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Chapter 205 Rende Marquis's Family Banquet

The sky was as blue as a clear sky, and the golden arrows came through the air, accompanied by bursts of breaking sounds.

After the terrifying sound of breaking through the air was heard, all members of the Tianjiansi Division A reacted.

"Intercept the arrows and protect Lord Shen!" Ding Quan drew the weapon from his waist and shouted.

Many members of Unit A attacked at the same time, trying to stop the arrow.

If Lord Shen is still harmed under their protection, then they will be useless.

But when the golden arrow reached Shen Bai, it suddenly exploded, catching everyone off guard.

The exploding golden arrow instantly turned into a mist, rippling in the sky.

As the fog gradually condensed, it took the shape of a young man.

The man was handsome, with a gentle and elegant air, just like a young scholar.

But if you look closely, you will find that there is a hint of madness in the man's eyes.

Although this hint of madness was hidden very deeply, it was not difficult for Shen Bai to discover it.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Wen Jing, and I'm a gold medal student at Xinhuo Academy."

Wen Jing's illusion looked directly at Shen Bai, his tone devoid of emotion: "I suppose you are Shen Bai, right?"

Shen Bai was surrounded and protected by many members of Division A. Seeing this, he said calmly, "You are so cunning, you are not worthy of talking to me. It would be better if you showed up in person."

Wen Jing shook his head and said, "Although words are as sharp as a knife, at our level, it's not enough to anger me with just a few words."

"Master Shen, do you like this gift?"

"The death of an entire village brought about a dazzling display like fireworks. How about my welcoming banquet?"

There was a sense of intoxication in his words, as if the lives of the entire village were nothing more than pigs and dogs in Wen Jing's eyes.

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "Then, do you like the gift I gave you?"

Next to it, a pile of heads were placed on the ground, looking extremely terrifying.

When Wen Jing saw this scene, his eyes shrank slightly.

This was part of his process. He would kill an entire village and then come back to see Shen Bai's angry and humiliated look.

But he never imagined that there would be so many heads on the ground.

When Shen Bai reminded him, Wen Jing realized that none of those who took action survived.

"Master Shen has good tactics."

Wen Jing exhaled, the madness in his eyes gradually intensified: "However, there will be many gifts waiting for Master Shen later."

"Your illusion, you didn't come here just to talk about this, did you?"

Shen Bai said: "If that's the case, you're not even as good as Wang Tianxing. It's a complete waste of time."

"Master Shen is comparing me to a bronze medal member?"

Wen Jing shook his head and said, "Forget it. I came here to tell Lord Shen what we will do next."

“Everything here, the entire Lingyun Road, will be completely reduced to hell because of Lord Shen.”

"Next, we will give Lord Shen a surprise one after another. I hope Lord Shen can accept it."

Shen Bai didn't say anything.

Ding Quan leaned in and said, "Wen Jing is well-known in the Tianjian Division. He has a twisted personality and is extremely self-confident."

"My favorite thing is to tell the enemy about my plan before implementing it, and then watch them slowly sink into despair."

There is not a single normal person among those who join Xinhuo Academy, they are all crazy.

The same is true for Wen Jing.

Just as Ding Quan said, Wen Jing turned into an illusion this time just to satisfy that twisted idea.

Shen Bai nodded and performed the Wuji Gua technique.

But the illusion before him was rootless and without any clues.

This is because the clues obtained are not enough, or Wen Jing covered up and eliminated the key clues, so the Wuji Guashu cannot be used for divination.

But it's not a big problem.

Shen Bai has always believed that as long as the other party continues to commit crimes, he will be exposed sooner or later. At that time, he will be hit by a storm.

Seeing that Shen Bai had remained silent, Wen Jing asked, "Why? Are you regretting offending Xinhuo Academy?"

Shen Bai said calmly, "I'm thinking about how I'm going to end your life when I catch you."

Wen Jing sneered and said, "If that's the case, then we'll wait and see."

After he finished speaking, Wen Jing's figure gradually disappeared.

Ding Quan turned around, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Shen Bai waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this when we get back. Also, don't tell anyone in the village about Yang Jian's betrayal today."

"After you go back, just make up a random excuse and get away with it."

