novelThe Descendant
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No one had expected that, the moment the evil soul was about to leave, the most agitated one was surprisingly You've Got Me, the bug stiffened the stings on its body, it squalled as it pounced forward, and shot right into the evil soul without hesitation.
The evil soul had a form but no substance, it was completely force-free, You've Got Me flew through the evil soul directly, and landed on the ground.
The moment the bug landed on the ground it immediately slammed its body and leaped up once again, akin to an acrobat that was practicing to jump through hoops, its shot through the evil soul with a graceful posture once again, not only were the others puzzled, the evil soul itself was feeling rather strange, it sniggered, "This bug has turned into a fool..." Before it could finish its sentence, a puff of scorching heat that could even char spirits and souls rippled in midair all of a sudden, Molten Metal Fire Bell abruptly appeared!
The giant sword shook rapidly in accordance to You've Got Me's ululation, and formed into gushes of shocking hum, this was different from the usual sword's hum in the past, this time, Molten Metal Fire Bell was rippling with the pleasing yet soul rinsing sound of bell! It was until this moment, the giant sword's hum, had finally adopted to the word 'Bell' in its name.
After the giant sword revealed itself, the evil soul that had been calm and fearless all along firstly displayed the indifferent expression of mockery, until when it heard the sound of bell, its expression suddenly turned frightened, it gave out a hiss from the depth of its throat, it shook its head and wagged its tail as it turned around and ran!
You've Got Me would never allow it to run away, it immediately jumped up and continued to jump through hoops, within the terrifying sound of bell, Molten Metal Fire Bell suddenly surged skywards, soon after its gigantic sword's blade spun around, the tip of the sword was facing downwards, it was accompanied by the force of a thousand tons as it roared all the way from the top of the heaven, and pinned down onto the evil soul ferociously!
The thrust of a tremendous force was not as imagined by the people, that stabbed the giant sword deep into the mountain rock. On the contrary, it precisely used the tip of the sword to pierce into the evil soul's neck, the evil soul that had a form but no substance, was surprisingly and truly nailed down by the giant sword, it was shaking its head and wagging its tail with a petrified expression, yet it did not manage to break free all along.
On the sword's blade of the Molten Metal Fire Bell, layer upon layer of flames rippled and rolled continuously, while the flames' color, from the color of deep red, within its tossing and turning it gradually turned into brass, followed by bright yellow, shimmering golden, and finally into the dazzling and enchanting color of silver that was so bright it made one could not look straight into it at all!
Zhui Zi's ice fire, was spotlessly white and flawless, as if it was condensed from the holiest and purest snow on the snow peak, while the giant sword's silver fire, was piercing yet vigorous, akin to the combustion of the shocking lightning and surging thunder up in the ninth heaven.
The giant sword pinned down the evil soul, the silver fire was akin to a raging poisonous snake, that coiled down continuously from the giant sword, and licked at the evil soul's body without substance again and again, every time it licked, the evil soul would certainly erupt in a loud and bitter cry! The silver fire grew more and more, stronger and stronger, until finally the entire Molten Metal Fire Bell seems to turn into a silver-colored waterfall, its ferocious flames flowed like a swarm of bees, and rolled towards the evil soul in a domineering manner!
You've Got Me ululated and jumped next to the giant sword, it turned from an acrobat into a cheerleader.
It was unknown how long had passed, the evil soul's bitter cries turned into sorrowful screams, and finally condensed into an unwilling sigh... the silver-colored scorching flames on the giant sword too extinguished along that, the Molten Metal Fire Bell turned back into its previous reddish magnificence.
After the flames disappeared, the evil soul too disappeared accordingly, leaving behind a twisted snake-shaped depression mark on the ground, one of the ten souls of the invincible and immortal nine-headed Xiang Liu that inspired fear through the entire world, vanished just like that?
You've Got Me was done performing, it raised its body that was getting fatter with each passing day proudly, soon after it widened its little black eyes, the people whom were watching were all widening their mouths, they stood transfixed to the ground in dumbstruck...
It was until after a long while, the golden monkey Qian Ren recovered from its surprise, it glared at Wen Leyang in astonishment, "This sword here... what is its origins actually?"
Fei Fei sniggered and laughed loudly from the side, "You said it before yourself, the Fire Master..."
