Frostfall stood on the steps, looking at the young man who was staggering down, pounding his heart.

Every time Chen Ping'an punches down, the heart will be overflowing with golden light, like a blacksmith refining a sword embryo with a hammer, and every time it will be splashed with firelight, disrupting the passage of time, making the light around Chen Ping'an distorted, light and dark.

Because Chen Ping'an is located at a high place, climbing down the stairs, so even if his eyes are low, standing on the low steps, he can still clearly see the golden eyes that are different from ordinary people.

Chen Ping'an staggered, the movement on the other side of the heart was too great, and after refining the heart of the god's remains, it was like moving the entire molar furnace and placing it in the ventricle.

The words that the twisted core peeled off from the golden jade book, even if the rank was extremely high, and the words contained the true meaning of the Dao, were still after Chen Ping'an's punch, there were several words, which were melted by the golden light on the spot and dissipated into the air.

Frostfall asked, "You shouldn't have succeeded in refining so quickly, do you still have some secrets?"

Chen Ping'an was silent, neither willing to speak, but in fact unable to speak. Just punched one punch at the heart, trying to suppress the sound of drums in the heart.

Frostfall turned sideways to give way and walked with Chen Ping'an, Frostfall always looked at Chen Ping'an's side face, operated supernatural powers, and carefully checked the inner weather of Chen Ping'an's small world.

Chen Ping'an stopped, covered his mouth with both hands, vomited out a mouthful of golden blood, tilted his head slightly, swallowed all the blood, and continued to move forward, punching his heart again.

Frost Fall is a little scratchy, weird, too weird, even if Chen Ping'an uses those two dragon eye fires as a refining primer, and has the assistance of martial arts, so that the remains of the gods will not be too repulsive to Chen Ping'an's body and soul, but it still shouldn't be so smooth, according to Frostfall's expectations, twisting the core to dismantle 36,000 warp and weft silk threads, Chen Ping'an may not be able to walk through that small door.

This is like a gifted reading seed, looking through a book of a sage, and for a moment and a half, he may be able to understand the subtle and subtle words of the sage, but he cannot really grasp the profound and important meaning.

There are only two possibilities, one is that Chen Qingdu has secretly made a move, the Great Dao has manifested, and he does not hesitate to pull the entire Great Wall of Sword Qi and personally help Chen Ping'an refine things.

There is another kind, Chen Ping'an is the reincarnation of a certain god who has a great relationship with the remains of this god, half inheritance, half refining.

It's just that Frostfall feels that these two possibilities are very small, Chen Qing is not the kind of person who gives casually, if Chen Ping'an is the reincarnation of an ancient god, and the Changsheng Bridge was interrupted in the early years, it will leave some traces, and Frostfall has traveled in it many times, so he should be aware of it.

Chen Ping'an's eyes gradually returned to normal, the golden light slowly faded, and the movement in his heart became smaller and smaller.

The punches are getting lighter, the steps are steady, and the mood is calming.

The prison fell silent.

Chen Ping'an turned around and ascended, and the white-haired boy had no choice but to follow.

This time, Chen Ping'an passed by one prison after another, and the five Great Demons of the Five Realms and the five Yuanying Sword Cultivator Demon Clans all appeared one after another, but no one spoke.

Look at that young man like a man looks at a demon.

Chen Ping'an came to the entrance of the prison and sat at the top of the steps, this world is a pattern of light and darkness, day and night, outside the prison, it is always day.

Frostfall couldn't help but say again: "Hidden Official Ancestor, I really can't say it, even if it's a deal, when I owe you three snowflakes." ”

Previously, the two "totaled" and established the rules for the sale and purchase of both parties. A snowflake is equal to an Earth Immortal Monk. A small summer money can buy and sell the life of a Jade Pu Realm, and when he has saved enough Gu Yu money, Chen Ping'an can go to intercede with Chen Qingdu to save his life as an alien demon. The frost is ready, the green snake, the Taoist formula, the magic weapon and utensils, there are all kinds of wonders, everything. In this prison, I still have accumulated some belongings, but I only looked at the edge of my eyes before, and soon it will go desperately to pick up the leaks, and it is really going to jump off the wall in a hurry, it even the cloth-pounding girl under the command of the criminal officer, the Huansha mustache, the grape trellis, the Twelve Flower God Cup, plus Du Shanyin's silverfish fairy book and the sword pill, all the fucking ones have to get their hands on it, and come to the old ancestor of the hidden official to exchange money!

