What kind of bad thoughts can Tianlei have?

Facing a group of lunatics, Yumiandao finally made up his mind and killed Du Shenglan.

The coercion of the nine-fold thunder catastrophe is too strong, and even basic dodge is difficult in the inner circle, let alone flying and teleporting. As long as the catastrophe disappears, he will have many methods to use.

I only hope that the broken immortal luck can be within a controllable range, and the corpse can be put into the storage ring and taken away. After dissection, maybe the unconsumed Wushou Stone can be found.Up to now, Yumian Dao can only think about the bright side, and when it is a last resort, he must consider leaving through the boundary wall in advance.

The moment Yumian Dao burst out with all his strength, Du Shenglan already felt that something was wrong.

Without the aura umbrella of the Sun sisters, Yumian Dao had to bear a lot of pressure, but at this moment, he chose the same way as Du Qingguang, trading wounds for kills, ignoring the spells bombarding him from behind, speed Attacked towards Du Shenglan.

Du Shenglan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the other party would make a move in person.

Yumian Dao naturally considered sacrificing others first, but the surviving sword servant was seriously injured, even if he was not injured, under the pressure of such a catastrophe, it is unlikely that the sword servant would kill Du Shenglan at once.The sword waiter doesn't have much luck, and if he fails to hit him, he will die immediately under the catastrophe. This kind of death is completely worthless.

As for self-explosion, everyone is in an inner circle, and the knife servant self-explosion is limited by the coercion of the catastrophe and cannot be far away, and he himself has no good fruit to eat.

Yumian Dao: "Surrender!"

"How did you kill me here?"

Judging from their conversation just now, I shouldn't be in the range of candidates.

Faced with that shameless surprised face, if the situation was not critical, Yumian Dao would have liked to cut him into pieces and torture him to death bit by bit.

Seeing this, the head of Tiansheng Academy almost couldn't hold back his attack, and suddenly remembered Du Shenglan's identity as the robber, so he stopped in time.

For a short-distance burst, the speed of the Yumian Dao was relatively fast, but at about the same time, a sharp wind swept across him.Seeing the afterimage from the side of the eye, Yumiandao was surprised to find that the figure was faster than him. Previously, Gu Yamu had been using treasures to resist the catastrophe, and Yumiandao didn't care too much about his strength, but at this moment Gu Yamu Not only did Yamu surpass the Yumian Dao, but he also stood in front of Du Shenglan: "How is it possible..."

It is impossible for a human being to be faster than himself, even a monster.

The closer he was to Du Shenglan, the greater the pressure of Jieguang on his head, but Gu Yamu was able to confront Yumian Dao with his shoulders.

A body-refining cultivator, wearing a treasured armor, or... a special race?The time of contemplation did not stop the Yumian Dao from making a move. Facing the approaching light of the Dao, Gu Yamu suddenly hit the face of the Dao with his fist, and the aftermath of the sudden shock rushed to Du Shenglan's side.Although it was not heavy, two bolts of lightning shot out of the robbery in an instant and hit Gu Yamu and Yumiandao. This was the way of heaven as a punishment.

After being struck by thunder, Gu Yamu remained expressionless, and so did Yumiandao. After a while, Yumiandao spat out a little blood, but Gu Yamu was still in the same state as before.

At first, Yumiandao suspected that he was pretending, but after another fight, it was determined that under the same punishment from Heavenly Tribulation, the opponent would be much less affected than himself. Finally, after being hit by Jieguang for the third time, Yumiandao found Gu Yamu Before each shot, it seemed that he was still performing other exercises, and he was also silently chanting something.

Du Shenglan knew what was going on at a glance from the corner of his eye. Gu Yamu had spent a lot of time researching how to go against the will of heaven to minimize damage.Yumian Dao is more worn out than Gu Yamu, and sooner or later he will die himself.

After a few fights, Yumian Dao had already missed the best opportunity, and there were still people watching behind him, who might sneak attack at any time, so he didn't dare to waste it without fear.

Taking a few steps back, Yumian Dao's eyelids twitched suddenly when he turned sideways, no one chased after him at all, and the rest of them surrounded the Sun sisters and the sword waiter.As these lunatics said, killing one is one.

"Husband!"

