Dominate the Heavens: Starting from the Foreign History of Wulin

Chapter 158: Resolving grudges, Hua Wuque versus Xiao Yuer
Yan Nantian leaned over and looked at the sword in his hand.

Although he had just won a big victory, he did not feel like a big victory in his heart. Instead, he wanted to retreat even more strongly.

Yan Nantian's character does become more courageous and courageous with every setback.

But he is not a fool.

When he encounters a weaker opponent or an opponent who is not far behind, he will of course become more courageous with every setback and move forward bravely.

However, with the martial arts skills of General Pan Feng, if he met Mr. Guan, would he still be able to move forward bravely?

The one who moves forward bravely is not Yan Nantian, but Shacha.

After the fight just now, Yan Nantian has already seen that the enemy is strong and we are weak. Even his own most powerful combat force, Yan Nantian, is only half a pound against Lu Ye.

On the opposite side of Yihua Palace, the two most powerful women, Yao Yue and Lian Xing, have not yet made a move.

The six villains (including Mad Lion Iron War) and the seven masters of Wuming Island, as expected, will all stand on the opposite side of Yihua Palace.

Because of the chatter, they failed to defeat Hua Wuque.

But Mad Lion Tie Zhan was a master from the Unnamed Island.

Two unfathomable enemies, thirteen super-class or top-class super-class, almost masters at the level of Wei Wuya and Hua Wuque.

Facing such a powerful opponent, even a strong figure like Yan Nantian's unwavering confidence was suddenly frustrated, causing unprecedented hesitation.

Just at this time.

Yan Nantian suddenly heard Lu Ye, who was opposite him, speak in a loud and clear voice: "Having a piece of advice can help prevent a martial arts war and ruin all lives."

Yan Nantian smiled coldly and said, "Do you think I, Mr. Yan, am a fool?"

"If what I expected is correct, the actual purpose of the big battle between you and me just now was just to test my martial arts. After the fight just now, it only takes one person to figure it out. , although I, Yan Nantian, am slightly better than you in terms of martial arts, I can't win by much."

"At this moment, you will definitely have a chance to win."

Yan Nantian said: "If my prediction is correct, the proposal you are about to make is that you want Yao Yue to take action and fight alone with me, Yan Nantian, in a big battle. Such a big battle can not only avoid a melee, but Reduce your losses to the greatest extent possible.”

"at the same time!"

Yan Nantian said: "After the fight just now, you have all seen that I am definitely no match for Yao Yue at this moment. Do you think I am right?"

The eyes of the girls from the Murong family wandered.

They were all very smart, and of course they figured it out in an instant.

If it were someone like them, they would make the same suggestion when they were sure of victory.

However, this suggestion is very advantageous.

However, Yan Nantian came here for revenge today. If you fight in a melee, you will die, and if you fight alone, you will die.

According to the current situation, Yan Nantian may not be able to take revenge. Could he still be like a dog and run away in a hurry, or refuse others' suggestions to fight alone?

No matter how you look at it, Yan Nantian is definitely dead today.

"well!"

The great hero Yan Nantian suddenly laughed loudly, looked at Xiao Yu'er who was standing aside, and said: "Xiao Yu'er, I, Yan Nantian, misjudged the enemy today and I am afraid that I am certain to die. Go ahead and promise Uncle Yan, Never mention the word revenge again in this life, because the opponent is too strong and you cannot handle it at all."

As he spoke, Yan Nantian strode forward, faced Lu Ye in front of him, and said in a loud voice: "Today, I, Yan Nantian, will fight with you alone to settle the grudges. However, I have one request. I will seek revenge from you at Yihua Palace. Just It’s just the suggestion of Yan Nantian. Xiao Yu’er is just a child and has no opinions at all. And he is absolutely not the slightest threat to you. If I, Yan Nantian, die here, I hope you will Can you let Xiao Yuer go?"

"Let Xiao Yu'er go?"

Lu Ye smiled and said, "Not only can I let Xiao Yu'er go, but I can also let all of you go."

"it is good!"

Yan Nantian had nothing to say anymore. The long sword slashed through the air, releasing a sound like a dragon's roar. The sword pointed at Yaoyue and said loudly: "The two of us will fight. With this battle, we can settle the past." All the grievances of 15 years.”