There is one thing that is very good about the young hidden official, which makes the frost fall very reassured, that is, once Chen Ping'an sincerely makes an agreement with someone, he will never regret it, which is more effective than any bullshit oath.

Frostfall suddenly laughed to himself, and said: "Words must be deeds, deeds must be fruitful, and you are a villain." ”

Chen Ping'an smiled knowingly, ignoring the scolding of the Outer Heavenly Demon, and just said: "You know that I opened a wine shop on the Great Wall of Sword Qi, and the Sword Immortal drinks alcohol, and he doesn't take any credit. And it's only three snowflakes? It's a loss to not do it. ”

Frostfall turned around, sneakily took out an embroidered handkerchief that looked like a boudoir, gently spread it on the ground, and twisted out a long-cherished beloved thing with two fingers.

On the embroidered handkerchief, the ripples trembled, and a very long narrow knife was twisted by the frost, and the frost fell from twisting the handle of the knife to holding the knife with both hands, and the top of the scabbard was against the embroidered handkerchief.

It's taller than the child-like Outer Heavenly Demon.

Frost put away the embroidered handkerchief, stood up, stood on tiptoe, stretched out his hand to push the knife out of the sheath more than an inch, and the light bloomed in an instant, with five colors, gorgeous like Danxia.

The handle of the knife is wrapped with fine golden silk thread, the narrow knife round gauntlet, exquisite, there is a string of golden ancient seal inscriptions outside the ring, the light flow of the moon, the clear sky and the water, the end of the ancient and eternal, Ying this soul. The last two words are "cut survey".

After Frostfall pushed the knife into the sheath, he held the knife in both hands, "What? I will use this knife to exchange the answer with the Hidden Official Ancestor." ”

Chen Ping'an stretched out his hand and smiled: "Yes." ”

Frostfall did not hesitate to hand the narrow knife to Chen Ping'an.

Chen Ping'an's horizontal knife was on his knee, extremely heavy, holding the knife in one hand, putting his fingers together in the other, against the handle of the knife, slowly pushing the knife out of the sheath, looking at it intently, but he quickly pushed it back, remembered the word "beheading" that was not unfamiliar, and said suspiciously: "Is it the execution of the ancient dragon slashing platform?"

Frostfall squatted aside, nodded and said, "That's not it! It is estimated that he has chopped off the heads of a lot of evil dragons, so the evil spirit is a bit heavy. Anyway, the hidden official ancestor is not afraid of this, so I will give it to the hero as a treasure sword! But now that it is in the vast world, it is still very good for the monks of the Upper Five Realms to break their heads. ”

Chen Ping'an smiled: "Gift?"

Frostfall immediately gave himself a slap in the face and changed his words: "Sell!"

Chen Ping'an pressed the blade of the knife with both hands and said softly: "The answer is that I don't know, I really don't lie to you." ”

Frost falls like lightning.

Chen Ping'an lifted the narrow knife a few inches, "I do business, I have always been undeceived, I deserve it, and I will return you." ”

The two were speechless.

You're going to give me the fucking knife back.

It turned out that Chen Ping'an lifted the knife a little, and there was no follow-up. The frost can't be snatched away, the key is to look at the posture of the hidden official ancestor, the five fingers are clenched, it doesn't seem like he will let go. Frost will not be polite, because once you are polite, the other party will definitely not be polite.

Chen Ping'an threw the narrow knife to the Outer Heavenly Demon, "This is for the sake of you helping me leave something close at the door." ”

Otherwise, he would have to go to the pavilion building naked, and he would encounter a twisted core on the way.

Frostfall stood with his knife in his hand and asked, "Is it just such a trivial matter?

Chen Ping'an stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "A small summer money." Good signs. ”

Frostfall passed the narrow knife, and the sky was happy.

Chen Ping'an stood up, with the saber on the left side of his waist, and walked slowly, without returning to prison.

Frostfall asked: "First enter the Far Journey Realm, and then refine the natal object, you can temper the martial arts by the way, you have already thought about it?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "Actually, I didn't think about it that much. With you by my side, I've been deliberately holding my thoughts around. ”

Frost fell to his knees, threw himself to the ground, slammed his fists on the ground, and howled, "What a sin I have done." ”

Chen Ping'an didn't think it was funny, but worried.

