Longevity Gu Dao: Start from refining infatuation Gu

Chapter 527: The Dream Realm that protects the human race, a weapon for cross-border wars: True Immortal Level Formation

"Senior, I think you still underestimate our Xuanhuang Sect."

"In fact, the entire Xuanhuang Realm is shrouded in the Immortal Weapon Dream Realm, and every move we make is under the surveillance of the Dream Realm."

"Especially since we human monks all have the mark of the dream world on our bodies."

"Basically, anything we do cannot be hidden from the surveillance of the Dream World."

Daizonghe said straightforwardly.

Obviously, this is also the characteristic of every human monk in the Xuanhuang Realm.

Everyone has the mark of the dream world on their body.

In this way, their every move will be under the surveillance of the dream world and recorded.

Currently, the Xuanhuang Realm is an extremely peaceful world.

Although it is a good thing that it knows that this kind of thing happens, at least it will not be in danger, and it does not need to worry about being exposed and being hunted down by Taoist Xuanhuang.

Has lost its blood.

"But Taoist Xuanhuang did this and enacted such a strict law. It simply killed the individuality of the human monks. This is not a good thing for the development of the human race."

The Eye of Immortal Artifact gnashed its teeth and was filled with rage. It wanted to find Taoist Xuanhuang immediately and fight to the death.

How dare you humiliate yourself like this.

"As long as you don't commit crimes in the Xuanhuang Realm, you can survive in the Xuanhuang Realm."

Because they also know that everything they do is recorded by the dream world, and no one can escape.

"And you said I'm not that dangerous?!"

"Now this bitch is saying I'm not worth mentioning."

"But Mengjie evaluated the dangers of seniors and felt that they were not worth mentioning, so they ignored them."

You know that you exist, but you still ignore yourself. There is nothing more humiliating than this.

At least the monks who dared to kill people and seize treasures on the surface were basically silent and looking for traces.

Anyone who dares to kill other monks for no reason will be arrested immediately and executed on the spot.

The crime rate has dropped significantly.

I didn't expect that I would be exposed long ago and known by the enemy.

"What? Dream surveillance?"

This also makes the interior of Xuanhuang Realm extremely safe.

Which powerful monk didn't grow up from fighting.

Hearing this, Immortal Artifact's Eye of the End was completely confused, and he simply couldn't believe what his ears heard.

If you encounter enemies from other races, you may not be able to fight back.

After all, sometimes others just want to die with you, even if they don't want to die.

"How dare this bastard."

"But it's so insulting."

Now its majestic Eye of the End of Dharma is actually looked down upon by others.

Naturally, there is no need to worry about legal punishment.

Because no monk can escape after killing someone in public. Basically, they will be arrested within the next day, then quickly tried and executed on the spot.

"Has my existence been exposed a long time ago?"

"What? My danger is not worth mentioning?"

"I was once a top-grade immortal weapon called the Eye of the Ending Dharma, a being that made countless immortals fearful of it."

Now that the Xuanhuang Realm is so safe, every human monk seems to have become a pig in captivity.

It is almost impossible for evil cultivators and demonic cultivators to kill all sentient beings.

"But if that's the case, why doesn't anyone come to me?"

The Immortal Artifact Eye of the Ending Law sneered.

Of course, this cannot completely prevent crime from occurring.

Daizonghe said honestly, indicating that the Immortal Artifact Eye of Ending Dharma might have been known to the Xuanhuang Sect Master for a long time, but the Xuanhuang Sect Master did not take it seriously.

Originally it thought it had concealed its existence.

"Although my body is indeed seriously damaged now and I cannot exert too much power."

Due to the monitoring of the dream world, every monk dare not act rashly.

But it felt that if something like this happened, it would be even more humiliating than being chased by Taoist Xuanhuang.

It felt that what Taoist Xuanhuang did was simply stupid.

"In fact, the existence of senior has long been uploaded to the dream world."

"Senior, I disagree with this view."

"To be honest, strict laws and stable social order are also great things for us ordinary human monks. They are protecting us weak monks."

"If there is no legal protection, we weak monks may not have any room to fight back in front of high-level monks. It is said that before the Xuanhuang Sect unified the Xuanhuang world, the major sects fought in a melee at that time, just like princes fighting for hegemony, and the monks killed each other. , often killing people and grabbing treasures in the wild, almost everyone is in danger.

