Hearing Ling Xuan's words, Yan Fei smiled coldly, after five thousand years of cultivation in the Rain Immortal Palace, his strength was much stronger than it was at the beginning. Although he has not yet been promoted to a new realm, the growth of dozens of times his strength has also made Yan Fei full of confidence.

"Since you want something fresh, okay, then I'll let you see something new!" As he spoke, Yan Fei randomly mobilized the Hongmeng power in his body, and for a while, the Hongmeng power like a flood gushed out of his body. Seeing this scene, the contempt on Ling Xuan's face was also restrained, don't look at Yan Fei in his words It seems that he still has a sense of ridicule, but over the years, every time Yan Fei fights with him, his strength has been constantly improving, which is what he actually feels. In the face of Yan Fei, whose strength has been growing, he did not dare to be careless.

At this time, the majestic Hongmeng power that surged out from Yan Fei's body condensed into a gray ball of light in front of Yan Fei under a few swirls. The power contained in the ball of light is terrifying at the slightest sense. Ling Xuan looked at Yan Fei with a solemn face, and sighed: "What does this little guy want?" Oh, by the way, he said that he wanted to show me something new, it is difficult to understand how to compress the power of Hongmeng into a small ball of light, so that the power is extremely condensed, this is what he calls a fresh method?"

Just when Ling Xuan was surprised, the ball of light in Yan Fei's hand had already been thrown out, seeing this scene, Ling Xuan hurriedly mobilized the power of the world in Xuanyuan's ruler. For a while, the blood-colored power was overwhelmingly shooting towards Yan Fei. Faced with a vast amount of blood-colored energy, Yan Fei was already surprised, if Ling Xuan couldn't use the power of the world in Xuanyuan's ruler, Yan Fei would have defeated him a long time ago. The power of this side of the world is all in the hands of Ling Xuan, if this is not the case, how can Ling Xuan compete with Yan Fei now?

The ball of light flew out, and Ling Xuan's figure also disappeared under the wrapping of blood-colored power.

"Woooo As soon as he came into contact with the gray-colored ball of light, the blood-colored power made a burst of "zizi" sounds, and then, a strange scene happened, in the gray-colored ball of light, the energy of Hongmeng's power actually increased by one point. In the past, every time Yan Fei fought against Ling Xuan, it was all because his Hongmeng power was about to be exhausted, which led to his final defeat. But the current situation is that with the disappearance of the blood-colored power, the power of Hongmeng has grown, which is like fighting to feed the war.

The Hongmeng light ball that Yan Fei unleashed, the power was constantly increasing, and this strange thing naturally could not escape Ling Xuan's observation. At this time, Ling Xuan, who was hiding in the blood-colored power, was also full of consternation, and shouted that it was impossible.

"How is it possible? He has mastered the transformation ability of Hongmeng's power so quickly, how can I fight with him? The characteristics of Hongmeng's power are all-encompassing and all-encompassing, and any power in front of Hongmeng's power can only be swallowed and absorbed. Although I know this, this kid is not a cultivator of the Hongmeng Realm, how can he master the transformation ability of the power of Hongmeng?" Ling Xuan muttered to himself in shock, in such a short period of time, the Hongmeng light ball released by Yan Fei had already devoured and transformed countless blood-colored powers.

Every time he devoured and transformed, Yan Fei could kindly sense that the power in the Hongmeng light ball under his control was constantly increasing. The next moment, Yan Feifei moved, and the whole person had already caught up with the Hongmeng Light Ball.

"The power of Hongmeng bless my body, cast my Hongmeng body!" Yan Fei shouted, and as his shout came out, the Hongmeng light ball in front of him flew and moved to Yan Fei's body. This is not an attack, but Yan Fei took the initiative to choose to make the Hongmeng sphere fit with himself. The moment the ball of light moved to Yan Fei's body, it suddenly turned into thousands of brilliance. Gray energy enveloped Yan Fei's entire body in an instant, and from a distance, Yan Fei at this time seemed to be in a gray mist. If Yan Fei could see his current appearance, he would definitely be able to remember the appearance of the old man who appeared in the gray mist at the moment when he was melting the essence blood of the four divine beasts.

Although Yan Fei's gray aura around him at this time was not condensed, and he could still be faintly seen inside, his general appearance was extremely imaginary.

