World's Best Martial Artist

BOOM!

The origin expanded again!

Fang ping did not expect the effects of the debris of the star of the origin to be so good.

At this moment, the source world was expanding and solidifying!

Even though Fang ping had already felt that the origin soil was extremely solid when he laid it down, it was only now that Fang ping truly felt solid.

Yes, steady.

It was the feeling of being on solid ground!

It wasn't like the feeling of floating on clouds like before.

This was the fragment of the origin!

A fragment had not only expanded Fang Ping's source world by a lot, but even those cities and people had become real.

"Is this the true origin?"

Fang ping could not imagine how strong the entire star of the origin was back then.

And the celestial Thearch had actually chosen to shatter the origin.

Why did it shatter?

Borrowing power?

He had seen the scene of the heavenly Emperor's transcendence. The heavenly Emperor felt that the origin was borrowing power and not his own power, so he had exploded the star of origin and returned the power to himself.

Did that mean that the celestial Thearch had absorbed the power of the origin?

A small piece of the broken star piece had already given Fang ping a huge boost. How strong was the entire star?

Fang ping was shocked.

While he was still in shock, he continued to devour the broken stars.

There were a total of 12 fragments of similar sizes.

In the blink of an eye, Fang ping had consumed one.

He opened his eyes, and they flickered with a bright light. At this moment, his body of origin actually showed signs of solidifying.

Looking at the Western Emperor, Fang ping glanced at the old cat that was "glaring like a tiger." He was mentally tired. I asked you to keep an eye on the Western Emperor, and you turned into a Tiger and dozed off. Was this what you meant by keeping an eye on him?

This was enough to deter Emperor Xi?

It's not like a tiger can scare people, okay!

This cat ... Was really unreliable.

"How many fragments can Heavenly King suppression and the others enter the origin land?"

Emperor Xi thought for a moment and said,'if he enters with his origin source body, two pieces will be enough! If he added the beginner martial body, one piece would be enough to break through the peak of the eighth stage. This thing could also be used by beginner martial artists.

So if you want to enter, you'll need three!"

Fang ping did some mental calculations. 4!

The suppression Heavenly King's initial martial body might have broken through nine, or was close to breaking nine.

At least two pieces!

Breaking nine, two pieces.

Heavenly King Zhen would need at least four pieces!

"Where's the old cat?"

"Old cat?"

The West Emperor looked at the grey cat and said,""Don't say it. This lazy cat's energy consumption is probably not low. Maybe three pieces."

"Meow!"

The old cat meowed, and the West Emperor said with a smile,""It's a waste to give it to this cat. It's better to let its body of origin participate in the battle. There's not much difference."

"Meow!"

The gray cat was dissatisfied. It opened its mouth wide, not knowing if it was going to eat him or if it was yawning. Fang ping felt that yawning was more likely.

"Three pieces ..."

Fang ping muttered in his heart,'is two pieces of the heavenly suppression King origin body enough?'

Alright, it was enough.

That's seven pieces!

"Where's old Zhang?"

"If you're a martial King, one piece should be enough."

Eight pieces!

Fang ping calculated again. The Heavenly King, the gray cat, and old Zhang were all asking for 8 pieces. Did they still need others to enter?

A page boy!

The errand boy might also need two or three pieces, two for breaking nine. Breaking nine might require more, and the errand boy might also need three pieces.

11 pieces!

Then even he would not have enough!

Fang ping furrowed his brows and looked at Emperor Xi."Not enough! 12 pieces are not enough for our people to enter. "

Emperor Xi was also speechless. 'Isn't this enough? Do you know how many years it took me to collect these 12 fragments? "Let's put it this way. On average, I can find one fragment every 1000 years. It took me more than 10000 years to collect so many fragments after I became an Emperor.

If you think it's not enough, I can't do anything about it.

Under normal circumstances, two stones were enough to break nine!

It's enough for 6 people to break 9 points and enter. How many more do you want?"

Fang ping said indifferently,"I'm not an ordinary person who has broken nine. I'm not weaker than you Kings. It's normal to have three or four. I think four is more or less the same."

"Heavenly King, gray cat, at least six pieces."

"Didn't I say that I have the support of breaking nine?"

"Then, do you think 12 Yuan is enough?"

"……"

"You ..." The West Emperor was exhausted. He smiled and asked,"do you really have other nine-levels behind you?"

