The battle in Star Luo City continued, and Giant Hammer Douluo and the others, with the cooperation of the electromagnetic cannon and electromagnetic gun of the Royal Praetorian Guard, forcibly killed all the incoming Title Douluo, and then besieged Cheng Gang, and then they were numb.

Because it can't be hit, the defense of this thing is too strong, and the defense on its body feels like that Qianjun Hammer, it can't be moved at all, even if the Shattered Star Douluo's Shattered Star Light that can shatter the space hits it, it will still be useless.

Even being hit by the electromagnetic cannon was only a few steps back, and in the end, it took ten electromagnetic cannons to bombard Cheng Gang out of Xingluo City, and the area of White Tiger Avenue had become a ruin.

Naturally, the personnel were quickly evacuated, and then the people of the Xingluo royal family secretly attacked and took all the main targets away from the chaos.

As for whether those who were captured can survive or not, it depends on whether they are aware of current affairs.

"Oolong Douluo?"

Wang Xian'er was thoughtful, she could hear this thing say that the Oolong Shield Defense Module was loaded, and the Oolong Shield was the martial soul of Oolong Douluo, the vice president of the Shrek Soul Guide Department, according to the information they got, Oolong Douluo had already been shot by this one at the beginning.

"I fused his corpse with the soul bone martial soul and the soul ring, shaped it into a soul guide core, and then fused some special materials, and finally shaped it into a defense module."

After a brief explanation, Tian Hao walked to the side of the palace, followed by the suspended soul devouring gun, pulling and devouring the soul and martial soul after the death of the soul master, as well as the soul ring.

Of course, he didn't forget to use the power of the Sun Forge to distort the light for stealth, he was just here to collect martial spirits, and he didn't want to show his face in this battle.

"It's cruel!"

Wang Xian'er stepped forward to keep up and did not agree with this approach.

As a healing soul master who refines the life force, he doesn't like killing very much, and he doesn't like this kind of desecration of the corpses of the dead.

"You still only look at things on the surface, and when you recognize the nature of the world, your concept will be very different."

Tian Hao didn't explain much, after he became the master of the plane, he had become a part of this world, and it could also be said that this world had become a part of him, just like his body, and the people in it were like cells in his body.

The soul master in the plane absorbs his energy to cultivate and improve, and even the soul is evolved with the origin power of the plane, everything comes from the plane heaven and earth, and it should also be returned to heaven and earth after death.

It's a pity that there are inexplicable rules to lure the souls of the deceased to the legendary underworld, and in the long run, even if the origin of the plane is not exhausted, it will be difficult to grow.

It was too difficult to plan the reincarnation, and he didn't have the ability to figure it out at the beginning, otherwise he would have to build a reincarnation system in the Douluo plane to form a closed cycle.

Therefore, when those people are alive, everything belongs to themselves, but once they die, the body belongs to the heaven and earth of the plane, and as the lord of the plane, they can naturally call it.

"And he said something that people didn't understand."

muttered, Wang Xian'er didn't like the way that thing spoke, and she was secretive.

Don't say that Wang Xian'er didn't understand this, and Tang Ya, who had been behind for a long time, didn't understand either.

Walking inside the palace, what he saw was a large area of ruins, compared to the battle of the Title Douluo level, this ordinary building was too fragile, and it could be destroyed in one aftermath.

However, the harvest is also quite gratifying, not to mention those martial soul rings of Title Douluo, just those items in its storage soul guide are enough to make a big profit.

Not to mention that as a Titled Douluo, there will be a few soul bones on his body more or less, even if the quality is not high, it is a lot of wealth, so after this battle, he will earn more.

"Sir, the bodies of those people have been collected and are all inside."

Nebula Douluo Manyi stepped forward and presented a storage soul guide, it was the corpses of those people before, they only extracted the soul bone part, and the rest of the corpse part did not move.

"Hmm!"

Taking over the storage soul guide, Tian Hao continued to walk forward, and came to the main hall of the inner palace, Xu Jiawei sat on the throne, his face was pale, obviously he had consumed a lot before.

However, his face was even more unsightly, because of Xuanji Douluo, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Aiqing, I'll give you one last chance!"

Nodding to Tian Hao, who walked in, Xu Jiawei's gaze fell on Xuanji Douluo again, but what he got was silence.

