MTL - I Have Unparalleled Comprehension-Chapter 216 Xiao Jin, get him! (8000)

  Chapter 216 Xiao Jin, get him! (8000)

  Although I'm not sure if this method is useful, but for now, for his current situation, this is the only way.

  Now it’s really called every day should not be done, and the ground is not working. No one can help him, the only one who can help him is himself.

  Looking at the slowly falling giant hand and the words that emerged from the hand, with an extremely powerful oppressive force, the color of the world has changed.

   Xu Bai opened his mouth slowly, and said two words...

   "Boom!"

  When the hand was about to land on Xu Bai, it turned a living corner and landed on the ground a thousand meters behind Xu Bai.

  The huge sound shook the sky and the earth, and it was razed to the ground within a thousand miles.

  Xu Bai turned around, looked at the mess behind him, and wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his head.

  Damn it, if this hand falls on him, although he won't die, he will definitely be seriously injured, and even lose the ability to resist.

   Is this the pinnacle of becoming a saint, one of the only nine remaining masters in the world? Sure enough!

  Thinking in this way, before he could turn his head, he heard a voice in his ear.

"What did you say?"

   Liu Yue's expression is no longer as plain as before. Although there is no disturbance on the surface, there is a hint of surprise in his eyes.

   "Out of the Holy!"

  Xu Bai repeated these two words again: "You heard me right."

  Liu Yue was originally in mid-air, but after Xu Bai said this, he stepped lightly and came to Xu Bai.

  The words in the sky circled around him, locking Xu Bai firmly.

"What's the meaning?"

   Liu Yue's tone was calm, but Xu Bai could tell that it was an act.

   "You don't need to tie me up, I can't escape either." Xu Bai shrugged and said, "You guessed right, I have a way to become a saint."

   After saying this, he shut his mouth tightly and didn't say a word, but the meaning in his eyes was obvious.

  Want to know?

  If you want to know, come and beg me!

   "Boy." Liu Yue sneered: "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. There are only eight people in this world who can compare with me. Are you trying to lie to me?"

  That's what he said, but Liu Yue kept his hands still, apparently because he wanted to hear what Xu Bai had to say later.

  Xu Bai breathed a sigh of relief, with a calm expression on his face.

  He was right, he guessed right.

  At that moment just now, he knew that no matter what moves he used to counteract, it was useless. The gap in strength is here, and no amount of tricks will help.

   But he thought of one thing.

  In this situation where the strength of the enemy and the enemy are very different, if you want the enemy to give up the attack, you must have something the enemy wants, and this thing is only available to you.

  What can make one of the nine masters in this world tempted?

   Gold and silver treasures?

  The other party only needs to say a word, and the gold and silver treasures in the world are at your fingertips.

  Position of power?

  One of the nine masters in the world, such a position of power has already stood at the peak.

  America all over the country?

  Sorry, at this level, it is estimated that when I was young, I spent more time playing than anyone else, and I may have already seen it through.

  So, after much deliberation, Xu Bai only had one thing.

  —Out of the holy.

  In this world, the nine masters are all existences at the pinnacle of becoming a saint, but they were unable to take the last step in their entire lives.

   Then, give them a hope.

  The chance to become a saint is enough, right?

   "Deceitful market." Xu Bai said two more words.

  When these two words were spoken, Liu Yue finally frowned.

   "Boy, if you want to play tricks on me, even if I enter that place, I will lose my mind."

   "If your so-called method of getting out of the Holy Spirit is such an illusory thing, then don't talk about it anymore.

   "Be obedient and come back with me, let you taste the various concocting methods of the dark building."

   Conspiracy is an extremely special existence.

  Unless the world is unified, if you go in at other times, you will end up with no soul.

  Liu Yue had an idea in his mind. Could this guy be trying to lure himself to a tricky city?

  If this is the case, this strategy is too fake.

  Xu Bai shook his head and said: "I can enter the deceitful city, and I can still maintain my soul without any damage."

"I once heard Director Mu say one thing. The resources in the world are divided into a large part. It is because of this that the world's holy masters are incomplete. Otherwise, they would have already stepped into the holy world. .”

   "So I think this guess is correct. I'll go to the city of tricks and help you find the way to get out of the sage. How about it?"