Although Ding Quan didn't know why Shen Bai did this, since Shen Bai told him, he didn't ask any more questions.

"I humble my duty and obey my orders."

The crowd did not stop and rushed towards the location of the Heavenly Supervisor.

……

After leaving the village, no other abnormal situations occurred. Shen Bai, Ding Quan and others arrived at the Tianjiansi smoothly.

"Ding Quan, call everyone in the Tianjian Division, including the two owners of the registration room and the resource room to come and see me." Shen Bai said.

Not far ahead, there is a five-story building.

Most of the branches of the Jiantian Division in other places look like this, so Shen Bai doesn't need to ask where his office is.

"Yes." Ding Quan answered quickly.

Without further ado, he immediately took his men to various places to look for any members of the Heavenly Monitoring Division who were still there.

Shen Bai went up the stairs of the five-story building and finally reached the top floor.

There were many members of the Tianjian Division in the five-story building. When they saw Shen Bai's appearance, they all stood still like wooden sculptures.

It was not until Shen Bai reached the top floor that they suddenly came to their senses.

"I think I saw Lord Shen just now."

"Yes, it is indeed Lord Shen. He is finally here, but why is he with Ding Quan?"

"Wait, Ding Quan went to deal with that village. In other words, the plight of the village has been known to Lord Shen."

Several members of the Tianjian Division had cold sweat on their foreheads.

Now, Shen Bai encountered this kind of thing as soon as he arrived. If Shen Bai's character is really as capricious as people say in the martial arts world, they will probably be in trouble.

Shen Bai didn't know what they were thinking. At this moment, he was already sitting in the room, tapping the table lightly with his fingers.

There are fine tea leaves and tea-making tools on the table.

Hongzhuang and Amber have emerged from Shen Bai's body. Hongzhuang starts to make tea, while Amber stands behind Shen Bai and massages his shoulders.

Shen Bai was waiting, and at the same time thinking about everything about Lingyun Dao.

There was such a big trouble just after arriving. In fact, in Shen Bai's opinion, everything was expected.

After all, the hatred between him and those evil forces is as vast as the sea, and it is impossible for him to have an easy life.

After waiting for about an incense stick's time, a burst of dense footsteps came from the stairs.

Two middle-aged men led the way and walked towards Shen Bai's room.

The five-story building covers a very wide area, and many important members of the Tianjiansi have also come to the fifth floor.

As soon as I walked in, two middle-aged men began to introduce themselves.

"Wang Teng greets Lord Shen. I am the owner of the registration house of Lingyun Daojiantiansi." Wang Teng bowed.

Another middle-aged man also bowed and said, "Ma Yuan greets Master Shen. I am the owner of the Jiantian Division's resource room."

The remaining four are A, B, C, and D, among which A, D, Quan Shenbai has already seen.

In addition, there were other powerful people from the Tianjian Division who also saluted Shen Bai.

After Shen Bai roughly understood the identities of these people, he nodded and said, "Not bad, you've arrived just in time. Let's talk business."

"Before I came here, my village was massacred, and Wen Jing from Xinhuo Academy threatened me with an illusion. What do you think about this?"

While Shen Bai was speaking, he scanned the group of people in front of him with his red eyes, and already had an idea of ​​what was going on.

At least for now, these people do not have the aura of the Wancheng era.

Hongzhuang poured tea for Shen Bai and winked at him gently, meaning that she didn't feel the people from Wancheng Era either.

In other words, there is no possibility of these people in front of him being possessed by others.

After Shen Bai said this, everyone looked at each other.

Ma Yuan, the owner of the Resource Room, stepped forward and said, "Lord Shen is the Director of Lingyun Dao. How dare they attack? I will have the members of the Tianjian Division work hard to find their whereabouts and then deal them a heavy blow."

Everyone present here has the strength of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. For a Dao-level city, the strength of the Heavenly Spirit Realm is very normal.

Among the four groups A, B, C, and D, except for groups C and D who have the Huaxu realm, groups B and A are both in the Tianling realm.

The two homeowners are at the peak of the Heavenly Spirit Realm and are only one step away from entering the next world.

Such strength is enough to make the evil forces of Lingyun Dao feel fear.

But those evil forces are extremely cunning and hide very deeply.

