Nie Xin knew that the sword tactic was really bad, and he didn’t refute it. Lao Yang was no stranger to the family swordsmanship, but the family swordsmanship he told was very different from that explained to him by the whole people. The whole people taught swordsmanship grand and magnificent, but when he came to Lao Yang, he seemed to be completely different from the same swordsmanship. Lao Yang had several forms of attack, defense, both offensive and defensive, assassination and quick attack, and these changes could also be changed. Rolling thunder, these two moves, Nie Xin, have a fanatical and unrestrained taste, but Lao Yang can make this sword move cold and mysterious. "After the temperament is finished, different swords can also be continuously displayed in Lao Yang’s hand and become another routine. Looking at Lao Yang casually demonstrating these changes to himself, Nie Xin has been dumbfounded and doesn’t know what to do.
"Flying sword is the most common weapon in the field of practice." Remember that this is a weapon. Exploring the sword tactic is seeking Tao, but we don’t seek Tao with lightsabers. When two practitioners touch each other, they all pull out their swords. "It is inevitable that there will be a victory or defeat, and the victory or defeat in the field of practice is life and death. This situation is too common. It is not difficult for you to practice the sword tactic, so I will have a high standard and strict requirements." Old Yang Yin said sternly, "For the time being, I won’t teach you other sword tactics. The sword tactic is very good
Lao Yang then arranged the first lesson to change the style of sword tactic, which is a bit too difficult for Nie Xin now. Not only do you need to have a very profound understanding of sword tactic, but you also need to know something about sword meaning, which is somewhat illusory. However, it is practical to practice sword strokes. There are several combinations arranged in Lao Yang Fengyunlei’s four swords tactic, so Nie Xin can consider how to display it continuously and still need to display it with practical value.
This is a very torturous way of practicing swordsmanship, and the four styles of swordsmanship are quite different. Even if those guys who have been immersed in it for more than ten years and decades can master it well, maybe that is to say, No.1 middle school can show the subtle points, but Lao Yang’s topic is to let Nie Xin not care about the subtle points in those swordsmanship, but pursue consistency and display speed. Nie Xin sat cross-legged and thought carefully about each style of swordsmanship bit by bit, and also recalled what Lao Yang had just demonstrated and what he thought seemed to be completely different from what he knew about swordsmanship. Those changes Nie Xin is in a cold sweat. If a person fights against himself like this, if he has a sword tactic, it is a unique chance of winning. Even if there is a spell, this attack can make him feel at home. Lao Yang is really not as good as usual.
【 Chapter one hundred and seven by leaps and bounds 】
A sword tactic is an independent and unified method to mobilize and release psionic powers, and so on. Sword tactic is different from martial arts in the secular world, and martial arts moves will consider the consistency of strokes. But in the spiritual world, except for those martial arts schools that have entered the Taoist school, their psionic powers continue to strengthen their physical strength, and the martial arts foundation extends to the martial arts schools, most spiritual schools don’t think much about the consistency of sword tactic. A sword tactic is a solution to a situation. Both sides need to display sword tactic and fight the spiritual world when they need it. This has always been the way from ancient and modern magic weapons, Flying swords, everyone bombards each other at a certain distance. In some naval battles, battleships feel heroic about bombing. Lao Yang did not let Nie Xin jump out of this category. This way of United front is relatively safe for Nie Xin, but he needs hard work to defeat the enemy.
Is it an attempt to connect the sword tactic with the martial arts tactic in the spiritual world? Not really. Lao Yang’s idea is to make full use of the characteristics of different swords and tactics to greatly increase the flexibility of warfare. For example, the move of running thunder can shorten the distance between the enemy and the enemy in a surprise attack, but the power of this move’s subsequent attack is really limited. So what is the most critical direction to connect him with great power and release psionic energy? Lao Yang has mastered the sword tactic for tens of millions of years. Over the years, several excellent sword tactics have fallen or soared with powerful monks, and some sects, families, gangs or associations have disappeared in the long river of history. However, many of their sword tactics have flowed, some of them have been continued by sects and family forces, and most of them have flowed through various classics. Old Yang Zui knows himself clearly. Mr. Meng and Niansheng are both typical examples of knowledge changing fate in the spiritual world. If they hadn’t met and gathered several forces to collect the scrolls, they would never have achieved anything later. But this is not what Lao Yang asked Nie Xin to do immediately. At present, Nie Xin wants to raise his swordsmanship to a higher level, that’s all.
