Sword comes

The young man was not surprised by this, and began to be persuasive, "I know sir, you are not at ease, you think I am a person with ulterior motives, but you can observe me for a while, and then decide whether you want to accept me as a disciple of Kaishan, I am Cui Dongshan Well, cultivation base is not high now, but he is well-informed and knowledgeable, and he knows the customs and customs of the Sui Dynasty like the back of his hand. Going to the Sui Dynasty, with or without me, must be a day and a day condition of the land."

Seeing that the young man in Niping Lane was still indifferent, Cui Chen was not discouraged, and continued to talk: "Besides, I did not come to the door empty-handed to learn art, but brought an extremely rich gift, such as the Cultivators of the five realms have traveled around the world, and almost every copy of the "Picture of Zequil Spirits and Monsters" is in hand, and this volume of mine is even more rare and precious, naturally giving birth to five or six kinds of spirits."

The young man snapped his fingers and came one by one, "there is another set of four treasures of the study, the pen is the purple tube pen with a cuttlefish hidden in it, whether it is writing or painting, there is no need to wash it after use, and the little fish will do it on its own." Help eat and wipe clean. How about it, isn’t it amazing? It can be regarded as a first-class literati’s confession, right?”

"The ink is three ingots of Songtao ink. If you tap it lightly with your fingers, it will make a pleasant sound of Songtao. Even if it is a dry brush dipped in little ink, the fragrance of the ink can stay for several years. The inkstone is The ancient inkstone left by an unknown old monk in Biezhou is called 'Free Life Pond', it has a lot of mystery, are you not tempted?"

"The paper is the gold and stone paper. The emperor of a country enshrines the gods of mountains and rivers, and they all hope to use this paper to appear orthodox."

The young man took a deep breath when he said this, "The most important treasure at the bottom of the box is a half-dead natal flying sword! It has excellent appearance and is unparalleled in sharpness. The biggest advantage is that it does not require successors to raise and refine the sword." Qi and sword intent can be used almost immediately. After I got it by chance, I treasured it for many years and didn’t refine it. It’s because I don’t value it. It’s because I don’t follow the path of sword cultivation, and I’m afraid of going to waste... "

Afterwards, the voice of Cui Chan, who was originally elated, became lower and lower, because he found that the boy in the back alley opposite him, as his apprentice ceremony became more and more generous, Chen Pingan's eyes of rejection became more and more determined.

The young man with cinnabar brows and handsome appearance was full of resentment, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and asked pitifully tentatively: "Is it really not possible? I sincerely follow you as a teacher. If you don't believe me, I can swear, If I have any bad intentions for you, Chen Pingan, I will be struck by thunder!"

Chen Pingan shook his head, and said decisively: "No!"

The first time Chen Ping saw this young man in the small town was in Master Ruan's blacksmith shop, he mistook him for the county magistrate's accompanying schoolboy, the second time the young man who called himself "Master Cui Chan" took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and in the archway Over there, I told Chen Pingan a lot of weird inside stories, and then followed Chen Pingan all the way to Niping Lane, and stole the Spring Festival couplets that Song Jixin had pasted on the threshold.

Although Chen Pingan has never noticed the murderous intent similar to Cai Jinjian, the fairy of Yunxia Mountain, from the young man, Chen Pingan absolutely does not trust this person, and hopes to stay away from him. How could he have thought that now he is almost at the border of Dali, and he is chasing the young man with shame? come up.Chen Ping'an is not stupid, what else can a weasel wish for a chicken?

Cui Chen glanced at the boy's bun without showing any signs of expression, and the jasper hairpin had disappeared.

It is reasonable to say that according to the previous agreement, the old man will help him lay the groundwork, at least he will not expose his identity as the Great Li Guoshi, and he will not reveal his plot against Chen Pingan and Qi Jingchun. As for why the old man is so generous. Forgive yourself, even why do you want to walk out of the forest of merit when the overall situation is determined? Cui Chan doesn't even bother to calculate and deduce it. Competing with a real saint is really beyond his control.Especially at the moment when the mind and soul are separated, Cui Chan is no longer as good as before in terms of cultivation and mental strength. He is afraid that once he deduces to the depths and accidentally touches the root of the rules set by the old man, he will fall into the situation of the original owner of this skin and become A complete idiot.

