Chapter 2084: Old Immortals
Li Cong's words were soon verified. Li Cong was going to let Xiaohu go back with this guy, and he paid the rent of all the land of this guy for two years in advance, which is a total of 17 billion taels of silver. If you have money and someone, you can't go back If it's good, it's the guy's own problem. Of course, Li Cong didn't ask Xiaohu to kill people. He's not that stupid. If he really did that, it's estimated that the Taoist sect will become enemies with him in the future. , Such a thing can never be done, I don't have that ability, if this continues, sooner or later I will do worse, so Li Cong also stipulated for Xiaohu that only when this guy is in a life-and-death crisis can he sell it for help , otherwise, you can’t make a move. In addition, you can give this guy a chance to order Xiaohu, and that’s the only one. As for the others, you don’t need it. Of course, to the Daozong people, you can say that the Cao’s firm supports this Young master, as for other things, I can’t say so much. You have to go back by yourself. As for the so-called inland waterway shipping he mentioned, Li Cong didn’t see it in his own eyes at all. If this guy can become the suzerain, these things will be fine, but if he can't, everything will be nonsense, and it's useless to talk about it. Pin Shu Wang (w W W . V o Dtw . c o M)
The two elders looked at Li Cong in disbelief, how did this thing happen? They all thought that this matter could not be negotiated, but now Li Cong let him talk about it, which made them simply It's unbelievable, in their view, such a thing is impossible, so don't give them such great support back. There must be no second person in the world who can do such a thing. It is estimated that Li Cong can do such a thing. In fact, how could they understand Li Cong's thoughts? They are all old guys. The problems are all based on their own minds. Some other things are simply impossible. Everything in their minds needs to be done for profit. Many times it is impossible, but it is What they thought was impossible is now possible. This is where Li Cong is different from them. I am more capable than you, and this vision is indeed farther than yours. Although some treaties at this stage can prescribe all of these, the relationship between the two parties will definitely not be so good in the future. These treaties must all be maintained. Can this be called a friend? If you insist on uniting this with your friends. This can only be called a clerical friend, and the kind of friends who don't need these things are real friends. Li Cong and Linghu are half real friends. But with this kid, because of Xiao Ao, Li Cong should be a real friend with him.
After sending them away, Li Cong started to operate, saying that he would not give him other support, how could it be possible, although this kid Li Cong looks very good, but he also needs to know some things about Daozong. Soon some information about Daozong was sent here as quickly as possible. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. If there is no such news, Li Congke would not dare to make a decision easily. Things were a bit complicated for Li Cong, mainly because he didn't expect that there would be so many factions within a sect, no wonder they were so disunified.
In fact, this is also a very normal thing. Taoism has a history of 300,000 years from the first suzerain to the present. Among the four major sects, it can be said that it is the oldest one except Xuanyunzong, with more than 300,000 years. head of a sect,
Some are missing, and some may still be alive, but now there are four factions in Taoism, and these are relatively large factions, which can be ranked first. The largest is naturally the big one. The elder is over there. In the past, because the sect was still there, the great elder had to be second, but now the tenth-level fighter is gone, and his sons are not very united, so it can only be In the second place, if they are all united, they can compete with the Great Elder, but now, there is absolutely no such ability, and the third is the apprentices of the original head. There are ten apprentices in the head, which is very That's right, as for the fourth faction, they are some other internal forces, which are purely combined for self-protection. If their strength is counted, they should be considered the largest, but because they are not united, they can only defend i ranked fourth.
Seeing this, Li Cong shook his head helplessly. He originally thought that the only enemy was the Great Elder, but now it seems that there is another one, and that is his great apprentice. This guy is also a ninth-level fighter, but he is not as powerful as the Great Elder. That's it, Li Cong saw the problem at a glance. If this guy can support the young master, things will be easier to handle. The combined power of the two of them is more than enough to deal with the elder. If they can do well It's good to unite, but the two of them have deep grievances. The sons of the apprentices and masters feel that they have no skills but still enjoy better resources than themselves. If I have his resources, I will He will definitely be better than them, but what about his apprentices who are the master's son? It’s just a different perspective. You were originally a group of humble people. If it weren’t for my father, you wouldn’t know where to farm. Now you have become a ninth-level fighter, and you are like dogs. In the same way, if they just looked at yours in the past, each one of them would not be right, so they can only be like this.
