Chapter 997 994-Whether You're Strong Or Not All Depends On Acting
Chapter 997 994-Whether You're Strong Or Not All Depends On Acting
"Fang ping has set up a great origin formation in Sun City. It can increase a rank-8's strength!"
"Fang ping has really entered the absolute nightmare realm? "He stomped a rank-9 stage-four martial artist to death with one foot. Unbelievable!"
"How do I set up the great origin formation? He could actually do it to such an extent! I, Xuan Tianming, have searched yang city for a long time, but I didn't find anything unusual. I can't improve my strength either ..."
"What a waste, what a waste! Setting up such a great formation just to increase the strength of those mortals, what a waste!"
"Did he learn the ancient formation from the old cat? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"I knew it. Sun City is a land of hidden dragons. Fang ping isn't even Emperor-tier now. How can he let Sun city's chickens and dogs rise to the heavens? so, it's all because of the formation's support!""……"
On this day, all the factions in the Three Realms that received the news were stirred.
The strength that Fang ping had displayed today was stronger than they had expected.
Not everyone had seen Fang Ping's performance during the battle that day.
A rank-nine martial artist had been trampled to death by him in front of hundreds of thousands of people!
In a situation where there were very few people at the peak of the Three Realms, a powerhouse like Fang ping was already standing at the peak.
……
In the catacombs.
On an island in the Royal Sea Mountain.
At this moment, a middle-aged martial artist, with his hands behind his back, snorted coldly.""Fang ping? This person is really domineering. The divine sect has entered the human world this time and has yet to take action, but this person has already killed my great general ... He deserves to die!"
The middle-aged man was Supreme dizhou, one of the seventy-two divine Masters.
This time, he was also the one to take on the role of Earth's Pope.
Who would have thought that a rank-9 powerhouse under his command would be killed just a few days after they entered earth!
Not only rank-9s, but there were also two rank-8s and two rank-7s ...
There were not many high-ranked martial artists even in the divine sect.
They had many Paragon and Emperor-ranked experts, but that was because they had survived since ancient times. There were only a few new ones.
As Supreme dizhou spoke, a person knelt in front of him and said in a low voice,""Perfected cultivator, I'm afraid Fang ping has officially entered the absolute nightmare realm. What should we do ..."
"Don't be impatient!"
Perfected Lord dizhou said indifferently,"even if he advances, he's still a beginner. There's nothing to be afraid of!" What I'm more concerned about now is how to set up this great origin formation. Is it only effective for rank-8s, or even rank-9s?"
He was more concerned about the formation!
Did the old cat give it to him?
He was a real antique, even older than King Kun.
It wasn't strange for the grey cat to have such a formation.
If he had such a formation, he might be able to use it to cultivate his own descendants.
Fang Ping's so-called "fighting for humanity and fighting for Hua country" would allow him to advance. In the eyes of true Lord dizhou, it was just a cover for Fang ping to cultivate his direct line of descent.
Fang ping was most likely the one controlling who this formation could upgrade!
At the thought of this, perfected Lord dizhou said in a low voice,""Have you contacted the people from Chang Rong heaven? I want to borrow the Dao to enter the mortal realm!"
"My Lord ..."
"Chang Rong heaven has already sealed off heaven's beyond and is unwilling to use the path!" The kneeling martial artist said softly. This subordinate went to great peace heaven, Supreme Emperor heaven ... These heavens beyond heaven have all refused to let me pass!"
"They said that the human world is overbearing," he added."Once the door is opened, it will be discovered. Now that the venerable sovereign is not here, I'm afraid ... The human world will break through!"
"What about xuanming and the other families?"
"They ... They're not willing either!"
The kneeling martial artist lowered his voice even more."They are cooperating with the human world's martial artists. They are not willing to fall out with the human world now."
Perfected Lord dizhou frowned.
He was a Paragon. Once he entered earth through the passageway, it would definitely shake and he would be discovered.
The headquarters of the demonic sect was a fragment of the heavenly realm, so it was impossible to open a passage to earth.
However, the human realm upon heavens and the mortal world could!
At the thought of this, perfected Lord dizhou snorted coldly and said,""Go and ask the families of Mount Luofu, I just want to borrow the way! If he didn't borrow it, it would be difficult to enter the heavens beyond heaven and the Blessed lands couldn't be moved! Aren't you afraid that my spirit religion will annihilate them?"