"You can take the heads I brought back and use them as a basis to look for clues behind the scenes. If you find any, just hand them over to me. Maybe I can find something deeper." Shen Bai said.

These naturally need to be ordered out.

If the members of the Tianjiansi find out what is behind the head through the skull, he may be able to infer more useful information with the help of Wuji Guashu.

If we can figure out the enemy's lair, we can directly wipe it out through the Tianjiansi without wasting any more time.

Ma Yuan quickly nodded and said, "As you command."

Beside him, Wang Teng seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if he was considering whether to say something.

Shen Bai immediately noticed this expression.

Shen Bai frowned and said, "My personality is that I don't want to be timid. If you have anything to say, you can tell me directly. If you feel that you can't express it, I can send everyone away first, and you and I can talk in the room together."

After these words were spoken, everyone, including Ma Yuan, turned their attention to Wang Teng, the owner of the registered house.

Wang Teng smiled bitterly after hearing what Shen Bai said. "Sir Shen, please don't be offended. What I want to tell you is something about Marquis Ren De."

After he finished speaking, everyone present reacted and knew what Wang Teng was going to say.

Lingyun Dao has changed several Taoist priests in succession. For them, replacing Shen Bai is a very common thing.

They all knew the reason why so many department heads had to be replaced.

All of this is due to Marquis Ren De.

If evidence of Marquis Ren De could be found, perhaps Director Si would not have changed again, but the key is that there is no clue about Marquis Ren De.

Shen Bai nodded and said, "I already know what you are thinking. Don't worry, since I have come to Lingyun Road, I will definitely do this."

This is the task given to him by his superiors. It can be said that its importance is self-evident compared to eradicating those evil forces.

But Shen Bai felt that this matter required a long-term approach and it was not something that could be found out just by investigating.

After hearing Shen Bai's answer, Wang Teng quickly nodded and said, "Since Lord Shen knows, I am relieved."

As subordinates of Director Si, they all knew that it was their job and responsibility to share Shen Bai's worries.

So since Shen Bai knew about it, they also understood that there would definitely be next steps.

Shen Bai waved his hand and said, "For now, there are only these two things. Now you can follow these steps to check them out. As for the other things, don't worry about them for now."

According to Shen Bai's previous idea, he had planned to thoroughly investigate the entire Tianjiansi after returning.

The Void-Breaking Red Eye has the function of exploring information. He wants to try and see if he can find any trace of the remnants of the Wancheng era.

But there are not many people left in the entire Tianjian Division now, most of them have gone out on missions, so Shen Bai doesn't feel anxious about this.

Those who go on missions always have to come back, and after returning, he will check them one by one carefully.

Just like Cha Ren De Hou, this is a long line that will take time to complete.

Seeing that Shen Bai was unwilling to say more, everyone nodded in agreement and then left the five-story building.

Ma Yuan was the last one to come out, and he closed the door behind him.

After the door closed, the room fell into silence.

Shen Bai looked at Hongzhuang making tea, lost in thought.

The tea leaves in the cup are slowly sinking to the bottom of the cup.

"Master, do you have a plan?" Hongzhuang added more tea and asked with her head tilted.

Shen Bai nodded and said, "I do have some plans, but they are still being perfected and not yet mature."

Amber was the most heartless one. After hearing what Shen Bai said, she immediately came up to Shen Bai and said excitedly: "Master, are you going to beat someone again? Amber will definitely try her best."

Shen Bai held down Amber's head and gently rubbed her cat ears. He said, "It's not about fighting or killing. I just want to visit the important forces of Lingyun Dao one by one."

When Amber heard this, she immediately became dejected and said with her head down, "If that's the case, Amber can't help much."

She is a very powerful and strange beast.

If it was about fighting, she could provide Shen Bai with combat power, but if it was about visiting the major forces, based on Amber's thinking, she felt that she would not be able to do it.

The classical aura on Hong Zhuang became even more intense after Shen Bai's development that day.

She put down the teapot and gently rotated it so that the spout was facing outward. Then she said, "The master wants to see if there are any people from the Wancheng Era who have been possessed by other important forces."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "That's right. Yang Jian alone can't represent everyone. Maybe some people are unwilling to commit suicide. If we can catch one alive, it will be a major breakthrough. I don't believe they only have accomplices in the Tianjian Division."

