Chapter 910
The deal proposed by Old Broken Gold (3200 words, please subscribe)
Chapter 910 The deal proposed by Old Broken Gold (3200 words, please subscribe)
"Brother Lei Yun, I'm a little ashamed of what you said. Who in the entire sect doesn't know that the quasi-fourth-level formation you refined is extremely valuable. One formation can be worth the value of several magic weapons I refined. ”
"But by the way, Brother Bishui is about to reach the realm of Nascent Soul. Although we have worked together to refine a lot of the sect's quasi-fourth-level formations over the years, the quasi-fourth-level formations are extremely powerful. It's great to have one more. Good thing, I also went to the sect's warehouse some time ago, looked at the spiritual objects in it, and pieced together the spiritual materials, but I was able to scrape together the spiritual materials to refine the prototype of the spiritual treasure."
"Once the two of us successfully refine it together with the weapon refining method and the formation method, it can also be used as an array weapon for a quasi-fourth-level formation."
"Brother Lei Yun, has the sect collected the spiritual materials for refining the fourth-level formation?"
Old Taoist Broken Gold thought of something and suggested.
"Not yet, just one or two more items needed."
"Let's talk about this later. The more we talk about it, the farther we go."
Lei Yun said.
"Hahaha, it's really far away. Why are you two still standing there? I have to pull you over, right?"
Old Broken Gold Taoist joked to Ling Pengyun and his wife.
After hearing this, Ling Pengyun and his wife stepped forward with peace of mind and sat on the tea table.
Master Broken Gold also handed two teacups to Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi from the tea set in the center of the tea table, then picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for each of them.
Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi also eagerly picked up their teacups and took a sip.
As soon as the scalding tea was poured into their stomachs, a pure spiritual energy with a bit of coolness swept through the two people's bodies, eliminating their physical and mental fatigue.
"The effects of this tea are truly extraordinary."
Ling Pengyun praised.
After that, the four of them started chatting.
Most of them were anecdotes. Master Suijin also said that he had met Ling Yunhong once in the secret realm, who also worshiped Master Bishui. He also praised Ling Yunhong, a talented alchemist.
Ling Pengyun understood the fact that Master Suijin had met Ling Yunhong.
Decades ago, the rival sect of the Canglan Bihai Sect, the Holy Demon Sect, raised a batch of Void Crystals to form a large array, and forced the secret realm to appear at the main entrance of the secret realm for a period of time, and then attacked the secret realm.
At that time, all the monks in the secret realm participated in guarding the secret realm.
Ling Yunhong happened to be in the secret realm at that time to attack the golden elixir realm. After successfully breaking through, he also participated in guarding the secret realm.
After chatting for a few more words, Master Lei Yun also found an excuse and left the place.
There are only three people left here, Ling Pengyun, his wife and Suijin.
Ling Pengyun also took out a palm-sized spirit-locking jade box from the storage bag and handed it to Old Broken Gold Daoist.
"Senior, this is a piece of Qingming Precious Iron that I found in my early years. It's useless for me to keep it. I hope it can help senior."
This kilogram of Qingming Bao Iron was one of the ten kilograms of different accurate fourth-order spiritual irons that Ling Pengyun had been given to Ling Pengyun before he could not muster ten kilograms of heavy Yuan Bao Iron.
Currently, Ling Pengyun still has 34 kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron left on his body, including two kilograms of Qingming Bao Iron, three kilograms of Tianhe Bao Iron, four kilograms of Cuijing Bao Iron, five kilograms of heavy Yuan Bao Iron, and twenty kilograms of Bai Yan Bao Iron.
"You kid, you are willing to give it up. First, you invited Brother Lei Yun to be your lobbyist, and then you gave me such a high-level Qingming Baotie. You are planning to ask me to refine the magic weapon!"
"To make a long story short, tell me what you need to refine, and also show me the spiritual talents needed to refine it. Let me take a look. If I am sure, I will tell you."
The broken gold old man was not polite. After taking it, he opened the spiritual jade box. Immediately, he saw a cyan spiritual iron. His eyes were slightly startled, and then he asked directly.
