Chapter 4: Old Friends of the Poison Sect

"Yun Zhen boy, don't you want to learn from my drunken Yun Shen? Now, I'm teaching you through actual combat, you see! Su Wen's true qi at this moment is also unprecedentedly high, it seems that today, there must be a hard battle, however, seeing this scene, Mandala is indifferent, after looking around, the corners of his mouth finally showed a smile, "Big brother, little brother really envy you, you said that since you left the Poison Sect, you have been living in seclusion here, unlike the little brother I, who was born to work hard, so many years of busyness, but in the end, I don't know, what is it for?" ”

Like the eldest brother such a fairy-like day, the younger brother really likes it very much, our brothers have known each other for many years, the younger brother has been bothering the eldest brother over the years, what is the request, the eldest brother is naturally very clear, as long as the eldest brother will hand over the classics of the sect, the younger brother immediately turned around and left, and will never stay for a moment, no matter what the eldest brother wants to do in the future, where he wants to go, this is the eldest brother's own freedom, and the younger brother will never ask again, and please look at the face of the past. Don't embarrass your little brother. “

Jin Yanwu is really a piece of birds and flowers at the moment, but at the same time, it is accompanied by this faint killing intent, "Brother just likes to laugh, if you come sincerely and be a big brother, how can you not welcome it?" But Mandala, who are you, I already know very well, the same words, I naturally don't want to say it anymore, you already know the answer, let's do it, let me see, over the years, how much you have improved, I heard that you have learned poison skills, today, is to let the eldest brother and I open my eyes? “

I knew that the final result would definitely be like this, "This Zhuang Yunzhen is handed over to you, eldest brother is handed over to me, please be careful, this Zhuang Yunzhen's internal injuries have also healed now, this person's skills are profound, not to be underestimated!" “

"Boy, where do you want to go? At this moment, your opponent is us, I heard that your kid's skills are good, today, a few of us are old and immortal, but I want to see it, boy, don't say that a few of us are bullying you, now, we let you ten moves, if you can defeat us in ten moves, we will leave immediately, but if you can't, then this is really sorry. “

Zhuang Yunzhen naturally didn't dare to have a trace of carelessness now, everyone he was facing at this moment was a master with good skills, and he couldn't be defeated in this battle. Fortunately, now that the internal injuries have healed, this Sun and Moon Tonghui Palm can naturally be used at will, "Please also ask your seniors to teach me!" “

Suddenly, Zhuang Yunzhen's palms contained an amazing power of thunder and lightning, and suddenly a sharp move came, and the shot was Wan Jun in the palm of Sun and Moon Tonghui, this Wan Jun is the starting move of Sun and Moon Tonghui's fifth thunderbolt, and the emphasis is on the momentum and sinking, which is irresistible!

Thunder should also be the most special move in the eight moves of the sun and moon with the light, if you want to use this move, you need to use the matching thunder four tribulations as the basis, previously, Zhuang Yunzhen because of internal injuries, for this move has always been afraid to use, but now it is different l evil, at this moment, this amazing thunder and lightning surround the body, when it is really a person has not arrived, move first, many masters of the Poison Sect after seeing this move, the heart is also a burst of horror inexplicable, Lord Mandala said before, do not underestimate Zhuang Yunzhen, it seems to be true, This amazing thunder and lightning can be used by this person so skillfully, this person is really difficult to deal with!

"Huhuhuhu"

The amazing power of thunder and lightning turned out to be a hurricane of domineering and unparalleled Dao at this moment, whirring through this group of people, everyone in the Poison Sect did not dare to have a trace of carelessness, "Everyone, this kid is really powerful, this person should have practiced an extremely fierce kung fu since he was a child, and now he is fused with the amazing thunder and lightning, and we are helpless."

"Bang Bang Bang"

Now this situation is naturally excellent for Zhuang Yunzhen, one move can deter everyone, but, everyone in front of them may also be testing their skills, just after a round of fighting, this group of people has actually been on the defensive, and there is no intention of making a move, "If you want to continue to try, then this time, you will definitely die in my hands, even if the result becomes like this, do you really not care at all?" ”

"Hmph, arrogant boy, deal with you, why do we need to shoot together, it is enough for me to be the king of poisonous hands, what a little thunder and lightning, today, see how I crack it!"