Unlike the Yumian Dao, the Sun sisters were obviously better at defending. The aura umbrella above their heads was gradually dissolved by Pei Liuyan's silk, and Du Qingguang's sword light forced them back again and again.

"Damn it!" Yumian Dao's complexion changed, and he protected the Sun sisters with the little leftover luck. At the same time, the sword in his hand was like an arrow piercing the clouds, and he was one step ahead of him to intercept the sword light that was calling on the Sun sisters.Du Shenglan originally wanted to devote his energy to paying attention to the situation of the battle, but the light of the thunder above his head suddenly flickered a few times, and the thick purple robbing light finally had a tendency to collapse, changing from a solid rock to countless small wandering arcs.

"The opportunity has come."

Du Shenglan looked up at Ziguang, tried her best to move her stiff fingers, and held Zhanyue Sword again.With a slash of the sword, another snakeskin bag on Jiu Nu's back was torn apart, and the breath of the ghost cultivator leaked out instantly. Du Shenglan avoided the two ghost cultivators when he slashed the blade, and simply used them to attract Jieguang to overthrow.The remaining few weak ghost cultivators died under the extremely lethal sword strokes. With the help of the golden light of merit, Du Shenglan further repaired the wounds in the internal organs.

After he was [-]% sure, he no longer hesitated, swung his sword and rushed towards the Jieguang above his head like a broken bamboo.

The dull explosion sound exploded in the inner aperture. The monk who escaped by chance a second ago was running far away. He saw circles of ripples spreading layers of apertures in mid-air, like the explosion of a certain star. Live and fly back.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, that's why I took a look."

Watching the excitement this time, they obviously have to be more vigilant, and they are separated by a long enough distance.

Someone was uncharacteristically, and Yu Jian approached the outer sky of the aperture.

In Li Daozi's eyes, what he saw was not Jieyun, but the amazing sword. I am afraid that there will be no one in this world who can use Zhanyue swordsmanship to such a level, and Zhu Mo can't do it either.Zhumo's Zhanyue Thirteen Swords can be said to be complete, but Du Shenglan has reached the state of perfection, containing a trace of the power of heaven and earth.

The purple-red aperture is like the sun being shot down, falling to the surface, the rocks shattered, and the surrounding thunderbolts are still surging towards the central area before they are shattered. Most of the thunder disasters in the outer aperture are one or two The energy released by the heavy catastrophe.The strongest part has collapsed, as long as Du Shenglan has a little spare energy, it is not difficult to deal with it.

The thunder surged like a flash of light, and the picture was spectacular, but to Du Shenglan, breaking through it again was just a matter of a sword.

Du Shenglan rushed up to meet the last robbery cloud from the gap he had just cut, and thunder cracked every inch of the sword light. Amidst the loud noise, golden light appeared in the sky, and then condensed into a half-empty, half-real figure.This figure is close to Du Shenglan's temperament and stature, but without facial features, the golden light seems not enough to supply it with enough energy, and the figure shrinks back an inch.

Some funny scenes appeared in mid-air, but no one could laugh.

"Dharma body."

Only after truly enlightening to the Dao, can the Dharma Body be condensed if the persistence to a Dao has reached the extreme. The average monk can do it in the period of crossing the catastrophe.Of course, there are also extremely outstanding people who can cultivate the embryonic form of Dharmakaya in the Mahayana realm.

The stronger the dharma body, the stronger the spiritual and combat power, which is the capital of becoming an immortal.When Yumian Dao went down this time, he sacrificed a dharma body.

Yumian Dao suppressed the horror in his heart, and the hand that had never trembled before holding the sword when facing a powerful enemy, at this moment, unnaturally succumbed.

"The rudimentary form of the dharma body has appeared, and this person has set foot on the road to the sky with half of his foot."

It is absolutely impossible for a monk at this age to cultivate into a dharma body.Yumian Dao secretly hated: "Wugou Stone, it must be Wugou Stone!"

The Wugou Stone is really miraculous and extraordinary, there are few records in the book, it is only said to be a treasure, but I did not expect it to have such a powerful energy.It's no wonder that a person like his master would enter the Jedi three times in order to find the Wugou Stone.

The golden light dissipated, and the dharma body flew into Du Shenglan's body.