It is indeed very difficult for Lao Yang to give Nie Xin a question. Nie Xin pondered over various changes in his mind. Coherence of swords and spells is different from that of spells. It is very simple to be coherent, especially for Nie Xin now. However, the spell war has already revealed various shortcomings. As Nie Xin ascends, he has to face the enemy more and more powerful, the spell attack lacks change, and the power is not great, especially the lack of tracking control. Such high-order spells as "Blood Flame Dragon Rune" are all such problems. Nie Xin has not yet involved in this aspect, and his knowledge is very complicated. It’s a while before you can get started with some research on Mr. Meng’s magic circle, but you can’t learn it until Nie Xin comes back from the Fairy Friends Association. It’s just a defense and a fixed battle area. Now it seems that it’s unrealistic to need a lot of magic swords and magic weapons, and so on. It’s also a spell. The advanced form of flying swords has solidified a considerable number of functions. The magic circle combines the characteristics of flying swords’ materials to strengthen their power and control performance. It has been developed from generation to generation to make flying swords the most common weapon in the practice world, but flying swords are also general. It’s just a title. Many strange weapons can be called flying swords. The principle and structure are roughly similar. Nie Xin has issued a spell printer and a lingyan gun. It can be said that the spell is not suitable for the level comparison. The yogi has turned around a large part of the battle situation, but most of the spells have been uncontrollable and the disadvantages have not changed. The spell lacks change characteristics and has not changed. This is that the spell is less powerful and has reached the standard of being able to intervene in the battle of yogi.
Nie Xin must master the practice of flying swords if he wants to be strong in bearing.
Deducing the sword tactic changes again and again did not let him finish Lao Yang’s questions at once, but it did make him have a deeper understanding of those sword tactics. Later, he found that the key was not in the sword tactic movement and the attack mode. For example, attacking the sword tactic is always a kind of releasing psionic key when it is in the body. For example, when manipulating psionic powers can meet the requirements of the sword tactic, the sword tactic attack can naturally be released. When the key is cast, the back sword tactic must be prepared. Psionic dispatch must be prepared.
At the thought of this, Nie Xin suddenly felt that the thunder was swift and outrageous, and the clouds were hot and fierce. It was just that psionic powers released different forms of expression, just as he mastered the method of flame blade after practicing the highest day’s tactic of leaving fire, but when psionic powers wanted, they flowed to which position to release the greatest power, such as keeping psionic powers running at high speed when moving quickly, and how to take the opportunity to make moves. It depends on how experienced he is in fighting.
The first set of combinations in the topic is red clouds, rushing thunder, cool breeze, and purple Nie Xin. I don’t know how many times I have repeatedly demonstrated it in my mind, but I finally got up and prepared to try this combination routine for the first time. Lao Yang didn’t randomly piece together these sword tactics, nor did he deliberately pick the sword tactics with the most unsuitable style to make Nie Xin challenge the difficulty limit. Nie Xin found that these tricks combined again and again to be a very interesting routine. When Lao Yang displayed his whole set of sword tactics, it seemed that he had tailored a set of combat routines.
Light Hou Jianling can make a clear and vibrating sound. Nie Xin is carrying a sword and feeling the surrounding environment and wind flow. Suddenly Nie Xin moves the sword in his hand and turns it around. The light of the sword seems to be left in the air and turned into bright bands. It seems to be turned into several drops of water and then continued to be scattered. Finally, there is a feeling of clouds and air. However, as the light of the sword knows, it rolls towards the imaginary target in Nie’s confidence, and the surrounding gas seems to be baked by the spirit, with a cool atmosphere rolling. As the clouds grew stronger, Nie Xin’s second move, "Running Thunder", launched Nie Xin’s body flash, and the whole person suddenly disappeared from the original place and rushed towards the imaginary target. It became Nie Xin’s best cover. He directly crossed the clouds and gave the imaginary target a very profound sword, which immediately covered Nie Xin’s clouds and suddenly turned with Nie Xin’s sword. The "cool breeze" sword tactic was launched. It seemed that the cool breeze stroke with the sword quickly cut out a road containing huge. Lethality sword light is drawn toward the imaginary target, and the psionic energy around the escape moves with it, giving the target deeper damage. It’s like beating the enemy with a delicate green bamboo branch. This seemingly elegant and tame sword tactic is not underestimated in lethality. When the sword tactic enters the second half, the "purple" is launched. The psionic energy around the escape is pulled by a long sword and condensed into a bunch of thick and swift light in an instant, and the sword is attached to it. Waving this light is like a psionic whip, and it keeps hitting the target. "
Maybe these four swords can be combined to form other routines, depending on where the conversion key is put. What is the purpose of each move? Nie Xin thought that the combination of these four swords is just an extremely efficient way to seize the first-hand attack routine from the opponent who is not weaker than his own, and force the opponent by the change of sword tactic as soon as possible. "
After the completion of the display, Nie Xin sat back to the ground for further deduction.
