall of the eldest prince really has nothing to do with you, otherwise, even if you Shan Bing rescued my Huo Rong from that infernal hell-like sealed place, as long as you know that you have killed the eldest prince, Huo Rong will definitely avenge the eldest prince.

Huo Rong's heart finally made up his mind, and the aura fluctuations caused by the thousands of thoughts in his heart finally became gentle.

"Don't make any more noise here, let's go to the Ice and Fire Gate first, and if we want to quarrel, get out of my way." Shan Bing also felt the change in the breath around Huo Rong, but she really didn't notice that the change in the breath at that time was still related to her, she thought that it was aimed at Donghuan Taiyi at all, after all, all the way down, Huo Rong's expression Xiàn could already make Shan Bing feel it. Huo Rong did have a feeling of serving herself as the master, she never thought that it was because she asked Huo Rong to find out the news. It was because of a sentence that the source of the news inadvertently said, and since then, it has buried hidden dangers in her life. The mystery of the fall of the Great Golden Crow was unexpectedly dissected little by little by the fire melt, and then, the people around her, because of her mistakes, found the danger of almost extinction.

She hadn't noticed, so she was only slightly irritated right now. What she was thinking in her mind was to hurry to the Ice and Fire Gate, and she needed to determine as soon as possible whether that gang of immortals and human organizations was the former companion she had been worried about for five or six years. She desperately wanted to know if it had been difficult for them over the years, and she was even more eager to know how much Taishang Laojun had recovered. The inner pill of the zombies, as well as the heart of the angel, has it been practiced into an elixir by Taishang Laojun, and what kind of course has their ability developed? Has this eastern continent been restored to its original vitality? Her parents were still asleep in the emerald light. Isn't it time to open your eyes and see the world again?

Shan Bing had thought countless times about what kind of expression he would have when he saw Ma Hangjian and them again, but he didn't see them until he really saw them. Shan Bing realized that he had misestimated his excitement.

"Caicai, Fanfan......" First of all, what appeared in front of Shan Bing's eyes was the two little birds, flying freely in the sky, those who don't understand, will think that it is just two small birds that occasionally fly by, after all, after the end of the world, humans, gods, or birds and beasts, the difference between this is really not so big, not to mention, later, even zombies have evolved into this kind of flying creatures, from now on, want to see the life forms flying in the sky, That's countless, flying lifeforms, compared to the general lifeforms that can't fly, the ability, is indeed a lot more noble, but, because of the oversight, those so far, can only live on the ground, the fear of those birds is not as strong as before, although, there have been people who doubted, why, in the sky above the ice and fire gate, the teacher can see the figure of the two birds, but, soon, this question was run to the back of the mind, the end of the world, is not allowed people to think about it, Every second of time must be extremely precious, you know, one more second of cultivation time, maybe the ability can be upgraded to a higher level, then, the possibility of the five grains dying in the land of the end for no reason will drop by one level, besides, no one can imagine that in the time when immortals and mortals will cooperate, it is unexpected, oh, according to the birds, they can cooperate with humans.

Those humans who once noticed two birds just forgot about those things in the blink of an eye, as for those immortals? I'm sorry, the power of the Nine-Colored Divine Bird is not something that their little immortals can resist, since there is a Nine-Colored Divine Bird here, then, if you don't want to die, simply find a place to leave, if you consciously have more mana than the Neo Caiya Divine Bird, then, very good, you can go forward and try it yourself, maybe you can get two loyal birds, you know, in this era full of wars everywhere, there are two Nine-Colored Divine Birds by your side, for every living being, It is a great protection, and there is no doubt that the nine-colored sub-divine bird has obtained combat effectiveness, although the two nine-colored sub-divine birds in front of him have not evolved to the extreme, but the combat effectiveness is already good, but unfortunately, none of the immortals can retreat under the attack of the two birds.

Since then, why the two birds will fly around the gathering place of the Ice and Fire Gate has been forgotten by all living beings.

At this time, Shan Bing saw the two familiar figures from a distance, they were a lot bigger, it seemed that there was one more color on their bodies, and in six years, Caicai and Fan Fan had also changed a lot.