"As expected, I can't hide my thoughts from my great uncle, so I won't beat around the bush. I want my great uncle to help my wife recast the natal magic weapon to the prototype level of fourth-order spiritual treasure."
Ling Pengyun didn't hide it and replied.
After saying that, he took out the twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level white flame treasure iron that he got from the White Shadow Secret Realm Flame Demon Wolf King, and also took out some third-level low-grade spiritual iron and other spiritual objects.
It was just enough to recast Yan Siyi's natal attack magic weapon "Yuanyang Fire Cloud Pot" to the prototype level of the spiritual treasure, which required two spiritual materials.
"These spiritual objects are the required spiritual materials."
Ling Pengyun pointed at the pile of spiritual materials and spoke.
Yan Siyi on the side also took out the magic weapon Yuanyang Fire Cloud Pot at this moment.
When the broken gold old Taoist saw Ling Pengyun take out a full twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level white flame treasure iron, the surprise in his eyes suddenly became a little more.
"Good boy, I didn't expect you to have so many quasi-fourth-level spiritual irons. You are really rich. Tell the truth, you still have other quasi-fourth-level precious irons on you."
"I'm not doing it for myself, but for your master. If I can get some more quasi-fourth-level spiritual iron, I can refine one more prototype of the spiritual treasure when your master goes out to attack the Nascent Soul in the secret realm. Let's The sect monks who protect your master will have a greater chance of attacking the Nascent Soul."
"If the precious iron you took out is of the same type, and it is enough for me to refine the prototype of the spiritual treasure twice, and the refining is successful, there is no problem in giving the spiritual treasure to you in the future. I can keep my promise. Never lie."
"Even if it is not enough to refine a prototype of a spiritual treasure, the price for the monks in the sect to purchase this grade of precious iron is extremely attractive, and the precious iron can also be exchanged for some rare spiritual objects, such as high-level cultivation elixirs. etc."
In order to prevent Ling Pengyun from overthinking, Master Ruijin also revealed his true intention.When Ling Pengyun heard this, his pupils shrank slightly.
His master, Master Bishui, really had nothing to say to him. In his early years, he upheld the promise made hundreds of years ago to his disciple and the ancestor of the Ling family, Ling Zhu. , given to him and Ling Yunhong.
He also accepted the two of them as disciples. Whenever they met each other, he would guide him and Ling Yunhong in their cultivation without reservation.
Even Yan Siyi, who is not a disciple of Master Bishui, has been pointed out several times.
Over the past hundreds of years, the spiritual talismans that Master Bishui gave to Ling Pengyun for free have helped Ling Pengyun resolve dangers many times.
Ling Pengyun will always remember such kindness in his heart.
Ling Pengyun thought again that Master Beishan couldn't get together ten kilograms of precious iron, so the extra ten kilograms of quasi-fourth-level iron given to him as extra compensation were of three kinds, which were of no use to him, and he didn't need to use these precious irons.
Only by collecting ten kilograms of each kind can it be used as the main material for refining the prototype of the spiritual treasure.
Otherwise, it can only be used as an auxiliary material.
And these quasi-fourth-level precious irons are rare. It is even more slim to hope that all three kinds of precious irons can be collected to ten kilograms. Even if there is a chance, it will take a long time.
Rather than leaving it to gather dust in your hands, it is better to be a favor and return the karma of Master Bishui.
"This junior does still have a few kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron on his body. Senior, let's see if it can be used. If so, I am willing to hand it over to the sect."
Ling Pengyun didn't think any more and nodded lightly.
Then, he took out the remaining two kilograms of Qingming Precious Iron, three kilograms of Tianhe Precious Iron, and four kilograms of Cuijing Precious Iron that Master Beishan had given him before from the storage bag.
As for the five kilograms of heavy ingot iron given to him by Master Beishan before, he needed to keep it to recast his natal magic weapon. It was extremely important to him and it was not easy to collect, so he kept it for himself.
Although he has a desire to repay his kindness to Master Bishui, he does not repay his kindness blindly.
Take care of yourself before taking care of others.
"Two kilograms of Qingming treasured iron, three kilograms of Tianhe treasured iron, four kilograms of Emerald crystal treasured iron, and a full nine kilograms of quasi-fourth-level treasured iron. You kid really gave me a big surprise."
