Chapter 191 Immortal Demon Soul Buddha Body (8000)

Talk about something realistic?

The monks present looked at each other in dismay. At first, everyone was quite happy because they killed the holy Buddha, and the atmosphere was heightened to this point, but Xu Bai's next words made them a little confused.

What does it mean to talk about reality? Why did it suddenly become a matter of talking about reality?

Didn't everyone be fine just now, still intoxicated by the joy of the destruction of the holy Buddha, why are you talking about reality?

Xu Bai looked around, this is not the place to talk.

He winked and walked towards the main hall.

Everyone looked at each other and walked towards the main hall of King Kong Temple.

Wuhua was carried by several disciples of King Kong Temple into the main hall. The main hall is not so big, so only some important Buddhist monks came in, and the abbots of the top ten temples were also here.

"Prince Xu, just now you talked about something realistic. What are we going to talk about? Are there any important things we haven't said?" the host of Yanfa Temple was the first to ask.

In their minds, there must be more important matters that have not been resolved, otherwise Xu Bai would not be able to solemnly say that the discussion will only be done after entering the hall, and judging by the meaning, this matter is absolutely serious.

Xu Bai heard the words, coughed, found a place to sit down, put his hand on the handle of the chair, and tapped lightly: "It's not really important, it's just the reward, it's fun."

The voice fell, and the audience was silent.

All the eminent Buddhist monks present, but what Xu Bai talked about now made them feel speechless for a while, but they soon figured it out.

After all, Xu Bai was rumored to be such a person in Jianghu. He likes to do business and pays attention to the principles of business.

It can be said that the host of King Kong Temple knows Xu Bai best. After all, Wuhua often hears about Xu Bai, and he has a rough impression in his mind, so after Xu Bai said this, he nodded without hesitation. Say yes.

"This is what it should be. Lord Xu helped Buddhism solve a huge problem. A little reward is definitely a trivial matter. I don't know what is needed?"

Buddhist favor is one thing, and realistic rewards are another. The two should not be confused, so do whatever you want.

When the abbot of King Kong Temple spoke, the monks in the temple looked at each other and nodded, saying that there was no problem at all.

Xu Bai thought it would take a lot of effort to talk, but he didn't expect these monks to be so upright. He didn't say much, pointed to the first-rank puppet next to him, and was about to say something when his movements suddenly froze.

On Yipin Puppet's body, there are still nine books left by the top ten hosts, all of which are golden progress bars, Xu Bai plans to take it easy later.

But now, following his gaze, the golden progress bar on it disappeared.

His original plan was to take this opportunity to get a lot of progress bars from Buddhism, so as to improve his own strength.

But now it seems that something big has happened.

Xu Bai quickly came back to his senses, took a few steps forward, picked up the book from Yipin Puppet, and read it carefully.

Next, he was absolutely sure that the progress bar was gone.

"It was still fine this morning, how could it be gone all of a sudden?"

Xu Bai felt unbelievable. He couldn't accept it. He turned his head subconsciously, looked at the abbot of King Kong Temple next to him, and asked, "After the death of the Holy Buddha, is his inheritance useless?"

The only doubtful point is here. Xu Bai guessed whether all the progress bars disappeared because of the death of the Buddha.

Besides that, he couldn't figure out what else could make the progress bar disappear suddenly.

When Xu Bai asked this sentence, the people present looked at each other in blank dismay, and the host of King Kong Temple quickly gave the answer.

"Yes."

"The inheritance of Buddhism is all started by the holy Buddha. Now that the holy Buddha is dead, everything has disappeared. Only what we have learned before is still preserved, but there is no way to continue to learn in the future."

While talking, the host of King Kong Temple also gave Xu Bai an analogy, as if he wanted Xu Bai to understand it more thoroughly.

Xu Bai's head was full of black lines, and after listening to what the host of the King Kong Temple said, he understood it.

When the Holy Buddha is gone, the inheritance is also gone. Those who have learned it before can continue to use it, but it is almost impossible to go forward.

Xu Bai tried the Vajra Saint Demon Immunity Body, and it was still usable, but the progress bar he had seen before had indeed disappeared.

That is to say, he seems to have suffered a blood loss this time. If the Holy Buddha dies after finishing the nine progress bars, he will still make money, but now it seems that he has really lost money.