Cui Chan asked: "Chen Ping'an, didn't you meet a poor old scholar in the pillow post area of ​​Hongzhu Town? He didn't explain the general reason to you?"

Chen Pingan frowned.

Cui Chan looked at Chen Pingan carefully, and felt that the young man in front of him did not seem to be fake, "Okay, then I have to use my trump card, but I have agreed in advance, Chen Pingan, I am so sincere in my apprenticeship, but you are so evasive, so what next? My apprentice ceremony is about to be halved. I will give you one last chance!"

Chen Pingan was about to turn around without saying a word, Cui Chen quickly took out a black chess piece from his sleeve, and threw it high to the empty place beside the post road, "This is the news that old man Yang gave you, after crushing it, you Just know the context of this matter, and then you can help me prove my innocence, and tell Chen Pingan that I am definitely not greedy for anything, so I came to be a teacher, but I really want to establish a teacher-student relationship with him."

The yin god didn't show his real body, and the black chess piece that could stagnate the voice of leaving a message shattered in the air and instantly turned into powder.

Soon Lin Shouyi came to Chen Ping'an's side with a strange expression, and whispered: "Senior Yinshen said that old man Yang of Yang's shop wants you to believe that this guy named Cui Dongshan will not secretly play tricks and go to Da Sui On the way to the academy, let him be an ox or a horse generously, and just drive him around at will. Such a disciple is not accepted for nothing, not for nothing. He also said that this person will share honor and disgrace with you in the future, life and death are related, dare not Have a bad heart for you."

Chen Pingan nodded and asked, "Who are they?"

Cui Chan smiled broadly, "They, the stupid big one is called Yu Lu, Fu Lu's Lu, and the little black girl is called Xie Xie, her surname is Xie and her name is Xie. I don't know who gave her this name. It's really amazing."

Afterwards, Cui Chan showed a sad face that a blind man would not take it seriously, and sighed: "Both are survivors of prisoners of the Lu Dynasty, and their backgrounds are very pitiful. Thank you, I have studied in Shanya Academy for a while before, and Yu Lu was out of luck. One point, not long after we left our hometown, our Dali launched the great war, and the two had to return to their hometowns. Now that their families and countries are shattered, their status as college students has become their life-saving talisman. If I don’t bring them out, In the future, you will definitely die in the mountains west of Longquan County. Either you will be beaten to death by a certain mountain god if you don’t like it, or you will sleep in the open every day, and your energy will fail early, and you will die of exhaustion before the age of 30. So now they are very grateful to Dade , must be called my son and young master, no matter how hard I try to persuade you, alas."

Never thought the dark girl smiled and said: "Since our title has become a burden on you, son, then I will not call you son in the future."

Fortunately, Yu Lu didn't make things worse, and said with a smile, "I'd better continue to call you son, I'm used to it."

Cui Chan turned his head and laughed, "Thank you girl, I thank you."

Lin Shouyi slowed down, as if he had received a trick secretly taught by the Yin God, and said softly: "Old man Yang said that we'd better accept these two people. There will be no harm at all. If you really don't like Cui, It can be used as a scapegoat in the future, but whenever there is a disaster, just let him stand on top, he has a 'square inch' item hidden in his body, his family is rich and can withstand being ruined."

Cui Chan, who had been pricking up his ears to eavesdrop, suddenly changed color, jumped to his feet and cursed: "Old man Yang, you old bastard, are you so deceitful?!"

Chen Ping lowered his voice and asked with a smile: "If you accept these two people, will they be your classmates in the future?"

Lin Shouyi smiled wryly and said, "Maybe so. In fact, Li Baoping and I don't know the real situation of the Cliff Academy. When Mr. Ma took us out of the town, he didn't say anything about it."

Li Huai kept peeking at the tall boy named Yu Lu, and felt that he was an easy-to-get-together guy, who was definitely better at speaking than the grumpy Li Baoping and the cold-tempered Lin Shouyi.After Yu Lu was carrying a heavy bag, he noticed Li Huai's gaze, and the Prince of the Lu Dynasty smiled and nodded in salute.