The dead disciple who is in charge of the sect is called Chonghu, a member of Daozong, a warrior of the ninth rank, oscillating between the elementary and middle ranks, this kind of strength can be regarded as the upper level in Daozong, but with Compared with the first elder, he himself is not qualified to be the head of the sect. He himself is very clear about this, but should he support the youngest son of the master? Then he is a million unwilling, why? Just because this young master's daughter-in-law, the young master's daughter-in-law can be regarded as their junior junior sister. Back then, the senior brother had his eyes on her first, so why did she become the young master's daughter-in-law? There is some exploration here, it's nothing more than the senior brother is relatively rigid, and he doesn't know how to make the younger junior sister happy. The age gap between the two people is quite large, in short, there are many, but in the eyes of the elder brother, it is not that way. No matter how hard I try, it is useless, because the master is helping his son, so I did not marry Junior sister, this is all the master's fault.
This can be said to be a relatively old-fashioned love story. In Li Cong's view, this is similar to Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan in the novels on Earth back then. The difference is that the elder brother chose to give in by himself. Give up the opportunity to others. But it's different here, the senior brother here began to remember this matter, the most terrible thing is that the former old head is also so clumsy, always thinking that his son made a mistake about this matter. It's my son's problem. In the past, he also thought that his eldest apprentice and younger apprentice were a pair. But it was because of his son's joining that complicated this matter. It was like this in many cases, and most of the Daoist people also thought so. Everyone thinks that the elder brother is a sufferer, so when the elder brother did things a little too much, he naturally had to give in and indulge him as a master, but the young master didn't think so. Could it be that you can think about this love thing? Yes, it also depends on the love between the two, doesn't it? Little Junior Sister doesn't have you in her heart at all, and she's living a good life with me now, why should I let you? It feels like I owe you. Isn’t this farting? Just thinking like this makes the relationship between the two go further and further, and at the end it’s just...
At such a critical moment, this kid probably felt that the relationship between himself and the senior brother should improve a little over the years. In fact, the senior brother probably also had that idea in his heart. But regarding the matter of the great housekeeper of Daozong, this other is the youngest son of the head, just like the prince here, but if the great elder succeeds to the throne, the status of the two of them will definitely decline. It's impossible to still have the current status. Think about it, don't the great elders have their own apprentices? The family has no son of their own? In the past, the disciples and sons of the Great Elder did not dare to compete with you two. They were really inferior to you, but now they are not as good as you? You two don't think things so naively.
It is precisely for this reason that both of them will consider the overall situation, and of course they both want to unite. As long as the two of them can unite, they will have a good life in the future, and their powers will be similar. Yes, in the future, Daozong can also check and balance each other. The strength of the elder brother is a little bit stronger, but the young master is the head of the sect after all. You can't go too far if you occupy the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, right? It is because of this that they can both contain each other and not let the other party be too rampant. Otherwise, this matter has been seen, and now they are all holding their breath and don't want to admit their mistakes to the other party. They all think that the other party should come to find I was right, even the young master was so sloppy, he could go to Li Cong, but he couldn't come to his elder brother, this is a matter of face, you don't have to talk about your face with a stranger, but you can't talk to yourself Senior brother who has been proud all his life, that face is very important, at least he can't lose it now.
Li Cong himself didn't have that much time to do this, so he gave this to Wu Zuoxi to do it. Anyway, the current situation is relatively tense, and it is not a good thing to keep him in the mouth of the storm. It is better to let this guy go. As for this, Li Cong has seen a lot of conspiracies and tricks, but he hasn't seen a person who can be stronger than Wu Zuoxi. This guy's brain must be several times faster than normal people, and he doesn't know that he usually It’s all boxed. Anyway, Li Cong’s explanation has not been delayed, and what he did is quite good. Just focus on this, I believe he is absolutely right.