Loss!

Huge loss!

The host of King Kong Temple saw that Xu Bai's expression was wrong, and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Prince Xu, is there some hidden disease left behind, you have to tell us as soon as possible, although we have no inheritance, but our own strength is still there."

The monks nodded in unison, and looked at Xu Bai with concern, for fear that Xu Bai might make a mistake.

After all, this is the hero who saved the entire Buddhist sect, so we must not let him have an accident, otherwise they will be ashamed of Xu Bai.

"It's okay." Xu Bai waved his hand with a sullen face, indicating that he was fine. He suddenly thought of something, and continued to ask: "It seems that the inheritance of Buddhism may be cut off."

Thinking about it carefully, this is really the case. The inheritance of the holy Buddha is gone, and the Buddhists in the world can only preserve their current strength.

But it is impossible to go further, because there is no inheritance for them to use.

As soon as this remark was made, the abbot of King Kong Temple nodded, and did not bypass the question, and admitted it directly.

"It is true that as Prince Xu said, we may not be able to advance an inch, but this is not absolute.

After being stuck on an old road, we can find a new one.

"The result of opening a unique path may make Buddhism decline, and may embark on a brighter path."

"Oh?" Xu Bai became interested: "How to find a new path?"

The host of King Kong Temple pointed to Wu Hua who was sleeping beside him, and said with a smile, "That is Wu Hua."

"Now, in the battle just now, he has withstood all the Buddha's light present."

"He couldn't bear the Buddha's light, but it gathered on the black lotus."

"Hei Lian will convert. Sooner or later, he will be able to switch to a new path belonging to Buddhism."

Xu Bai looked in the direction pointed by the abbot of the King Kong Temple, and saw that Wuhua lying on the side was still in a coma, and above Wuhua's head, the black lotus was still slowly circling.

Black hair, black robe, black lotus, this kind of inexplicable sense of sight from a certain TV series in the previous life made Xu Bai always feel like they were mixed together.

When Xu Bai looked at Wu Hua, Wu Hua, who had been in a coma, finally woke up from his coma.

Wuhua slowly opened his eyes, and sat up weakly from the lying position. When he felt the gazes around him, he understood what had happened before.

"Are you all right?"

When he asked this sentence, the black lotus hovering above his head spun faster.

Wuhua raised her hand, and the black lotus on top of her head fell into his palm obediently.

The black light began to sharpen and gradually bloom.

"Master, I have no choice. I can't fully explore a new path. At most, I can only reach... Transcendence." Wuhua closed her eyes, felt it, and opened her eyes again, her face full of pain.

King Kong Temple presided over said: "It's okay, that's because your strength has not reached that level."

"The higher your strength, the stronger your feeling, and the wider your future path will be."

"Even if it's just an extraordinary level, it's pretty good for this world. After all, old guys like us don't need follow-up cultivation methods for the time being."

Wuhua nodded in relief after hearing the consolation from the abbot of King Kong Temple.

Just when he was about to continue talking, he felt a pat on the shoulder, turned his head, and saw Xu Bai holding him down with bright eyes, while staring at the black lotus in his hand.

"Benefactor Xu, you are..." Wu Hua always felt that Xu Bai's gaze made him uncomfortable, and wanted to back away silently.

Xu Bai smiled and said: "Good brother, Hei Lian is my envoy."

No flowers: "..."

Everyone: "..."

It's not surprising that Xu Bai behaved like this, because the moment Wuhua woke up and let the black lotus fall into his hands, Xu Bai found a golden progress bar on the black lotus.

And this progress bar is very slow, it is the slowest progress bar he has seen so far.

Slow, it means good.

Fast means poor.

At least on progress bars, that's the standard.

Oh, there are still some special occasions where speed can also be used to represent good or bad, but that's not what Xu Bai cares about.

If you lose your horse, you will know that it is not a blessing.

Just lost nine progress bars, now give him a progress bar that is painfully slow.

What is this called? This is called another village.

Xu Bai had to get it, and he felt that given his current situation, it was very easy to get it.

Wuhua came to her senses, and said helplessly: "The little monk thought it was something, but it turned out to be this matter. Xu Shi mainly looked at it and took it. Just take it. You are our Buddhist benefactor."

While talking, Wuhua handed over the black lotus in her hand.