There was a passage to earth in the world.
Xuande Grotto-heaven and Weiyu mountain had cooperation with humans. He didn't dare to go to Wangwu mountain, Kuocang mountain and zigai mountain had no people, and it was hard to say if they were still there.
However, there were still people in the other three grotto-heavens.
The place was right there. If they didn't take the way, it wasn't as if they didn't have the strength to destroy their spirit religion.
He had to go to Earth to preside over the overall situation of the divine sect!
If they stayed in the forbidden Sea, they wouldn't be able to get a hold of everything in the demonic sect.
After saying this, Supreme dizhou said again,""Get someone to keep an eye on Fang ping ..."
"My Lord ..."
The kneeling martial artist was terrified!
'Keep an eye on Fang ping?
Wasn't that courting death?
Perfected Lord dizhou was a little annoyed, but he suppressed his anger and said lightly,""Go, keep an eye on the people around him! "Friends, family, they don't have Fang Ping's strength. I'll give you a spiritual sense barrier so that no one can discover you!"
"I want to see where he will set up the essence formation next time!"
That formation was really quite alluring.
After he entered earth, perhaps he should go and take a look personally.
Even if Fang ping had really entered the Paragon level, he was still a beginner. He was a veteran powerhouse. Fang ping would probably not be able to discover him easily.
It was not like in the past, when people like the martial King and the heavenly suppression King were present. The previous Pope had been very cautious in his actions, afraid of leaking any information.
Now, the Guardians were looking for the nether King. In the vast human world, Fang ping was the strongest!
If it wasn't for the fear of attracting the attention of humans, he would have directly taken the passageway.
……
In the catacombs.
In the Imperial Palace of Tianming Royal Court.
Sitting on the throne, Ji Yao was furious as she watched the people below whispering to each other without any respect!
In the land of rebirth, Fang Ping's words carried enormous weight. Now, he was even in charge of the land of rebirth.
As for her, the true Princess, her rule was almost overthrown after the news of the fate king's death spread.
If it wasn't for the news that her father was still alive and these people were a little afraid, she would have been killed long ago and a new king Lord would have been chosen.
Now, the news of the land of rebirth had arrived. Fang ping had stepped on rank-9 and died with one stomp. Ji Yao suddenly felt an unspeakable envy.
As expected, strength was the foundation!
Fang ping had said long ago that it was better to rely on herself than on others. Without the king of Life and Ji Hong, she was nothing.
Now, the facts had proven everything!
Her father was not dead yet, but these people were already ignoring her.
Even though she was sitting in the position of the king Lord, these people did not treat her as the king Lord at all.
If it weren't for the rank nines in the heaven's mandate Army who supported him and the Ji family, he wouldn't have been in the palace today.
Suppressing the agitation in her heart, Ji Yao said calmly,""Everyone, the Royal Court doesn't need to meddle in the land of rebirth ..."
Before he finished his words, a level nine expert below said indifferently,""Your Highness is wrong! The land of rebirth is a great enemy of God continent. How can we not care about it ... Lord fate King even died at the hands of an expert from the land of rebirth ..."
Ji Yao's expression changed. She looked at the man and said indifferently,""Palace Master Yu, you mean ... We should attack the land of rebirth now?"
There was a faint sense of mockery in his words.
However, this Hall Master didn't seem to mind and pretended not to understand. He smiled and said,""Even if we don't attack the land of rebirth, we can't let the land of rebirth grow! I have a small suggestion. The commander of the heaven's mandate Army has suffered heavy losses, so the heaven's mandate Army should be reorganized!
Suppress the land of rebirth and guard the revival passage. We can't let the land of rebirth be so domineering!
Your Highness, you can just stay in the palace and leave the reorganization of the heaven's mandate Army to us ..."
"Palace Master Yu is right!"
"That's right, Your Highness can just stay in the Imperial City and leave the trivial matters to us!"
"Your Highness, I'm being wise. Your Highness, please give the order ..."
"……"
Ji Yao's expression turned uglier.
Although these people didn't cause any trouble, they were currently seizing power and forcing the abdication!
The losses of the heaven's mandate Army these years were not great. The heavenly plant imperial court had 300000 heavenly plant troops, and because the heaven's mandate Army did not suffer too many losses, they had even more people!