Not far away, Lao Yang nodded repeatedly. Nie Xincong’s intelligence is not only in terms of spells, but also in terms of practicing sword tactics. He can think calmly instead of trying rashly over and over again. He will come up with a combination before verifying it. After verifying it, he will have a new understanding of this combination, and then he can improve the original routine combination and create a new routine combination.
"zhang yi loses Moxiang, do you want to practice?" Lao Yang asked the two people who followed him carefully, "Gee, I didn’t expect Nie Xin to find the middle school so quickly. Please try and see if your performance will be better."
Zhang yi lost and Mo Xiang smiled bitterly at each other, but they still demonstrated the sword tactic, and then waited for Lao Yang to give them a topic. It was not difficult for Lao Yang to teach them the key of the sword tactic combination routine as soon as they heard it. Both of them listened with their eyes shining, and the sword tactic combination routine not only made them more powerful in times of crisis without much consideration, but it was complicated to change. Once they mastered the sword tactic practice, they could not practice it much, nor could they master more good or bad tactics. However, because of this combination, they must deepen their understanding of the sword tactic, the power of the body sword tactic will definitely increase.
Nie Xin thought for an hour, then got up and put on another routine, and then sat back and thought for another hour. "Nie Xin was immersed in the sword world for two days. Sometimes in these two days, Nie Xin’s flying sword level was almost one by one compared with before. After trying several times, zhang yi Leaf and Nie Xin couldn’t help admiring Lao Yang’s practice, which looked good, but the effect was really good.
【 Chapter one hundred set out 】
There are some yachts belonging to all kinds of tycoons and some large group yachts around the main cargo hold of the yacht, and it is true that both passengers and crew say that they are well informed, but no one knows what model these two cars are.
Yachts look strange, too. There are many structures of this yacht with its own garage. It’s not difficult, but it’s different. Although the snow-white hull is the same as all mainstream yachts, this Yuelian is not only equipped with a powerful engine, but also a quiet but powerful propeller. There are many hybrid yachts with collapsible masts and wind flags. It’s so big but unprecedented. Yuelian is not a mainstream spinnaker, but a Chinese vertical sail combined with a front spinnaker. It’s actually possible to design a yacht.
"Yuelian" is preparing to go on a long journey, sending goods in batches, and people coming in one after another have all said this, but it has aroused everyone’s interest. "Yuelian" knows who its owner is and where it is going by those who are interested in it. Generally speaking, yacht owners do not refuse their peers and peers and are always willing to show off their yachts to others, but none of the captains and shipowners in the yacht dock have obtained permission to board the "Yuelian". It seems that there is something hidden in the ship. Some people doubt whether it is " The Yuelian was involved in crimes such as smuggling and drug trafficking. Some people called the police, but the captain didn’t show up when he came to see it. A crew member took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and ran away.
Many strange things have made Yuelian a topic of discussion throughout the dock.
The temporary "captain" Mo Xiang is hiding in the cabin and sleeping hard. It seems that nothing makes him worry that this "Yuelian" was built by several Mohist elders when they were chatting. The cost is terrible, mainly because the materials are good. Mohist never worries about the whole ship. It is made of materials from the spiritual world, not to mention ordinary small waves and bumps. Even if it is bombarded with the main gun of a warship, I am afraid it is difficult to leave any traces. The engine of the ship is much smaller than that of ordinary ships, but the power is enough to catch some speedboats and hovercraft at the highest speed festival, and the yacht comfort is also good.
