Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 233 Worldly Barriers! (Long chapter, please vote and subscribe!)

Twilight Temple.

The Supreme Dao Hall.

"The third level of synesthesia has a wider coverage range, improved accuracy, and greatly enhanced resistance to interference."

In addition, the previous [Night Favorite] has been transformed into a brand new special effect, [Nightmare Walker], after incorporating other breathing techniques.

Nightmare Walker: When the sun sets and all is quiet, and children crawl into bed and drift off to sleep, the monster of the night, representing fear, descends upon the world. According to legend, it is called "Nightmare".

In the darkness, your attributes will receive a significant boost.

There is no night, but you can create one. Close your eyes, consume all the "Nightmare Power" within your body, and darkness will descend upon a hundred-meter radius centered on you. The duration of the darkness is related to your stamina attribute.

"Nightwalker is essentially a fully enhanced version of the Nightbringer form. It creates conditions where none exist, no longer restricted by the environment, and fully utilizes the subjective initiative of the breathing technique." Li Wei was excited.

"In this way, after the fusion, in addition to the Dragon Warrior and the Wrathful Dragon Lord, there is another form, which is the Nightmare Form."

The remaining two effects, [Danger Sense], are actually [Spider Sense], but with a slightly enhanced effect.

The heart of the heavenly wind has not changed.

"Overall, the biggest gain is the Nightwalker."

It's time to leave. It seems there's a tricky situation in the territory that requires my intervention.

Li Wei walked out of the Jidao Hall.

The Supreme Dao Hall was the name he gave to his main hall.

Every official member of the Twilight Knights has their own private hall.

The Temple of the Five Colors of the Light Knight, the Temple of the Blood God of the Blood Knight, the Temple of the Black Demon of the Black Knight, and the Temple of Ashes of Hogger.

"Commander, Andrew has something urgent to discuss with you," the Blood Knight said upon seeing Li Wei emerge from seclusion.

"I understand. I came out of seclusion this time to resolve this matter. I will be leaving Twilight Island for a while, so I'll leave this place to you to guard," Li Wei said.

"Yes, Commander."

"How is Kelvin's training progressing?" Li Wei asked.

"Kelvin has great talent. Judging from the current trend, he will definitely be able to reach the legendary level in the future," the Blood Knight said.

"Keep an eye on him in the future; he's the descendant of an old friend of mine," Li Wei said before leaving the area.

……

Flower City.

It was the month of flowers, and the plains outside the city were bursting with life, with wild bees buzzing around.

In contrast, within the city walls, one could see people everywhere who were emaciated and covered in sores.

Li Wei watched all of this calmly.

"Although the technology of this era is backward, with the extraordinary power of the Church, there should not be such a large-scale plague outbreak. The plague came too suddenly, there must be some force behind it."

Livy met Andrew inside the castle, where he was arranging for the bodies to be burned.

"How many people have died?" Li Wei asked.

"Since the plague appeared in the city, hundreds of people have died in just one month. We have tried all sorts of medicines and methods, but we have been unable to cure the plague," Andrew said.

"What's the Holy Light Church up to? These residents are all their followers," Li Wei said calmly, gazing at the distant church.

To be honest, the territory is no longer of much use to Li Wei.

He has already found the alternate dimension, and he plans to use it as the base for his Twilight Knights and his future headquarters.

However, he himself had gradually developed his territory, and now that he had the ability, he couldn't bear to see so many of his citizens die from the plague.

"The church can't take care of Flower City right now. Many cities in the south have been hit by the plague. Compared to that, Flower City's situation is actually the least affected because of the protective gear you made, Master," Andrew said.

"I understand. Go and find me a patient infected with the plague."

"OK."

Not long after, Andrew brought a girl with him.

The girl looked to be around twenty years old, an ordinary farm girl. Her hands were covered in calluses from working in the fields, and on the back of her hands were foul-smelling pustules.

Her face was numb, because not long ago, the plague had taken the lives of all her relatives. They didn't even have the chance to be buried; they could only be taken away and cremated together.

Li Wei led the girl named Cui Li to a secret room.

Then he gently touched Cui Li's forehead, and Cui Li fainted.

This is a very simple wizarding trick; it's actually hypnosis.

"Let me see what's causing this."

