Chapter 146: Crazy Breakthrough
A terrifying thought suddenly rose in Hailong's heart, and he suddenly realized that Mengyun was afraid of snakes, and she was born with an inexplicable fear of snakes. She must now know that there is a demon king chasing after her, if she sees the terrifying appearance of the demon snake king, I am afraid that even her own strength will not be able to exert itself, and failure is almost inevitable. The sea dragon raised his remaining chaotic qi to his throat and roared, "Mengyun, don't look back, be careful behind your back, he is already very close to you." ”
Mengyun, as Jin Yao Xingjun, is so strong in the immortal world that she can definitely be ranked in the forefront of the immortal world, and she has already felt that something behind her is chasing after her at an extremely fast speed. Moreover, she is already very close to herself, and she also knows that the one chasing her must be one of the five demon kings. If he will fight against it now, he will inevitably lose a good opportunity to climb the Ten Thousand Demon Tower, perhaps, this is his only chance. However, the enemy chasing her behind was too close, and just as she was about to turn around and attack, making it impossible for them to pursue her, she heard the voice of the sea dragon. In her mind, she was already full of trust in the sea dragon, and she didn't turn around, her right hand suddenly turned behind her back, her mind instantly united, and she said secretly: Sea Dragon, I love you.
The emotions in his heart were instantly stimulated, and countless cyan rays of light floated out from Mengyun's right hand, and a trace of blood was surrounded by that cyan light. "Love Silk", yes, "Love Silk" appeared again. Everyone present saw a strange scene at the same time, circle by circle, ring by ring, countless blue lights with red silk were entangled in front of the Demon Snake King's eyes, forming a huge net.
The Demon Snake King snorted angrily, his body swung his head and hid behind, a strong blue light erupted from the huge snake's head, and his speed instantly increased to the limit, and he wanted to rely on his strong body. Break through Mengyun's ruthless whip special attack - love network. At this time, Mengyun was only a hundred meters away from the Ten Thousand Demon Tower. If the Demon Snake King breaks through, his huge snake mouth can immediately devour the weak dream cloud after sending out the love net with all his strength. However, facts are often facts, and the Demon Toad King was stunned to see his fourth brother's body completely stiff after rushing into the big blue and red net. The threads of silk were endlessly wound around his body. The speed of the forward rush came to an abrupt halt. Mengyun spurted out a mouthful of blood, under the effect of the counterattack force of the Demon Snake King's impact. Instantly jumped to the top of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower. At the same time, she fainted.
The Demon Snake King is indeed strong, and the love network that Mengyun used when his mana is insufficient can only trap it for a moment, and the moment Mengyun jumps to the top of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower, he has already broken free. However, it is enough to be trapped for a moment. The sea dragon and they succeeded, and they successfully broke the five poisons and five demons array. The Demon Snake King roared unwillingly, just when the sea dragon was frightened and thought that he was going to attack Mengyun, the huge body of the Demon Snake King suddenly turned around, and the whole body fluctuated violently, and a circle of aura rose from its tail and quickly concentrated towards the snake's head, he hated it so much, if it wasn't for his frustration just now, and he used his strongest attack in advance, Mengyun would definitely not have a chance to kick on the Ten Thousand Demon Tower, he couldn't care about anything else now, he wanted to retaliate, he wanted to retaliate madly.
The shrunken Demon Toad King shouted angrily: "Fourth, don't. At this time, the aura had been concentrated on the top of the demon snake king's head, he ignored his brother's orders, the snake's mouth was wide open, and a cyan light cluster appeared in his mouth, and with the crazy shout of the human head, the blue light turned into a sharp arrow and shot towards the sea dragon. That's right, what the Demon Snake King hates the most is the sea dragon, if it weren't for the sea dragon that instantly made the Demon Centipede King and the Demon Scorpion King disappear, how could they fail? The Demon Toad King exploded, the Demon Scorpion King and the Demon Centipede King died under the most powerful attack of their eldest brother, all of this was caused by the Sea Dragon.
The sea dragon froze for a moment, he no longer had any ability to resist, even the purple scales on his body that had been transformed by Long Xiang were fading rapidly, all he could do now was to wait for death.
