The wind was so strong that it sounded like choking and even more like mourning.
But at this moment, I can't feel it at all, because of Master Chang's hand just now, it is obvious that this old guy is very smart, but I don't know why he is so good to me, helping me again and again,
But I couldn't take care of this anymore. I looked at Zhang Yaxin anxiously. After all, she was still a mortal. Now the immortals were out and the surrounding temperature dropped sharply. Seeing that Zhang Yaxin was only wearing a white cotton suit, she must not be able to withstand it.
, what should we do? I looked behind Shi Jueming anxiously, it seemed that it was not the right time yet.
To say that I am really overwhelmed right now, it just so happens that at this time, there are three big figures on the river who are able to reverse and control the entire situation. I guess they are already known to everyone without my introduction.
That's right, I looked around and saw three middle-aged people, two women and one man, standing on the river. The middle-aged woman from the left was wearing a yellow robe and had an oval face. Although her face was expressionless, she looked...
It gives people a very solemn feeling, especially those eyes, which are long and slender. Needless to say, this is Hu Santai.
The woman on the right looks much older, probably in her sixties, wearing a black cotton jacket and black trousers, with snow-white hair tied into a sideburn. She looks kind-hearted, but her expression at the moment is a bit...
Unfortunately, this must be the kind-hearted black mother.
But the man in the middle gave people the strongest impression. He was also wearing a yellow robe, with a pale face and a slightly long beard. He looked like a scholar from the Republic of China, but between his eyebrows, he gave people a strange look.
A feeling of majesty, this feeling is very strong, like a knife, giving people an irresistible sense of power. Needless to say, Mr. Hu San's name has long been heard.
This is really powerful. It is night now. Although there was a moon just now, a cloud appeared from nowhere at this time. After covering the moon, the riverside was completely dark, and then above the river surface
There was light in those three great immortals. After the three great immortals arrived, they did not directly talk to Shi Jueming, as if it was nothing at all. The kind black mother faced the many fairy fields on the shore.
Xian said: "Get up quickly."
After hearing this, the wild immortals thanked Black Mother, and then they turned into human beings one after another. In the blink of an eye, there were hundreds of "people" on the riverside. Although I am a disciple, where can I see you?
After passing through this formation, usually seeing one or two would be a surprise, but now a group came directly. Looking at these guys of different shapes, they looked at Shi Jueming, with more or less expressions on their faces.
Angry face, after all, because hundreds of people complained, too many immortal families were involved, which made people panic at the time.
I sighed. I think even Shi Jueming can understand now that he is in doom this time. This is because God will make him crazy first if he wants to perish. At this moment, Shi Jueming seems to be a bit like a trapped animal.
Fight.
It's just that in front of the immortals, this trapped beast like him is really too small. I looked at him and couldn't tell what I felt in my heart. But at this moment, there suddenly came from the wild immortals next to me.
I heard the noisy sound, as if I had discovered something. When I was wondering, I saw Chang Tianqing next to me snorted, and then flew over there.
I didn’t know what it was going to do, so I took this opportunity and asked in a low voice like Mrs. Huang Santai beside me, who had turned into a human form: “Tainai, these three immortals are already here, why don’t you take action?
Is it because you’re afraid that the Hundred People’s Resentment will be broken?”
Mrs. Huang Santai snorted coldly, and then said to me: "He is the only one who dares to threaten three great immortals? He is not worthy."
Sure enough, when Shi Jueming saw that no one was paying attention to him, he lost his temper. He also knew that it was no longer my control here, so he shouted to the river: "Did you hear that!!
Leave quickly!! Otherwise, I will fight with you, and I will break the hatred of these hundreds of people before I am killed by you!!"
"Bold!!"
Mr. Hu San shouted loudly, and the sound was so loud that it made my eardrums hurt. An inexplicable pressure came. Since I couldn't breathe, Shi Jueming was also shocked, and Zhang Yaxin was immediately shocked.
He was so shocked that he fainted, and saw Mr. Hu San saying angrily: "A brave mortal, how can you still be stubborn when death is imminent?"
Shi Jueming probably knew his fate at this time, so he still wanted to fight to the death, so he shouted to Mr. Hu San: "Huh, don't scare me! How about you give it a try?!"
