The atmosphere of the Qing Ying Sect was a little tense, and after the gathering of the elders, the news that the Antarctic Sect had come to the Qing Ying Sect to move troops quickly spread throughout the Qing Ying Sect.

When they heard that the Qing Ying Sect was going to send ten Heavenly Realm powerhouses this time, and each party was going to send at least five Law Phase Realm masters, everyone realized the seriousness of this problem, after all, although the Antarctic Sect had come to the Qing Ying Sect for help many times, this time it was definitely unprecedented.

Speaking of which, although the Antarctic Sect is far away from the Qing Ming Sect, in the final analysis, everyone is on the vast land of the Southern Regions, if one day, the fierce beasts of the Endless Southern Wilderness break through the defense line of the Antarctic Sect, then God knows if it will affect the Qing Ying Sect.

It is said that there are countless fierce beasts and spirit beasts in the Endless Southern Wilderness, and the entire Endless Southern Wilderness is even more boundless, countless times larger than the scope of the entire Southern Regions. This is also the reason why the major sects will send people to support the Antarctic Sect.

"Ji Dong, why don't you go to the Antarctic Sect? Shizun has already said that the beast tide there is very dangerous, even the powerhouses of the Heavenly Realm have the possibility of falling, I really don't want you to take risks. ”

In the secret room, Xue Mingyue's little face was a little bitter, and she kept persuading Ji Dong, hoping that Ji Dong would be able to return to his heart.

Not long ago, Xun Wanshan had already looked for her, and told her in detail about the situation on the Antarctic Sect's side, hoping that she could persuade Ji Dong to prevent Ji Dong from running into danger.

It's a pity that she has already said everything she can say, but Ji Dong has made up her mind at all, no matter how much she persuades, it seems that it will be difficult for the other party to change her mind.

"Mingyue, I know you're worried about my safety, but this time, I really have to go." Looking at Xue Mingyue's worried gaze, Ji Dong's heart inevitably felt a little unbearable, but in the end, he resolutely said it.

"Don't worry, I have confidence in my strength, I promise you, when the beast tide over there in the Antarctic Sect is over, I will come back to see you as soon as possible, and I will definitely not let myself have trouble."

For the beast tide of the Endless Southern Wilderness, he is really interested in the first thing, maybe for others, the beast tide is a very dangerous thing, but for him, who is based on the Vermilion Bird Law Phase, as long as it involves the problem of fierce beasts, he really has nothing to fear.

Secondly, he was still a little uneasy about his master Xun Wanshan, although Xun Wanshan's strength was very strong, but don't forget that the danger that Xun Wanshan might experience was not just from the fierce beast, God knows if the Great Elder would take action.

"Hey!!"

Hearing Ji Dong's words to this point, Xue Mingyue couldn't help but let out a long sigh, she knew that no matter how much she persuaded her, it was obviously useless.

"Promise me that you must not let yourself have an accident, otherwise, I will never live alone." Biting her lip, Xue Mingyue could only swallow back all the words of persuasion, and then instructed Ji Dong deeply.

"Don't worry, I'll be back safe." Nodding fiercely, Ji Dong's face was also indescribably solemn, "By the way, I have already arranged it, for the next time, you can cultivate here with peace of mind, until I come back, Elder Hong will always sit in charge of the Qindu Party, and if there is anything, I will arrange Senior Brother Jiang and them to do it, and when I come back, I will help you comprehend the Faxiang and help you become a strong party." ”

Half a month ago, he had already helped the other party successfully survive the Heavenly Tribulation, and now Blood Mingyue was already a veritable master of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, and as long as he found the right Law Aspect for the other party, he could help the other party achieve the Law Phase Realm realm in one fell swoop.

Speaking of which, a large part of the reason why he went to the Antarctic Sect to deal with the beast tide this time was actually to help Blood Mingyue find a more suitable law phase.

Since it is a beast tide, there must be a lot of spirit beasts and fierce beasts, and it is very likely that there will be a more special existence among them, and when the time comes, he can kill those special fierce beasts, and then bring back the soul imprints of those fierce beasts, and supply blood to Mingyue to choose at will.

"I'll wait for you!" Blood Mingyue didn't say much more, but three simple words were worth a thousand words.........