"Of course!"

"Who is it?"

"You guess!"

"……"

Guess your head!

The West Emperor cursed in his heart,'why would I ask you if I could guess it?'

I really can't guess!

He had gone through all the experts from back then in his heart and felt that no one could possibly do this.

Hongkun and the others were being stared at. Not counting those at the initial stage, who among the powerhouses of the origin path could break nine?

No more!

He really didn't expect it.

He even suspected that Fang ping was lying to him, but he actually knew about Daoist Fengyun's Billboard. Could that fellow have made a mistake too?

If he wasn't wrong, then there really was a nine-breakthrough.

Who was it?

Could it be the Qin Fengqing who had made that slash?

He was a little suspicious. Did Qin Fengqing and that person overlap?

However, since Fang ping did not say anything, he was too lazy to guess anymore. He frowned and said,"If 12 isn't enough, then I can't do anything about it. It's too much. Do you want me to go Rob other Kings now?"

Fang ping sneered,"this place has been built for a few thousand years, right?" These things are all from the past, so in the past few thousand years, senior didn't have any stock?"

"……"

Emperor Xi's head ached. He coughed and said,"this thing is useful to us as well. If we have it, we will naturally absorb it. Who would want to keep it?"

"That's hard to say!"

Fang ping laughed."Everyone has a limit. It's impossible to absorb it limitlessly, right?"

"Well, I haven't reached my limit yet."

"Give me three more pieces!"

"The stronger we are, the greater our chances of killing Emperor Nan. Senior, you don't want to waste these 12 pieces of the broken star pieces, do you?" Fang ping said seriously.

I've already given you 12 Yuan, and you're still short of 3 yuan?

If he failed, he would have nothing left.

The Western Emperor felt his teeth aching. He felt that he should not have cooperated with Fang ping. They had not even started yet, and he had already bled again and again.

"Three Yuan is too much ..."

"Then forget it, big cat. You won't have it. I'll give it a try. If I can't kill it, I'll retreat!"

"Meow!"

The blue cat didn't care, so let it be.

The Western Emperor took a deep breath. He had entered the Wolf's Den!

After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said,"alright, I'll give it!" But let's make it clear, if I fail this time ... I won't be able to escape. At that time, the human world will be my only hope, and this old man will definitely not be soft-hearted!"

After escaping, the human world was not their only hope.

Not escaping was their only hope.

By then, Emperor Xi would not show any mercy. That would be impossible.

To put it bluntly, he had paid such a high price and failed in the end. He would definitely deal with the human race next.

Fang ping raised his eyebrows."We'll see. I don't want to fail either. If I really fail, I can't do anything if you want to deal with the humans. Then we'll see each other on the battlefield!"

Emperor Xi did not waste any more time and tossed three celestial stones to him.

Fang ping asked,"how do we give it to the Heavenly King and the others?"

"Simple, let the grey cat send it back!"

Emperor Xi replied nonchalantly,"Lin Zi's channel to the source has yet to be completely broken. Now, the gray cat has to make a trip back and send her back before rushing over. If the channel is broken, it will enter directly from the other side of the door. If it is not broken, it can just come here directly."

"How do we enter with our true bodies?"

"Just materialize!"

"If you use the celestial stone and have enough time to manifest into the source, your true body can appear in the source world. Since the source world can appear here, your true body can naturally descend!" Emperor Xi said quickly.

Fang ping nodded. This was much simpler.

As for Cang Mao, he had a bitter expression on his face as he still had to return to deliver the things.

Little Zi's channel to the source world was broken. It had to fly here, which was far away!

How troublesome!

……

After arranging everything, Fang ping was not in a hurry to let the gray cat deliver the stellar stone.

He continued to absorb it!

Out of the 15 fragments, he had only asked the gray cat to bring back 7. The Heavenly King and the page boy would distribute them. Old Zhang only needed 1, the gray cat had 3, and Fang ping could use 4.

As for whether it was enough ... It should be enough.

One fragment was consumed, two fragments were consumed, three fragments were consumed ...

When the three fragments were consumed, Fang ping suddenly felt that he could vaguely sense his origin body and his true body.

He felt that he could finally manifest his real body!

However, Fang ping was not in a hurry to reveal his true body. He used another fragment, and the source world was still changing rapidly!