I sighed, poor Shi Jueming I had tried his best, but in the end he was in a mess. It was the first time I saw him so panicked, maybe it was also because of the fear of death. Indeed, in the face of death, no one
Don't be afraid, after all, he is still a person who loves himself more than anything else.
I suddenly felt very sad. In fact, he was the stupidest person.
Sure enough, Mr. Hu San was furious, and then shouted: "What a shame! It's hopeless! Come on, take it down for me!!"
After Mr. Hu San said this, he saw a man wearing one red and one white clothes walking out of the group of immortals. Without saying a word, he rushed towards Shi Jueming. Shi Jueming was obviously shocked.
He didn't expect that this immortal family would be so reckless in doing things. He knew that he would definitely die, so he became cruel and tried hard with both hands to break the hatred of hundreds of people.
I thought to myself, don't be nervous if he breaks up with you, Yaxin will be in danger. Fortunately, Mr. Hu San from Lijiang Shang is not a vegetarian. I saw him snorting coldly, and then stretched out his hand, and Shi Jueming
He was immediately unable to move, and at this time, the two swordsmen had already pounced on him, one on the left and the other on the right, pressing Shi Jueming to the ground. Even though Shi Jueming escaped at this time, it was of no avail.
At this time, I felt relieved in my heart. Phew, it was finally over. But at this moment, Master Chang, who had just flown away, flew back again, bringing someone with him.
Liu Yudi? I was surprised to see that the person brought by Mr. Chang was Liu Yudi. I was suddenly surprised. What is this girl doing here? Isn’t this going to cause trouble? Well, fortunately, things are under control now. I looked at some
The panicked little girl complained for a while and said: "Girl, what did you say you came to do? Didn't you promise to wait for me at home? How dangerous it is here!"
Liu Yudi looked at me, as if he was hesitant to speak. In fact, I knew that she was worried about me, so she came here. She didn't want to be discovered by those wild fairies. Fortunately, Master Chang was there. Otherwise, ordinary people would see
With so many wild fairies, the consequences would be disastrous.
Just when Liu Yudi was about to speak, a wild fairy had already presented hundreds of people's complaints to Black Mother on the river. Seeing that her pipe and pot were back, Black Mother was naturally very happy, so she said very kindly: "The one who reported the news on the river bank."
Disciple, come here."
Its voice was very soft, but I heard it clearly, so I didn't dare to neglect it and said to Liu Yudi beside me: "It's okay. Just stay here and don't move. Let's go home together later."
.”
After finishing speaking, I walked towards the river. It's amazing to say that the ice on the river looked very thin, but it was very solid when I stepped on it. I walked up to the three heavyweights and knelt down on one knee. After all,
I am now a disciple of Chuma. Now that the Patriarch is in front of me, I have to bow to him even if I am just pretending to do so. I opened my mouth and said, "Cui Zuofei, a disciple of Longjiang Chuma, has met three Patriarchs."
The black mother smiled and then said to me: "My child, you are very good and you have helped me a lot. The Immortal family will repay their kindness. Tell me, what do you want?"
Damn, there is something good! Thinking of this, I said to it: "Thank you, Grandmaster, for making it complete. I would like to ask Grandmaster, I have a friend who has broken his hand. Can he reattach it?"
The black mother shook her head and said to me: "The way of heaven cannot be changed."
Sure enough, it didn't work. I sighed and looked back in the direction of Shi Jueming. It seemed that these five shortcomings and three shortcomings were irreversible, so I asked Hei's mother again: "Well, please ask the ancestor, I have an elder
, is suffering from cancer and is in the hospital now, can he be cured?"
After Mother Hei asked me about Uncle Wen's situation, she thought about it and came up with an answer. She said, "If nothing happens, he will be discharged from the hospital in half a month, so you don't need my help for this."
"
Great! I thought to myself, after all, good deeds are rewarded. Uncle Wen lived an upright life, and he really would not die like this. Thinking of this, I turned to look in the direction of Shi Jueming, and then said to Hei Mama
Said: "My friend who has lost his hand is framed. Can you please ask the ancestors for mercy and let those who say false testimony tell the truth and restore my friend's innocence?"
Mother Black was obviously a little surprised when she heard what I said. She didn't expect that even though I mentioned three wishes, none of them were for me. She turned around and looked at Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Hu, and then they nodded.