"Sir, he'll leave it to you."

Xu Jiawei was disappointed, and finally handed over Xuanji Douluo to that person.

Xuanji Douluo is a Titled Douluo after all, and he is in charge of the empire's First Soul Master Legion, if he can be submissive, many things will be much easier.

It's a pity that this person is a stubborn temper and has spotted the Duke's Palace.

"That person just now is Cheng Gang?"

Xuanji, who had been speechless, suddenly turned her head to look at someone's huge alloy body, and had some guesses in her heart, and her expression was shocked.

"The path you choose is nothing but death."

Tian Hao didn't answer, but he still said that if Xuanji Douluo was willing to submit, some of his plans would also be smoother and more natural.

"My life is the old white tiger, without him, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Xuanji Douluo shook his head, he would never betray the Duke's Palace, but this performance made Xu Jiawei, who was sitting on the throne, feel even more murderous in his heart.

Although the Dai family handed over the throne, this imperial trick that won the hearts of the people was still retained.

His heart is damned!

Seeing that Xuanji Douluo had said this, Tian Hao didn't say anything more, and the Soul Devouring Spear pierced into his eyebrows, extracting the soul and martial soul, and then entering the dark plane together with his body.

"Your Majesty, I am here to say goodbye."

Raising his eyes to look at Xu Jiawei, Tian Hao said his meaning.

"Sir, be careful all the way, no matter what happens anywhere, the Star Luo Empire will be a home for Sir."

Concerned advice, Xu Jiawei was not surprised by this, this person had released a rumor as early as a month ago that he was going to the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Moreover, in the past half a year in Star Luo City, the special metals hoarded in the hands of those forces in the empire have also been almost acquired, and they really have to change places, and the Heavenly Soul Empire is a good choice.

Without saying much, Tian Hao nodded and turned to leave.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Duchess of the White Tiger asks to see you."

Just then, a guard rushed in to give a report.

Tian Hao ignored this and continued to leave.

However, Zhao Ju and Zhao Lian'er, who had been following closely behind, had a murderous intent in their hearts, but they were forcibly pressed.

"Duchess, she really thinks of herself as only a duchess."

Xu Jiawei, who was sitting on the throne, smiled mockingly, and didn't have much recognition for that sister.

Although the other party is his sister, he has not inherited his father's star crown martial spirit.

In their royal family, only those who inherit the Star Crown Martial Soul are eligible to be surnamed Xu, so that sister's surname is Zhu.

Of course, although there are not many members of the pure Star Crown Martial Soul, there are many Star Martial Souls that have mutated, such as the Shattered Star Light of Shattered Star Douluo, the Heavenly Demon Lone Star Martial Soul of Tiansha Douluo, and the Nebula Fan Martial Soul of Nebula Douluo Manyi all originated from their Xu clan, and those martial souls were mutated based on the Star Crown Martial Soul.

Therefore, these people are the diehards of their royal family, and they are also the foundation for their Xu clan to be able to sit on the throne.

Like the Duchess, who only inherited the martial soul of the maternal family, strictly speaking, they are all outsiders.

In particular, the Netherworld Zhu family is one with the Duke's Palace, and it is also the target they need to guard against.

"Pass her in!"

Xu Jiawei motioned to go out to summon that sister, and he was also about to communicate with that sister and question the Duke's Mansion about the mysterious powerhouse that would appear from the area of White Tiger Avenue tonight and attack the palace.

Soon the Duchess Zhu Qingxia was brought in by the chamberlain, and was about to speak, but looking at the cold eyes of the imperial brother, her heart jumped, and the words she was about to say suddenly reached her throat.

"You should have heard about tonight's incident Qingxia, the source of everything lies in that mysterious powerhouse, he suddenly appeared from the area of the White Tiger Avenue, and he still used the Haotian Sect's chaotic cloak hammer method.

Because of his appearance, as well as the attacks of many powerful forces in the alliance, our electromagnetic soul guide was exposed in advance, and a set was robbed of it.

Imperial sister, as the mistress of the Duke's Palace, don't you have anything to talk to me? ”

His eyes became more and more fierce, Xu Jiawei directly came to the villain to sue first, and hit him down, which suddenly made Zhu Qingxia stunned.