Yao Yue's eyes were like cold stars, looking coldly at the figure in front of her, without making any movement or saying a word.

It was as if Yan Nantian in front of him was regarded as nothing.

Yan Nantian said angrily: "What on earth do you mean? You won't admit defeat and won't fight. Are you trying to amuse me, Mr. Yan?"

Lu Ye smiled and said: "I think Master Yan may have misunderstood something. My proposal is not to ask Master Yan and Yue'er to fight to resolve the 15-year grievances between the two parties."

"Of course, you have a special status, and you have enough convincing power to win or lose."

"but!"

Lu Ye smiled and said: "Both two of them are the overlords of the martial arts world. The safety of any one of them is related to the stability and prosperity of the martial arts world. Moreover, in today's grudge, the protagonist is Jiang Xiaoyu, not Yan Nantian .”

"What do you mean?"

Yan Nantian said angrily: "You want Xiao Yu'er to have a child to deal with the master of Yihua Palace who has been powerful in the world for nearly 20 years? If this is really the case, aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by people in the martial arts world?"

Lu Ye said: "Palace Master Yihua respects his status, so of course he cannot do such a thing to bully the younger ones. Since Hero Yan can fight in Xiao Yu'er's place, I would like to ask if one of Palace Master Yihua's disciples can take his place." Master, fight?"

brush!
Yan Nantian's eyes suddenly looked like lightning towards the gentle and elegant Hua Wuque, who was almost motionless.

With a hesitant look on his face, Yan Nantian said: "Do you want to use Hua Wuque to fight Xiao Yu'er and settle the grievances of the past 15 years?"

"Not bad!"

Lu Ye nodded solemnly.

Yan Nantian looked at Xiao Yu'er who was standing aside, and Xiao Yu'er walked out proudly, with a slightly gloomy look on his face, and still said with a rebellious tone: "If I defeat Hua Wuque, what will happen in the end? Can the famous Master Yihua Palace do whatever I want to do with her?"

brush!
The eyes of the two sisters Yao Yue and Lian Xing suddenly looked at Xiao Yu'er across from them at the same time. Lian Xing said angrily in a cold voice: "You really don't know how high the sky is, how small a junior like you wants to humiliate us. two?"

"Then I don't want to fight either."

Xiao Yu'er said coldly: "There is no benefit if you win, and you will definitely die if you lose. What's the point of such a gambling fight? Why should I risk my life to compete with Hua Wuque? Who wins or loses?"

Lian Xing looked sideways and said: "So according to your intention, you want to have a melee with us and become our dead souls together with your Uncle Yan and some other righteous disciples?"

Xiao Yu'er's rebellious eyes first looked at Yan Nantian opposite, then saw the burly figure in front of him, and said nonchalantly: "You just follow your plan, and you don't have to care about your Uncle Yan at all."

Xiao Yu'er's eyes turned to the many sisters of the Murong family beside her.

A hesitant look finally appeared on his face, and Xiao Yu'er said: "I also know that it is not only unrealistic, but also impossible for the famous Master Yihua Palace to finally obey me. So I You can lower your requirements a little bit.”

"If I can defeat Hua Wuque, I want you to admit in front of Uncle Yan and me that you did something wrong, apologize to my late parents, and tell this incident Tell the world what happened."

"I think this request is not too excessive, right?"

"Little fish!"

However, even if it was just this request, Lian Xing couldn't help but get furious and said: "Don't go too far. According to the situation at this moment, a melee will be of no benefit to you at all."

"Promise him!"

Suddenly, Yao Yue glanced at Lian Xing beside her and said without any doubt: "I can agree to Xiao Yu'er's request. As long as you can really defeat Hua Wuque, I will apologize and give this one to you." Let the matter be known to Wulin."

"Do you have any other questions?"

"there's one more thing?"

Xiao Yu'er observed the words and expressions. Although he couldn't figure out why the Master of Yihua Palace in front of him had already secured the victory, why did he still have to take such a risk and have to fight Hua Wuque himself?
but.

Lu Ye gave an explanation before.

The two of them respected their status and were unwilling to bully a junior like him as a senior in the martial arts world.

Although this explanation is a bit far-fetched, it is not unreasonable.

