Do not die

After more than a month, Meng Zhou returned to the courtyard of Zhuangtianzhuang and looked at the dilapidated scene. Meng Zhou felt quite emotional.

Originally, at its peak, nearly two hundred second-order spiritual plants were planted in this small courtyard.

In the later period, there were only a few spiritual tea trees and spiritual fruit trees left dotting it.

But because for more than a month after he left, the formation was tightly closed, no one came in or out, and no one took care of it, so all the few spiritual plants died in the special environment of Sanchuan Plain.

And the water in the water storage pond with a wall of 20 meters high has long since dried up.

What surprised Meng Zhou was that those spirit lotuses were not completely dead, but actually had some vitality left.

Soon, Meng Zhou knew the reason.

When Meng Zhou left with the two mysterious turtles, the water in the pond was still basically full.

Although the special nature of the Sanchuan Plateau spiritual veins means that these water reserves cannot be maintained for a long time and will evaporate at a far faster rate than normal.

But it is still a water storage pond that is twenty meters above the ground, four to five meters deep underground, and covers an area of ​​about one acre.

Even if it evaporates quickly, it will still take a long time for so much stored water to dry up completely.

From the time he left in late December last year to the time he returned now, only one and a half months have passed.

Therefore, the time when these spiritual lotuses are actually without water is not too long.

"Your vitality is really tenacious." Meng Zhou couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

These second-level low-grade spiritual lotuses are of the lowest quality among the spiritual plants in this courtyard.

When I first lived here, I found some incomplete spiritual lotus seeds from the bottom of the dry pond and cultivated them.

Meng Zhou, feeling something in his heart, stretched out his fingers to pop out a few rays of magic power, and injected them into the spirit lotuses that still had vitality left.

With the integration of mana, the remaining vitality of Linglian, which was once just a hair away from death, grew rapidly. Before long, huge lotus leaves with tall and canopy shapes stood in the pond like umbrellas.

What surprised Meng Zhou was that the spiritual lotuses he restored did not stop at recovery. Their quality had mutated and improved to varying degrees.

Among them, five plants have broken through the shackles of the second-order low-grade and have the quality of the second-order mid-grade.

This aroused great interest in Meng Zhou.

Although, in terms of practical value, it would not be of any help to him to evolve these mutations into the second-level mid-level Linglian.

What he values ​​​​is their high proportion of mutation and evolution itself.

He speculated that the reason why their rate of mutation and evolution is so high is related to their survival from "death situations" twice in a row.

These two experiences broke the strong and stable "genetic chain".

"If this is the case, then wouldn't I be able to artificially increase the chance of spiritual plant mutation and evolution through deliberate guidance?"

Meng Zhou naturally turned around such thoughts.

But soon, he took the initiative to suppress these thoughts in his heart.

He took the two mysterious turtles out of their animal bags and put them into the dry pond.

When he broke through the pill formation, Meng Zhou also gifted the three skills of "Spirit Channeling Technique", "Spirit Fusion Technique" and "Spirit Control Technique", making them the own abilities of the "Five Elements and All Forms Body".

Now, he can directly talk to the two mysterious turtles with his thoughts, and their spiritual fluctuations can be "translated" by him into accurate languages.

After receiving his order, the two mysterious turtles immediately formed a thick layer of clouds and rain over the water storage pond.

Soon, torrential rain fell from the clouds and rain.

Then, Meng Zhou took out more than a dozen spiritual plants from the "grove" of the third-level cave and transplanted them into the courtyard.

After doing all this, Meng Zhou sat quietly under the eaves of the Yashe and brewed himself a pot of spiritual tea.

After a while, Yang Chong and Liu Ying, who had been summoned by him, came outside the courtyard formation to ask for a meeting.

After letting the two people in, Meng Zhou first paid attention to their practice progress these days, and updated the spiritual body information collected from them in real time.

Then, he told Yang Chong that from today on, the ten thousand acres of spiritual fields will resume normal irrigation again.

During the period when he left for retreat, the Sanchuan Society took over the irrigation work of these ten thousand acres of spiritual fields.

It was a completely formal and reasonable approach. On the surface, it was completely solved without going through the levels of Kan Yue and President Pan. Governor Li came forward directly to solve the problem.

