As the saying goes, "It's a blessing not a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided." After experiencing this "bloody disaster", Lu Yi's return journey became extremely smooth, and he returned to the door all the way without incident, greeted Yulinzi and them, went to see Niuniu again, and sent a bunch of good things to coax her very happy. Returning to his residence in the Internal Affairs Hall, everything was as usual, and Lu Yi started his cultivation journey again, occasionally visiting a few friends he had made in Yaoshan, and guiding their cultivation by the way.

The days passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, it was half a year, and now Lu Yi's cultivation realm has stabilized at the middle of the third order, and his spiritual power has also successfully broken through from the peak of the early stage of the fourth order to the middle of the fourth order. It's just that Lu Yi has never seen Lu Fenglai again, which makes him feel a lot more relieved.

On this day, Lu Yi was looking through a formation book on the fourth floor of the Magic Building, and a light rune suddenly flew in front of Lu Yi, which is a special talisman used to transmit information, which can transmit information in a short distance. Lu Yi grabbed the light talisman and put it on his forehead, and sensed the information inside, it was the head of the sect Yu Linzi who asked him to go to the main peak head hall quickly. Lu Yi hurriedly put down the books in his hand, went straight to the outside of the building, went out and released the flying mount he had purchased, Yu Yan, and went straight to the main hall on the back of the goose. Half an hour later, Lu Yi came to the door of the main hall, and the attendant disciples immediately led Lu Yi to a side hall on the edge of the hall, and when he entered the side hall, Lu Yi found that Yulinzi and his brothers and sisters were all there, and there were two old men who looked like elders, they were gathering around a couch, and their expressions seemed to be very nervous.

Seeing Lu Yi coming, Yulinzi hurriedly beckoned to Lu Yi to come over, and several other people also turned their heads and looked at Lu Yi with strange expressions. Lu Yi was very strange, what happened to these people today, and when he walked to the couch to take a look, he was startled.

It turned out that there was a person lying on the couch, it was Jin Dongzi. I saw that Jin Dongzi's face was black and purple, his beard and eyebrows were burnt, his eyes were closed, and his clothes were tattered. Lu Yi looked at Yulinzi suspiciously, and said, "Old man, is there a fire in the house?" How did it burn so badly? ”

"Ahem!" Everyone coughed, obviously stunned by Lu Yi's title.

"That's the case, Uncle Jin Dong just came back, and he fainted as soon as he arrived at the main hall, just now the sect protection array seemed to have launched a forbidden attack after Uncle Jin Dong entered, and when I arrived at the place where the ban was launched, I didn't find anything, it seems that there are some powerful characters or demon beasts chasing Uncle Jin Dong. The reason why I called you here is also to ask my junior brother, but do you know if Uncle Jin Dong has made any strong enemies in the night mountains and forests in recent years? ”

"This? I haven't heard him say that he made enemies, but the reason why I left the mountains and forests was because the old man was planning something, saying that it was inconvenient to take me, so I went back to Yaoshan. How is he doing now? Is it dangerous? ”

"These two, the junior brother hasn't seen them yet, this is Yu Xizi, the elder of the Danfang, who is good at alchemy and healing; This is Yu Xingzi, the elder of the instrument room, who is good at fire mining and fire control, and the way of refining weapons. The two senior brothers of yours have already seen it just now, Senior Uncle Jin Dong was injured by the eighth-order demon fire, and the spiritual power of the long-distance journey was exhausted, resulting in a coma, and Senior Brother Yuxi had already given him the elixir of clearing the fire, as long as he had a good rest for a few days, it would be fine. Yulinzi introduced the two elders to Lu Yi one by one, and explained Jin Dongzi's situation to Lu Yi, and Lu Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He muttered, "Eighth-order demon fire, could it be that the old man has encountered a shape-shifting demon beast?" ”

Yu Xingzi said: "Eighty percent is like this, with the cultivation of Uncle Jin Dong's peak in the late seventh order, ordinary demon fire can't penetrate his body at all, I look at the residual embers of Uncle Jinxi's lungs, although it is almost exhausted, but the fire is still fierce, the Qinghuo Pill that Senior Brother Yuxi gave to Uncle Senior just now was instantly destroyed by the remaining fire, and it took three pieces to be able to maintain parity with the embers, and this flame is red with a hint of golden, quite similar to the fire of the true spirit phoenix." ”

"Shhh Ancient True Spirits. Lu Yi sighed for a while.

