A few months have passed since Ning Fan escaped into Ziwei Arctic Palace.
In the past few months, the ancient overhaul from all the tribes in Jiehe did not pursue this place, as if they did not care about Ning Fan's whereabouts.
Naturally, Ning Fan didn't know that all this was because the omniscient old man caused an uproar in Jiehe.
I also don’t know: Because of his successive actions, a temporary truce agreement was signed between Beitian and Beijiehe; the Liubo chess game held in the Palace of Relics was postponed indefinitely; the disciples of Chunyang Sect were still unable to wait for Chunyang Sect. The return of Patriarch Yang has turned into a mess; the Water Sect, which has lost True Lord Beihai, has been divided up by many Northern forces; the Siming Sect lacks Patriarch Lei Ze to monitor the movements of the stars in the sky, causing a lot of chaos...
What’s more, after a series of major events, in the land of Beitian and Beijiehe, the reputation of the ancient overhaul Zhao Jian has become so loud.
The day suddenly calmed down.
Time suddenly became abundant.
So Ning Fan found all the fragments of Duowen Wushuang and began to repair it - of course, Ji Fuyao, Nu Luo and others also contributed to the search for the fragments.
Duowen Wushuang is one of the four artifacts in the Ziwei Immortal Domain. The four artifacts are combined into one, comparable to the open sky. It is so high that there is no need to elaborate on it. However, this object was completely damaged. It is very difficult to repair it. It is no less than recreating a magic weapon of the same level.
With Ning Fan's ability, he failed five times in succession and still could not repair this thing.
Today is Ning Fan's sixth retreat to repair Duowen Wushuang.
I don’t know how long it took, but I heard an explosion inside the stone pass, and the stone gate of the retreat was blown to pieces by a burst of impact; then billowing black smoke emerged from the stone pass, and then Ning Fan, who was bombed into disgrace, held his head with a black head. His hair was messed up and he walked out in a panic.
"I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to repair this thing..." After the sixth repair failed, Ning Fan couldn't help but sigh due to his strong will.
"No! Brother Ning's repair this time must have failed again!" Patriarch Chunyang, who had been outside Shiguan for a long time, asked nervously.
Why is Patriarch Chunyang waiting outside Shiguan?
There is a reason for it.
Realizing that Jiehe Ancient Overhaul did not pursue him here, Ning Fan released Patriarch Lei Ze, Patriarch Chunyang, and Fish Master from Feng Bo's pocket, allowing them to rest peacefully and recuperate from their injuries in the Ziwei Arctic Palace.
After all, this place was once the Immortal Emperor's Cave. Even though it had been abandoned for countless years, the aura of heaven and earth was far richer than that of the outside world. Healing here could get twice the result with half the effort.
Coupled with Ning Fan's many incredible healing methods, the recovery from his injuries was extremely fast.
Not to mention how shocked these three people were when they first entered the Arctic Palace.
Then, after hearing that Ning Fan wanted to repair one of the four artifacts of the Ziwei Immortal Realm, the one who was most interested in this matter among the three was Grandmaster Chunyang.
"Well, it failed again." Ning Fan took a deep breath and returned to his previous calm state of mind, as if he had not been hit by the sixth failure to repair the artifact.
"How much damage will be caused by this repair?" Patriarch Chunyang asked.
"There are still two pieces of cold spirit stone left, nine taels of dragon blood sand left, half of the red water demon candle left, and the rest of the materials have been used up." Ning Fan replied calmly.
It seems that the things used in the restoration of the artifact are not such precious treasures.
But in fact, each of these things can be sold for more than tens of gold in the Tongtian Sect, and they were bought by Ning Fan with real gold and silver. If they were placed in the Zidou Fantasy Realm where resources are scarce, they would be several times more expensive. Its preciousness is enough for quasi-sages to fight for it.
"It was only repaired once, but so many immortal materials were used..." Patriarch Chunyang was heartbroken.
He was helping Ning Fan feel sorry for him!
Six times! Six times exactly! Six fixes, six failures! The fairy material wasted for each failure is equivalent to the entire net worth of an ordinary quasi-sage!
Six losses were enough to bankrupt six quasi-sages!
It’s too expensive, it’s really too expensive…
If you have so much money, why waste it when you can't do anything?
"Hey, Brother Ning, listen to my advice. This thing is too damaged and there is no hope of repairing it. It's not worth wasting immortal materials on this thing..." Patriarch Chunyang.
"Thank you Brother Lu for your kind words, but I don't intend to change my mind and will continue with this matter. Fortunately, every time I fail, I can find some clues. I think if I try it a dozen times, I should be able to understand more..." Ning Fan.