The king of poisonous hands actually gave birth to a trace of black gas in his hands, this person is talented, accompanied by poison since childhood, by chance, he actually practiced a pair of poisonous hands, relying on the poison in this hand, before, I don't know how many masters died here, this person's body method is also extremely exquisite, suddenly, a pair of iron hands with a highly poisonous gas attacked Zhuang Yunzhen's face door, Zhuang Yunzhen hurriedly retreated, and the king of poisonous hands grabbed a void in the next second, "I want to run, there were many people like you in the past, but they faced me later." , there really is no way out. “

"What about invincibility? In the face of my poisonous skills, no one can do anything, when I became famous, you kid was just a milk doll, now, you just have some reputation, you are so presumptuous in front of me, very good, since you want to find death, today, I will fulfill you! “

The body of the king of poisonous hands turned out to be a hurricane directly formed at this moment, fusing the power of poison with the storm, who else can resist this power? "Stinky boy, do you think you can resist it now? This is my fame stunt poisonous wind, boy, you can die under my trick, this is your great honor, I know, you really have a lot of things you want to do in your heart, unfortunately, you really don't have any chance now.

Although Zhuang Yunzhen has incomparably strong skills and fierce strength, no matter who he faces, he is naturally not afraid at all, but the master did not teach him back then, when facing the master of poison, how should he deal with it? Now there is naturally no other way, but to keep dodging, what if you look embarrassed, as long as you get along with the solution, then this battle is still your own victory.

"Boy, weren't you very arrogant just now? What's going on here? I understand, you should be in the face of my poison, I don't know what to do, right, okay, for the premise that you have such profound skills, I will tell you one thing, your skills can't crack my poisonous wind, now it's just me, if my companion makes a move, you kid will definitely die in the end!

"Poisoner, it's rare to meet such an outstanding opponent now, such a thing can't be enjoyed by you alone! Now let me try this kid's skills, you and I join forces, can't it? “

Zhuang Yunzhen was extremely angry in his heart at this moment, his left hand was thunderous, and his right hand was a move to burn the sky, at this moment, this kid turned out to be the power of the two attributes of thunder and fire at the same time, at this moment, he still didn't feel a trace of discomfort, "I see, there is no need to say anything now, you all act together, anyway, for me, there is nothing wrong!" “

"Hmph, arrogant boy, eat me with a trick of dragon entanglement!" Yue Yuan finally made a move at this moment, it turned out that among the elite disciples of this group of Poison Sects, this Yue Yuan was the real number one master, this person was good at destroying the dragon leg method, it was said that even if it was a vicious dragon, it could not resist such a powerful leg method, and now it seems that this word seems to be true, this trick of the evil dragon entanglement is simply like a shadow, once it is used, there are extremely powerful leg shadows all around.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Zhuang Yunzhen unfolded the Flying Bird Phantom Dance Method, and the power of thunder and fire in his hand was also running to the extreme at this moment, although this trick of the evil dragon entanglement was extremely powerful, but Zhuang Yunzhen himself was really powerful, and after a fight, it turned out to be a fight, Yue Yuan never thought that his dragon slaying leg method would be cracked by a kid one day, it seems that this is not because the leg method is not powerful, but because he has not practiced to the extreme, you guys, now I still want to see when it will be lively, This kid's skills are really powerful, if we are careless, I am afraid that we will really die here today.

"Well, this Zhuang Yunzhen, it's really powerful, now even Yue Yuan has made a move, but that's right, the battle should have been like this, and now you and I should work harder, but we can't lose to Zhuang Yunzhen, a junior!"

Mandala's palm is like a knife, slashing at Su Wen with a sharp attack, Su Wen turned sideways, avoiding this sharp hand knife, and at the same time, a slow to the extreme palm slapped to the back of the mandala's heart, Mandala of course knows, this move is called forgetting worries, it is the most famous move of Drunken Yunshen, it seems that the offensive is slow, but in fact, if it is practiced to the extreme, it really has an incomparably strong strength, and it can even be said without exaggeration that it is the power of a palm to break all enemies, when he faced this move in the past, there was really no way, But now he is really not afraid at all, "Big brother, after so many years, your temperament has really not changed at all, from the beginning you wanted to use this trick to test me, but you should have known that in the past, this trick of forgetting worries may be useful, but now, it is really useless."