Transform into an outer demon, do whatever you want, and be pure and free.

A sword light came in an instant, hovering not far in front of Chen Ping'an, and then swept towards the thatched hut in the stream.

The criminal officer took the initiative to invite him to the door?

Chen Ping'an traveled far away for the first time in the eighth realm of martial arts.

The frost fell beside Chen Ping'an, and whispered: "This sword pill that the criminal officer gave to Du Shanyin after being blind can also be worth a small summer penny." ”

Whether it is the sword pill refined by the criminal officer, or the narrow sword that Chen Ping'an has just obtained, they are all valuable immortal treasures, but in the transaction between him and the outer heavenly demon, the way of settling accounts is different. In prison, there are opportunities and treasures everywhere, and the life of the Frost Ascension Realm is even more valuable. Chen Ping'an once heard that there is an extremely hidden demon sect in the Middle Earth Divine Continent, which buys and sells with people, and only collects the most precious things in the other party's heart, which can be a beloved woman, or even some kind of persistence, a certain truth, such as the most life-loving person, he has to hand over that life in exchange.

Chen Ping'an floated down on the grape trellis, and the sword immortal criminal officer who still didn't show his true face stood in the verdant blue color, and said: "We're leaving here, say hello to the hidden official, you can choose one of the two women incarnated by ancestral money, stay by your side." ”

Chen Ping'an said: "No merit will be punished. ”

The criminal officer said: "After living here for a long time, it will be dull after all, and the hidden official asked the fist to make a sword and refine things, I have watched a few good shows, and I should have something to say." In addition, the most important thing is that they are closer to you, and they all volunteer to serve the hidden officials, but Du Shanyin needs one of them to assist in his future practice, otherwise you can take it away. ”

On the other side of the stone table, the woman who pounded the clothes and the little mustache of the raccoon yarn were reluctant, but they looked at the young hidden official, and smiled again, their eyes shining.

Hearing this, Chen Ping'an suddenly realized, and somewhat understood why this cloud-shrouded criminal officer sword immortal didn't want to see him inexplicably.

Money.

The vast majority of cultivators in the vast world look at every cave and blessed land, and what they see in their eyes is fairy money. Especially those who don't know that there is a blessed land outside the sky, in the eyes of the immortals, they are the least valuable.

Chen Ping'an didn't bother to explain anything, shook his head and said, "It's better for the criminal officer to take them with him." ”

The criminal officer was even more neat, and with the magic power in his sleeve, he put away the thatched house stream, the grape trellis flower god cup, and the white jade table and stone bench, and traveled far away, Du Shanyin and the Huansha girl followed.

But she left the cloth-pounding girl, she gave Chen Ping'an a blessing, graceful and graceful.

Chen Ping'an was not hypocritical, he couldn't grab the woman and throw it to the criminal officer, so he bowed to her, then looked in the direction of the white jade table, and said softly: "I don't even leave a stool." ”

Don't give a chance to pick up the junk at all.

Receiving gifts from others will inevitably owe favors to others. The burden is leaked, but his head is tied to the belt of his pants, and he earns money with his ability.

The cloth-pounding woman who was born from the manifestation of gold essence and copper coins smiled more and more movingly when she heard the words, and said softly: "The slave and maid have a long life, if the master doesn't like this name, just help the slave and maid choose a name, and the slave and maid will only be extremely honored." ”

Chen Ping'an turned around, waved his hand, and smiled with the woman: "Fellow Daoist of longevity, you and I will be the same generation in the future." To tell you the truth, I really have a place to go, in that Aquarius Island, called the Lotus Root Blessed Land, which is suitable for Taoist friends to live and practice for a long time. It's just that after Daoyou leaves the Great Wall of Sword Qi in the future, where will he go, whether he wants to go to the lotus root blessed land or not, it depends on the wish of Daoist friends alone. ”

The woman blinked her eyes and raised her hand, and in all directions of heaven and earth, many corpses of gods scattered everywhere, and the rotten behemoth body continued to crack and shatter, and then there were golden sand grains in a continuous line, and finally gathered around the cloth-pounding woman, like a golden mountain, the size of the dragon cliff in Naning Mansion.