The monkey's old face blushed scarlet, it was only then it suddenly remembered that it once made up a lie about the Fire Master in the past, it was purely lying back then in order to find itself some leverage, the Fire Master was literally created from scratch.
Wen Leyang spat out a mouthful of foul breath heavily, he dug out You've Got Me that had just jumped into his mouth, that was still cheering joyously, and placed it cautiously onto his palm, he looked towards the few top demon immortals beside himself, "What... what is going on here? The Molten Metal Fire Bell is capable of killing the evil soul?"
Chang Li's expression was also very peculiar, she gave a rigid smile with great effort, "What a waste... that the evil soul has been dissolved, judging by its final terrified appearance, it should have recognized the giant sword."
"This Molten Metal Fire Bell is not related to the Kunlun Sect, but it is closely connected to the Black and White Island!" While Zhui Zi was saying that, she stretched out her hand and rubbed on her cheek, the muscles on her face were moving again, she regained her previous piteous appearance, "The true fire that was used by the giant sword to dissolve the evil soul, was a profound magic art of the orthodox Black and White Island! Xiang Liu was a giant monster from the primitive ages, it seized the creation of the heaven and earth and was invincible, the evil souls in its head, were also the utmost abominable and utmost evilest filth, without a profound skill that was exceedingly profound, there was no way it could be dissolved."
Wen Leyang nodded, ever since the battle of the City God Temple, the enlightened person Tian Shu once met him, and Tian Shu once mentioned that the effort of dissolving the evil soul, required the three sword immortals of the Black and White Island to make the move, it would only be effective only by using the profound orthodox magic art.
Zhui Zi observed his appearance, she had a rough idea on what was om his mind, she laughed as she nodded, "That silver flame that was condensed by the giant sword earlier, it is the utmost purest in the Taoist school..."
Wen Leyang did not wait for her to finish her sentence, he acted presumptuous and continued, "The True Fire of Samadhi?"
Zhui Zi burst out laughing as she shook her head, "Stop pretending to understand when you do not! The True Fire of Samadhi is not the only true fire that exists! The flame that is contained in the giant sword, is the True Fire of Heavenly Plow that is inherited by the Black and White Island's disciples! It is the True Fire of Heavenly Plow that is refined from the Ninth Heaven's divine thunder!"
In the Taoist school magic art, the thunder conjuration and thunder magic art held extremely important positions, during the ancient times, master cultivators emerged in an endless stream in the cultivation world, generally the orthodox disciples were skilled in the thunder magic art, their supernatural powers were so powerful they frightened the heaven and moved the earth.
The Black and White Island cultivated in the true fire, which was gathering the True Fire of Heavenly Plow that was refined by the divine thunder. Even though it was not as famous as the True Fire of Samadhi, but its power was no less inferior, on the issue of refining soul, the Heavenly Plow was even more powerful and domineering than Samadhi, it was the Black and White Island's secret that was never passed down, titular disciples like the little supreme leader Liu Zheng, was not even qualified enough to learn about it right now, he had never even heard of the enlightened person Tian Shu's mention before.
At this point, Zhui Zi heaved a sigh in a dejected manner, "Tian Shu and Tian Hua were looking for the evil soul for the past two thousand years, they were planning to use the True Fire of Heavenly Plow to refine it."
The wood element evil soul was showing off, yet it had absolutely never expected that You've Got Me was its jinx, it used the Taoist School's True Fire of Heavenly Plow that was hidden in the Molten Metal Fire Bell to burn it into a scattered and dispersed soul.
If the evil soul were to continue hiding in the true body of Xiang Liu, then the Molten Metal Fire Bell would be helpless even if the sword was three times bigger, yet the evil soul escaped out of its body, without the protection of its flesh body, moreover it bumped into its old opponent that inherently inter-restricted it, it was a wonder if it could survive that.
The little supreme leader Liu Zheng could only feel as if the power on his body was drenched all at once at this moment, he slowly sat onto the ground, and cried bitterly and loudly all of a sudden, "The master teachers' valiant souls are already deceased, yet the True Fire of Heavenly Plow reappeared in the mortal world! The True Fire genuinely dissolved the evil soul that was still insulting them earlier! The law of Heaven punishes the guilty and rewards the kind, what goes around comes around! The three esteemed master teachers will know about this in the nether world, they will even raise their heads to the sky and laugh aloud for three times!"