The little girl in the red padded jacket who was carrying the little green bookcase looked at the tall, dark girl from time to time, and again and again.Contrary to the encounter with the blind old Taoist teacher and apprentice, the situation was just the opposite. Li Baoping immediately liked the round-faced girl nicknamed Jiu'er, but he didn't like this girl with a weird name at all. stand up.

Thank you. Although she was smiling and couldn't see any real emotions, the girl was also displeased with Li Baoping, who was half her head shorter than her.

This kind of wonderful emotion between a little girl and a girl who met for the first time should have nothing to do with any reason.

Chen Pingan looked at Cui Chan and said, "Thank you, Yu Luhe, you can join us, but you can't."

Cui Chen restrained all expressions, and asked bluntly, "Why?"

Chen Pingan replied: "Because I think you are not a good person."

On the post road, no one thought this sentence was ridiculous, even Li Huai, who was the most heartless, felt the pressure of the coming rain.

Yu Lu turned his head and looked back, dust was flying in the distance, horseshoes stepped on the ground neatly, and there were dull tremors on the ground. The ground was like the body of a pariah who was severely whipped, dying, and could only bear it silently.

A mighty force of the big Li iron cavalry came rushing towards them, even if it was only a team of thirty or forty light cavalry, it still exuded a rough and intimidating killing atmosphere.

This made the tall boy squint his eyes involuntarily.

Here, Cui Chan stretched out his palms, made a posture of sinking his dantian, and said calmly as much as possible: "The reason why I came here is because an old scholar insisted that I learn how to be a man from you. It doesn't matter if you don't accept me as a student. Just as Yu Lu and Xie Xie’s young master, with this identity, I will travel with you to study, and you will treat me as if I don’t exist, how about it?”

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "As long as you don't mess with me, and don't say anything strange about Mr. and his students, it's fine."

Cui Chen was about to speak.

The big Li cavalry flashed past with a roar,

Yu Lu, who had been observing all the details of this cavalry army, had already lowered his head, and he still used his arms to shield himself from the wind and sand.

The girl thanked her and moved to the outside of the post road early.

Cui Chan, a young man with a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, happened to be wearing spotless white clothes.

The majestic Da Li cavalry army roared past, Cui Chan stood silently on the spot, a talkative young man, covered in dust, with his mouth open, but he couldn't utter a word.

Li Huai felt that this scene was really terrible, and whispered: "It's a bit miserable."

The disheveled young man in white clothes belatedly raised his hand to wipe his face, his eyes were in a daze, and he murmured: "I can't live through this day."

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According to the rules established by Ruan Qiong, idle monks crossing the border now, without the amnesty of the Dali court, as long as they pass through the sky above the original Lizhu cave, they are not allowed to cross the sky or fly with the sword.After the well-known Qi practitioners sacrificed their lives, many forces on Dali Mountain now acquiesced to this unreasonable rule.

Liu Baqiao, a cultivator from Fenglei Garden, lowered his flying sword outside the boundary, paid the silver, took the luxury carriage specially provided to monks at the post station, rushed to the county seat, and found a new school run by the Chen family in Longwei County. Several Mongolian children were teaching. After Chen Songfeng found Liu Baqiao standing outside the window, he wanted to find someone to help him teach the children. Liu Baqiao quickly waved his hand, indicating that he just waited.

Half an hour later, Mr. Chen Songfeng walked out of the classroom quickly after being saluted by the Mongolian children, walked side by side with Liu Baqiao, looked at the sword, and said curiously: "This is one of the best Taoist talisman swords. The 'talisman' in the Dragon Well of Lijing City Lock?"

Liu Baqiao rolled his eyes, put his hands on the back of his head, "Song Changjing, that bastard, you agreed to leave the talisman sword to me, and wait for me to pull it out, but all the way I went north was talking about big things." I still don’t believe the news that someone in Lijing City has taken away the talisman sword. I thought it was Song Changjing who used the tricks in the military book to help me pave the way on purpose. But when I arrived in the capital, well, I was already taken by a powerful woman named Yang Hua. You guys, you really got there first!"

The more Liu Baqiao talked, the more angry he became, "I went to Song Changjing to ask for an explanation. You know what, Song Changjing just asked someone to pass me a message, saying that he has the ability to go to Yang Hua and get the talisman back. I have seen the shameless Master Zhijie! Later, I heard the gossip that this girl is now in Tiefujiang on your side, and has become a righteous god of Jiangshui who enjoys incense and sacrifices

.This is life. "

Chen Songfeng was stunned for a moment, "You came to Longquan County this time to get back the talisman from that water god?"