"Bang"

Mandala at the moment palm ordinary power, but it really contains layers of shocking power, these two shocking palms touched, is to stir up a layer of ripples, mandala is now a miracle, naturally will not let go of the man in front of him, out of the palm at the same time, he is also a trick in the dragon leg method of phantom dragon, this leg method is as fast as lightning, can not be detected at all.

The palms and legs are used together, even if they are as strong as Su Wen, at this moment, he really can't parry, in an instant, Su Wen has been hit many times, and at this moment he is really embarrassed, "Come on, you kid is really powerful now, it seems that over the years, I have not been by your side, but you have become a lot stronger, but why do you only have this ability?" That's not what you just said. ”

"Slay the Dragon!"

Mandala is also ignoring it at the moment, Su Wen's ridicule, directly used the strongest move, slaying the dragon, this move is to raise his true qi to the extreme, can be released after the move, the so-called true qi out of the body, refers to this move, in order to cultivate this move, Mandala really spent a lot of thought, fortunately, the final result is really good, over the years, Mandala has used all his thoughts on the use of qi, hard cultivation for many years, really for this day, "Big brother, today, Between you and me, we must see each other, you come and see, how about my move to kill the dragon?

As far as Su Wen can see, it is this amazing killing intent, this kid Mandala is really powerful, he can really release the monstrous killing intent in his heart after condensing it, this kind of killing move, is it that he doesn't have any way? It seems that this kid is planning to use this trick directly to kill himself.

"Big brother, no matter what you do now, it's useless, in your heart, it is very clear that when I used the trick of destroying the dragon, the grudge between you and me has already been settled, at this moment, big brother, you are already surrounded by my killing intent, even if you have a monstrous ability, at this moment, you can't show it, how about it? In the face of such a peerless killer move, do you really have no regrets in your heart? “

"Boy, your nonsense is really too much, look at the trick!"

Su Wen's figure finally appeared at this moment, and this incomparably strong punch hit the mandala in the face, originally, this punch should have an extremely strong strength, but unfortunately, this mandala now has an extremely amazing aura defense around his body, "Big brother, is this all your strength?" If so, you really disappointed me, I originally thought that after so many years, you should be able to become more powerful, but, now you actually gave me such a punch, you really let me down, you used to be extremely powerful, now you are also degraded to this? “

"Big brother, you should have known a long time ago, this layer of my aura defense, you can't break it now, I know, now let you accept this matter, you must be unimaginable, but, you have to know, at this moment, I have long been stronger than you, in the past, you thought I was inferior to you, and now, in my eyes, you are really nothing, I originally thought that I could fight with you today, even if it was to destroy this Golden Swallow Dock, it was okay, but you did not meet my requirements."

"Now, go and die." Mandala's voice is so cold, once upon a time, this person Ye has been following Su Wen, asking this and that, it seems that he is extremely curious about everything, but Su Wen clearly knows that such a day should not come back, the mandala in front of him has completely become a person who longs for powerful magic skills, he thinks that with power is everything, "Mandala, the person who is really disappointing is you, I have been using the power of the drunken clouds to dilute the stubbornness in your heart, no, I really don't have this ability myself, do you think that if you learn to use qi, you will be able to defeat me? ”

"The supreme qi you cultivated, in fact, was created by me back then, but later, I felt that this supreme qi seems to be able to change people's personalities, this power, since I created it with one hand back then, then now it should be for me to destroy it with my own hands, and now, I should also let you see what is the real power, and look at my green grass."

The next part of the drunken cloud deep magic skill is the supreme divine skill, there are a total of four realms, as for this green grass, it is the second realm, the only move of the realm of Qingle, the realm of Qingle after the repeated tempering of the realm of the first realm of music and the realm of chrysanthemums, it is natural to become more tranquil, this green grass is the ultimate embodiment of this tranquility, in front of the green grass, any power is invalid.

"Bang"

Su Wen slammed a heavy punch into Le Mandala's face, the punch was ineffective before, but now, Mandala was knocked to the ground by this punch, "What the hell is going on?" Why is it that you can hit me with your current moves? This maybe, I'm very confident in my own strength, how can you be my opponent? ”

Mandala is obviously a little incredulous about the scene that happened just now, and now he is extremely embarrassed, he obviously has an incomparably strong body protection qi, and he was cracked so easily? “

At this moment, Mandala's expression was not frightened, but wonderful, on the one hand, he was extremely confident in himself, and on the other hand, he actually had some doubts about his own strength, so at this moment, in his eyes, there was actually a fusion of confidence and confusion.