At this time, Yan Fei's whole body was surrounded by Hongmeng's qi, and those blood-colored forces were also frantically rushing towards Yan Feifei. There was no doubt that all the blood-colored power that bombarded Yan Fei's body was swallowed and transformed by the Hongmeng power on Yan Fei's body. Gradually, Yan Fei's illusory figure faded out of sight, and all he could see was an incomparably gray air mass.

My strength is constantly being consumed, but your strength is constantly growing, if I continue to fight like this, I will become weaker and weaker, but you kid will become stronger and stronger, this kind of battle is really bullying! No wonder the cultivators of the Hongmeng Realm are so powerful, it turns out that they all rely on such scoundrel methods to deal with the enemy. A light and shadow flew out from a cloud of blood-colored energy, and it was Ling Xuan, who had red hair fluttering. Ling Xuan looked like an old man, but at this time, he said such angry words like a child, which sounded quite funny.

With Ling Xuan's words, the surrounding blood-colored power has slowly dissipated and left, these blood-colored powers are all the world power bred by the world within Xuanyuan's ruler, if it is devoured and transformed by Yan Fei, it will take a long time to recover.

Hearing Ling Xuan's words as if admitting defeat, Yan Fei's figure also paused. When the power of Hongmeng around him stirred, he directly threw out one after another power. At first, these powers were not much different from the power of Hongmeng, and they all showed a gray color. But at the moment when they were thrown out, these powers were abruptly transformed into blood-colored powers, and it could be seen that these powers should be the power of the world in the Xuanyuan ruler that Yan Fei had absorbed by using the devouring and transforming ability of Hongmeng's power before.

"Oh, it's not long since it started, are you going to admit defeat Old Man Lingxuan?" After dispersing the world power that had been devoured and transformed, Yan Fei also collected his Hongmeng power into his body, and then looked at Lingxuan not far away in surprise and asked.

"Hey, it's not okay if you don't admit defeat! You kid even got the devouring and transforming ability of Hongmeng's power, if I don't admit defeat again, wouldn't it be too self-aware? In the past five thousand years, your strength has indeed improved a lot, and my Lingxuan can be regarded as convinced of you. Speaking of this, Ling Xuan paused slightly, and his eyes stared straight at Yan Fei not far away. Being stared at like this by Ling Xuan, Yan Fei felt unnatural all over his body, over the years, he and Ling Xuan had talked and laughed, and they were also friends and enemies, and the two got along quite well. But now Ling Xuan suddenly stared at him with such a solemn look, which made Yan Fei feel a little uncomfortable.

"Old man Lingxuan, do you want to recognize the Lord Xuanyuan Ruler, and you will also recognize me as the Lord?" was stunned for a long time before Yan Fei asked.

Ling Xuan's eyes rolled slightly, and then said with a smile: "That's right, I am the instrument spirit of the Xuanyuan ruler, since you want to recognize the Xuanyuan ruler to the master, then I, as the instrument spirit, naturally want to recognize you as the master." But don't think too much about you, kid, even if I recognize you as the Lord, the relationship between the two of us is still equal, and you don't think I'll be like the other machine spirits, and I will be complimenting you all the time. ”

Looking at Ling Xuan's arrogant and uninhibited appearance, Yan Fei smiled awkwardly, and sighed secretly in his heart: "They all want to recognize me as the master, but they also say that the relationship between me and him is equal, what kind of recognition is this? Isn't this a contradiction?"

Just when Yan Fei was secretly thinking, Ling Xuan spoke: "Boy, what do you want? Come on, now we will start the Xuanyuan Ruler's recognition ceremony, and when you master the Xuanyuan Ruler, you will know how powerful it is!" Ling Xuan said lightly, and then looked at Yan Fei solemnly.

Hearing Ling Xuan's words, Yan Fei's heart couldn't help but derive a touch of anticipation. He had always only thought that the Blood Wave Ruler was just a slightly stronger artifact, but as the contact with Ling Xuan deepened, Yan Fei realized that the Blood Wave Ruler was probably not as simple as he imagined.

Next, Yan Fei didn't procrastinate too much, and directly began to follow Lingxuan's guidance and began to recognize Xuanyuan's ruler. After recognizing the master, Yan Fei understood why Lingxuan would say that he and himself would be an equal relationship, it turned out that in the process of recognizing the lord Xuanyuan ruler, Lingxuan actually signed an equal soul seal with Yan Fei.