After Wu Zuoxi received this order, he also read all the news, and thought that the confidence should be good, so he didn't waste time, and brought some necessary silver and elixir, so that people would bow their heads so that they could benefit from it. That's fine, the money is for the little devils below, as for the elixir, it's for this elder brother, and he also brought some of the most precious elixirs that can increase the lifespan of people, this thing is for the last big elder Yes, if you can't negotiate with this side, you can only talk to the Great Elder in person. A position as the head of the sect should not be able to catch up with what will allow him to live for another twenty years. Those twenty years are what he needs the most. If he can't break through, he can only become a loser. If I can break through, even though the head of the sect is not my own at that time, but I am the only tenth-level fighter in the Taoist sect, and what I say is more effective than the head of the sect, then I am the head of the sect, and I have the same rights , as long as the brain can automatically turn around, people should not refuse such a thing, they are not fools, of course, they dare not say what happened.
Li Cong didn't say much about Wu Zuoxi's method. Anyway, this guy will definitely not do anything wrong for himself. Another important thing Li Cong has to do now is to arrange a large number of airships. Now the earth has sent a lot of airships through the teleportation array. Counting the talents trained on his side, he can definitely give all the airships It's laid out. We need them to find that old devil. Otherwise, it will definitely shake the world. Especially himself, he felt that he was threatened, such a person would not let the danger run around like that. I will definitely find a way to kill myself. If I can't do it well, I may lose my life. Such an old devil will definitely not soften his heart. They say that killing the god is the first to think. The guy who wants to kill him, Li Cong actually wants to say, Lao Tzu is the one, what is wrong with him, no matter how powerful he is, he can't kill all the people in the Southern Empire, but he is definitely of.
About 80,000 airships were delivered this time, which is also the largest number. Except for 5,000 airships that need to be scattered on some routes opened by Li Congxin, the remaining Li Cong plans to dispatch all of them. This must be that area, and I will immediately launch some of the things I carry, that is, some colored smoke on the earth that transmits messages. Such things can rise to the sky very high. The investigators can always see it, and Li Cong will be able to reach that area quickly by then, and the old guy will have to come out.
As for how to deal with this old guy, Li Cong also came to the box. This time, I used a sun-shooting bow to deal with him. In fact, I can have many ways. For example, my ability as a space magician is the most important thing. If he used this himself, he would definitely have no way to run away. Unfortunately, he didn't think about it at the time. He kept thinking that the sun shooting bow was more powerful. Of course, the sun shooting bow must be used, otherwise What did you do by exchanging that?
When the Southern Empire heard that Li Congken had put in so much effort, they immediately sent people over to say that they wanted to cooperate. Some of them were very familiar with their territory, so there were two more Southern Empire members on each airship. People, anyway, there is no problem if there are more than a few of them in such a big place, as long as they can do things well, just take them with you, there is no other big deal, of course, the Southern Empire must also want to If you want to learn how to drive, you are not afraid of Li Cong, because his car has been optimized with an intelligent program. If you have a large computer here, you can do it. Unfortunately, you don’t have one at all. , this matter is quite funny, you are still too immature to learn this skill.
Seven days later, in a big city in the Southern Empire, the refining of another blood coagulation pill broke out, but this is the blind spot where Li Cong and the others searched. It should have passed two days when we arrived here. There are nearly 10 million people in the city without a single survivor. The whole city is like a dead city. There is nothing there. There are some dark blood everywhere. The people from the Southern Empire who came to investigate have not seen it yet. The walls of the city were already so suffocated by the bloody smell that they couldn't lift their heads up. The smell of this guy was so bad that I really didn't want to go to see it, but the tasks assigned by the superiors had to be Report the loss.
Li Cong was not afraid of these smells. He hoped to find something useful here, but after traveling here for a few hours, he gave up. There is no news here at all. It is impossible to hide this matter. There are tens of millions of people, and there are hundreds of thousands of people entering and leaving this city every day. They will definitely bring the news out. That old guy should be within a radius of five hundred miles, and he also I feel that I am looking for him, and I still have weapons that can restrain him. If he can defeat me, he will definitely come out, but now he is not coming out because he is afraid. Those masters of the four major sects and four empires saw this All of them were so ruthless that Li Cong never thought that there would be so many pairs of tenth-level fighters. The current number is more than double what it appears on the surface. What did these people do in the past?