However, the breath that brought Shan Bing is still the same, and the feeling of intimacy is still so clear, although there is still a distance between the boss, but Shan Bing has already felt the kind of intimate message from the two little birds.

I haven't seen it for six years, and it's rare for Shan Bing to shout at the sky regardless of the occasion.

"Chirp chirp chirp ......" A sharp cry sounded, and then, the entire canopy, was covered by this sharp call, Shan Bing looked at the two birds like this, from only the size of a small dot, all the way, getting bigger and bigger, and then, flying to his side, when he was far away. And did not find, it turned out, did not know at the time of death, these two birds. It's grown so big, remember, when Shan Bing and them were separated for the last time, the two birds were only the size of a slap in Shan Bing, and now, well, Shan Bing sadly found that she was even more petite than a bird.

"How did you grow so big?" This is the second sentence that Shan Bing said when he saw Caicai and Fanfan after not seeing each other for six years. Directly put the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the fire melt thunder to the ground, won't you? Looking at the expression of the injury, the power of these two birds is known, and the growth of the nine-colored sub-divine bird is not comparable to ordinary birds. It's i8ao, although, there's a subword in front of the divine bird, but, that subword can actually be almost removed, because, after chaos. Within the Three Realms, there has never been a trace of a real divine bird, and I can't say that the divine bird only exists in the myth of the chaotic world, the nine-colored sub-divine bird. In fact, it is already a third-order breed, the most powerful bird. Even if it is the prince of heaven and earth, Jin Crow, although. The body is a flying bird, if you wait until the Nine Colored Divine Bird evolves to the extreme, then the ability of the golden crow may not be comparable to the ability of vegetables and rice.

"Chirp Chirp ......" vegetables and rice. , The two of them have been a powerful store on Dongda Road in the past few years, and the film and television are almost there, so that Shan Bing was so frightened that he fell from the sky, it's terrible, it's difficult, the owner doesn't miss them"

Grown so big?

Look at their own body, Cai Cai and Fan Fan have nothing to say, in other words, the two of them still feel that their small body is too small, and when one day, they have cultivated and evolved to the extreme, and they can cover the eyes of heaven when they open their hands, and at that time, will the master come back and say, Caicai, Fanfan, how can you cover the sky?

Okay, Caicai and Fanfan, two eyes that have now become the size of a football, glanced at each other, and saw a trace of entanglement and helplessness in each other's eyes, forget it, I have already known that my master, sometimes, will have abnormal brains, and from time to time my brain will make a draw, which is acceptable, I only hope that this ability to reverse pumping will not become stronger and stronger because of the passage of time, otherwise, even if they are divine birds, in the past few years, it can be said that it is rare to meet opponents on this East Road, If you are alive by your own master, it is not worth it.

Therefore, the two birds remained silent, they really didn't know how to communicate with their master, in other words, in the past six years, they almost searched the entire Dongda Road, but they did not find any trace of the master, during that time, not only Ma Hangjian and Taishang Laojun them, even they, but also worried about the whereabouts of the master, aunt and mother-in-law, the master is in danger, although they and Shan Bing are angry at the same kind, but, for Shan Bing, that master, where for a period of time, They have sincerely identified with the master, they want to follow the master forever, although they already know that the length of life between them and humans is too far apart, but they still want to follow the human woman whose life is less than one-tenth of their life forever, even if, in the near future, she will leave their second district, at least, during the period of time she is alive, they want to follow her, even if his ability is not so outstanding.

Of course, in the hearts of Cai Cai and Fanfan, there is still a trace of thought, isn't it the end of the human world now, there are no ordinary and ordinary life forms in the world, the supernatural ones, zombies, immortals, mutants, etc., are all these extraordinary life forms, and the environment of the human world has already changed, so, is it that their human master, in the years to come, can also be like immortals, with endless years?

Anyway, for Caicai and Fanfan, their owners, in the past five years, really want to think about it.