Including Qi Huanyu, there were 48 rank-9 commanders in total.
However, in the battle at the king Battle Ground, they had lost a total of 30 people!
There were still 18 commanders in the heaven's mandate Army, and half of them supported the Ji family.
However, once these people took over, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the heaven's mandate Army would soon break away from the Ji family's power.
At that time, would there still be anyone among the half of the commanders who would support him?
Even if they did, without military power, rank-9s might be strong, but with 10000 people in a troop, they were all middle-ranks and could rival a rank-9!
Without military power, would those Lords of the capital still listen to the Ji family?
Without the military power, would the capital cities in the outer region still care about the Ji family and her?
The Ji family had invested too much in the heaven's mandate Army over the years!
Listening to everyone's pressure, the few rank-9s wanted to speak up for her, but they were suppressed, which made Ji Yao even more indignant.
Did father enter the heavenly tomb, or did he not?
If he didn't go in, where was he now?
The only person who didn't go to the heavenly tomb was King Pingshan.
As for King Pingshan, he returned to his own Pingshan domain as soon as he returned. He announced to the public that he would be healing his injuries and would not leave the domain for a hundred years.
Is there anyone else who hasn't left?
Ji Yao didn't know!
She only knew that if this continued, she would soon lose control of the Royal Court.
Hearing everyone's mouth moving, Ji Yao was exhausted. She said indifferently,""We'll discuss this matter later. Now that there are many unresolved matters, everyone should first appease the various parties in the Royal Court, especially the Royal cities in the outer regions ..."
"Yes!" After a while, Ji Yao stood up and said,"withdraw!"
After saying this, he left the main hall and walked towards the sleeping chambers.
"Your Highness, we still need to make a decision within ten days. The heaven's mandate Army is the Royal Court's trump card. If we drag this out for too long, I'm afraid something might happen!" A cultivator laughed.
Ji Yao didn't answer. This was the last time they gave her.
When they returned to the palace.
Looking at Ji Yao's furious face, Feng que was a little worried and sent her a message,""Are you alright? If not, let's go! I've asked the Royal Court ... The patriarch didn't go back. Ji Yao, we have no one to rely on now ..."
Ji Yao suddenly slammed the tea table, shattering the rank-seven monster plant table in an instant!
Ji Yao's face was a little ferocious as she said in a low voice,""They're all forcing me! Since they are like this, don't blame bengong for being merciless! Fang ping was in the land of rebirth, commanding the land of rebirth. He had already entered the peak!
He is eyeing God continent's imperial court like a tiger watching its prey. Based on my understanding of him, I will definitely take this opportunity to invade God continent!
"If the powerhouses of the Imperial court support me and work together, Fang ping can forget about taking the initiative!"
Out of the 500000-strong heaven's mandate Army, there were still quite a few imperial court rank-9s.
Even if Fang ping was at the peak, would he dare to attack the Royal Court alone?
But now ...
Ji Yao said coldly,"since they want me to die, I'll send them to their deaths!" "I'm sure Fang ping would be happy to kill these people and weaken the Imperial court's strength ..."
"Ji Yao!"
"Fang ping is ambitious and extremely cunning. Once he kills these rank-9s, his next step might be to destroy the Tianming Royal Court ..." Feng que was stunned. She said hurriedly.
This was no longer asking a Tiger for its skin!
Ji Yao did not suppress Fang Ping's trump card!
If that was the case, then the Imperial court's forces would be buried for nothing.
"Stall for time!"
Ji Yao said coldly,"until father returns!" Drag it out until I become a rank-9, and you become a rank-9! Only when they are dead will I have the confidence to control the entire Royal Court! "Fang ping is a smart person. If he destroys the Imperial court now, the land of rebirth will suffer heavy losses as well. Moreover, if the land of rebirth destroys a large imperial court, it will only make all parties fear him and join forces to destroy them!"
"Thus, as long as I give him some benefits or even help him weaken the other Royal Courts, he will definitely agree. He will even protect you and me because we are his chess pieces in God continent!"
"When I reach level nine and control the Royal Court, as long as I can enter the true king realm as soon as possible, I will have the right to talk about the future!"
Feng que seemed a little worried.