Wherever it is like now, the house is almost open at night, and even the low-level monks don't need to worry about being killed by the high-level monks if they say a wrong word. "

On the contrary, Daizonghe felt that now was the best era in the Xuanhuang Realm. Although he was very young now, he was only a hundred years old and had not experienced anything that happened thousands of years ago.

But even from the text description, you can feel the dark age of monks thousands of years ago.

I am afraid that in that dark age, only a handful of elite monks could survive and be promoted to the highest realm.

Ordinary monks like him probably wouldn't live for many years.

Not to mention being able to be promoted to the Golden Core Realm.

"Haha, it's just a woman's kindness."

"Only the monks who emerge from the jungle can be regarded as truly strong."

"Guys like you are just domesticated pets."

"Even if you really ascend to the fairy world, you probably won't be able to adapt to the cruel fairy world environment at all, and you will fall sooner or later."

The Immortal Artifact's Eye of the End of Dharma said with great disdain.

It felt that doing so was simply unnecessary.

In this world, the power of the individual is greater than anything else, and the power of the collective must also be subordinated to the individual.

Often, a single Great Luo Jinxian in the immortal world can protect a power for more than a trillion years.

If it falls, then this force will disappear and be completely defeated.

So the thoughts of mortals are not important at all and do not need to be taken seriously.

The idea of ​​the leader of the Xuanhuang Sect is really too naive.

"Individual power is indeed sometimes greater than the power of the collective."

"The problem is, without a stable environment and abundant resources, how can we cultivate more top experts."

"As far as I know, not even a single god-transforming monk was born in the Xuanhuang Realm ten thousand years ago."

"But since Xuanhuang Sect dominated the world, brought the world into a peaceful era, and began to cultivate every human monk, it has instead cultivated countless high-level monks."

"It is said that currently, there are more than a hundred Mahayana monks in our Xuanhuang Realm, more than 10,000 combined monks, and countless monks who refine the void and transform into gods."

"It is true that our individual combat effectiveness may not be as good as that of monks of the same level, but there are enough of us. In groups of three or five, we can easily kill a monk of the same level."

"And if it were based on the previous jungle society, I'm afraid it might not be possible to cultivate a Mahayana."

Daizonghe smiled slightly. He felt that the Immortal Artifact Eye on his body still underestimated the power of order, although chaos would occasionally give birth to some powerful monsters.

But how many such monsters can be born? It is already quite extraordinary to have one or two Mahayana monks.

But if it is an orderly society, hundreds of Mahayana statues can be cultivated safely, or even more.

This is simply not comparable to a chaotic social environment.

"To be honest, I have to admit that the master of Xuanhuang Sect is indeed a born emperor."

"This guy is extremely powerful, and he is also willing to stand up for ordinary people and live in peace."

The Eye of Immortal Artifact was speechless, and it could not make any rebuttal.

Because judging from the results, the Xuanhuang World in this era is simply extremely tyrannical.

"The question is, don't you feel that you are being monitored like this and that you have no freedom?"

"It seems that everything he does is known clearly, and there are no secrets at all."

Immortal Artifact Eye feels uncomfortable in such an environment.

It's like a mysterious eye, always watching his every move.

No matter what you do, the other party knows everything.

"This is just a guilty conscience on your part."

"If you haven't done anything illegal, what are you afraid of?"

"Although Mengjie does monitor everyone, basically only the sect leader knows about it."

"In fact, except for the sect leader, no one else will know about my affairs."

"Even the sect leader is a big man who has everything to do. How can he care about the affairs of little people like us?"

"Unless we really break the law, we will alert the sect master."

"Otherwise, there won't be any problems."

Daizonghe said solemnly, he didn't think there would be any problem with this.

Perhaps this is because they have long been used to it.

After all, this has been the case since they were born, and they are accustomed to it.

It's said to be surveillance, but in fact they haven't experienced any inconvenience.

And they were unable to resist anything, they could only accept it.

"What's more important is that the existence of the dream world has indeed protected the souls of each of us human monks."

"If it weren't for the protection of the dream world, I might have been taken away from me long ago."

Daizonghe said calmly.

He knew very well that he was just a mortal monk, and the person who signed a contract with him was a high-grade immortal weapon from the past.