The only price is that after the Lingtian output is harvested in the future, these services will be paid to Sanchuanhui at a discount from the Lingtian output.

Because of this service, the activities of village owners have become more free, and they do not need to be "imprisoned" in Sanchuan Plateau for a long time. Therefore, many village owners will leave for a period of time every three or four years to deal with various problems. affairs.

Therefore, there is nothing suspicious about Meng Zhou's approach. This is a normal approach in the Sanchuan Plain.

After explaining the matter, when he saw that the two of them were about to leave, Meng Zhou suddenly felt something in his heart and called the two of them.

"Wait a moment."

Yang Chong and Liu Ying stopped and looked at Meng Zhou with some confusion: "Senior?"

Meng Zhou asked: "What long-term plans do you two have for the future?"

Seeing that the two of them were still a little confused, Meng Zhou added, "You won't farm in Sanchuan Plateau for the rest of your life, right?"

The two understood what Meng Zhou meant. Liu Ying looked at Yang Chong. Yang Chong hesitated for a moment and then said:

"Senior, to be honest, the years we have been farming here with you have been the life we ​​dream of most.

With you protecting us from the wind and rain, we don’t need to worry about the outside world.

I can also get your guidance on practice and improve my practice.

If possible, of course we would like to have such good days forever. "

After hearing this, Meng Zhou's expression remained normal, and he had even predicted Yang Chong's upcoming turn in advance.

“But as I progressed to Foundation Establishment, the little experience I had in the past became even more inadequate.

So, we did have some ideas.

After his strength has improved further and he has the basic ability to protect himself, he plans to leave Sanchuan Yuan for a while and travel around Qingxuan Territory. "

Yang Chong, who said what he was thinking, was still a little uneasy.

Meng Zhou nodded slightly in understanding. It was not surprising that the two of them had this idea.

In fact, this is the growth rhythm of normal foundation building.

Even a genius needs to travel frequently.

In a situation like Meng Zhou's, as long as there is a stable and suitable environment, it takes less than ten years to go from a newly promoted foundation builder to a newly promoted core builder. This is abnormal.

Meng Zhou saw that Yang Chong was a little uneasy and said:

"Don't be nervous. I don't mean to restrict you two. I just want to understand more clearly so that I can make arrangements in advance."

After hearing this, both the couple breathed a sigh of relief.

The two of them felt that they had received a lot of favors from Senior Zhuang. If Senior Zhuang had other arrangements for them, or just didn't want them to leave, they wouldn't be able to make a good decision.

"Can you have a specific time plan?" Meng Zhou asked.

Understanding Senior Zhuang's attitude, Yang Chong and the other two became much calmer. Yang Chong thought about it carefully and said:

"If we really want to consider this matter, we must at least wait until we both reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment."

The purpose of traveling abroad is to expand knowledge and experience, and to understand and practice the Dao through practical experience.

Instead of just letting the good days go by, I simply want to go out to endure hardships and seek abuse.

Therefore, the action plan must at least wait until the two of them have a firm foothold at the foundation level and have sufficient life-saving means.

Therefore, there is no need to consider this matter in the early stage of foundation building. Even after entering the middle stage, decisions must be made after comprehensive evaluation and introspection.

After hearing what Yang Chong said, Meng Zhou also nodded lightly.

The two of them completed the breakthrough from Qi training to foundation building in the middle of last year, and now, they are able to stand firm at the first level of foundation building.

Based on the talents of the two, especially the spiritual abilities gained during the foundation building period, Meng Zhou judged that there would be basically no major bottlenecks during the foundation building stage.

But it should take three or four years for them to advance to each small level in the early stage of foundation building - among normal monks, this can already be attributed to the extremely talented and top group.

Therefore, it would be more than ten years before the two of them entered the middle stage of foundation building.

Meng Zhou, who knew it well, nodded: "So, you two will not leave Sanchuan Yuan in a short time?"

The two nodded.

"Do you two have the idea of ​​running a farm again?" Meng Zhou asked again.

They both shook their heads.

Yang Chong said: "As long as senior doesn't dislike it, we are willing to take care of the farmland for you."

"Well, next, I plan to devote more time to personal practice and will be in retreat all year round.

Apart from ensuring that the spiritual field has sufficient water supply, there is no time to be distracted by anything else.