Frostfall reminded softly: "This golden mountain, in that green world, is enough to refine the golden bodies of three or four river gods and narcissus mansion monarchs. What kind of blessed land is in the Hidden Official Ancestor, after all, it is a medium blessed land, and there will only be more golden body gods. ”

Chen Ping'an tried his best to hold back his laughter, but he couldn't hold back after all, and hugged his fists and said: "Okay, I implore the long-lived Taoist friends to go to Aquarius as a guest, so that they can be a registered worship with few constraints." ”

The remains of those gods were sharpened by the long river of time, and finally slowly attached to the clothes of the cloth-pounding woman, and they did not look unusual at all.

Chen Ping'an thought it was true in his heart, if his wealth was not exposed, it should be like this. Sure enough, he is a fellow believer. The white-haired boy who swaggered around the market next to him couldn't be compared.

She asked curiously, "Master Yinguan, aren't you going back to your hometown?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Say it again." ”

She didn't ask any more.

It's like she still thinks of herself as a maidservant.

Then Chen Ping'an wandered alone, but before parting, she stretched out her finger against her forehead, took out a gold and copper coin, and handed it to Chen Ping'an.

Frost pulled the woman to pick up the treasure, the two sides summed it up, Frost Fall was going to find it by herself at first, of course, it was all her own, she found it, the two sides divided the account ninety-one, never thought that the stinky girl who was in the realm of sparseness, I don't know who lent her dog gall, she wanted to divide fifty-fifty. It's just that her realm cultivation is not worth mentioning, but she is the ancestor of the gold essence and copper coin, even if she is killed by herself, she will be born in the gold essence and copper coin that Chen Ping'an has in her pocket. Frostfall will only talk good words and discuss with her, and finally talked about four or six accounts, Frost Fall makes a little money, but I feel more tired than pestering the old deaf child for eighty years, I never thought that she was still dissatisfied, and muttered a word, the slave is really useless, and the master lost one percent of the income in vain.

Frost almost knelt down and kowtowed to this aunt.

Chen Ping'an came to the sea of clouds that naturally gave birth to water and raindrops, lying on the sea of clouds, folding his hands on his abdomen, and closing his eyes to recuperate.

Mustard seed mind, cruising in all directions.

In the end, in the small world of human beings, Chen Ping'an came to the shore of the heart lake, and with a slight heartbeat, there was an extra stable and abnormal arch bridge.

The real body has slept soundly on the clouds.

Chen Ping'an's mind is standing at one end of this immortal bridge, as long as he crosses the bridge, this walk, to that end, between heaven and earth, there should be one more Dongfu realm qi practitioner.

The little golden man riding the fire dragon came to Chen Ping'an's mind, wrapped his arms around his chest, and raised his head.

The fire dragon under the seat, after tempering the martial arts, thrived, if the previous fire dragon was only the size of slender chopsticks, this time it should be the thickness of an arm, domineering.

Chen Ping'an said softly: "Don't scold. ”

The little golden man sneered: "Haven't you been scolding yourself? I'm annoyed by scolding, and I can't help but listen." ”

Chen Ping'an said: "It is said that when manpower is eventually exhausted, the key is that I have always believed in this, so it makes no sense to scold well, right?"

The golden villain said: "You are afraid that you will not be able to leave, you are afraid that you will become the second Chen Qingdu, and at the same time you don't have the ability of Chen Qingdu." You are afraid that there will be no reunion when you part, and for the first time in your life, you are afraid that all your actions will not be reciprocated at all on your side. ”

Chen Ping'an jumped a few times, high-fived him with his fist, hit a set of Wang Ba punches, and finally stretched out his hand and looked at the arched bridge, "It's like this for everyone, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." ”

The golden villain was silent for a moment, and then used some swearing words to express comfort.

Listening to the dialect of his hometown town that he had not seen for a long time, Chen Ping'an suddenly became happy, his eyes were as clear as the hometown stream, and a little sad was like the little fish, flicking his tail, running into the aquatic weeds, and never seeing anyone again.

In the end, Chen Ping'an withdrew from the small world, stood up from the sea of clouds, and went to the entrance of the prison with the wind.

The matter of crossing the bridge is not an urgent matter, and it will be said until the Great Wall of Sword Qi and the Wild World are completely refined and fully integrated into the mountains and rivers of the human body.