The Broken Gold Taoist was just calm, but now he saw Ling Pengyun, who only had the late Golden Core cultivation level, and also brought out so many accurate fourth-level precious irons, and he suddenly laughed out loud unexpectedly.
Counting what he had just done, Ling Pengyun had given him a piece of Qingming Treasure Iron and twenty kilograms of White Flame Treasure Iron. This time, Ling Pengyun had brought out a full thirty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level treasure iron.
This amount of precious iron, not to mention the Golden Elixir Perfection cultivator, even some of the top Golden Elixir forces may not be able to obtain it.
But these spiritual irons gathered on Ling Pengyun, so it's no wonder that the broken gold old man was unhappy.
As for robbing by force, Old Broken Gold Daoist has no intention of doing so.
Not to mention that Ling Pengyun has the backer of Master Bishui, who is about to attack Nascent Soul. First of all, the source of the precious iron that Old Daoist Broken Gold intends to possess on Ling Pengyun is because of Master Bishui.
He was also a monk who came over during the time when the Canglan Bihai Sect's external station was occupied by the Holy Demon Sect. Like the elders of the sect such as Master Lei Yun, he all had a heart for the sect and robbed the elders of the sect's Jindan Keqing of their belongings. , it would really embarrass him if word spread.
I'm afraid that if he has any remaining lifespan, he will be laughed to death by his fellow sect members.
His net worth is very rich.
Waving his hands while thinking, the old Taoist Broken Gold also fixed his eyes on the two green dark treasure irons and the four pounds of emerald crystal treasure iron that Ling Pengyun then took out, and said happily.
"The sect has just collected a few kilograms of Qingming Precious Iron and this Emerald Crystal Precious Iron over the past few years, plus your few kilograms, plus the kilogram of Qingming Precious Iron you gave me, we can make up ten kilograms each. Come, it can be regarded as two more spiritual materials for refining the prototype of spiritual treasures."
"As for the three kilograms of Tianhe precious iron, the sect also has a few kilograms in stock. Although it is difficult to make up ten kilograms with your few kilograms, it adds up to several seven or eight kilograms, so I will also transfer them on behalf of the sect. Accepted."
"In view of the fact that you brought out three extra kilograms of Qingming Precious Iron, three kilograms of Tianhe Precious Iron and four kilograms of Emerald Crystal Precious Iron this time, the total is more than ten kilograms. Although they are not the same kind of spiritual iron, they are quite a lot. It will be of great help to the sect in collecting quasi-fourth-level spiritual iron."
"I can make the decision. As long as you hand over twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron in the future, even if they are not of the same type, they are all miscellaneous, I will give you a prototype of a spiritual treasure."
"If you don't want to do this, you can also be rewarded according to the sect's contribution points."
"The price that the sect pays its disciples to purchase precious iron of the fourth level or above is [-]% higher than the market price."
"On the market, the price of a pound of quasi-fourth-level precious iron is 2 yuan of spiritual stones, and the sect's purchase is 30 contribution points. The pound of Qingming precious iron you gave me will be counted among the spiritual iron turned over. In this way, you have turned over ten kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron this time, and its value is also [-] contribution points."
"Although this contribution is a lot and can be exchanged for many high-level spiritual items, I suggest that if you have other channels to obtain quasi-fourth-level spiritual iron, it is best to keep this batch of spiritual iron. , which will be used to collect twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron in the future to exchange for the prototype of the spiritual treasure."
"The prototype of the Lingbao is a rare thing. There are very few such things in circulation on the market, and its power is extraordinary."
"Of course, if you are not sure about getting more quasi-fourth-level treasured iron, it would naturally be best to exchange the batch of treasured iron you handed over directly into contribution points. In recent years, the sect has obtained from the secret realm medicine garden Within it, I harvested a lot of high-level elixirs."
"The sect's group of alchemists also relied on those elixirs to refine many good elixirs, including many third-level high-grade elixirs. They also refined several miasma-breaking treasure pills, the Ziyun Pill. "
"Come to think of it, there are also elixirs that you and your wife can use, and there are also many other precious treasures. It's like bartering. You can exchange for many spiritual objects that are difficult to buy outside. In fact, you don't lose much. .”