The indescribable jealousy made Yumian Dao's judgment biased. It is true that Du Shenglan's ability to cultivate the embryonic form of the dharma body played a key role, but it was far from enough. The spectacle of that is a seed that is only now being truly stimulated.

The remaining electric arcs ran wildly, and a gust of wind blew up in the void.

Not long after, the aura turned into rain, Du Shenglan's cracked wound began to heal, and the internal organs that were about to be shattered in the robbery before were rejuvenated with vitality and vitality. The rain of aura slowly dripped from his hair. He just stood there, as if representing the pinnacle of an era.

The real state of the atmosphere was exposed, and those who could still maintain their rationality and stood watching from a distance couldn't help but look up and stare. Someone said in a hoarse voice: "Fit together."

Once Venerable Youlan was born out of nowhere and suppressed the genius of an era, described in the book as unprecedented.Now, the Jiuchuan Continent has reached the 20-year-old combined state, and I am afraid that in the next few epochs, no latecomer will be able to catch up.

Du Shenglan stood in the void where everyone was looking at, and there was a emptiness in his heart. It wasn't that he was too cold at the height, but he was far away from the real height.

"The plan to build the holy land of practice has died." He sighed helplessly.

The magic liquid on the ground has turned into a pool of foul-smelling water, and the real space of the magic abyss has collapsed. Whether it is Jiyapo or here, what is left is just useless waste water.Presumably in the near future, it will even disappear in the sun like ordinary sewage.

Inadvertently meeting the murderous intent in Yumian Dao's eyes, Du Shenglan clenched his sword tightly.But soon, he felt relieved. Jiu Nu covered his lips and stood not far from the Yumian Dao. From the trembling of his back, it could be seen that he was coughing from time to time. Gu Yamu and Pei Liuyan joined hands to attack Tian Sheng The dean of the academy launched a second attack.

Without the pressure of the Heavenly Tribulation, everyone can come and go freely, and fight freely, the dean of Tiansheng Academy's threat of self-destruction is no longer established.

Jiunu seemed to be looking forward to the old man being killed, and did not interfere with Pei Liuyan's behavior. He looked at Yumiandao and said slowly: "Madam's servants are gone, are you still thinking about killing people?"

Everyone's attention was unconsciously taken away by Du Shenglan before, Yumian Dao was distracted for a moment because of Wugoushi, but someone seized this opportunity well.

"I will kill you." Yumiandao looked at the sky and said a harsh word, tearing apart the space to catch up.

Du Shenglan felt that this sentence was familiar, and recalled it, the man with the iron hook in Mingdu seemed to have said this sentence before he was killed by his own setup.The other one who said that he couldn't say enough words... His eyes fell on the head of Tiansheng Academy who was fighting with others, and he probably was not far from death.

After landing, Du Shenglan walked to Jiu Nu: "Mother, where is Du Qingguang?"

The other party shouldn't have watched the dean of Tiansheng Academy be killed.

"Grab the sword waiter and leave."

Between the sword servant and the dean of the academy, Du Qingguang chose the former.

"Whose family did the Sun sisters fall into?"

"Monk of the five aggregates."

"..."

Du Shenglan was surprised: "Both were taken away by the great monk?"

Jiu Nu thinks there is nothing surprising.

Du Shenglan realized later that Monk Wuyun was also one of the Tribulation Periods in this world, but the other party was too low-key, at least he looked kinder, and it was easy for people to ignore this fact.

After thinking for a while, he asked again, "Did you see a little monk?"

Du Shenglan owed Jie Chi a few favors, and successfully got the inheritance from Tiansheng Academy that day and left. Later, when he went to Jinchan Temple to get the inscription, he couldn't do without Jie Chi.

Jiu Nu coughed for a long time, and said slowly that when she came, she seemed to see a little monk with a cassock on his head, and kept watching the situation inside under the light.

It sounds like people should be safe.

"Godmother, wait for me a moment."

Du Shenglan walked to the master of the Beast Master Sect: "For this matter, please trouble your Excellency to make this trip in vain."

The original plan of fusing immortal energy and devil energy to create a blessed land was shattered just like that.The master of the Beast Sect also had some regrets: "How can everything go well, it is a blessing to be able to escape from the Demon Abyss this time."