BOOM!

The source world was extremely real at this moment.

In the next moment, Fang Ping's true body suddenly disappeared into thin air from the myriad origin Hall.

……

Within the ten thousand origin Palace.

The Heavenly King suppression's expression changed slightly, and the divine Creator was also shocked. He couldn't help but ask,""He got the debris of the stars? Did you just enter? Isn't this a little too fast?"

Fang ping seemed to have just entered it!

Now, his true body had actually disappeared. It had disappeared instead of shattering. This meant that Fang Ping's true body was fine. It had probably entered the origin.

That meant that Fang ping might have gotten his hands on a Broken Star piece!

Heavenly King Zhen nodded his head slightly and was also surprised,"you picked up a treasure the moment you entered?"

This thing was really rare.

Those who had not been to the origin land would not be able to get it.

Then, only the Emperor would have been to the origin.

The origin land was very complicated and dangerous. Even the Emperor would not dare to barge in recklessly.

Even if the Emperor obtained it, he would still need it and absorb it.

The debris of the star of the origin did not seem to have any experience of being stranded outside.

Even he, the heavenly suppression King, had never seen such a thing before.

Now, Fang Ping's real body had disappeared. Did he get something good the moment he entered?

Heavenly King Zhen was a little envious. Even though he had also entered the origin land, the root origin land, he had only taken a look the last time. He had been shot down by Zhan Tiandi very quickly and did not have the time to look for this thing.

As the Heavenly King was speaking, suddenly, the grey cat's body shook. The next moment, the big cat opened its eyes and a few pieces appeared in its paws. It threw them to the Heavenly King and said hurriedly,""The scammer said he was going to do something big and asked you to quickly manifest your true body and enter the origin.

Bring the guy and follow me to the origin. We are going to do big business!"

"……"

Silence!

Heavenly King Zhen was stunned.

Was it appropriate to change the plan so suddenly?

What kind of big business was this?

Holding the broken star piece in his hand, he was stunned. He had a feeling that he was going to do something big this time!

Fang ping materialized his true body and left. Was this not enough? he even wanted him to enter with his true body. Was he not afraid of being caught in one fell swoop?

Cang Mao ignored him and his spiritual power shook.

The next moment, the scholar in the dark heard a voice.""The scammer asked me to give you a few fragments to conjure your real body and go to the origin with you. However, you have to hide in my cat world ..."

Then, Cang Mao said,"the liar said it's dangerous. If you kill me, he will kill you. He will kill old Wang and dig up the blood red guy's grave. He is threatening you. Don't bully me!"

"……"

The scholar was speechless.

You're so direct, cat.

Kill old Wang?

The scholar laughed. Really?

He had been here for some time. He could tell that Fang ping and Wang Jinyang were close.

Would Fang ping kill Wang Jinyang?

However ... Fang ping was indeed quite capable!

The scholar was still somewhat shocked. A person's source world could be said to be the most important defensive weakness.

The key to letting him hide in the gray cat's world was not him, but Fang Ping's ability to persuade the gray cat to agree.

The blue cat was not a fool!

It had agreed, which meant that it trusted Fang ping enough. It felt that even if it were to let him in, it would not cause any trouble. Or rather, as the gray cat had said, if something happened to the gray cat, Fang ping would definitely kill him and dig up Zhan Tiandi's grave.

"The human King's Way of asking for help is unique. Aren't you afraid that I won't agree to it if you threaten me?" the scholar laughed.

"No way ... The liar said that he's going to kill Emperor Nan this time, kill the real Emperor Nan! Emperor Nan attacked your master back then. If you're not willing to take revenge, it means that what you said before was all fake!"

"If you're lying, then I'll take this opportunity to see you clearly, in case you turn back in the future!" The grey cat said proudly.

"……"

The scholar laughed again and quickly said,"alright, but if zhendu and I are leaving, then the human world ..."

"It's fine. The others won't dare to come. As for the others, they'll be fine too. Our real bodies have run away. They can't kill our real bodies. Who would dare to fight against the swindlers?"

The gray cat did not think much of it. Fang ping and the others had run away, their real bodies were not here.

If those few people did not die, who would dare to rebel?

Unless they were sure that they were almost dead!

Therefore, there wasn't much risk.

"Hurry up, I'm going to reveal my true body and enter the origin!"

