Do not die

All the fake elixir representatives left in an orderly manner, when only Xuanyuanzi, Cao Lie, Song Yang, President Pan, and Meng Wuwei were left in the room.

Xuanyuanzi, who seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and said to the four of them:

"Can the city defense formation be completed within this year?"

Facing his questioning gaze, Cao Lie said with an embarrassed look on his face: "This new city is still very large. Is this year's construction period too tight?"

Xuan Yuanzi asked: "Are you putting the layout of the city defense formation together with the reconstruction of the new city?"

After saying that, he shook his head and said:

"As long as you plan well in advance, you can lay out the city defense formation first, and then slowly build and fill it in.

The final effect will not have any impact. "

After hearing this, Cao Lie couldn't help but "add" in his mind that the biggest disadvantage of doing this is that once the city defense formation is completed, no changes can be made later, otherwise, some major flaws or even loopholes.

And with such a large amount of work, how could it be possible to achieve perfection at the time of design?

During the actual construction process, it is inevitable to make some local adjustments and changes according to the actual situation.

It's not impossible to do what Xuanyuanzi suggested, but there will definitely be many flaws in the details.

This is like a set of test papers that are obviously capable of achieving 90% or even full marks, but in the end they only get 70% or 80%.

Although you have passed the exam, you will inevitably have regrets in your heart.

With this thought in his mind, Cao Lie found another reason.

"Of course this is feasible, but even if we were willing, we wouldn't be able to gather so much formation materials in such a short period of time!"

Xuanyuanzi smiled softly and said:

"I have already thought about this for you. Qingxuan Sect can provide you with the materials for upgrading the city defense this time in advance.

As long as you can pay it back within ten years, that's enough. Isn't this condition loose enough? "

Cao Lie was startled, he didn't expect Qingxuanzong would give such loose conditions.

Just when Cao Lie was stunned, Song Yang next to him had already asked:

"Fellow Daoist Xuanyuanzi, do you have any special intention in making this arrangement?"

Xuanyuanzi nodded:

"Because my two nephews will leave in the first month of next year, and I will probably leave before February next year at the latest.

From now on, Sanchuan Yuan will have to rely on you to protect it. "

As he spoke, his eyes swept over Song Yang, Cao Lie, and Meng Zhou.

"That's why I suggest you complete the layout of the third-level high-grade city defense formation within this year. The specific construction of the new city can be done slowly."

When they suddenly heard his words, everyone was shocked, and Meng Zhou also cast a concerned look.

"Is...what happened?" Song Yang asked with concern.

Xuanyuanzi glanced at everyone and said with a smile:

"Why are you looking at me like this? Don't worry, it's not a bad thing.

This year is the 89th year since the founding of our Qingxuan Sect, and next year it will be 90 years.

As for the rules in our sect, every tenth year, there will be a small celebration in the sect.

If that were all, we expats wouldn't have to go back.

However, Zongli made a new decision this year, considering that next year’s Xiaoqing will be followed by the Centenary Day - you should understand what this means to us.

Zongli was worried that when the centenary celebration came, he would make a joke due to lack of experience and other reasons, so he decided to treat next year's Xiaoqing as a big celebration, a preview. "

Cao Lie, Song Yang and others looked at each other in shock after hearing Xuanyuanzi share this reason.

This reason is really impeccable, but when they hear it, they feel a bit painful for no reason.

…

After this meeting, the construction tide that had been brewing for a long time was like a flood, spreading inside and outside Sanchuan City, covering the entire Sanchuan Plain.

Because there were enough spiritual materials lent by Qingxuanzong, the technical team that deployed the formation was also an old team that had presided over the upgrade of the spiritual veins of the Sanchuan Plain. They were familiar with the situation in the Sanchuan Plain, and the third-level high-grade city defense formation was quickly prepared and planned. stand up.

Today's Sanchuan City is being rapidly demolished, with only a few dozen third-level caves dotting it.

Other areas are turning into ruins at the fastest speed.

Then, these ruins quickly turned into wasteland.

An extremely prosperous city quickly degraded into a wilderness.

At first, Zhu Qian was still very new to this scene. In the name of handling various chores for Meng Zhou, she ran out every two days. In fact, she was running around in the Sanchuan Plain.