As Li Wei finished speaking, his right arm suddenly turned into a blood mist and flowed into Cui Li's chest.

Not long after.

The blood mist returned, and Li Wei's expression turned cold.

"Corpse plague..."

Li Wei himself was a third-circle pharmacist and also had some knowledge and research on plague.

He initially determined that the plague was a corpse plague, and if Li Wei hadn't guessed correctly, its source should be... ghouls.

According to Frankenstein's monster handbook, ghouls live year-round in dirty, decaying ancient tombs, and like to keep company with corpses. These creatures love to sneak into tombs and steal the rotting corpses of the tomb's owners, and they always carry all sorts of germs.

There are many potions for treating plagues in the Wizarding World. Although there is no potion specifically for treating corpse plague, Levi felt that with his potion-making knowledge, it was only a matter of time before he could concoct a suitable potion.

"Drug mixing!"

Li Wei placed his palm on Cui Li's forehead.

The true form of the mixed poison emerged, and a swarm of tar-like, highly toxic substances surged in as a thin thread.

Then, all the corpse poison particles in Cui Li's body were devoured by the swarm of highly toxic substances.

After a period of time.

Li Wei withdrew his hand.

A foul-smelling substance appeared in his palm.

"Even the swarm of venomous creatures can't bring themselves to eat it; it's truly disgusting." The swarm of venomous creatures can devour all sorts of poisons, but for this corpse poison, it only sucks it out without digesting it.

Ghouls are an extremely filthy group of creatures. It is said that this race worships the Father of Plague, one of the four evil gods of chaos, and considers him the source of all poisons and the most defiled being in the world.

Li Wei had no interest in finding out who was behind the plague; that was the church's job.

He only wanted to develop a special medicine formula so that his people and soldiers could take the medicine and become immune to the plague.

Concealing his true form as a mixed poison, Li Wei pointed a finger at Cui Li's brow.

In a daze, Cui Li woke up, rubbed her eyes, and looked at the back of her hand. Although the pustules were still there, the excruciating pain and the feeling of being worse than dead were gone, and the stench had begun to dissipate.

She knew that it was this adult in front of her who had saved her.

"Thank you, sir."

"No need to be polite. I've only temporarily forced the source of the plague out of your body. You may still be infected with the plague."

In general, although knights can also be infected with the plague, the probability is far less than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, in addition to medicine, physical constitution is also key to fighting the plague.

Unfortunately, ordinary people in this world are not qualified to practice the Knight Breathing Technique.

This is the tragedy of those at the bottom.

Li Wei was not a god, and he could not save these people.

All I can say is that if someone appears right under his nose and he can help them out, he won't refuse.

The time that follows.

Li Wei spent his days studying medicine, pharmacology, plague, ghouls and other related subjects in the Castle of Flowers.

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Three months later, Li Wei finally succeeded in developing a medicine to combat the corpse poison.

Because it was developed in the flower city, he called it "Hundred Flowers Medicine".

The materials needed for the Hundred Flowers Elixir are not high-level materials; they are all common potions found in the wizarding world and also distributed in some places in the human world.

After all, this corpse poison isn't a particularly difficult virus to deal with.

In Li Wei's view, the reason why this plague could rage for so long was simply because the people who taught this group of people were obsessed with power and accumulating wealth all day long, but they had no real research ability.

After the Hundred Flowers Elixir was successfully developed, Li Wei immediately conducted experiments in his territory. The results were very good. After taking the medicine, the symptoms of those infected with the plague were quickly relieved, and a month later, they returned to normal. Apart from some scars, they were no different from ordinary people.

……

The year 1088 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Primordial Moon.

Over the past period, the plague in Flower City and Stormwind City has been gradually brought under control.

It is said that there was a wandering doctor named "Watson" who often appeared in the streets and alleys of these two cities, selling a kind of medicine called "Hundred Flower Elixir".

All patients who took the herbal decoction of a hundred flowers recovered completely shortly afterward.

The herbal medicine was very cheap, and even the most ordinary serfs could afford it.

Gradually, titles such as "Miracle Doctor Watson" and "Doctor of a Hundred Flowers" became widely known in the southern region.

Many noble lords are urgently searching for this doctor.

Unfortunately, this doctor's whereabouts are unknown, and to this day, no one has seen what he looks like.