It should be his own cave realm that can't escape.

At that time, as soon as the cave mansion is opened, the small heaven and the earth will be connected to the big heaven and earth, and the prison heaven and earth will be mixed with the abundant aura of the rich sword intent, and it will be rolling in torrents and pouring into the major key qi mansions.

It's just that the pain of skin and soul may be regarded as a daunting path by ordinary Qi practitioners in the Five Realms, and it is regarded as an extremely difficult threshold of life and death to cross, but for Chen Ping'an, it is really nothing.

Chen Ping'an passed by the cage this time, and the big demon Yunqing appeared again, with a smile on his face, and quipped: "Before, Wu Yun was in his body, but now he has refined the treasure of the corpse of the gods, and he has to congratulate the hidden official again, and when he enters the realm of the cave mansion, he will congratulate again, which is a little busy." Fortunately, it is not in the wild world, otherwise it would have been given three copies just for the gift of celebration. ”

Chen Ping'an stopped and said with a smile: "In the vast world, the arrival of an immortal on the top of the Five Realms is the best door-to-door ceremony. ”

Yun Qing looked at the narrow knife and exclaimed, "Good knife." ”

Chen Ping'an pressed his palm against the handle of the knife and said, "The amount is enough, it is indeed a good knife." ”

Yun Qing sighed with emotion: "It seems that there are not many opportunities to talk to the hidden official. ”

Chen Ping'an said in a deep voice: "It's not in the Haoran world, it's a big pity to meet Yunqing's seniors." ”

Yun Qing said with a smile: "It's not in the wild world, it's a pity to invite a hidden official to drink fine wine." My old hill has a great view. ”

The white-haired boy returned with a full load, followed by the woman for a long life.

Jinsha is this thing, with her, it is easy to get, and more of the things that need the help of frost fall are still the remnants of the corpses of those ancient demons, scattered and scattered, which is quite laborious. The treasure of heaven and earth, with many spirituality, will not be like the remains of gods and the bones of big demons who do not move their nests, even if the frost falls with full strength to find it, it is very troublesome. Fortunately, that woman is worthy of being the embodiment of ancestral money, and in the dark, she has excellent luck, and the final harvest is beyond the expectations of frost. Later, with experience, Frostfall deliberately stayed away from her, and when she bumped into the opportunity, and then said hello to himself, he pounced on him, worked diligently, and captured those heavenly treasures that were scurrying like sword fairy flying swords.

The two sides made an appointment, today is just three feet of the ground in one direction, and in the future, I will go to one place every day, at most ten years, I can roughly search again, and the next ten years, I will check and fill in the gaps.

This is the first time the woman has entered this prison, so she is inevitably curious.

The big demon Qingqiu saw the woman beside Chen Ping'an, demure and soft, indeed not bad, and sighed: "Lord Yinguan is so glamorous, but the taste is a little heavier, first a woman who has skinned, and now she has changed to a spirit whose skin and flesh are not real, Lord Yinguan, what's the matter with you, isn't there a seven-tailed fox in prison? If I'm not mistaken, there are still a few other female monks, and this is not enough for you to eat?"

Chen Ping'an smiled: "It's almost dead, can't you say a few nice words?"

The big demon who was really the loach sneered and said, "Just by you, plus that broken knife, stretch your neck and let you chop, can you chop?"

Chen Ping'an pushed the knife out of the sheath by more than an inch, "Try it?"

The big demon Qingqiu instantly disappeared into the fog barrier.

Frostfall laughed.

The woman lived a long life, said goodbye and left, and in prison, the filth was too heavy, and she was reluctant to continue the tour.

Coming to the twisted core, Chen Ping'an waited for her to pull out a weft, and then said, "Borrow your magic knife to use." ”

The twist core handed the magic knife in his hand directly to Chen Ping'an.

After Chen Ping'an took the magic knife, he said with a smile: "In our hometown, when we deliver scissors and firewood knives to people, the tip of the knife will be pointed at ourselves. ”

Twist fell on deaf ears and asked, "It's decided?"

Chen Ping'an nodded, and first took out the cyan rune paper that carried the words of the golden jade book, because there were too many words and too heavy, the paper looked uneven.