Imagine, when I see the master again, the master will have an explanatory expression, will he be very excited, will he be excited and tears in his eyes (in those little talk books in the human world, isn't it all written like this?). I haven't seen each other for a long time, and when I meet again, my heart is full of excitement, and the excited love xù bursts out of my body, and the rolling tears, one by one along the eyes, like crystal pearls, slide down that excited face. This matter, Nana and Fanfan also woke up an unusually familiar discussion, and the final result was, Nana persuaded the always calm Fanfan, who hadn't seen him for so long, the master, although the table was a little weird, but. With human cells, she will definitely be excited, tears in her eyes, and there is a great possibility of hunger. Rice rice, as a magnetic sub-god bird, was persuaded by Nana.

Since feeling that Shan Bing's breath of life has not disappeared in the third-order seed system, in addition to cultivation, the greatest pleasure of the two birds is to mentally sketch out a scene by scene, about when they see their master again, the master will have a table, and when it doesn't reach that time, the two birds will be excited and inexplicable, looking forward to it. You can meet the host a day earlier.

Now, finally, I really saw my master again, and then, the two birds were dumbfounded.

What's going on like this?

It's hard to do it. None of their owners were excited? Where can you see a little teardrop in those eyes? There, in addition to the shock, it was the surprise, well, the dishes and the rice were disappointed, and they thought about it day and night. Obviously, I didn't miss them that much.

"What's wrong with you?" Shan Bing can still feel the love of the two birds, although he hasn't seen him for a long time, and the feeling of spiritual connection between himself, the master and the two birds, is not as strong as before, but in the end, he is still the master. Cai Cai and Fan Fan didn't think about betraying, Shan Bing still felt the frustration of the two birds.

Could it be that they were not happy to see that I was such a master? A look of frustration. It's hard to do it. Are they accustomed to a life of freedom and don't want to go back to the feeling of being bound by their own master?

Caicai and Fanfan are still entangled, Shan Bing is still entangled, Donghuang Taiyi and Huo Rong are stunned, how could they not have thought that Shan Bing wanted to see those people again so much, and as a result, at great risk, he returned to Dongda Road and saw these people again? Well, the length of life of those two birds is not much longer than theirs, and, it seems, except for not being able to speak human language, it is not far from a normal human being in all aspects, so let's just treat them as human beings, anyway, those two birds are classified into the human group, and there is absolutely no group of enchanted human beings, on the contrary, it is definitely the two birds that will feel psychologically insulted, but this has nothing to do with Donghuang Taiyi and Huorong.

For them, they will return to Dongda Road, they will come to this Ice and Fire Gate, and they will meet these two birds, all because of Shan Bing, as long as Shan Bing thinks that there is no problem, they have no problem no matter what, when the fire melts, in a moment, there is an idea in his heart, he must join the Ice and Fire Gate, even if, after joining the Ice and Fire Gate, he is a once dignified fire god, in terms of status, it is very likely that he will be under the human race, but, it doesn't matter, in short, he must join the Ice and Fire Gate, As long as these two birds are really in the Ice and Fire Gate, because, Huo Rong suddenly remembered that the Ice and Fire Gate, this group, inside, there are immortals in it, if among them, some immortals are the murderers who hurt the Great Golden Crow, then, he can be close and find a chance to take revenge first, not to mention, the village of the two birds is in, in the heart of Huo Rong, the Great Golden Crow is priceless, and the low position of the Great Golden Crow is incomparable to any life form, even if it is the former heaven and earth, the father of the Great Golden Crow, to say, in Huo Rong's mind, The low position of the big golden crow, even, li8an heaven and earth can not be compared, although, Huo Rong doesn't want to admit that the prototype of the big golden crow is a flying bird, but, it is true, the big golden crow, his prototype, is always the golden crow, the golden crow, belongs to the bird class, the two nine color sub-divine bird, also belongs to the bird, in his conjecture, the nine-colored sub-divine bird, although the connection with the golden crow family is not close, and, in the heavenly realm, the golden crow is classified as the prince of the heavenly realm, the twenty-nine color sub-divine bird, this legendary powerful storage zài, But it's just a divine beast, and there are so many immortals who hope that they will catch the thermostat as a mount, but in the end, none of the immortals succeeded, right? Therefore, as long as the situation of the eldest prince is said to be miserable, and then, the relationship between the golden crow and the sub-divine bird is more intimate, but they are just two birds, presumably, they should find a way to tell themselves some superstitions that they don't know, right?