I want to leave all the chores in this ten thousand acres of spiritual land to you two.

In addition to daily irrigation, it also includes monitoring changes in the land atmosphere of Lingtian and the growth status of spiritual plants.

If you have any problems, don't report them to me. You two can contact Governor Li directly and let Sanchuan solve it. I will no longer directly intervene. "

Yang Chong nodded. In fact, this is how he got here in the past two or three years.

"In the future, whenever Lingtian produces something, there is no need to ask for my opinion. Except for the Sanchuanhui share, the rest can be sold directly through the help of Governor Li.

Keep 70% of the spiritual stones sold to me, and keep the remaining 30% for yourself. "

At first, Yang Chong kept nodding, but later, they were shocked when they heard that 30% of the income from Lingtian would be shared with them.

Yang Chong quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, I'll take care of the spiritual field for you. We don't want the spiritual stone."

Meng Zhou waved his hand and said, "Listen to me."

After the two of them calmed down, Meng Zhoucai said:

"I know that you two should still have some savings in hand when you sold that farmland.

Those spirit stones seemed to be a lot when you were still practicing Qi, but now that you both have advanced to foundation building, it's different.

Apart from anything else, those few spiritual stones are not enough for you two to buy a few better-quality second-level magic weapons, right?

Since you two have travel plans, Liu Ying, you should consider increasing the number of high-quality beast masters from now on, right?

There are also various minor materials.

All in all, it is impossible not to have stable spiritual stone income. "

"One more thing, these spirit stones are not all for you, specifically, they are for your entire team." Meng Zhou looked at Yang Chong and said.

Hearing this, Yang Chong was stunned for a moment, and then he realized something.

"I will give you 30% of the income. I will not interfere with how you two divide it.

My hope is that when you two leave Sanchuan Yuan one day and travel, someone who can do the job will take your place and take care of the spiritual field for me. "

Yang Chong nodded suddenly.

In other words, they must identify and train at least one or two capable and good-natured new foundation builders during this period.

This is indeed a very, very important thing.

Yang Chong nodded heavily, but Meng Zhou added:

"In this matter, I hope you won't act on your own initiative. For example, because you two have good talents and you have less need for spiritual stones, you can give them less and give more to the people below.

You also need to consider the situation after you two leave, so don't leave me a mess.

You must set the rules for me from the beginning.

Only in this way can latecomers have laws to follow. "

"I understand." Yang Chong said seriously.

"A number of spiritual fields will enter the mature stage in August and September this year. Let's implement this method then." Meng Zhou said.

At the beginning, Meng Zhou only managed one thousand acres of spiritual land.

Later, in order to practice the art of surging ground waves, another three thousand acres of land were cleared, and three kinds of spiritual herbs and elixirs were planted according to Governor Li's suggestions.

It has been six years now, and August and September this year will be the time when these magical herbs and elixirs mature.

"Yes." Yang Chong nodded heavily in agreement.

Then, Meng Zhou looked at Liu Ying and asked, "Have you joined the Professionals Association now?"

Liu Ying was originally a high-level beast master. After completing the foundation building, her schedule became more flexible. She was promoted to a second-level low-level beast master without realizing it, and she also successfully entered the first level of the puppet master profession.

Liu Ying shook her head and said: "I have never thought about this matter. What suggestions do you have?"

“Join, with the help of this platform, you can communicate with more peers, and it is easier to obtain higher-quality professional inheritance.

Moreover, with this level of identity, it will be much easier to travel everywhere in the future. "

Meng Zhou thought about it, and instead of directly giving Liu Ying more relevant professional inheritance, it would be better for her to obtain it through the formal channel of the Professionals Association.

"...However, after joining the association, just be an ordinary second-level member and don't get involved in the power struggle within the association."

Meng Zhou finally warned her like this.

…

After the two people left, Meng Zhou summoned the Earth Spirit Lotus clone that had been recalled from the underground quiet room of the Sanchuan Society headquarters and placed it in the quiet room.

Finally, he told the two Xuanling Turtles to "take good care of their homes", and then the real body quietly used the Five Elements Escape to hide underground and leave.

Now, Meng Zhou can include any location within a radius of 500 miles into the moon mirror's observation.

