Zhongzhou, West Mountain.

On the highest peak, the most magnificent buildings in the entire West Mountain were built, with high-walled compounds, and even enchantments looming.

Shen Xingyi received the blood echo from the superior, and came here very reluctantly, stepping through the enchantment, when the servants in the high-walled compound saluted him, he heard the faint cry from the castle, Zhang Huan's evil taste, made him feel disgusted.

The castle is the most suitable for the dark blood clan to live in, and Zhang Huan especially likes it, especially the echo caused by the screams of the people prostrate at his feet, which makes him especially enjoy.

Shen Xingyi noticed that there were a group of young men in the courtyard who were handcuffed with forbidden magic chains, about thirty people, they were standing upright, and their upper bodies were all in line with Zhang Huan's preferences, with narrow waists, and their eyes were blank, obviously their consciousness was restricted.

The chief manager in charge of this castle saw Shen Xingyi looking sideways, and hurriedly stepped forward to curry favor and said: "Lord Shen, it's just some humans and animals offered by the people below, the master is just playing, no one can replace Lord Shen's position in the master's place, Lord Shen is the master's first child after all." ”

After saying that, at the signal of the governor, these so-called humans and animals were sent into the castle.

When Shen Xingyi came to Zhang Huan, he was picking out tonight's bed mate or rations.

Zhang Huan saw Shen Xingyi, casually pushed a man to Shen Xingyi's feet, and snorted: "I've rewarded you! Make yourself so pale, how can I suck your blood, look at Bai Huanyu, he became my child later than you, and he started lower than you, in just one year, he has been two levels higher than you, you are still only an honorary general, no wonder the Grand Marshal's Mansion held a secret meeting, and your colleagues who entered the Grand Marshal's Mansion at the same time all participated, and you are the only one missing, what is the use of me keeping you by Tang Chen's side?"

Zhang Huan's words became more and more aggressive, and released the coercion of the superior, Shen Xingyi was invincible, and knelt directly on the long-haired carpet, and the carpet that touched his knees disappeared in an instant, and even the marble floor tiles below were torn apart like spider webs.

Shen Xingyi lowered his head and buried his head, no one could see the sneer on his face, he didn't mean it, Zhang Huan, the former executioner of the dark department, had a way to take away what was in his mind, and the matter of His Majesty's daughter was flowing out of his mind, he was already a sinner, so he tried his best to keep himself away from everything in the Great Marshal's Mansion, and ignorance should be his greatest luck now.

"Master, you can't say that, Brother Xingyi is always the master's child, and you can also help the master test the medicine, that batch of medicine is very strong, used on humans and animals, basically died of violence, but it can be injected into the body of Brother Xingyi, and diluted with the help of Brother Xingyi's blood, so that the transfer factor obtained can quickly expand the master's blood army. ”

Zhang Huan wants the blood clan army that he can control, and it is obviously unrealistic to infect them one by one by himself, not to mention that when he sees ugly people, he can't speak at all, so there is an infectious agent flowing out of the blood clan, which is very strong, ordinary people can't complete the transformation process at all, only through the blood dilution of the superior, Zhang Huan is reluctant to let his precious blood, blood loss will make his cultivation regressive, so he summoned Shen Xing to move over.

The man who spoke was extremely strange from head to toe, and when he touched Shen Xingyi with his hand, Shen Xingyi turned his head away and scolded: "Bai Huanyu, take away your dirty hands, believe it or not, I chopped it." ”

Bai Huanyu covered his heart with his pale hand, and pretended to be panicked: "Oh, I'm so scared." ”

Having said that, Bai Phantom Yu took out a tube of scarlet reagent and injected it into the back of Shen Xingyi's neck with lightning speed.

After all, his strength was two levels behind, and Shen Xingyi had no way to resist at all, he could feel his heartbeat getting faster and faster, as if he was about to jump out of his throat.

He couldn't hear anything but his own heartbeat.

His mouth was so dry that he began to add lips, he didn't want to drink water, he wanted blood, and only blood could moisten his throat.

But the residual consciousness reminded him that he was a human being, not a beast that ate people and drank blood.