Everyone on the scene felt grieved upon hearing that without exception, the old man Bao Ri was pursing his lips intentionally in the beginning, when he suddenly realized that Chang Li was staring at him with glimmering eyes, he hastily raised his sleeve and wiped his tears pretentiously.
Just like how Fei Fei had mentioned, the old man albeit possessed profound cultivation base and was full of cunning tricks, but in the final analysis he was still a person with cowardly temperament that bullied the weak and feared the strong, when he was defeated, he did not even have the courage to mobilize the few of his monster sect disciples to risk their lives and fought. At first there was the three persons Chang Li, Zhui Zi and golden monkey with the utmost cultivation base, followed by the strong poison that caused so much pain to the Earth Emperor he wished he could die, and finally there was the True Fire of Heavenly Plow that was contained in the Molten Metal Fire Bell, every single one of those events made Bao Ri terrified, the old man was afraid of these monsters of every description from the bottom of his heart.
Liu Zheng cried loudly for a while, only then he dried his tears and stood up, his gaze that was still rippling with tears appeared crystal clear yet bright, he spoke to Wen Leyang solemnly, "I still have one more question, I would like to ask you!"
Wen Leyang nodded earnestly.
"Can you please gift me the bug..."
Wen Leyang did not expect that Liu Zheng would play the same old trick again now, he was at a loss of whether to laugh or cry.
One was a descendant of an old friend, while the other was a friend in adversity, Zhui Zi stood in between the both of them and did not help either, she chuckled as she continued, "The giant sword is closely connected to the Black and White Island, no wonder the bug can only summon the Molten Metal Fire Bell, every time after the Kunlun Sword Formation was launched."
The True Fire of Heavenly Plow that was hidden in the giant sword was the secret that was never passed down of the Black and White Island.
Even though the Kunlun magic art only taught of the superficial skill of the Black and White Island, but it was still considered of the same root and same lineage.
Even though You've Got Me swallowed the Sword's Resolve, but it was still a bug anyhow, it could not summon the giant sword just by depending on itself, but once the Kunlun Sword Formation was revealed, no matter how far the two sides were separated the sword formation would still awaken the sword's intent of the Molten Metal Fire Bell, in addition to You've Got Me's summon, the giant sword would immediately appear with a loud bang.
Wen Leyang's thoughts were still on the Molten Metal Fire Bell, he muttered to himself for a while before he asked Zhui Zi, "So this sword here... is not of fire element?"
Everyone grew impatient, even Darling Little Five too gave him an evil stare, there was only Zhui Zi whom was joyous and excited, as if the most splendid thing in the world was to talk to Wen Leyang, "The giant sword contains the divine thunder's heavenly fire, it does not belong to the five elements of the mortal world, even though it may appear fiery and powerful on usual days, but it is not a precious of the fire element in the five elements, but it is the Taoist school's Heavenly Fire Power Tool!"
Wen Leyang was clearly confused, he continued to inquire closely with unyielding courage, "But You've Got Me is the king of bugs in the fire element of the five elements... that larva, it swallowed the Sword's Resolve..."
Zhui Zi finally understood his question, she laughed aloud as she answered, "The people whom divided all the matters in the world into Yin and Yang and five elements, are all of you, but not You've Got Me! the Buddha's Light Bug is a bug of fire element, when it realizes that it is capable of eating and swallowing the power of vigorous fire, of course it will pounce over and feast, it does not care about any of those heavenly fire or five element's fire, as long as it is edible then all is well!"
"So... the act of killing Brother Sang's evil soul, was it done by You've Got Me that commanded the giant sword, or the giant sword that took the initiative by itself?"
Zhui Zi shrugged, "You can only ask the bug about this then!"
Wen Leyang looked at You've Got Me, You've Got Me too looked at Wen Leyang.
Liu Zheng's expression was gloomy and awkward, the Thousands Swords Greeting that was regarded by the Kunlun Sect as a magic protective circle, had surprisingly turned into the firecrackers' detonator, while he was pondering about that, the gaze that Liu Zheng used to look at You've Got Me grew even more determined, Wen Leyang hastily stuffed the bug into his chest pocket, his eyes were burning with excitement, "So... can the True Fire of Heavenly Plow dissolve Xiang Liu's true soul?"