Early the next morning, all the elders who were going to the Antarctic Sect, as well as the masters of the Law Aspect Realm selected by the major parties, gathered on a special spiritual peak of the Qingying Sect.

This spiritual peak is not a complete spiritual peak, the entire spiritual peak, it seems that someone has cut off the part of the peak, but it forms a huge platform at the top of the spiritual peak, like a square standing above the sky.

"Hahaha, Brother Wanshan, why did you come, brother, I've been waiting for a long time!"

Ji Dong and Xun Wanshan took the four Law Phase Realm masters of the Qin Du Party, almost the last wave to arrive, and as soon as they landed on the peak platform, Yan Bofu and the five Law Phase Realm masters of the Flying Eagle Party greeted them. It can be seen that their team seems to have been waiting here for a long time.

"I took care of some trivial matters, so I delayed a little time, but it doesn't seem too late!" Seeing Yan Bofu coming up, Xun Wanshan couldn't help but smile slightly, and arched his hand at the other party.

"Hahaha, it's not too late, it's not too late, the Great Elder hasn't ............ yet Kindness? This is............?!! ”

Hearing Xun Wanshan's words, Yan Bofu smiled loudly, and was about to continue talking to Xun Wanshan, however, at this moment, his eyes suddenly fell on Ji Dong behind the other party, and when he saw Ji Dong's face clearly, he couldn't help but be shocked, and subconsciously exclaimed.

"Look at it, look at it, isn't that the party leader of the Qindu Party? Why did he appear here, don't tell me, he is also going to the Antarctic Sect to help this time! ”

"It's really the leader of the Qindu Party, good guy, looking at his posture, it seems that he really wants to go to the Antarctic Sect with us!"

"This little guy is really brave enough, how dangerous is the beast tide in the Southern Wilderness, he will actually go into battle in person, is this the rhythm of challenging himself?"

"Who knows, but I don't think he needs to be involved at all, with his identity, it will be really unworth it if he loses his life at that time."

"People are not afraid of themselves, you are worried about a fart............"

With Yan Bofu's exclamation, everyone on the platform looked at Ji Dong behind Xun Wanshan, speaking of which, Ji Dong has long been known to everyone in the Qingying Sect, not to mention the high-level of the major parties, even if it is the elders of the Elder Hall, they do not know him.

No one thought that Ji Dong, the party leader of the Qindu Party, would actually come to join in this kind of excitement, logically speaking, everyone is afraid to avoid such a dangerous task, not to mention the party leaders of the major parties, even if it is a hall master-level figure, no one will come at all.

Therefore, seeing Ji Dong appear in the ranks of the Qindu Party at this moment, everyone's hearts were full of surprise, and the eyes that looked at Ji Dong were also full of incomprehension.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Elder Yan to recognize the disciple, this is the honor of the disciple."

Ji Dong didn't take it to heart for the onlookers present, and between speaking, he had already stepped forward from the team, saluted Yan Bofu respectfully, and didn't care about the others.

"Hahaha, the Cloud Party Leader is quickly exempt, you are now a big celebrity in the Qing Ying Sect, just ask the entire Qing Ying Sect, who will not know the Yun Party Master?"

Seeing Ji Dong come forward to salute himself, Yan Bofu was slightly stunned at first, and then said with a long laugh. He didn't expect Ji Dong to salute him, you know, although Ji Dong is not an elder-level figure, his status in the Blue Hell Sect is no less than that of these elders, and even surpasses it.

Today, everyone already knows that Ji Dong has the support of the strong people of the Dan Array Sect behind him, and his own strength is also very terrifying, such a person, it is basically a sure thing to advance to the Heavenly Rank Realm in the future, so even if he is an elder-level powerhouse, he does not dare to rely on the old and sell the old in front of Ji Dong.

"Elder Yan's words are serious." Hearing Yan Bofu's words, Ji Dong couldn't help but smile and shook his head, still acting very humble, "By the way, I heard that Elder Yan is a friend of Senior Xun, since he is a friend of Senior Xun, then naturally he is also an elder below, I have some small gifts here, just as a disciple to honor your elder." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand, directly took out a jade bottle, and respectfully handed it to the other party.