Since he heard about that incident, the mystery of the fall of the Great Golden Crow, for Shan Bing, and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, what they said, as well as the facts found out by the pro-guards of the demon world, Huo Rong couldn't believe it 100%, he was really scared, and he also solved the case that he believed in non-humans, humans, the strength of this named body is very low, and, in terms of ability, it is much weaker than many unconscious animals, as a result, after Nuwa's father created zào, in the human world, I don't know how many years have been saved, to say that they are simple or teachers, the more Huo Rong thinks about it, the more he feels that it is impossible, in the hearts of these human beings, there are bent intestines one after another, he or, in order to avenge the eldest prince, for this, he Huo Rong, is willing to pay unconditionally, but he is not willing to be used by any life in the process of avenging the eldest prince.

A human being, around, there are so many strong people who live in it, summing up the immortals, the divine birds, and the fire melt feels more and more strange, in the body of that human woman. I don't know if there are such secrets, are those secrets related to the Great Golden Crow? If it is related to the Great Golden Crow, then, knowing his loyalty to the eldest prince, and knowing that he is eager to mention the eldest prince for revenge, why didn't he say it? Hiding yourself? Is that because it's really for your own good? Or, is the secret that conceals himself related to Da Jin Crow, and not only related to Da Jin Crow, but also related to her Shan Bing?

In short, for the sake of the same race, Huo Rong thought in his heart, he must get the trust of the two Nine-Colored Asian Divine Birds, if he gets their trust, presumably, it will no longer be a dream to mention the Great Golden Crow for revenge.

"Single ice?"

"Single ice? Where is it? Where is Single Ice? ”

"Master, master is back, master is back?"

"Old Dao, wow, wow, the boss is back, the boss of our Ice and Fire Gate has finally appeared......" With a plausible and stiff aroma, and then, the entire Ice and Fire Gate sounded a monstrous shout, for that boss, none of them have ever seen it, only know, that mysterious boss, now, I don't know which corner in the Three Realms is fighting bravely to kill the enemy, only know, that mysterious boss, is a human woman, and the second human woman is old or young, this, But none of the ordinary Ice and Fire Gate Sects know, but this does not prevent them from supporting the boss, that is, the master of the Gate, because they have already learned from the mouth of the immortal of the Ice and Fire Gate that the boss of their Ice and Fire Gate is the former master of the Heavenly Alchemy Sect, the master of the Taishang Laojun, a boss who can become the master of the immortals, how far can he go? Don't look at the fact that the general power of human beings is much stronger because of their abilities, and in a very large way, it can almost be compared with flashing, but as immortals, that lofty and proud heart has already healed their hearts, and together with humans, they have formed an organization with humans. This has reached the limit for immortals, but I have never heard of that immortal, moreover, it was a well-known immortal among human beings, and he really recognized a human being as the master.

You know, because of the end times, because of the ability, human beings have also known that promise, is not such a simple thing, with a promise, then, it may be a lifetime can not be cut off, once said, what people are doing, the sky is watching, these are useless, because, immortals, they will only value their own promises, an immortal, once he becomes a vassal of the other side, then, in this life, when he sees that side, he will be inferior.

They don't know what their old way is, but, because of Taishang Laojun's storage, in the Ice and Fire Gate, no matter the woman or the young, for the old gate master who has never met, they all admire it from the heart, and later, because of hunting, said that the zombie Neidan on the head, as well as the heart of the angel, etc., these materials have become more, and then, Taishang Laojun showed his alchemy talent that has been unrivaled in the heavenly realm for thousands of years, and after refining a large number of pills in the gate of the Ice and Fire Gate, The door in the door of the Ice and Fire Gate, although I have never seen the boss, but for the boss, it has risen from admiration to admiration from the heart.