In fact, no matter what reason he gave, his family didn’t refuse him. Now Mo Xiang has made great contributions to Mohist Fort, and Nie Xin has teamed up to make out Lingyan Gun Department, which is produced by Mohist School and Mohist School has earned a lot of money. Mohist School has been looking for opportunities to let Nie Xin agree to put Lingyan Gun on other practitioners, and a shop can be set up to sell this kind of production and profit. Everyone has implemented the beneficiation of Australian iron ore and made Mo Xiang greatly score points. The concentrator has sent the first batch of iron ore with special texture, and there are indeed several kinds of Lingshi chips in it to make Mohist Fort raw materials more capable.
After a whole winter’s practice, Mo Xiang and zhang yi lost a lot, but they were really tortured.
Lao Yang Nie Xin spent five days telling Nie Xin about the foundation of sword tactic after solving his own assignment, from the most detailed methods of holding the sword to the very profound sword meaning. God read, and so on. Nie Xin hasn’t reached it for the time being. They all talked about it once. zhang yi lost and Mo Xiang listened with rapture, and then they exhausted their actual combat practice. It’s not without cost that Lao Yang allowed zhang yi to listen and Mo Xiang to attend. They had to obediently give Nie Xin as a sparring partner. Lao Yang polished their sword tactic again, and then they both designed various attack and defense routines, and then let Nie Xin try to crack it. From thinking hard about a routine, he touched the wall many times. Later, he took a look at the routine and had his own coping methods.
This duel-type competition did not satisfy Lao Yang, and soon the subject changed again. Lao Yang simulated all kinds of enemy situations, which made him and Mr. Meng play hostile practitioners in different ways several times, and even made Da Qing, Shang Xuefan’s participation is even worse. Lao Yang will not hesitate to bombard the simulated battlefield with an endless supply of ammunition, saying that it is a "stray bullet". They should pay attention to the surrounding environment no matter how they fight. Lao Yang is not harsh. He never says how much he has practiced, and he is qualified. But none of these young people want to be compared with Lao Yang. The strength of Lao Yang and Mr. Meng also makes several young people sigh. They still have a lingering poison, and they can’t exert their strength in the peak period, even if they are exposed to the sun in the third day.
The most pomelo is the water in the middle and late period of spiritual rest. The two of them are amazing in their battle makeup, especially when Lao Yang threw a sword in a few melee. If he encounters a yogi’s melee, he must be a big star-killing spell, which is not suitable for facing the enemy Nie Xin. It is the best way to ambush Yun Mengze, but Mr. Meng can beat several of them together with limited functions and changes of the spell, and they don’t know how to crack the secret spells, spells, The way of printing and so on is combined with very limited places. In the battle, Mr. Meng can also lay out the law silently while facing the enemy. Nie Xin, zhang yi Wheel, Mo Xiang and Tang Xuefan can all swallow the bitter fruit when the law is launched.
However, with so much combat practice, their strength has risen very quickly. Even Tang Xuefan, who doesn’t like fighting very much, doesn’t refuse to practice clock, but she still enjoys it. It seems that although it is very hard to practice, every practice is like solving an interesting puzzle. If you can find the key, you can win it. The tacit understanding between them has become more and more mature through several actual combat drills.
Mr. Meng and Lao Yang Shi really want to go to the Fairy Friends Association with them, but they are all very hard to practice their health and water-repairing. If actual combat is a bit overwhelming, everyone will go home for the holidays before and after the Spring Festival and make the final preparations. They will return to Yandangfang City for the holidays. In those days, Yun Mengze and Nie Xin were born. Tendril spent together watching the whole people frown, and we knew that he had a lot of trouble. He was not interested in family affairs, Nie Xin, and he didn’t ask questions. Then Mo Xiang came to the sea with the "Yuelian" to prepare for the trip to Xianyou Club. A few days after zhang yi lost, he also returned to the sea to help Mo Xiang with the company affairs. Almost every day, he came to the dock.
Nie Xin knows that he went to Sanqing Sword School to visit Mo Tianhe and Jiang and didn’t believe it.
It’s getting closer and closer to the scheduled departure time. Tang Xuefan came to the boat with tendrils last night, and by the way, he also brought Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu’s arrival also made the yacht a little more immediately. Xiaoyu was so curious that he always pestered everyone to take it to every corner of the yacht to play. When he was tired, he would find a corner to sleep for several times. When he fell over from those corners, he also scared the crew and them. Xiaoyu would be embarrassed to scratch his face with his claws and run to continue to find a place to sleep.