Fang ping was not a Tiger. He was a devil that ate people without spitting out their bones.
Ji Yao had worked with him several times, but when had she ever taken advantage of him?
In the past, there was still fate King to suppress him. Now, there was no one who could suppress Fang ping. In the end ... Perhaps the court would be buried in Ji Yao's hands.
Ji Yao knew about this!
However, at this moment, unless she was willing to be a puppet king Lord, she wouldn't even have the chance to be a puppet king Lord after the power of the heaven's mandate Army was handed over.
Since that was the case ... Then don't blame me for being ruthless!
Even if the Imperial court was going to be destroyed, it had to be in the hands of the Ji family, not in the hands of others!
"After ten days, if these people continue to force this Prince ... Then don't blame this Prince!"
Ji Yao gritted her teeth and said in a low voice,"I gave them a chance!" "Moreover ... The Royal Court still has King Pingshan. The Royal Court won't be destroyed so easily. Fang ping will be wary of it ..."
There were still experts in the Royal Court!
Once Fang ping attacked the palace, it would only invite King Pingshan's help. Ji Yao did not believe that King Pingshan would still go into seclusion in the face of such a disaster.
……
Ji Yao thought of King Pingshan.
At this moment, Fang ping had just arrived at Sky Island with two evil sect martial artists in his arms. Guo shengquan, who had been overseeing Magic city's catacombs these few days, was already waiting for him.
Seeing Fang ping, Guo shengquan was full of emotion. He quickly smiled and said,"Minister Fang, you've really shocked the world this time!"
"Your news has just been spread. Here in Magic City...A catacombs rank-9 has entered. He brought a letter from the fair mountain domain, saying that it was passed on to you by King fair mountain. He wants you to open it personally ..."
Guo shengquan handed over a crystal-like letter.
Fang ping laughed and sent a wave of energy in. King Pingshan sent a letter to him?
He even made an absolute nightmare boundary solidified barrier. Was he not going to show it to others?
What was this guy trying to say?
Right at this time, the crystal body moved, and a figure floated out, incomparably majestic.
Fang ping did not mind. It was just a wisp of mentality.
It was a mechanical process.
This must have been set by King Pingshan a long time ago. It seemed that he would only speak when he sensed Fang Ping's aura.
A moment later, the shadow spoke,"Fang ping, I have no intention of becoming enemies with anyone!" I'm injured and need to go into seclusion. The fair mountain domain will be closed for a hundred years! The fair Mountain region was located in the depths of the Imperial court and was not connected to the land of rebirth. It was a poor and remote place with few life mineral veins and no special monster plant products ...
"There are only three capital cities in the fair Mountain region. The city Lords of the capital cities are all my disciples, and their personalities are like mine ..."
The fair mountain domain doesn't welcome anyone this time ..."
As Guo shengquan listened, he said in a daze,""Fang ping, what's the meaning of this?"
King Ping Shan seemed to be a Chatterbox. After talking for a long time, The Phantom image dissipated, and he didn't understand.
Fang ping chuckled,"what do you mean?" This guy was saying that he was going to hide and not come out. His family was very poor and had no money or power. His three disciples were like him, all afraid of death and did not dare to come out.
Tianming Royal Court can forget about finding him, he won't see anyone. We can kill anyone but him ..."
Guo shengquan was stunned!
"This ... This is the true king of the catacombs?" he mumbled after a long while.
The true Kings of the catacombs, no matter how cowardly they were, would not do such shameless things, right?
He would directly ask people to come to make peace, admit defeat, and not come out!
The true Kings of the catacombs also wanted face.
Not only did he want his face, but he also wanted it very much!
But this person ... Had completely overturned Guo shengquan's view of the world. At this moment, the old man couldn't help but say,""You ... You didn't get it wrong, did you?"
Fang ping said nonchalantly,"why would I!?" This guy's meaning was so obvious. He was clearly telling me that he was afraid, that if I forced him, he would move and run away. Once he ran away, it would be more dangerous if he wasn't under my watch.
He won't fight me if we fight, but if we run, there will be trouble. I have to be on guard against him.
In short, just don't go to the fair mountain domain. As for the rest, he can just pretend he didn't see them. "
Fang ping shook his head and sighed,"I'm still curious about how this guy managed to become a Paragon!"