After he made this action, no one stopped him, and no one objected. Even the people present acquiesced to this action.

Is the black lotus important? Very important.

It is related to the future life, death and continuation of Buddhism, it is not important, it is false.

But Xu Bai wants this black lotus, will they give it?

Must give!

Not to mention Hei Lian, even if he asked all Buddhists to do something for him to die, the monks present would not frown.

Are you kidding, the benefactor of the entire Buddhist sect is here, he just wants to take a look at this black lotus, just to take a look, why not give it?

Give, must give.

Xu Bai didn't expect it to be so simple. He took the black lotus in his hand and looked at it carefully.

But when he received it, the progress bar on the black lotus disappeared again.

"Huh?" Xu Bai frowned.

The progress bar was fine just now, but it's unscientific how it disappeared as soon as it was in his hands.

He had a guess, suspecting that it might have nothing to do with Hei Lian, but Wu Hua. Thinking of this, he decided to give it a try, and handed the Black Lotus to Wu Hua.

Wu Hua also felt strange, why a black lotus was handed over, but Xu Bai did this action, he didn't think too much, and subconsciously took it in his hand.

When the black lotus fell into Wuhua's hands, Xu Bai saw the golden progress bar again.

Then, Xu Bai fell into thinking. He connected what the abbot of the King Kong Temple said just now, and soon became aware of the reason.

Black lotus can slowly give birth to the ideas of new Buddhism, but in the end, the reason is that black lotus was born from no flowers, that is to say, no flowers are necessary to promote black lotus.

Xu Bai understood, now Wuhua can only be pushed to the Transcendent Realm, the stronger Wuhua is, the stronger she can get.

In other words, if you don't talk about other things, just talk about the benefits to Xu Bai, which is more fragrant than the female viewer.

The woodcarving of the female viewer can add a progress bar to him, and Wuhua is more beautiful.

With the improvement of Wuhua's strength, does it mean that you can see a new progress bar when you come back every once in a while?

"A chicken that can lay eggs, this is definitely a chicken that can lay eggs." Xu Bai rubbed his hands vigorously, looking excited.

Once upon a time, he had an idea, especially to die, and wanted to tie up the female audience and let the female audience carve wood carvings for herself every day. Of course, that was just an idea.

Now he wants to tie Wuhua up again, which is also an idea.

It is impossible to tie Wuhua. After all, it is related to the future of Buddhism. This approach is a bit extreme, but compared to the female temple master, Xu Bai has a better choice.

Xu Bai is their benefactor now, so he can come and leave whenever he wants.

He comes back to visit every once in a while, isn't there a steady stream of progress bars to receive the goods?

Wonderful!

Wonderful!

Xu Bai praised his wit.

At this moment, Wuhua felt more and more that Xu Bai was looking at her in the wrong way, but he couldn't say anything.

He couldn't help but think of some articles written by Liu Xu, especially some descriptions, which made him shiver unconsciously, and subconsciously put his hands behind his back to block them.

"Benefactor Xu, I treat you like a brother..."

As soon as these words came out, the abbot of one of the top ten temples took a breath, which instantly aroused the suspicion of other abbots, who didn't understand why there was such an action.

"It's okay, it's okay." The old monk, one of the top ten hosts, laughed, and quickly erased his performance: "I usually read a lot of books, and there are some overlaps."

Everyone was even more puzzled.

At this time, Xu Bai finally realized that he also understood what Wu Hua meant, and his head was full of black lines.

But there is no way to explain this matter. He doesn't want to explain it. The progress bar is the most important thing now.

Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "It's been so long since I haven't discussed Buddhism with Wuhua for such a long time. Now I want to talk about Buddhism with Wuhua. Is this condition okay?"

The King Kong Temple host was stunned, and then said: "That's all?"

He thought Xu Bai's request was particularly outrageous, but what he never expected was that it would be this request?

The host of King Kong Temple couldn't help but think that Wuhua once told him a long time ago that Xu Bai didn't become a Buddhist disciple with the root of wisdom, but he was very enthusiastic about Buddhism. Maybe it has something to do with what Wuhua said before.

Thinking of this, the abbot of King Kong Temple waved his hand.

"If it's just like this, we don't need Wuhua. We can all take turns to discuss with Lord Xu."