Just checking the Tianjiansi will not yield many clues.

If there really is only one Yang Jian, Shen Bai will have wasted his time.

So he planned to turn his attention to the major forces in Lingyun Dao, perhaps there would be new clues.

Hongzhuang nodded and said, "Master's idea is feasible."

Shen Bai stood up and then searched everywhere on the bookshelves in the room.

After a while, he found a thick book. On the cover of the book, there were words written: Lingyun Dao Power Outline.

What this means is that this book records the major forces of Lingyun Dao.

Every astronomical monitoring office has such a book. After all, this is the job of the astronomical monitoring office.

Fortunately, Shen Bai now has the strength of the unity realm, and he can see things very quickly.

It didn't take him long to understand all the major forces in Lingyun Dao.

There are a total of five major forces in Lingyun Dao, and they are constantly involved with each other.

The five forces are Luofu Mountain, Cangyun Ridge, Baixia Gorge, Luoyun River and Tianyun Sect, which are considered to be the top forces in the entire Lingyun Dao.

Among them, Luofu Mountain and Cangyun Ridge are examples of being close to the Heavenly Supervisor.

As for the other three forces, they have an average relationship with the Tianjiansi.

After Shen Bai had a general understanding, he thought: "I can start by visiting Luofu Mountain and Cangyun Ridge, and then go to see the other three forces."

It would naturally be easier to get close to the power of the Tianshi Division.

As for the other three forces, to put it bluntly, Shen Bai's identity as the Taoist priest is here, and if he wants to visit them, the other three forces will not dare to disobey him.

Hongzhuang asked, "Master, shall we start today?"

"There is no time to lose, let's go visit today." Shen Bai nodded.

He was about to go out, and asked Wang Teng in the registration office to arrange a team of people to go with him to Luofu Mountain and Cangyun Ridge. He planned to visit these two forces before today.

But at this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps rang out.

Shen Bai turned around and saw Ding Quan from Unit A walking towards him quickly.

Shen Bai stopped and waited patiently.

After Ding Quan came forward, Shen Bai asked, "You're in such a hurry, is there something you need from me?"

He is the only one on these five floors.

Ding Quan came up so rashly, he must have something to do with him.

As expected, after Shen Bai said this, Ding Quan immediately bowed.

"Sorry to bother you, Master Shen. I have something important to tell you."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "You say."

Ding Quan organized his words and said, "I just received an invitation. Marquis Rende is hosting a family banquet and invites Lord Shen and Lord Zhang, the Taoist priest of Lingyun Dao, to attend."

"Family dinner?"

Shen Bai touched his chin and said, "What is this?"

Ding Quan explained, "The so-called family banquet is the banquet held by Ren De Hou every ten days. He invites everyone in Ren De Mansion to attend, and also invites many martial arts forces, including Baixia Gorge, Luoyun River, and Tianyun Sect."

White Canyon, Luoyun River, and Tianyun Gate?

Shen Bai frowned and said, "These are not forces close to the Tianjian Division."

Among the five major forces, these three are indifferent to the Tianjiansi, but they attend the family banquets of Marquis Ren De every time. This is quite interesting.

To put it bluntly, these three forces may be close to Marquis Ren De.

As expected, after Shen Bai had this guess in his mind, Ding Quan immediately gave a reply.

"Lord Shen's guess is correct. These three factions are close to Marquis Ren De, but the Tianjian Division cannot control them. After all, they have not done anything that violates the laws of the Great Zhou Kingdom."

"Marquis Ren De is quite skilled in the Lingyun Dao. The Tianjian Division has no basis for his actions and it is difficult for them to take action."

After hearing this, Shen Bai understood everything and said, "Pick up your group and follow me to attend this so-called family dinner."

He didn't expect that before he could find Marquis Ren De, Marquis Ren De suddenly found him.

Shen Bai also wanted to know what conspiracy Marquis Ren De had in mind that he wanted to use against him.

Since you've come to me, let's go and take a look.

When Shen Bai said this, Ding Quan immediately nodded in agreement, and then asked another question.

"Do you want to go with Zhang Daoling?"