"What? Don't you really know what's going on? In fact, you know very well in your own heart that the body protection true qi you rely on has been cracked by me, and without this layer of body protection true qi, what else can you do now? Yes, now you, in my eyes, are really no different from a dead man, you were not my opponent before, and now, you are not! “

"The supreme qi was originally the product of drunken clouds, and all you have is a few skins, what else do you have to do now? However, I still know, in your heart, you are still unwilling, okay, I will give you another chance, this time, as long as you can make me fight back, all the requests you made before, I will meet you, how about it? I thought, if I do this, you shouldn't have any opinion, right? “

Su Wen really showed his strength at this moment, Mandala thought that after so many years of hard cultivation, he finally didn't have to look up to Su Wen anymore, but unfortunately, the final result was still extremely disappointing to him, he found that no matter where he was, he had to look up to Su Wen, Su Wen looked down on the shock brought by himself, and the poisonous skills he practiced were simply irresistible, "Why?" Why is that? I should have become more powerful, but why are you still able to influence me? “

"I don't accept it, I don't want to live in your shadow all my life, and now you give me death! You, a man, should have died many years ago! “

At this moment, Mandala actually forcibly raised his own qi to the extreme again, his poisonous skills have long been the best in the world, only he is the first person in the Poison Sect, Su asked this traitor, he should have surpassed him a long time ago, "You die!" “

Over the years, Su Wen has become a mandala's demon, if this demon is not removed, he will never have a bright day, therefore, this palm really contains extremely strong and profound poisonous power.

"Bang"

The invincible defense once again resisted this incomparably powerful move, not only that, but a move of green grass turned out to completely dissolve this poisonous power, "You should believe it now, at this moment, you are no longer my opponent, don't fight anymore, if you continue like this, you will definitely die in the end, after all, the two of us are brothers who have known each other for many years, and I really don't want to see you become like that." “

"Bang Bang Bang"

Different from Su Wen and Mandala's side, there was an amazing sound of fighting in the other battlefield, not only the King of Poisonous Hands and Yue Yuan, all the elite disciples surrounded Zhuang Yun, even if this man was facing such a situation, he still had an incomparably strong fighting spirit, yes, after fighting thousands of moves, Zhuang Yunzhen's appearance was also extremely embarrassed, but this person's fighting spirit was still high, hum, a group of waste, I said, since you are the one who decided to shoot together, So now it's time to fight with all your might, what? After you all fell for my burning sky, don't you even dare to make a move now? “

"Yue Yuan, your dragon slaying leg method is really quite good, but I have an immovable golden body, these moves of yours can't hurt me at all, to deal with you people, I just need to use the sun and moon with the light palm, as for other moves, you are not qualified to see it."

Even though Zhuang Yunzhen is embarrassed, this person is still extremely powerful, "Damn, why is this kid's skill getting stronger and stronger now, he can face so many of us at the same time, and now if you want to defeat this person, is there really no way?" “

"Okay, now that you are all unwilling to make a move, then let me solve you completely and eat my Proud Ice Dance!" Proud cold ice dance, that is a fusion of the four characteristics of the soft illusion of the supreme palm method, many people think that the sun and the moon in the palm of the palm, this hand, the proud cold ice dance is its representative palm, and in fact, it is true, the surrounding at the moment is actually a piece of cold, Zhuang Yunzhen danced with both palms, when the real style is good to see the extreme, everyone just felt a flower in front of them, when they reacted, all of them were in the cold.

"Bang Bang Bang"

It seems that the palm technique is incomparably gentle, and it can burst out with incomparably strong power, this is the breeze and jade dew in the palm of the sun and moon Tonghui, based on the third move of the Spring Thunder Huayuan, the first four moves of the soft real style can be thoroughly exerted, the first four strokes of the Sun and Moon Tonghui palm attribute is yin, if you want to really exert all the power, then it must be based on the Spring Thunder Huayuan, at this moment, Zhuang Yunzhen is really like the wind, the palm is staggered, Yue Yuan and the king of poisonous hands and others, they should have never seen such an opponent, was arrogant before, it was because of the mandala pressure formation, and now, the mandala seems to be unable to resist.