"Boy, have you always thought that the Xuanyuan ruler is just an ordinary artifact?" Ling Xuan asked as he looked at Yan Fei.

Hearing this, Yan Fei had nothing to hide, he really thought so before. After nodding, Yan Fei said, "That's right, I did have such thoughts before, but now it seems that I am a little narrow-minded." Yan Fei laughed at himself, because he recognized the relationship between the Lord Xuanyuan Ruler, Yan Fei naturally knew that Xuanyuan Ruler was not an artifact, and the existence of Xuanyuan Ruler was definitely several grades higher than that of an artifact, because Xuanyuan Ruler was a treasure of Hongmeng.

Yan Fei himself has the aura of Hongmeng, and naturally knows that everything that is related to the word Hongmeng can definitely be described as extraordinary.

"You're not narrow-minded, but you don't have a broad heart, you don't even dare to think about it, even if Xuanyuan is the treasure of Hongmeng?" Ling Xuan looked at Yan Fei with disdain, thinking that he and Yan Fei had an equal soul seal relationship, so what he was like before when he treated Yan Fei, what he was like now.

Hearing Ling Xuan say this, Yan Fei nodded with a slight sigh, and then a meaningful smile appeared on his cheeks.

"I didn't expect the Xuanyuan ruler to be so powerful, if I use the power of Hongmeng to communicate with the Xuanyuan ruler, I can actually exert several times my own strength, this is really too rebellious, right?" Yan Fei looked at Lingxuan with a surprised expression and said. After recognizing Xuanyuan Ruler as the master, Ling Xuan also told Yan Fei a lot of secrets about Xuanyuan Ruler, and at this time, Yan Fei was shocked when he heard that Xuanyuan Ruler was able to exert several times the power he exerted.

"Hmph! How can you say that you kid is also a cultivator with the qi of Hongmeng, in the future, you will advance to the Hongmeng realm, and the cultivator of that level is the master of heaven and earth, why is your vision so low? If I tell you, with the continuous improvement of your strength, the power that can be expanded and emitted by the Xuanyuan ruler will become stronger and stronger, and even the exertion of dozens of times the power of instillation can be realized, is your kid's eyeballs about to fall out?" Ling Xuan looked at Yan Fei helplessly, in his opinion, Yan Fei was like a person who had never seen the world, after hearing some of Xuanyuan Ruler's abilities, he was shocked that the earth's color changed drastically.

Hearing this, Yan Fei smiled awkwardly, not that he had never seen the world, but that this Xuanyuan ruler was too against the sky. After so many years of cultivation, Yan Fei's own strength has improved many times, if he passes through the amplitude of the Xuanyuan ruler again, his strength will jump another notch, Yan Fei really can't imagine, how strong he was at that time?

"Old man Lingxuan, you said that with my current strength, coupled with the amplitude effect of the Xuanyuan Ruler, can I deal with a cultivator of the Peak God Venerable Realm?" Yan Fei looked at Lingxuan curiously and asked. Now, there is a cultivator at the peak of the God Venerable Realm who lives in the land of Qiyan, and how can he allow others to snore on the side of the couch, Yan Fei does not understand this truth, but because of his strength, he endured it. Don't look at Li Yuan under the banner of protecting the Wraith Soul Bead, but such a powerful cultivator, if he turns his face and doesn't recognize people, no one can do anything about him.

Hearing Yan Fei's question, Ling Xuan suddenly fell into deep thought, as if he was comparing the gap between Yan Fei's strength and the cultivators of the peak God Venerable Realm. Yan Fei didn't rush to ask anything, but let Ling Xuan think slowly. After a long while, Ling Xuan spoke: "If you use the amplitude effect of the Xuanyuan Ruler, you should be able to face the cultivators of the Peak God Venerable Realm. But it is not certain whether you can defeat a cultivator of this level, of course, there is one thing I am very sure of, you can't kill a cultivator of the peak God Venerable Realm, but a cultivator of the peak God Venerable Realm may kill you!"