The fierce battle in Knowledge made Shen Xingyi's whole body tremble, which made Zhang Huan react to him again, under Zhang Huan's signal, Bai Huanyu cut the neck of a human animal in front of Shen Xingyi, and the hot blood sprayed directly into Shen Xingyi's mouth, Shen Xingyi trembled for a while, and the bloody teeth were instantly revealed, following the smell of blood and biting the neck of the human and animal.

He reflexively took a large sip, but then released his mouth and spit it out in an instant, and saw that the bitten man and animal first spasmed, and then the wound on the neck recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and by the time the man stood up again, the whites of his eyes had completely turned scarlet.

The man stood silently in place, Zhang Huan consciously manipulated him as the source of this bloodline, and the man pounced on a man and animal on the side without hesitation, tearing the other party to pieces in the blink of an eye.

This is a picture that Zhang Huan is very satisfied with, an ordinary person, after being impregnated, has the strength and speed of a monster, and is very obedient, with the source blood, it is not a problem to create a blood army at all.

Zhang Huan lifted Shen Xingyi's Xia Han and sighed: "You always surprise me, my baby, come, let me love you well." ”

......

As one of the witnesses to Tang Chen, he was angry when he saw that Shen Xingyi being violated, in addition to the forbidden demon chain restricting Tang Chen's actions, the most hateful thing was what was injected into his body, which encroached on people's will and could separate people's consciousness, even if he was extremely sober at the moment, he just couldn't get in touch with his body.

When Zhang Huan left Shen Xingyi's body, Tang Chen felt that Shen Xingyi couldn't be regarded as a human being, like a broken puppet, covered in torn wounds and bloodstained.

Zhang Huan licked his lips, and said unsatisfactorily: "He can't lose blood anymore, these animals are all used to feed Xingyi, pointing to him voluntarily infecting ordinary people, let him recover as soon as possible, and take his source blood for injection." ”

Bai Huanyu respectfully agreed, sent Zhang Huan away, and he dragged Shen Xingyi away like a dead dog.

Tang Chen could see the mottled blood stains left on the ground after dragging, and hated him so much that he wanted to kill.

After a while, Bai Huanyu returned to the hall, he sucked three people and animals dry in one go, along with his appetite, his needs in other aspects also began to expand, when he touched Tang Chen's strong chest with one hand, and untied Tang Chen's trouser belt with the other hand, Tang Chen was desperate at this moment.

Tang Chen could finally understand what it was like for a woman to be forced, it was a sense of powerlessness, and although he was frantically screaming to kill someone in Knowledge, his body did not react at all.

However, just when Tang Chen's trouser chain was halfway opened, a servant came in and reported: "Bai Gongzi, Lord Shen is dying, he needs to replenish his blood." ”

Bai Huanyu bared his teeth, pushed Tang Chen out of his arms, and only said: "Throw this animal into it and suck it for him, spoil my interest, and when he recovers a little, I will play with him again." ”

Following the bloodstains along the way, Tang Yan was pushed into a cell made of forbidden magic stones in all directions, and the light in the cell was just enough to see.

Tang Chen felt like a lamb in a cage.

He was put to the ground, his back facing up, his head tilted in the direction of Shen Xingyi, and the child was lying on the ground, feeling as if he was not breathing.

In Tang Chen's memory, Shen Xingyi is a sunny and lively big boy, brave and strategic, in the battle when King Qin sacrificed to the sky, he sacrificed himself against opponents who were several times stronger than himself The courage and wisdom he showed made Tang Chen remember deeply.

He really doesn't deserve to be the head of the family, what has this kid suffered, the minions of the blood clan have reached his trouser belt, he only realized it later, if it weren't for this drunken mistake, he would still be in the dark, really angry and annoying.

The body couldn't move, Tang Tan tried to communicate his shadow, but there was no response, he tried to communicate Shen Xingyi's consciousness again, again and again.

But Shen Xingyi's external object heart is very strong, and his sense of self-protection is strong enough to devour the spiritual power released by Tang Chen.

As a last resort, Tang Chen's consciousness broke away from his body and entered Shen Xingyi's Knowledge.

This is not an easy task, when a person is sober, no matter how high Tang Tan's spiritual power is, he cannot break through the other party's external object mind and enter Knowledge, it can be seen that Shen Xing is moving at this moment, like a candle in the wind, and his consciousness begins to disperse.