An earth-shattering shout sounded, "Sea-Dragon-" The blood in Tianqin's body boiled instantly, and she desperately attacked the multicolored spider silk emitted by the Demon Spider King, but how could she break through with her current strength? The sea dragon didn't feel the pain, he clearly heard the cracking sound of the body bones, although he had been baptized by the baptism of the Bagua Furnace Nine Heavens and Nine Heavens True Fire, but in the face of the Demon Snake King's full blow, his ** still couldn't resist. The sea dragon felt that his body was very light, his chest was cold, and the surroundings seemed to be getting darker and darker, and everything was constantly disappearing. He heard Lyra's shouts, but he didn't feel the heartache anymore. There was a violent shock all over his body, and his consciousness had already left him. Seeing the sea dragon fall to the ground, Lyra changed, her crying stopped, and there was only a cold glow in her dark eyes. The Demon Spider King suddenly felt a chill run through his huge body. The Lyra in front of her had changed, and her silver hair fluttered backwards without wind, and pieces of black diamond-shaped armor leaves continued to condense and form, covering her demon body. The length of the Heavenly Demon Blade suddenly doubled, and countless new demonic patterns appeared on the huge blade, Tianqin lowered his head slightly, and muttered: "Kill, kill, kill......"
As soon as Lyra realizes that something is wrong, Pyrora hurriedly tries to call her to her senses, but a terrifying force suddenly spins around Lyra and throws her far away.
Lyra opened her arms violently, her head full of silver filaments flying in all directions, and she roared frantically: "Kill--" Countless small black vortices appeared around her body. The multicolored cobwebs that had trapped them all this time shattered in the black whirlpool, turned into dust and disappeared into chaos. Tianqin's eyes have turned pure white, and a trace of blood flashed in her pure white eyes, and when the Demon Spider King just wanted to react, she saw a flash of black light in front of her, and she was horrified to see that half of her body was constantly moving away, but Tianqin had disappeared.
Tianqin floated behind the Demon Spider King, ignoring the multicolored spider that had been split in two by her, the ghostly Heavenly Demon Blade pointed at the Demon Snake King, and said coldly: "You killed him, you killed him." You go and die, too. The figure turned strangely in the air, "Hades-Demons-Shattered-Heaven-Slash-." In a frantic shout, the Heavenly Demon Blade burst out of his hand, surrounded by distorted space, slicing through the sky. The Demon Snake King suddenly felt that his body was extremely spasmodic, as if something was locked around him, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free from it. The black light came to his head, and the huge tearing force kept his mind away from his body. The Demon Toad King watched his fourth brother's body being smashed by the ten-fold magnified Heavenly Demon Blade, he couldn't have imagined that Tianqin, who had not been able to compete with any of his brothers before, would actually kill the Demon Spider King and the Demon Snake King in an instant, and this kind of cultivation made his body tremble continuously.
The Heavenly Demon Blade didn't know when it had returned to Tianqin's hands, and her terrifying gaze turned to the only surviving Vermilion Ice Toad Demon Toad King of the Five Demon Kings, "And you, and your ............
Buddha realm. Sun Wukong's body flew out quickly, and when he flew to the door of his Buddha hall, he saw the bald head of the Buddha who burned the lamp. Infinite anger rose in Sun Wukong's heart, and he yelled, "Get out." ”
There was a hint of gloom in the eyes of the Burning Lamp Buddha, "Wukong, you calm down." I'm also sad about the death of the sea dragon, but even if you rush to the demon world now, everything will be irreparable, and everything must focus on the overall situation. The revenge of the sea dragon, I will definitely help you avenge it in the future. ”
Sun Wukong scolded angrily: "Fuck your mother's overall situation, the old apprentices are dead, and the big picture is a fart." Lighting the lamp, do you think I really can't help you?" Just now. Sun Wukong suddenly lost his sense of the sea dragon, of course he knew what it meant, his only apprentice was already dead in the demon world. Only when you die, you lose your senses.
The Buddha who lit the lamp slowly stretched out his hand holding the oil lamp, and said in a deep voice: "Wukong, I won't let you go to the demon world no matter what happens today." If you want to go, kill me first. ”
Sun Wukong was already a little unconscious at this time, "Okay, I'll kill you first." The golden light revolved around his body like substance, his eyes had completely turned golden, and for the first time in tens of thousands of years, Sun Wukong had raised his mana to the limit, and the opponent he wanted to kill was Amber, who had always been his friend Burning Lamp Buddha.
