Good Immortals Don't Live Long

The so-called Heavenly Court, as the name suggests, is the court of the Emperor of Heaven.The court is built on the nine heavens where the Ziwei star and the Big Dipper are facing each other in the distance, supported by nine layers of floating cloud shields, there are many fairy islands, and tall buildings are widely spread, covering the light of the sun and the moon, and covering the Qinghua Road.

To put it simply, it is very tall. According to gossip, it was built on the basis of Zixiao Palace 33 days away and Zuowangxinzhai in Buzhou Mountain.Before the completion of the Heavenly Court, Tai Yi personally invited two teachers, Hong Yun and Hong Jun, to observe the ceremony, but both of them very tacitly refused on the grounds of retreat.

Di Jun proclaimed himself emperor at the ceremony. He successfully added the word "Yao Huang" in front of Di Jun's name, and added Dong Huang in front of his younger brother Tai Yi's name, which was slightly different from Hong Yun's previous life, but Basically the process is the same.

The general view of the prehistoric beings on this matter is: Oh.

Yes, just one word.After Hongyun got the news, he said a little more, three words: "Got it".Then everyone did what they should do, and there was basically no reaction.

Because in the impression of the prehistoric creatures at that time, titles such as emperor and emperor were just variants of the name [leader] of a clan. The demon emperor = the leader of the demon clan, and the heavenly court = the emperor's dojo. Does not represent any meaning.In Hong Yun's words, "As long as the family group agrees, you can call it whatever you want? Even if it's called Jackfruit, you have no temper."

Of course, it is undeniable that when Di Jun built the Heavenly Court on top of the heavens and looked down on all living beings, he secretly thought that in the future he would dominate the living beings of the ten directions and lead the world inside and outside.But that was just an idea, he didn't dare to say it out loud, not to mention whether Hongyun and Hongjun, who are aloof from things, can agree, there is also a witch clan with comparable power on the side of the Yaozu, and there is no such unity at all. Prehistoric conditions.

The witch clan is a race formed by the twelve ancestor witches transformed from Pangu's turbid qi, after struggling through the struggle of the dragon, phoenix, and kylin clans for hegemony, and multiplying from generation to generation.It is about the same strength as the Yaozu, and it can be regarded as one of the largest races in the prehistoric world, known for its large population.

Hong Yun had worried about how he would respond if the Twelve Ancestral Witches came to him before, but the Twelve Ancestral Witches never thought of coming to Mount Buzhou.Because from their point of view, Sanqing's current appearance is basically considered to be living by Hongyun, which is not something that people like them who have become the leaders of a clan will do.They want to be a group of noble witches, pure witches, and moral witches, and get rid of the vulgar witches, so they finally reached a tacit understanding with Hongyun, which has nothing to do with each other, and everyone is happy.

Tong Tian must have been blown away when he heard the news back then. He stood in front of the desk in the Red Cloud House and looked into the distance, posing a "Tian Liang Wang Po" pose to the twelve ancestor witches he imagined. The domineering president's face, sneered a few times, left a sentence "I want to see how promising they are", and then...

...Naturally, they went to fight with the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Tong Tian can't hold back his temper at all, and he doesn't intend to hold back, because he has the strength to not hold back now.Now Sanqing is already one step ahead of the Yaozu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches are basically in the same situation, and they have no contact with each other until death.

But the enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a friend.

Di Jun expressed considerable regret for this.

Speaking of the fact that Di Jun built the Taoist temple in the sky, basically no one cares about him, because at this time, there are no concepts and sayings that illegal buildings cannot be built indiscriminately.The prehistoric world is so big, and there are not many creatures with great supernatural powers. As long as people have the ability to build and are not afraid of being robbed, then they can build wherever they want, and fight if they are not convinced.

Kong Xuan jumped out and said: "Fight, let's fight!"

In the matter of Emperor Jun building the Heavenly Court, Kong Xuan was probably the most angry, because Dijun's Heavenly Court was built directly on the site of the Feng Clan's palace.As the posthumous son of Yuanfeng, the last leader of the Feng clan, and the young prince of the Feng clan, if Kong Xuan could endure this, then he wouldn't have to hang around in Honghuang in the future.