Where’s Nie Xinren? Why hasn’t he come yet? Everyone is waiting for him.
"Excuse me, Mo Xiang?" A coarse macro sound came from the dock, and there was a hint of subtle psionics in it. The psychic came from a yogi.
"I am," replied Mo Xiang, jumping up and running on the deck. He looked at it. It seems that a man in his thirties is carrying a light backpack and hanging a sword bag openly. The dock is curiously looking at the Yuelian and Mo Xiang. "Who are you?"
"My name is Lin Yuquan. Brother Nie Xinhe and Master Man asked me to help." Lin Yuquan said bluntly, "Where is Nie Xin?
Lin Yuquan? That guy who’s been hiding in the snow for years? Mo Xiang’s eyes lit up and hurriedly replied, "Nie Xin hasn’t come back from Sanqing Sword Sect yet. You just need to take the boat first. Nie Xin should come today and we will start as soon as he arrives."
Lin Yuquan nodded his head and got off the boat at all, then confidently said, "Have you got anything to eat? I haven’t eaten since I came all the way. "
From home to here? Mo Xiang touched his nose and asked, "Did you fly all the way here?" He waved his hand to get the crew ready to eat.
"Lin Yuquan ran over and said," The sword can’t be checked by train, saying it’s controlled knives and flying, saying that my sword is radioactive. "
"What about the dry Kun bag?" Mo Xiang was startled. Why didn’t Gao Tu have a dry bag?
"I forgot to bring it. I remember going out with my sword. There was nothing wrong with it, so I forgot this. I was too embarrassed to go back and get it. I was laughed at by Master." Lin Yuquan said seriously.
Mo Xiang has a headache. This Lin Yuquan doesn’t look like a worry-free guy.
Touching the deck and landing slightly Nie Xin also arrived at this time. Seeing Lin Yuquan Nie Xin, he didn’t care about Mo Xiang when he was surprised and asked, "Brother, why are you here?
Lin Yuquan said, "Master asked me to come. I can’t help him there. I might as well come out and fight with you. I haven’t seen her for a long time. Where is she? Nie Xin looked at Mo Xiang Mo Xiang and said with a sigh, "Come with me, tendril and Shang Xue Brahman have occupied the best cabin. He suddenly remembered what he picked with his hand to talk to the cab and said," I am Mo Xiang can ship.
【 Chapter one hundred and ninety Encounters 】
Mo Yuquan is not very good at treating and stabilizing the soul. It’s just a spell after a little reading. He is also the kind of person who values practice more than anything else. If it is because of this, he is seriously out of touch with society, so that he can’t take a plane or a train and run all the way. But it is also because of this that although the whole people have hidden him in the snow for decades, he has no complaints. An Ruosu seems to be still very happy.
Lin Yuquan quietly told Nie Xin that Master asked him to protect tendrils. This simple sentence reminded Nie Xin that many people did not reveal this kind of tone before their lives, and they were all very satisfied with Nie Xin’s various arrangements and hearts for caring for tendrils. But suddenly, Lin Yu Spring came. Lin Yuquan is the only brother in the whole life, but he is also a figure who does not belong to the family category. At this time, he came over either because the people heard something and felt that he might not be perfect with his accompanying forces this time, or the danger would come from the fact that they didn’t pay attention to it. For example, he could afford the spirit of 120,00
The atmosphere of "Yuelian" has always been very relaxed and happy. After coming out of Nie Xin’s backpack, Daqing dived into the water and swam around the yacht. However, the state-level spirit beast in the water felt most comfortable with the water, and the sea was full to let it play.
Zhang yi’s loss and Mo Xiang’s heart is that Nie Xin benefited from going to Sanqing Sword School this time. When it comes to Sanqing Sword School, there are naturally several opponents who can practice swords. The atmosphere in this respect is very good. Mo Tianhe and Jiang don’t believe that Nie Xin didn’t give more advice, but he did let the younger brothers in the sect find Nie Xin to learn more about the names of Sanqing Sword School. Their accomplishments in this respect are quite good, even if some young brothers in the middle and late pneumatic period have deep attainments in sword tactics, they are constantly fighting with Nie Xin, and everyone is playing very hard. Mo Tianhe and Jiang don’t believe it. They can hit the nail on the head with a casual touch.