Liu Baqiao shook his head and said, "I, Liu Baqiao, am that kind of person?!"

Chen Songfeng was even more puzzled, "It's not to meet that female water god, so what are you doing in Longquan County?"

Liu Baqiao sighed and said, "On the way back to Fenglei Garden, we took a short detour and came here. I heard a lot about this Longquan County before, and among them is your Longwei County Chen family who opened a school here. , I just wanted to see you. I really didn't go for Yang Hua and that talisman."

Chen Songfeng smiled and said: "Now I'm here to teach elementary school students. At first, I was very uncomfortable. I wished I could leave as soon as I slapped the table. Now it's better. I often tell myself that it's good to strengthen my character."

Liu Baqiao nodded, "It's really good to calm down and study. By the way, the accident that started in Hongzhu Town and ended in Dali Capital? Have you heard about it?"

Chen Songfeng nodded and said: "Of course I have received various rumors, but there are different opinions within the family. The inside information from different channels is contradictory. In the end, I can't tell the reason."

Liu Baqiao laughed and said, "Did you forget that I was in Dali Capital at that time, do you want to know the truth?"

Chen Songfeng shook his head and said, "I don't want to. I'm not a practitioner, and I'm not interested in your long-term vision and longevity."

Chen Songfeng had also gone on a study tour before, and he followed the tourists to climb the heights to compose poems not once or twice. He is not considered a weak scholar, but at the beginning he went into the mountains with the women of the Chen family in Yingyin, and in the end his leg strength and physical strength were not as good as that of a back alley boy So much so that he was kicked out of the team by Chen Dui.

Liu Baqiao was of course not happy about being sold out but no one came to cheer him on. He said, "You are young and old-fashioned, you deserve to be looked down upon by that little lady Chen."

Chen Songfeng laughed loudly and said, "Hey, hey, you don't slap someone in the face when you hit someone, what kind of hero is he if you expose someone's scars?"

With a mysterious expression on his face, Liu Baqiao lowered his voice, "Then do you want to know a shocking news about Daoxuan Mountain?"

Chen Songfeng said without hesitation: "Say!"

Liu Baqiao joked: "Tsk tsk, you just said that you are not a practitioner, so you are curious about this?"

Chen Songfeng's expression was exhausted, and he carefully said his words, and said slowly: "Any news from the inverted mountain will only be related to that world. And the movement of that place may determine the pattern of the whole world. Even if we in Aquarius Continent It’s just being affected by the smallest ripple, we know earlier, maybe we can make a correct response earlier, even if it’s only a little profit in the end, it’s better than doing nothing.”

Liu Baqiao is also powerless about this, each has his own status and standpoint, sometimes the comfort of others, no matter how nice it sounds, after all, there are some suspicions of standing up and talking without pain in the back, Liu Baqiao is not willing to be this kind of verbal friend, In the mind of this Fengleiyuan sword cultivator, a true friend is when you are so prosperous, you can't see the shadow of me, Liu Baqiao, but when you are in big trouble and need someone to stand up, you don't even need to say anything. I, Liu Baqiao, am already standing by your side.

Afterwards, the trouble was solved, no thanks.If I, Liu Baqiao, die from this trouble, you don't have to feel guilty.

Liu Baqiao pointed to the northeast direction, "Actually, I don't know too much. I only know that the continent located in the most northeast of our world is the last site of sword cultivators. Almost half of the sword cultivators are here. For some reason, these sword cultivators only got a glimpse of East Aquarius Continent when the two great sword celestial beings briefly removed their qi cover when they passed over the sky above Lizhu Cave. I saw the peerless demeanor of a sword cultivator crossing the border like a swarm of locusts."

Chen Songfeng laughed and said, "Like a locust crossing the border? That's not a good way of saying it."

Liu Baqiao laughed and said, "Why doesn't it sound good? Think about it, is there a more appropriate way to say it? The locust swarm crosses the border, not a single blade of grass grows, it's so imposing."

Chen Songfeng hesitated for a moment, but still treated each other honestly, and revealed a secret, "Chen once said that there would be a big battle under the city wall about every hundred years."