Just when the great battle was about to break out, a kind voice sounded, "Wukong, don't be rude to the Buddha who burns the lamp. Everything is not necessarily irretrievable. A peaceful white light ignored the coercion emanating from the Buddha and the Monkey King, and it was Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting on the lotus of the Buddha.
The appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva suddenly calmed Sun Wukong a little, although he has always been conceited, but he also knows that his cultivation with the Buddha of the Burning Lamp is determined between the best, even if he can win, it is only possible with the help of the incorruptible body of Vajra. And the Buddha who burns the lamp is the best at Buddha forbidden, and it is still unknown whether he can leave. "Bodhisattva, you have come just in time. The old man didn't let me save my apprentice. Fortunately, my apprentice is dead. Bodhisattva, even if I don't mention the importance of the sea dragon to the future of the fairy world, but emotionally, I can't help but go to the demon world! ”
Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled slightly, the smile full of Buddha nature suddenly made Sun Wukong's mind clear, he knew that this is a kind of Buddhism, called the flower smile. "Wukong, you're still so uncool. I know you're a very affectionate person, but, as I said, it's not necessarily irreparable. Have you forgotten what kind of exercises the sea dragon is cultivating? As far as I know, even if the ** is damaged, the Chaos Pill formed by the Chaos Qi will protect his divine consciousness from damage. Moreover, I and the Buddha have calculated that the sea dragon's trip to the demon world is not dangerous, don't you still believe us?"
Sun Wukong frowned and said, "But...... ,Hey,What's the matter?,I've got his sense again.。 The depression on his face disappeared suddenly, Sun Wukong blinked his eyes, and said to the Buddha who burned the lamp: "Old bald, you are really fucking accurate, it seems that the sea dragon is not dead! Haha, hahahaha." I'll just say, my great disciple who defeated the Buddha Sun Wukong, where is it so easy to die? Haha, hahahaha. ”
The Burning Lamp Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva looked at Sun Wukong, who was excited from the bottom of their hearts, glanced at each other, and shook their heads helplessly. The Buddha couldn't help but say: "Sun Wukong, as a holy Buddha, you can't be dirty in your mouth." ”
Sun Wukong was already dancing excitedly at this time, "I know, I fucking know." Haha, Sea Dragon, you didn't fucking disappoint me. ”......
Just as Tianqin's Heavenly Demon Blade was about to end the Demon Toad King, who had no power to resist, an old and gentle voice sounded, "Qin'er, that's enough. It's over. ”
A black light appeared between Lyra and the Toad King, and at his feet, a black cloud followed. Feeling the familiar breath, Tianqin seemed to sober up a little, and muttered, "Master, is it you, master, why don't you let me kill him, they killed my sea dragon, kill my sea dragon!"
The figure of the Hades Emperor appeared, and with a move of his thin big hand, the dream cloud on the top of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower had already flown in front of him, and said with a smile: "Qin'er, my current situation really makes me happy, I didn't expect that in such a short period of time, you would be able to break through the sixth demon **." You must know that only by entering the seventh realm can you truly gain a foothold in the underworld. Your overdraft is too big, you need to rest, sleep, my child, everything is solved by the master, your husband, he is not dead yet!"
In the voice of the Immortal Emperor's kindness, Tianqin only felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and a strong sleepiness continued to invade her body, "Master, master, save him, help me save him." His whole body trembled, and Lyra, who had completely overdrawn all his potential, suddenly fell downward. The figure of the Immortal Emperor floated lightly, and Lyra had already fallen into his other hand. Slowly falling to the ground, placing Lyra and Dream Cloud flat beside the sea dragon.