In Shen Xingyi's knowledge, Tang Chen knew what kind of calamity this child had encountered.

was jealous of his brother and poisoned, even so, he didn't choose to take revenge on Shen Xinghai, the brute, and was Zhang Huan* , was treated as a plaything, with a trace of will tenaciously came back to life from the abyss of death, and became a walking corpse-like blood clan, he refused to suck blood, he is a very fragile blood clan, no wonder his cultivation has not grown a little, he has his own bottom line, Tang Chen also understands the reason why he became withdrawn, he no longer mingles with his brothers, and he rarely comes to the Shuai Mansion for meetings, not because he doesn't want to, but because he doesn't let himself know too many secrets, for fear that he can't keep it.

Tang Chen also saw some things, such as when he was outside the territory, Zhang Huan wanted to kill Suiyun, in order to save Suiyun, he deliberately startled the snake, and the shot in Suiyun's heart was deliberately missed by Shen Xingyi, because if he didn't do this, he would be placed in the position of Zhang Huan's extraterritorial command, he was subject to Zhang Huan and couldn't resist, but Suiyun's attack made Zheng Lun act aggressively and destroyed Zhang Huan's layout.

And Shen Xingning's incense is also the hands and feet of this child, not to harm Suiyun, but to help him, according to Suiyun's tough style at the time in the No. 1 base of the advance, it is inevitable to be killed by the people below, rather than waiting to be killed, it is better to create some trouble for him, as a result, Shen Xingyi sold his sister, seeing this past, Tang Chen was really angry and funny, he was thinking that if he told Suiyun about this, Shen Xingyi would not be sucked to death.

Seeing Shen Xingyi, who was curled up and asleep in Knowledge, Tang Zhenzhen wanted to kick the kid's buttocks, how could there be such a skinny and stubborn bear child.

"Stinky boy, if you don't suck blood, you're going to die, come, mine will suck you, don't break the law. Tang Chen pushed Shen Xing to move.

I saw that the guy woke up slowly, shouted at him very aggrievedly, "Boss!" and then suddenly bared his bloody teeth and pounced on him.

Tang Chen instantly returned to his body, and he was stunned to find that Shen Xingyi had climbed on top of him at some point and bit his neck.

The blood loss made Tang Chen's heartbeat suddenly stagnate, and the strong stinging pain made him burst into tears unconsciously.

Damn pain!

Seeing that the injuries on Shen Xingyi's body recovered quickly, he suddenly let go of Tang Yan and let out a roar, with this roar, Shen Xingyi's blood vessels all over his body seemed to be corroded, and his entire body quickly festered, but after the scorching of clusters of black flames, the flesh and blood were restored.

Tang Chen's bloodline after the blood alchemy essence was extremely poisonous, even if he lost more than eighty percent of his bloodline, the source of light and darkness in the remaining bloodline also allowed Shen Xingyi to evolve.

Shen Xingyi woke up from such nightmares more than once, but this time he actually dreamed of Da Shuai, who shouted his name and kicked his ass.

Shen Xingyi opened his eyes, a little doubtful that his eyesight was hallucinating, how did the guy lying under him look like a handsome, short gray hair, black eyes, originally quite handsome and handsome face, but most of the time in his memory he was a deceitful and deceitful virtue.

He hurriedly got up, his movements were too large, and there was slippery mucus flowing out of his legs in his body, which was clearly seen by Tang Chen, whose eyes had just regained their clarity at the right time.

was sucked a lot of blood by Shen Xingyi, and the prohibition in Tang Chen's blood had been loosened, and he seemed to be able to move.

Shen Xingyi felt ashamed, knelt on the ground, and was seen by the person he admired the most, at this moment, he really wanted to die.

Chapter 053 Tu (I)

Shen Xingyi exposed his bloody teeth, and his eyes staring at Tang Chen in a daze made Tang Chen's scalp tingle.

Tang Chen swore that if the stinky boy dared to spank him, he would ......

Just as there was the sound of footsteps outside, the door of the cell made of heavy forbidden demon essence iron was pushed open and closed, and a ghost-like figure appeared in the cell.

Tang Chen could feel the gaze cast from the person, and heard the man's gloomy voice: "Shen Gongzi is really as compassionate as ever, even a human or animal is reluctant to ask for his life, but your kindness really makes people feel disgusting!"

is also the son of a family, they are white and difficult to match in the Shen Valve, and the family lost in the battle of the gate valve, the clan is divided, if it is not for the return to the center of power, he will not let himself become Zhang Huan's lackey, sell his body and soul.