However, this freshness did not last for a few days, before she settled down and stayed in the cave all day long.

Unless Meng Zhou ordered her to make a trip, she would use her "reverence". In her words, "It's a mess, what's there to see?"

Indeed, Meng Zhou was tired of seeing this kind of dusty and messy construction site in his previous life. This was nothing new to him.

In order to "save" as much as possible, Cao Lie, Song Yang, President Pan, Yao Gu and others mobilized with all their strength. They not only had to demolish the old city before the city defense array was completed, but also tried their best to build a new city. The outline of the new city is drawn out to maximize the fit between the city defense array and the new city.

Not only do a large number of monks who practice Qi and build foundations temporarily work part-time as "construction workers", but they also often use fake elixirs, and even the two real elixirs Cao Lie and Song Yang.

Regarding the heated scene outside, Meng Zhou only occasionally observed through the moon mirror to confirm the progress, but he had no intention of joining Cao Lie and Song Yang to set an example for other monks.

I don’t know what other people think about his attitude of being pure-minded and not involved in details. Anyway, Cao Lie and Song Yang are not dissatisfied at all. Instead, they will take the initiative to send messages to Meng Zhou every now and then, like friends. La Jia Chang shared the current situation and progress with Meng Zhou.

This allowed him to be well aware of the changes in various things even though he was not involved.

…

Since the skill of making spirit puppets has been promoted from Dacheng to the master level, the production efficiency has been improved.

Thirty fake elixir puppets can be made every day and six thousand experience points can be gained.

In addition, as the spirit puppet making skills advanced from Dacheng to Master, Meng Zhou found that he had a deeper understanding of the nature of third-level spiritual materials.

With this understanding, using the same spiritual materials, the spiritual puppets produced can achieve stronger effects.

However, with this harvest, Meng Zhou did not make a more powerful spiritual puppet, but divided the third-level spiritual materials into smaller portions.

On average, each piece of spiritual material can be divided into five small parts by him, which allows him to gain more experience with less consumption of spiritual materials.

Twenty days later, when the time came to the end of February, just when Meng Zhou was about to enter the quiet room again and start retreat, Meng Zhou once again completed the production of 600 fake elixir puppets and gained a total of 120,000 experience points.

The skill of making spirit puppets has completed the accumulation of master level and entered the master level.

"Level 3 Spirit Puppet Master 0.01 million/240,000"

Looking at the neatly stacked number of fake elixir puppets in the storage space, which numbered more than a thousand, one thousand and sixty-three fake elixir puppets to be exact, Meng Zhou couldn't help but complain:

"If all these are released, the combat power of the fake elixirs will really be ruined. All the late-stage foundation-building monks in the Qingxuan Domain will have a lot of leftovers if each person is equipped with a fake elixir spirit puppet."

…

The fifth day of March, afternoon.

Cultivation progress +720, one level of elixir formation is 4575/10,000;

Third level Spring Water Sutra +2400, small success 07200/30000;

Black Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill +2400, initial success is 10,500/15,000;

…

After leaving the customs, Meng Zhou did not immediately start making fake elixir puppets, but took inventory.

In order to complete the accumulation of the master level, he consumed a full 120 copies of the third-level low-grade spiritual materials. Now, he still has 141 copies of the third-level low-grade spiritual materials in his hand.

Although, since he completed his master accumulation of skills in making fake elixir spirit puppets and became a master, his utilization of the properties of spiritual materials has been further improved, and he can use less materials to do things in the past, but now this The quantity of third-level low-grade spiritual materials is still not enough to support him to complete the accumulation of the entire master level.

Meng Zhou didn't care too much about this.

His consciousness swept over Zhu Qian who was silently working on several spiritual plants in the grove and said:

"Go to Tu Baiyao's place to get some second-level spiritual materials... The weight of each level will be twice the amount taken last time."

The fake pill spirit puppet that Meng Zhou refined consumes much more second-level spiritual materials than third-level low-level spiritual materials.

In order to complete the accumulation of master level, the quantity of second-level spiritual materials in his hand was far from enough, and the proportions of different qualities were also inconsistent.

At this time, he would send Zhu Qian directly to the Blue Blood Army to find Tu Baiyao to make up for his needs.

With the Jade Blood Army's current capabilities, it would be difficult for them to gather too many third-level spiritual materials in a short period of time.