The master of Yihua Palace is certainly sure of victory against Yan Nantian, and Hua Wuque is sure of victory against himself.
After thinking about it, Xiao Yu'er said: "I think everyone should remember that not long ago, a few days ago, I, Jiang Xiaoyu, had a big battle with Hua Wuque here. Although I don't want to admit it, However, purely in terms of martial arts, I am definitely no match for Hua Wuque, not to mention that he has now inherited the palace-suppressing treasure of Yihua Palace, a peerless sword that can be called an ancient magic weapon."

"The other is ebbing and flowing, and I am even less likely to be his opponent."

"Then in this battle, am I bound to die?"

"What do you mean by what you said?"

Yao Yue frowned slightly and said, "Do you want me to take back the treasure of Yihua Palace and give you this sword to bridge the gap between the two of you?"

To everyone's surprise, Yao Yue actually thought very seriously: "If we do this, we can indeed increase your strength and make this war more fair."

"what?"

Hua Wuque's father-in-law, Kuangshi Tiezhan couldn't believe his ears and wondered if he was hearing hallucinations. He simply didn't expect that Yao Yue would consider such an outrageous suggestion.

The masters of Wuming Island, such as Xiao Nu Shi and Dong Guo Ya, all showed a divine light in their eyes.

As long as you want fairness, you will definitely agree. What you want is not victory, but fairness.

Although everyone didn't know it at all, the reason why Yao Yue was willing to consider Xiao Yu'er's suggestion was just to make the fight between the two brothers in front of her more brutal.

However, at this moment, this kind of demeanor that would rather give troops but be fair immediately made everyone look at him.

Everyone is thinking: "Perhaps only this kind of person, who pursues fairness wholeheartedly and doesn't care about his own gains and losses, can truly cultivate martial arts to the peak state!"

Hua Wuque realized what Yao Yue meant, and without any hesitation, he took out the sword "Blue Blood Shines on the Painted Blue" from his body and said: "This sword can be temporarily given to Brother Jiang for use, but after all, this sword is my guardian of Yihua Palace." The palace treasure, if Wuque is defeated soon, please brother Jiang to return the palace treasure."

Jiang Xiaoyu just glanced at the sword in front of him and said nonchalantly: "Most of the swords used by swordsmen in the general martial arts are three feet and three inches, or even longer than that. , but the sword you have in Yihua Palace is only two feet and seven inches long. You only need to look at it to know that this sword must be used by women. Although I, Xiao Yuer, am not a hero, I am still dignified. How can a seven-foot man use a weapon used by a woman?"

Hua Wuque looked at the sword in his hand and couldn't help showing a look of astonishment.

After observing for a long time, Hua Wuque said: "Although this is a short sword, the fish intestine, a magical weapon passed down from ancient times, is not a short sword. And it is much shorter than the sword in my hand. Is it possible that those who use the fish intestine sword are not seven-foot men?"

Yao Yue said coldly: "Xiao Yu'er, don't you dare to take this sword and fight openly with my disciples from Yihua Palace?"

Xiao Yu'er said: "I don't need your sword, and I don't need to pay Wuque to give me a sword. It only takes three months."

"Three months?"

Yao Yue, Lian Xing, and even everyone had a look of astonishment on their faces.

"Not bad!"

Xiao Yu'er said: "Although I lost to Hua Wuque a few days ago, through that day's competition, I have realized that I am not inferior to him in terms of skill. What he lacks is just his skills in moves."

"As for Uncle Yan's current martial arts, it is certainly impossible for him to be the opponent of Palace Master Yaoyue. I think you have all seen that the reason why Uncle Yan is defeated is just because he is missing one hand. In fact, all he has is The martial arts I possess may not be inferior to those of Yue Palace Master. In the next three months, I will do my best to practice martial arts with Uncle Yan. A few days ago, I may not have been Hua Wuque’s opponent, but three months later , that’s not necessarily the case.”

"how?"

Xiao Yu'er said proudly: "Master Yihua Palace, do you dare to give me three months?"

Yao Yue looked at Lu Ye who was aside.

Lu Ye smiled and said, "Just three months. In three months, you and Hua Wuque will have a big battle to settle the grievances of the past 15 years!"

"in addition."

Lu Ye suddenly waved his hand and ordered the masters in the villa to escort the four people out.

Seeing the four people who suddenly appeared and the girl in green who led the team to guard them, Yan Nantian's eyes were split and Wei Wuya's expression changed wildly.