Even though Zhuang Tianzhuang is more than sixty miles away from the third-level cave, he can still communicate directly with the two mysterious turtles through the moon mirror anytime and anywhere.

The distance of more than sixty miles will not weaken his control over the two mysterious turtles.

Before the two turtles passed through the tribulation and their bloodline sublimated and transformed to the third level, Meng Zhou had no more plans for them.

He just needs them to grow and accumulate step by step.

In fact, after Meng Zhou completed the elixir formation, he could do many things that he could do immediately.

Among them, including the transformation and improvement of Yaya and the golden armored spirit insect.

And whether it is Yaya or a golden-armored spirit insect, the process of advancing from the second level to the third level will inevitably be very noisy.

Meng Zhou had no intention of doing this in Sanchuan Plain.

Jade Lake and Qinglin Peak are also not considered.

The target he chose was the third level evil vein.

However, considering the danger of the third-level evil veins, Meng Zhou did not plan to go now.

Apart from other things, there was no way he would go back and forth twice for such a thing.

Therefore, this plan must be considered at least until the two Xuanling Turtles have completed the second level of accumulation and are confident of overcoming the tribulation and entering the third level.

From this perspective, the two turtles did delay the progress of Yaya and the Golden Armored Spirit Insect.

For this reason, when Yaya said goodbye to the two turtles, she directly urged: "You two, don't wait too long, please hurry up!"

…

Meng Zhou used Five Elements Escape to hide and return to the third-level cave in Sanchuan City. President Pan was already waiting outside the cave in advance.

This is because Meng Zhou specifically notified him after he came out of seclusion.

This is also a convenient place. Now, President Pan does not need to communicate covertly through Kan Yue and can visit freely.

After introducing President Pan into the cave, President Pan handed a storage bag to Meng Zhou.

"I have dealt with all the things. Some of them are particularly sensitive, such as the third-level white bone flying sword magic weapon. They were all bought by Xuanyuanzi as his contribution.

Other items were also handled properly, and those that were appropriate were digested within the congregation, while those that were inappropriate were dispersed through the black market.

All the spiritual stones obtained are here. "

Meng Zhou glanced at it with his consciousness and found that there were six thousand high-grade spiritual stones lying inside.

At first glance, this is an amazing fortune.

But if you consider that this is a collection of two pill-forming demon cultivators and more than 200 Qi-training and foundation-building cultivators, you won't think that this amount is large, but rather shabby.

This is of course not all the gains from clearing the Demon Nest. For the monks of the Lihen Sect, the most precious item is the Lihen statue, and all of those Lihen statues are now in Meng Zhou's hands.

In addition, there are a large number of second- and third-level spiritual materials in Meng Zhou's hands.

In addition, there is another item that is also in Meng Zhou's hands, and that is the entire formation that supports the entire demon nest in the belly of the mountain.

The total value of these things will not be less than the six thousand high-grade spiritual stones in this storage bag.

However, if these things fall into the hands of anyone other than him, it will be difficult to maximize their value.

Therefore, Meng Zhou thought for a while, took two thousand high-grade spiritual stones from the storage bag, and threw the remaining four thousand high-grade spiritual stones in the storage bag to President Pan.

President Pan was surprised: "Sir, did you get too little?"

Meng Zhou waved his hand and said, "I still have some things in my hand, but I won't give them to you."

Let’s not say who contributed more or less to the Lihen Sect’s lair, he or Ding Ning.

Ding Ning told him in advance the possible dangers during the process of forming pills, and secretly protected him while he was rushing to form pills, and shared her own experience of forming pills with him without reservation...

Meng Zhou agreed with her about these things.

Seeing his firm attitude, President Pan nodded, collected the storage bag, and did not continue to struggle with the matter.

Instead, he talked about two other things.

The first thing concerned President Pan himself. After hearing what he said, Meng Zhou was also a little surprised.

"Are you planning to rush through the pass and form an elixir now? Isn't it a little too hasty?"

Although President Pan also has peak foundation-building cultivation, given his age and talent potential, if he rushes into the test without thorough preparation, there is at least a 90% chance of failure.

President Pan shook his head and said: "I am self-aware. I have no intention of going through the tribulation. I will be satisfied with forming a fake elixir."

Meng Zhouyi was stunned, then nodded slowly.