(End of this chapter)
"Brother Lei Yun, I'm a little ashamed of what you said. Who in the entire sect doesn't know that the quasi-fourth-level formation you refined is extremely valuable. One formation can be worth the value of several magic weapons I refined. ”
"But by the way, Brother Bishui is about to reach the realm of Nascent Soul. Although we have worked together to refine a lot of the sect's quasi-fourth-level formations over the years, the quasi-fourth-level formations are extremely powerful. It's great to have one more. Good thing, I also went to the sect's warehouse some time ago, looked at the spiritual objects in it, and pieced together the spiritual materials, but I was able to scrape together the spiritual materials to refine the prototype of the spiritual treasure."
"Once the two of us successfully refine it together with the weapon refining method and the formation method, it can also be used as an array weapon for a quasi-fourth-level formation."
"Brother Lei Yun, has the sect collected the spiritual materials for refining the fourth-level formation?"
Old Taoist Broken Gold thought of something and suggested.
"Not yet, just one or two more items needed."
"Let's talk about this later. The more we talk about it, the farther we go."
Lei Yun said.
"Hahaha, it's really far away. Why are you two still standing there? I have to pull you over, right?"
Old Broken Gold Taoist joked to Ling Pengyun and his wife.
After hearing this, Ling Pengyun and his wife stepped forward with peace of mind and sat on the tea table.
Master Broken Gold also handed two teacups to Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi from the tea set in the center of the tea table, then picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for each of them.
Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi also eagerly picked up their teacups and took a sip.
As soon as the scalding tea was poured into their stomachs, a pure spiritual energy with a bit of coolness swept through the two people's bodies, eliminating their physical and mental fatigue.
"The effects of this tea are truly extraordinary."
Ling Pengyun praised.
After that, the four of them started chatting.
Most of them were anecdotes. Master Suijin also said that he had met Ling Yunhong once in the secret realm, who also worshiped Master Bishui. He also praised Ling Yunhong, a talented alchemist.
Ling Pengyun understood the fact that Master Suijin had met Ling Yunhong.
Decades ago, the rival sect of the Canglan Bihai Sect, the Holy Demon Sect, raised a batch of Void Crystals to form a large array, and forced the secret realm to appear at the main entrance of the secret realm for a period of time, and then attacked the secret realm.
At that time, all the monks in the secret realm participated in guarding the secret realm.
Ling Yunhong happened to be in the secret realm at that time to attack the golden elixir realm. After successfully breaking through, he also participated in guarding the secret realm.
After chatting for a few more words, Master Lei Yun also found an excuse and left the place.
There are only three people left here, Ling Pengyun, his wife and Suijin.
Ling Pengyun also took out a palm-sized spirit-locking jade box from the storage bag and handed it to Old Broken Gold Daoist.
"Senior, this is a piece of Qingming Precious Iron that I found in my early years. It's useless for me to keep it. I hope it can help senior."
This kilogram of Qingming Bao Iron was one of the ten kilograms of different accurate fourth-order spiritual irons that Ling Pengyun had been given to Ling Pengyun before he could not muster ten kilograms of heavy Yuan Bao Iron.
Currently, Ling Pengyun still has 34 kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron left on his body, including two kilograms of Qingming Bao Iron, three kilograms of Tianhe Bao Iron, four kilograms of Cuijing Bao Iron, five kilograms of heavy Yuan Bao Iron, and twenty kilograms of Bai Yan Bao Iron.
"You kid, you are willing to give it up. First, you invited Brother Lei Yun to be your lobbyist, and then you gave me such a high-level Qingming Baotie. You are planning to ask me to refine the magic weapon!"
"To make a long story short, tell me what you need to refine, and also show me the spiritual talents needed to refine it. Let me take a look. If I am sure, I will tell you."
The broken gold old man was not polite. After taking it, he opened the spiritual jade box. Immediately, he saw a cyan spiritual iron. His eyes were slightly startled, and then he asked directly.
"As expected, I can't hide my thoughts from my great uncle, so I won't beat around the bush. I want my great uncle to help my wife recast the natal magic weapon to the prototype level of fourth-order spiritual treasure."