Yan Nantian drew his sword and pointed at one of them angrily: "Jiang Qin is a dog thief!"

Wei Wuya looked at the girl leading the team and said, "Su Ying!"

"Not bad!"

Lu Ye said: "Jiangnan hero Jiang Biehe is the scholar Jiang Qin that Daxia Yan is looking for. I am afraid that Daxia Yan has never dreamed that Jiang Biehe has already fallen into my hands. You put your hope in it." Wei Wuya's body is really the most embarrassing thing in the world. Even if there are a hundred Wei Wuya, it is impossible to know the whereabouts of Jiang Biehe." "And this Miss Su was supposed to be the adopted daughter of Brother Wei Wuya, but soon after When he was here, he had already joined my sect, and now he is the master of our Zunxin sect’s medicine hall!”

As for the three people following Jiang Biehe, they are of course the White Tiger Lord, the Snow-Taking God, and the Medicine-Making God among the twelve horoscopes.

Yan Nantian's hatred for Jiang Biehe was even greater than that of Yao Yue. Seeing his great enemy Jiang Biehe right in front of him, he couldn't bear to listen to Lu Ye's nagging and waving his sword, so he stepped forward and took action. , wishing to cut the dog thief in front of him into pieces.

however.

There was a dragon roar in Canglang!
Lu Ye also swung his sword and exchanged it with Yan Nantian's divine sword.

The two men were evenly matched again.

With Lu Ye here, how could he sit back and watch Yan Nantian kill people at will?
"What exactly do you mean?"

Yan Nantian was furious, staring at the many figures in front of him, and said: "Is it possible that the famous Yihua Palace is actually a place where filth is hidden? Jiang Biehe is Jiang Qin. The sins he once committed , almost everyone knows that you are willing to protect such a villain, is it because you want to be ridiculed by people in the martial arts world?"

Lu Ye smiled and said: "Master Yan misunderstood. Since I have released Jiang Biehe, of course I have already planned to hand him over to you. Otherwise, who would know that Jiang Biehe is in my hands?" "

Yan Nantian said: "If you want to hand him over to me, why do you want to stop me from taking revenge on him?"

Lu Ye said: "I really want to hand over Jiang Biehe to you, but whether you can get the enemy's head depends on your ability?"

Yan Nantian glanced sideways and said, "What do you want?"

"Do you need to ask that?"

Xiao Yu'er said coldly: "If I can defeat Hua Wuque, Jiang Biehe will naturally be free to do with us whatever we want. However, if we cannot defeat Hua Wuque, this enemy will probably become the number one figure in the Zunxin Sect. .”

Seeing Xiao Yu'er speak, what no one noticed was that the frosty Su Ying's face turned slightly red. Ever since she walked out just now, she had noticed this unruly and weird man with strange charm. young man.

This appearance is exactly what she dreamed of!

She had never felt like this before, but until today, when she suddenly saw Xiao Yu'er, Su Ying felt her heart tremble, and a feeling that even she couldn't describe, like a heartbeat, came to her heart.

It is almost certain that this young man will be his future significant other.

this moment.

Su Ying has already thought of the name of their future child!

"Not bad!"

Lu Ye never thought about it, nor did he care about Su Ying's thoughts. He nodded and said without denying: "Jiang Biehe is certainly not a good person, but he has good abilities in gathering intelligence. He can barely be considered a good person." The talent you are using has a deep hatred against you, but he doesn’t have any deep hatred against me, Lu Ye, so why can’t I use him to do things for me?”

"Master Yan, and Xiao Yu'er, I am not a person who is indifferent to good and evil. I will give you a chance to take revenge, but it is only once. If you two really want to take revenge, then I will only I hope you two can be more confident and truly win the duel with Hua Wuque."

Not only Yan Nantian and Xiao Yu'er looked solemn, but Hua Wuque's expression was unprecedentedly solemn.

Because Hua Wuque has already seen it.

Right now!

Xiao Yu'er must try her best even if it's for Jiang Biehe.

A battle where the two of them might have had a chance to fight has turned into a life-or-death situation.

really.

The next moment, Xiao Yu'er asked: "If I accidentally kill Hua Wuque during the competition, you can guarantee that you will never retaliate against me, and that you can do what you promised me as promised." arrive?"