It's a pity that the protest is a protest, and Hongyun still won't let Kong Xuan go down the mountain. The reason is very simple: "With your current strength, can you beat Dijun or Taiyi? Or you can command the emperor just because of your identity." Those old birds?"

One of the reasons why Yaozu's Dojo chose to build in the sky is that the Golden Crow Brothers Di Jun and Tai Yi are a pair of flying birds. Birds always have an inexplicable longing for the sky, even if they have legs Still deeply in love.At present, most of the races that Dijun and Taiyi can recruit who are willing to call themselves monster races are mainly birds, and there is no such thing as being unable to return home after they are built.And these birds used to be the old tribe of the Feng Clan, and they had been ruled by the Feng Clan in the past.

It wasn't until the entire Feng Clan was completely extinct because of Yuan Feng's will to go his own way, and after no one remained, Di Jun and Tai Yi took advantage of the crisis of the leaderless tribes of the birds and took them down in one fell swoop.In the end, Di Jun integrated some monsters, ghosts and snake gods among beasts and sea creatures, and only then raised the banner of the monster clan.

Kong Xuan can't do anything about all this, he can't stop Feiqin from bowing his head to Dijun and Taiyi, he can't break up this new monster clan, and he can't make Dijun and Taiyi move away from the home he has never been to.

In the end, the only thing Kong Xuan could do was to send a jade slip to his only elder brother, Kunpeng, full of his roar and anger, because Kunpeng was granted the title of Emperor Master of the Yaozu, and he was successfully brainwashed by Di Jun and Tai Yi, and betrayed. Amway, who fell into the monster clan, bent down and was willing to be driven by him. "How can I have a brother like you after losing the face of the entire Feng clan?!" Kong Xuan said in his jade slip.

How much Kong Xuan yearned for this elder brother of a compatriot, now he hates him so much.

Kunpeng's answer to this was no answer. The jade slips sent by Kong Xuan fell into nothing. Explain why he didn't call back.

"Maybe he has his own plans?" Hong Yun comforted Kong Xuan cautiously, "He even mentioned you to your elder brother when he was in Zixiao Palace, and hoped that we could take good care of you. He can't possibly hate you. Be good. Don't think about it."

"..." Kong Xuan said that he didn't feel comforted at all, but it was more like being hurt. It turned out that besides guilt and acquiescence, he didn't like him at all if his brother didn't reply?

Hong Yun looked at Yuan Shi behind him a little at a loss, his ability to do good deeds and comfort others was really declining.

Yuan Shi gave Hong Yun a reassuring look, and basically everything would be resolved perfectly when it came to him.He didn't go up to comfort him himself, but slipped Yazi and the others over, and launched a bombing-style wheel-to-wheel battle against Kong Xuan, trying not to comfort him, but also to distract him!

"Is it important to like it or not?" Taotie said while chewing pine nut candy, "Brothers are all like this, the meaning of existence is to make you an enemy for generations."

Yazi smiled and agreed: "Yes, I have seven brothers above me. Whether it was before or now, they all fight like black-eyed chickens. I have been practicing on the mountain for so many years, except for my father who was old and immortal. Except for the loyal ministers who have been ordered to come and deliver things to us every once in a while, none of my brothers thought of wanting to see me. Then I have a younger brother...he just made the statement that brothers are enemies .”

Tao Tie later realized that he seemed to be a bit serious with the map gun, and swept to the tail of his starling's typhoon, so he hurriedly added: "Of course, it's different for brothers and sisters, we are like a family."

——So your starling doesn't even count as relatives anymore, it's just resemblance?

Si Buxiang couldn't speak, Kong Xuan was not in the mood to read the jade slips on WeChat at this time, so Si Buxiang just quietly walked to Kong Xuan's side, lowered his head and rubbed his feathers to show that you still have me.

After so many days of unremitting efforts (replenishment) strength (knife) by the brothers, although Kong Xuan still couldn't let go of his brother's incident, he was still moved by his brothers and forced a smile , didn't want them to worry, and successfully fooled most people that he was really fine.

When he returned to his room at night, Kong Xuan's face collapsed again.

After all, it is inevitable that he will not be satisfied. He can do without the illusory brotherhood, but he can't bear Kunpeng to sell the last pride of the entire Feng clan in exchange for a false name. That is not something Yuanfeng's son can do. matter.