As for the second-level spiritual materials, as long as there are not thousands of them, the Blue Blood Army, backed by the entire Blue Blood Plains and Sanchuan Plain, will not feel any pressure at all.

Just when Zhu Qian was about to walk out of the cave, Meng Zhou remembered something again and sent a message to her again:

"Tell him that the next diagnosis and treatment will be on the 15th of this month, so they can prepare in advance."

When Zhu Qian retrieved a large amount of second-level spiritual materials, Meng Zhou also happened to split all the third-level low-grade spiritual materials in his hand into smaller portions.

After that, he once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to the production of fake elixir puppets.

…

fifteen.

Meng Zhou walked out of the quiet room and saw Bai Zhi standing on a piece of light green grass, holding a thin pen in his hand and drawing thin lines on a piece of white paper.

Meng Zhou couldn't help but go in and take a closer look, and found that what Bai Zhi was copying was the pond, waterside pavilion, and grove in front of him.

But what's special is that her hair-thin lines outline neither ponds, waterside pavilions nor tree-shaped outlines, but the invisible and qualityless breeze in the air.

On her pen and paper, the world is turned upside down, and the wind becomes tangible and qualitative. On the contrary, everything in the real world becomes intangible and has no quality. Instead, it needs to be indirectly perceived with the help of the texture of "wind".

Meng Zhou found it very interesting.

He feels that this is not just a creative idea, but a true feeling of a practitioner who has reached a certain level.

It is easy to think of the "real world" that covers the lower and deeper layers of reality.

What is real becomes virtual, and what is virtual becomes real.

Feeling Meng Zhou's "peeping", Bai Zhi, who had finished sketching carefully, stopped and turned her head to look at Meng Zhou, with a questioning look on her face.

Meng Zhou coughed slightly and said:

"If one day you can use this method to express light, that would be really amazing."

Bai Zhi's eyes lit up, as if she had some kind of inspiration, but soon, after some serious thinking, she shook her head seriously and said:

"No, I can't do it right now."

Then, she was about to start painting again. Seeing that the man next to her was not moving, she stopped again and looked at him doubtfully.

Meng Zhou said: "I want to go out, do you want to come with me?"

Faced with such an invitation, Bai Zhi shook her head and refused without even thinking: "Go ahead, I've just started, and there are still a lot of things I haven't done yet..."

As she spoke, her mind had unknowingly sunk into the white paper at the tip of the pen in front of her.

When Meng Zhou saw this, he shook his head helplessly, but without saying anything more, he went straight out of the cave.

Meng Zhou also belatedly discovered that Bai Zhi was actually a more homely girl than he was.

At first, she was still yearning for the outside, but after going out for a walk with Zhu Qian twice, she stopped going out.

Meng Zhou was doubtful about this at first, but soon he realized that the first two times Bai Zhi went out were not because she really wanted to go out, but just a small way to confirm her own "freedom". of temptation.

After understanding that Meng Zhou didn't really want to lock her up until she died, as long as she wanted to go out, she could go out every three to five times - after confirming this, she stopped going out.

And her pastime is painting.

However, she seriously corrected her assessment.

"This is not a pastime, it is a way for me to understand and understand the world."

Thinking of her identity as a painter, Meng Zhou also believed her.

After all, as a knot master, he often uses the method of knotting ropes to understand and understand the world.

She won't get bored either.

Being in a cave of five or six acres has no impact on her.

As long as she feels that her heart is not imprisoned, even if she is in a small room, for her as a painter, the world is still boundless.

As for serious training, she has stopped doing it a long time ago.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.

She herself was confused about this.

Her cultivation had already reached the peak of foundation building, but she still couldn't touch the feeling of breaking through the barrier and forming the elixir.

In her own words, "I once thought that this was the biggest bottleneck I encountered in my spiritual practice, an obstacle that I would never be able to overcome in my life."

Because this situation is common among practitioners, after realizing this, she was once lost, but she never doubted anything.

After all, there are many examples in the cultivation world where one's cultivation progresses by leaps and bounds before reaching a certain level, and then just wastes his life after reaching a certain level. She will not feel that she is anything special because of this.

After coming to him, this situation has been greatly improved.

She could now more or less "touch" the core-forming barrier that she could not sense at all, but she was still far away from breaking through.

