don't mess with that turtle

Su He pondered for a long time and then said: "Next time I beat him, ancestor, take me with you."

The Great Ancestor Feng Huang killed his wife’s four clones!

After returning from a journey of 730,000 years, Su He opened his eyes and saw the body of Ji Feixue. The feeling of coldness throughout his body was something Su He would never forget.

"Well..." Taizu pondered for a moment and rolled his eyes slightly: "Very good!"

After all, he is the first ancestor of Fenghuang Palace. He is not very good but he can run fast. Now I don't even have the guts to show up in front of him.

It would also be a good idea to design a trap and use turtle cubs as bait.

When Taizu arrived, even though this old turtle didn't have any of the power of the ancestors, the scene suddenly became quiet.

Even Feng Chaofei didn't dare to be presumptuous, and his arrogant head lowered slightly.

Tsundere 50%

Phoenix didn't dare act arrogantly, and even Dragon Turtle became cautious. Only Yaya ran over happily waving her hands.

"Grandpa Zu, have you eaten?"

Taizu looked at Yaya and narrowed his eyes: "Eat, eat, eat! Why are you here, my dear girl?"

A bunch of grandsons who deserve to be beaten!

No matter how conceited he is, he shouldn't have brought the little turtle over. What if the slightest mistake could overturn the world?

Yaya didn't answer. Instead, she touched her belly and made an aggrieved gesture: "Yaya hasn't eaten yet."

Taizu laughed, took out a bead that Su He didn't recognize and stuffed it into Yaya's arms. The little girl happily put it away, took out an invitation, jumped up and inserted it into Tai Zulong's horn: "Grandpa Zu, I am going to be king. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month..."

When she said this, she stopped and turned to look at Taoist Xuanzhen in the distance: "Hey! Imperial Master! When will I be king one day?"

He has been able to claim the title of king a long time ago, regardless of the land area, population, or military strength. But since my father and aunt were not here, Yaya kept putting it off and never set an exact date.

But every auspicious day in the zodiac has been marked by her. As long as my father and mother come back, they can choose it nearby.

Hearing this, Taoist Xuanzhen's eyes lit up slightly and he said with a smile: "The twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month! Although the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month is also suitable, time is a bit tight."

Yaya nodded, looking serious: "Then it will be the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month!"

Following her words, a dragon turtle appeared on the invitation, stamped its mark, and set the exact date on the date.

"Grandpa, come and eat delicious food on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month!"

Taizu burst out laughing, looking happier as he laughed.

It was coming naturally. The turtle boys had discussed it with him a long time ago. When the little girl becomes the king, it is the time to break the world pearl and embark on her own path. Becoming king is also the beginning of the true royal path.

Taking the royal road in Xuanhuang is no longer like the small fights before.

This is a truly big day for a dragon turtle, how can he not miss it?

Taoist Xuanzhen came running over on his donkey: "Ancestor has returned, have you seen my Taoist master? The Taoist master contacted me a few days ago and told me that he will return to the world in the near future, but I don't know why?"

It is very difficult for the Immortal Lord to return to all the worlds. The Tao Master has not returned for an unknown period of time. The last time was when he inherited the identity of the leader, a ray of rays of light came down.

Even the inheritance of the headmaster of Guiwang Mountain is just a ray of sunshine, but I don’t know what big things have happened recently, and I want Dao Ancestor to come?

Taizu smiled.

Turtle Boy is back, the Taoist ancestor personally passed it down. He had never seen it 730,000 years ago, so naturally he wants to see it now.

Su He also guessed the reason and smiled without saying anything.

I have to take a trip to Guiwang Mountain later. There is a Pluto inheritance at the foot of Zhenyou Mountain, and he promised to help his senior sister find a successor.

Moreover, in the far north ice field, there is a small sect that has guarded the Xuanwu God Card for him for 30 million years.

Senior sister has the inheritance of Tongtian, and he has a sect. Is this wrong? The fat water does not flow to outsiders' fields.

"Fellow Xuanzhen no longer needs to supervise them?" Grandma Si glanced at the silent defeated army.

Su Hu doesn’t need it anymore…

When Taizu arrived, they wished they could shrink into the ground. Everyone looked horrified. Didn't they agree that it would be difficult to come back after entering the sea of ​​stars?