"No, no, no." Xu Bai waved his hand and said, "Since the holy Buddha is dead, it proves that this method is no longer suitable. I want to see what the so-called new Buddhism is."

"Alas... okay." The host of King Kong Temple sighed.

It's already reached this point, and it's not easy for the abbot of King Kong Temple to forcefully refuse, so he can only reluctantly agree.

In his mind, Xu Bai's image was inexplicably higher.

This is such a big contribution, and it has won the favor of Buddhists all over the world, but it is just such a small request.

There are rumors in the Jianghu that Xu Bai is cruel and merciless, and that he will take revenge. Now it seems that Xu Bai still has a lot of shining points.

"Sure enough, only half of the rumors in this world can be heard." The monks present thought to themselves: "Not only is Xu Wangye not so-called mean and shameless, but he is a man of integrity."

Thinking of this, the monks present became more respectful towards Xu Bai.

Look, this is called high moral integrity, making such unworldly achievements, and not asking for anything in return at all, just wanting to listen to the Dharma.

What are you waiting for?

Promise him!

Must promise him!

Otherwise, wouldn't it make Prince Xu feel cold, wouldn't it make the whole world laugh at their Buddhism?

Xu Bai couldn't figure out why these monks looked at him with such respect for some inexplicable reason.

He could only attribute it to himself for saving Buddhism, but he didn't expect that because of a small operation, everyone present had misunderstood.

Now that the Holy Buddha is dead, everything returns to ashes to ashes.

Next, the abbots of the top ten temples began to mop up, but Xu Bai didn't want to participate in this matter, so he pulled Wuhua excitedly and plunged into the room.

This anxious look, if the monks around him knew clearly that Xu Bai was here to listen to the Dharma, they probably couldn't help thinking about it.

"Snapped!"

The door of the room was closed, leaving behind a group of monks and a bewildered Ahxiu.

In the rivers and lakes, there is a legend that is gradually spreading.

In a teahouse, the storyteller held a paddle in his hand and was explaining vividly.

"The book continues from the previous chapter. It is said that this holy Buddha is not dead, and he wants to control the world's Buddhist sects. At this time, the appearance of a young man ruined the holy Buddha's plan."

"This man is seven feet tall, with a strong build, a black knife on his waist and hips, and a handsome appearance. People in the world are known as the blood butcher swordsman, and he is the prince Xu who supervises the kings of different surnames in the world."

"At that time, the holy Buddha had already succeeded, but Prince Xu stood up from the disaster, dressed in gold and off-white, and stood in front of everyone without hesitation."

"Prince Xu looked up at the holy Buddha in the sky, with a disdainful smile all over his face, only to hear him speak slowly, and a single sentence shocked the entire Buddhist sect."

"Prince Xu said that today, he wants to slaughter Buddha!"

"As soon as the voice fell, I saw Prince Xu carrying gold and off-white, fighting with the Holy Buddha. In that battle, the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, and the entire sky was filled with the golden blood of the Holy Buddha."

"In the end, Lord Xu stood holding a knife amidst the blood all over the sky, and behind him was the holy Buddha who had turned into a corpse."

"From that day on, Buddha, died."

"Snapped!"

The wooden table fell.

The diners and tea drinkers present were mesmerized when they heard it. At this time, the storyteller suddenly stopped his voice, making people look at him instead.

The storyteller smiled: "If you want to know what's going to happen next, please listen to the next chapter."

Since he is a storyteller, he naturally has to pay attention to the rhythm. He left another suspense, waiting for the next time to say it, and his move naturally caused a burst of laughter.

Scenes like this are happening in various places in the Great Chu Kingdom, including the rivers and lakes.

The capital.

In an old abandoned house, Eunuch Wei walked out of the old abandoned house with a normal face.

In his bony right hand, he held a **** head.

He had a tragic expression on his head, and he was still unwilling and resentful when he died.

"What an unwilling thief. Our family hasn't been active for a long time, but let us exercise." Wei Gonggong moved his neck, looked at the head in his hand, and smiled: "Resurrection? It's a good idea."

Since they received Xu Bai's letter not long ago, they have started to deal with the people on the list, and now they have almost cleaned up.

"Hoo..."

A gust of wind blew by, and a swordsman with a knife suddenly passed by Eunuch Wei and threw a head to the ground.