The underground space didn't collapse so quickly. There is a high probability that the consciousness of heaven is forcing the consciousness of Moyuan to hand over Du Shenglan to be hacked, just like the monk who was rejected by the small world and died under the catastrophe.However, Moyuan didn't have any complete consciousness in the first place, and it was all supported by Wugou Stone. Tiandao forcibly sensed Moyuan's consciousness, which delayed the collapse of that space.

Du Shenglan: "If there is a chance in the future, I will make the Jiuchuan Continent no longer divided into the North and the South."

The Beast Familiar Sect in the Northern Territory is brutal by nature, not to mention killing monsters, they are just as ruthless to their own kind. Gu Yamu even killed two of them in the Endless Sea. Du Shenglan has long wanted to clean up the old scores.It's too troublesome to run between two places these few times. He is basically a monk in the southern region. It's time to expand the scope of his business.

The words are not ashamed to hear, but when spoken by a 20-year-old fit period, the weight is different.

There was a little more smile in the eyes of the master of the Beast Sect.

the other side.

Two fists are hard to beat with four hands, let alone facing two people whose realm is higher than oneself.Facing the crisis of life and death, the head of Tiansheng Academy let out a low growl and shot with all his might.

There was a polite conversation not far away——

"Sovereign, go slowly, I won't send you off."

"Fellow Daoist can come to my Beast Sect as a guest at any time, and you must sweep the couch to welcome you."

"You are too polite, just call me Sheng Lan."

After watching off the master of the Beast Sect, Du Shenglan started talking to the master of Tianji Building again, and the president of the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce took the opportunity to join.

"Don't blame Du Xiaoyou. I was also deceived by Pan Tianhe. I only acted because of my interest. I will definitely give you an apology when I go back."

"Understood. Everyone makes mistakes. May I ask if this gift can be chosen by oneself?"

"It's not... no."

"Chairman, go slowly and contact me again."

The owner of Tianji Building gave Du Shenglan a card: "The VIP card of Tianji Building, you can enjoy discounts when purchasing information with the card."

As a big consumer of Tianji Building, even a little discount can save a lot of expenses. The owner of Tianji Building doesn't owe Du Shenglan anything, it's just a small good relationship.

"Go slowly." Du Shenglan waved to the owner of Tianji Building who flew away in the sky.

Looking back, Du Shenglan looked at the principal of Tiansheng Academy and frowned when he saw the people fighting, "Why are you still alive?" Then he sighed and said to Jiu Nu, "Godmother, help me send him away."

The dean of Tiansheng Academy was almost pierced by Pei Liuyan's silk, the corners of his eyes were bleeding, and he said angrily, "Do you just hide behind women?"

Du Shenglan's smile didn't reach his eyes: "My opponents are usually very unreasonable."

No matter how much others go too far, they just hit the young ones and the old ones, and when they come to him, the old ones come one after another.

The hatred in his heart continued to explode, and for a moment the head of Tiansheng Academy even swore that if he could get close to Du Shenglan, he would definitely choose to blow himself up, so that the opponent's way would stop here.It's a pity that Du Shenglan is very cautious, people are farther away than those watching the excitement, and now he has to rely on voice transmission for a word or two.

"Explosion!" The principal of Tiansheng Academy suddenly shouted.

The powerful impact pressure spread around, thinking that he was about to explode, Gu Yamu and Pei Liuyan retreated at the same time.Something indeed exploded, but it didn't seem to be the principal of Tiansheng Academy himself. Du Shenglan vaguely saw a figure fleeing towards the sky.

"This is……"

Jiu Nu: "The Dharma Body explodes."

Du Shenglan couldn't believe it, the principal of Tiansheng Academy actually cultivated a dharma body.

"Being able to become the dean of the Holy Land is naturally not a simple person." Jiu Nu could see it clearly: "He should have condensed a Dharma body a long time ago, but he suffered instead."

Du Shenglan humbly asked for advice.

Jiu Nu lazily rubbed his temples: "Isn't this obvious? The old man hasn't entered the tribulation until now. It can be seen that he has spent a lot of time and energy on perfecting the law." He raised his eyelids and glanced at Du Shenglan: " Don't follow him to be bad."

Du Shenglan knew that this was Jiu Nu's reminder to herself that practicing Dharma Body too early would be counterproductive.

Detonating a dharma body, delaying the time for the head of Tiansheng Academy, Pei Liuyan stood there for a while, not looking at Du Shenglan or Jiunu, but looking at the place where the sword servant fell down earlier.