Where did this old turtle come from?

Xuanzhen said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist priest, there is no need to worry. I have already informed the sect, and someone from Guiwang Mountain will take over later."

Return to Wangshan Mountain and climb to the Immortal Drum.

More than ten people filed out. Such a large force traveling together is rare in the entire history of Guiwang Mountain.

Over the past hundreds of thousands of years, the number of people in Guiwang Mountain has increased, but it still cannot exceed a hundred. More than ten people already make up 20% of the members of Guiwang Mountain, which can be said to be an overwhelming number.

The sloppy old Taoist in the lead is none other than Taoist Xuanquan, and he is accompanied by the former Qingyuan Sect Supreme Elder, Ge Laodao, his proud disciple whom he only recruited over the past few decades.

Of course, in front of these existences, he cannot be called "old".

On the Immortal Drum, a tall and round-waisted woman opened her eyes, glanced down and jumped down.

Everyone stopped immediately and bowed to the woman: "I have met Senior Sister Xuanxu."

The seniority is different, but the women are all called senior sisters.

Xuanxu waved his hand and looked around them: "Where are you going?"

Are you going to destroy any big world?

Xuanquan hid the chicken leg behind his back and said with a smile: "Put it under the nose of Xuanzhen. Senior sister, you want to go too?"

Xuanxu rolled his eyes, nodded and said, "Okay!"

The Taoist guy is coming back, so he just needs to hide out. She didn't quite want to see the old guy.

That Niubi was not doing his job properly. Every time he came back, he wanted to take apart the Dengxian Drum and study it.

Very annoying.

Taoist Xuanquan was stunned and the drumsticks fell out of his hands.

He just invited her politely. Everyone in the Xuan generation knew that Senior Sister Xuanxu was the Dengxian Drum. The Dengxian Drum guarded the entrance to Guiwang Mountain and had never left for thousands of years.

Even when Guiwangshan faced off against Fenghuang Palace, he never left for a moment.

What's wrong with the wind today?

Did he get into trouble with this invitation?

Xuanxu took a step to leave, but Xuanquan didn't see any movement. He turned to look at him: "Let's go! What are you thinking about? What? Do you think I am a burden?"

Taoist Xuanquan suddenly became excited: "Haha, what did Senior Sister say? I just thought of an interesting thing and couldn't help but lose my mind."

"Oh? Tell me."

"Sister, I don't know, but this time we are going to the Dark Dragon Ruins to accept prisoners from the heavens. That is the battlefield between the Turtle and Phoenix clans. The geniuses of the Dragon and Turtle clan who have only emerged in the past few decades are there."

"?" Xuanxu was puzzled. The dignified Dragon Turtle, which clan member is not a genius? What's so interesting about this?

Taoist Xuanquan burst out laughing: "That day, before he attained the Tao of Dragon Turtle, he worshiped my disciple as his master and held a ceremony to worship him."

Taoist Xuanquan's oily hands pulled Ge Laodao over: "If you think about it, that dragon turtle has to call us master! I am the same generation as Huangzu."

Gu Luo and the others can't they give a nice shout?

Xuanxu looked at him with contempt, childish!

"Moreover!" Taoist Xuanquan whispered: "I heard that the eldest princess Yunmengze may really choose him as her husband. In this way, the eldest princess will also call me master!"

He laughed and winked at Ge Laodao.

Not everyone knows Ji Feixue's identity in Guiwang Mountain.

Ge Laodao looked helpless: "Master, please don't make too much trouble. My disciple has an upright temperament. If Master teases you too much, it may not end well."

Su He was killed from a pack of wild wolves. He was laughing and joking but he was arrogant at heart. Especially when he recognized his ancestors and joined the Dragon Turtle clan, this clan was extremely arrogant. And the master has never been honest. Once the teasing is too much, the turtle boy will fall out of control.

He has seen the Master's conduct with his own eyes. The supreme existence of the seventh level of the sky is placed at the top of the list of all heavens and all realms.

Back then, I personally stopped a noble concubine from Fenghuang Palace.

He was able to escape unscathed even when facing the three emperors and the three princes. He really didn't want to see the rift between Turtle Boy and his master due to such a thing.