She is very satisfied with this change.

But Meng Zhou knew that the real reason was not what she "thought" but that Yaya hadn't made a breakthrough yet.

…

After Sanchuan City was demolished into ruins and the surrounding area turned into a bustling construction site, the Blue Blood Army chose its temporary base in a quiet farmland more than sixty miles away from Sanchuan City.

Meng Zhou used Five Elements Escape to avoid the eyes and ears of everyone along the way and directly entered the Zhuangtian courtyard.

It wasn't until he appeared that Tu Baiyao, who was waiting, noticed him and quickly greeted him: "Mr."

Several other monks standing next to Tu Baiyao also quickly saluted and greeted him respectfully.

These people are all representatives of Wucailing and Qiandao Lake. If they had not known Meng Zhou’s temper, and Tu Baiyao, Yao Gu and others had clearly limited the number of "pilgrimages", the number of monks coming from Wucai Ridge and Qiandao Lake would have been even greater. .

Meng Zhou did not be polite to these people and went directly to an open area, where there were a total of 240 foundation-building injuries and an equal number of Qi-training injuries.

Meng Zhou did not ask specifically where these injuries came from. After a brief consultation, he basically had the answer in his mind.

Among these injuries, the number of monks injured by various strange poisons was surprisingly high.

"It is said that the Wucailing monks are proficient in poison."

"Behind this illustrious reputation is the fact that a large number of monks are tortured by various poisonous substances and are worse than dead, or even destroyed physically and mentally."

With this thought in mind, a drizzle suddenly began to fall in this open space.

Not a single drop of this "rainwater" fell into the air, and it was accurately submerged into the bodies of each of the injured patients.

With the integration of this pure rainwater, various obscure and dirty smells flowed out of each patient's body in Meng Zhou's induction.

Meng Zhou thought for a while, but instead of getting rid of the dirty disease and poisonous gas, he balled it into a huge "mud ball".

In the eyes of Tu Baiyao and other onlookers, it was "Mr. Ge" who waved his hand, and a special rain fell that covered all the injured.

Under the cover of this special rain, a total of more than 400 injured people improved rapidly. At the same time, a black and gray mud ball appeared in the hand of "Mr. Ge".

This is not a good thing.

Everyone subconsciously made this judgment in their hearts.

Everyone selectively avoids this kind of thing that seems to make people feel disgusted.

Tu Baiyao, who had the closest relationship with Meng Zhou, hurriedly asked: "Sir, what was that rain just now?"

Meng Zhou smiled and said, "Spring rain."

"Chun Yu?" Tu Baiyao was a little confused.

Meng Zhou nodded: "Yes, this is Chunyu."

Meng Zhou did not continue to explain to Tu Baiyao, who was still confused. He was still immersed in the wonderful feedback this new ability gave him.

The third-level Spring Water Sutra has advanced to Xiaocheng, and the Medicine Spirit Master profession has also quietly made a breakthrough in a previous treatment, rising from the second level to the third level.

For a moment, Meng Zhoufu felt a sense of understanding in his soul.

He did not continue to learn those third-level pharmacist skills. Even if he really learned them, there would be nothing new. In the third-level profession's inherited jade slip in his hand, most of the third-level skills were second-level skills. Advanced version of advanced skills.

For example, second-level healing skills and third-level healing skills, second-level rejuvenation skills and third-level rejuvenation skills.

This is a good thing for other professionals. Having a previous foundation allows them to master higher-level skills more easily.

But for Meng Zhou, who had already completed the transformation of his skills into a spiritual body, a spiritual body, and even a Tao body, it would be too much of a waste to invest time and energy in these.

Therefore, after the profession of Medicine Spirit Master advanced to the third level, Meng Zhou did not learn those Level 3 skills. Instead, he followed his inner feelings and combined his understanding of Medicine Spirit Master and the Third Level Spring Water Sutra to create Such a skill.

He named it [Spring Rain].

Simplifying the complex, he integrated all his insights into the third-level medicine spiritual master and the third-level Spring Water Sutra into this "spring rain".

This not only fits the characteristics of the Spring Water Sutra, but also fits the characteristics of the Medicine Spirit Master.

The effect of this "spring rain" is not just as simple as treating monks' patients. It can also treat other spiritual beasts, and it can also be used to treat spiritual plants.