I saw Mr. Huang San said to me in a gratified tone: "Son, you are indeed very good. I don't want to think about others first. We are also very happy to have a junior like you leading the horse. Of course this can be done. Remember
, good people will be rewarded."
I was overjoyed in my heart, and then I said to these three immortals: "Thank you three immortals for your courage. I have one more thing to ask for, please grant it to me!"
Then Mr. Hu San said to me: "But it doesn't hurt to talk."
After thinking about it for a while, I said to Mr. Hu San, "I beg the Patriarch to give his disciples the right to kill the sinner."
Mr. Hu San was a little unhappy when he saw me saying this, but as an immortal, he couldn't be easily killed, so he said to me, "Are you sure?"
I looked at Mr. Hu San and nodded solemnly. Mr. Hu San said: "Well, although this person has sinned deeply, I can see that he is not really a person who steals hundreds of people's grievances, and the Immortal family is acting in the same direction.
Shan, I will hand this person over to you. Remember, there are some things that women cannot be kind to. It’s good that this is the end of your old grudge. At least it won’t lead to the next reincarnation. You can go.”
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and sent me back to the shore. Then he said loudly to all the immortals: "Now that Bai Renren has been found, if Cui Zuofei reported meritorious service, this person will be released to him."
All the immortals have worked hard to deal with it, so please go their separate ways."
After saying that, the three leaders who were guarding the Northeast flew away in unison. As soon as the leaders left, the immortals did not stay. They turned around and transformed back to their original forms, and then dispersed.
, I stopped Mr. Chang who was about to leave and said to him: "Master Chang, I thank you very much last time when I was on the road to return to the soul. How can I be so virtuous as a disciple to be so favored by Mr. Chang?"
Chang Tianqing snorted, then ignored me, turned around and walked away. But after taking a few steps, he stopped, and then said to me without looking back: "You, this time
It's a good choice, I will tell you everything in my dream after things calm down."
After saying that, he turned around and turned into a black snake, disappearing into the night sky with Mrs. Huang San.
Finally, the night returned to calm, and only Liu Yudi and I were left, as well as Shi Jueming, who was lying on the ground not far away and panting. It was obvious that Mr. Huang San’s finger just now had an unpleasant effect on him.
Small damage.
I looked at Shi Jueming, my former good brother. I made this decision because, after all, he was also a descendant of the Sanqing Dynasty. If he was killed by the Xian family for no reason, he would not be convinced after his death.
What's more, there is indeed a dispute between us.
Thinking of this, I took a few steps forward, and Shi Jueming immediately climbed up, and then said fiercely to me out of breath: "Cui Zuofei! You are so cruel, you even risked your life to stop me, now you are fine.
, I have nothing, it’s all thanks to you, you were so stupid to ask them not to kill me just now, don’t think I can let you go, I want you to pay the price!”
I looked at Shi Jueming and smiled bitterly. It seemed that he still didn't know why he ended up in this situation, so I said to him: "You are wrong again. The reason why I can stop you is not because I am cruel."
, but because I am kind."
"Hahahaha!" Shi Jueming laughed crazily after hearing what I said, and he yelled at me: "Don't make me laugh! Be kind? What's the use of being kind? You are kind, don't you think you don't have to die?"
Are you done? Let me tell you, I will never be grateful to you, I want you all to be buried with me!!"
I sighed again, and then said to Shi Jueming: "This is the fourth reason why you are destined to lose."
After Shi Jueming heard what I said, he said coldly: "What?"
After Shi Jueming said this, it was already too late. He only felt one ounce in his right hand, and then a heartbreaking pain came. He yelled and looked back, only to see that he was supposed to be in the detention center.
Lao Yi actually stood behind him in prison uniform with an angry look on his face, and in his hand was the Huang Chao Sword that had been stuck on the ground just now.
Shi Jueming said with a look of disbelief: "How...how can..."
As soon as he said this, he couldn't go on. After all, he was still a mortal. Not everyone could bear the pain of a broken arm. It was good to pass out without pain. Blood continued to flow from his wounds.
His face suddenly turned pale as his sperm spurted out, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't believe it. How could Lao Yi suddenly appear behind him?
I saw Lao Yi holding the Huangchao Sword in his hand, and then said to him coldly: "That's because you underestimate the Qimen's art. The Qimen's art is not as shallow as you think. You think you are Sanqing."