Zhu Jing Bing Toad said respectfully: "Emperor." The Immortal Emperor snorted coldly and said, "Ice Toad, you can go back to the Ten Thousand Demon Tower to help your brothers be reborn." There's one thing I want to warn you about, though. Strengthen the discipline of your brothers. If my disciples have anything today, all five of you will die. For me, it is not difficult to recultivate the five demon kings in the demon world. Don't forget who gave you the ability to be immortal in the demon realm. I can give, and I can take it back. Qin'er is my future heir, and her orders will be mine in the future, you can figure it out for yourself. Go ahead. ”
Zhu Qingbing's whole body trembled slightly, obviously terrified. The Emperor of the Underworld is right, a cultivator like himself can find three or five in the underworld. If the Emperor wanted to let himself die, he would definitely not be able to fire for a second longer. He didn't dare to say anything more, and after respectfully saluting the Emperor of the Underworld, he dragged his weak body and flew towards the Ten Thousand Demon Tower.
With a flick of the Stygian Emperor's thin big hand, a few wisps of black light sealed the wound on the sea dragon's chest, so that the blood would no longer flow out.
Huo Yu flew over, glanced at the Emperor of the Underworld, and said with concern: "Emperor, can he still save the sea dragon?" His body has been completely pierced, and I am afraid that his divine consciousness is also ......."
The Immortal Emperor glanced at her, and Huo Yu only felt that his body was like falling into an ice cellar, and he was speechless for a moment. The Emperor of the Underworld said indifferently: "Whoever I want to die, he can't live, and whoever I want to live, he can't die." Even if this little divine consciousness still has a point, I can control him to live. As he spoke, he sucked the sea dragon's body off the ground. A large hand pressed on the wound on the sea dragon's chest.
After a while, the Immortal Emperor exclaimed, "It's so small, my divine sense has not been damaged at all, it seems that I can save a lot of trouble." No, how is this possible? He is not cultivating immortal methods, this seems to be chaotic qi. With a flash of light in his eyes, he turned to Huo Yu and said, "Say, what is going on with his cultivation? ”
Huo Yu only felt that the eyes of the Emperor of the Underworld were full of irresistible magic, although she subconsciously wanted to resist, but she couldn't do it, at the moment, the 1510 will tell her about the experience that the sea dragon told her not long ago. After listening to her narration, the Immortal Emperor's gaze turned back to the sea dragon. Huo Yu only felt that his whole body was light. Weakly sat on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Good, good. Even the chaotic qi has people who can successfully cultivate, and it seems that the immortal realm is not as weak as I imagined. Should I destroy him or should I slap him? If I make him strong. I'm afraid even I will have a hard time dealing with it. After all, the chaotic qi is the purest primordial qi that conquers heaven and earth. The Immortal Emperor hesitated, unable to make a decision for a while.
When Huo Yu heard that the Emperor of the Underworld had the intention of destroying the sea dragon, he immediately felt anxious, and said tentatively: "Emperor, the sea dragon is Tianqin's husband! I'm afraid Lyra is ...... too"
The Emperor's eyes lit up, and he said, "Yes, Fire girl, thank you for reminding me. Haha, hahahaha, juniors in the fairy world, since you can create, won't I win over? One more strong help is much stronger than one less brother. He turned his head to the fire. Said: "Fire girl, this little blood loss is too much, you guys want to pass some blood to him separately, are you willing?"
Huo Yu paused for a moment and nodded, "I do." But I am a unicorn, and I am not the same as human blood. Is it useful to pass it on to him?"
The Immortal Emperor snorted and said, "You don't have to worry about the rest. As he spoke, he felt paralyzed all over his body, and he suddenly lost consciousness. The Emperor of the Underworld said to himself: "In the two worlds of the underworld and the demon, there are still very few things that I can't do. He stretched out his thin hands and transformed in the air for a week, the bodies of Mengyun, Tianqin and Huoyu trembled at the same time, and three blood rays continued to pour into one of the big hands of the Immortal Emperor. The Immortal Emperor led it with his hand, and the blood mass condensed in his palm became larger and larger. When the blood swelled to a certain extent, he stopped, "Blood is the source of life, even immortals are no exception, this small land chaotic qi is indeed divine qi, after being so seriously injured, it can maintain its divine sense." Scold. "Blood is wide in the air. The three balls of blood coagulated into one, and in the blink of an eye, the bright red blood continued to enter the body from the wound on the sea dragon's chest under the powerful mana of the Hades Emperor, and black light continued to shoot out from the hands of the Hades Emperor, and with the blood infusion, the skin on the sea dragon's chest had returned to normal, as if it had not been injured by the light. The black airflow of the Immortal Emperor's output became more and more intense, and suddenly, his face changed, and he suddenly stopped the output of mana.