But now, Shen Xingyi, who has the noble bloodline of the Shen family, is the same as his Bai Huan Yu, he is Zhang Huan's plaything, and he, even more powerful than this self-confident Shen Gongzi, as long as he keeps sucking blood and absorbing the essence of others, he can be caught in his hands, what is conscience, he now has eternal life, he just needs to enjoy it.

"Shen Xingyi, Zhang Huan praised your bloodline more than once and said that your bloodline is excellent, he can break through the monarch level, your bloodline accounts for a big factor, let me taste it, I promise to be gentler than Zhang Huan to you......"

As Bai Huanyu spoke, he put his hand on Shen Xingyi's bare shoulder, and before he could make contact, he was intercepted by Shen Xingyi, who was kneeling on the ground with his back to him.

said that it was too late, and when Bai Huanyu didn't react at all, Shen Xingyi got up and slammed the person to the ground with a beautiful over-the-shoulder fall, he didn't let go, and stepped on Bai Huanyu's arm with one foot, and the demon was forbidden in the cell, Shen Xingyi only used a huge brute force to break his arm, and with one foot, he stepped the severed limb into mud, and saw that the ground of the cell was stepped out of a deep pit by Shen Xingyi.

Bai Phantom Feather knelt on the ground and screamed, but he quickly stumbled up from the ground, his eyes wide with anger, his eyes full of bright red, and his bloody teeth hideous.

Shen Xingyi glanced at him and said, "Lao Tzu said, if you dare to touch me, Lao Tzu will break your hand." ”

Bai Huanyu's severed arm quickly recovered, which consumed the huge amount of blood clan energy in his body, and it was also an extremely painful process, he gasped and roared angrily at Shen Xingyi: "You fucking a slut who is ridden by someone dares to hurt me?"

Bai Huanyu is unbelievable, Shen Xingyi only has the strength of a general, not an opponent at the level of a general, the blood clan pays great attention to the level, the higher the level, the heavier the pressure, the geometric growth, where does Shen Xingyi get the confidence to resist him.

At this time, Shen Xingyi showed an evil smile and said, "Hurt you, Lao Tzu will kill you!"

As soon as the words came out, Shen Xing moved his ten fingers and stretched out sharp black nails, faintly glowing with metallic luster, at this moment he was more like a fierce beast, and swooped down on the well-dressed white phantom feather opposite.

There was no magic fluctuation, it was just a collision of strength and speed, and only physical skills were used, but Bai Phantom Yu, who was at the level of a consummate general, was obviously not Shen Xingyi's opponent.

Bai Huanyu didn't know that Shen Xingyi had absorbed Tang Chen's blood and advanced, if they weren't in the forbidden demon cell at the moment, he would be able to see Shen Xingyi's skyrocketing strength, and he had also reached the level of a perfect general.

Although the two people are of the same level, in fact, the lacerations on Shen Xingyi's body are not less than those of Bai Phantom Yu, on the contrary, Shen Xingyi's injuries are more serious, although his bloodline has evolved, but his blood is not as thick as Bai Phantom Yu, but Shen Xingyi is a way of fighting with injuries for injuries, he just relies on one breath, as long as he does not die, he must kill the other party, and Bai Huanyu obviously does not have the perseverance to fight to the death, and thinks that he has an advantage over Shen Xingyi's higher level, so he is careless.

It wasn't until Shen Xingyi grabbed Bai Phantom Yu's heart that he stared at Shen Xingyi in disbelief and said, "Impossible!" Just these three words were all said with thick blood spitting.

The heart of the blood clan, even if it leaves the body, can still beat, it is one of the blood clan's favorite supplements, it is called the heart core, it is a good thing to enhance cultivation, but Shen Xingyi was unmoved, and under Bai Phantom Yu's almost pleading eyes, he decisively pinched his heart fiercely.

Bai Phantom Yu's eyes were blank in an instant, his knees hit the ground, Shen Xing moved his hand and punched again, directly smashing Bai Phantom Yu's head to the ground, the head was shattered, and the yellow, white and red things flowed to the ground, this time, even the brain core was shattered, and for the blood clan, it was completely dead.