Could it be that there really was a Dao in this world?
This guy was too timid!
Hearing that Fang ping had stomped a rank-9 to death on earth, he was so scared that he came to ask for forgiveness. He was really shameless ...
Of course, it was more or less necessary. For example, he made a barrier at the peak and did not let everyone see it.
As Fang ping said this, he smiled and said,"let's put him aside for now. Don't worry about the fair mountain domain!" It's not bad to have one less opponent. He can run and won't fight to the death. He's also very difficult to kill ..."
Fang ping did not want to fight him either. Even if he could fight a Paragon, it would probably be difficult for him to kill King Pingshan.
That was because the other party had no intention of fighting Fang ping. If he saw him, he would probably run away from him.
Unless Fang ping assassinated him, confident that he could kill him in one blow.
Otherwise ... It would be better not to kill, in case this fellow really went into hiding and took revenge on the humans at any time.
Guo shengquan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
"There are such people among the catacombs powerhouses?
I've gained knowledge!
Guo shengquan thought for a while and said,""By the way, on the day you returned, the Shanghai passage shook a little not long after. No one noticed anything at that time, but I did notice a little difference ... Is it commander li ... If it is, I won't ask."
To be able to avoid his rank-nine detection, one had to be at least at the absolute nightmare realm.
He did not know if Li Zhen had returned secretly. He had not told anyone about this. Now that he saw Fang Ping, he finally spoke up.
Fang Ping's expression changed slightly!
The tunnel was shaking?
Did Guo shengquan not notice anything unusual?
Even ordinary paragons couldn't do this!
Even for him, if he were to enter the passageway now, he would have to conceal his aura completely and take advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to the passageway in order not to attract attention.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to hide it from Guo shengquan.
Fang Ping's expression turned serious!
Who had entered earth?
Li Zhen entered the heavenly tomb. At that time, Li Zhen was seriously injured, so the Heavenly King was not at ease to leave him alone. At that time, many people had not entered, so he picked up Li Zhen and left with him.
The human apex had entered!
Not a single one was left!
This meant that ... There were powerhouses outside of humanity who had entered earth!
Fang Ping's heart was heavy. The joy he had just put on a show had dissipated by quite a bit.
He did not say much. When he saw that beigong Yan and the others had arrived, Fang ping casually threw the two evil sect martial artists out and said in a deep voice,"Lock them up in the Imperial prison, separate them!"
Beigong Yan quickly escorted the two of them to the Imperial prison.
At this moment, Tian Mu, old man Li, and the others looked at Fang ping in surprise.
"Can your great origin formation really increase everyone's strength? Kid, if you have this ability, you should have said so earlier! I've heard that nearly 10000 people in Sun City have gained some strength out of thin air. You ... You're too terrifying!"
Fang ping needed time to fly back. Right now, the news had spread, and the whole world was talking about it.
The various factions of the Three Realms, the more powerful ones, had also received the news.
It was too shocking!
In a single day, over ten thousand people from Sun City had advanced!
Of course, there weren't many powerhouses.
The strongest one was Zhang Peng, who had advanced. The rest ... There were not many middle-ranks, and most of them were ordinary people.
"There aren't many powerhouses in Sun City either. In recent years, there have been quite a few low-ranks, but not many middle-ranks.
As he said that, Tian Mu gritted his teeth and said,"you brat ... Are you discriminating against your region?" I heard that almost all of the people who advanced this time were from Sun City. Did you do something? I say, don't be so narrow-minded, we're all humans ... Okay, even if you don't help the foreign ones, you have to treat the Chinese equally ..."
"You're not Sun city's commander now. You're the Minister of heaven, the current leader of the human race, Fang ping ..."
Fang ping said in pain,"there's no such thing. The formation is connected to the local earth vein, so it recognizes the aura. It's like this after living in Sun City for a long time." It's very troublesome to set up a large formation, and the consumption is huge. As for the other places, I'll wait until I can set them up. "
"Really?"
"Of course!"
Tian Mu nodded. This was good. He quickly said,"Then I'll have to release the news later to explain it. Kid, you're not just representing yourself now, you're representing the entire human race! Be careful next time, in case your reputation is damaged. "
Fang ping rolled his eyes and said,"if you really care so much about my reputation, old man, shouldn't you be calling me Minister?" It's so embarrassing to call him a brat!"