Cang Mao also started to refine the star stone.

The Heavenly King suppression and scholar naturally knew that the danger was huge. If their true bodies entered the origin land, with all the emperors there, wouldn't the danger be huge?

But even if it was big, he still had to go!

Heavenly King Zhen had no choice. That kid acted first and reported later, so you had to go.

Shuxiang, on the other hand, had heard the news that Emperor Nan was to be killed!

Revenge!

Emperor Nan was indeed involved in the siege battle.

He didn't have a chance before, but now ... His chance had come!

He didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly. He thought that he would have to wait until the decisive battle to have a chance to take revenge. Now, the opportunity had come in advance!

Since that was the case, of course he had to go.

Even if it was extremely dangerous!

However, the human King, martial King, heavenly suppression King, and the gray cat were all there. What was there to worry about?

If these people were to die, where would he go to take revenge?

Without them, he would be alone and weak. How could he expect to kill the Emperor?

So, this was an opportunity!

Shuxiang no longer hesitated and quickly began to refine the stellar stone.

After about ten minutes, the Heavenly King's body trembled slightly. He nodded at the gray cat with a smile and a satisfied expression!

Cang Mao looked at him strangely. This old man was so powerful!

Fang ping had brought back 7 fragments. He gave 3 to the scholar and 4 to him.

In the end, the old man refined four of them. He didn't know if he used them to increase his strength or if he needed four to materialize. It seemed like he only materialized one true body!

The initial stage martial body seemed to be useless.

At this moment, the Heavenly King also split into two. His elementary martial body disappeared from his spot and it seemed like he had hidden himself. It was unknown if he was worried that both of his bodies would die.

Cang Mao bared his teeth, coward!

In the next moment, in the air, shuxiang's body trembled. Then, he quickly broke through the air and entered the cat's mouth without anyone noticing.

In the crowd, the God forger suddenly glanced at the gray cat.

The others 'spiritual power was weak, so they might not have noticed it.

He had sensed it!

One had broken nine!

It was definitely breaking nine!

A nine-breakthrough had entered the origin of the gray cat!

Fang ping really had a broken nine.

The divine Smith cursed in his heart. 'Old ghost Zhen must know, but Fang ping and the others are hiding it from me. I really don't know who they are.'

"Old man, let's go. The passageway is about to break. If it's broken, we can't go. If we can't go, we'll have to go through the door. It's very dangerous ..."

With the cangmao's urging, Heavenly King Zhen didn't waste any time. His physical body disappeared and entered the purple forest origin.

The old cat also quickly disappeared. This time, his body also disappeared.

At this place, the remaining people all had grave expressions.

The Heavenly King had left, and the martial King's body had suddenly disappeared. So had Fang ping and the gray cat ...

These were the top combat forces of the human race.

Now, they had all entered the origin land!

What was Fang ping trying to do?

Kill the Emperor?

Could it be that the decisive battle had to be carried out in advance in the origin land?

In such a short time, what happened to the origin? where did Fang ping get so many celestial stones?

As for the divine Creator, he felt the book fragrance leave and his heart became even more solemn.

But there weren't so many people, and there was still one who had broken nine!

In addition to Fang ping and the gray cat, there were a total of 4 people with combat strength that had broken 9.

And a martial King!

Five top-tier experts had disappeared!

He knew, and old Wang naturally knew as well. The scholar had left.

Old Wang looked at iron head and old Yao with a grave expression. He nodded slightly, indicating for the two of them to be more careful. The origin land might be in big trouble.

So many people had gone in, they couldn't be there to watch the show.

A great battle might break out!

……

In the origin land.

Cangmao and the others had not arrived yet. Fang ping closed his eyes to feel his own changes.

The four pieces of the debris of the stars would not be of much help in other aspects, but the source world would be expanded!

[Wealth: 480 billion points]

[Vitality: 5 million Cal (27.5 million)]

[Mentality: Mach 0 (225000Hz)]

[Force: 2250 origin (45 million Cal vitality)]

[Source world: 6500 meters]

The origin had expanded by 1900 meters!

This was the effect of the four fragments. They were very powerful because Fang ping had used up a lot of energy to conjure his true form.

Even so, it had still expanded by 1900 meters, which was beyond imagination.

Only four pieces!