As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as valuable as oil" and "Under the spring rain, all living beings will be saved without discrimination."

This is not the most special thing about this skill.

When he was so blessed that he created this new skill, Meng Zhou subconsciously searched for it in the [Skills] column of his personal information, but didn't find it.

When he was confused, he discovered this skill in the [Talent] item.

In other words, from the moment of its birth, this skill has not followed a path from "beginner" practice to "consummation". It is an innate skill.

As he progresses in the third-level Spring Water Scripture and the Medicine Spirit Master profession, this skill will continue to improve, and he does not need to deliberately level up this skill.

Of course, it can also be said that he transferred the main body of leveling to the third-level Spring Water Scripture and the Medicine Spirit Master profession.

Before this diagnosis and treatment, the profession of the medicine spiritualist was "Level 3 100/10,000".

Now, after completing the diagnosis and treatment, it has become "Level 3 120/10,000".

"This increase in progress is really stingy."

Then, Meng Zhou sorted out the conditions of the ten fake alchemy monks. This time, he brought a total of ten points of improvement progress to Meng Zhou.

According to this progress, he would have to treat all the fake alchemy monks in the entire Qingxuan Domain in turn, but it would not be enough for him to reach the top of the third level of the Medicine Spirit Master profession.

In this regard, Meng Zhou was very patient and not anxious.

After Meng Zhou completed these treatments, Tu Baiyao immediately sent the consultation fee for 2,600 high-grade spiritual stones that he had prepared long ago.

Only then did Meng Zhou realize that Yao Gu was no longer standing among the crowd.

"Commander Yao." Meng Zhou greeted.

During this period, Yao Gu has been actually responsible for the work that the Blue Blood Army should undertake in terms of rebuilding Sanchuan City and deploying city defense formations.

Because Meng Zhou, the true elixir, was backing him up, he took charge of the work as a foundation-building cultivator, but no one would "bully" him.

Even when Cao Lie, Song Yang and others discussed with him, they showed enough respect.

Meng Zhou knew that he was busy and did not inform him when he came over.

At this moment, he appeared here so promptly. Meng Zhou guessed that someone should have passed the news to him immediately after he appeared here.

"Sir." Yao Gu greeted quickly.

But Meng Zhou saw that he looked a little strange and asked quickly: "What's wrong with you?"

Yao Gu said softly: "Cao Lie, Song Yang and others already know about the regular treatment you provide to the Jade Blood Army monks."

Meng Zhou heard this and nodded slightly: "What are they thinking?"

Over the years, the number of Jixueyuan monks he has treated has reached nearly a thousand.

Such a big news, as the Jade Blood Army and "Ge Yaoshi" receive more and more attention, it is impossible to hide it from others.

"They also want to send some monks to you for diagnosis and treatment, but they don't know what your attitude is. I hope I can ask you what you mean in private."

Meng Zhou nodded. It was not surprising that Cao Lie, Song Yang and others had this idea.

In fact, it was unusual for everyone to remain indifferent after learning that he was a pharmacist.

However, Yao Gu's next words made Meng Zhou feel a little weird.

"Song Yang also asked me privately to ask you if you are interested in becoming the president of the pharmacist branch."

There are still pharmacists in the professional association, but because of the particularity of the pharmacist profession itself - if you want to become a professional pharmacist, the characteristics of the qi refining method you choose should be biased towards the treatment type. In addition, when a pharmacist starts, he needs to spend a lot of energy to learn and master it. Many pharmacist-like skills.

Because of this characteristic of "benefiting oneself and benefiting others", although there are some pharmacists in professional associations, their level is basically not very high.

Either you are forced to become a pharmacist due to circumstances in the early stage, and when you reach a certain stage of growth and have a certain degree of "autonomy", you will make choices that are more beneficial to you, thus becoming more and more useless as a pharmacist;

Either after becoming a foundation builder, you have resources, time, and good talent in this area, so you engage in casual learning and become a pharmacist.

Because of such a general environment, the pharmacist profession is considered an unpopular one. Although the Professionals Association has also recruited some pharmacists, most of them have very low professional standards. Those who can reach the second-level middle-lower level are considered to be "outstanding".

Therefore, as the talkative representative of the Professionals Association, Song Yang was not only greedy for his skills, but also for the person he was.