"Imperial brother, this matter has nothing to do with our Duke's Palace, and I don't know about it."

Zhu Qingxia, whose face was pale, hurriedly opened her mouth to explain, she really didn't know about it.

Xu Jiawei didn't speak, just looked down at the sister below coldly, and only spoke again after a long time.

"At the beginning, Shrek Academy sent someone to buy a large number of thunder attribute special metals in advance, so that we could not manufacture enough electromagnetic soul guides, during which your Duke's Mansion provided a lot of help, do you have anything to say about this, imperial sister?"

"At the beginning, Fuzhong provided some help, but we didn't know about the existence of that electromagnetic soul guide at that time, and Shrek never told us."

The royal brother's increasingly cold gaze made Zhu Qingxia's face more and more pale, and in the end, she could only explain hard.

"Go down, go back and think about it."

Xu Jiawei didn't want to say more, closed his eyes and quietly recuperated.

"The royal sister retires!"

opened her mouth but didn't know what to say, Zhu Qingxia could only withdraw from the hall in the end.

"Dai Hao, I've already made a move, how are you going to take it?"

After Zhu Qingxia left, Xu Jiawei opened his eyes and turned his head to look at the west.

This time it was not just about clearing the area of White Tiger Avenue, there were more intentions.

Although the Duke's Mansion is on the edge of the imperial capital, the foundation of the Duke's Mansion is on the side of the Western Group Army, even if the Duke's Mansion is destroyed, it will not have any effect, but will give Dai Hao an excuse.

He needs to slowly encroach and persecute the other party, and in the end he will either be annexed and become a free duke with no real power, or become a rebellious rebellious minister and thief.

After all, he is a king, and Dai Hao is a courtier, this innate advantage is enough to make Dai Hao unable to occupy any righteous status.

In the past, the Duke's Mansion was needed to contact Shrek to fight against the Sun and Moon Empire, and coupled with the god ancestor of the Dai clan, their royal family tolerated some of the behaviors of the Duke's Mansion.

Now there is no need for it, Dai Hao will either be a courtier, or he will become a chaotic minister and a thief!

Not to mention Xu Jiawei's plan here, Zhao Ju and Zhao Lian'er on the other side followed Tian Hao back to the base below the Blue Silver Forest, and after everyone else left, they couldn't help but ask: "Erlang, don't we take revenge on that vicious woman?" ”

They have never forgotten what that woman did to Erlang, she must have revenge, and now they have enough strength to take revenge.

"That woman is just a microcosm of this sad era, I want to change this era, don't worry about that woman and the Duke's Palace, the Xingluo royal family will help us calculate."

replied indifferently, Tian Hao didn't plan to deal with the Duchess and the Duke's Mansion, at least he wouldn't take the initiative to target it.

As for hatred, the Duchess of the other family is Yang Erlang, not someone from other fields.

According to the situation of being attacked and killed back then, it is not clear how Dai Hao and others will save their lives, but the probability of surviving cannon fodder like Yang Erlang is not high, and there is a high probability that they will die in that attack.

At that time, he possessed his body and made a move, which was already regarded as renewing Yang Erlang's life, and he did not owe Yang Erlang.

And that product will be targeted, to a large extent, he really likes Huo Yun'er, if it weren't for the restrictions of the thoughts he left, I'm afraid I would have wanted to confess.

That's right, Gentle Township is a hero's mound!

Of course, that series of things had their own reasons, so in the end, they would lead the Duchess and her family down.

This is the limit of what he can do, and it is better to take revenge.

Zhao Ju and his wife seemed to understand whether they understood or not, but they could understand part of it.

They could all see the changes in Emperor Xingluo after obtaining the electromagnetic soul guide and arming the Imperial Guard, such as this plan for the area of the White Tiger Avenue.

Zhao Ju, as a member of the former White Tiger Guard, naturally knew what the White Tiger Avenue meant, and now that Emperor Xingluo made a move on the White Tiger Avenue, he could already explain a lot of problems.

And this must be just the beginning, and the future of the Duke's Palace will definitely not be easy.

Erlang's trick of borrowing a knife to kill people is too good.

"With Yang Erlang's identity, do I want to copy the script of Second Brother Jiao?"