The mortals who bought the potion only said that Dr. Watson wore a common bird-beak mask and was tall and thin, but no one could say for sure what his specific features were.

Later, the legend of the divine physician Hua Sheng also appeared in some cities in the south, such as Bauhinia City and Green Tree City.

Before long, the plague in these cities subsided.

After appearing in more than a dozen southern cities, Dr. Hua Sheng disappeared without a trace, and no one has ever found him again.

Some say that Dr. Watson died because he was on the front lines of the fight against the plague for a long time and encountered an even more terrifying plague.

Some say that Dr. Watson was killed because he blocked the path to wealth for some people who were profiting from the plague.

In short, Dr. Watson disappeared.

However, many cities are still suffering from the plague.

Ordinary people prayed for the appearance of Dr. Watson, but their hopes were dashed time and time again.

In the end, they could only pray to the gods in their hearts.

……

Peacock City.

Headquarters of the Holy Light Church.

At the summit of Paradise Mountain.

A young man dressed in hemp clothing was sitting under the statue of the Father of Heaven when a saint, looking hurried, flew to him, bent down, and presented him with a small bottle of medicine.

"Your Holiness, this is the Hundred Flowers Elixir."

Saint Yelin took the bottle of potion and calmly examined it.

"It's clearly the work of a wizard," Yelin said with a smile.

"My lord, should we intensify our efforts to find that divine physician, Watson?" the saint asked.

"No need. This potion is enough. The fact that they were able to develop a targeted potion in such a short time means their cultivation level and knowledge must be quite high. If they wanted to hide it, you wouldn't be able to find them," said Saint Yelin.

"Then I'll have the priest analyze the ingredients of this potion, replicate it, and develop our holy water. Because of the delayed response to the plague, the faith of some believers in the community has become wavering. Some people have even privately built shrines to the divine physician Watson to worship him, which is a great disrespect to the Father in heaven! We have already destroyed them," the saint said.

"This plague originated in the Tuva Empire and then spread to the Peacock Kingdom. Someone is deliberately targeting us. As for who it is, I think I already know, but it still needs to be verified," the sage said.

"My lord, it seems that our church has been dormant for too long, allowing some forces to begin to stir. Next, we need to do some things to establish our prestige and solidify the faith of the Father," the saint said with a gloomy expression.

"That's right. We must handle the plague properly. It doesn't matter if a few people die, but it is a big deal if it affects Father's faith."

The astral plane has recently experienced some turmoil. That being in the Chaos Wilderness has started causing trouble again, and the Father and Mother must deal with it carefully.

Of the seven gods, only the Holy Mother is trustworthy; the other five are all treacherous and untrustworthy.

The ensuing resurgence of the demonic tide is destined to be a chaotic era. The "Dust Barrier" surrounding the seven continents also begins to tremble due to the power brought about by the convergence of celestial spheres and the collision of planes.

After the war of the gods, some remained on the other side of the mortal realm, and they may still be alive. These could be our enemies, and we need to prepare in advance.

Upon hearing of the disturbance in the mortal barrier, the saint's expression changed slightly: "My lord, will the mortal barrier not be broken?"

The saint looked calmly at his disciples and said softly, "The barriers of the mortal world will surely be broken; it's only a matter of time. Nothing is eternal, divine power is not lasting, and even gods can fall."

If you were in the Astral Plane right now, you could see that in the boundless dark lands, many planes around the Nora Plane have been drawn in and are about to intersect with it.

This is the power of planes. Even gods cannot stop it. Moreover, this plane convergence is the largest and longest-lasting convergence in history. After this convergence, some smaller planes may be permanently integrated into the Nora plane, while the Nora plane will expand again, and its plane hierarchy will leap forward.

Those subspace realms folded onto the surface of the Nora plane will also return to the Nora plane. What does this mean? Do you know?

The saint's face was grave as he murmured, "The wizard will return..."

"That's right. Not only will the wizards return, but because of the leap in the Nora plane, the upper limit of legendary wizards will be raised once again. In that case, the gap between legendary wizards and the seven gods will be infinitely narrowed, and the gap between some powerful legendary wizards and the gods will be close to nothing... Wizard civilization will become even more powerful," the saint said.

"In that case, the gods will have even less of a deterrent effect on wizards... and those blasphemers will become even more unscrupulous," the saint said.