Chang Li and Zhui Zi gazed into the eyes of one another, they squinted their eyes simultaneously, after they pondered for a while, the both of them simultaneously shook their heads, "The true soul is way stronger than the evil soul, just by depending on the Molten Metal Fire Bell's True Fire of Heavenly Plow, I am afraid that it is no enough still! If it were the true soul earlier, I am afraid that even the giant sword is incapable of pinning it down, let alone dissolving it with the true fire."
Wen Leyang heaved a sigh, he did not speak anymore, the two evil souls of Xiang Liu, one was killed by himself, while the other was imprisoned by his grand master of the Corpse Sect, in addition to being suppressed by Zhui Zi's on the Black and White Island for millenniums, being killed by the firecrackers' poison in the snow peak's ore cave, Xiang Liu's enmity towards them the disciples of Tuo Xie was knotted tighter and deeper, but no matter how strong they grew, the most troublesome was still the true soul, it could not be settled with their actual power at all.
Wen Shulin was befell by a series of great difficulties during this period of time, he had already become smarter and wittier, the moment he looked at Wen Leyang's expression he hastily declared, "I will put in more effort to calculate, I will put in more effort to calculate, I will find the three precious' inkling anyhow!"
Chang Li had been trying to be patient all along, she had a hard time waiting for Wen Leyang to finish discussing, she exchanged a gaze in between Zhui Zi and Qian Ren, the three top demon immortals suddenly floated, they cruised in between the four old monsters in lightning speed, the few old monsters were howling furiously or gasping alarmingly, they were already casted with prohibition spell by Chang Li and the rest in the blink of an eye, their life vitality was sealed.
Shudou and Sir Rust were severely injured so they were too weak to resist, Hot Immortal Aunt was injured rather severely too, her entire person became dull upon witnessing the tragic death of Brother Sang, while the old man Bao Ri whom was completely unscathed did not dare to resist at all, he was gifted with a body full of supernatural power yet he could not even come up with the idea to resist.
Chang Li bustled about, giggled and clapped her hands upon completing her task, her eyes were glimmering as she glared at Bao Ri, "Speak! What is the relationship between the Black and White Island and the Molten Metal Fire Bell!"
Bao Ri was startled, he hastily waved his hand, "We are all rogue cultivators, even though we are aware that we are somehow connected to the Black and White Island, but we do not even know where is the Black and White Island, how will we know of the relationship between this... divine sword and the three sword immortals of the Black and White Island!" As he was saying that, he hastily started professing, he cursed the evil soul for being treacherous, that they were only respectful to the Black and White Island et cetera...
Wen Leyang truly did not expect that, Bao Ri's bones were truly this soft.
Chang Li's gaze was half doubting, "You really do not know?" As she was saying that she looked towards Fei Fei.
Bao Ri hastily nodded, "I really do not know!"
Fei Fei too frowned and nodded, "He does not seem to feign this, he should be telling the truth, "
Chang Li pouted her lips, her expression was a little uncertain, "I asked the wrong question earlier, I was planning to ask about their relationship to the Black and White Island, as a result all of you were talking about the giant sword, all of you were talking about the Molten Metal Fire Bell..."
The old man Bao Ri's cold sweat was flowing into his eyes, he did not wait for Chang Li to speak before he hastily answered, "My family's first ancestor once followed the immortal master teacher to execute demons and evildoers, they passed through the world to slaughter those evil devils and unorthodox doctrines, afterwards the first ancestor helped his immortal master teacher to condense and refine the demon-suppressing heaven's cone nail and suppressed the utmost evilest nine-headed monster Xiang Liu on the Black and White Island eternally!"
Upon saying that, Bao Ri was still afraid that Chang Li refused to believe him, so he complemented, "My family's cultivation method, is adopting the power of primordial sun of the Great Sun, we are unyielding and unparalleled, out of the nine demon-suppressing heaven's cone nail on the Black and White Island, one of it echoes to the power of the heavenly sun, and that is refined from the primordial soul of my family's first ancestor along with his treasured weapon!"
Wen Leyang could not refrain himself from asking, "Immortal master teacher?"