Ignoring the thoughts of the two, Tian Hao was thinking about whether to go to Huo Hang's side to show his face and add another plug-in to him.

It is best to reasonably induce the Tang God King to discover the conspiracy of the Shura God, and let the two pinch each other, so as to stimulate more plans of the Shura God.

"Huo Yun'er's martial soul just came in handy, I believe Huo Hang will definitely miss his mother's feeling very much."

As soon as he thought of it, Tian Hao began to prepare the materials.

Not to mention Tian Hao's yin damage plan on his side, after Jing Hongchen on the other side met with his grandchildren, he flew to the Sun and Moon Empire at full speed regardless of the loss of soul power.

did not return to Mingde Hall, but went straight to the palace to meet the Sun and Moon Emperor.

After listening to Jing Hongchen talk about the effects of the two electromagnetic guns, the Sun and Moon Emperor attached great importance to it, and immediately sent someone to invite the imperial hall master Kong Deming.

"Old minister, see Your Majesty!"

Kong Deming came to the main hall and saluted the Sun and Moon Emperor first, and then looked at the two things placed on the table in front of the Sun and Moon Emperor.

"Jing Aiqing, tell Elder Kong about these two soul guides!"

The Sun and Moon Emperor gestured to Jing Hongchen, his eyes still staring at the two electromagnetic guns, and his brows furrowed into a pimple.

"Kong Lao, those two soul guides were made by defeating Shrek in the first place......"

Jing Hongchen told Kong Deming about the two soul guides, and by the way, he talked about the kind of physical examination warehouse, and said that he speculated that it was likely to be a tenth-level soul master.

"Elder Kong, is that really a tenth-level soul master?"

After Jing Hongchen finished speaking, the Sun Moon Emperor asked, I really couldn't imagine that there was someone on the Douluo Continent who could reach the level of a tenth-level soul master.

You must know that even on their side, only Kong Deming has achieved a tenth-level soul guide, fusing the soul guide with his own martial soul to create a natal soul guide.

The soul guide system on the Douluo Continent is so weak, how can it be possible to give birth to a tenth-level soul master?

"The old man can't make a judgment based on these words alone, he has to look at those two soul guides."

Kong Deming was very surprised, and his eyes fell on the two strange-looking soul guides.

"Jing Aiqing, show these two soul guides."

The Sun and Moon Emperor held up the two electromagnetic guns with soul power and handed them to Jing Hongchen.

"Master of the Mirror Hall, demonstrate to the old man."

Kong De obviously turned into his own natal soul guide, the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, to envelop himself, and motioned to Jing Hongchen to show himself the offensive of that kind of soul guide, and he wanted to personally experience the strength of that offensive.

"Kong Lao, offended!"

Jing Hongchen took the two electromagnetic guns, nodded to Kong Ming, first aimed at the electromagnetic pistol and then pulled the trigger.

An orange-red ray of light shot out, and the metal projectile shot at the Silver Moon God's light mask, causing faint ripples.

Although there were only faint ripples, and you couldn't even see it if you didn't look closely, it still surprised Kong Deming.

You must know that his Silver Moon Divine Light Shield is a natal soul guide made of a fusion of a soul guide and his own martial soul, and he is confident enough to resist the attack of Extreme Douluo, but now he is slightly shaken by an inconspicuous soul guide.

"There are also several projectiles in this soul guide, which have special effects......"

Jing Hongchen explained while changing the projectile for shooting.

At the beginning, he had been watching from afar, and saw the process of using this soul guide by the Star Luo Royal Praetorian Guard, plus he was also a soul master, and it didn't take long for him to figure out how to use it, so he could show it himself.

"This soul guide should be similar in principle to the previous one, but it is more powerful."

After displaying the various bullets of the electromagnetic pistol, Jing Hongchen picked up the electromagnetic sniper rifle, first displayed the bullets of various effects, and then turned on the burst mode, and sent the Silver Moon God Light Mask out of ripples, until the thunder attribute soul power stored in the battery was exhausted.

And looking at such a powerful soul guide, Kong Deming's brows also wrinkled into a pimple.

Put away the silver moon god light shield, and held those bullets in the air with soul power to observe carefully, and found that most of them were ordinary metal, with no energy fluctuations, only those bullets with special effects were made of special metal, and there were some fine lines on them.