After the main backbone is gone, all the elite disciples of the Poison Sect naturally don't know what to do, at this moment, even if they have ten percent of the strength, it is also because of the failure of the mandala, at most they can only play forty percent, Zhuang Yunzhen wants to try how powerful the real Sun and Moon Tonghui Palm is, and now it seems that the first four moves are performed in turn, it is really powerful, and the ice backlash that appeared in the past is really not there now, it seems that his internal injuries are really good," What do you think? Are you still willing to fight? If you are still willing to fight, I still have a few tricks that I haven't used, but, looking at your current appearance, even if you have the heart to have a long and short relationship with me, however, you and others should not have this power, right? “

The Poison Sect and the others really don't have any extra strength now, now as long as they move a little, they will feel the biting cold all over their bodies, and their meridians have already been damaged, "Yes, your meridians have also been damaged now, but, even so, I still haven't killed you, it's not that I can't, but I don't want to, it's all for the sake of Su Wen's seniors."

After all, after diluting the hatred in his heart, Zhuang Yunzhen's whole person became a lot more relaxed, at this moment, this kid no longer paid attention to these people, and walked towards Su Wen step by step, "Senior, now all the things have been solved, and I am finally free to help you now." Mandala, you should have seen it now, although you have mastered the poisonous skills of your body, but if I join forces with my father-in-law, how long can you really hold on? ”

"Good boy, I really underestimate you, but what surprised me is that your kid is really an elite disciple who can defeat my Poison Sect, it seems that this battle, if it continues like this, there will definitely be no result, but, if I go back like this now, these, I naturally will not agree, this time, I came, I really came with a task, the task was not completed, I naturally can't just go back, big brother, little brother knows that he is not your opponent, but please look at the face of the past." , The classics of the sect are all handed over to the younger brother, all kinds of things in the past, the younger brother is very clear, is it, after all these years, are you really unwilling to return to the sect? ”

"Back to the sect? Hahaha, Mandala, aren't you joking with me, you're all at this time, do you still think, I'm willing to go back? Do you remember what I said when I left? As I said, as long as I leave, then I will never go back, and now, you people, seeing that I am powerful, are trying to find a way to let me go back, right? It's a pity that I'm not the same person I used to be. ”

"Now, I'll give you two choices, either take your people and get out of here for me, then, stay, our brothers will continue to fight, but this time, I won't show mercy anymore."

Su Wen's cultivation has always been very good, but at this moment, he is really angry, it seems that in the past days, even if so many years have passed, he still does not want to be mentioned, "Hahaha, big brother, are you angry now?" Anger is right, but, I should have told you, you defeated me, this matter, now the sect already knows, soon, among the sects, there will be a surge of martial arts powerhouses, yes, your current skills are really powerful, drunken cloud deep magic skills are really the first in the world, but unfortunately, even if it is a powerful magic skill, in the face of a real master, you are powerless. ”

"Of course I can leave, but what awaits you will be endless battles, big brother, you have also been in seclusion for so many years, what you didn't like the most in the past was this kind of battle, but you are a person of the Poison Sect one day, and one day you have to endure such an experience, even if you want to escape, but do you think you can really escape?"

"Hmph, I thought that after all these years, what kind of growth will your man have? It turns out that what you want to say is just that, even if you have to face endless battles, this has nothing to do with you, you used to be like this, put all your hopes on others, hum, the people of the Poison Sect, even if they don't come, I will definitely look for them, and what happened back then should now have an end. ”

"By the way, if I kill you now, won't this matter become very boring, didn't you like to sue the most in the past? When you go back today, remember to tell everyone what you have seen and heard, and I am here waiting for them to come. You don't have to look at Yun Zhen like this, this kid was cultivated by me, no matter what he wants to do, I will fully support it, for so many years, in fact, I have really never seen such an interesting kid again, don't you really want to know, when this kid overturned all the pretentious people of the Poison Sect to the ground, what kind of expression will that group of people have? ”

When Mandala heard this, of course he knew in his heart that his eldest brother would never talk nonsense, since he was doing so now, this proved that Zhuang Yunzhen at this moment should be able to equal, or even surpass those elite disciples of the Poison Sect, in terms of strength, this person can become so strong now, which is also something that Mandala never thought of before.