"Don't worry, don't worry! Taoist Xuanquan gave Ge Laodao a look that said, "You can rest assured while I'm doing the work."

Those guys in Guluo are not easy to mess with. But it's not too much to let the turtle call out "Master" respectfully, right?

I wonder if I can ride a dragon turtle twice in my lifetime?

Hmm...this is a bit dangerous.

As he thought this, he saw Xuanxu's face turned cold in front of him.

Concubine Ji’s husband-in-law? Dragon turtle?

She never goes out, she stays high on the Immortal Drum and rarely comes down, but she doesn't know that there is such a thing.

Although she didn't know why, she always felt that Ji Feixue shouldn't have a husband - he wasn't a protector of her younger generation.

She clearly remembered that Ji Feixue should already have a Taoist partner, but for some reason she couldn't remember the information about that Taoist partner.

Damn Lao Niubi must have secretly dismantled the Dengxian Drum while she was not paying attention, causing her to lose some memories!

Dark Dragon Ruins? I want to see who dares to take advantage of Ji Feixue!

Xuanxu punched the air. The space immediately shattered and collapsed inward, forming a space tunnel that led directly to the ruins of the Dark Dragon.

"Follow!" Xuanxu snorted coldly, raised his legs and stepped into the passage.

The others looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what happened and not daring to ask more questions, and followed closely.

Only Taoist Xuanquan still looked careless and waved with his oily hand: "Disciple, I'm following you. Please understand carefully! Walking through the space passage once will be of great benefit to your future practice!"

Ge Laodao followed Taoist Xuanquan and returned to Wangshan Mountain as a disciple for decades. His experience was different from before. He naturally knew the magic of space passages and felt the fluctuations in space. However, he was worried and said: "Old man, is Senior Sister Xuanxu right?" Are you becoming hostile?"

Did Turtle Boy offend this guy?

This senior sister is extremely special. She guards the gate and the Immortal Drum. She has a very high status!

Moreover, it is rumored that she is not the Xuan generation, but changes her name at any time with each generation.

Taoist Xuanquan was silent for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, that's a dragon turtle, she won't mess around. Besides, I have to give the old Taoist some face. Even if my disciple has done something wrong, I should punish him, right?" "

Ge Laodao: "..."

Taoist Xuanquan was still about to speak when he saw Xuanxu in front of him. He was startled. Following Xuanxu's eyes, he looked forward and saw dragons and turtles at the exit of the passage. There were phoenixes of various colors fluttering their wings at intervals, attracting the formation of dark dragon ruins. Formation avenue vision.

These were nothing, he knew at least half of these dragon turtles and phoenixes, but the old dragon turtle in the center made Master Xuanquan breathe a little faster.

Taizu!

This ancestor is actually here!

"Master, who is the senior Dragon Turtle?" Ge Laodao whispered. He could tell that when everyone saw the old dragon turtle in the center, they all trembled and became cautious.

"Taizu!" The person who answered him was Xuanxu in front of him: "Ancestor Dragon Turtle, the most powerful person in the world - the strongest!"

There is no dispute, only the great ancestor who can be named emperor may be equally famous.

Ge Laodao's breath tightened. Even the head master couldn't easily see such an existence, right?

Following the master, before walking out of the space passage, I heard a bang in front of me, and saw that Senior Sister Xuanxu's glove fell and hit the space passage, making the sound of a treasure falling to the ground.

Dengxiangu stared at a dragon turtle in the field with his mouth open.

"Disciple!" Taoist Xuanquan smiled.

However, he saw that Dengxiangu was breathing rapidly and rushed out in a flash. He rushed to Su He but couldn't believe it. He panted for a while before bowing to Su He: "Mr. Fourth!"

I remembered! I remembered it all! No wonder! No wonder Taizu showed up and helped him take a picture of the sun.

No wonder Mr. Fourth has a mountain beetle from the Dragon Turtle clan on his body! No wonder Mr. Four can use the magical power of dragon and turtle.

Mr. Four is actually a dragon and turtle in the form of a dragon!

This figure, this spiritual snake.

This is Xuanwu!

"Hey! Drummer, how are you?" Su He said hello with his dragon beard fluttering.

"Back to Mr. Fourth, everything is as usual." Dengxian Gu suppressed his excitement and said in a respectful voice: "It's just that without Mr. Four in the past 730,000 years, I feel that the world is incomplete."