"Are there more of these soul guides on the Star Luo Empire's side?"

After watching for a while, Kong Deming's face became more and more calm.

The penetrating power of this soul guide is too strong, and the most important thing is that he did not sense the fluctuation of Jing Hongchen's own soul power before, that is to say, he did not use his soul power, which is not even comparable to the customized soul guide.

After all, the custom-installed soul guide only consumes less soul power, not that it does not require soul power.

Now, this one doesn't need to be transported at all, at least until the soul power stored in it is consumed.

In this way, it also means that ordinary people can also use it, and if the Star Luo Empire arms this kind of soul guide to the entire army, it will be terrifying.

Even his own Silver Moon God Light Shield would not be able to withstand the countless concentrated shots of this kind of soul guide.

"Many, according to my eyesight, the Star Luo Royal Praetorian Guard should all be equipped with this kind of soul guide, and its range has also reached thousands of meters, far exceeding all the soul guides in our empire.

In addition, there were two stronger soul guides of this kind, the strongest being the one that hit Dragon God Douluo hard, and that night the Star Luo Empire showed ten soul guides of that kind. ”

Bitterly replied, Jing Hongchen also understood the meaning of this kind of soul guide.

This kind of soul guide alone wiped out the advantages that their Sun and Moon Empire had accumulated over the years, and even fell into disadvantage in turn.

The Sun and Moon Emperor is even more dignified, as the emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire, he naturally knows a lot of information about the Star Luo Empire, although the Star Luo Royal Janissaries have not experienced much actual combat, but they are the most well-equipped, and the quality of personnel is also the best, and there are 100,000 of them, which are only stationed in Star Luo City to guard the imperial capital.

If the 100,000 Star Luo Royal Praetorian Guards are equipped with this kind of soul guide, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is a god blocking and killing a god, and a demon blocking and killing a demon.

Even if the army of their Sun and Moon Empire was opposed, they would have to be crushed and swept away.

Kong Deming didn't say anything, he took the smaller soul guide from Jing Hongchen's hand, and after sensing it with his spiritual power, he slowly operated it with both hands, dismantling the soul guide little by little, and finally saw the soul guide core inside.

"That's the soul guide core?"

Looking at the dismantled soul guide core, Xiao Hongchen, who had been speechless, was very unbelievable, that soul guide core was too small, only the size of a small peanut.

Meng Hongchen also blinked his bright eyes, and he also felt incredible at the size of the soul guide core.

Kong Deming still didn't speak, and after studying for a while, he converted his soul power into thunder attribute with the help of the magic circle dismantled by the electromagnetic gun, and then injected it into the electromagnetic soul guide core.

Then, the electromagnetic soul guide core that looked like a black crystal lit up with fine lines, and at the same time, an electromagnetic force field spread out.

The few people present looked at the formation patterns on the electromagnetic soul guide core that were so fine that they were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and they were all extremely shocked.

"Your Majesty, this person's soul guide ability can no longer be assessed by the existing level, he is opening up a new path, a path to sublimate the soul guide system."

After carefully sensing with his spiritual power, Kong Deming sighed with emotion, feeling like he was sighing to himself.

Although he successfully fused the soul guide and the martial soul to create the natal soul guide, and thus advanced to an unprecedented level 10 soul master, this achievement was still far from the new path opened up by this one, or it was not on the same level at all.

I just realized the conjecture put forward by my ancestors and pushed the soul guide system forward a small step, but others sublimated the entire soul guide system to a level, and there is no comparison between the two at all.

That one had already transcended the system of the soul master and reached another height that ordinary people could not understand.

This evaluation made the Sun and Moon Emperor's face even more gloomy, he was also a soul master himself, and he could understand the value and significance of this new soul guide core.

The shrinking of the magic circle has always been a research topic in their empire, which can better save materials and reduce the cost of making soul guides, but the ultimate goal of their research is not so frustrating, and the formation patterns are not visible to the naked eye.

Such a tiny magic circle is definitely not something that can be carved by a carving knife, it must have used other means, and it has indeed surpassed the existing soul guide system.

"Jing Aiqing, you have made great contributions to the empire this time, what reward do you want, just ask."

Quickly stabilizing his mood, the Sun and Moon Emperor looked at Jing Hongchen.