Everyone looked at each other and smiled.
This guy, he would shine with just a little sunshine.
However, everyone was still sighing. Not only was this guy extremely powerful now, but he also had such means. If the entire human race were to rise under his leadership, when old Zhang returned ... His power would probably be seized, and he would not be as famous.
Fang ping, on the other hand, did not care about this anymore. He glanced at his source world and grinned!
It was overcrowded!
There were really close to ten thousand people!
Especially when Zhang Peng entered it, he immediately gave Fang ping a lot of Origin Energy. Not only that, when Zhang Peng joined in, Fang ping felt that he was even more powerful than old Zhang and the others 'phantoms!
This grandson was even more powerful than his grandfather!
With 10,000 people, they could probably clear 10 meters a day.
Zhang Peng, on the other hand, was able to clear a 1000-meter path by himself.
In addition, Fang ping had been clearing the road to begin with. By calculation, he could probably clear 12 meters of road in a day now.
Fang ping was a little emotional. 360 meters in a month. If that was the case, he would definitely enter the absolute nightmare realm within three months!
The premise was that his Dao was unobstructed!
"There's no need for half a year, but it's a bit troublesome after 999 meters. I'm afraid it'll take time! Even if I recover in three months, I will definitely reach the absolute peak in half a year!"
Fang ping grimaced in pain!
He had entered the Paragon level, and that was not something an ordinary Paragon could compare to.
Right now, his vitality had already exceeded 440000 Cal.
It was only a little over 100 meters now. Next, it was 200 meters, 300 meters ...
There would be an increase in his base vitality every time. If he were to calculate it based on an ordinary rank-9's 5000Cal, Fang ping would be able to increase it by 10000 Cal.
'In addition to my own honing, when I'm close to the Paragon, my basic vitality will probably be around 550000 Cal. "For the absolute nightmare realm, others can add 50000 Cal. I can probably add 100000 Cal. That would be 650000 Cal."
"Give me another qualitative change at the Paragon level. It's comparable to 1.3 million Cal vitality now."
"Give me an enhancement of 1.3 times. Even if I don't expand it further in the future, with combat techniques and divine weapons ..."
He would not have known if he did not count, but once he did, Fang ping was shocked.
He was afraid that when he reached the Paragon level, his limit of about 3 million Cal would explode!
"And this is under the condition that my combat techniques are not improved. I have the ability to derive combat techniques now ..."
"In that case, I'll at least have Emperor-level strength in half a year's time. Moreover, I'll be one of the stronger ones. I'll be able to compete with the Masters of the ten grotto-heavens!"
Fang ping was grinning from ear to ear!
He quickly suppressed the joy in his heart. Low-key, he had to be low-key!
Maybe I'm stuck at 999 meters ... Bah, jinx, impossible!
Maybe my qi and blood won't change when I reach the peak?
It was impossible!
Fang ping quickly threw away these bad thoughts. 'It doesn't exist. I'll definitely be able to reach the Paragon without any obstructions. I'll also undergo a qualitative change. Once I reach the Paragon, I'll be a powerhouse among the Emperor-ranked!'
It might be even faster, not even half a year.
One had to know that Sun City had only just begun!
Can't I expand it further? for example, I can try to expand Shanghai!
"Maybe in the end, I'll walk a thousand meters a day ..." He thought.
As Fang ping thought about it, he laughed, and his smile became even brighter.
More and more people gathered in the square of Tian.
Everyone looked at Tian Mu and the others in confusion. What did you guys do to make Minister Fang laugh like this?
Did she give him candy?
He was laughing so hard that he forgot himself!
Tian Mu and the others looked helpless!
This was the absolute peak?
Was this the leader of the human race?
Don't joke around!
Who was the F * cking leader laughing like an idiot? the most important thing was ... This guy seemed to be fantasizing about something.
Everyone didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Old man Li could not stand it any longer. A sword gleam shot out from his hand and pierced Fang Ping's butt.
Fang ping sobered up instantly. He looked at them, then at the people who had gathered around him. A flash of embarrassment appeared in his eyes, as if he had forgotten that he was outside.
[Author's note: 20000 words have passed since the third update. I'm even more frozen now. Everyone, please give round face your blessings and get a medal ...]