Tang Chen was already able to sit up at this time, the existence of the forbidden demon bracelet and anklet made him unable to move for a while, he saw Shen Xingyi picking up Bai Phantom Yu's white outer pants, although the pants were almost blood-colored, and they were very tattered, but Shen Xingyi still didn't mind using them to cover up his ugliness.

"Aren't you bandaging?" Tang Chen said, but he soon found that the wound on Shen Xingyi's body was rapidly recovering, and when the wound was completely healed and there was not even a single scar left, Tang Chen noticed that Shen Xingyi was panting heavily, and his expression was very painful.

"No, as long as the blood is enough, this disgusting race can rely on the blood to recover its injuries on its own. While Shen Xingyi laughed at himself, his face had become extremely pale, which made Tang Chen realize that he usually didn't suck blood at all, and he had just sucked him a little, so it was conceivable that Shen Xingyi should be very weak now.

The two sides were speechless, very embarrassed, Tang Chen obviously saw everything, but he didn't mention anything, seeing that Shen Xingyi was silent, he tried to move to Shen Xingyi, and compared the forbidden magic chain on his hands and feet, Shen Xingyi understood his intentions, and found the unlocked magic key in Bai Huanyu's trouser pocket, which allowed Tang Chen to completely get rid of the shackles.

Tang Chen moved his hands and feet, and kicked the heavy cell door to the ground with just one foot, and without waiting for the dust to clear, Tang Chen stepped out.

Shen Xingyi was only stunned for a few seconds, where was Tang Chen's figure when he chased him out, he felt that he must have been disgusted by the leader, Tang Chen was merciful if he didn't kill him, what else could he ask for?

But soon, Shen Xingyi heard the screams from above, and he hurriedly searched for the sound, and saw that the minions of the blood clan all over the ground were all chopped off with heart and brain nuclei.

At this moment, Tang Tan's Tai'a sword penetrated the heart of the chief steward in the castle, and the chief steward could still kneel on the ground and pray to Tang Tan for a way to live.

Tang Chen turned a deaf ear, and only asked in a cold voice, "Where is Zhang Huan?"

The chief steward kept trembling, even if he didn't know Tang Chen's appearance, at this moment, when he saw the Tai'a Sword that pierced his heart, he also understood who the person holding the imperial sword was, and this person had always had an iron-blooded policy towards the blood clan, and there was no mercy for killing!

The chief manager begged for mercy and said, "Tang ...... Tang Shuai, I was forced, Zhang Huan forced me to do it, I haven't touched those humans and animals, and I haven't sucked human blood, believe me, Dashuai, you have to believe me, it's all done by Zhang Huan......"

"Answering my words, where is Zhang Huan?"

Tang Chen turned the Tai'a sword in his hand, and the chief manager said in pain: "Zhang Huan went to the global arms sales summit held in Xishan, and the marshal ......spared his life."

Before the words fell, Tang Yan raised his sword and fell, two clusters of blood lines splashed in a cross, and the chief manager was cut into four pieces by the two horizontal and vertical swords, directly smashing the heart core and brain core.

A general manager, his strength is close to the level of a general, what level is Shen Xingyi, he has never eaten anyone and sucked blood?

Shen Xingyi could feel the murderous aura that burst from Tang Chen's body, and he watched Tang Chen slaughter all the blood clans in Xishan Castle, which made Shen Xingyi understand Tang Chen's position on the blood clan, and he would not die.

Shen Xingyi kept thinking about when the leader would be able to give him a good time.

When Tang Tan stood in front of him covered in blood, Shen Xingyi thought that the time for relief had come, but his handsome man scratched his head and said without words: "It's better to have black pants, it's soaked with so much blood, and it doesn't look dirty at all." ”

Tang Chen really admired Ziying's love for black, and at this time, he also liked black.

Shen Xingyi glanced at his white trousers that were dyed red, smiled sadly, and replied: "Dirty is dirty, and changing to black can't change the essence." "He's sarcastic.

Tang Chen said disappreciably: "Brainless!"

After speaking, Tang Yan opened a spatial portal, and he didn't look at Shen Xingyi, but only dropped the words and said, "Do you want to feel sorry for yourself here or go with me to chop that mess." ”

Shen Xingyi, who was in a state of confusion, suddenly raised his head, and the figure chasing Tang Chen also passed through the teleportation channel.