Unity, but this is just a dream that you have inflated. If you don't even understand its specific characteristics, how can you understand it? Didn't your calculations work out? How can you close that small detention center?
Do you want to live with me, Yi Xinxing?”
That's right. In fact, this is one of the reasons why I am sure of winning. Because I figured out that although Shi Jueming is smart, he is also arrogant. After getting the Three Purities Book, there is absolutely no guarantee that he will be able to understand it. Moreover, it is said that Qi Men
The art is the most mysterious among the Three Pure Ones. The old Yi family has inherited it from generation to generation, and of course there are many secrets and methods. However, Shi Jueming thought that Old Yi was stupid, so he didn't take him to heart anymore after he designed to frame him.
He didn’t understand the mystery of the Qimen Art. The Three Thousand Dao Jing Qimen. I also suddenly remembered that day that Lao Yi actually knew other escape techniques besides the Three Escapes, including the one when we first met.
That kind of evasion method.
So when I communicated with Lao Yi through the talisman and learned that Lao Yi could actually escape, but he just didn't want to, because this would prove that he was guilty, I told him my plan, but today's plan
There were some changes. After all, I didn't want to summon the family fairy, but after meeting the man with the yellow hat, I changed my mind. Anyway, I couldn't change my destiny, so I might as well just be a favor.
In fact, Lao Yi had already arrived when Shi Jueming detained Zhang Yaxin, but at that time he did not dare to show up to save people casually, because he was afraid that a mistake would hurt his beloved again, so he could only keep calm and continue to wait.
At this point, the originally kind-hearted Lao Yi didn't want to hurt Shi Jueming at all. He just wanted to subdue him, but he didn't expect that when he came here, he saw a series of Shi Jueming's outrageous actions, which made him suffer the most.
The only one who could not survive was Zhang Yaxin. Shi Jueming dared to treat him like this, how could he not make Lao Yi angry?
So Lao Yi, who was extremely angry, grabbed Huang Chao Sword and cut off Shi Jueming's hand. This was about retribution. In the past, Shi Jueming cut off Lao Yi's hand in order to eradicate the scourge of Lao Yi. Today,
, Feng Shui has turned, and even the hand that cut off someone's hand can't be saved. This is really a complete retribution for this world.
After Lao Yi cut off Shi Jueming's hand, Shi Jueming fell to the ground. But at this moment, I'm afraid we all feel bad. The former brothers are fighting each other today. Is this a trick of creation or a trick of human heart?
?
After Lao Yi cut off Shi Jueming's hand, he picked up the bottle with Du Feiyu and threw it to me. Then he said to me: "Old Cui, I'm sorry, I'm late. I don't dare to wear this look."
I took a taxi and finally found a tailwind truck."
I caught the bottle, then smiled bitterly at Lao Yi and said, "It would be great if you could come. If I hadn't seen the Huang Chao sword move, I wouldn't have known you were here."
I took the bottle and unscrewed the cap. I saw a wisp of green smoke floating out of the bottle and slowly turned into a human form. It was Du Feiyu. When Du Feiyu saw me, he never looked back.
Unable to hold it back, she threw herself into my arms and said pitifully: "I'm sorry, I still can't help you in the end."
I smiled bitterly and thought, Sister, don't be like this, there are people next to me. Du Feiyu looked at Liu Yudi standing next to him. Of course he knew about her relationship with me, so he didn't say anything and just followed me silently.
He walked away from his arms and stood quietly aside.
"It's okay, it's okay." I said to her. Thousands of words are useless now, because even gorgeous words are not worth a practical action. When I thought of this, I lay on the ground facing her.
The struggling Shi Jueming said: "You have been smart all your life in vain, but in the end it was just a big dream. Now you should know why you failed."
Actually, I did not say this as a winner. In fact, I am also very sad now. Shi Jueming ended up in such a situation, but it was really his own fault. Think about it, if his ambitions were not so big, maybe now
The ending is not like this.
However, there is really nothing to complain about. As the saying goes, good and evil are all in one thought. One thought is good and the other is evil. Lao Yi and I chose good and maintained our original intentions, but Shi Jueming lost his life because of greed.
As a result, my original mind fell into the endless abyss, sowing all kinds of evil consequences, and today the consequences come back.