As soon as Ling Xuan said this, Yan Fei's expression first cooled slightly, and then he was covered with excitement. Ling Xuan's words were simply that Yan Fei's current strength was at least a fight between him and the cultivators of the Divine Venerable Realm. After such a long time, Yan Fei would sometimes tell Lingxuan about the place where Yan lived and the tomb of the gods. Yan Fei chose to ask such a question at this time, naturally because he was concerned about the safety of the Yan clan, after all, whether it was Li Yuan or Soul Yan, they were all cultivators at the peak God Venerable Realm level.

"Boy, I advise you not to act rashly, after all, if you are facing a cultivator of the peak God Venerable Realm now, the risk is too great, and you may be killed by someone if you are not careful. The best way to do it right now is to continue to grow your strength, whether it's in the sigil or in the battle cultivation, there is still a lot of room for improvement. Between the two, if you can break through one of them, then even if you can't beat the Peak God Venerable Realm cultivators when facing them, it will not be a simple matter for them to help you. ”

Ling Xuan looked at Yan Fei and said solemnly, he was worried that Yan Fei would go to find the peak God Venerable Realm cultivator Li Yuan who inhabited the land of Qi Yan under his hot head. Yan Fei's future is limitless, before Yan Fei becomes stronger, Ling Xuan actually doesn't want Yan Fei to take risks, and this is what Huangfu Xuan told Ling Xuan.

"That's right, I still have a lot of improvement now, and I have already shown signs of breaking through in my combat cultivation. Once I break through, Li Yuan and Soul Yan will not be so much of a threat to me. If I can be comparable to a cultivator at the peak of the God Venerable Realm, I will have more hope of surviving in the Great War of the Era in the future. Yan Fei said firmly, now that he is at least not confused, he knows what direction he should go next.

As soon as Yan Fei said this, Ling Xuan on the side sighed angrily.

"Boy, how many times have I told you? Why can't you get rid of this bad mistake of yourself? I let you keep your eyes a little higher, are you planning to appear with a strength comparable to the peak of the God Venerable Realm before the arrival of the Era War? Don't you dare to be bold, if you can have the strength of the God Emperor Realm at that time, or the strength of the more powerful Hongmeng Realm, at that time, you still need to ask for more blessings? You hide and stomp your feet, isn't it to deter the heroes?"

Looking at Ling Xuan's angry face, Yan Fei smiled awkwardly again, isn't he a conservative estimate? Who knew that as soon as he said it, he would immediately provoke Ling Xuan. Yan Fei is not a flamboyant person, and if he wants to have too high expectations for his future, Yan Fei can't do it.

"Boy, you have to remember that this is your shortcoming, you have to change it! You have the Hongmeng Qi and can condense the Hongmeng body, this is your biggest advantage. You must know that even the cultivators of the God Emperor Realm cannot cultivate the Hongmeng Qi, and the generation of the Hongmeng Qi will only appear when they advance to the Hongmeng Realm. You, on the other hand, are a relic. You have to gradually learn to be a little more public, but don't insult the Hongmeng Qi in your body. Ling Xuan said earnestly, but he didn't know how much Yan Fei listened to what he said.

After Yan Fei and Ling Xuan talked together for a long time, Yan Fei entered the state of retreat again. This time, Yan Fei made up his mind to pay attention, if he didn't make a breakthrough in combat cultivation, he would never go out. With such an awareness, Yan Fei's cultivation will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

In the snap of a finger, another three years have passed in the outside world, and Yan Fei, who is in the Rain Immortal Palace, has spent another three thousand years. For the past 3,000 years, Yan Fei has been sitting in place, and the whole person is as motionless as an old monk. From time to time, Ling Xuan would come out of the Xuanyuan ruler to look at Yan Fei, because the relationship with Yan Fei was equal, so Yan Fei couldn't restrain him.

The inside of the Yuxian Hall is quiet, but the outside world is different. In the past three years, Soul Yan has come to the land of Qiyan several times, and on two occasions he even fought with Li Yuan above the Nine Heavens, and in these two battles, countless Yan clansmen died under the remaining strength of the two of them, and there were even many cultivators of the God King Realm. Fortunately, the strength of Li Yuan and Soul Yan is almost the same, and neither of them can help anyone. In the end, this kind of battle is undoubtedly just to release some cruel words to each other, and then each step back and leave.