Xishan Global Arms Sales Summit lasts for a week, today is the opening ceremony, Xishan City held a grand banquet at night, set up a banquet on the shore of Lingxu Cave Tianhu with a fairyland on earth, whether it is a covered bridge or a water pavilion at this moment, are covered with Chinese lanterns, the main venue Tonghua Hall in the center of the lake is even more beautiful in the reflection of the lake.

The venue was set up like a museum, and new arms from all over the world, both light and heavy, were on display, and of course, a large part of them were only placed on full-scale models for security and confidentiality reasons.

Next to each exhibit, there are various beauties standing on the platform to explain, the clothes are more fiery and eye-catching than the firearms on display, and those slender hands caress the muzzles of various weapons, which will make many people whimsical.

The most eye-catching weapons at the summit were David's military-made weapons, which featured a variety of ray weapons, not only high-end private customization, but also weapons used against helpless civilians.

As soon as it was launched, it was concerned by all forces, from a powerful country to a small civilian, and in this era of crisis, they all have a strong interest in weapons.

Jin Xin looked at the crowded David military exhibition hall, and complained to Eugene, who was holding a red wine glass and pretending to be elegant: "My 3S invention was used by you, a kid, to put gold on his face, and he got angry when he thought about it." ”

But isn't it, the weapons and equipment of 3S, Your Majesty's side is basically round, you dare to earn King Qin's silver, King Qin can cut off your head, do you believe it? In short, she Jin Xin will not go to brush the dragon's beard, just earn less life flowers.

So seeing that Eugene made a lot of money by selling 3S weapons under his own brand, Jin Xin felt that if it weren't for Tang Chen's instructions, she would really be unbearable, and her uncle and aunt couldn't bear it......

It's all money!

"Wow! It hurts, Jin Xin, why are you okay to pinch my little meat." "It was not Eugene who spoke, but the Prince of Great Qin, Yin Ba, who was held by Jin Xin, and his words were sincere.

Jin Xin rolled his amorous eyes at Prince Yin angrily, and exhaled like a land: "I'm just trying your kung fu to practice at home, aren't you cultivating the turtle shell technique with rough skin and thick flesh, what's wrong with your little meat, endure it." ”

Prince Yin was just about to fight back, but when he thought that good men don't fight with women, he had to admit it himself, why did he promise Jin Xin to be his male companion and ask for his own hardship.

He wouldn't think that Jin Xin was interesting to him, that woman, a model of absolute mercenary, the eldest cousin Jin Xin couldn't squeeze in, Tang Chen also kept a distance from her, and now in the whole of Daqin, there is only such a man who is braving the fire of diamonds under his Yin Ba, of course she is looking for herself.

Moreover, Yin Baxia attended this arms sales summit, representing the will of Daqin, and Jin Xin was just a companion, and the provincial people were in trouble after finding other female companions.

Jin Xin glared at Prince Yin, and as soon as the topic changed, he pulled Yin Baxia and muttered in a low voice: "Tang Chen, what are you doing?" It is rumored that that guy has a leg with King Qin, and there are rumors that King Qin's daughter is a daughter, I especially believe in an evil spirit, the old lady would rather believe that King Qin and Tang Tan have their backs to the mountain, than believe that King Qin is a daughter, women are cold like that, and the man will wilt directly when he sees the following. ”

Yin Baxia frowned and said: "Jin Xin, you are a beautiful lady, you speak so vulgarly, and there are outsiders, you should pay attention to your image." "He's a big man, and it sounds awkward. He really wanted to tell Jin Xin those secrets, but he thought that Jin Xin could scare himself to death by telling it, so he gave up.

"Image? I'm so flamboyant, calling me vulgar, none of you men are vulgar in bed, you guys don't say vulgar, you still care about my mouth. Jin Xin replied, not caring that his volume disturbed other famous nobles not far away.

Eugene smiled warmly: "Miss Jin is this temper. As Jin Xin's fiancé, he really has the right to speak, and Jin Xin has a love phone call, and people don't leave the money in three sentences, and the key is to make you take it out willingly, you can't accept it.

Jin Xin nodded and smiled wantonly: "It's still my ex-fiancé who understands me." ”

In a word, only Eugene and Yin Baxia exchanged sympathetic glances with each other, and they were silent again, in front of this female man, it is not easy to be soft and hard.