  Liu Yue didn't speak, he was secretly thinking about what Xu Bai said.

  Actually, Xu Bai's last sentence was completely made up. He had never even met Director Mu, so how could he know the way to become a saint?

  But the main problem now is not whether to make it up or not, but to try to make the other party believe it.

  Xu Bai felt that it was time to add fire: "I won't lie to you, and you also know that anyone in the world who enters is a dead end, so how could I seek my own death?"

   "Besides, you don't have to worry about me running away. After I go in, I come out of the same place. It's impossible to run away."

   Liu Yue stared at Xu Bai closely without saying a word.

   Even so, if Xu Bai could see that the other party didn't speak, he probably believed it.

Xu Bai added fuel to the fire: "Think about what I said carefully. I went in and out again, and it was still the same place. As I said just now, I didn't do any good. So I hope, when I help you find the holy After the law, you must let me go."

   "Now I won't say anything else, just agree if you want, and take me to find the place to enter the strange city, I think you should know."

   "If you don't want to, then take me away now, I don't care."

   "By the way, scholars should not be good at soul control, why don't you try to bring me back and let them use their soul to test me."

   "Of course, in this case, you are not the only one who knows the way to become a saint. If you are the first to know, you will be the first one in the world to become a saint."

   "If everyone knows it, you won't be the number one. Although there is no number one in literature and no second in martial arts, the number one title is no matter how famous you are."

   Speaking of this, Xu Bai really shut his mouth and didn't say a word, but the meaning was already obvious.

  If you want to be alone, then don’t take him away, but take him to find a place to enter the city. If everyone knows it, it doesn’t matter, just take him away.

   Liu Yue kept silent when Xu Bai was talking. When he saw that Xu Bai was no longer talking, he took Xu Bai's collar and flew towards a place.

  Although Xu Bai didn't say a word, the corners of Xu Bai's mouth raised slightly when he saw Liu Yue's expression.

  It's done.

  He won't be so stupid as to really enter the tricky city, because after entering, even if he comes out, he still stays where he is, which is a waste of work.

  He will use another method, and it will be clear when the time comes.

  Flying very fast in the sky, after all, he is a master in the holy realm, and in less than a minute, Xu Bai saw a dense jungle.

   "Boom!"

   With a sharp wind, Liu Yue pulled Xu Bai's collar and fell to the ground.

   This is the center of the jungle, and not far ahead, Xu Bai saw a circular pattern.

   This circular pattern is very large, with a diameter of about 20 meters, and the patterns on it are extremely complicated, making people feel dizzy at a glance.

   "Go in, step into the center of this circular pattern, and I'll let you in." Liu Yueyan said simply and apprehensively.

   There is no half-sentence, and no other words.

  But Xu Bai has been told that he can enter the city from here.

  Xu Bai took two steps, turned his back to Liu Yue, and rolled his eyes: "It's not okay to go in directly, and I will also be wiped out. If you want to go in, there is a prerequisite."

   "What conditions?" Liu Yue asked.

  Xu Bai raised his finger and pointed to his forehead.

   "When I entered the deceitful city before, I was robbed and killed on the way to Beijing. That person destroyed my soul, but after I went in, it unexpectedly re-grows the soul."

   "So you have to destroy my soul first, and then put me in."

   Liu Yue frowned and said, "What is the principle?"

  Xu Bai shrugged: "Who knows the reason? I can't explain it, I just got in like this, and there might be some danger this time."

"Do you think that I can still threaten you? I want you to destroy my soul. If this is lying to you, I will become an idiot, so I won't make fun of myself, okay? "

  Principle?

  The devil went to explain the principle to him, the more he explained, the more loopholes, it would be better not to explain.

   It's a mature excuse to push everything to the deceitful market.

   What's more, if you destroy the soul, everything will cease to exist, and you will become an idiot.

  Xu Bai said this sentence first, just to tell Liu Yue that he couldn't make fun of the danger of becoming an idiot.

  No matter what he said before or now, Xu Bai is telling Liu Yue one thing intentionally or unintentionally, that is, no matter what he does, he will never escape from his grasp.

  First, after coming out of Guizhou City, he is still in the same place, and he will not escape.

  Secondly, let Liu Yue destroy his soul with his own hands, it is no different from killing himself, he will not do such a stupid thing.