"He actually poached my corner."

Meng Zhou also felt a little funny in his heart.

However, he still thought about it seriously before saying to Yao Gu:

"Go and tell him that I haven't thought about it yet. We'll talk about it later... If they want to send some patients over for me to treat, that's no problem.

However, the number of people still needs to be properly controlled. How to operate this matter will be handled and communicated by the Blue Blood Army... Is that okay? "

Yao Gu nodded hurriedly and said: "No problem."

Is this adding a burden to the Jade Blood Army?

Wrong, this is the power given to the Green Blood Army!

"Where's President Pan? He doesn't have any ideas?" Now that this matter was mentioned, Meng Zhou also asked.

He didn't believe that President Pan didn't have any ideas, but this guy never mentioned this matter in front of him, which made him curious.

Yao Gu hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said:

"President Pan did have an idea, but he thought it might make you unhappy if he expressed it, so he didn't mention it at all."

Hearing what he said, Meng Zhou became interested: "Oh, what does he have in mind?"

Yao Gu said: "You also know that due to the special nature of the Sanchuan Association, except for the group who followed him in the early days, he does not have much true feelings for other members."

Meng Zhou nodded.

He has witnessed with his own eyes how President Pan used a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other to shape the Sanchuan Society, which was full of ulterior motives and scattered, into its current shape. For most of the current members of the Sanchuan Society, he really has nothing to do with it. Real feelings.

"So, he's not keen on finding some patients among them for you to treat.

When talking about this once, he lamented that instead of curing them, it would be better to give the healing opportunity to those monsters. " Yao Gu said.

"Cure monsters? Does he want me to be a veterinarian?" Meng Zhou said in surprise.

Yao Gu was startled, thinking that "Mr. Ge" was already unhappy, so he quickly explained:

"He just mentioned it casually. He didn't really think so. Otherwise, if he really had this idea, based on his relationship with you, it would be impossible not to tell you that he is not right."

Meng Zhou seriously considered this possibility.

He has seen the intensity of work of monsters such as the Earth-Shaking Bull and the Rainforest Black Toad.

To put it bluntly, from the day they entered the Sanchuan Plain, they turned into quantifiable production tools.

Their life potential, bloodline talents, and all aspects have been squeezed to the extreme.

Under normal circumstances, in the absence of external threats, the natural lifespan of monsters is very long.

But Meng Zhou could see that these monster beasts that came to Sanchuan Plain and became farming monsters would basically not survive the day when their natural life span ends. The day when their life potential is squeezed out and exhausted, it is they. At the time of death.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhou really became interested in treating these monsters.

This is not to pity their plight, but Meng Zhou discovered that these monsters are very good "experimental materials".

His profession as a medicine spiritualist is not limited to treating people, nor is it limited to treating spiritual plants. Demonic and spiritual beasts are also within its scope.

After all, the characteristics of Lingzhi are different from those of humans and monsters. It is impossible for him to use humans as materials, constantly squeeze human potential to the limit and then study and observe.

From this perspective, aren't these monsters the most suitable "guinea pigs"?

After careful consideration, Meng Zhou said to Yao Gu, who looked worried:

"Go tell him and ask him to come up with a more specific and appropriate plan.

...Since Cao Lie, Song Yang and others have agreed, there is no reason to keep the Sanchuan Society out.

You can also appropriately select some injured patients from the Sanchuan Club for treatment, and just control the number.

Not too much, and don’t make too much noise. "

Meng Zhou decided to appropriately open some treatment channels to other forces and not let this opportunity become the privilege of the Blue Blood Army.

If this continues, this will not be a good thing for the Blue Blood Army either.

After talking about this, the representatives from Qiandao Lake and Wucailing who were waiting aside finally looked at the opportunity and presented the resources they had prepared to Meng Zhou.

The last time, these two parties wanted to visit Meng Zhou, but Meng Zhou refused, but he left twenty fake elixir puppets for each of the two families, asking them to pay with third-level spiritual materials and third-level spiritual poisons.

Meng Zhou took a quick look and could tell that both parties had indeed done their best, and the number was much greater than he expected.

However, Meng Zhou did not take advantage of these advantages. He took out the extra materials and handed them back: "Take these back as much as you need." (End of Chapter)