Think of it as an illusion due to incomplete memory.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Xuanzhen on the donkey next to him and frowned. How dare he walk side by side with the Fourth Patriarch!

He wanted to scold, but then he frowned. This calf-nosed man must be unaware of Mr. Fourth’s identity, otherwise how dare he be rude?

He glared at Xuanzhen: "Don't get off your horse yet! Next to you is the fourth master of the Taoist ancestors, my fourth ancestor of Guiwangshan!"

boom!

Her voice was like a thunderbolt, ringing in the ears of everyone present. Not to mention the Guiwangshan disciples, even Dragon Turtle and Phoenix were stunned.

Only Hongzu and Grandma Si felt a sense of revenge. I feel relaxed.

It's finally your turn to be surprised!

Everyone in Guiwang Mountain was stunned. This news hit them much harder than others.

No less than Longgui suddenly heard the news - Su He was Taizu's biological son.

Even Headmaster Xuanzhen's breathing was a little ragged: "What senior sister said...is it true?"

"Of course it's true." Before Dengxiangu could speak, a voice came from the void.

Then he saw an old Taoist with white hair and childish face appearing from the void riding a yellow ox.

"Tao Master!" Taoist Xuanzhen immediately straightened his clothes, got off the donkey, and bowed in salute.

The Taoist master nodded slightly and looked at Su He. Xia Niu cupped his hands and said, "Old Taoist Third Huaiyu has met Mr. Fourth."

The third is the surname, and the third Huaiyu is the name of the Taoist master when he was a layman.

Su He nodded in return: "I've met the Taoist Master."

Probably the Immortal Lord has seen too much...

Seeing the Taoist Master, I felt calm.

"It took me 730,000 years to come to see Mr. Fourth. I hope Mr. Fourth can forgive me."

Su He shook his head and chuckled: "It's my turn to pay homage to the Taoist Master. But the return date was approaching and time was tight. It would have been rude not to have paid homage to him."

Directly passed down from Taoist ancestors, he is the same Taoist master. But there is also a first-come-first-served basis, and—

"May I ask, Lord, have you and I met before?"

The Taoist master actually gave Su He a familiar feeling, like... Pluto!

Did he get the Pluto inheritance? Or does Pluto have a back-up plan on the Taoist Master?

The Taoist Master laughed: "If the old Taoist remembers correctly, it was the first time I met Mr. Fourth - if Mr. Fourth went back to the past and secretly saw me before I started practicing, then the old Taoist would not know."

Next to him, Xuan Zhen had already fallen off the donkey and sighed in his heart. As expected, he was at a loss what he had guessed earlier. Little friend Su He... the Patriarch could break time!

There is a vague record on the door: "At that time, when the door was knocked, there were three knocks at first, three more knocks, and three more knocks." This matter is probably a record of what happened 730,000 years ago, but it is vague and confusing. What is recorded.

Combining the scene at this moment, is it probably the scene where Su He goes back to the past and beats the Immortal Drum?

But I don’t know how everyone forgot this matter? It wasn't until Su He returned this time that he remembered.

He was confused, and saw Taizu laughing, with a hairpin rising above his head, and the hairpin was pointed in the starry sky.

Then there were stars flying away. It was like a big curtain covering the sky and the sun dissipated.

The great power that survived 730,000 years ago suddenly raised its head.

The memory came back.

But not everyone reacted. For some people, it was just a matter of suddenly remembering an incident 730,000 years ago and feeling emotional.

But for those who were familiar with Su He 730,000 years ago, and who know Su He well in this world, the memory of the sudden return plus the scene at this moment, a little inference can lead to a shocking conclusion.

In an instant, thoughts appeared across the void, reaching out in all directions.

Traveling through time and space, any piece of news passed down by the Taoist ancestors was earth-shattering. In an instant, Su He's reputation really set off a huge wave in the world.

It was only at this moment that everyone in Guiwang Mountain slowly came back to their senses.

Taoist Xuanquan opened his mouth in astonishment. The chicken legs flew to nowhere, but he couldn't take care of them at all. Next to him, Ge Laodao hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he whispered: "Old man, my disciple..."