In fact, it is very normal to have such a thing, because from the history of hundreds of thousands of years to now, all the masters have been born, just because they are few hundred years old, many thousands of years or even They haven't come out for tens of thousands of years. They all have great confidence in themselves. Some of these people really hate these demons. Thinking of the war between the righteous way and the demon way tens of thousands of years ago, I feel so sad. Just a little uncomfortable. You have to come out and fight them. Then they were killed, but some of them were just trying to gain fame. Anyway, they all came anyway. People can be regarded as participating in dealing with the magic way. His name will be in history in a few years. Regardless of whether someone died or something happened, this was all for the entire continent, which is why the emperors of the four empires were not very capable. But the reason why they can still sit on the highest seat is that the emperors of the four great empires are still secular rulers after all. Without them, the whole world probably wouldn’t know how to deal with it. In this way, their power is the most important. Long term.
But what Li never thought was that he himself, a small businessman doing "business", would be seen by so many people, without him, because he himself is a pharmacist, and he is the only one in the world who can refine and point out. Guys of the sixth-grade elixir, if such a person is not good at currying, if he needs some elixir in the future, it will not be a joke. These people have a good relationship with Li Cong at this time. Then we can cooperate with Li Cong. Of course, the so-called cooperation is that they take out the medicinal materials, and then let Li Cong refine the elixir for them. This kind of cooperative relationship has lasted for many years. Because of the lack of alchemists, especially the high-level demon refining stones, the temper of the alchemist has become like this. If the medicine is not good, don’t practice it, and if the treatment is not good, don’t care. This and that, anyway, the alchemist is not so good Waiters, many alchemists are troublesome for these senior fighters.
Li Cong sits under the emperors of the four great empires, and it can be said that he is in the fifth position. In fact, according to Li Cong's current basic power, he is not qualified to be here. At least the people of the four major sects are ahead of him. Yes, this alliance should be in the top ten, but it’s not that high. Now many people think so, but they dare not say it. Why? This is all decided by those old guys. Didn’t you see that they are all sitting under Li Cong? They must have their own ideas. Now that a group of old men are ready, it is natural to talk about something very important They have already considered the matter, we juniors naturally can't talk nonsense, they just looked at their original head in a little surprise, and really wanted to stand aside, there is no He is qualified to sit down, just like the Tianhuang faction, the original leader can be regarded as a ninth-level fighter, but now, he can only stand, because his uncle came out, although his uncle is also a ninth-level fighter It is no problem to beat five or six fighters like him. They belong to the same level as the elder of Xuanyunzong, and there is no obvious dividing line between them and the tenth-level fighters. There is still a certain difference between tenth-level fighters.
If such a person appeared in an ordinary gathering, he would definitely be the focus of attention, but today's occasion is nothing, and he must be ranked outside the twenty, because here only tenth-level fighters come There were nearly twenty of them, and there were seventeen of them. Among the seventeen, apart from the previous ones, the new arrivals, Li Cong, couldn't see through them at all. Prince Zheng of the empire is of a much higher level. They can be said to be the best among the tenth-level fighters. As for those who kill the gods, they used to be the number one masters in the Southern Empire. Let them see how many people are in front of the number one master. The personnel haven't gathered much yet, and there are still many people coming back, but they have all got the news, and the devil is Start to gather people from the magic way in a certain place in a specific way. People from the magic way are also gathering. It seems that a big battle is inevitable. The overall strength of the magic way should not be as good as here, but they have A devil, this can make up for a lot of the gap in strength.
Although Li Cong's system cannot completely identify these people, it is still no problem to look at a basic combat value. It's like here now, the general tenth-level fighters have a combat power of more than 1000, even those who killed the gods in the past are all below 1050, but these people are close to 1100, especially the one from Xuanyunzong An old guy with white hair and a childlike face, that guy is said to belong to Xie Lei's master, that is, his master's master, and his current combat power is 1097. Could it be that there are still eleventh-level fighters in this world? Is it true that as long as the combat power exceeds 1100, it is a level 11 fighter? Such a question appeared in Li Cong's mind, but such a master is not very willing to be the host. So the role of host was still given to the emperor of the Eastern Empire. He is considered the most powerful person in the world. Although the devil did not come to the Eastern Empire, the future is uncertain. These emperors are concerned about how they will live their lives in the future. All the guys who endanger their rule like this must be killed. They must not be allowed to survive. I ran here as fast as possible to participate in this event. Even Li Cong's airship was useless, and I just used my skills to maintain it.