"Senior brothers, since the old man has nothing to do, please go and get busy, I will stay here, and I will inform you as soon as he wakes up."

"It's okay, let's go and get busy, if there is something Senior Brother Lu Yi remember to inform us, we will arrive immediately."

Yu Linzi led everyone to disperse, and Lu Yi sat down on the edge of the couch, "I said old guy, you must not have anything to do, just wake up after resting." I have a lot more to tell you. ”

Four days passed in a flash, every day, Yulinzi they would take time to come and see, and Lu Yi had been sitting in front of the couch and waiting, at dusk on the fourth day, Jin Dongzi's eyebrows that had been burned by most of the fire suddenly moved, and then I saw Jin Dongzi jump up from the couch at once, and shouted in his mouth: "You dead bird, doesn't the old man just want to show your grandson a clear way, let it be my obedient pet?" What's wrong with you, you actually set fire to me! Come on, let's fight for another 300 rounds, and I don't believe I can't win against you! ”

Lu Yi jumped up, listened to Jin Dongzi's words, and was moved in his heart, "Master, you finally woke up?!" ”

Hearing Lu Yi's greeting, Jin Dongzi was stunned, and suddenly seemed to remember something, but he was a little embarrassed, scratching his burned messy hair with one hand, and said with a wry smile: "Good apprentice, you have grown so tall, you can't recognize it as a teacher." Come and let the teacher take a good look. ”

"Well, that's right, it's in the middle of the third order, and it will soon be able to break through the late stage, and the mental power is also good, the middle stage of the fourth order. Looks like you're not lazy, what about the turtle? Release it out for the teacher to see. ”

"The little turtle is asleep, it is estimated that he will wake up in the middle of the fourth order, this is Xiao Ling, his grandfather said it was your old friend."

Lu Yi released Xiao Ling, and Jin Dongzi's eyes immediately widened, "This, this, this is Qinglin, where did you come from?" Didn't you meet the predecessors of 'Qishan'? ”

"Exactly."

"How is he now? Did I tell you anything? ”

"The old man said that he was going to the depths of the Night Mountain Forest to impact the tenth-order realm, and entrusted Xiao Ling to me to take care of him, and he also recognized the little turtle and said that he was the descendant of the dragon turtle."

Jin Dongzi said: "Good apprentice, now you know how good it is to be a teacher, right?" If it wasn't for the teacher who took you to the night mountain forest, how could you have this opportunity! As he spoke, he looked at Lu Yi with smug eyes, obviously asking Lu Yi for merit and reward, how could he still have a little solemnity as a teacher.

Lu Yi directly ignored Jin Dongzi's eyes, and said jokingly: "Old man, I'm curious, what can hurt you, and make you a ghost?" ”

"Ugh! Is this one? Don't mention it, don't mention it! Good apprentice, come and tell the teacher about your entry over the years. As soon as he heard Lu Yi mention his embarrassment, Jin Dongzi's old face turned a rare red, and he hurriedly changed the topic.

Lu Yi didn't want Jin Dongzi to be embarrassed, so he used the topic of Jin Dongzi to tell Jin Dongzi about some of his experiences and uncertainties in cultivation and formation over the years, and Jin Dongzi also answered some of the questions raised by Lu Yi, and corrected the deviations in Lu Yi's learning. After chatting for more than an hour, Yulinzi came over, and when he saw Jin Dongzi wake up, he summoned several other brothers to come to visit, and everyone came soon.

Everyone was chatting energetically, a gust of wind drifted by, and there was an old man with a fairy wind and bones in the hall, with white hair, white clothes, a slightly round face, a ruddy complexion, and looked at Jin Dongzi with a smile and said, "Senior brother, are you awake?" ”

Except for Jin Dongzi and Lu Yi, everyone looked solemn, bowed and saluted: "Meet the master (uncle)!" ”

It turned out that this was Jin Dongzi's eldest brother, Jin Chunzi, the former head of the company.