For Yan Bofu, his heart has always been full of gratitude, no matter what happened between the other party and his master at the beginning, but at least the other party stepped forward before, and the thing that stood up for him was not fake, all the time, he wanted to thank the other party, but he just didn't have the opportunity.

"Huh? This is ............" Seeing the jade bottle handed over by Ji Dong, Yan Bofu almost subconsciously wanted to refuse, after all, since ancient times, the elders have given gifts to the juniors, but it is rare for the juniors to give the elders, in front of so many people, he is really embarrassed to accept Ji Dong's gifts.

It's just that when he saw the elixir in the jade bottle clearly, his eyes couldn't help shrinking slightly, but he couldn't say anything to excuse himself.

"This is a longevity pill, I think it will be of great help to Elder Yan's cultivation meeting, and I hope Elder Yan will not refuse."

The corners of his mouth were raised, Ji Dong casually introduced, and as he spoke, he stuffed the jade bottle directly to the other party, and did not give the other party a chance to refuse.

"Yishou Dan......... It's really a longevity pill?!! When Ji Dong's words fell, Yan Bofu's face suddenly changed wildly, and then he became extremely excited.

For Yishou Dan, he naturally wouldn't fail to recognize it, but where would he have thought that Ji Dong would casually make a move, and actually sent out such a treasure, and at this moment, he had a feeling of unreality when he was confirmed by Ji Dong.

"Benefit......... Yishou Dan? Didn't I hear it wrong? This...... This is the legendary Yishou Dan? ”

"Is there any mistake? It turned out to be really Yishou Dan! This little guy actually took Yishou Dan casually and gave it away? This......... That's an exaggeration, isn't it? ”

"Yishou Dan, I actually saw the real Yishou Dan............"

Seeing that Ji Dong actually gave Yan Bofu a longevity pill casually, everyone present widened their eyes and couldn't believe their eyes at all.

How precious the Yishou Pill is, I'm afraid no one will not know, because of this, when they saw Ji Dong give Yan Bofu a Yishou Pill, everyone's hearts became more and more shocked.

It's not that they haven't seen someone who is generous, but like Ji Dong, they must have never seen it.

"Hahaha, thank you Yun Party Master, I accepted this gift, if there is any use in the future to get my Yan Bo Fu, Yun Party Master can just open his mouth."

After a short period of astonishment, Yan Bofu couldn't help laughing loudly, and it was difficult to calm the excitement in his heart for a while. At this moment, he was really glad that he had made the right choice, otherwise, how could he have received such a generous gift from Ji Dong?

"Elder Yan is polite." Hearing this, Ji Dong smiled slightly, but he didn't take the other party's promise to heart.

To this day, the Yan Bofu in front of him, I'm afraid he really can't help himself, maybe if the other party can advance to the realm of the Great Heaven, then maybe it can help him a little, but that kind of realm, it doesn't seem that it is so easy to enter.

"Brush !!"

At this moment, the sound of breaking wind came from a distance, and the sound did not stop, a strange young man flew from the depths of the Qingying Sect, and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the top of the Spirit Peak.

"Yo, all the elders are here......... Kindness?! ”

The figure of the demonic man landed, and he glanced at the people on the entire platform for the first time, almost immediately, he saw Ji Dong standing beside Xun Wanshan and Yan Bofu, and a shocked light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Obviously, he also didn't expect to see Ji Dong here, just like everyone else.

"It turned out to be Brother Pheasant, Brother Pheasant is polite."

"I've seen the Pheasant-sama ............"

At this time, all the elders and disciples present all looked at the demonic man, but they didn't care about shocking the Yishou Pill, after all, the status of the green pheasant in the Qing Ying Sect is relatively special, and many times, the other party basically represents the great elder, so for this, except for Xun Wanshan, I am afraid that no one dares not to put the other party in their eyes.

"Excuse me."

Seeing everyone saluting him, the demonic man hurriedly straightened his expression, but he no longer bothered Ji Dong, "Everyone, the Great Elder is going to be in charge of the Qingshen Sect, so this time I will lead the team and go to the Antarctic Sect with you, and before that, I want to announce one thing to you, that is, this time, the person who kills the most spirit beasts in the beast tide of the Antarctic Sect will get the opportunity to enter the Tianxin Pool to cultivate, and I hope you will take advantage of it!" ”

"What? Entering the Tianxin Pool to cultivate? This ............"