"Theoretically, that's how it is. However, the convergence of the celestial spheres is a very long process. For a long time, the wizarding civilization and the gods will still live in peace."

But we must be prepared. Faith is the foundation of the gods. If the entire Nora plane, including the land of the forsaken gods, can become a place of faith for the Father, then the Father's power will reach a new level. Wizards can become stronger, and gods can also become stronger.

Therefore, our goal is to sow the seeds of faith in the Father and spread the Father's glory throughout the entire Nora plane.

"I know what to do," the saint said, and quickly left with the herbal potion.

The sage's gaze was profound as he murmured to himself, "The Hundred Flowers Elixir... Could it be the Knight of Flowers who entered the wizarding world?"

The saint naturally knew something about the famous legendary knights in history.

According to his investigation, after becoming a legend, the Knight of Flowers entered the wizarding world and became a wizard. This potion was made by wizards and is also called the Flower Elixir.

That "divine doctor Watson" is very likely the "Knight of Flowers"!

About a month later.

The Church of Holy Light announced that it has successfully developed "Holy Water No. 99" which can fight the plague.

After the holy water was introduced, it was quickly bought up by members of various noble families and royal families. In addition, the Holy Radiance Church also gave the holy water to high-quality believers or fanatical believers in order to consolidate their faith.

Then, the spread of the plague in the southern cities of the Peacock Kingdom was gradually brought under control.

……

Twilight Island.

temple.

Li Wei held a vial of Holy Water No. 99 in his hand.

"Plagiarism! This infringes on my intellectual property rights! This church is shameless!" Li Wei said indignantly.

"Well, in this way, I have achieved my goal. After all, my original intention was to save these miserable mortals. As long as the result is good, that's enough."

Li Wei calmed down.

The legendary healer Watson, of course, refers to himself.

His reason for spreading the potion throughout so many southern cities was twofold: firstly, to save more people, and secondly, to prevent Flower City and Stormwind City from standing out too much and being suspected by the Church or the mastermind behind the plague.

After all, both Flower City and Stormwind City are the fiefdoms of the Black Serpent family. If Li Wei only saves these two cities, some people will make connections and might start to unravel the mystery and uncover Li Wei's true identity.

As for being plagiarized by the church, he didn't care anymore; the pseudonym "Mr. Watson" was over.

If the influence of the miracle doctor continues to grow and seriously threatens the foundation of the church's faith, then the church will certainly spare no effort to find the miracle doctor Watson, which would definitely not be worthwhile for Li Wei.

Although he now has power, he will avoid conflict with these unreasonable people in the church if possible.

"In this way, the plague problem will be solved. Next, we can focus on cultivating the Golden Serpent Breathing Technique, cultivate the Golden Serpent to the fourteenth level as soon as possible, advance to the second transformation of blood source, and then go to another dimension to investigate the situation."

Li Wei's plan is proceeding in an orderly manner.

……

The year 1090 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of Vitality.

The Great Expedition is in its 59th year.

The Frosty Realm, also known as the Realm of Ice.

Compared to the Azure Realm, which encompasses the entire Endless Sea, the Frozen Realm's area is probably less than one percent of the Endless Sea.

The entire Frozen Realm was a vast expanse of white as far as the eye could see.

Snow-capped mountains, ice fields, permafrost, glaciers, ice rivers... these constitute this world where there is only winter, ultimately because the elements of frost are too abundant here.

Although the battles in the Frozen Realm are not as intense as those in the Endless Sea, they are still not to be underestimated.

Silver Dragon Snow Mountain is a cluster of snow-capped mountains located in the northern part of the Frozen Realm.

Amidst the swirling snow and ice, a group of wizards are engaged in a magical duel.

The two groups are from the Tower of the White Bear and the Cavern of the Arctic.

The Tower of White Bears is a second-circle wizard organization in the Silver Dragon Snow Mountain region, belonging to the White Wizard faction.

The [Polar Caverns] are a dark wizarding force, also a second-circle wizarding organization. The wizards of this organization live underground year-round, and most of its members are wanted criminals or murderers.

These two wizarding organizations are already the most powerful wizarding organizations in the Silver Dragon Snow Mountain region.