Jin Dongzi glanced at Jin Chunzi, and said angrily: "Senior brother is not on the eighth floor of the Shujue Building to close your Xiaoyaoguan, how can you have time to come here to see me make a fool?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were sweating. Jin Chunzi didn't care, but looked at Lu Yi with a smile, and said, "This doll is the disciple of the junior brother, right?" Sure enough, it is a good seedling, he has a mid-third-order cultivation at a young age, and his spiritual power has reached the mid-fourth-order level, which is good, not bad. ”

Lu Yi hurriedly saluted: "Meet the uncle." ”

"Cut, I know how to play with my mouth, and I don't know how to give your nephew something practical." Jin Dongzi pouted dissatisfiedly.

After hearing this, the Yulin brothers looked at each other, and finally knew where Lu Yi's methods came from.

Jin Chunzi was not annoyed, his hand turned over, and a quaint ring made of metal that he didn't know what kind of metal appeared in his hand, and handed it to Lu Yi with a smile: "I know that my junior brother will say this, the old man has already prepared for the meeting gift, this ring is called 'Ling Bo', it is not only a space container, but also has the effect of avoiding water, you can freely enter and exit deep water without holding your breath, so I will give you this doll!" ”

Yulinzi and the others took a deep breath when they saw it, knowing that this "Lingbo Ring" was a seventh-order low-grade magic weapon, and it was one of the famous high-level magic weapons in the Yaoshan Sect.

Jin Dongzi smiled a little at this time, and said to Lu Yi: "Good apprentice, don't thank you uncle, this is a genuine good thing, hehe!" ”

Seeing everyone's expressions, how could Lu Yi not know that he had picked up a big bargain, and hurriedly gave a deep salute and said: "Lu Yi has thanked his uncle!" ”

Jin Chunzi smiled and waved his hand and said: "Your master's temper, if the old man doesn't have some blood, how can he easily let me go, besides, I also see everything you did when you came to Yaoshan, if it wasn't for the junior brother who took the lead, the old man would have the heart to accept the apprentice, hahahaha!" ”

"If you want to rob my apprentice, be careful that I fight with you!"

"Hahahaha!"

In the main hall, there was laughter. After a long time, Jin Chunzi withdrew from everyone, saying that he had something to talk about with Jin Dongzi, and Yulinzi Lu Yi and others also said goodbye and left. After a few more hours, a golden light rushed straight towards the eighth floor of the Technique Building.

Jin Dongzi only stayed in Yaoshan for more than a month, and left Yaoshan in a hurry after instructing Lu Yi on some cultivation and formation problems. According to Jin Dongzi, he is going to meet a few old friends in the Night Mountain Forest this time, and then he is ready to go back to the mountain retreat to attack the eighth-order level, and before leaving, he will explain that Lu Yi will have the opportunity to go out to practice more in the future, and actual combat is the best way to improve his cultivation.

Everything returned to normal again, and Lu Yi still returned to duty - in the cycle of cultivation, he occasionally went to the back mountain to explore. In this way, three years have passed, and the little turtle woke up on this day and successfully advanced to the middle of the fourth order, and Xiao Ling didn't seem to be very interested in the demon pill, but liked Lu Yi's barbecue, and at the first opportunity, he asked Lu Yi to go to the back mountain to get some demon beasts to roast and eat, but the cultivation was unhappy, and he was still wandering in the late third order. According to Jin Dongzi, the early advancement of the true spirit demon beast should be very fast, and it should only slow down when it reaches the fifth order, but I don't know if Xiao Ling is too playful, and he is far inferior to Xiao Turtle in terms of entry. After the little turtle woke up, he quickly mingled with Xiao Ling, and the two little ones had a lot of fun, sometimes Niu Niu brought her demon beast brigade to Lu Yi to play, and the two little ones would also play with Niu Niu's demon beasts, and the two of them cultivated to the highest, as if they had become the minds of a little demon beasts, and Niu Niu's strange little monster beasts were completely based on the heads of the two of them. Lu Yi's cultivation has also improved a lot, his cultivation has reached the peak of the middle of the third order, and his spiritual power has stabilized at the middle of the fourth order, which is not unrelated to his long-term cultivation in the quiet room on the fourth floor of the Shuji Building.