I saw Shi Jueming struggling to get up, covering his broken arm and said to me: "Old Cui, if I say I was wrong, can you forgive me?"
I don't know, I looked at Lao Yi, and he shook his head at me, forget it, I suddenly remembered what Uncle Yuan said, hatred can only bring hatred, nothing else.
Now Qibao's dream has been shattered, and those who wanted to take revenge on society have returned to the sky. No one should have died anymore. What's more, now that Shi Jueming has lost one of his hands, Lao Yi's revenge has been avenged.
It was lucky that no one died. He said that he was alone and probably wouldn't live long, so he should be left alone.
Thinking of this, I said to him: "You go, we will no longer be brothers, I hope you can take care of yourself..."
But something I didn't expect happened. At the moment when I was relaxed while talking, Shi Jueming on the ground suddenly rushed towards me. The three escape body on his body had obviously not disappeared, and I don't know if it was because of it.
The flashback or something suddenly ran to me in the blink of an eye, and I saw him roaring: "But I will not forgive you!"
When I came back to my senses, it was already too late. His fist had already hit me on the chest. I knew I couldn't escape. It seemed like he wanted to die with me! At that time, my head
After such a thought appeared in my mind, I closed my eyes. Because of my body's current reaction, there was no way to avoid it and I could only wait to die.
But I found that there was nothing wrong with my chest, and it didn't even look like anything was wrong at all. But when I opened my eyes, I was shocked.
I saw Du Feiyu and Liu Yudi blocking my chest for some reason! But Shi Jueming's left hand still penetrated Du Feiyu's chest and hit Liu Yudi's chest hard!
I was stunned, why, why were they so fast to help me block the punch? Although they were looking at Du Feiyu and Liu Yudi in pain, their eyes were still full of love and pity. Why was this? Why were they two
So stupid, why on earth is this!!!
I heard Shi Jueming chuckle and say: "I said, I will recruit people to be buried with you."
Looking at all this, I suddenly felt as if something was broken in my head, and the sadness and indignation in my heart instantly turned into anger! Why! Why did he push me so hard when I let him go? Why, why was I so stupid that I turned my back on him?
Watching the woman you like suffer such a heavy blow?
“You deserve to die!!!!!!”
I rushed towards Shi Jueming desperately! I punched him in the lower abdomen with a fatal punch. I punched him with anger and directly broke his three escape body, and then punched him in the lower abdomen.
It collapsed, and Shi Jueming spurted out a mouthful of blood. Due to inertia, his left fist was pulled out of Du Feiyu's body, and then he involuntarily stepped back.
I was going crazy now, and of course I would not let him go. I yelled and rushed forward again, then grabbed his left hand, flew up with my right leg and kicked him on the stomach.
"Go to hell!!!" Master Chang's Immortal Bone activated, I pulled hard, only to hear a scream, Shi Jueming's left hand was also torn off by me, the blood in the night sky was like a blooming flower, Shi Jueming
After I tore off Xia Ming's arm, I took advantage of the situation and kicked him hard, sending him flying out.
Behind him was Lao Yi. When Lao Yi saw him flying towards him, he raised the Huangchao Sword with one hand, and with a 'push' sound, a Huangchao Sword penetrated Shi Jueming's back heart and front chest.
It came out and the blood flowed like a shot.
I saw blood gushing out from Shi Jueming's mouth. He lowered his head and looked at the Huang Chao Sword on his chest, and couldn't help but sigh at the retribution. Those who cut off people's hands would have their own hands cut off, and the murderers themselves would die.
His mouth was full of blood, but he smiled, and then said vaguely: "Unexpectedly... life is short of... and still can't be changed... then what am... this life... for?
..."
Before he finished speaking, he turned into little bits of white light like Yuan Mei before and dispersed in all directions. Unexpectedly, this divination successor had exhausted all his abilities in his life, but he didn't leave anything behind.
Even the proud hands were not saved. At this point, Huang Chao Sword's eight million lives had been doomed, and the entire sword suddenly became dim.
But at this time, I was not looking at him at all. Instead, I hugged Du Feiyu and Liu Yudi with my heart full of pain. Du Feiyu is capable of wandering souls, but the effect of the three escapes can completely hurt it. She turned into a ghost again at this time.