Li Cong didn't know any of these masters. Fortunately, there is a kid like Xie Lei. Xie Lei's master praised him and Li Cong for becoming sworn brothers. The head of the last two generations of Xuanyunzong, he is the real number one master of Xuanyunzong, and he has not come out for nearly 30,000 years. Among them, Xie Lei has seen his master, mainly Because he is very talented, Xuan Tianzi seems to see himself from him back then, so he also takes care of this disciple and grandson. I really didn't expect that my previous efforts will be rewarded today. This Li After hearing that Xuan Tian Zi was Xie Lei's master, he immediately asked Xie Lei to send him a Bing Xin Pill.
If you have a good relationship with Xie Lei, you can have a good relationship with Xuanyunzong, but if you want Xuanyunzong to become your ally, you must have a good relationship with this old guy in front of you. You can make Xuanyunzong his true friends, which is much faster than Xie Lei's side, so after the introduction, Li Cong hurriedly sent Bing Xindan, which is a fifth-grade elixir. Although it is not of the sixth rank, it is what these senior people want most. You can tell by the name. This thing can make these tenth-level fighters clear their minds when they are practicing, and the things in their minds can also be cleared. Just clean it even more, so it can be said to be twice the result with half the effort for your own cultivation. Although it may not be of any practical use, it is very good for them to calm down for a minute, not to mention that this thing can last for more than a day. It's just because such elixir materials are hard to find, so it's not that simple to refine it. Even if Li Cong wanted to refine it, he didn't have so many materials. Li Cong also exchanged it directly from the system. It cost a full 2 billion silver, but this price can be said to be very cheap. If it is sold, it can definitely be 200 times the profit, but this thing cannot be exchanged without limit, and it can only be exchanged for one day. It can be exchanged once, and the next time the price will be doubled, it will be expanded to ten times the price, and then it will return to its current state.
Xuan Tianzi is not a fool, this old guy has lived his whole life, and he was dumbfounded when he saw his disciple holding the Bingqing Pill. Even with the ability of Xuanyunzong, the most powerful sect in the world, he didn't even get one for himself. Such a thing, but his disciples brought this thing. If you don’t think about what’s going on, you’re really a big stick. After thinking about it, what Li Cong wants to get is nothing more than some It’s just the right to speak, and then the relationship with them, this is also a normal thing, these masters originally wanted to have a good relationship with Li Cong, and now his disciples can be said to have helped him a lot I'm busy, and I immediately saw the benefits. This Bing Xin Dan is not a Chinese cabbage on the street. If Li Cong had a price of 400 billion taels, it is estimated that at least ten people here will immediately take out all their things and hand them over. For Li Cong, let him see what he needs, or they will get what Li Cong needs immediately, but such a precious thing is used to give away directly to make a relationship, such a young man is willing to pay, and there will definitely be him in the future of return.
Xie Lei's harvest is not small, he exchanged this thing for the qualification of asking once every ten years, you know, even his master does not have such a qualification, in the eyes of the master. Although the master is already a tenth-level fighter, he has developed to that level when he said it. Without Huigen, when he said this, the master stood honestly by the side like a child. I am hard to find for the master How could there be no wisdom root? If not, how could he become a tenth-level fighter, and how could he become the suzerain of Xuanyunzong? It was for this reason that Xie Lei got this thing and they felt strange. But that's fine too. Basically, Xie Lei's status in Xuanyun Sect is confirmed, that is, the next suzerain. This is a fact, and Xie Lei's master is also very happy about this. You must know such a big sect as Xuanyunzong. The internal struggle is absolutely no less than that of Daozong. My apprentice is appreciated by the ancestors, and there is such a strong support from Li Cong outside, it is good for me no matter what. Although I was scolded a few times by my ancestors, there was absolutely no complaint.
The conversation between Xuan Tianzi and Li Cong is also very good. Xuan Tianzi basically doesn't care much about some things in the secular world, but he said one thing. From now on, Xuan Yunzong and Cao's Commercial Bank will be the closest partners Yes, the two parties should help each other. Let the people from Cao's House select 2,000 people to enter Xuanyunzong to receive a good training. This is something that Li never thought of. This is also a big direction for the deepening of the relationship between the two parties. Yes, these 2,000 people can receive more systematic cultivation in Xuanyunzong, which is much better than the one here. I didn't expect that my efforts would be rewarded immediately. Li Cong did not have such a thing It comes to mind that the most fearful thing for two people to make friends is the kind of person who only thinks about gaining and not giving. For Li Cong, such a person is not worthy of deep friendship, and these people in Xuanyunzong are very good to Li Cong. appetizing.