When the strange man's voice fell, everyone present trembled, and then showed excited expressions one by one.

As soon as the three words Tianxinchi came out, everyone present showed extremely excited expressions, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, especially some of the masters of the mood who were present, and even their breathing became a little short.

"Tianxin Pool? The Great Elder actually wanted to take out the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Heart Pool as a reward? I heard you right?! ”

"Okay, well, finally let me wait for the opportunity, my strength has been standing still for many years, if I can enter the Tianxin Pool to cultivate, even if I can't advance to the realm of the Great Heavenly Rank, but at least my strength can be improved a lot."

"Don't grab it from me, this quota is mine, I've been stuck in the realm of the Little Heaven Rank for a long time, if I can enter the Heavenly Heart Pool to cultivate, I will definitely be able to enter the realm of the Middle Heaven Rank!"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if I can enter the Heavenly Heart Pool to cultivate, maybe I will be able to comprehend the true meaning of the Heavenly Rank Realm and advance to the Heavenly Rank Realm in one fell swoop, but there are so many elders competing right now, what should I do, what should I do?"

“……………”

Everyone's brains began to move rapidly, at this moment, everyone hoped that they could become the one who finally entered the Tianxin Pool to cultivate, however, everyone's hearts knew that it was obviously not easy to stand out from so many strong people present, not to say, there was still some luck in it.

"Ahem, Senior Xun, what is the situation in Tianxinchi this day? I also asked my seniors to solve my disciples' doubts. ”

Seeing that everyone suddenly became extremely excited, Ji Dong's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of surprise, and then he asked Xun Wanshan in a low voice.

Not long after he joined the Qing Ying Sect, he really didn't know much about what this Tianxin Pool was, but it seemed that everyone was much more interested in this so-called Tianxin Pool than in his Yishou Pill.

"Hoo ............"

Xun Wanshan was also a little excited at this time, and it wasn't until he heard Ji Dong ask him that he breathed a long sigh of relief and calmed down a little.

"Tianxin Pool is the cultivation holy land of the Qingyin Sect, and it will only be opened once every eighteen years, and every time it is opened, only one person is allowed to enter it, let me tell you briefly, most of the Heavenly Realm powerhouses of the Qingyin Sect are basically born in the Tianxin Pool, I say this, you can understand the meaning of the Tianxin Pool?"

"What? Birth of a Heavenly Realm powerhouse? There is such a magical place in the Blue Immortal Sect?!! ”

After listening to Xun Wanshan's brief introduction, Ji Dong couldn't help but look stunned, and then he also showed an excited expression.

If there is anything he is most interested in at the moment, then it is undoubtedly the realm of the Heavenly Realm. After advancing to the Consciousness Realm, he had been studying how to launch a sprint against the Heavenly Realm, but after studying for so long, he had no clue at all.

However, at this moment, the opportunity to advance to the Heavenly Rank Realm actually appeared in front of him like this, and he really had some unbelievable feelings about this.

"God help me, God help me!"

Clenched his fists fiercely, at this moment, he was already bound to get this quota for entering the Tianxin Pool for cultivation, to put it mildly, even if his master Xun Wanshan wanted this quota, he would persuade the other party to give it to him.

You must know that once he is allowed to advance to the Heavenly Rank Realm, then even he himself does not know how strong he will be, when the time comes, he will not only be able to refine more pills, but he will even be able to take the control of Tianxin Pool in his hands, at that time, whatever Xun Wanshan wants, he is confident that he can provide to the other party.

"Wait, how could the Great Elder take such an opportunity as a reward? Isn't he afraid that this opportunity will be snatched away by Shizun?!! ”

In addition to the excitement, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but he suddenly thought of some deep-seated questions.

Judging from his observations, among these people present, his master Xun Wanshan can definitely be ranked in the forefront, in addition, Xun Wanshan's law appearance seems to be much more terrifying than other people's law appearance, to talk about hunting fierce beasts, it is estimated that it is not comparable to others.

In this way, the one who has the most hope of getting this place among these people is really Xun Wanshan, and in this regard, the Great Elder should not be unexpected.