Even if he is in a damaged state now, he cannot resist it.

Fortunately, he was protected by the power of the dream world and was able to avoid being enslaved by the other party and having his body taken away from him.

Even though the Eye of the End of Dharma is talking politely to him now, if he couldn't resist it, he would probably die long ago.

It can be said that he actually received a lot of dividends in this era.

Without the existence of these laws and the protection of the dream world, how could he have achieved what he has today.

It is natural to obtain these benefits, but there are some inconveniences.

It is impossible to get all the benefits.

"this."

Hearing this, the Immortal Artifact Eye of the Ending Law fell silent. It had to be said that the existence of the dream world had indeed protected the entire human race, making it impossible for human monks to be taken away from their bodies.

This also makes many of its methods ineffective.

That's why it fell into the hands of a human monk, and could only share life and death with him.

There is no doubt that Xuanhuang Sect is currently protecting the weak monks and restraining the high-level monks.

This kind of order also protected the Xuanhuang Sect's continuous development.

After all, if there are enough low-level monks, more high-level monks will be born.

Without huge soil, how could we grow a large amount of food?

"Well, I won't argue with you on these issues either."

"Anyway, this is just an internal matter within your human race."

"My interests and yours are the same, which is to quickly improve your cultivation and ascend to the immortal world."

"We should have reached a consensus on this."

The Eye of the Immortal Artifact said in a deep voice.

"Of course there is no problem with this."

Daizonghe nodded. As long as he did not violate the laws of the Xuanhuang Sect, he would be able to survive in the Xuanhuang Realm safely without worrying about any trouble.

"To be honest, if you stay in the Xuanhuang Realm, the resources you will get are too few."

"After all, the Xuanhuang Realm has a strict order, and there are basically not many loopholes."

"If you want to get rich overnight and obtain a large amount of training resources, you still have to join the expeditionary force."

"As long as you go to another world, you can naturally do whatever you want."

"And in war, it is completely legal to kill monks from other worlds."

The Eye of the Immortal Weapon knows that it is basically impossible to cause trouble within the Xuanhuang Realm.

If you want to develop, you can only join the expeditionary force and conquer other worlds.

In this way, they can take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money.

"But now I am just a foundation-building monk. Is it too dangerous to go to another world?"

Daizonghe said a little worried.

"Don't worry, this is just pediatrics."

"As long as you have my help and protection, you will not encounter any danger."

"After all, I am the Eye of the End of Law and can monitor the surrounding area."

"If we really encounter any danger, we can leave instantly."

The Eye of Immortal Artifact said proudly.

"Okay, then I will join the expeditionary force."

Thinking of this, Daizonghe also made up his mind. Although it was a little early to join the expeditionary force as a foundation-building monk, he was still barely qualified.

After all, the current expeditionary force does lack a large number of manpower, no matter what kind of cats or dogs they need.

…………

a few days later.

Daizonghe also successfully signed up for the expeditionary force and was approved by the Xuanhuang Sect.

Now he has the authority to immigrate to the newly discovered world - Qinghuang Realm.

It is said that this Qinghuang Realm is also a vast world, although it is not famous in the mortal world.

But the resources inside are also very rich.

According to the data, countless wild beasts live in this vast world, and there is no human race.

So it can be regarded as an unexplored world.

After hearing the news, many human monks in the Xuanhuang Realm joined the expeditionary force one after another, trying to become one of the people who opened up the Qinghuang Realm.

After all, once the development is successful, the benefits obtained will be amazing.

At this moment, in front of a cross-border teleportation array.

A large number of monks from the Xuanhuang Realm are gathering together.

They are all expeditionary monks sent to the Qinghuang Realm.

Naturally, it also includes the Daizong River.

"You kid, you're just a foundation-building monk, but you're actually going to join the expeditionary force. You're very brave."

Many monks discovered Daizong River.

After all, they are at least golden elixir, Yuanying, and even god-transforming monks.

Foundation-building monks are still relatively rare and rare.

Of course, foundation-building monks have reached the minimum threshold to join the expeditionary force.

"You have ambitions but you don't have to be young." "And I heard that the expeditionary force is not particularly dangerous, as long as it stays in the city."

"So I wanted to take the opportunity to make some contributions."

Daizonghe said very shyly.

"You are smart, but as you said, the expeditionary force is not in any particular danger."