  When these two situations are merged into one and Liu Yue is told, Liu Yue will know that the control is still in Liu Yue's hands.

  Actually, if it were any one person, even if it was Mr. Mu, the supervisor of the Heavenly Master, he would have full confidence, because what Xu Bai said was the truth, there was nothing wrong with it.

  Liu Yue thought carefully about what Xu Bai said, and after a while, he raised his index finger, and a small word appeared on it.

   "To what extent will it be destroyed?"

   "Do your best, as long as you don't break my body, just focus on my soul." Xu Bai closed his eyes and said.

  Although Liu Yue is a scholar, he is also a ruthless person.

  Hearing what Xu Bai said, without the slightest hesitation, he just pointed his finger between Xu Bai's eyebrows.

  The words on the fingers penetrated into Xu Bai's head, and in an instant, Xu Bai felt a huge destructive force, and kept falling in his mind.

  This speed of destruction is almost instantaneous, and even Xu Bai's immortal demon soul and Buddha body cannot be restored.

pain!

It broke our hearts!

  The pain that touches the soul is exactly the same as what I encountered in the tricky city.

  Xu Bai's consciousness gradually blurred, he raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Yue, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

  Like ah!

   Very similar!

  The feeling of Guishi is really too similar. At the beginning, Guishi wanted to destroy his soul, so he forced the golden finger out.

what about now?

  He didn't dare to bet on other things, because he didn't know, if he killed himself from the outside world, would Goldfinger appear?

  But he can confirm that if the soul is destroyed and the soul cannot be repaired, the golden finger will definitely appear.

   Even the tricky city can't stand it, you can stand it when you reach the pinnacle of holiness?

   "Xiao Jin! Get him!"

   "Come on!"

  Xu Bai thought so, and completely lost consciousness.

  Liu Yue withdrew his finger, saw Xu Bai fell into a coma, and was about to bring Xu Bai to the center of the circular pattern.

   At this moment, a fear suddenly appeared in his heart.

   That's right, it's fear!

  At the current state, there is almost nothing in the world that can scare him.

   But he does feel fear now, and it comes from the deepest part of his heart.

  When the fear appeared, it gradually magnified like an overwhelming mountain, filling the whole heart.

"what's the situation!"

   Liu Yue's heart was shocked.

   Before he could react, he saw Xu Bai lying on the ground and opened his eyes.

   What kind of eyes are those!

  The eye on the left is golden, while the eye on the right is gray and white, as indifferent as ice that has not melted for a thousand years.

   It was these eyes that caused Liu Yue great fear.

   "Poof!"

   Without any attack or prelude, Liu Yue took two steps back, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face was full of shock.

  He raised his right hand and looked at the five fingers of his right hand, which were becoming transparent.

   This is only on the surface, but what really scares him is that his spirit is gradually fading away.

   Fortunately, his realm is high enough to slow down the speed of this obliteration.

  But...he is the pinnacle of sainthood!

  What kind of existence can make him unable to avoid it?

"run!"

   "This person has a big secret!"

   "Run! Run or die!"

  In an instant, Liu Yue soared into the sky and disappeared into the sky without any intention of turning back.

  He knew that he had been tricked this time. If he killed Xu Bai directly, the current situation might not happen, but he wanted to attack Xu Bai's soul.

   But he didn't dare to stay, and he didn't even dare to take revenge, because he felt a terrifying existence that was recovering.

  Liu Yue walked quickly, and only Xu Bai was left lying on the ground in this jungle.

  In Xu Bai's eyes, gold and off-white remained.

  He just lay there, motionless.

  In his arms, the black ball that Yingyue turned into had already fallen into a coma.

  The moment Xu Bai opened his eyes, even if it wasn't aimed at her, it made her instantly lose her sense of resistance.

   After about half an hour, the gold and gray in Xu Bai's eyes gradually disappeared.

  He came back to his senses, patted his forehead, and found that he had recovered as new.

  There is nothing around.

   "The dog thief ran quite fast, but unfortunately, he was not left behind."

  Xu Bai didn't see Liu Yue's body. He knew that Liu Yue had already escaped, and he probably planted a shadow in his heart, so he wouldn't come to chase him again.

   "I have to run quickly, and I can't let him react."