The swordsman is old, but he still straightens his back. The knife in his hand is rusty, but there is dark red blood on the knife.

"the fifth."

Eunuch Wei smiled and said: "As expected of a sword ghost, the speed of this solution is still faster than ours."

The sword ghost sneered: "If you were above you, you wouldn't be seriously injured that day. You are an invincible monster who can fight even a saint, why bother to make fun of me?"

Eunuch Wei still had a smile on his face: "Have you figured it out?"

The sword ghost took out a sword manual, threw it to Eunuch Wei, and said, "Of course I figured it out. Due to the reason of Master Sword Empress, it is impossible for me to betray the Great Chu Kingdom in my life, so let's pass on this skill, it's just me I don't know who you want to give this knife manual to.

Eunuch Wei said thoughtfully: "Prince Xu."

Dao Gui was taken aback for a moment, then he put the rusty knife on his shoulder, turned around and prepared to leave without saying a word.

Eunuch Wei said: "Where are you going?"

"There are two more." Dao Gui said indifferently.

After taking two steps, Dao Gui suddenly stopped, and then said another sentence.

"I heard that he is a master of swords, so it's not a bad thing to give him, and it doesn't dishonor my sword."

After finishing speaking, Daogui didn't miss it any more, and turned and left directly.

Eunuch Wei looked at the back of the knife ghost leaving, and slowly took out his left hand that had been placed behind him, and it was covered with gray silk threads.

"It's still a bit knowledgeable. Today, our family will not want your life."

Eunuch Wei looked at the knife book in his hand, with a happy smile on his face: "I have to go back to the capital and go to the border. Lord Xu should be very interested in our gift."

After speaking, Eunuch Wei's figure flickered, and soon disappeared in place.

The rivers and lakes are in chaos, as are the Great Viet Kingdom and the barbarians.

In the whole world, there are only people who are not chaotic, and they are in a room at this time, looking at the black lotus in Wuhua's hand.

Wuhua felt very embarrassed, and at the same time felt very uncomfortable.

It's been more than ten days, almost half a month has passed.

For the past half month, no one knew how he lived, only he knew how uncomfortable it was.

When he was in Sheng County, he also discussed Buddhism with Xu Bai. At that time, he felt that it was a kind of torture.

Because no matter what he said, Xu Bai always had a very confused expression, which was like playing the piano to a cow.

It is okay to do this kind of thing once in a while, but after doing this for a long time, it is easy to have a strong feeling of discomfort.

The most important thing is that Wuhua feels that Xu Bai is more perverted than when he was in Sheng County.

That's right, it's a pervert!

At this time in Sheng County, Xu Bai kept staring at his bald head when he was listening to him talk about Buddhism. All in all, he always felt that his head was not his own anymore, and Xu Bai might take it away at any time.

And when discussing Buddhism this time, Xu Bai actually made him a request, that is, he must keep the black lotus in his hands.

At that time, Wuhua felt puzzled and asked about this doubt, but Xu Bai called him back with one word.

"That's how I like it."

Wuhua was stunned, and later remembered that Xu Bai was the benefactor of Buddhism in the world, so after thinking about it, he still did so.

Originally, he thought it was only for a short time, but he didn't expect it to last for nearly half a month.

In the past half a month, he has been holding a black lotus flower and speaking about Buddhism, which made him feel ashamed of the black lotus flower unconsciously.

And today, finally freed.

"For more than half a month, discussing Buddhism with Brother Wu Hua has made me feel more and more like taking refuge in my Buddha." Xu Bai patted Wu Hua's shoulder, with a fake smile on his face, and said The words are even more false.

Wuhua sighed: "Benefactor Xu, in fact, you really don't have wisdom roots, why don't you just forget about it?"

"Forget it this time." Xu Bai smiled.

Wu Hua heard the blind spot: "This time?"

Xu Bai nodded, and said with a gratified face: "Brother Wuhua, you have to hurry up and improve your strength. I will come over to discuss new ideas of Buddhism with you when I have time in the future."

In front of his eyes, Wuhua is no longer that Wuhua, but has become a ruthless progress bar production machine.

"Let's go." Xu Bai turned around and left without saying a word, and he left in a hurry, leaving only Wuhua standing there alone in a daze.