Shen Bai pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

After all, they are all officials in Lingyun Road, so this is just a matter of course.

Just as Shen Bai said, they are all top figures in Lingyun Dao. If they don't go together on this trip, it would be a disrespect to each other.

Ding Quan agreed, "Then I will take care of it right away. Lord Shen will only need to wait for an incense stick."

After saying that, Ding Quan turned around and left the five-story building without saying anything more.

Here, only Shen Bai, Hong Zhuang and others were left.

Hongzhuang frowned slightly and said, "Master, I'm afraid this family banquet won't be that easy to organize."

"There must be something seriously wrong with Marquis Ren De."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "It's okay. It depends on how he behaves. Emperor Shengwu once told me that if you encounter danger, you can kill first and report later. I've kept this in mind."

There was a faint murderous aura constantly echoing from Shen Bai.

"You guys come inside me first, let me take a look."

Amber and Hongzhuang didn't waste any time. They turned into light, penetrated into Shen Bai's body, and disappeared.

I waited for about an incense stick of time until Ding Quan went up to the fifth floor.

Shen Bai then went downstairs and came to the gate of the Tianjiansi.

Outside the door, Ding Quan selected more than fifty people from each of the A and B groups and waited patiently.

There were many people among them that Shen Bai had never seen before. They were people who had just returned from completing their missions and were all free.

Shen Bai used the Red Eyes to look carefully, but found nothing unusual.

When everyone saw Shen Bai coming out, they quickly clasped their fists and shouted in unison: "This humble official greets Master Shen."

These people are at least at the Heavenly Spirit Realm, while Shen Bai is only at the Unity Realm, two realms lower than them.

But no one dared to disrespect Shen Bai.

After all, Shen Bai's identity is there, and he also has the reputation of being able to overcome adversity. No one knows how strong Shen Bai is.

Only they know that all the descriptions about Shen Bai are actually true.

After all, we are all from the Tianshi Department.

Shen Bai waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the government office and find Zhang Daoling, and then we'll go see what tricks Marquis Ren De has played on me."

"Yes."

Everyone quickly agreed.

Shen Bai raised his foot and walked towards the Lingyundao government office.

……

Lingyun Road Yamen.

As a government office of a provincial-level city, it is naturally much more luxurious than that of a state-level city.

The area it occupies alone is extremely vast.

At this moment, the yamen was bustling with activity.

Several constables pushed open the door of the yamen, and a middle-aged scholar in casual clothes walked out of the yamen.

Behind the middle-aged Confucian scholar were more than twenty constables, each of whom was extremely powerful.

As the Taoist priest of Lingyun Dao, Zhang Daoling was in charge of the reputation of the entire Lingyun Dao and managed Lingyun Dao very well.

"It should be almost time."

After Zhang Daoling came out, he looked at the setting sun and said.

Next to him, a captain of the police came forward and whispered in Zhang Daoling's ear.

"I heard that Shen Bai has already moved into the Lingyun Dao Jiantian Division."

Zhang Daoling frowned when he heard this: "I have also heard about this matter. It seems that Shen Bai also encountered the incident in that village. I just don't know how Shen Bai will deal with it."

The captain shook his head and said, "I heard that Shen Bai went straight back to the Tianjian Division and brought back many heads of evil forces. We are investigating them carefully."

When Zhang Daoling heard this, he was slightly stunned, then he reacted.

"It seems that he is indeed a man of swift and decisive actions, as people say in the martial arts world. However, this is the matter of the Heavenly Supervisory Department, so it would be better for you not to ask too much about it in the future."

The captain quickly agreed without saying a word.

But doubts arose in his mind.

It was Zhang Daoling who asked him to inquire about this information before, but now he suddenly asked him to stop inquiring, and no one knew why.

"Let's go, it's almost time to set off." Zhang Daoling said.

Then, he prepared to rush towards where Marquis Ren De was.

The captain hesitated for a moment, then asked, "I heard that Marquis Rende has also invited Lord Shen. Lord Zhang, won't you be traveling with Lord Shen?"

"If this gets out, I'm afraid people will think that you and Lord Shen are not on good terms."

As soon as he said this, the captain knew that he had said too much again.

After all, as the Taoist priest, he must have considered these matters more carefully than I did.