"It's so small, the chaotic qi can actually absorb my mana, it's cheap for you. The black air flow reappeared, completely enveloping the sea dragon's body, but the expression on the face of the Immortal Emperor was a little more pale.
The sea dragon only felt that he was in an illusory world, and there were constantly red air currents swirling around him, these red air currents were so kind, everything was so comfortable, immersed in the red air current, he couldn't think, and suddenly a strong force pulled him out of the red air current. The surroundings became dark for a moment, and then, the mind seemed to be in a situation, and finally regained the ability to think. He found that his body seemed to be frozen, there was no pain, he could not feel his chaotic qi, and there was some confusion in his mind.
"You can open your eyes and speak. A cool airflow was injected, and the six senses were restored at the same time, except for the fact that he couldn't feel his own mana, the others had all recovered. The sea dragon opened his eyes blankly, and he found that he was actually standing, and there was a person standing in front of him, this person was shrouded in black robes, looking extremely old, his face was wrinkled, his long dark red hair was scattered over his shoulders, and the cold light flashed in his eyes, and he was staring at him with burning eyes. The sea dragon was very calm at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?
"Who do you think I am? There is no hell in the demon world. , the underworld does not have either, thinking that it is not needed at all. Small, don't you think you're not dead?"
The sea dragon froze for a moment, looking around, and he immediately found the tall Ten Thousand Demon Pagoda and the Dream Cloud, Tianqin and Fire Tree beside him, "What's wrong with them?
"Nope. You're wrong. Not only did I not kill them. Instead, it saved you. I'm just putting them to sleep for a while, not wanting them to stop talking to me. Lyra is my apprentice, so how could I hurt her?"
The sea dragon's whole body was shocked, and he lost his voice and said, "You are the Emperor of the Underworld?"
The Immortal Emperor nodded and said, "It seems that Tianqin has already told you about her worship of me as a teacher."
Hailong clearly felt that his heartbeat was constantly accelerating. Standing in front of him was one of the most powerful figures in the Two Realms and Six Realms, whose strength was comparable to that of the Buddha of the Underworld!, "Why did you save me?" Hai Long tried his best to calm himself. I asked the doubts in my heart.
The Immortal Emperor said indifferently: "If it's just you, even if you turn into dust, I won't pay attention to it." However, you are the husband of my apprentice, and I saved you for her sake. I don't want to see her sad. ”
The sea dragon's heart moved. The good feeling suddenly came, and he said respectfully: "Thank you for the emperor's rescue." “
The Immortal Emperor smiled slightly, pulling the surroundings on his face, looking a little terrifying, "I said it." I'm not here to save you, and you don't have to thank me for anything, but I think we need to talk. You know, Lyra is my brother, the only one, and everything here is over. I'm going to take her back to the underworld. “
As soon as the Emperor of the Underworld said this, the sea dragon immediately interrupted: "No, Emperor, she is my wife, I will take her back to the fairy world." I will be with her forever. “
The Immortal Emperor sneered and said, "Why are you? Why are you taking Qin Er away? I can give her the status of one person and above ten thousand, in the underworld, as long as I am alive, absolutely no one dares to make her feel wronged. Yes, you have a lot of cultivation now, but it's impossible to protect Qin'er in the big dye vat of the fairy world. Don't forget, Qin'er is a member of the underworld, she will not be able to move an inch in the fairy world, no immortal will accept the existence of our people in the underworld, not to mention, the 100,000-year covenant I made with Rulai has not yet arrived, if Qin'er goes to the fairy world, it means that my underworld is provoking the shovel world, I am afraid you have not thought about it. “
The sea dragon is gone, the Emperor of the Underworld did not use his identity and cultivation to oppress himself, everything he said is the truth, yes. Taking Lyra back to the fairy world, can she survive in the fairy world? The answer is naturally no. He sighed deeply, "You're right, I'm too impulsive." Tianqin has come to this point for a few days, all because of me, if it weren't for me, she wouldn't have fallen into the demon at the beginning, and she wouldn't have accepted the underworld catastrophe and entered the underworld. It's all my fault. You know, Emperor, Lyra and I both love each other dearly, and I can't lose her, and in the same way, neither can she. If you really love her, I hope you can show me a clear way, and I believe that you must have a way. ”