"Shut up!" Taoist Xuanquan shouted urgently, interrupting his transmission in a low voice: "This is you and my ancestor!"

The Taoism of the world comes out and returns. The other sects who worshiped at Guiwang Mountain were never regarded as traitors. Instead, the entire sect was honored. Just like the Qingyuan Sect at the moment, although it was only a small sect, who dared to touch it?

A little bit of scum from Ge Laodao's hands would be enough to make the Qingyuan Sect fat for three hundred years.

Given this premise, how could the relationship between the Fourth Patriarch and his disciples in Qingyuan Sect be as great as the relationship between Guiwangshan?

How can we put the cart before the horse?

Disciple and grandson and so on...

Evil thoughts dissipate!

Which grandson is so brave? Having this idea is my sworn hatred for Wangshan!

If you want to be an elder to Dao Ancestor, you may be afraid that the natural chasm will not come at the next moment.

Taoist Xuanquan shrank his neck and did not dare to speak. Not daring to attract any attention. Ge Laodao's eyes were full of complexity. The turtle boy who needed his protection had already reached such a height?

Have a conversation with the Taoist Master?

As he was thinking this way, he saw the turtle glance this way, his eyes lit up and he waved his claws: "Master..."

Taoist Xuanquan's expression changed drastically. He waved his sleeves and Taoist Ge disappeared. He looked at Su He pitifully: "Fourth Patriarch, please forgive me. If you shout this, he will have no way to live..."

Ancestors, please practice some moral integrity!

Su He opened his mouth and couldn't scream. Sansan retracted his head.

I saw Deng Xiangu next to me, looking at the hairpin and gritting his teeth: "Old turtle, you stole my most precious treasure from Guiwangshan! This is the Taoist hairpin! You seal my memory!"

She jumped to her feet and cursed, but when she saw Taizu glance at her, she suddenly froze, as if she had suddenly reacted to something, and she shrank her neck.

"Well...I spoke loudly...a little loudly..."

Taizu curled his lips, and when he ascended the Immortal Drum, he suddenly felt as if he was facing a powerful enemy and the end of the world. He opened his mouth and said urgently: "Ancestor, don't want it! Ancestor has forgotten? I even used it as a basking platform for you..."

The word "嘞" was out of tune, and she looked at herself in disbelief. The aunt's appearance was forcibly turned back to her former appearance as a young Taoist. This was nothing.

But the Taoist exudes bursts of metallic luster.

"you you……"

Xuanxu touched the void with trembling hands, casting a shadow of his body. Outside Guiwang Mountain, the Dengxian Drum squirmed, twisted and changed. In an instant, its appearance changed and turned into a - gong!

It's like casting of pure gold, shining brightly!

"Ascending Immortal Gong!" Yaya's voice, still full of excitement, sounded at the right moment.

Xuanxu was completely stunned, looking at Taizu in disbelief, at the little turtle boy who was still childish but spoke the coolest words in the world.

How could such a cute little turtle say such cold words?

Su He - laugh!

He now fully understands how Hongzu and the others feel. It's really... interesting to have an old turtle at home who can't afford to play with him. The premise is that Taizu's revenge does not fall on himself.

Thinking of something, Foreign Minister Su He flashed the turtle mountain, and the mountain beetle flew out, flying lightly towards Taizu: "Ancestor, my wife has been rescued, it's time to return the mountain beetle to my ancestor."

Taizu narrowed his eyes and looked at him with a half-smile.

Su He was at a loss.

Taizu chuckled: "Do you know what the leader of the Dragon Turtle does?"

Su He was startled.

Looking around, the surrounding starry sky had changed at some point. Phoenix, Guiwang Mountain, and the captives were missing at this moment.

Only the eight-headed dragon turtle and Ji Feixue in red were left in the starry sky. Even the Taoist master was nowhere to be seen.

Or maybe those people are still where they are and Taizu moved them somewhere else?

Su He didn't sense any spatial fluctuations.

The other dragon turtles also looked at each other, but they also didn't notice it. Only Ji Feixue looked around with interest.

Taizu looked at Su He and all the turtle boys below. He grinned, clearly smiling but making the air feel extremely solemn.

"The Dragon Turtle clan has secrets, just like holy beasts. Even the Imperial Palace knows about them, but I have never told you. Do you know why?"