Li Cong also promised Xuanyunzong one thing, that is, to use some investigative methods of Cao's firm to kill Grigera with all his strength. How the people of Xuanyunzong have driven Grigera into a desperate situation these years, after all, it is not a very good thing for this guy to live, this is slapping Xuanyunzong in the face, the 100,000-year-old ginseng has been eaten by others , This is also where the old guy is dissatisfied with the current head, but seeing that his other apprentice has also become a tenth-level fighter, these dissatisfaction will disappear, especially Xuanyunzong is now the number one in the world. The big sect has a much higher status than when I was the suzerain, so I won’t say anything. In addition to the matter of Xie Lei, the head of the Xuanyun sect escaped unharmed, and will definitely treat him in the future. Xie Lei is better, of course, he has not forgotten Li Cong's side, and the relationship with Cao's House of Commerce must be better.
Another more important person is the Supreme Emperor of the Southern Empire. I have never heard of any Supreme Emperor in the Southern Empire, but he appeared today, but he didn't wear any royal clothes, just wearing white clothes. Immortal, but this person is the number one master of the royal family of the Southern Empire. Although his combat power is not as good as that of Xuan Tianzi, the difference is not that great. He should be regarded as the second master among these people. The emperor's domineering aura that can't be revealed is something Xuantianzi doesn't have. According to Li Cong's guess, he has been the emperor's younger brother for so many years. In terms of seniority, the current imperial brother does not know how many great-grandchildren he is. He just asked a few casual questions about the killing god, but he didn't say much about the imperial brother of the Southern Empire. Come on, anyone can take the position of emperor brother. As long as he is still alive, there will be no trouble with the foundation of the Southern Empire. All of this is absolutely correct.
The Supreme Emperor of the Southern Empire should have known about Li Cong's quarrels with them in the Southern Empire. For this reason, he looked at Li Cong with unfriendly eyes, but as a junior, what Li Cong did can be said It is very good. When I saw the Supreme Emperor, Li Cong went over to have a good conversation with him in person. From the beginning to the end, he used the tone of a junior. It is very humble to be humble, and finally gave him a gift. A Qingxin Pill, although it is a third-grade pill, but the price is also worth billions of silver. There is no need to exchange such things. Li Cong's space ring has plenty of them. Originally, the Supreme Emperor of the Southern Empire has always been very satisfied. Yes, when Li Cong took this out, his complexion immediately became ugly. There is no way to compare himself with Xuan Tianzi. Now Xuan Tianzi should be recognized as the number one master, but there is no one who surpasses himself. This gap It doesn't need to be that big, does it? Everyone can see that everyone knows that Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second. Even if he is the second, he is also the second in the world. Why is he not giving face like this?
Although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't show it on the surface. No matter what he said, he was a senior expert in his mouth. In private, he called the killing god to ask what was going on. After saying the words, what was immediately exchanged was a slap, which directly loosened the teeth of the tenth-level fighter.
"What are you doing? You are trying to die. Do you know how important this kid is now? Can those four bastards be provoked casually? If you fail to find them to kill Cao Ke, you will fail." Why do you want to keep the four of them? Do you think it is good for us to keep them? Idiot, if they are arrested in the future, everything today will be douluo out, and then the entire Southern Empire will If you are caught in a war, let me ask you, with the current capability of the Southern Empire Navy, is it his opponent? If he blocks the entire southern sea city for you, the loss will be greater than that of this monster. Why can't you see this fact clearly?" The old guy was so angry that he was out of breath, it turned out to be such a thing, no wonder he treated him badly, he thought it was the Southern Empire that wouldn't let him in the empire The reason for the development is that there is still such a layer.
Killing God also regretted this matter very much. He never thought that such a matter would have such serious consequences, but the fact is now that the whole Southern Empire is angry with Li Cong. Terrible, but most of the time they are complaining about killing the gods. They have made such a big enemy for themselves for no reason. This is not a joke. They feel very uncomfortable in their hearts, but they dare to Angry dare not speak. (To be continued..)