During this time, the Yaoshan Book Hall passed down an announcement that the Southern Regions Rookie Competition, which is held every fifty years, will be held in the Southern Regions Lion Camel Country in two years, at that time, Yaoshan will be represented by fifty disciples under the age of forty to participate in the competition on behalf of the sect, and the top 100 in the entire Southern Regions Rookie Tournament will represent the Southern Regions to participate in the Four Regions Rookie Elite Tournament ten years later. Yaoshan's selection competition,Will be launched in half a year,The first round of selection is scheduled for half a year later,All disciples who are less than thirty-eight years old and cultivate to reach the second order or more can sign up to participate,The competition is not limited to the form,All kinds of spells、Formations、Pets can be used,But the level of foreign objects used cannot be higher than the fourth order,The level of the demon beast controlled cannot exceed the middle of the fourth order,Of course,For the monks whose level is around the third order,It is basically impossible to control the existence of the fifth-order demon beast, Those who can possess fourth-order demon beasts like Lu Yi and Lu Fenglai are rare existences. The competition will use half a year to determine the top 100, and these 100 people will have the opportunity to go to the Lion Camel Country to watch the Southern Regions Rookie Competition, and the top 100 will also have rich sect contributions, third-order magic weapons and other rewards. The competition for 100 to 50 will be held after the Chunyang Festival, and the rewards for the first 50 disciples who represent Yaoshan to participate in the Southern Regions Rookie Competition will be richer.

As soon as this announcement came out, it immediately caused a sensation, and many disciples of the age who met the requirements immediately became excited. Ordinary humans living in the Heavenly Chaos Continent have a lifespan of up to one hundred and fifty years, and being able to cultivate to the first order can increase their lifespan by about fifty years, and the vast majority of monks can easily advance to the first order of cultivation. Eighty percent of first-order monks can reach the second order through years of penance, and the longevity is increased by another fifty years, and it often takes about five years for ordinary monks to go from the first order to the second order. Sixty percent of second-order monks can advance to the third-order monks after a long period of penance, and their longevity will increase by another fifty years, and they can live to about three hundred years old, which is twice as much as that of ordinary people, and from the second-order to the third-order monks often take twenty to fifty years according to different qualifications, only a few outstanding people with qualifications or through some secret elixirs and other means will reach the third order in five to twenty years, and the third order can be called a master in the world. Monks of the third order and below are actually similar to ordinary people in the world who mainly practice physical training, and they are basically hand-to-hand combat in close quarters, limited by their own spiritual power, and the techniques they use cannot be too far away from the body. Of course, the advancement of monks is not without shortcuts, according to legend, some secret techniques can directly improve the cultivation of monks, but those secret techniques are either very disadvantageous, or cost a lot of money, so they are rarely used. The junior monks of the third order and below are collectively referred to as the monks of the peeping period, which means the first glimpse of the court on the path of cultivation, and the first, second, and third order monks correspond to the early, middle, and late stages of the voyeuristic period respectively. The third order to the fourth order, for the monks, will be a moat, only about forty or thirty percent of the third order monks can cross this step, and the years and months used are generally fifty to hundreds of years, once the hurdle is crossed, it can be regarded as truly entering the monk class, not only Shou Yuan can be improved for more than three hundred years at one time, but also every time you break through a small realm, such as the early stage into the middle stage, Shou Yuan will increase by another hundred years, in addition, the fourth order monks can master a certain rule of heaven and earth, better communicate the aura of heaven and earth, and use advanced techniques, Alchemy refiners and so on will also be more convenient. Cultivation after the fourth order basically cannot be verified by years, it all depends on personal qualifications, understanding, and opportunities, and those who are fast enter the realm like flying, and those who are slow will live for the rest of their lives. In most cases, there is only a 30% chance that the fourth order will be promoted to the fifth order, and the longevity will also increase by three hundred years, and every time you break through a small realm, the longevity will also increase by two hundred years, and the years and months of cultivation are recorded in a hundred years; There is only a 20% chance of the fifth order advancing to the sixth order, and only about 10% of the sixth order advancing to the seventh order, and the longevity yuan is also increased by 500 years respectively, and each time you cross a small realm, you can increase the longevity yuan by 300 years. When you reach the seventh order and advance to the eighth order, it is the biggest hurdle, because the eighth order must have a very high understanding of the rules of heaven and earth, so as to be able to produce your own rules, and when you advance, because the creation of the rules of heaven and earth is an act against the sky, there will be a curse, and only about three out of ten thousand seventh-order monks can be promoted, after the eighth order, it is basically the top existence in the continent, and the longevity can reach three thousand years, and it is difficult to continue to advance, and the probability is even lower. Similarly, the increase in longevity is also considerable, each level can increase the longevity of three thousand six hundred years, and each small realm can increase the longevity of a thousand years, in the same way, every time you advance to a small realm, you have to face a more ruthless curse, and the benefits obtained after successful advancement are also abnormally many. It is said that if a monk reaches the cultivation of the twelfth heavenly order, he can basically survive forever. The fourth to seventh order monks are also called the monks of the Imperial Spirit Period, which means that they can truly make spiritual power, the fourth and fifth orders correspond to the early stage of the Imperial Spirit, the middle stage of the Imperial Spirit, the sixth order is the late stage of the Imperial Spirit, and the seventh order is the consummation of the Imperial Spirit. The monks above the eighth order are called monks in the spiritual building period, which means monks who have the rules of heaven and earth of their own creation, the eighth order is the early stage of spiritual building, the ninth order is the middle stage of spiritual building, the tenth order is the late stage of spiritual building, and the eleventh order is the consummation of spiritual building. The twelfth order is called the Heavenly Order, which means that the cultivation has reached the peak, and so far the Heavenly Rank cultivators on the entire continent are said to be less than ten fingers.