A witch dressed in a bearskin coat is fighting the enemy, carrying a long spear and holding a staff.

Her enemy was a bald, burly man with his upper body bare, seemingly unfazed by the cold of Silver Dragon Snow Mountain. He was a rare first-level body-refining wizard.

"Lady Elsa, I've heard you're a queen on Earth. Why don't you come to our Arctic Cave and experience the joys of being a queen in the underground..."

The bald wizard grinned, his fist covered in frost, his arm like an ice sculpture, as he slammed it toward Elsa.

The powerful fist smashed the icy arrow that Elsa had shot at her, turning it into ashes.

"My body-refining technique has reached a minor level of mastery. Ordinary first-level ice spells are almost ineffective against me. With your strength, you'd better just surrender obediently. That way, when I capture you alive, you'll be spared some physical pain. Hehehe." The bald wizard shot out, his icy hand reaching for Elsa's chest.

"Don't even think about it!" Elsa threw down her wand and angrily drew the spear from her back.

This is the weapon she forged for herself, the "Eternal Night Spear".

It is made entirely of mithril, with a significant amount of obsidian mixed in.

A snap.

The long spear repelled the icy hand.

Elsa used the momentum to retreat.

Then she thrust her spear out like a dragon, the silver spear light hurtling towards the enemy.

"Interesting. I've long heard that you are a legendary knight among mortals. As expected, tsk tsk tsk, a woman like this is even more exciting... A legendary female knight, a queen of a country, and a witch, she has three identities. She's making my mouth water."

The bald wizard advanced instead of retreating.

His body-refining method is called the "Frost Body Refining Technique".

It was a body-refining method that he obtained by chance from an ancient wizard's ruins.

This method, based on the "Frost Meditation Method," integrates various spells from the Frost School, such as "Ice Crystal Body," "Frost Skin," and "Ice Jade Bone Technique," to form this set of methods for wizards to refine their bodies with ice.

Once mastered, one can create the [Frost True Body], where every movement can transform parts of one's body into eternally frozen ice, granting increased defense and power.

If it is successfully refined, it is said to be comparable to the legendary Frost Giant race.

It's important to know that the Frost Giants are one of the most powerful groups among the giants, with members possessing an average strength comparable to a mid-level wizard!

He had only mastered the "Frost Body Refining Technique" to a minor degree, yet he was already comparable to a first-ring wizard, demonstrating the immense power of this body refining technique.

Elsa was humiliated and angry, but she quickly regained her composure.

Her wizarding talent was actually quite good; she possessed a rare dual talent in water and wind, a dual affinity that made her extremely suitable for practicing the spells of the ice school.

Water and wind give rise to ice. If it is fire and wind, or earth and fire, which are mutually compatible, then there is no way to cultivate ice magic.

Aside from those extremely rare individuals with special talents, Water and Wind Affinity is among the top-tier talents of the Ice School.

Unfortunately, Elsa embarked on the path of wizardry too late, having missed the optimal time for training. Although she worked hard to catch up with her talent, she only reached the level of a first-ring ordinary wizard, still some distance from becoming a first-ring senior wizard.

Fortunately, she was also a legendary knight in the mortal realm, practicing the "Aurora Breathing Technique" of the Eternal Night Royal Family.

Aurora bird.

A legendary divine bird, pure white in color, said to live in a dark place year-round.

Whenever it awakens, a shimmering white glow spreads through the eternal night, dispelling darkness and bringing eternal light wherever it goes, hence the name "Aurora Bird".

This is a powerful divine bird on par with the Phoenix, possessing unparalleled speed. If the Emerald Dragon is the "Green Light of the Multiverse," then the Aurora Bird is the "Eternal Aurora."

It is said that when the aurora bird exerts all its strength, even the light can only follow behind.

And this moment.

Suddenly, a white light shone around Elsa, making her almost blend into the vast snow-capped mountains. Her body emitted a soft white glow before disappearing without a trace.

One of the amazing aspects of the Aurora Bird Breathing Technique is invisibility.

Immediately afterwards, a snow line suddenly appeared in the snow ahead.

"Invisibility? A piece of cake."

The bald wizard's eyes gleamed; it was a trick that could see through common low-level invisibility spells.

However, the bald wizard made a shocking discovery.

His magical eyes were unable to see the other party's whereabouts.