Chen Ping'an spread the rune paper in one hand, held a short knife in the other, stabbed into the heart, regarded a qi practitioner as the essence of the heart of the true yuan, drop by drop from the tip of the knife on the rune paper, and then used the water refining trick of the Biyou Mansion Water Temple to control the blood droplets, like writing scriptures in small letters, stroke by stroke, the rules are correct, and the spirit is full, and finally "write" a deed of relief, the content is concise and concise, the meaning is simple but the wording is precise.

Especially when he signed his name at the end, he also stripped off a grain of natal aura from the three souls and seven spirits and injected it into the name "Chen Ping'an".

Chen Ping'an handed the magic knife back to the twisting core.

Twist Core took the magic knife and frowned: "I knew that I wouldn't have leaked this matter to you." ”

When she first saw this young hidden official, she was very puzzled why she was so entangled with the dragon family, and then she put in some effort, coupled with a small talk with the outer heavenly demon, and found out a terrifying secret matter for her. Chen Ping'an's body, there is a deeply hidden contract, the identity of both parties is equal, not the master and servant, but the lives of both parties are at stake, the effect is similar to the contract of ordinary mountain cultivators, when they form a fairy couple, of course, Chen Ping'an's deed, has never involved any love, and the writing party can be said to take advantage of it, and there is almost no constraint.

Chen Ping'an's face was pale, but he seemed to be relieved, but he had a great karmic grudge.

Not only for himself, but also for his own students, to be able to exert his skills and feet in Aquarius.

Frost squatted aside, and said regretfully: "The Hidden Official Ancestor has lost a lot of money in this transaction. shouldn't be so refreshing, if it's me, I'll knock a bamboo bar hard. ”

Chen Ping'an handed the rune paper to the Outer Heavenly Demon and said, "That is, I knew it too late, otherwise I should have done it a long time ago." Frost falls, you hand it over to the old deaf man, after he leaves the prison, he will give it to Wei Jin of Fengxue Temple to help send it to Aquarius, which can only be handed over to a person named Cui Dongshan. ”

Frostfall laughed and said, "Let's let the twisted core be given to the old deaf child, the two of them have just recognized their relatives." ”

Chen Ping'an tugged at the corners of his mouth and maintained his original posture.

I knew that this Outer Heavenly Demon had already recognized the roots of this talisman paper with a rich cyan treasure light.

Frostfall raised his hands, "Don't test me, I won't touch this rune paper anyway, otherwise if you are not careful, you will be calculated and lose a hundred years of Taoism." ”

When the Outer Heavenly Demon doesn't call Grandpa Yinguan and Ancestor Yinguan, he is often telling the truth.

Chen Ping'an handed over the rune paper to the twisted core.

The twisted core disappeared in a flash, and went to hand it over to the old deaf child, and she returned in an instant, she said: "It's too early to go, the old deaf child is just about to leave the prison." ”

There are some words that I thought about, but I still didn't say them. Originally, I wanted to persuade the demon to sew clothes, so that Chen Ping'an could hurry up. It's just that when the words come to the mouth, the twisted core still stops.

Chen Ping'an nodded, went to the pavilion building, and sat alone with his knees crossed.

Frostfall stood on the steps in the distance, looking at the building, the man.

This is the manifestation of the young man's state of mind.

Therefore, Chen Qingdu went to the Xingting Pavilion, and even if he wanted to twist the core, he could also go, because deep in Chen Ping'an's heart, he recognized the twisted core, a person in the demon path, but he was absolutely not allowed to turn into an outer demon.

The sky is round and the place is a row of pavilions.

The foothold is the big and small truths that Chen Ping'an sincerely recognizes.

The four pavilion pillars are the four fundamental veins that Chen Ping'an gradually turned into himself on the road of life.

And the top of the pavilion symbolizes the big sword immortal that Chen Ping'an has in his heart.

Young people look at life, and the people they see are temporary guests in a pavilion, and sooner or later they will have to separate from him, some say hello, some never say.

He stayed where he was, like the pavilion, willing to do little things to shelter others from the wind and rain.

Frostfall shouted loudly: "Hidden Official Ancestor, your beloved girl, do you know this contract?"

Chen Ping'an instantly came back to his senses, pretending to be calm and said: "This contract is about my." ”

Frost Fall jumped high and stretched out his thumb, "Hidden Official Ancestor, your old man is rightly speaking with a heart, especially a scholar!"