Therefore, according to this calculation, the rookie competition under the age of fifty is basically a competition below the fourth order, and in the history of the mainland's competition records, there have only been a few thirty-one people who have participated in the competition at the level of the third order and the fourth order, and the thirty-one people who participated in this competition, except for fourteen people who fell prematurely for various reasons, another five people who were not able to advance due to poor cultivation in the later stage, and the rest of them reached the eighth order or above. With Lu Yi's cultivation in the middle of the third order before he is now in his thirties, he is already an amazing and brilliant figure in today's mainland, and the disciples who can reach the third order before the age of thirty-eight are considered to have good qualifications. There are many disciples whose cultivation has reached the peak of the second order, and they have begun to try their best to improve their cultivation in order to make achievements in the selection competition, after all, a third-order magic weapon may only have such a thing in a third-order disciple's life, and how many of them can have a lot of good things like Lu Yi?! For a while, Yaoshan set off a rush craze, and the corresponding various magic weapon materials, pills that can improve cultivation, demon beast eggs and even domesticated finished demon beasts have become sought-after goods, and the market transactions are unprecedentedly lively.

The rewards of the competition are not attractive to Lu Yi at all, but it is Lu Yi who has long expected to take the opportunity to see other places, if it weren't for the old lady who told Lu Yi not to put himself in danger when he returned home last time, Lu Yi would have traveled to a different place a long time ago, and when the opportunity came, he could justifiably go to see the outside world, how could Lu Yi let it go?!

There are still three months left before the competition, and on this day, Lu Yi is not on duty, and he originally planned to continue cultivating at the fourth layer, but Zhou Yunhai and Li Dagui found Lu Yi with a few civilian disciples. Today's Zhou and Li are already at the peak of the middle of the second order, and they are about to break through to the late stage of the second order, and several of the disciples who came with them are all fellow villagers of Xichi, because their qualifications are not outstanding, most of them are cultivated from the peak of the first order to the early stage of the second order, and there is only one named Li Daniu who is a relative of Li Dagui, with the qualification of earth attribute spiritual power, and he practiced in the thick earth peak, and he was born with divine power, and now he has cultivated to the peak of the late second order. After learning about this selection competition, Yigan felt that this was an opportunity for these ordinary civilian children to stand out, if Li Daniu could successfully enter the top 100, he would be able to win them a lot of honor, and they would look good when they returned to their hometowns. So, everyone gathered up the savings they usually saved, and planned to buy some elixirs for Li Daniu to improve their cultivation to impact the third order, or purchase handy magic weapons to improve the victory rate. But several people usually have no experience in this area, and they are short of money and cannot afford to lose, so they came to Lu Yi to help with the staff, so as not to be deceived.