"Hmph, even with the snow line there, I can still find your tracks, unless you can walk on the snow without leaving a trace."

The bald wizard snorted coldly.

He punched in the direction from which the snow line was coming.

But they found that they had smashed nothing.

"Your body-refining technique is too slow."

A clear, cold female voice came from behind, and then a long spear flashed with white light, shooting out of the air and stabbing towards the bald wizard.

Ice crystal armor materialized behind the bald wizard.

"Ice Extreme Break!"

The Eternal Night Spear's power is concentrated at a single point, relying on terrifying speed and possessing immense penetrating power.

Click.

The ice armor shattered.

The bald wizard cried out in pain.

Splatter, blood flowed freely.

"You actually broke through my Ice Armor?"

The bald wizard's face was contorted with rage.

The next moment, more and more snow lines appeared around him.

It looks like there are many Elsa running around.

This made it impossible for the bald wizard to tell where the real Elsa was.

"Ice Light Slash!"

A dazzling beam of light shot through the air.

The bald wizard's head had already fallen to the ground.

The next moment, his body vanished from the spot.

Taking advantage of the chaos, a figure leaped into the air and quickly left the battlefield.

night.

Somewhere in Yinlong Snow Mountain.

Inside a deep, dark crevice in an ice cave.

Elsa leaned against the ice wall, panting heavily.

"The high-intensity operation of the life seed is too physically demanding for me."

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly. In the depths of her heart, a beautiful white mythical bird lay dormant, looking as weary as she was.

"Unbeknownst to me, I've been in the wizarding world for so long, yet I'm still only a first-ring wizard. Sigh..."

Elsa ate food and drank medicine to replenish her strength.

She took out the bald wizard's storage bag and examined it.

"I actually have two thousand Tai Shi... That's great! I can buy some more meditation aids, enough for me to cultivate for a while and strive to break through to the first level of senior wizard as soon as possible."

"Huh, what's this? Ice... Body Refining Technique?"

Elsa stared at a blue stone slab in her hand, which emanated a chilling aura.

She examined it closely and realized that it was not a stone slab, but some kind of solid, unmelting ice, on which was recorded a powerful body-refining method.

"The Art of Frost Body Refinement" is written by Mellon, a wizard of the Frost Faction and the Wizard of Ice Fist.

After reading the body-refining technique, Elsa's expression showed slight excitement.

"No wonder that bald man's body is as strong as a legendary knight's. He is actually a rare body-refining wizard. My Aurora Breathing Technique focuses on speed, which makes my physique, defense, and strength relatively weak."

If I possess this body-refining technique, my physical attributes will become more comprehensive, especially my defense, which will be greatly enhanced.

With the help of the Ice School's spells, my strength will soon rival that of a top-tier first-level senior wizard.

Unfortunately, after achieving legendary status, there's no further path to follow. Otherwise, the Aurora Breathing Technique would have been incredibly valuable. Once my wizarding cultivation advances to the second ring, my breathing technique will become unnecessary.

Elsa sighed; this was the dilemma of chivalry.

The next day.

After resting, Elsa headed towards the Tower of the White Bear.

In the distance, she saw a white tower that had been broken in half, with ruins scattered all over the ground.

"teacher!"

Elsa arrives at the deserted White Bear Tower.

Broken corpses were everywhere, like shattered pieces of ice sculpture.

These are the corpses of wizards, frozen and then smashed by powerful ice magic.

"Senior sister..." Elsa stared at a split witch's head in front of her.

This is the person who brought Elsa to the wizarding world.

"The Polar Cave!"

Anger was building up inside Elsa.

She knew that the war between the Tower of the White Bear and the Cavern of the Arctic was already decided.

Their own organization was destroyed.

The organization's legacy, including the storage bags found on the bodies of the dead, was all looted by the black wizard.

Even the herb garden in front of the wizard tower, which was planted with ice-type herbs, is now completely empty.

This is the Wizard Wars, cruel and bloody.

Elsa did not find her teacher's body, presumably because it had been completely destroyed or he had been captured.

"This is no place to stay. Let's leave first. Teacher, senior sister, Elsa will avenge you."

Elsa made a silent vow, and her figure disappeared into the vast snowfields and mountains.

Her companions have passed away, and she is now alone on the road ahead.

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