Du Qingguang severely wounded one sword servant, and took away the body of another sword servant.The value of the pair of sisters should be greater than that of the sword waiter. Why did Du Qingguang choose to take the sword waiter first?

After being silent for a while, Pei Liuyan didn't know what to think, and was about to leave. Before leaving, he looked at Jiu Nu and said meaningfully, "live well".

After finishing speaking, he tore apart the space and left.

Du Shenglan's eyes moved slightly, Jiu Nu wanted to devour Pei Liuyan to prove the truth, but Pei Liuyan seemed to have the same idea.When the other party split the demon for the first time, maybe it was not strong enough to allow the demon to escape, but in the next few times, it was done deliberately, it seemed to be cultivating Gu.Pei Liuyan wanted to kill the most powerful inner demon with his own hands, so as to prove the truth.

Jiu Nu's complexion was pale by nature, and her lips were even redder when she smiled. There was a piercing smile on the corner of her mouth. Although Pei Liuyan had left, she was still looking in that direction. After a long while, she looked away and asked, "Wang?" Where did you go?"

Du Shenglan shook his head.

In order to activate the formation smoothly, he invited the Yin dog, the master of the beast control sect and Wuyun monk to help him that day, but he did not see the Yin dog in Moyuan.

I hope it's not because the other party is too dark to see in the darkness.

There were a lot of people watching the excitement from a distance, Gu Yamu stood here as the head of the Pei family, unable to talk too much with Du Shenglan, after saying 'see you at the Renyi Hall' through the sound transmission, he left first.

It's meaningless to stay here, Du Shenglan asked Jiu Nu if he wanted to leave together.

Jiunu smiled happily: "Let's go, the godmother will go back to Mingdu and grab some 'game' for you."

Du Shenglan said with a sneer, "No need for now."

He has just broken through, and it is easy to be empty and not filled.

The monks surrounding the Medical Valley dispersed automatically, looking at the backs of the two people leaving, some were discussing the identity of the nine slaves, and some went to see the magic liquid to study what was abnormal.

Du Shenglan took a long detour outside, and now he pays a lot of attention to his actions. He didn't take the opportunity to sneak back to the Hall of Renyi until Jiu Nu got rid of those eyes staring at him from the dark.

In an absolutely quiet place in the backyard, Gu Yamu, wearing a mask with green face and fangs, was talking to the You Brothers, not showing off his anger.

Du Shenglan thought from the bottom of his heart that the other party acted like what he was. When he was the head of the Pei family, he had a restrained and vicious demeanor, and when he played the role of the head of the lore hall, he was in a domineering and mad state.

After the You brothers escaped from the hands of the ghost cultivator, their injuries have only recently healed completely. Pei Ying is not here today, so the two came to ask Gu Yamu if there is anything he should do.Just as Gu Yamu opened his mouth, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked sideways.

Looking at each other, Du Shenglan asked: "When you were struck by lightning, did you have any old injuries? I will help treat and check later?"

Unexpectedly, he would say this in the first sentence, Gu Yamu felt warm in his heart, and then decisively rejected the offer.His zhenqi was a little out of order, and when he thought of Du Shenglan treating him last time, the feeling of releasing electric current from his fingertips to the scales, his zhenqi was even more out of order.

"Call me anytime you need it." Du Shenglan didn't force himself, walked around him, and entered the inner room to retreat and consolidate his realm.

Come out again, it is seven days later.

Before Pei Ying came back, Du Shenglan went to find Gu Yamu first, as usual, to find out if any major events happened during the retreat.

"There has been no thunder or rain in the last seven days."

Du Shenglan reacted for a moment, making sure he was referring to normal weather.

Isn't it normal that it doesn't rain?

Gu Yamu: "There is none in the entire Jiuchuan Continent."

This is a bit strange.Just as Du Shenglan was about to ask, Gu Yamu had already given an answer: "It is generally believed that it is because of you."

"Ok?"

"During the two days you were trapped, as soon as the news spread, monks from all over the world began to go through the catastrophe crazily. According to incomplete statistics, there were dozens of catastrophes a day in Anwu City and Qinzong alone. There are hundreds of robbing lights, and the Jiuchuan Continent strikes tens of thousands of thunders a day."