When Lu Yi usually practiced, he had made a lot of first- and second-order magic elixirs, and also gave Zhou and Li a lot, so over the years, Zhou and Li had saved a lot of resources in their cultivation, and it also made their cultivation improve rapidly, otherwise, with the qualifications of the two of them, they were still hovering in the early stage of the second order. Now, in order to help Li Da Niu improve, Zhou and Li each took out twenty lower grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to the sect share of a second-order disciple for ten years, and the rest of the people are not so lucky with Li Da Niu, usually the resources are basically used for cultivation, and the savings are not very much, and a few people only have less than thirty lower grade spirit stones together, which is already a great wealth for these civilian disciples. Lu Yi asked a few people about their intentions, and then took a few of them to the Fang Market in the door, where there are many more shops and stalls than in the Xiaofang Market of Shujulou, so the chance of encountering good things will be relatively greater. Lu Yi didn't want to help them too much, so as not to fall into their self-reliance and hard work.

A few people chatted while shopping, and Li Daniu asked Lu Yi some questions about cultivation from time to time, and Lu Yi also answered them one by one according to what he knew. Lu Yi inquired about Li Daniu's cultivation and the magic weapon used, and promised to help him find a larger piece of black iron ore to refine a third-order hammer-shaped magic weapon, which is much cheaper than buying a finished product, and can save a lot of money to buy a special effect pill used in the impact of the third order, "Defan Dan", this special effect pill is only effective for the impact of the third order, and can increase the probability of ranging from ten to thirty percent. At the level of alchemy, it is impossible to successfully refine it at Lu Yi's current level, otherwise it will save them a lot of spirit stones. Several people were very happy when they heard it, which increased Li Daniu's winning rate even more.

"Tuofan Dan" is sold in the Dantang store in Fang City, the price is fifty spirit stones, a few people go to the store first, Li Daniu gritted his teeth and took out fifty spirit stones, and bought one, this time it basically emptied the money bags of several people, Li Daniu carefully put away the pills, and several people went to the stall area under the leadership of Lu Yi to see if they could receive suitable ores.

A few people walked dozens of stalls, and collected three fist-sized pieces of black iron ore, just enough to refine a hammer handle, looking at thousands of stalls, a few people combined, or split up to find a handful, who found that there was a sale of black iron ore to say hello.

As the saying goes, "It's not that enemies don't get together", no, Lu Yi was separated from everyone for less than half an hour, and he received a summons from Li Dagui, saying that Li Daniu had an argument with someone, Lu Yi hurried over, and saw a circle of people from a distance, and there was a noisy shouting inside, and Li Daniu's simple voice was heard from a distance.

It turned out that the two sides who were arguing in the field were none other than Li Shuquan, who Lu Yi met when he entered the mountain, although so many years have passed, and the appearance of Li Dagongzi has changed a lot, but the folding fan and its cold temperament Lu Yi is still very impressed. I saw that this Li Dagongzi was dressed in white, with a long sword hanging from his waist, a jade crown on his head, and a cloud on his feet, and the folding fan was no longer used as a magic weapon, but it was just used as an embellishment in his hand to match his elegant shape, and he shook it gently, and his cultivation was already the peak of the early stage of the third order, and it seemed that Li Dagongzi had worked his cultivation over the years. He was followed by two of them, both of whom were second-order late-stage cultivators. Next to the eldest prince of Li, there was a woman in yellow, tall, with a delicate face, phoenix eyebrows upside down, with a faint aura of gold and stone in her expression, and her cultivation was also at the peak of the late second-order period, presumably it was Senior Sister Wang back then. Li Daniu and the others stood opposite Li Dagongzi, and there was a stall between the two groups of people, on which was a basin-sized black ore, and there were dots of golden material the size of mung beans on it. "Xuanjin Black Iron Ore!" Lu Yi sighed in his heart, this is a good thing, compared to the third-order low-grade black iron ore, this Xuanjin black iron ore is equivalent to its variant, it has reached the third-order middle grade, the hardness and weight are several times more than ordinary black iron ore, you can easily refine the third-order medium-grade magic weapon, if the refining technique is smart, it is very likely to create a third-order high-grade magic weapon. The focus of the quarrel between the two sides is naturally this ore.

Lu Yi stood on the side for a while, and then he understood the reason. This piece of ore was originally discovered by Li Daniu first, but the stall price was thirty spirit stones, and Li Daniu was not enough for so much, so he negotiated with the stall owner to give the stall owner the only twenty spirit stones, five hundred sect contributions and a second-order crocodile skin armor to the stall owner, and the stall owner reluctantly agreed.