Although the battle between Li Yuan and Soul Yan can be regarded as a major event, what is even more shocking is that in the past three years, countless spiritual powers have begun to condense in the sky above the land of Qiyan. Under the precipitation of time, those spiritual powers increased more and more, and finally directly covered the entire sky. The entire land of perched swallows was covered by majestic spiritual power, and the cultivators living in the land of perched swallows all felt depressed.

"Senior Huangfu, looking at this situation, Ah Fei's kid is probably about to break through in the near future. His breakthrough is definitely not small. Qingyu looked at Huangfu Xuan and said, at this time, the two of them were staying in the Yuxian Palace, looking at the spiritual power floating in the sky through the external blur.

"Well, this movement is indeed not small, and I don't know how that kid is doing now. Huangfu Xuan said with a little worry, in order to let Yan Fei better cultivate, he and Qing Yu closed the entire Rain Immortal Palace. Later, he was even more ruthless and directly blocked some inductions. In other words, even the two of them don't know about Yan Fei's situation now.

"Don't worry, Huangfu senior, Ah Fei, this kid was born with atmospheric luck. At a young age, he can have the qi of Hongmeng, what kind of favor does this have to be from the heavens to happen!" Qingyu said with a sigh, thinking that when he was still the Qingyu God Emperor, he tried his best to cultivate the power of Hongmeng, but unfortunately the final result ended in failure. Before meeting Yan Fei, Qing Yu had always believed that only by breaking the shackles of the God Emperor Realm and advancing to a deeper level would the divine power in the cultivator's body transform into the power of Hongmeng. But Yan Fei's appearance made Qing Yu's understanding almost subverted, Yan Fei's strength was not very strong, but he actually had the qi of Hongmeng, if such a thing was known to other god emperors, I am afraid that he would be stunned and at a loss.

"Well, I hope so, if Ah Fei can make a breakthrough in battle cultivation, then the two peak God Venerable realm cultivators will not have to worry. Huangfu Xuan said lightly.

"Senior Huangfu, with your current strength, it shouldn't be difficult to kill these two cultivators of the peak God Venerable Realm, right?" As soon as Qing Yu's words came out, he immediately provoked Huangfu Xuan's eyes.

"Oh, can you still see that my current strength is not successful?" Huangfu Xuan stared at Qing Yu and asked rhetorically, his strength has always been a mystery, following Yan Fei's strength before, he said that after his strength was restored to the Battle Saint level, it would be difficult to make any further progress. But later, Huang Fu Xuan was able to kill god-level cultivators casually, and everything showed that Huang Fu Xuan was a mystery, not only his identity was a mystery, but his strength was also a mystery. And what can be judged is that there are too many things that Huangfu Xuan said to Yan Fei in the past, and there are too many of them made up.

"The seniors laughed, how can I Qingyu be able to see the strength of the seniors! It's just that the seniors used to be the most powerful people, even if their strength is damaged now, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with the two little guys at the peak of the Divine Venerable Realm, right?" Qingyu looked at Huangfu Xuan with a deep expression, for Huangfu Xuan, he only had awe in his heart. When he first met Huangfu Xuan in the Heavenly God Realm, it was just a casual move, which made Qingyu have no power to resist. At that time, Qingyu was when he was famous in the Heavenly God Realm, and his heart was extremely arrogant, but whenever he encountered a cultivator in the God Emperor Realm, he wanted to compete with him, which could be described as belligerent.

But the appearance of Huangfu Xuan made Qingyu realize what it means to have mountains outside the mountains and there is heaven outside the sky.

After hearing Qing Yu's judgment, Huangfu Xuan smiled faintly and responded, "That's right, with my current strength, it is indeed not difficult to kill two cultivators of the peak God Venerable Realm. But Qingyu, you must know, my idea is to cultivate Ah Fei, if all these things that should have been done by him, then how can he get experience and growth?" After saying this, Huangfu Xuan's figure flashed, and then the whole person disappeared into the Yuxian Palace.

Watching Huangfu Xuan leave, Qing Yu's face was full of incredulity, and he sighed secretly in his heart: "This is really powerful! Even if the strength is damaged, it is still so inconvenient to kill the two peak God Venerable Realm cultivators, even if I was in my heyday, I can't do this." Senior Xuanyuan, who are you sacred?"