   Just now, Liu Yue must have been frightened. If he came back to his senses, instead of attacking his own soul, he would directly obliterate his physical body, and then he might not be able to inspire Goldfinger.

  Xu Bai didn't hesitate at all, and flew directly into the air, heading towards the Great Chu Kingdom.

   Soon, it disappeared into the sky.

  …

  Dayue Kingdom, Imperial Palace, inside Liu Yue's temporary residence.

  Liu Yue sat on the chair, looked at the recovered fingers, and breathed a sigh of relief.

   After running wildly all the way, his injury did not recover. Instead, he returned to the mansion. It took a very long time to stabilize the injury and fully recover.

   "What the **** is that?"

  At this time, he finally got his mind and recalled the scene just now.

  Sometimes, the longer people live, the more they fear death, especially these people.

  If it were a passionate young man just now, he would probably have taken action and killed Xu Bai at the risk of death, but he is different.

   There are nine people like him in the world, and he will not risk his death in vain.

   "In any case, this matter must be told to His Majesty."

  Liu Yue thought for a moment, then raised his feet and rushed towards the place where the emperor lived.

  …

  Da Viet Kingdom Palace.

   Liu Yue stood in front of the emperor and explained everything that happened.

  Of course, he didn't say that he wanted to monopolize the news by himself, but found another excuse.

  The emperor of Dayue Kingdom is different from that of Dachu Kingdom. He is already very old and his hair is gray.

   After listening to Liu Yue's narration, the emperor of Dayue Kingdom shook his head.

   "These are not things you should care about for the time being. Now that the dark building is gone and the photo studio is gone, let me deal with the internal affairs first."

   Not long ago, the dark building was completely gone, and all the things related to the dark building were destroyed. Those people in the dark building were dead and disabled, basically useless.

   This is the horror of luck, which hurts people invisible.

   Liu Yue opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he still closed his mouth.

  He knew that the resourcefulness of the person in front of him was not inferior to his. Since he had to deal with internal affairs first, then this matter should be postponed.

   Liu Yue saluted and left.

  …

  Da Viet border.

  Here the inspection is strict and everything is in order.

  There are businessmen passing by one after another below, and the traffic is fast.

   After everyone was checked, they left in a hurry, and no one stayed.

  The soldiers of the Dayue Kingdom checked in detail, and no one was lazy. After all, if a spy slipped away from them, it would be him who would get burned.

   At this moment, a figure suddenly crossed the sky and directly broke through the border.

  Everyone present was stunned, and soon, a soldier left quickly.

   It is quite normal for a situation like this to happen.

  The Transcendence Realm can fly freely in the sky, and it is easy to fly across the border in this way.

   But it does not mean that it is safe to fly.

   To make an analogy, a spy from the Mortal Realm or even the Transcendent Realm crossed the border by flying, intending to do something, but when he flew by, he was already exposed.

   No matter how high he flies, he will be found.

  Because of the method of military formation, there is a unique way to detect it.

  They won't stop it, but the message goes inside.

   This is the most dangerous time, you will face all kinds of siege and interception, and you will even encounter all kinds of masters.

  So, flying is not the safest way.

  But Xu Bai didn't care.

  He didn't fly from the Great Chu State to the Great Yue State, but from the Great Yue State to the Great Chu State. As long as he flew to the Great Chu State, everything would be fine.

  How could the Great Chu State investigate him.

who is he?

  Great Chu Xu Prince.

   Flying in the sky, Xu Bai played with the black ball in his hand and said, "It's safe."

   This trip was close to death, but he arrived safely after all, which also allowed Xu Bai to see the true strength of becoming a saint.

  The feeling of being unable to resist made Xu Bai suffocate, and at the same time, he also ignited his fighting power.

  The black ball stretched out its white arm and opened Xu Bai's fingers.

   "itch~"

  Shadow Moon's voice came from inside.

   "It's turned into a ball, what's the itching? By the way, are you really going to come back?" Xu Bai asked.

  As he asked, he rolled the black ball again.

  Since turning into a black ball, Shadow Moon has no plans to change back.

  Of course, men like round objects, so does Xu Bai.

  The black ball is getting more and more vigorous as it goes, although it will be complained by Yingyue from time to time, but that is not important.

   Just work hard.

  Yingyue muttered: "After returning to the capital, I'll change back again. In case of any danger, I'm afraid I will cause you trouble."