Most of the time, Mo Tianhe and Jiang don’t believe in telling Nie Xin about all kinds of stories in the humble circle. This knowledge is precisely his lack of knowledge. The younger brothers of various sects grew up in the spiritual environment and never lacked this knowledge. Even if they listened to hexagrams from a young age, it was enough. But this is what sects Nie Xin lacked most, who and who are good, who and who are enemies, who have troubles and quirks, and so on. It is not only the right path, but also many evil practices. The Sanqing Sword Sect introduced the other leader in detail this time. It’s not bad to take six people to the "right" Loutang and Jiang of Xianyou Club, but Xianyou Club always has to strive for more benefits by itself. It’s impossible for Nie Xin to achieve his goal or not. Nie Xin still has to rely on himself.
Many sects such as Kunlun, Shaolin, Emei, Kongdong and Wudang will send powerful people to the Fairy Friends Club. It is hard to predict how many people will go there, not to mention that evil practitioners will never miss the opportunity to obtain resources. It is guaranteed that the Fairy Friends Club will be traded, and it is even more possible to hunt him outside Penglai Wu. If they can’t touch them, it is best to touch them, but if they can enter Penglai, it will be a series of wars.
All kinds of anecdotes about evil practice, that is, Mo Tianhe and Jiang don’t believe in this line of work. Senior practitioners dare to tell him that even if the Sanqing School was founded, it’s not easy to bring up such a topic casually, except that their brother would tell some people when he went out to practice. This would be cheaper. Nie Xin’s practitioners may be stronger and more determined physically and mentally, but some bad tastes and emotions are not the same. Although Mo Tianxiu is so tall, he is a super hexagram with a big mouth. There is no place to say that this time, all of them will be spit out quickly. Domestic violence. , mansion grudges, family secrets, all kinds of illegitimate extramarital affairs, sects grudges and entanglements are so complicated and bizarre that Jiang doesn’t believe it. It seems that he is listening to so many hexagrams at that age.
However, hexagrams are the best way to understand everyone. Now even Nie Xin has a little understanding of what happened at home. After listening to these things, Nie Xin is not so fond of playing hexagrams. People don’t think it is necessary for zhang yi Gun, Mo Xiang and Lin Yuquan.
Penglai is actually not in the East China Sea in the Pacific Ocean. They have to bypass the sun to reach that place. It is really not close. The Yuelian has strong performance and comfort, and several people have just passed away. When it is still a day’s journey from Penglai, Moxiang slowed down the ship’s speed.
"We are still the main route now, but it will be wrong to go beyond it," said Mo Xiang.
"Every time the waters around Penglai Island are exposed, it will be covered up. The cloud mountain fog cover looks like a fairy wind, but it is also dangerous." When the basic radar wave things are finished, the contact with the outside world will be interrupted. They have to rely on Zongcang. Since the enemy’s heart has appeared one after another, there are not many people in their line, but with such a yacht, the goal is not good. The underwater can completely prevent people from attacking from the water. Many practitioners who are good at water magic have always been the most dangerous opponents on this road, but these people can’t beat the powerful Daqing, can they?
"Lin should lead them not far ahead, right?" Nie Xin asked
Zhang Yiling glanced at Shang Xuefan and touched his nose and said, "It may appear at any time." Didn’t he say to meet Penglai? "
Nie Xin said casually, "Go on, don’t worry."
"Yuelian" continued to move slowly, and suddenly a faint shadow appeared in the thick water vapor in front of them on the left.
"What’s that?" Nie Xin asked
"Boat" Mo Xiang was not sure that the shape didn’t look like a boat, but in an instant a few hooks came from there and the same shadow appeared on the other side of Yuelian.
"Zhuo meets the enemy!" Mo Xiang shouted that zhang yi lost the flying star sword and cut it directly to the hooks. Before touching the yacht, the hooks fell into the water. The power of the flying star sword is not a cover.
"Tang plays Brahma, you take the helm" Jian Xin drinks "Speed up"
Shang Xuefan didn’t hesitate to rush into the cockpit directly to push the engine power to the end, and the speed of Yuelian stood up in a hurry.