"Mother, I'm fifteen years old now, can I go out to practice now?" Yan Hao wrapped around Tang Yan, and now he no longer looks like the child he was back then. The fifteen-year-old high-ranking god, even if you look at the entire Yan clan, can be regarded as one of the strongest people.

"Auntie, Brother Hao is now fifteen years old, and it's time for him to go out and see each other for a long time. Why don't you let me take Brother Hao out to have a look?, how can I say it, I also have the experience of going out to practice!" Yan Feng looked at Yan Hao, and then looked at Tang Yan and pleaded. Now Yan Feng has become a sturdy young man, and he looks quite similar to Yan Fei.

"Feng'er, do you want to go out again when you come back?" Feng Lingyan looked at Yan Feng with a puzzled expression, now that Yan Feng has grown up, Feng Lingyan's discipline of Yan Feng is naturally let go. When he was young, he was strict with Yan Feng because Yan Feng was not sensible, but now that Yan Feng is in his twenties, it is naturally out of place to discipline him as strictly as before.

"Mother, didn't I see that Brother Hao wanted to go out to practice, can you rest assured that he can't go out alone?" Yan Feng smiled and said.

"Oh, according to what you say, we are relieved to have you with us, don't forget, you and Hao'er are both in the same strength now, both are in the realm of a superior god. ”

After hearing Feng Lingyan's slightly shocking words, Yan Feng suddenly fell silent, his face was full of embarrassment, indeed, his younger brother's talent in cultivation is really a bit perverted, he cultivated to the upper god realm at the age of fifteen, and he still relied on his own to become a god, and did not borrow the help of the godhead. This kind of talent, even Yan Feng, who is the eldest brother, is not admirable.

"Okay, okay! This time we'll go out together as a family, let's just go out for a walk. Feng'er, you can ask your grandparents in a moment, and ask them if they would like to join us? By the way, you can inform Yang Lao and ask him to send some people to join us on the road. Tang Yan thought for a moment and then ordered.

Hearing Tang Yan say this, Yan Hao immediately became excited, and exclaimed, "Great, great, great! I can finally go out and see the outside world." ”

After that, Yan Feng found Yan Wushuang and Meng Yao, and after expressing his intentions, Yan Wushuang and Meng Yao both seemed to struggle a little.

"Feng'er, your grandmother and I want to go back and see your grandfather and them, your grandfather and they live in the Seven Absolute Secret Realms on the God of War Continent, after so many years, you haven't been to the God of War, right?" Yan Wushuang looked at Yan Feng and asked.

Hearing this, Yan Feng was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Yan Wushuang was saying.

"Grandpa, I know what you mean. I'm going back to talk to my mother about it!"

.......

After some discussion, Tang Yan decided to take his family to go back to the God of War Continent with Meng Yao. After all, the God of War Continent is where their true roots lie. Tang Yan hadn't seen his father for many years, and Tang Tian had also come to the Tomb of the Gods, but after living for a while, Tang Tian still chose to return to the God of War Continent. According to Tang Tian's meaning, he is old now, and the current world is no longer their time.

To Tang Yan and the others' surprise, the matter of their meeting with the God of War Continent was leaked out of some reason, and for a while, Jin Xiaomu and a large number of other cultivators came to the door one after another. A big sister called Tang Yan so that she didn't know how to refuse them, and in desperation, Tang Yan and the others had no choice but to let Jin Xiaomu and the others go to the God of War Continent with them. And after Yang Yu knew that Tang Yan needed him to arrange people to go to the God of War Continent together, he directly handed over the matter in his hands to his younger brother Yin Yu, and personally took a group of cultivators on the road, although Tang Yan and others.

In this way, Tang Yan and the others returned to the God of War Continent, and along the way, everyone sighed at the scenes of the past, the vicissitudes of the world, the passage of time, and in a blink of an eye, everything became a memory in the wind......

Not long after Tang Yan and the others left, an extremely sensational thing happened in the entire Qiyan land. The countless spiritual powers that stayed in the sky turned into a pillar of light and projected directly onto the land of Qiyan.

Such a big movement, naturally can not hide from Li Yuan, he took the lead to come to the place of the projection of the spiritual power pillar, under some investigation, Li Yuan also judged, this movement should be a sign that Yan Fei is going to advance, these eight years, he has not seen Yan Fei once, the people of the Yan clan told him that Yan Fei is in retreat, Li Yuan is not good to ask anything.