Fang ping was a little regretful. He should have absorbed all of them before and not shared them with others. If that had happened, perhaps he could have done it alone. Then, he would have become stronger, and it would have been easier for him to obtain fragments.

Unfortunately, he did not expect the effect to be so good.

When he had absorbed the first piece, Fang ping did not really improve much because of the high consumption of materializing his true form. He only knew that the effect was good, but he did not know that the effect of the fourth piece was shockingly good.

Fang ping quickly began to convert his combat strength!

Very quickly, his combat strength began to change.

[Wealth: 480 billion points]

[Vitality: 00000 Cal (25 million)]

[Mentality: Mach 0 (250000Hz)]

[Force: 2500 orbs (50 million Cal vitality)]

[Jade bone: 99%(with vitality change)]

[Source world: 6500 meters]

[Origin amplification: fake Dao (30%)]

[Combat technique: chaos-vanquishing saber technique (+18%)]

[Power control: 99%]

[Explosive limit: 73260000Cal/74000000Cal]

The limit of 74 million!

Another 100 meters of the main road had been cut off, and now there was only a 30% increase.

Even so, it still reached a terrifying figure of 74 million.

"A Broken Star piece ..."

At this moment, Fang Ping's heart was moved.

He might not need to rely on the great DAOs anymore. After this, he could get some more fragments to expand his origin and seal it. Fang ping felt that his strength would have a huge improvement.

As for Tian Chen's great Dao, he would just return it to him!

Now, he didn't care about it.

Just as he was thinking about this, the void trembled. In the next moment, the grey cat and the Heavenly King had arrived.

At that moment, the origin land trembled slightly and the Emperor God's voice suddenly spread in all directions,""The gate of spiritual sense is shaking again. Shen, you will take charge of the three gates!"

The passageway that Cang Mao and the others had just taken was the one that Lin Zi had previously set up. It had been secretly created by the West Emperor.

He had walked back and forth a few times today, and the tremors were constant.

The celestial Emperor still sensed the change. His tone was grave and he did not dare to be negligent. He immediately sent Emperor Xi to guard the three gates.

The Emperor of the West was unflustered. He did not move his body near Fang ping and the others, but a voice burst out from afar. It said weakly,"This old man's injuries aren't light. If Dao brother Qiong is still worried, then you can go and guard the place yourself!

In any case, the three gates don't belong to me alone. I don't know who secretly set up a trap in the three gates.

If you mess up their plans, what if they attack me?

This old man's strength isn't enough, so I won't get involved. You guys can do whatever you want. "

"……"

The surroundings were completely silent!

Emperor Xi's words left everyone speechless.

This guy rejected him directly.

Whoever wanted to go, he was not going anyway!

At this moment, another voice laughed,""Daoist Chen, aren't you afraid of Qiong's trouble?"

Emperor Nan!

The next moment, a rather overbearing voice rang out,"Shen, the door of spiritual sense has trembled a few times. Will it be alright?"

The West Emperor said lazily,"that's their business. Who knows who has secretly set up a trap in the three gates? if I go now, I'll interfere with their plan. Whether they discover the trap or not, they'll think that I've discovered it."

If I still can't explain myself, what if they try to harm me?

It's best for the two of you to ignore it and suppress the turmoil in your origin land. End the suppression as soon as possible and leave the origin land. Let them cause as much trouble as they want!"

Emperor Nan and the Beast Emperor felt that his words made sense.

That's right, I still don't know who set this up.

If you find out, it'll be very troublesome. Do you want to expose this or not?

It would be troublesome if you didn't find out. The other party would think that you had found out, but in fact, you didn't know anything at all.

It was better to just let it go!

"Could it be Fang ping and the others?" the beast Emperor asked after some thought.

"If you want to come in, then come in!"

Emperor Xi did not think much of it. "If the origin enters, even if Fang ping has Ji, Hong, and the others 'combat strength, the origin form will not be able to defeat us! If he really had that kind of power, he wouldn't have come to us. Wouldn't it be better to go to Ji?

That guy is in the land of the celestial source. "

Emperor Xi laughed."That's why we don't have to worry about anything even if Fang ping comes. We should be more careful and not let him mess up the origin land. If there's a problem with our own natural source, we should guard it ourselves. We don't want others to take advantage of the chaos and cause more chaos. By then, we'll be in even more trouble!"