"Hmph, big brother, if you say that, do I really believe it? Today, you didn't kill me, that was your biggest mistake, and if it were me, I wouldn't have hesitated as much as you did. Hahaha, if you don't kill me now, then you really won't have a chance in the future. ”

"Big brother, now, I really believe in your strong strength, this time, to see you, the little brother's heart, I am really very happy, the little brother is really looking forward to meeting you next time."

"That's right, I think so too, now, since you don't want to fight, then you take your people and leave me quickly, I obviously have such a good atmosphere here, and now I am polluted by you."

"Boy, you're doing really well, but do you know who I really am? I think you already have the answer in your heart at this point, don't you? Yes, I used to be from the Poison Sect, but after so many years in the past, I originally thought that I could really escape from the previous disputes, but after so many years, I finally understood that these things, even if I wanted to escape, then this is also impossible, since I will never be able to escape, then I can only face it now. ”

"However, the good news is that in the past, I was alone to bear it, but now, with you by my father's side, with a master like you, what else do I have to worry about? It's just that, there is one thing, my father-in-law really feels sorry for you, you originally came to study with me, but because of me, you ended up in these dangers.

Are you in danger? This is not right, from the day he set foot in the martial arts, the days of tranquility, in fact, he has already left himself, and the martial arts are accompanied by constant fighting, which he has long been very clear, "Father-in-law, what you said is not right, the child can now recover his former strength, this is all because of you, this is a great kindness to me, even if I want to repay the favor, then I can't repay it, therefore, if you see it like this, it goes without saying." “

"Good boy, the old man has always not believed in his own vision, therefore, over the years, I have not looked down on anyone, because I have always thought that they want my skills, most of them are for themselves, not thinking, I can use these powers to do something better, but, after so many years, my father-in-law finally met you, you are my only disciple, I naturally believe in my own vision.

"Lord Mandala, are we just leaving? However, in the face of such a result, I really can't bear it, if we go back like this, how will the sect master treat us? What kind of character is the sect master, you should all know very well, he once said that the Poison Sect can't have waste, and now, we just go back like this, isn't that the same as waste? ”

How could the mandala not know the nature of the suzerain? It's a pity that in the battle just now, whether it was Su Wen or Zhuang Yunzhen, they didn't make a serious move, otherwise, what if An could have a time for them to live? "Hmph, Yue Yuan, you don't have to say that, look at what you look like now, if you are not convinced in your heart, this is also very simple, you go back now and fight with those two people again, it's just that after you do this, what kind of result will it cause, I really don't know."

Does Yue Yuan really have such an ability now? He didn't, if he fought with Zhuang Yunzhen again, he might not be able to come out alive, "Yes, yes, how strong Zhuang Yunzhen's strength is, we have all felt it, if this man is really fighting with all his might, even if we go out together, this will not have any good results, this battle, don't fight!" ”

"Yue Yuan, if you want to fight, then you go and make a move yourself, we will never make a move anyway, we are all people who cherish our lives."

Since everyone has said it to this point, even if Yue Yuan has a lot of ideas, then he can't use it now, "Brothers, laughing, I can have today's ability, this is all thanks to your help, if you are not willing to fight, I will naturally not force it, but, in this way, this outsider knows, we will be afraid of a traitor, this thing, it is really not good!" ”

"Hmph, since Your Excellency is so powerful, then this matter will be handed over to you, anyway, this battle was originally initiated by you, so now this aftermath should be completed by you, isn't it? My lord, this Yue Yuan really had the intention of making a trick, and he actually wanted all the disciples of my Poison Sect to be his foil. ”

"Okay, everyone is here together, this kind of thing, naturally there is no need to say it anymore, as for your hearts, what you think, I am also very clear, I will tell you now, our Poison Sect is not lacking in all kinds of masters, today, everything you have suffered, not long after, can be recovered several times, but before that, what we need to do is to keep waiting, anyway, we have been waiting for so long, so even if we wait for a while, There's nothing wrong with that, isn't it? ”

"Okay, you were all cultivated by me, and now you are arguing like this for an outsider, is this really appropriate? Think about it, what should you do in Jiujiang now? Do you know what you're happy about right now? It's that you're all coming back safely, and as long as you're done with this, the rest of the stuff really doesn't matter, does it? ”