She lost her figure, a hole was dug out in her chest by Shi Jueming, and the door to hell was broken. She could see her whole body trembling non-stop, and she was about to lose her soul before her eyes.
And Liu Yudi's situation is not optimistic either. Shi Jueming's hand just now was a reflection of death, and its power was extremely amazing. Therefore, even if Du Feiyu blocked it in front, Shi Jueming's left hand also penetrated and hit him.
On Liu Yudi's chest, I saw Liu Yudi's little face turned pale and her chest collapsed halfway. I cried immediately. Her sternum was shattered and she couldn't survive.
But they were indeed laughing, and Liu Yudi touched my face tremblingly, and then said softly to me: "Xiao Feifei...I...it doesn't hurt, I did it voluntarily...do you know?"
, if I don’t show up tonight...then...the person who falls on the ground will be you...Now that you are fine...I feel relieved."
"No!!!!!!" I held them both and threw my head up and howled. My voice at that time was very permeable and shrill. It was as if it was no longer a voice that a human could make.
As the saying goes, can the way of heaven be changed by human power? In fact, Liu Yudi had vaguely dreamed about tonight's scene that night. However, the person Shi Jueming's fist hit through Du Feiyu's body at that time was
Me, the final outcome is that Shi Jueming and I die together.
At that time, Liu Yudi woke up from her dream, her face full of tears. After receiving the advice from Uncle Liu, she already understood that the so-called fate cannot be changed. Even if she told me at that time, fate would still be realized in another way.
, Liu Yudi is a descendant of divination and naturally knows this. However, she was born to practice divination. She realized in her dream that she actually realized another way, that is, the way of heaven can also be changed. However, it is like five disadvantages and three disadvantages.
If you lack the general, you need to pay a price, and I don’t need to say what the price is.
Liu Yudi used her sacrifice to prove that the way of heaven can actually be changed, but at this time, I was already burning with all my thoughts. This is definitely not the result I want, absolutely not.
Looking at the two women I love most in my arms, one of them is about to die, and the other is about to lose her soul. How can such pain be something that a mortal like me can bear? There is a feeling in my chest.
The pain was like being cut by thousands of knives. I couldn't bear the pain anymore, so I howled loudly.
Why!! Why!! The tears seemed to be broken and could not be stopped. But although the expressions of the two of them in my arms were painful, there was no regret in their eyes. On the contrary, they were full of tenderness, as if
They are all willing to sacrifice for me.
Cui Zuofei, Cui Zuofei, why are you so useless! I roared loudly until my throat became hoarse. When I opened my mouth, I spit out a mouthful of blood. But how can the pain in my body be worth the pain in my heart?
Thinking of this, I hugged them tightly and cried bitterly.
At this moment, Lao Yi, who had been standing silently by the side, suddenly shouted to me: "Stop crying, Lao Cui! There is still a way!!!"
After Lao Yi killed Shi Jueming just now, he first untied Zhang Yaxin, then held him aside, and then stood next to me. Seeing his brother so sad, he felt very uncomfortable. After all, he
His brother ended up like this because he was trying to avenge him.
So Lao Yi was very anxiously thinking about whether there was any way to remedy all this. In desperation, he looked around. Suddenly, his eyes fell on Qibao not far away. Lao Yi suddenly remembered
I told him something before, there is still hope! So he shouted.
Listening to Lao Yi shouting, I raised my head with tears in my eyes. Now that Liu Yudi's sternum was broken and Du Feiyu's ghost gate was broken, what else could be done?
I saw Lao Yi quickly running into the array of seven treasures, picking up a small box and running back. He shouted to me: "Use this! It can save me!"
He opened the box and saw something like a pearl in the box, which was glowing faintly in the dark night.
Female ghost tears! Yes! These are female ghost tears!!!
Uncle Jiu once said to me that the function of female ghost tears is to save lives, whether it is a human or a ghost, as long as they are not dead or disorganized, they should be able to save their lives! When I thought of this, I burst into tears of joy, but this joy
It didn't last for a second before it disappeared into thin air. In the blink of an eye, my heart suddenly felt sad again.
I looked at Du Feiyu and Liu Yudi in my arms, and there was only one female ghost tear, but there were indeed two who loved me.
Who should I save?
I cried.
For a moment, the air seemed to freeze. I looked at them. What I was about to face was the most difficult multiple-choice question I had ever encountered in my life.