"Okay, it seems that the Great Elder is afraid that he is not at ease, maybe this is the conspiracy he formulated against the Master........." His eyes narrowed slightly, he was almost sure at this moment, there must be a problem here, otherwise, the Great Elder would definitely not take out such a precious place as a reward.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have also seen that the Great Elder attaches great importance to our performance this time, and I hope that all of you can show all your strength and enthusiasm when you go to the Antarctic Sect this time, and don't let the people of other sects underestimate us."

At this time, the voice of the green pheasant sounded at the right time, continuing to convey the will of the Great Elder, and listening to his meaning, the reason why the Great Elder took out the cultivation quota of Tianxin Pool as a reward was to hope that everyone would not lose the reputation of the Qing Ying Sect in the Antarctic Sect.

I have to say that such an explanation is completely reasonable, after all, the Qing Ying Sect is really a relatively weak one among the nine major sects in the Southern Regions, and if it performs badly this time, it will really be looked down upon by others.

"Brother Pheasant, rest assured, we will definitely do our best this time to let the people of the major parties see our awesomeness!"

"Yes, our Qingying Sect has always been low-key and accustomed to it, which makes all major sects feel that we are easy to bully, this time, we are going to let those people change their opinions about Qingying Sect."

"Yes, yes, we must show momentum this time and hunt more fierce beasts, we must hunt more fierce beasts than any other sect."

"Spelled ............"

Hearing the pheasant's words, everyone present was ignited again, but although the righteousness they said was awe-inspiring, everyone knew in their hearts that in the final analysis, they just wanted to get the quota to enter the Tianxin Pool for cultivation.

"Okay, it's rare for you to have such confidence, since that's the case, let's go now, the elders take care of their respective teams, go!!"

Seeing that everyone's emotions were all ignited, the pheasant couldn't help licking his lips, and glanced at the direction of Xun Wanshan without a trace, and then gave an order, and swept away into the distance first.

"Whoosh !!"

When the pheasant started, the others did not hesitate, and while they spoke, the various elder-level masters released their powers, wrapped their own party's Faxiang Realm disciples, and followed towards the pheasant.

"Let's go!!"

Seeing that everyone else was moving, Xun Wanshan and Ji Dong glanced at each other, but they didn't say more, and in a flash, they followed with the four members of the Qin Du Party, officially starting the journey of the Antarctic Sect.

Eleven Heavenly Realm powerhouses, forty Law Realm masters, and this huge team of the Blue Netherworld Sect flew rapidly in the air like this.

Along the way, everyone put all their thoughts on the hurry, every Faxiang Realm master is to transmit their own strength to the self-leading elders, the speed of the entire team has been maintained at an extremely fast level, and at this speed, in more than a month, the group will almost be able to reach the boundary of the Antarctic Sect.

If there is no reward scheme promised by the Great Elder, then the rush of these people will inevitably be swallowed slowly, and I am afraid that no one will take out their true strength, but now that they think of the cultivation reward of Tianxin Pool, everyone is eager to rush to the Antarctic Sect immediately, and then happily kill one spirit beast after another, becoming the person who kills the most fierce beasts.

Under normal circumstances, they should have rested for a while for about two days and two nights in a hurry like them, and then continued, but in order to speed up, the group would stop for three days and three nights to rest for one night, but none of them said anything against it.

In an instant, the group flew by for half a month, and at this time, they had already left the jurisdiction of the Qingying Sect, but they came to the territory of the Xinluo Sect, one of the nine major sects in the Southern Regions.

The Xinluo Sect is a super sect in the middle of the Qing Ying Sect and the Antarctic Sect, and the overall strength of this big sect is also stronger than the Qing Ming Sect, but it is definitely not comparable to the Antarctic Sect.

Speaking of which, the Qingying Sect still had some contacts with this Xinluo Sect from time to time, and even in the history of the two major sects, they often exchanged ideas between disciples, and later I don't know why, the two sects that were relatively close to each other slowly lost contact and developed their own developments.

As night fell, the team of the Blue Netherworld Sect found a dense forest with a fairly quiet environment, and once again began to rest once every three days.

"It's really exciting, I flew for three days and two nights in one breath, and I felt a little unbearable."

In the depths of the dense forest, the six-member team of the Qindu Party and the six-member team of the Flying Eagle Party naturally got together, and everyone couldn't help chatting while resting.