The Immortal Emperor smiled slightly and said, "Of course there is a way. This problem is hard to solve on you. But putting it in front of me is nothing at all. , I can tell you frankly that the fairy world can't accept Qin'er, but my underworld can accept you. I know that you have another wife in the fairy world, it doesn't matter, you can take her over. Even as long as you are a friend in the fairy world, you can come over. I don't ask you to do things for the underworld, in the underworld I can give you the identity of the underworld, you just need to be an ordinary underworld, that's it. As Qin'er's master, I can do it. The underworld does not have as many constraints as the Buddha world, nor is it like the fairy world that is a plate of loose sand. In the underworld, I am the master of everything, and the decisions I make are the decisions of the underworld. Think for yourself, only in the underworld can you be with all your wives and friends. “
The sea dragon looked at the Emperor of the Underworld, he knew that as the Emperor of the Underworld, he didn't need to deceive himself at all, and he wouldn't deceive himself, everything he said was simply too tempting for him. Since ascending to the immortal realm, can you really leave the immortal realm? Zhenyuan Daxian, can they give up their expectations of themselves so easily?Hailong's heart is very chaotic, and the words of Sun Wukong and Zhenyuan Daxian keep echoing in his mind...... "You are very good, you have all the qualities that your master Sun Wukong has, but you still lack one, do you know what it is?" 'What is it?'
"It's a sense of justice. You're missing the most important thing. Although your master has a stubborn and bad temperament and has caused a lot of trouble to the fairy world, he always has righteousness in his chest, otherwise, how could I recognize him as a righteous brother? There is righteousness in the world, and there is also righteousness in the fairy world, I hope you can understand what you lack in the future, otherwise, you will never be able to reach the realm of your master. Only when there is controversy in your heart will your qi be pure, and only when you are pure and heroic can you completely elevate your realm to a level. Your master is the one with the strongest sense of justice among the people I have ever seen, so he is not afraid of anyone, and he has today's status by virtue of his strong strength, even so, he has endured a lot of hardships and gone through all kinds of hardships. I understand that although you have suffered a lot in the human world, you have also done many things that have been missed. These dislocations will affect your mind to gradually go into darkness, and if in the end the evil in your heart prevails over everything, then you will only be destroyed. So, you have to be cautious about it in the future. “
"Please also ask Daxian to teach me. "The sense of justice is innate, no one can teach you this, only if you do more good deeds from the bottom of your heart in the future, the heart of justice will naturally become stronger, otherwise, there is pure fairy energy, but you can't become a real immortal." The so-called master leads the door, the cultivation is in the individual, what kind of achievements you can achieve in the future depends entirely on yourself, no one can help you, I hope you can keep in mind my words today, otherwise, in the future, when you go on the evil path, the first person you have to face will be your master. “......
"One hundred thousand years ago, there was a great war between the two worlds of immortals and Buddhas and the underworld, with countless casualties, and the strength of the underworld was extremely strong, coupled with the demon beasts they replaced, they almost completely destroyed the immortal emperor's immortal palace. In the end, it was the Buddha who turned the tide and made a bet with the Emperor of the Underworld to defeat him, and the crisis was resolved. 100,000 years have passed. The underworld is now ready to move again, the underworld is completely centralized, all the strength is in the hands of the underworld, and now it is not as good as before, the immortal Buddha, the two realms are difficult to compete with the underworld. Sea Dragon, you are the hope of the master, and the hope of the fairy world!" ...... "Sea Dragon, I hope you can have stronger strength, because then you can accomplish some things that we can't do, whether it is me, your master Sun Wukong or the Primordial Tianzun, we all have deep expectations for you, after all, you are the first person to possess the Qi of Chaos." Therefore, we will always support your actions behind you, but you must not make mistakes, sometimes, one wrong step will be one wrong step, and there will be many things that cannot be undone. Do you understand?" "What Shibo means is that no matter what you do, you must have righteousness in your heart and not violate your conscience. ”
"Although you say it in layman's terms, that's basically what it means. Remember, don't forget your public because of your own selfishness. ”......
All kinds of meetings were constantly stirring in Hailong's mind, and the Immortal Emperor did not force him to make a decision, but just waited quietly.