Before Lu Ye could speak, Yao Yue had already said coldly and lowly: "What do you think of me in Yihua Palace? Is there anything you say that won't count?"

"it is good!"

Xiao Yu'er said: "If I lose, I will die."

Yan Nantian said with emotion: "Not just Xiao Yu'er, but if Xiao Yu'er loses, there is no need for any of you to do anything. I, Yan Nantian, will cut off the head myself and give it to you."

All were silent.

In this situation, with such a bet, how could Xiao Yuer and Hua Wuque keep their hands on them? How else could they keep their hands on them?
Is it difficult?
The two of them are destined to kill each other as brothers and become a tragedy in the world!

Lu Ye ordered his servants to prepare a private room in Tianyin Villa and arrange for Yan Nantian and others to stay there. In the following time, Yan Nantian will naturally teach Xiao Yuer the changes in martial arts and strive to let him master martial arts in three months. Da Jin was able to defeat Hua Wuque, whom he had been unable to deal with before.

Lu Ye has already acquired Yan Nantian's martial arts skills, so of course there is no need to covet them.

Not only did he not peek, but he strictly prohibited anyone from disturbing Yan and Jiang's studies.

however.

Although Lu Ye is generous, Xiao Yuer's improvement is limited.

Even Yan Nantian couldn't help but said helplessly: "Three months, three months is really too short."

"Xiao Yu'er, how different do you think you are from Hua Wuque?"

Xiao Yu'er said confidently: "There is only one advantage. Whether my skills are superior or I have thought of a way to solve the problem of transferring flowers and connecting jade, I will definitely win."

These are the only two ways Jiang Xiaoyu can think of to defeat Hua Wuque.

indeed!

According to Yan Nantian and Xiao Yu'er's understanding, there are only two ways to defeat Hua Wuque.

however.

The first method can be eliminated first.

Xiao Yu'er's ability to improve to the cultivation level at this moment already has a huge element of chance.

On the one hand, it was the evil man Gu Wanchunliu who laid a good foundation for him. He used the herb juice to forge a pair of steel and iron bones, and his cultivation qualifications were outstanding.

On the one hand, by chance, he collected almost 40 years of the Murong family's collection into his own possession, and gained an astonishing opportunity to take a step closer.

Finally, and more importantly, with the help of the peerless magical power of the Wedding Clothes Magic, you can break and then build, and go one step further.

Xiao Yu'er got three opportunities in a row, and just now, he barely tied with Hua Wuque. At this time, how could he still have the opportunity to go further?
The second method is to solve the problem of Hua Wuque's transfer of flowers and jade.

In the original work, a very important reason why Xiao Yu'er is the same as Hua Wuque is that Yao Yue, a traitor, secretly taught Xiao Yu'er the essence of Yi Hua Palace's martial arts, as well as the three moves of Po Yue that can break Yi Hua and Jade. .

However, even if he mastered the method of cracking, Xiao Yu'er was only half as good as Hua Wuque.

Then you can imagine the gap between the two brothers.

Without Yao Yue's help, how could Yan Nantian and Xiao Yu'er have come up with the solution in three months?

Dangdang Dangdang!
Just when the two of them were at a loss and couldn't think of any solution, a strange figure knocked on Jiang Xiaoyu's door.

Yan Nantian opened the door, showed a surprised look, and asked, "Miss Su Ying, why are you here? Are you looking for us for anything? Could it be that you are here to find Wei Wuya, who lives in the next room?"

Although Jiang Biehe has been found.

However, because they were on Zunxin Sect’s territory, Yan Nantian did not kill Wei Wuya for the time being.

Wei Wuya did not rush to get Su Ying back.

Even the Murong family members were unusually restrained.

No one acted rashly and seemed to be waiting for the battle between Xiao Yu'er and Hua Wuque to end before finally solving their own problems.

but.

Yan Nantian also already knew that although this girl appeared to be Lu Ye's subordinate, she was actually Wei Wuya's adopted daughter.

"no!"

To Yan Nantian's expectation, Wei Wuya's adopted daughter suddenly came here, not to see Wei Wuya, but to look for a stranger they had never met before.

Su Ying said: "I'm here to find you!"

Yan Nantian said in shock: "You are looking for the two of us, why?"

Su Ying said: "Because I have already guessed that the two of you must be thinking hard and racking your brains to figure out how to solve the problem."