The first to speak was Yan Bofu, the elder who came out of the Flying Eagle Party, but now he is much more energetic than half a month ago, and his energy fluctuations are much stronger than before, but it is because he swallowed the Yishou Pill given to him by Ji Dong during the first rest.

With a Yishou Pill in his belly, his physical function has been greatly improved, and his life span has been extended a lot, and this kind of harvest naturally makes him excited all the time.

"We have already reached the territory of the Xinluo Sect, and after the territory of the Xinluo Sect, we should be able to reach the territory of the Antarctic Sect in almost ten days!"

Hearing Yan Bofu's emotion, Xun Wanshan on the opposite side casually added a few pieces of firewood to the bonfire, and then smiled faintly.

Speaking of which, in the past half a month, his consumption is definitely the smallest, because in his team, there is Ji Dong, a super strong man who hides deeply, these days, in fact, most of the time Ji Dong is taking everyone to hurry, and he basically plays an auxiliary role.

At first, he was worried that Ji Dong would not be able to withstand the consumption, but later he found out that Ji Dong's superpower base seemed to be much stronger than him, and from his observation, even if he flew by for more than ten days in one breath, Ji Dong didn't seem to have any problems, and this discovery couldn't help but make him believe in Ji Dong even more.

"I don't know what the situation of the Antarctic Sect is like these days, I hope the beast tide over there is not over yet, otherwise, the opportunity to cultivate in Tianxin Pool will pass by us!"

Licking his lips, Yan Bofu was obviously also yearning for the opportunity to cultivate in Tianxin Pool, he believed that if he could enter Tianxin Pool to cultivate for a while, then with the medicinal effect of this Yishou Pill, he was confident that he could improve his strength by two or three levels, and it was even possible to improve even more.

"How can the beast tide end so easily? Not to mention a large-scale beast tide, even if it is a small-scale beast tide, it usually lasts for a few months, and this time the beast tide has even fallen to the powerhouses of the Heavenly Realm, it can be seen that the scale is huge, I estimate that it will not be a year and a half, I am afraid it will be difficult to calm down. ”

Hearing Yan Bofu's words, Xun Wanshan couldn't help but shake his head and reminded the other party.

Due to his special relationship with the Great Elder, he was sent to support the Antarctic Sect in eliminating the Beast Tide more than once, so he was extremely familiar with the matter of the Beast Tide, and frankly speaking, compared with the cultivation opportunities of Tianxin Pool, what he cared more about at the moment was really the Beast Tide of the Antarctic Sect itself.

"A year and a half? How long does it take? Hearing Xun Wanshan's words, Yan Bofu suddenly raised his eyebrows and said with a surprised expression.

"This is already a conservative estimate............" Hearing this, Xun Wanshan sneered again, but he couldn't go into more detail, but he believed that when everyone saw the beast tide, it would be easy to understand what he said.

"Two seniors, you better stop chatting, I feel that something seems to be wrong!"

Just as Xun Wanshan and Yan Bofu were chatting with each other, on the side, Ji Dong, who had been following others to close his eyes and recuperate, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the two with a solemn face.

"Huh? What's the matter, little one, but what's the problem? ”

Hearing Ji Dong suddenly speak, whether it was Xun Wanshan or Yan Bofu, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned for a moment, and then asked Ji Dong.

"What's the problem? I'm afraid the problem is too big, two, gather your mind and get ready to fight! Seeing that Xun Wanshan and Yan Bofu were all looking at him in a daze, Ji Dong couldn't help but shake his head, but he didn't explain in depth.

"Ready to fight? Fight with whom? ”

Hearing Ji Dong say this, the two of them became more and more suspicious, because the whole camp was very quiet at the moment, and they didn't hear any movement around them, so the battle that Ji Dong was talking about, they really couldn't understand.

"Whew!!" At this moment, an extremely strange beast roar suddenly came, this roar was extremely penetrating, giving people the feeling that it should not be close to this, and with this beast roar, immediately after, all kinds of roars came one after another, giving people an extremely strange feeling.

"Brush Brush !!"

The sudden roar made all the masters in the temporary camp change color, and then subconsciously looked in the direction where the roar came from, so as not to be suspicious.