Zhang Daoling stopped, looked back at the captain, and said, "Don't ask me things you shouldn't ask. I have my reasons for not going with him."

The captain was sweating profusely and nodded quickly.

Zhang Daoling said nothing more and walked out into the street.

Just then, a group of people appeared in front of him.

Zhang Daoling immediately stopped and frowned.

Shen Bai brought the members of the Tianjian Division and walked up to Zhang Daoling. Seeing that they had walked some distance, he also frowned.

This simple social etiquette is actually understood by anyone who has been in the officialdom of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

In a situation like this, Shen Bai was still willing to go alone. He felt that Zhang Daoling seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with him.

Zhang Daoling bowed and said, "It turns out that it is Lord Shen who has arrived. I apologize for being a little rude."

Shen Bai said with a hint of meaning: "Master Zhang is in such a hurry, there must be something urgent."

He didn't know where he had gone to offend Zhang Daoling, but at this moment he felt that some things should be made clear.

Zhang Daoling shook his head and said, "It's not urgent, I just felt that it's just a small family dinner and there's no need to go together."

"If that's the case, then it's not wrong."

Shen Bai said slowly: "But I seem to sense some disgust towards me from Master Zhang."

Under the investigation of the Red Eyes of Poxu, Shen Bai discovered a hint of information.

Especially on Zhang Daoling, the feeling of disgust was even detected by Poxu's red eyes.

Zhang Daoling shook his head: "You take care of your Tianjiansi, and I take care of my government office. We don't interfere with each other, so there's nothing to dislike."

"Mr. Zhang really hates socializing and only wants to do something practical for the people of Lingyundao. Is this answer satisfactory to Lord Shen?"

There was no flaw at all in what Zhang Daoling had just said, and it was flawless.

Even the reasons are given in a high-sounding manner.

In this regard, Shen Bai could only say that he was indeed a scholar.

In this respect, it is indeed seamless.

Things have come to this point, and it would seem a bit petty for Shen Bai to lose his temper at this time.

If they don’t want to go together, then they don’t have to go together. It’s okay for him to go alone.

By the way, you can also see how Zhang Daoling reacts to Marquis Ren De at the family dinner.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai prepared to take Ding Quan and others to where Marquis Ren De was.

But at this moment, Shen Bai, covered by his red eyes, saw a young scholar at the door of the yamen, looking towards him.

The young man was dressed like a scholar. He had a handsome face, but there was a hint of narrowness in his eyes.

Especially the look he gave Shen Bai was filled with deep hatred.

Shen Bai frowned.

He had never met the young man, but he could sense the anger and resentment in him.

After thinking for a while, Shen Bai concentrated his Void-Breaking Red Eyes and explored the young man.

The first thing they discovered was that this young man and Zhang Daoling actually had a blood relationship.

You don't need to look to know that this person should be Zhang Daoling's son.

More information gradually emerged under the investigation of Poxu Red Eye.

After Shen Bai absorbed all the information, there was a hint of disdain in his eyes when he looked at Zhang Daoling.

Zhang Daoling immediately caught the hint of disdain.

Zhang Daoling frowned and said, "Master Shen, what do you mean by this?"

He was unwilling to socialize with Shen Bai, and what he said today was indeed a bit embarrassing.

But he couldn't understand why there was no anger in Shen Bai's eyes, but disdain instead.

Shen Bai waved his hand and walked towards the direction of Marquis Ren De with Ding Quan and others from Unit A.

He seemed unwilling to say a word to Zhang Daoling.

Seeing this, Zhang Daoling took two steps forward, stopped in front of Shen Bai, and said, "Sir Shen, there are some things that must be made clear."

Ding Quan frowned and looked at Shen Bai.

He also couldn't understand why Shen Bai changed so quickly.

Shen Bai glanced at Zhang Daoling indifferently and said, "As a scholar, you lack the integrity of a scholar. I don't want to say any more to you. Now, please step aside. Otherwise, your reputation in Lingyun Dao will be completely destroyed."

When the young man from the yamen heard the coldness in Shen Bai's words, he quietly retracted his head, as if he didn't dare to show it again.

Words appeared on Zhang Daoling's body, which was extremely terrifying.

(End of this chapter)