The turtles shook their heads.

Taizu chuckled: "It's not me, but you - you can't bear it!"

He looked around: "The dragon turtle and even the four spirits are jealous of the sky - not the sky above our heads, but the sky that has been invaded and penetrated by humans."

Everyone in Guluo Qinglei looked at each other in confusion, but Su He immediately knew that Taizu was talking about the world invaded by Yuan!

Just like the big sun above his head, like the rules that Su He can't speak freely.

Even at this moment, everyone in the world knew that he could travel through time, but Su He didn't say anything in person. Such a thing would lead to divine punishment.

The turtles didn't know why, but Taizu didn't mean to explain, he just laughed.

"The more secrets you know, the stronger your connection with heaven. If you don't have enough Taoism to force you to know. It's like a child fishing for a whale. The whale cannot land, but the child will be dragged into the water, or be bitten and devoured, or be ruthlessly drowned. Even the whales don’t care, and an unintentional wave of water can be a disaster for a child.”

"But some secrets are born to need someone to know and someone to carry them."

Taizu spoke and looked at Su He: "Just like everyone in Qianjiang, your message is carried deep in the true spirit, which is the foundation for your reincarnation and return."

The turtles were even more confused.

Su He understood instantly. All the seniors in Qianjiang were all planted with a strand of hair from their previous life by Baiyin in the depths of the true spirit.

That hair is a two-way hook, ensuring that everyone in Qianjiang can be reincarnated again and again, and their true spirits will never be separated. At the same time, it also ensured that Su He's reincarnation was successful and his true spirit was condensed.

The principle is roughly this: There are still traces of me in this world, and there are records of my existence, so I will be immortal - an infinitely weakened version.

Su He didn't understand the specifics, and he was still a scumbag for the time being.

But he understood what Taizu meant.

"So there are some secrets that are very important and cannot be known to too many people, but someone must carry them. Is that the source of the clan leader?"

This is a hot potato! To carry the secret is to go whale fishing, which may attract Yuan's attention at any time and kill him.

Gu Luo took a step forward and stood in front of Su He, his meaning self-evident.

The other dragon turtles also relaxed their momentum and looked like they were doing their part.

Taizu laughed, looked at Gu Luo and said with a smile: "It was originally yours, but this turtle boy has been running around for a long time, and no matter how many secrets he has, he will know it. If you are allowed to be the leader of the clan, our Dragon Turtle clan will Can’t we have two people carrying secrets?”

Taizu shook his head. Looking around at the turtles, his eyes were filled with smiles.

His eyes fell on Su He again: "Do you still want to pay me back?"

Su He put away the mountain beetle with a hook of his claws: "The ancestor is right. I have been wandering for a long time without a treasure to protect myself, and I feel really uneasy."

This kind of thing is a matter of course.

Taizu smiled: "Communicate with Shanjia, inherit the position of the clan leader, and inherit the Tao shadow of the sea to be integrated into the body of the clan leader. You know everything."

"The body of the patriarch?" Su He was confused, and then suddenly realized: "The giant turtle next to the ancestor and Ming Ancestor?"

In the Sea of ​​Inheritance Palace of Inheritance, on the back of the dragon turtle holding the sky and holding the ground, there are the shadows of the Inheritance Path left by the dragon turtles of all generations.

There are three dragon turtles on the first step.

Taizu, Mingzu, and Su He didn't recognize them.

"That's right." Taizu said with a smile: "You once asked, but Yang Xu Daoying is missing... Yangxu is the patriarch of the previous generation, and Daoying has been integrated into the patriarch Daoying. When you successfully merge, you will be the patriarch of this generation. , the Dragon Turtle clan is at your disposal."

Su He's eyes suddenly lit up: "Can I dispatch anyone?"

Taizu looked at him meaningfully: "Not bad!"

"Then...Xiao Tai?"

boom!

Before Su He could say anything, his mind suddenly sank and he fell unconscious.

Everyone felt that the space had changed. It was still the Dark Dragon Ruins, and it was still the same scene. Even the Immortal Drum still looked sad.

Nothing changed, as if they had just communicated and no time had passed.

Everyone is still chatting here, everything is normal.

The only problem is that the fourth ancestor of Guiwang Mountain suddenly fainted. (End of chapter)