Yan Nantian looked surprised.

Su Ying added: "And I also know that in a short period of time, you will not be able to think of any solution."

Yan Nantian couldn't help but nod.

Because Yihua Palace has been a powerful force in the martial arts world for many years, how could their sect's signature martial arts be so easy to crack?
After hesitating for a moment, Su Ying suddenly took out a package from her arms, handed it to Yan Nantian and said, "This is Wei Wuya's cultivation secret. I hope it can be helpful to you."

After putting down the package, Su Ying turned around and left.

"This is how the same thing?"

Yan Nantian's face was filled with endless astonishment.

Xiao Yu'er came over and said coldly: "What's going on? Have you never seen Uncle Yan before? From the look of this crazy little girl, she probably admires Uncle Yan's heroic demeanor. , I wish I could commit myself to you, but do we want to take a look at Wei Wuya’s martial arts secret book?"

Yan Nantian held the secret book with both hands, turned Su Ying's hard work into powder in the blink of an eye, and said: "What kind of people are we Yan and Jiang? How can we use such evil and evil martial arts to win, even if we can't win? , we also want to lose with dignity!"

Since then, Yan Nantian and Xiao Yu'er have entered into unprecedented hard training.

……

"It's really strange!"

He had been observing Mad Lion Tie Zhan carefully for several days, with a puzzled look on his face. He looked at his daughter Tie Xinlan and said: "Did you see the Lord of Yihua Palace summoning Hua in the past few days when we made the bet?" Perfect, or teaching him a higher level of martial arts skills?"

Tie Xinlan shook her head repeatedly and said, "Never."

Kuangshi Tiezhan said: "This is the weirdest thing. I really can't figure it out. Could it be that Hua Wuque is not the disciple of Master Yihua Palace at all? Look at Yan Nantian, who stays behind closed doors. He wishes he could even take the time to eat. He wanted to teach his nephew. However, the master of Yihua Palace, as if Hua Wuque had already secured the victory, didn't even care about it."

Tie Xinlan also felt very strange. Almost no one would not be surprised.

But after thinking about it for a while, Tie Xinlan still came up with a reasonable explanation and said, "Is there a possibility? It's because of his perfect martial arts, which is enough to reach the top. In the eyes of Palace Master Yihua, Xiao Yu'er, no matter what, It’s impossible for him to be his opponent, so she doesn’t care.”

Although this explanation is reasonable enough.

Mad Lion Tie Zhan still shook his head firmly and said: "I always feel that there is something weird in it. Hua Wuque is the child raised by Yao Yue and Lian Xing. On the surface, they are master and apprentice, but in fact they are better than mother and son. Where is it? There is a son who is dueling with others, and the mother doesn't even show any concern."

Just as Lu Ye was passing by, he kept the discussion between Tie Zhan and Tie Xinlan in his mind and secretly thought that Yao Yue really didn't know how to do things.

Even if he wished in his heart, he hoped that Hua Wuque would die in Xiao Yu'er's hands.

You should go all out for the two of you, and you should also make a small gesture.

If she did this, wouldn't it make Hua Wuque feel sad and lose even more hope of victory?

After thinking about it, Lu Ye knocked on the door and said to Tie Xinlan: "Recently, there have been many guests in the villa, and I want to take charge of the overall situation. I can't take care of Hua Wuque's affairs for the moment, but the war in three months is very important. It may be related to his life. As a perfect wife, Miss Xinlan hopes that she can take more care and explain the trivial matters in life to her subordinates. I hope she can give him time to practice quietly."

Later, Lu Ye came to Yao Yue's room again and decided to take advantage of this period of time to ask Yao Yue to teach Hua Wuque the complete Five Ultimate Magic Skills.

Although Hua Wuque's martial arts skills at this moment were high, they were all based on Mingyu's magical skills. He had never learned the Five Absolute Magic Skills, so once he started to learn them, he would definitely make the fastest progress.

Although the improvement was limited in three months, it was enough for his skills to take a further step.

Even reaching the seventh level of Mingyu Gong is not impossible.

Following Lu Ye's instructions, Yao Yue's teachings, and Tie Xinlan's care, Hua Wuque gradually walked out of decadence, practiced hard, and her skills improved day by day.

The day of the three-month war has finally arrived!
(End of this chapter)