  Xu Bai nodded, said no more, and continued to fly in the direction of the capital.

   Didn’t go to King Shengyou, because he has a very urgent news to know now, that is why he was so coincidental on this trip.

  It’s too coincidental. After each coincidence is piled up, it becomes a problem.

  He wanted to ask clearly, but Director Mu, who knew all about it, was in the Zhaixing Building in the capital.

   So Xu Bai didn't stay at all, he just wanted to go to the capital.

  Flying at full speed, the speed is very fast, gradually getting closer and closer to the capital.

  When he was about to approach the capital, he fell from the sky and just landed at the gate of the city.

  When the guarding soldiers saw someone falling from the sky, they immediately held the weapons in their hands, but when they saw who was coming, they immediately straightened their waists and stood in awe.

   "Meet Lord Xu!"

  In the Great Chu State, no matter whether it is an official or a member of the Jianghu, as long as they are well-informed, they will know Xu Bai's appearance.

  Xu Bai had a smile on his face.

  This is the right way, this is called a sense of security.

  He smiled and said a few words to the soldiers guarding the city before walking into the capital.

  It was still the same as usual, with people coming and going on both sides of the bustling streets.

  Xu Bai did not stop here, but came to the palace.

  The guards in the palace were stricter, but seeing that it was Xu Bai, no one stopped him, so he let Xu Bai in.

  Zhaixing Building is not in the palace, it is outside the palace, but Xu Bai did not go in alone, this time he entered the palace, he wanted to find a helper.

  Although it is not to fight, it means the same as fighting, and you have to find someone to help out.

   Who?

  The answer is obvious, of course it is to find Eunuch Wei.

  The relationship and friendship between him and Eunuch Wei, this matter is easy.

   Having stayed in this palace for a long time, Xu Bai is of course familiar with it.

  Actually, if nothing happened, he still wanted to find Ye Zi and Qingxue, and talk to them about the family life.

  One of them is in the royal treasury, studying with the Tianyin teacher, and the other has been following the nine princesses, both in the palace.

  But Xu Bai is in a hurry now, and has no time to chatter about family affairs, so he hurried to Eunuch Wei's residence.

  Eunuch Wei's residence is still decorated with the utmost simplicity.

  Xu Bai had just stood at the door when he saw a figure swaying, and soon came to him.

   One hand clapped on his shoulder, and Eunuch Wei showed a happy expression on his face.

   "It's fine."

   There are no extra words, just four simple words, but the weight is enough.

  Xu Bai sighed, his face showed the look of the rest of his life: "I almost died, I was chased and killed by Liu Yue."

  Eunuch Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then his face became gloomy: "That prime minister who was greedy for life and afraid of death, our family almost exchanged him with him back then, but he was afraid of death and ran very fast, so he spared his life."

  Xu Bai: "..."

   Sure enough, as expected of Eunuch Wei, he opened his mouth and exchanged one for one.

  In the world, he is the only one who can exchange the extraordinary for the holy.

   "Eunuch Wei, I want to ask you one thing." Xu Bai cupped his hands suddenly and said.

  Eunuch Wei hurriedly helped Xu Bai up: "Prince Xu, you and I have an extraordinary relationship. If you have something to say, just say it. There is no need to be so polite."

   "I would like to invite Eunuch Wei to accompany me to the Zhaixing Tower. I have some things I want to ask Director Mu to clarify." Xu Bai said.

Eunuch Wei was taken aback for a moment, and quickly realized: "It just so happens that our family is going to Zhaixing Tower this time, so let's go together. I want that old thing to give me an explanation. Guarantee me that you are fine, this matter is not over."

   Saying that, Eunuch Wei was more anxious than him, took his hand, and walked towards the Star Picking Tower.

   Xu Bai certainly did not object to this situation, and followed behind Eunuch Wei, and the two left the palace one after the other.

  The location of the Zhaixing Building is actually in a relatively remote place in the capital.

  When it was established, it was supposed to be built in the most prosperous area, but Director Mu refused.

  Minister Mu said that Jiantiansi is located in a dark place and should not be built in a prosperous place, so it is located in a remote place.

  But in Xu Bai's view, Director Mu put on a relatively low-key coercion.