A gust of wind blew open the window of Luo Hu's room, and Luo Hu, who never walked through the main entrance, smiled under the moonlight.

Your friend [Brother Luo Hu] is online.

"I'm fine." Kong Xuan said almost subconsciously, "Master believes it, so don't worry about him."

"I didn't say you're okay." Luo Hu was a little bit dumbfounded, "As for your master, I never worry about his character that he has no troubles the next day after he sleeps. In fact, I was affected Your senior brother privately requested to come and see you."

"Eldest brother?" Kong Xuan was taken aback.To be honest, among all the senior brothers, first senior brother Yuanshi and second senior brother Zhen Yuanzi are more similar to two symbols to Kong Xuan. He is too different in age from them, and it is really difficult to get close without common topics.Coupled with Yuan Shi's usual cold and paralyzed face to everyone, Kong Xuan always thought that his relationship with Yuan Shi was limited to his brotherly respect in front of Hong Yun, so he could coax Hong Yun to start, just like being comforted today, Yuan Shi The reason why he found Yazi and others who had a good relationship with him to comfort him was because Hong Yun spoke up.

"Don't look at Yuanshi's appearance, in fact, he cares about you very much in his heart, that is, the legendary Mensao." Kong Xuan's pretense can fool Yazi and Hongyun, but he can't fool Yuanshi, "He has no selfish intentions. Wrong, it’s like he won’t pierce your disguise to make Hongyun happy, but he can’t really not care about you at all, you are brothers, even if you don’t get together often, you are still brothers.”

"If you want to use senior brother Yuanshi as a metaphor for Kunpeng, that's fine, thank you." Kong Xuan said that he is not stupid at all, okay?How could the eldest brother Yuanshi compare with that Kunpeng who sold the entire Feng Clan!

"Okay, okay, let's put it another way, good and bad depend on each other, whether it's good or bad is still unknown, why are you so mournful?"

"They unified the Yao clan, occupied our clan's palace, and led our clan's old tribe. Isn't that good?" Kong Xuan listened to his father Yuanfeng's last words and would not take revenge and would not establish the Feng clan again, but that was not the case. It means that he is willing to hand over everything in the Feng Clan to others.

"Is it good when the Phoenix clan fought against the dragon clan and the Qilin clan? When Xu Xian and I established the Demon Cult and commanded the entire demon clan in the west of Mount Sumeru?" Luo Hui told the worst black history in the most understated manner. Come out, and then smiled, "Look at our today..."

Can this be applauded?Only he and Zulong survived. As a result, Zulong was sealed forever, and he voluntarily imprisoned in Buzhou Mountain. This is the most terrifying thing. He knew it was wrong, but he could not change it.

"You mean..." Kong Xuan is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart, sensitive and arrogant, that's why he can't tolerate others stepping on the throne of Feng clan.And after Luo Hu made such a little push, Kong Xuan quickly turned the corner and realized that the rapid growth of the monster race day by day may not be flowers blooming like brocades, but it may also be the fire cooking oil, and they are rushing to the road of death without stopping .

The world will be divided for a long time, and the world will be divided for a long time. After so many years of disunity, two powerful races finally emerged-the demon clan and the witch clan.

After years of recuperation, the prehistoric creatures have forgotten the lessons of the three clans of dragon, phoenix and kylin.

Others might not see it yet, but as someone who has experienced it, Luo Hu really understands that the day when the liches will fight is not far away. Sooner or later, they will definitely start to regard each other as a serious problem, and no one will obey the other. We must fight for a high and low.

When Hongyun was playing Tiandao into an online game, Yaozu and Wuzu were trying to turn destiny into an epic of conquering cities and conquering the Central Plains.

There can only be one master of the earth forever!

Seeing the Yaozu jumping into the pit, Kong Xuan was naturally very happy. He didn't have to do anything, as long as he got used to them, he would sooner or later feed the ambition of Emperor Jun. Today he dared to build the capital at the former site of the Feng clan, and tomorrow he would dare Go to a showdown with the Wu Clan.

"Then is it possible that my elder brother Kunpeng thinks the same way?" After being unable to stop Di Jun's ambition to accept the inheritance of the Feng clan, he simply took the route of internal disintegration.

"I don't know," Luo Hu rubbed Kong Xuan's peacock head, "but I know that thinking like this is definitely more useful than just being angry."