Du Shenglan was not there, some thieves had a guilty conscience and seized the time to start crossing the catastrophe.

Gu Yamu picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea: "If you are the way of heaven, you will be annoyed too."

I didn't do anything for a day, just went to thunder.

"..."

The two were talking, and a few raindrops fell, and the downpour poured down without warning.

The rainwater was blown into the pavilion, Gu Yamu didn't care about the tea that was poured into the rainwater, and drank it in one gulp: "It seems that the Tao of Heaven has recovered."

Du Shenglan smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly finished eating the pastry before it was ruined by the rain.

……

Between the two of them, Gu Yamu had to go back to Pei's house to sit in town from time to time, and had already torn skins with Tiansheng Academy. The decline of Tiansheng Academy did not happen overnight, and the Pei family had to face a lot of pressure.Fortunately, following Pei Liuyan's attack that day, a signal was exposed to the outside world: There may be two members of the Pei family who have survived the robbery.

It was also because of this concern that Tiansheng Academy did not act immediately.

It's almost the end of the year, and the Qiu family has been very cautious recently. Gu Yamu was going to completely solve Pei Jiuxing's celebration of the New Year. Considering that the elder did not directly reveal his identity last time, this plan was delayed for a while.However, he changed the identities of the You brothers and placed them in Pei's house, and was responsible for keeping an eye on Pei Jiuxing.

Gu Yamu and Du Shenglan agreed that perhaps Pei Jiuxing could be used to lure Xuzhou out.

The end of the year.

When the Pei family worshiped their ancestors, Gu Yamu had to be present the whole time.

The Hall of Renyi was deserted that day, Du Shenglan was collecting records related to the immortals, and at the same time kept contacting the Tianji Building, hoping to get from them what Du Qingguang was doing recently.

It's a pity that Tianjilou has not received clear information for the time being.

Du Shenglan greeted Snowflake Lion: "Has your father ever come to look for you?"

Snowflake Lion shook his head, his big eyes revealing a bit of worry.

Du Shenglan touched its big head and said, "Maybe it's chasing the nightmare."

The creatures in the Underworld are different from humans, and the liquid from the Moyuan may not have much effect on them.On the day of the assassination, before Du Qingguang made his move, Du Shenglan saw with his own eyes a black shadow entangled with the jade-faced blade engraving, it was probably Yan.Yan has no reason to help Du Qingguang kill the immortal, the risk is too great, even if Du Qingguang promises to kill Xiaoyingou, it is not worthwhile.

Du Shenglan began to wonder how Du Qingguang persuaded Yan to cooperate.

One purpose is to open the golden age, and the other is to become the new master of the Underworld. Only when the latter point is established can Du Qingguang cooperate and use the boundary source to open the boundary wall.

Snowflake Lion saw that he was thinking about something, so he lay down obediently.

"Could it be that there is something in the immortal that can make Yan stronger."

The more I thought about it, the more likely it was, Du Shenglan stood up suddenly: "I'll go out, if Gu Yamu comes back, tell him that Du Qingguang killed the immortal, most likely to make Yan stronger, there must be something different about the immortal. I'm going to Jinchan Temple to consult with the Wuyun monk, the worst situation is that Yan has already got this item, and we must work together to get it back."

The ceremonies of worshiping the ancestors were complicated, and after that, he had to teach the young people the exercises. Gu Yamu was busy until the next night before returning.

Everything that Du Shenglan explained, Snowflake Lion took it as a big deal, and kept guarding in the yard. When Gu Yamu came back, he almost ran over with his hands and feet.

It just learned to speak not long ago, and it tried to say everything in one breath, but it couldn't enunciate clearly, and its pronunciation was not standard.

Gu Yamu narrowed his eyes.

The snowflake lion's body tensed up. It was really afraid of dragons. It possessed itself on the dying snowflake lion, and it even inherited the fear of dragons.

Gu Yamu walked to the stone table and sat down, bent his fingers and tapped on the table lightly: "Speak slowly and focus on the key points."

"That's right, the master is going to find the monk..."

Gu Yamu guessed that he was looking for Monk Wuyun, and asked, "And then?"

"Scramble things with the dog." Snowflake Lion fully complied with his request, clean and tidy, without nonsense.