Although it was not good news, it was a very important piece of information, and if we did not know this and continue with the original plan, the empire would inevitably be defeated, and even possibly destroyed.

Jing Hongchen has made great achievements this time, and he must be rewarded!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister does have something to ask for!"

Jing Hongchen was not hypocritical, saying that he really needed help.

"Speak!"

"The minister's granddaughter Meng Hongchen martial soul is Zhu Qing Bing Toad, and the fire poison and cold poison in her body are opposed, and she often suffers from backlash, and even worries about her life.

This time, I went to the Star Luo Empire and obtained two healing methods from the physical examination warehouse created by that person, one is to rely on my own strength to reconcile, but I need Xiaomeng to achieve the Soul Saint, and the other is to obtain the Immortal Grass Octagonal Xuanbing Grass and the Flame Apricot Jiaoshu, and use the medicinal power of the two to balance the cold poison and fire poison in the body.

But these two herbs were only taken by the sea god 10,000 years ago, if there is any left, it must be related to the Haotian Sect Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, and please ask Your Majesty for help. ”

Jing Hongchen has fought hard for his granddaughter, and this is how he has been in this life, but his grandson and granddaughter have a better future, and they must not fall on the defects of the martial soul.

"This matter is accurate, Kong Lao, please help me."

The Sun and Moon Emperor looked at Kong Deming, since it involved Haotian Sect and Shrek Academy, then he could only ask Kong Lao to make a move.

This is the only tenth-level soul master in their Sun and Moon Empire, who can confront Extreme Douluo head-on, even against that Dragon God Douluo, he can retreat with his whole body.

"The old minister obeys!"

Kong Deming received the order, he also wanted to go to the Douluo Continent to have a look, meet that person, and communicate with him, he would definitely be able to gain a lot.

"In addition, this soul guide must be parsed out as soon as possible to see if it can be imitated, and the empire cannot be half a point behind, especially in the soul guide system."

In the end, he gave a death order, and the Sun and Moon Emperor didn't want to be surpassed by the Douluo Continent in the soul guide system.

The soul guide system is their strength and pride, once the soul guide system is surpassed, they will have no advantage to speak of, and the empire will inevitably be in danger and have the worry of destruction.

"Do your best."

Kong Deming didn't pack the ticket, because the brand-new soul guide core was already beyond the limit of his ability, and even if he could parse the inner circle, he couldn't create it.

The subtle pattern of the magic circle is beyond the limit of carving, and it cannot be carved with the best carving knife.

This is a new soul guide system, and it is too difficult to reproduce it with existing means, and it is almost impossible.

"Then do your best, if you have any needs, just ask, the resources of the empire are at your disposal!"

The Sun and Moon Emperor also understood the difficulty inside, and he could only choose to fully support it, hoping to produce some results.

"The old minister retires!"

"Wait for the resignation!"

Kong Deming was ordered to withdraw from the main hall, and the three ancestors and grandsons of Jing Hongchen also bowed and retreated.

Then the four of them left the palace and went straight to the Mingde Hall below the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and tested the soul guide core with the help of the most advanced soul guide there.

"Master Confucius, at this level, the number of magic circles inside is probably a hundred times more than that of the ninth-level soul guide cannonballs."

Looking at the results of the test, Jing Hongchen was incredible.

Although their instruments here can't detect the specific magic circles inside, they can detect the number and scale of the inner magic circles according to the subtle changes in the operation of soul power in the core.

But the results obtained now are very shocking, hundreds of times more complicated than the ninth-level soul guide cannonballs they made, it is really unimaginable that such a small soul guide core can burn so many soul guide arrays?

How, exactly?

The brothers and sisters Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who were following behind, were even more dumbfounded, feeling that they must have learned a false soul guide system before.

"The pattern of the magic circle above should not only be on the surface, but also on the inside, which is covered by the other party layer by layer, and finally forms such a complete soul guide core."

Kong Deming had a guess that when he activated the soul guide core in the palace before, he found that only a small part of the thunder attribute soul power transferred into it was circulating in the pattern of the magic array on the surface, and more was transferred to the soul guide core, and obviously there were still many soul guide arrays in it.

This made him more and more curious about the man, and he looked forward to their next meeting.

(End of chapter)