Chapter 49 No.40 Nine Days of Wanting to Be a Bad Guy: Life is always full of twists and turns to move forward.

When you put your whole heart and soul into something, time will pass quickly, just like concentrating on... playing a game.

Unknowingly, Zuo Wang Xin Zhai has approached the third-level scale under Hong Yun's miraculous efforts.In fact, the existing [-] disciples of the outer sect have already exceeded the requirements of the third level, but the way of heaven has also kept pace with the times. number of disciples.

Either add one more direct disciple, get seven to summon the dragon [hey]; Into a six-six-36 situation.

This rule made Hong Yun, who didn't have any obsessive-compulsive disorder, start to have it. He didn't know if everyone would be like this, anyway, he was like this. When the upgrade is in front of him and he is so close to them, he will He wished he could fill up the progress bar immediately, and then when it really leveled up and cleared the progress bar again, he would feel like he saw heaven.

"It just so happens that the third discussion is about to start, so let's accept Nuwa as a direct disciple." Hong Yun happily counted with Yuan Shi in the room with his fingers.

"But didn't you originally plan to just accept her as a registered disciple?" Yuan Shi reminded with a frown.

Here Yuanshi can say responsibly that the reason why he can be so fussy about a registered name and a direct inheritance is definitely... from jealousy.

Yuanshi once thought that he and Hongyun were destined, so they got involved for various reasons.But looking at it now, there are too many people who are destined to be with Hongyun, so many that Yuanshi has to face the reality. It is precisely because of his relationship with Hongyun that they have their current fate.

Yuan Shi really didn't want to add a few more apprentices who were "destined" with Hongyun.

"There's no way to level up by accepting a named disciple, only direct disciples can. Anyway, named and direct disciples are both inner disciples, so the difference is not that big... right?" At the end, even Hong Yun felt a little guilty.In his opinion, the constant expansion of sects is really like playing online games, and he is already in a state of addiction. In order to upgrade as soon as possible, he began to lower the bottom line.

Yuan Shi, who was just chatting at first, really sounded the alarm in his heart because of Hong Yun's words. It was not a threat from Nuwa, but something else.The situation is not right now!

In order to confirm this feeling, Yuan Shi suddenly asked Hong Yun: "Do you still remember your original intention of establishing a religion?"

The original intention of establishing a religion?Hong Yun was stunned for a moment, yes, what was he building Zuo Wang Xin Zhai for in the first place?In this way, Hong Yun's attention was drawn back to many years ago, and he forgot the Internet addiction problem that he had finally caught a little bit of tail: "I probably wanted to take in some apprentices at that time, let's close the door and not join the prehistoric ones." Fight and kill, be a legendary hidden sect."

Hong Yun still remembers that at the beginning he wanted to name Zuo Wang Xin Zhai Xiaoyao School, and then he could be called Xiaoyaozi, but he was suspected of plagiarism, and this idea failed to be implemented in the end.

Hong Yun told Yuan Shi all these as funny things in the past.Yuan Shi smiled on the surface, but on the inside, the more he listened, the more frightened he became.

What pushed Hongyun to change his original idea of ​​teaching a few apprentices to establishing a sect, and then expanded into inner and outer sects, and now he changed his original willingness to accept apprentices in order to upgrade?

If heaven wants to kill it, it must first make it mad.

When the carriage of Zuo Wang Xin Zhai became so huge that even Hong Yun couldn't stop it urgently, what would be waiting for them?Now Yuanshi and Zhenyuanzi, disciples of hundreds of people, can confidently say that they can control the applause with ease, and they will never let them go out to bully others and cause heinous disasters.What about when there are thousands of people in the sect?What about ten thousand people?

[Brother Confidant] Luo Hu and Zhen Yuanzi, who had full skill points, gathered in Yuanshi's small courtyard that night. Of course, this was done without telling Hong Yun. .

"I hope this is my unfounded worry. Master also said that the way of heaven generally does not have nothing to do to scheme people. The situation is still under our control. I am just a little uneasy and want to prevent problems before they happen." Other things can be ignored at the beginning of the year However, once Hong Yun was involved, even the smallest point would be a big deal. He must not just sit back and watch Hong Yun get hurt.

After hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi had the same thought as Yuan Shi. Although nothing has happened yet, they should still pay attention to it and kill everything that could threaten Zuo Wang Xin Zhai in the cradle.

"Should I talk to Hong Yun first?" Luo Hu also frowned, and did some self-reflection. When he felt that other people were cooking oil like fire, why not sit and forget the mind?Who else in the entire Great Desolate Continent possesses the skill of [One Call, One Hundred Responses] than the current Zuo Wang Xin Zhai, just like the dragon, phoenix and unicorn back then, and also like his previous Demon Cult, they all started like this.

In the beginning, they were walking on the road, but the road forced them to go down in a dark path.

"No." Zhen Yuanzi immediately retorted without hesitation, "Let's not say that this matter is just our guess at the moment, and there is no danger, not even a sign. Just say that Master is happy, we can't just ignore it like this It's too cruel to give him a basin of ice water without thinking about it. It's best that we can solve the matter before he finds out."

Just like what Zhen Yuanzi had been doing to Hong Yun silently in his previous life, even if he had a new life without the memory of his previous life, Zhen Yuanzi's behavior pattern is still easy to guess.

Although Yuan Shi didn't like Zhen Yuanzi, he still felt that what Zhen Yuanzi said made sense, although he still felt that some things were not quite right.

At this moment, Luo Hu's meditation bell rang loudly to express his agreement. Luo Hu quickly stopped hesitating and expressed his agreement.

The four votes passed unanimously, first concealing Hong Yun's subtle influence, and not letting Hong Yun know that his good mood was ruined before the situation really got out of control.

"When are we going to keep it a secret?" Luo Hu asked another question. After all, nothing really happened. It's just that their sensitive prehistoric senses sensed a crisis in advance that they didn't know when it would explode. They planned to dismantle the bomb in private. But like a blind man feeling an elephant, he doesn't know what he is doing now is to lead the road to the right track, but to a more deviant track. The road ahead is at a loss. They only know that it will take time for this subtle change. It may be guaranteed that Hongyun will not find problems in this process.

"Naturally, when it's too late to hide." Zhen Yuanzi shrugged.

"Then what should we do then?" Luo Hu's sense of crisis was established after Xu Xian's accident that year, and he always thought about every possibility and how to deal with it before he could make a move.

"The law does not blame the public." Yuan Shi replied.

When Hongyun was angry because of being concealed, there were three people on their side, and Hongyun definitely couldn't be angry with them for a long time.

I'm not asking about Hong Yun, but about this matter, Hun Dan!

Zhen Yuanzi also looked at Yuan Shi full of condemnation, but what he said was: "I said, why do you think of me, and co-authoring is trying to drag me into the water!"

Luo Hu supported his forehead and looked at Yuan Shi and Zhen Yuanzi who had suddenly changed their style of painting with a headache. Do you dare to pay attention to the key points, eh?Is there really no problem with this kind of hard-working and funny comparison that is so solemn one second and can't find the point in the next second?

But, well, things are not really serious now, it's just that Yuan Shi has discovered a sign, and it's not a cause for concern. It's better to relax than to scare yourself.

Luo Hu figured it out quickly, and threw Yuan Shi and Zhen Yuanzi out: "We have to fight outside."

The night breeze was blowing, the moonlight was like water, Yuan Shi stood in front of the door and said to Luo Hu in a calm tone, "Do you remember that this is my yard?"

"..."

The third discussion of Zixiao Palace arrived not long after that. The subtle plan that Yuan Shi and others found in private was not smooth, but it was not bumpy, because the whole thing was based on assumptions. I don't know if what I'm doing is right or not.This is the difficulty of being a predecessor. You need to cross the river by feeling the stones. What seems to you to be extremely simple, for them, even if it is a small step, you have to be cautious and difficult.

This discussion is also the last one. Hongjun's merits and virtues are complete, and Hongyun has so many apprentices that Yuanshi is worried, so there is no point in continuing the discussion.

In the end, Hong Yun insisted on accepting Nuwa as his direct disciple according to his own ideas, and gave the two innate treasures of Red Hydrangea and Shanhe Sheji Tu as gifts to his new disciple.

Nuwa was completely knocked out by the sudden falling pies one after another.Although it is true that she and his elder brother Fuxi often go to Zuowangxinzhai to visit Hongyun for a sense of presence these years, but she is still not sure whether it is really useful to do so, Hongyun can't think of it Give up your own brother and choose her?