Ling Pengyun didn't hide it and replied.
After saying that, he took out the twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level white flame treasure iron that he got from the White Shadow Secret Realm Flame Demon Wolf King, and also took out some third-level low-grade spiritual iron and other spiritual objects.
It was just enough to recast Yan Siyi's natal attack magic weapon "Yuanyang Fire Cloud Pot" to the prototype level of the spiritual treasure, which required two spiritual materials.
"These spiritual objects are the required spiritual materials."
Ling Pengyun pointed at the pile of spiritual materials and spoke.
Yan Siyi on the side also took out the magic weapon Yuanyang Fire Cloud Pot at this moment.
When the broken gold old Taoist saw Ling Pengyun take out a full twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level white flame treasure iron, the surprise in his eyes suddenly became a little more.
"Good boy, I didn't expect you to have so many quasi-fourth-level spiritual irons. You are really rich. Tell the truth, you still have other quasi-fourth-level precious irons on you."
"I'm not doing it for myself, but for your master. If I can get some more quasi-fourth-level spiritual iron, I can refine one more prototype of the spiritual treasure when your master goes out to attack the Nascent Soul in the secret realm. Let's The sect monks who protect your master will have a greater chance of attacking the Nascent Soul."
"If the precious iron you took out is of the same type, and it is enough for me to refine the prototype of the spiritual treasure twice, and the refining is successful, there is no problem in giving the spiritual treasure to you in the future. I can keep my promise. Never lie."
"Even if it is not enough to refine a prototype of a spiritual treasure, the price for the monks in the sect to purchase this grade of precious iron is extremely attractive, and the precious iron can also be exchanged for some rare spiritual objects, such as high-level cultivation elixirs. etc."
In order to prevent Ling Pengyun from overthinking, Master Ruijin also revealed his true intention.When Ling Pengyun heard this, his pupils shrank slightly.
His master, Master Bishui, really had nothing to say to him. In his early years, he upheld the promise made hundreds of years ago to his disciple and the ancestor of the Ling family, Ling Zhu. , given to him and Ling Yunhong.
He also accepted the two of them as disciples. Whenever they met each other, he would guide him and Ling Yunhong in their cultivation without reservation.
Even Yan Siyi, who is not a disciple of Master Bishui, has been pointed out several times.
Over the past hundreds of years, the spiritual talismans that Master Bishui gave to Ling Pengyun for free have helped Ling Pengyun resolve dangers many times.
Ling Pengyun will always remember such kindness in his heart.
Ling Pengyun thought again that Master Beishan couldn't get together ten kilograms of precious iron, so the extra ten kilograms of quasi-fourth-level iron given to him as extra compensation were of three kinds, which were of no use to him, and he didn't need to use these precious irons.
Only by collecting ten kilograms of each kind can it be used as the main material for refining the prototype of the spiritual treasure.
Otherwise, it can only be used as an auxiliary material.
And these quasi-fourth-level precious irons are rare. It is even more slim to hope that all three kinds of precious irons can be collected to ten kilograms. Even if there is a chance, it will take a long time.
Rather than leaving it to gather dust in your hands, it is better to be a favor and return the karma of Master Bishui.
"This junior does still have a few kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron on his body. Senior, let's see if it can be used. If so, I am willing to hand it over to the sect."
Ling Pengyun didn't think any more and nodded lightly.
Then, he took out the remaining two kilograms of Qingming Precious Iron, three kilograms of Tianhe Precious Iron, and four kilograms of Cuijing Precious Iron that Master Beishan had given him before from the storage bag.
As for the five kilograms of heavy ingot iron given to him by Master Beishan before, he needed to keep it to recast his natal magic weapon. It was extremely important to him and it was not easy to collect, so he kept it for himself.
Although he has a desire to repay his kindness to Master Bishui, he does not repay his kindness blindly.
Take care of yourself before taking care of others.
"Two kilograms of Qingming treasured iron, three kilograms of Tianhe treasured iron, four kilograms of Emerald crystal treasured iron, and a full nine kilograms of quasi-fourth-level treasured iron. You kid really gave me a big surprise."