"The main city in Qinghuang Realm we are going to this time has a True Immortal-level formation."

A middle-aged bald monk laughed.

"True Immortal Level Formation?"

Hearing this, Daizonghe felt very confused. After all, he was just a foundation-building monk. How he knew what a true immortal-level formation was was really unbelievable.

"Impossible, it's just a mortal world, how can a true immortal level formation exist?"

"Let's not say whether anyone can arrange it."

"Even if someone really has this ability, if they don't have immortal veins, can they be able to support the operation of the true immortal formation?"

The Eye of Immortal Artifact doesn't believe such a ridiculous thing at all, it thinks it is just bragging.

It admitted that Xuanhuang Sect had indeed become extremely powerful under the control of Taoist Xuanhuang.

But it does not believe that the true immortal formation exists in the mortal world, which is beyond its own knowledge.

Thinking of this, Daizonghe immediately expressed his doubts about the Immortal Artifact Eye and looked at everyone.

"Oh, you seem to have some knowledge."

"You actually know that true immortal-level formations require the support of immortal-level spiritual veins?!"

"But it's true as you said. Normally, it is indeed impossible for a true immortal formation to exist in the mortal world."

"But Lord Sect Master is able to turn decay into magic."

The middle-aged monk smiled slightly.

"Senior, what did the sect master do to actually be able to arrange a true immortal formation?"

Daizonghe asked curiously.

The Immortal Artifact Eye of the Ending Law next to it also pricked up its ears, and it was even more curious about the secret.

"It's very simple. The master of the sect is a famous spiritual planter. He is good at cultivating all kinds of spiritual medicines and even plants."

"In the past, the sect leader also obtained the spirit vein flower from the fairy world from somewhere."

"After years of cultivation, these spirit vein flowers have further transformed and evolved into fairy vein flowers."

"And these fairy vein flowers can also grow in the mortal world and turn into fairy veins belonging to the mortal world."

"Although they are indeed not as good as the real immortal veins in the immortal world, they are already incredible for our mortal world."

"It is precisely because fairy vein flowers are cultivated in large numbers that fairy veins can be formed."

"Even with the help of the power of the Immortal Vein Flower, we even arranged a series of true immortal formations."

The middle-aged bald monk said bluntly.

"That's right. Didn't you see the cross-border teleportation array where we are now?"

"In fact, the energy source of this cross-border teleportation array comes from the Immortal Vein Flower."

"Since the Immortal Vein Flower provides a steady stream of immortal energy, the cross-border teleportation array no longer needs to consume immortal crystals."

"It's completely self-sufficient."

"Because of this, the price of each cross-border teleportation array is very cheap, at least to the extent that we ordinary monks can afford it."

"If there is no Immortal Vein Flower, even a combined monk would have to go bankrupt if he wanted to activate a cross-border teleportation array."

"This is not a formation that ordinary monks can use."

Another white-robed monk said with emotion.

He clearly remembered that when the cross-border teleportation array first appeared, the price of one teleportation was beyond the reach of ordinary monks, and no one except a few elites could use it.

However, since the fairy vein flowers were cultivated in large quantities, the situation has been completely different.

The emergence of these artificial immortal veins has greatly reduced the cost of cross-border teleportation arrays.

It is said that the cost of cross-border teleportation arrays is still declining.

Perhaps by then even monks in the Qi training stage will be able to afford the cost of each transmission.

"The Immortal Vein Flower from the Immortal Realm?"

"How is that possible? This is a delicate plant from the fairy world, and its growth cycle is extremely long."

"Then what method did Taoist Xuanhuang use to cultivate so many Immortal Vein Flowers in a short period of time?"

Immortal Artifact Eye of the Ending Dharma was completely confused and didn’t even know what to say.

It has naturally heard of the Immortal Vein Flower.

But this kind of strange flower is only used as an ornamental plant in the fairy world.

After all, this kind of flower can turn into fairy veins and provide a lot of fairy energy, but it is not as good as real fairy veins.

The vast and boundless immortal world has no shortage of immortal veins at all.

For immortals, plants that can provide immortal energy are actually useless.

However, after such ornamental plants fall into the mortal world, they can bring amazing effects.

It is simply a super auxiliary cultivation plant.

Many mortals have obtained the Immortal Vein Flower, which is like obtaining immortal veins. It is really unbelievable.