Liu Baqiao nodded, apparently he knew about this before, "So I thought about contributing, and taking a step back, I also had the selfish intention of raising swords by fighting, but Fengleiyuan quickly replied with a flying sword , from the ancestor to the master to the brother, everyone scolded me bloody."

Chen Songfeng laughed gleefully.

Liu Baqiao suddenly asked, "Is that guy named Chen Pingan still in the town?"

Chen Songfeng shook his head and said: "Not anymore. Now this young man is very powerful. It is said that he has monopolized four mountains. Among them is a place called Luopo Mountain, and there is a mountain god who has just been conferred by the Dali Dynasty. He is a real rich man. Don't you have a good impression of him? When we meet again in the future, we can let him treat you to wine and meat."

Liu Baqiao wiped his mouth, and said: "The pickled vegetables he brought were really good. At that time, I almost died of salt, but I ate delicacies from mountains and seas in Dali Capital, and the more I ate, the more I missed the taste of pickled vegetables."

Chen Songfeng said unhappily: "Try to eat pickled vegetables and see if you will miss the delicacies of mountains and seas in Dali Capital!"

Liu Baqiao said with a smile: "Then it's better to have a meal of fish and meat. It's fine to have a meal of pickled vegetables once in a while. Otherwise, if you really see my fairy Su in the future, I'm afraid it will scare her. How embarrassing it will be." .”

Chen Songfeng asked: "I've always wondered, with your Liu Baqiao's family background and cultivation, no matter how outstanding Su Jia in Zhengyang Mountain is, once you put aside the feud between Fenglei Garden and Zhengyang Mountain, how can you and her be regarded as It's a good match, why don't you even dare to say hello to her?"

Liu Baqiao thought about it carefully, "Maybe it's because she's afraid that she won't like me when she sees me."

Chen Songfeng became more and more puzzled, "But if you and Su Jia don't even see each other, is it different that she doesn't like you?"

Liu Baqiao turned his head and winked at Chen Songfeng, and said with a smile, "It's different, as long as I haven't seen each other for a day, I'm full of anticipation and hope for the future meeting."

Chen Songfeng shook his head and said, "You're so boring. I'm not afraid of meeting you next time. Are you going to attend Fairy Su Jiasu's wedding?"

As if struck by lightning, Liu Baqiao put his arms around Chen Songfeng's neck, and said viciously, "Chen Songfeng, are you looking for death?! Tongyan Wuji, Tongyan Wuji...God, don't talk to this guy, let alone take it seriously..."

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After passing the border Yefu Pass, it is considered to have left the border of Dali Kingdom.

Before arriving at the Sui Dynasty, it is necessary to pass through the northwest region of Huang Tingguo affiliated to the Sui Dynasty, which is about 1000 to [-] miles away.

Compared with the people in Dali City who like to speak the official dialect of Dali, they are often not familiar with the orthodox dialect of Aquarius Island. In the Sui Dynasty and Huang Tingguo, where the style of writing is more intense, almost everyone can speak the dialect of this continent. The difference is only in the local area. The accent is just that.

A carriage followed slowly behind a team. The driver was Yu Lu, a tall and tall young man. Cui Chan sat in the carriage all day long and fell asleep.

Thank you girl, she has fully integrated into the school team led by Chen Pingan, but her relationship with Yu Lu Cui Chan is getting more and more distant. She can learn all kinds of chess skills with Lin Shou. Playing chess is extremely powerful, slaying dragons at every turn, killing Lin Shouyi almost throws away his helmet and armor in every round.She can also chat with Li Huai, and accompany Li Huai to use painted puppets and five clay figurines to form troops, one big and one small have a great time.Thank you but I don't want to talk to Li Baoping, of course the latter is the same.

Chen Pingan was polite to her and Yu Lu, but never paid attention to the white-clothed boy surnamed Cui. During the journey, Cui Chan tried his best to play a rogue, just hugging Chen Pingan's thigh and crying Wept loudly, and tried to lure Li Huai and others with gifts, and asked the three "founding fathers" to intercede for help. .