"That's true!"

Emperor Nan chimed in and did not say anything else. Very quickly, his spiritual energy receded and he disappeared into the void.

It was the same for the beast Emperor.

Emperor Xi was right. If Fang ping and the others were really that strong, they should just go to the human Emperor. Why would they enter the origin land?

If he wasn't that powerful, then he didn't need to worry.

It was best to guard his own territory!

"If Fang ping really comes and you're not around, if he causes trouble and the others ignore you, he might make a mess of your territory!

……

Fang ping could not help but look at the Emperor of the West beside him and gave him a thumbs up!

You're good!

You're actually the military counselor of the three of them. From the way the two of them came to ask, they knew that Emperor Xi might be playing the role of a military counselor.

In the end ... This fellow actually sold Emperor Nan out!

No, he actually befriended Emperor Nan and the Beast Emperor. Damn it, he's not a good person!

They probably had their eyes on the two of them!

Who asked them to be so weak? if Emperor Xi didn't target them, who else would he target?

This guy was really too black-hearted!

Emperor Xi cupped his hands and smiled. He had a humble look on his face. You've overpraised me!

Seeing that Zhen Ye had arrived, Emperor Xi smiled and said,""Brother Zhen, I won't participate in the specific matters. I'm afraid desolate won't leave now. He'll hide in his own territory. Be careful. As long as we can kill him quickly, we won't have any problems later!"

With his previous words, Emperor Nan obviously wouldn't leave again, and he wouldn't guard the three gates.

Not even the beast Emperor!

This was an opportunity!

The Heavenly King looked at Fang ping, who nodded slightly. Old Zhang wanted to say something, but Fang ping said hurriedly, "Don't go. It's useless even if you go. You might as well look for treasures in the origin land."

"I'm fine!"

Old Zhang looked at the old cat,"I'll go to your cat world. It's really troublesome. I'll cut off my path for survival!"

It was true that he would not be of much help if he went, but the only use he had was also very great. He could provide Fang ping with a great Dao!

This was his role!

If he did not go, Fang ping would not be able to turn the tables when he was in danger. Now that he had human Emperor's path, Fang ping had a chance of turning the tables.

This was the necessity of him going!

Fang ping knew that he could not persuade him, so he stopped and nodded.

Cang Mao did not hold back and swallowed old Zhang in one gulp.

Emperor Xi was amazed. This cat could eat anyone now. Wasn't it afraid that someone would do something to it?

A group of sinister and cunning guys who didn't guard against their own people. One had to say that it was a little strange.

Logically speaking, with these people's sinister attitude, even their own people should not be completely trusted.

Fang ping could not be bothered to look at him. He exhaled and asked,"Just dive and surface? Will the other party sense you breaking through to the First World?"

"The origin land is huge. How can it be so easy to sense?"

"That's good!"

Fang ping said sternly,"senior, if you want to destroy them, then just do it. Today, I want to see the Three Realms shake. If the great Dao is not destroyed, it can't shake ... When that time comes, don't blame me for not doing anything!"

"Don't worry!"

The Western Emperor was full of confidence. There would be no problem.

Fang ping did not speak anymore and quickly floated into the air.

Emperor Nan was one level above!

In the next moment, Fang ping burrowed into the dark clouds above like a mudfish. Very quickly, he disappeared.

Emperor Xi looked at it for a while and muttered,""They're really bold. These guys ... They really dare to do it. This is the emperor's base camp!"

Even he was impressed by these guys!

What a ruthless man. He had thought it would be difficult to persuade them.

He had thought that these guys would ask him to attack together, but they didn 't!

Little did he know that Fang ping was more worried that he would set him up. It was best if the Emperor of the West did not go. If he did, he was afraid that the Emperor of the West and the Emperor of the South would join forces to kill them!

"Today ... The Three Realms will be thrown into chaos!"

Emperor Xi shuddered. Fang ping and the others had succeeded. If chaos were to break out, if they failed and these guys died ... It would be even more chaotic!

No matter what, the Three Realms would be shaken today.

And once they succeeded, even the Emperor could fall. At that time, even the Emperor would be in danger. The West Emperor did not need to guess to know what kind of huge shock would follow!

"The chaotic world ... Is here!"

[PS: it's only the second update. I'm dispirited and listless. The more I write, the more headache I have ...]