At this moment, it also realized the power of Taoist Xuanhuang.

Maybe he is even more tyrannical than the Changchun old ghosts of the past.

Because this method of cultivating Immortal Vein Flowers alone is beyond its imagination.

It has no idea what kind of inheritance that Taoist Xuanhuang has obtained.

Perhaps Taoist Xuanhuang not only received the inheritance from Taoist Changchun, but also received the inheritance from other immortals.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve this level.

"Senior, what's so great about the True Immortal Formation? Is it really that powerful?"

"You can actually protect the safety of our expeditionary force so easily?"

Daizonghe asked.

He was extremely curious about the True Immortal level formation, thinking about what kind of strength this level of formation had.

"Of course it's amazing."

"Normally speaking, at most, eighth-level formations can exist in the mortal world."

"The eighth-level formation can form a secret world, a world of its own, with extremely powerful defense."

"Even if the Mahayana monks attack, don't expect to defeat the eighth-level formation so easily."

"As for the True Immortal-level formation, which is the ninth-level formation, there is no doubt that its power has been increased by more than dozens of times."

"The formation that has reached this level covers a range of more than one trillion kilometers, or even one hundred billion kilometers."

"Let alone Mahayana monks coming to attack, even if a true immortal comes down to earth, it is basically impossible to break through the true immortal formation."

"So with the True Immortal Formation in charge, our base camp will be as stable as a mountain."

"With this main city, it can penetrate into all the worlds like a nail."

"Even if all the forces from the other world come in force, they can't do anything to our Xuanhuang Sect's city."

The middle-aged bald monk smiled slightly.

what? !

Hearing this, Daizonghe's pupils shrank, and he was shocked in his heart. He also knew the horror of the true immortal level formation.

For Xuanhuang Sect, this is simply a supreme weapon.

Because when attacking a world, the most feared thing is that the forces of the entire world unite. Faced with the siege of countless forces, no matter how powerful the Xuanhuang Sect is, they will probably be exhausted and will be continuously consumed.

When the time comes, no matter how powerful Xuanhuang Sect is, they will not be able to resist it.

But if Xuanhuang Sect builds a city in another world and has a true immortal-level formation to guard it, the result will be completely different.

This is equivalent to Xuanhuang Sect having a stable territory in another world.

No matter how the enemy attacks, there is nothing they can do about it.

Then with the help of this city, Xuanhuang Sect monks can be sent over continuously.

It's like a nail that pierces into the enemy's heart, and it can also suck blood continuously.

Moreover, the defensive pressure of Xuanhuang Sect will be reduced to a minimum.

There is no need for Xuanhuang Sect to use its lives to consume enemies from other worlds.

The True Immortal level formation alone can block the attacks of countless enemies.

Like a vast city wall, it intercepts the enemy's power.

"Who is this Taoist Xuanhuang?"

"It's just long live, not just becoming an Earth Immortal."

"At the same time, he is also an array master and a spiritual planter."

"How can this bastard have so much time to learn so much knowledge about cultivating immortals?"

The Eye of Immortal Artifact doesn’t know what to say. It has seen countless geniuses in the immortal world.

I have even seen a lot of geniuses from the demon clan.

But for a monster like Taoist Xuanhuang, that is simply unseen and unheard of.

And this guy is extremely cautious.

Although he obviously has the strength to make trouble in the fairy world, he still stays in the mortal world and silently accumulates strength.

If he really accumulates enough power, I am afraid that Taoist Xuanhuang will definitely shake the entire fairy world.

It felt that perhaps a big figure in the future fairy world had begun to be conceived.

"It seems that you also know the strategic significance of the True Immortal Level Formation to our Xuanhuang Sect."

"In fact, every Great Thousand World will have a main city built by our Xuanhuang Sect."

"This main city is the main base of our Xuanhuang Sect, and it is protected by the true immortal level formation."

"Even the cross-border teleportation array will be built in the main city."

"In this case, as long as our main city is not wiped out, our Xuanhuang Sect can continue to send new troops to other worlds, and we are already in an invincible position."

The middle-aged bald monk smiled slightly.

To be honest, this is also an important reason why the advance army is not so dangerous.

After all, the formation has been successfully set up.