The Broken Gold Taoist was just calm, but now he saw Ling Pengyun, who only had the late Golden Core cultivation level, and also brought out so many accurate fourth-level precious irons, and he suddenly laughed out loud unexpectedly.
Counting what he had just done, Ling Pengyun had given him a piece of Qingming Treasure Iron and twenty kilograms of White Flame Treasure Iron. This time, Ling Pengyun had brought out a full thirty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level treasure iron.
This amount of precious iron, not to mention the Golden Elixir Perfection cultivator, even some of the top Golden Elixir forces may not be able to obtain it.
But these spiritual irons gathered on Ling Pengyun, so it's no wonder that the broken gold old man was unhappy.
As for robbing by force, Old Broken Gold Daoist has no intention of doing so.
Not to mention that Ling Pengyun has the backer of Master Bishui, who is about to attack Nascent Soul. First of all, the source of the precious iron that Old Daoist Broken Gold intends to possess on Ling Pengyun is because of Master Bishui.
He was also a monk who came over during the time when the Canglan Bihai Sect's external station was occupied by the Holy Demon Sect. Like the elders of the sect such as Master Lei Yun, he all had a heart for the sect and robbed the elders of the sect's Jindan Keqing of their belongings. , it would really embarrass him if word spread.
I'm afraid that if he has any remaining lifespan, he will be laughed to death by his fellow sect members.
His net worth is very rich.
Waving his hands while thinking, the old Taoist Broken Gold also fixed his eyes on the two green dark treasure irons and the four pounds of emerald crystal treasure iron that Ling Pengyun then took out, and said happily.
"The sect has just collected a few kilograms of Qingming Precious Iron and this Emerald Crystal Precious Iron over the past few years, plus your few kilograms, plus the kilogram of Qingming Precious Iron you gave me, we can make up ten kilograms each. Come, it can be regarded as two more spiritual materials for refining the prototype of spiritual treasures."
"As for the three kilograms of Tianhe precious iron, the sect also has a few kilograms in stock. Although it is difficult to make up ten kilograms with your few kilograms, it adds up to several seven or eight kilograms, so I will also transfer them on behalf of the sect. Accepted."
"In view of the fact that you brought out three extra kilograms of Qingming Precious Iron, three kilograms of Tianhe Precious Iron and four kilograms of Emerald Crystal Precious Iron this time, the total is more than ten kilograms. Although they are not the same kind of spiritual iron, they are quite a lot. It will be of great help to the sect in collecting quasi-fourth-level spiritual iron."
"I can make the decision. As long as you hand over twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron in the future, even if they are not of the same type, they are all miscellaneous, I will give you a prototype of a spiritual treasure."
"If you don't want to do this, you can also be rewarded according to the sect's contribution points."
"The price that the sect pays its disciples to purchase precious iron of the fourth level or above is [-]% higher than the market price."
"On the market, the price of a pound of quasi-fourth-level precious iron is 2 yuan of spiritual stones, and the sect's purchase is 30 contribution points. The pound of Qingming precious iron you gave me will be counted among the spiritual iron turned over. In this way, you have turned over ten kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron this time, and its value is also [-] contribution points."
"Although this contribution is a lot and can be exchanged for many high-level spiritual items, I suggest that if you have other channels to obtain quasi-fourth-level spiritual iron, it is best to keep this batch of spiritual iron. , which will be used to collect twenty kilograms of quasi-fourth-level precious iron in the future to exchange for the prototype of the spiritual treasure."
"The prototype of the Lingbao is a rare thing. There are very few such things in circulation on the market, and its power is extraordinary."
"Of course, if you are not sure about getting more quasi-fourth-level treasured iron, it would naturally be best to exchange the batch of treasured iron you handed over directly into contribution points. In recent years, the sect has obtained from the secret realm medicine garden Within it, I harvested a lot of high-level elixirs."
"The sect's group of alchemists also relied on those elixirs to refine many good elixirs, including many third-level high-grade elixirs. They also refined several miasma-breaking treasure pills, the Ziyun Pill. "
"Come to think of it, there are also elixirs that you and your wife can use, and there are also many other precious treasures. It's like bartering. You can exchange for many spiritual objects that are difficult to buy outside. In fact, you don't lose much. .”
(End of this chapter)