As a result, Hongyun really did just that, not only directly becoming an inner sect disciple, but even skipping the registration and entering the room, and what was given to her was directly passed down, and she made a good move, without any reluctance at all.

Happiness came so fast, Nu Wa always felt a little unreal.

Facing Hong Yun's lavish spending, Lian Hongjun began to hate the rich a little bit. How amazing is it to have a father with many magical weapons? ...well, it's pretty amazing.

Hongjun also accepted Laozi and Tongtian as his direct disciples, and then took out his previous income from the prehistoric period from Fenbaoya behind Zixiao Palace. A few instruments at the bottom of the box.Tongtian laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth but his eyes, this master really deserves it!

Hongyun said to Yuanshi on the WeChat Yujian: 【Your trick is really good! 】

【so far so good. 】Yuan Shi expressed his humility.

[? ? ? ] Others in the channel expressed their puzzlement.

Hongyun briefly talked about the discussion between Yuanshi and him before coming here. Hongyun didn't intend to give Nuwa a gift in public, but just wanted to verbally accept the disciples first, and waited for the official tea ceremony at Wangxinzhai. Give the red hydrangea and the picture of Shanhe Sheji to Nuwa.As a result, after Yuanshi knew about it, he hoped that he could reverse the order, because he said that this would put invisible pressure on Hongjun, and thus improve the treatment of Tongtian and Laozi.

Sure enough, Hongjun bleeds back for the sake of saving face.Sanqing had already obtained the three innate treasures transformed by the Pangu Banner in advance, and Hongjun didn't need to give them any more, but Hongjun's treasures were much more than these, if the quality was not enough, they could be made up in quantity.

[Hey, it’s cheaper for me, thank you second brother~] Tongtian was really overjoyed.

[The meeting is divided into half. 】Yuan Shi is not polite at all.

[…] I knew that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world! BY: Babel.

After that, Hongyun didn't pay attention to the jade slip anymore, because even if Yuanshi and others could hide it from him, he finally realized that something was wrong—Hongjun accepted him as his direct disciple.

"!!!" Even in the previous life, Jieyin and Zhunti were only registered disciples, and their status in this life is too high.

Hongyun opened his eyes wide and looked at Hongjun, who resisted the pressure and tried to smile.

People's hearts are changeable, Hongyun is so strong now, how can Hongjun feel at ease if he doesn't get a few more helpers?But no matter how you look at it, Jieyin is someone who is especially suitable to be drawn into his side. Firstly, he and Hongyun became enemies when they first discussed Daoism, secondly, he and Hongyun became enemies, and finally because of him and Hongyun.

Both Hongjun and Tiandao are pursuing a balance.It's like the matter of the dragon, phoenix, and unicorn clans, it's also like the current Lich, and it's even better than Hongjun and Hongyun who may be in the future.

As soon as the 3000-year discussion was over, Hong Yun left first as usual, and once he returned to Zuo Wang Xin Zhai, he locked himself in the room under the pretext of retreat.

In the Heavenly Court of the Yaozu, Taiyi asked his elder brother Di Jun: "Is it my illusion? How do I feel that the relationship between Patriarch Hongyun and Saint Hongjun..."

"Two tigers cannot fit in one mountain. Even those witches who only know how to refine their bodies but not their souls know how to fight with us. How can those two saints live in peace forever? It will be a matter of time." Di Jun Smiling very happily, he was afraid that there would be no conflicts between the saints, and if there were conflicts, he would take the opportunity to develop the demon clan, wouldn't he? "Believe me, it's a great thing for us."

Taiyi frowned, he always felt that it shouldn't be so easy.

"Don't believe me? Then let's try it. You go and give them my wedding invitation in person. This time, you will definitely not refuse." Di Jun has always been a little hesitant about not being able to invite Hongyun and Hongjun to the last grand ceremony. Little annoyed.This time he is about to get married, to marry sisters Xi He and Chang Xi who were born from the lunar star, and he believes that Hong Yun and Hong Jun can no longer be indifferent to this.

The reality was indeed as Dijun expected, Hongyun and Hongjun were lost in thought when they looked at the posts in their hands, and they no longer just gave away gifts like last time.