The golden monkey Qian Ren gave a humph, "That is Kong Nuer!" As it was saying that, it peered at Wen Leyang in exasperation, the wood element heaven's cone nail was produced by Kong Nuer, these people's cultivation method was inherited from the same lineage of Kong Nuer's inferior back then, needless to say, the nine heaven's cone nail on the Black and White Island, were all refined by him one by one.
Wen Leyang inhaled a long and chilly breath, in his mind, Kong Nuer had always been a person whom committed the most heinous crimes, he did not expect that he was the founder of the demon-suppressing great formation of the Black and White Island, if he were to consider this, then Kong Nuer had just become a good man as big as he heaven.
Chang Li did not acknowledge Wen Leyang's thinking, but she looked towards Bao Ri in slight astonishment, "The heaven's cone nails are refined by the primordial soul of your family's first ancestor condensed with his treasured weapon with the power of the sun genus? So this signifies that... you are the descendant of the demon-suppressing heaven's cone nails?"
Bao Ri nodded, "The first ancestor was willing to sacrifice his body and abandoned his soul for the righteous cause of the mortal world, after he was done refining the heaven's cone nails, us the descendants then returned to our immortal's cave to live in solitary and cultivated, then we were untroubled and contented!"
Chang Li nodded as if she was deep in thoughts, she then stretched out her hand and pointed to the rest of the few monsters, "They..."
Without awaiting Chang Li to finish asking, Bao Ri continued to nod, "are the same as me, Grandmother Shudou's first ancestor is the star cone nail, Hot Immortal Aunt's first ancestor is the fire element cone nail, Sir Rust and Brother Sang's first ancestors are separately forged into the metal element and earth element heaven's cone nail."
Hot Immortal Aunt complemented coldly from the side, "Everyone's first ancestors, volunteered to sacrifice themselves! We are the descendants of the heaven's cone nail, and this is our connection to the Black and White Island! The three sword immortals of the Black and White Island lived in solitary and guarded the heaven, they spent millenniums adhering to the ascetic practices, while our few families' first ancestors, had even more ascetic lives than them even!"
Chang Li stretched out her sharp finger, and rubbed the area between her brows that had knotted into a lump, "You are all the descendants of those loyal and righteous people, I am sorry I did not recognize all of you!" As she was saying that, she gave a forced laugh and shook her head, the demon cat had never possessed any concept of right or wrong from the day she was born, but in her perception, it did not matter whether the Black and White Island was suppressing righteous vanguard, or evil creature from the primitive ages, her admiration was for the matter that they were willing to sacrifice themselves to refine the heaven's cone nails.
Zhui Zi took a step forward, she asked the old man Bao Ri, "Then how about my family than you have mentioned in the past? What is going on with that 'the surviving evildoer of that family on Geladaindong Peak' then?"
Bao Ri was about to speak but the hesitated, he stuttered for a long while but he refused to speak, Zhui Zi raised her brows so high her brows were almost standing, she shouted with a stern voice, "Speak!" Wen Leyang had never seen Zhui Zi like this before, he stretched out his hand and patted on her shoulder, it was only then he realized that even her body was shivering a little.
The severely injured Shudou managed to sit up with great effort, she peered at Bao Ri arrogantly, her voice gloomy and cold as she spoke, "You have inherited the water element cultivation method of your family's first ancestor, and yet you still do not know about your family's origins?"
Zhui Zi shook her head but she did not explain, she repeated once again, "Speak."
Shudou's expression was unyielding, she glared back at Zhui Zi stubbornly, "Your family's first ancestor is the cultivator that cultivated in the power of soft water on Geladaindong Peak, together with our ancestors they are the comrades-in-arms that live and die together!"
Zhui Zi's voice sounded a little hoarse, "Comrades? What do you mean!"
Shudou burst out laughing, "Since you have already known then why is there a necessity to deliberately ask anymore! You and I our two families' first ancestors are the same, they once followed the immortal master teacher! But it was during the time when she was condensing and forging the heaven's cone nail to suppress Xiang Liu, your family's first ancestor cowardly clung to life and feared death, not only did she refuse to hand out the heavenly water spirit and her primordial soul! She failed to escape and wanted to revolt, but she was finally subdued by the immortal master teacher, the immortal master teacher stripped away the primordial soul of your family's first ancestor and found the heavenly water spirit, hah hah hah, you do not know, that the first out of the nine heaven's cone nail that was refined, was from your family's first ancestor, the water element heaven's cone nail!"