He has to hurry, because the progress bar on the black lotus has been exhausted, and the light blue text is appearing, he must avoid special performance due to the acquisition of skills.

Xu Bai almost used the fastest speed, hurried back to his room, closed the door with a snap, and then looked at the void in front of him.

Not far ahead, light blue text appeared, and then converged into a line of text that Xu Bai could understand.

You comprehend the black lotus, comprehend the true body of the Demon Buddha.

After the text appeared, it soon turned into smoke again, but it didn't turn into information and drilled into his mind, but a new text appeared.

Fusion!

Find fusion options, fusion is in progress.

The real body of the devil Buddha + the body of the King Kong holy demon immune body + the immortal soul body = the immortal demon soul Buddha body.

Fusion successful!

Three, all three skills are fused together.

After the four words of successful fusion appeared, the light blue text disappeared completely, and then turned into a large amount of information, which was transmitted to Xu Bai's mind.

Xu Bai closed his eyes, chewed carefully, and waited until he digested all the information before opening his eyes again.

In front of his eyes, the latest attribute panel appeared in the void not far from Xu Bai.

Name: Xu Bai.

Realm: Sheltered Sanren.

[General Outline of Sword Without Sword (Level 2 of Metamorphosis): Full level.

Wanxiangtian Yinjue (Level 3): Full level.

Returning Wind and Liuxue (Level 5): Full level.

Run Break Nine (Level 9): Full level.

Moving stars and changing battles (level 9): full level.

Immortal Devil Soul Buddha Body (Supernatural Level 1): Full level.

[Strong Kidney Harvesting Technique (Level 1): Full level.

Poison Gang (level 9): full level.

Smart Puppet True Solution (Level 9): Full level.

Water adaptation method (level 5): full level.

Feng Shui Arithmetic (Level 9): Full level.

Thousand Faces Method (Level 9): Full level.

Coexistence of Yin and Yang (Level 1 of Metamorphosis): Full level.

Comprehension: full level.

Xu Bai rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had read it wrong, and after checking again and again, he realized that the scene in front of him was real.

The Immortal Soul Body is gone, and the Vajra Saint Demon Immortal Body is gone, but it is replaced by the Immortal Demon Soul Buddha Body.

This skill has fully reached the first level of extraordinary, far beyond the realm of metamorphosis.

What is transcendence? That is the realm of transcending the ordinary, and it has crossed a big realm.

Xu Bai never expected that the progress bar on the black lotus would be so awesome.

The immortal demon soul Buddha body that has reached the first level of extraordinary, the protective ability has also reached extraordinary, and it has retained the ability to repair the original immortal soul body, and it has also been upgraded to extraordinary.

The most important thing is that after being fused together, guided by the true body of Mo Buddha, one skill can fully satisfy all the previous effects, save him a lot of work, and reduce many of his flaws.

It can both defend and restore, perfect.

After more than half a month of madness, this skill has become the strongest skill in my hands.

"However... there are still weaknesses." After Xu Bai savored it, he quickly figured out the weaknesses.

His true energy is not enough.

Even with the true energy contained in the body strengthening harvesting technique, it is still not enough to operate at the first level of Transcendence.

It's like playing a game, his skills are strong enough, but the blue is not enough.

Based on his current situation, he can use it for half an hour while fully firing.

As before, he is not afraid of driving anytime, anywhere, around the clock.

"It seems that we need to find an opportunity to improve the strength of mental skills, but half an hour is enough." Xu Bai thought for a while, and had already set his goal for the future.

Half an hour, and under the condition of full firepower, it is already very strong after half an hour.

At least not five seconds for a real man, half an hour is enough for him to crush many people into powder.

"As I fight higher and higher, it seems that I am gaining more..."

Thinking of this, Xu Bai finally finished the last thing and completely relaxed.

"Well, give it a try, how is this defense?"

Once you have a new skill, you naturally want to try it, and Xu Bai is no exception.

It's just a test of defense, not an attack method, and I don't worry about damaging the surroundings.

Xu Bai rubbed his hands together, and activated the Zhenyuanli with an excited face.

The true energy surged, and Xu Bai felt that the true energy in his body slipped away like water. This kind of consumption was really too great.

The next moment, when the real energy was surging, Xu Bai looked at his appearance, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"What the hell...it's become too outrageous, I don't want to become like this!"

(end of this chapter)