   Established in a relatively remote place, it is indeed low-key enough.

   But the Zhaixing Building has nine floors. Looking at the buildings in the entire capital, apart from the imperial palace, where else is there a building with these nine floors?

  The location is indeed low-key enough, but the construction style is not low-key at all.

   Along the way, both of them had to walk. Eunuch Wei asked about the details while walking. Xu Bai made an excuse, saying that he had tricked Liu Yue into going there, but he didn't say what the excuse was.

  Eunuch Wei didn't ask too much, knowing that Xu Bai was safe, he felt relieved.

   Soon, the two arrived at the Star Picking Tower.

   On the surface, there are not many people guarding the Zhaixing Building, but there are not many masters in the dark.

  However, it was Eunuch Wei who came, so no one stopped them, and they went up to the ninth floor smoothly.

  Above the ninth floor, when Xu Bai stepped in, he saw a white-haired old man playing chess on the chessboard. The opposite side of the chessboard was empty, obviously he was playing chess with himself.

   "This is awesome, it's tall enough."

  Playing chess can best reflect the compulsion of a master, but if you want to reach a higher level in this best embodiment, nothing is better than playing chess with yourself.

   "When you came, I knew you would come back alive and come to me."

  Mr. Mu was holding on to black pieces in his hand, and he didn't land on the chessboard for a long time. He seemed to be in deep thought, talking without raising his head.

   One of the only remaining nine masters, using this form of dialogue gives people a strong sense of oppression.

  Because I can't see the face and expression clearly, so the feeling of oppression is even worse.

  However, the created atmosphere disappeared without a trace in the next second.

  Eunuch Wei, who always pays attention to the rules, doesn't pay attention to the rules at this moment. He stepped forward two steps, took the collar of President Mu, and pushed it directly against the wall.

   "Give our family an explanation, otherwise our family will have a discussion with you today." Eunuch Wei narrowed his eyes, and there were silk threads intertwining behind him.

   This is his celestial change. After the celestial change appeared, there was a very penetrating coldness.

   "This...really going to fight?" Xu Bai originally invited Eunuch Wei to come over to suppress the situation, but he didn't expect that the meeting would lead to a fight, which was beyond his expectation.

"You let go first. How decent is this in front of the juniors? I have fulfilled what I promised, and I have used the one-time treasure. I only have two of those things, and now I don't have any of them." Director Mu changed his mind. The previous image struggled violently.

  The image of a master just now disappeared without a trace.

   "Sure enough, only masters can rule masters." Xu Bai thought in his heart, "It's fine to pretend in front of me, but in front of Eunuch Wei, isn't that a trick?"

  Mr. Mu struggled for a while, but he was just a luck master, not good at hand-to-hand combat, so he let it go helplessly: "Isn't he fine~"

  Eunuch Wei put away the Tianbian behind him, and snorted coldly: "Next time, our family will really do something."

   After finishing speaking, he didn't leave, but stood beside him, apparently to support Xu Bai.

Director Mu landed steadily on the ground, straightened his collar, and then pretended to have a deep tone: "Yingyue, come out, go to the eighth floor and change your information back, so you don't have to be a secret anymore .”

  A waist card was thrown by Director Mu, and the black ball in Xu Bai's hand turned into a shadow moon, and firmly caught the waist card.

  Xu Bai said in his heart, "Soft."

   I said it all, before transforming back, jump on the ground and transform again, why didn’t you listen?

  When Kagekoshi transformed back from the black ball, Xu Bai pressed where he shouldn't.

   It is the same now, and it is still in front of these two people.

   How soft... no, how embarrassing.

  Xu Bai withdrew his hand in embarrassment, without squinting.

  Yingyue seemed to have gotten used to it, she gave Xu Bai a blank look, and walked towards the eighth floor.

   Before leaving, he whispered something.

   "I'll find you later."

  Xu Bai heard the words, as if he didn't hear, he looked at his nose, nose and heart, pretending to be serious.

  The people present turned a blind eye, after all, they are all veterans.

   After Yingyue left, Xu Bai turned his attention to Director Mu.

   Organized the language, he just wanted to speak.

   But before he could speak, Mr. Mu took a step ahead of him and spoke slowly.

   "I know what you want to ask, everything is too coincidental, isn't it?"

  (end of this chapter)