Wen Leyang could understand no matter how innocent his thinking was, that Grandmother Shudou was unaware that Zhui Zi was the demon-suppressing heaven's cone nail, Shudou thought that she was Zhui Zi's descendant, that was why Shudou addressed her as the 'surviving evildoer' recently.
Zhui Zi suddenly inhaled a long breath, the entire Goddess Peak's mountain peak suddenly turned cold, a layer of frost crawled down from her legs and spread in all directions visibly, and spread out in the blink of an eye, "Then... how about my family members? What is the surname of my family's first ancestor, and what is her name?"
It was as if Grandmother Shudou had just heard of the most amusing joke ever, she suddenly gave out an extremely joyous laughter, "Your family members in the past? Of course because they were protecting your family's first ancestor, when even your family's first ancestor was executed in the end, those little demons and little evildoers of your family, of course they were gotten rid of and cleansed! But I do not know how did he leave behind your little evildoer seed here, whom ruined our important matter up to this day again!"
A drop of tear, quietly glided out of Zhui Zi's eye, it wriggled and rolled down all the way, and turned into a drop of quintessential ice bead before it dropped onto the ground, it finally fell onto the ground, and splashed up a few pieces of floating dust and soil.
Wen Leyang stretched out his hand, he held Zhui Zi's icy cold delicate hand.
Grandmother Shudou continued to burst out laughing, "As for what is the surname your family's first ancestor, who has the patience to remember that! The fellow whom cowardly clung to life and feared death, what is the purpose of having a name anyway, what difference does it make if she was called a swine, a dog, a tortoise..."
Before the old woman's voice died away, a series of shouting was heard abruptly, the people next to Zhui Zi could not bear to listen anymore, the crisp sound of clacking connected into a stretch all of a sudden, the three persons Chang Li, Qian Ren and the little supreme leader Liu Zheng arrived in succession, every one of them gave Shudou a ferocious slap each, and pulverized her laughter all at once!
Wen Leyang's body had only moved, when the icy cold little hand in his palm gently pulled at him strenuously, Zhui Zi's face was ghastly pale to the greatest extent, she looked towards Shudou dully, "Killed my disciples, seized my primordial spirit, so all of you did that so deservedly?" As she was saying that, she turned around and looked towards Chang Li, "She is pleading for death, but do not kill her."
Shudou frowned, "Your disciples?" Soon after her old face was filled with fear, she was suddenly enlightened, "You... are not the surviving evildoer, you are... you are the heaven's cone nail!" Other than Zhui Zi herself, who else had such precise and soft power of soft water!
Zhui Zi shook her head, she seemed to be too lazy to acknowledge her, her ghastly pale face was penetrating with a sense of faint golden, her expression was exceedingly dull, her fragile and feeble body leaned into Wen Leyang's cradle, she gradually fell limp and sat onto the ground.
Chang Li was so furious her entire body was shaking, she clenched her teeth as she enunciated and glared at the few descendants of the heaven's cone nails, "The two words of 'meeting death' are not easy to write, the act of sacrificing one's life for justice, Chang Li has always admired that, but sacrificing the life of others, in order to fulfill one's justice, moreover killing the entire sect, then this is worse than swine and dogs!"
Hot Immortal Aunt and Sir Rust shut their eyes and did not speak, Bao Ri was scared out of his wits since earlier, he muttered to himself, "This... this is not handled appropriately in the beginning... but all these matters... are unrelated to us!"
Grandmother Shudou had since gave up on her life, her face revealed in another maniacal smile once again, she completely disregarded Chang Li, her gaze stared straight into Zhui Zi, "If it was you then this is even better, Shudou cannot believe how fortunate she is, to be given the pleasure to scold this scum whom cowardly clings to life and fear death of you..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Qian Ren suddenly shouted in rage, "Shut up! You are such an ignorant woman! You have only lived for a few years, what do you know about life! Do you think that your family's first ancestor truly sacrificed his life for justice then? Hah hah, all of you have been dreaming for thousands of years, there will come a day when you are awakened from the dream, I am only afraid that by then, all of you have only realized that your own ancestors, made such a big fool of themselves!"
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