Of course he didn't think that President Pan was going to destroy his future, but now the Sanchuan Club happened to have another choice.

Sanchuanhui has a share of Tai Sui flesh and blood.

Little did he know that President Pan had another purpose in doing this, which was to use this method to "tie" Ding Ning's hands and feet so that she would not dare to mess around.

President Pan has discovered that after successfully forming the elixir, Ding Ning has always been restless and eager to try.

It's like holding a long straight stick in your hand, looking at the young vegetable seedlings and wanting to decapitate them.

It's only February now, and President Pan is confident that he can successfully complete the fake elixir promotion within half a year without considering the tribulation.

Therefore, he brought up the second thing, which also surprised Meng Zhou.

"The Pill Formation Celebration?"

President Pan not only wants to hold the Dan Dan Ceremony, but also wants to schedule it in late September.

It is also the most lively exchange meeting every year.

He made it clear that he wanted to do something big.

The monks successfully form elixirs, follow the path of greatness, enter the temple, and become the top group of people in the spiritual world. From then on, they can call themselves "real people" and basically hold grand celebrations.

This is a traditional custom recognized by the entire cultivation world. The greater the power, the louder the momentum will be.

If a third-level sect like Qingxuan Sect has a true elixir formation, not only will the sect hold a grand celebration, but other neighboring third-level sects will also be invited to participate.

Therefore, President Pan’s idea is not considered deviant, but just follows the traditional customs of the spiritual world.

President Pan nodded and said: "This is not only the hope of all parties, but also an excellent opportunity for you and Ding Ning to integrate into the circle of alchemy monks in Qingxuan Domain."

"This time, if we can organize your and Ding Ning's elixir formation celebration together, not only those who are stationed in Sanchuan Plain, but also those who are cultivating in Cuiyu Lake will definitely attend the appointment."

In the Qingxuan Domain, even if the Qingxuan Sect loosened restrictions, there have been some non-Qingxuan Sect alchemy cultivators appearing in recent years, but the number is not too large.

The Four Essentials of Cultivation, the Dharma Ground for Financial Couples.

The higher one goes in cultivation, the fewer people are traveling with him, so this opportunity becomes more precious and no one will miss it.

Although, this is not necessary for Meng Zhou.

In fact, he would rather be quiet.

But since we are in such an environment, why should we be unconventional and different from ordinary people in such inconsequential things?

Therefore, Meng Zhou thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, then I will take this opportunity to organize the elixir formation celebration together."

After saying that, Meng Zhou paused and said to President Pan: "Go and inform Tu Baiyao about this, so that the Blue Blood Army can also participate."

President Pan agreed decisively, and couldn't help but marvel at the character of "Mr. Zhuang" again.

At this time, being able to take the initiative to think of the Jade Blood Army and bring them along with him proves that "Mr. Zhuang" really takes the Jade Blood Army to his heart.

If the Jade Blood Army takes this opportunity to show their face, let alone anything else, their position in the main palace of Sanchuan Yuan City will be completely stable.

…

After agreeing on these, President Pan took his leave and left.

After pocketing the newly obtained two thousand high-grade spiritual stones, Meng Zhou also took the opportunity to take stock of his savings.

Before today, he had accumulated a total of 4,280 high-grade spiritual stones in his hands.

Compared to the year before, there were 1,800 more.

Among them, 1,700 pills were the medical fees collected from treating Bixuejun patients in four installments last year.

The other hundred pills were the difference in price from the twenty-four fake elixir puppets that Meng Zhou gave to the Blue Blood Army last year.

The reason why he gave the Jade Blood Army twenty-four fake pill spirit puppets last year was because the Jade Blood Army collected another hundred third-level spiritual materials for him last year.

There are five of them, and they are all of third-level mid-grade quality.

If these spiritual materials were converted into spiritual stones, they would be worth 3,500 high-grade spiritual stones.

Of course, if it were the other way around, even with such a large number of spiritual stones, it would be impossible to buy such a large amount of third-level spiritual materials.

If he used spiritual stones to pay the bill, the spiritual stones in his hand at that time were not enough to pay.

Therefore, Meng Zhou took out twenty-four fake alchemy puppets to pay the bill. According to the price of 150 high-grade spiritual stones for each fake alchemy puppet, the total price was 3,600 high-grade spiritual stones.