As long as they rely on the True Immortal Formation and continue to devour the surroundings, they can slowly annex every territory in the different world.

Moreover, many forces in other worlds can only watch helplessly as the Xuanhuang Sect continues to expand, with no choice but to do anything.

"But the power of the True Immortal Level Formation is not just that."

"What's more important is the immortal formation."

"Even if an enemy really destroys the True Immortal-level formation, as long as the core of the formation is not destroyed, it can be repaired quickly, and it can be repaired automatically."

"So the True Immortal Formation does not require any formation maintenance at all and can operate automatically."

“I don’t know how much manpower and material resources have been saved.”

"At the same time, it also reduces the trouble for the enemy to invade the core of the formation."

"It can be said that this is the real horror of the True Immortal Level Formation."

The white-robed monk said with emotion.

Ever since he knew how terrifying the True Immortal Level Formation was, he was deeply shocked.

It can only be said that it is indeed a formation that comes from the fairy world, and is indeed beyond the scope of ordinary people's imagination.

Once an ordinary-level formation, even an eighth-level formation, is destroyed, it will need to be repaired by the formation master.

Even the normal operation of the formation requires the formation master to monitor it at all times.

If something unexpected happens, the formation may be destroyed.

But the True Immortal Formation is good. It operates completely intelligently and has already given birth to formation spirits.

There is no need for any formation master to guard it at all.

Even if there is any problem, the formation can automatically operate and repair it.

It can be said that the level of technology has been improved countless times.

For mortal monks, it is simply a dimensionality reduction attack, and the enemy is no match at all.

"The Immortal Formation? It's too tyrannical."

Daizonghe was stunned. He didn't know what to say. He could only say it was too exaggerated.

The true immortal level formation is terrifying enough to rival the true immortal and kill the Mahayana monks.

And even if the enemy worked hard and paid a huge price to destroy the True Immortal Formation.

But the True Immortal Formation can actually repair itself.

If the enemy knew this, they would probably be completely desperate.

Fortunately, he was a member of the Xuanhuang Sect, otherwise he would not have known what to do.

"What does this Taoist Xuanhuang want to do in the mortal world?"

"Do you really want to dominate the mortal world?"

"The problem is that even if the mortal world is truly unified, it will not be of any benefit to his practice."

"Or is it purely the evil interest of Taoist Xuanhuang, who wants to unify the human race in the world?"

The Immortal Artifact's Eye of Ending Dharma is simply puzzling. I can't think of the reason why Taoist Xuanhuang spent so much effort. This is beyond the scope of my imagination.

It doesn't even know what benefit this is to Taoist Xuanhuang.

Could it be that this is just to satisfy my own evil taste?

When the dignified immortals came to the mortal world, it was simply a dimension-reducing blow to those mortals.

Of course, normal Earth Immortals probably wouldn't be able to do this.

After all, ordinary earth immortals only master the power of space laws, and are not top-notch spiritual planters or formation masters.

Only Xuanxian and even Jinxian, who are extremely talented and beautiful and master many methods, can compare with this Taoist Xuanhuang.

"But don't think that the other world is completely safe."

"Although we are protected by the True Immortal Formation, as long as we stay in the main city, we will not be in any danger."

"The problem is that we came to another world to make a fortune and obtain other world's resources."

"In this case, it is natural to leave the city and venture into the wild."

"Once we leave the main city, we will be targeted by alien forces immediately."

"You may even be targeted by the heavenly law from another world."

The middle-aged bald monk's face was very serious.

"Being targeted by the heavenly beings from another world? What does this mean?"

Hearing this, Daizonghe was immediately shocked. He was just building a small foundation. How could he be so virtuous and capable? It was really an exaggeration to face being targeted by heaven.

"That's literally what it means."

"We are monks from the Xuanhuang Realm. To other worlds, we are invaders and outsiders."

"If you kill too much in another world, you will be entangled in cause and effect, and the evil will spread."

"At that time, the tribulation energy may confuse the mind, and thus encounter various catastrophes."

"So some expeditionary army monks need to return to the Xuanhuang Realm monks if the expedition lasts too long."

"Only by washing away the calamity in oneself can one return again."

"Otherwise, if you continue to stay in another world, you will have bad luck and encounter many disasters."

The middle-aged bald monk reminded that this is also the experience of many expeditionary army monks.

(End of this chapter)