In the end, the frantic young man threatened Chen Pingan, saying that if he refused to accept him as an apprentice, he would die with Chen Pingan. As a result, Chen Pingan said, "You can try it. Your name is Cui Dongshan, and my name is Chen Pingan." Peace, there will only be one tombstone, and whoever survives will help to write the name of the other party." This made the boy in white immediately deflated and almost choked out internal injuries.He really wanted to slap this Chen to death, but once he thought about it, the palms of his hands would be red and swollen by the old scholar's unknown magic, like using a feather duster.

As dusk approached, the carriage was driving slowly on the mountain road. It was rare for a young man in white to lift the curtain. He sat behind the coachman Yu Lu and said in a loud voice, "That Chen Pingan, Brother Chen, Grandpa Chen! This mountain is called Hengshan. But be careful, before Huang Tingguo, this place belonged to the Later Shu Kingdom. According to the records of a writer of the Later Shu Dynasty, "The Trivial News of the Shu Kingdom", there was a Qingniangniang Temple in Hengshan, and there was an ancient cypress tree of unknown age in front of the temple. It was extremely effective, and later generations built temples because of it. According to legend, the ministers of the former dynasty died for their country, and their family members fled. Only the young daughter refused to leave and killed herself with a sword. Her blood soaked the roots of the cypress tree, and her soul was attached Yu Laobai, after that, a lot of weird things happened, but fortunately, all these rumors are mostly about hospice, so you don’t need to be too nervous, just treat it as a scenic spot with a story.”

Chen Ping's heart tightened. After the ghost in the wedding dress made such a scene, now that he hears about ghosts and gods, he will inevitably feel a little afraid of well ropes after being bitten by a snake for ten years.

In fact, not only Chen Pingan, but also Li Baoping, Li Huai, Lin Shouyi, and even the Yin God, no one dared to take it lightly.

So before the twilight covered the mountains, they stopped and chose a clearing on the mountainside as a place for overnight.

After a simple but well-fed dinner, Li Baoping began to read his favorite landscape travel notes by the light of the bonfire. Lin Shouyi usually would not take out the "Langlang Book on the Cloud" in front of Yu Lu thanking him. ", will only open the "Mountain Search Map" presented by the blind old Taoist, and appreciate those vivid mountain spirits and ghosts, and Li Huai will continue to tinker with those gadgets, often only thank you for being willing to accompany him, and today is no exception .

Yu Lu was very strange today, he even took the initiative to ask Lin Shouyi to talk about a game, Lin Shouyi naturally would not refuse, and he found it very interesting, he and Xie Xie played against each other earlier, probably due to the great disparity in chess strength, like a big mountain Overwhelmingly, although Lin Shouyi has controlled his emotions and mentality very well, every time after Xie Xie left, when the young man resumed the game alone, he would still feel a little depressed.But playing chess with the gentle Yu Lu, I found that this tall young man who was born as a survivor of the Lu family played chess with a personality similar to his. Immortal hand, all in balance, two games played, Lin Shouyi lost both, it was just like a bad move, both times were before Yu Lu's last move, the chessboard was still evenly matched, and the outcome was unclear.

When the two teenagers were playing chess, Cui Chan, a young man in white, glanced at the chess game with his hands behind his back, rolled his eyes, and refused to look at it again. Near the chess game, they either stood behind Lin Shouyi and rolled their eyes, or stood behind Yu Lu, rolling their eyes exactly the same way. In the end, they couldn't bear it anymore, and said to Lin Shouyi, who was silently replaying the game: "That little villain Yu Lu who looks loyal , This is walking the dog on purpose, you kid won't notice it at all? Do you want to win Yulu and thank you? As long as you have the strength of my success, you can guarantee to win ten rounds in ten rounds!"

Lin Shouyi raised his head and smiled, "Let's talk about it after you become Chen Pingan's student first."

However, Lin Shou couldn't help but glance at the clumsy tall boy from the corner of his eyes. The latter smiled at him with clear eyes, then lowered his head and began to take the trouble to pack the little luggage.

Cui Chan, a boy in white, beat his chest with both hands, heartbroken.

In the distance, on the branch of a big tree, there was a boy in straw sandals standing on it. The branch under his feet was pressed out in an arc. After he exhaled lightly, he slowly closed his eyes and practiced standing upright day after day. Pile sword furnace.

The mountain wind blows.

Rushan is whispering, but the boy is speechless.

(End of this chapter)