Therefore, while purchasing one hundred third-level spiritual materials, Meng Zhou also purchased an additional hundred high-grade spiritual stones for the price difference.

The reason why the Blue Blood Army is willing to spend a lot of money to acquire so many fake elixir puppets again is because the power of the Blue Blood Army is divided between the Blue Blood Plains and the Sanchuan Plain.

In order to protect the interests of Sanchuanyuan, the proportion of power on Sanchuanyuan's side has been continuously increased. Under normal circumstances, this will inevitably lead to the emptiness of Bixueyuan's power.

A large number of fake elixir puppets were added to fill this gap.

It needs to be mentioned that although the combat power of the fake elixir spirit puppet is comparable to that of the fake elixir, it is still a spirit puppet after all, not a real person. Compared with the real fake elixir, there is a clear gap in judgment and execution ability.

Not to mention the fake elixirs from the Blue Blood Plains, which grew up from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and endless battles. One of them can at least defeat the weight of two or three fake elixir puppets.

The Blue Blood Plains are not satisfied with just filling the original power gap. They also want to continue to do "additions" in the Blue Blood Plains. In addition, the Blue Blood Plains have always been "militant" and invest all their profits in buying better and more spells. Tradition on resources such as utensils and elixirs.

This made the Jade Blood Army willing to invest a large amount of spiritual stones in special combat tools such as fake elixir puppets.

The original savings, plus the 2,000 high-grade spiritual stones purchased again today, bring the total net worth to 6,280 high-grade spiritual stones.

The amount of pocket money such as other mid-grade and low-grade spiritual stones seems to be quite large, but in total there are not ten high-grade spiritual stones.

After taking inventory of the spiritual stones, Meng Zhou took inventory of all the spiritual materials.

The third-level spiritual materials he cares about most mainly come from three sources. One is the remaining spiritual materials he used to exchange for the spiritual puppets from the Jade Blood Army for the first time. The second is the ones provided to him by the Jade Blood Army last year. The third is Li Li. Harvest from the hate sect lair and the two pill-forming monks.

There are a total of seven copies of the third-level mid-grade spiritual materials, and a full two hundred copies of the third-level low-grade spiritual materials.

The number of second-level spiritual materials is even greater.

Meng Zhou made some calculations in his mind. With his current skills in making spirit puppets, he only needs to make full use of those third-level low-grade spiritual materials, so that he can continuously complete the Dacheng and the master level in his third-level spirit puppet making skills, and achieve breakthroughs. to the master level.

However, Meng Zhou thought about it carefully and gave up the idea of ​​investing time in this aspect.

As long as there are enough materials, the spirit puppet skill can be leveled up at any time.

The most important task now is to successfully advance the soul refining method and body refining method to the third level.

This is the most important thing right now.

In this choice of one or the other, after a little weighing, Meng Zhou listed the "body refining method" as the focus of this stage.

Because Meng Zhou has very mature experience in this regard.

When building the foundation, in order to make up for the shortcomings of the "body refining method", Meng Zhou had been immersed in this method for a long time.

Borrowing the characteristics of all third-level cultivation methods, we first set the general outline of the "Black Tortoise Carrying the Monument True Gong", and then set a rough framework for it with reference to the Mountain Ape Carrying the Mountain True Gong and the Furnace Golden Body True Gong.

Now, Meng Zhou, who has successfully returned from the calamity with his physical body, has completely entered the third level of body refining. All he has to do is to continue walking along the path he has walked before.

This realization took several months to pass.

Before he advanced the Black Turtle Bearing Tablet True Skill to the third level, the third level Spring Water Sutra had already completed the accumulation of the entry stage and advanced to the first level.

…

March.

Cultivation progress +90, one level of elixir formation is 180/10,000;

Third level Spring Water Sutra +1800, entry level 3600/7500.

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April.

Cultivation progress +90, one level of elixir formation is 270/10,000;

Third level Spring Water Sutra +1800, entry level 5400/7500.

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May.

Cultivation progress +90, one level of elixir formation is 360/10,000;

Third-level Spring Water Sutra +1800, entry level 7200/7500.

…

June.

The third level of Chun Shui Sutra has completed the accumulation of the entry stage and advanced to the first level. (End of chapter)