What?
Are you planning to fail dozens more times?
Even if you have money, you can't squander it like this!
Unfortunately, no matter how much Patriarch Chunyang tried to persuade him, Ning Fan still did not change his mind.
So in the following days, Ning Fan was still repairing Duowen Wushuang, and then suffered the seventh failure, the eighth failure, the ninth time, the tenth time...
Gradually, Patriarch Chunyang got used to it and became numb.
In his entire life, he has never seen people who regard money as dirt, but he has never seen anyone as wealthy and powerful as Ning Fan.
This man is rich and wealthy, decisive in spending money, ruthless, yet extravagant and wasteful, stubborn, and spends money like water and waste.
I really can’t persuade you no matter how hard you try!
Speaking of which, it was clear that he, Lu Chunyang, was the one who held the title of [God of Wealth], but compared to Ning Fan, he was nothing.
Judging from Ning Fan's expenses these days, it is obvious that Ning Fan is richer than him, and not even a bit better!
Judging from Ning Fan's boldness in spending money, he is actually not as heroic as Ning Fan.
This incident shocked Patriarch Chunyang quite a bit.
After the blow, it also gave Patriarch Chunyang new insights.
What he has cultivated throughout his life is the title of [God of Wealth], and what he cultivates is the way of money.
In the past, he was too obsessed with money itself. He was keen on making money and saving money. In his life, he had entered the world countless times and learned the art of making money as a mortal businessman.
He knows how to make money.
He also understands how difficult it is to make money.
Because he understood this, he was born with a thrifty (stingy) character.
If he were to be like Ning Fan, spending money like water for the illusory possibility of repairing an artifact, he would probably never be able to do it.
But why, Ning Fan's attitude of spending money like water but not being stingy touched him so much.
"What I have cultivated in this life seems incomplete..."
"The way of money is not only the way of making money, the way of raising money, but also the way of dispersing money..."
"I put ten percent of my heart into making money, and I put ten percent of my heart into raising money, but when it comes to dispersing money, I am too stingy and look forward and backward..."
"People should be frugal, but as the God of Wealth, he is not born to make money, and he should not be too obsessed with money itself..."
"Generate wealth and then raise it, raise it and then scatter it, scatter it and return it to its usefulness, and then revive it, and so on... Yes, yes, that's how it should be!"
Day by day passed.
Ning Fan's number of failures has accumulated to nineteen times.
Patriarch Chunyang gained great insights from Ning Fan's repeated failures.
Within the body, the cultivation that was sealed by the Heaven-avoiding Coffin...flowed again!
"My stagnant mana actually increased again with my enlightenment! This..." Patriarch Chunyang was pleasantly surprised.
Normal people cannot continue to improve their cultivation after being sealed in the Heaven-avoiding Coffin for many years.
In the past, Patriarch Chunyang could only rely on the special nature of the God of Wealth title to absorb the power of heavenly gold and silver to continue to increase his magic power.
Now, he has truly improved his cultivation based on his own insights!
It seems that the title of the God of Wealth is too special, and even the Heaven-avoiding Coffin cannot completely seal this matter; or perhaps, because he is the inventor of the Heaven-avoiding Coffin, he can do this.
"My cultivation has been stagnant for too long because of the Heaven-avoiding Coffin. It has been accumulated for countless years. The stagnant water has gathered into glaciers. Once it melts and resumes its flow, it will never be just a stream, but... a torrent!"
Patriarch Chunyang’s understanding continues to deepen!
Also improving is...the cultivation that should have stagnated!
In the days that followed, his mana began to skyrocket. Even the power of the Sky-avoiding Coffin could not suppress that surge!
It was actually approaching the second-level quasi-sage at an astonishing speed!
It's a pity that as the moment of breaking through to the second-level quasi-sage approaches, the feeling of surge has slowed down, and more randomly, the flow has stopped.
Can't you break through the second level in one breath? Is it because your understanding is not enough?
"Spread wealth! Spread wealth! I must understand more ways to spread wealth before I can break through to a deeper level!"
Patriarch Chunyang decided to break through to the second level of quasi-sage in one go!
…
This is Ning Fan’s twenty-sixth repair failure!
As usual, Ning Fan walked out of Shiguan with a disgraced look.
Patriarch Chunyang was waiting outside Shiguan as always.
Chunyang: "Brother Ning, did you fail again?"
Ning Fan: "Yes, but after this failure, I got more clues..."
Chunyang: "Are you really not going to give up?"
Ning Fan: "Why give up?"
Chunyang: "Sure enough, do we still want to continue? Brother Ning is a determined person, which is admirable! Or maybe Brother Ning is actually deliberately using this matter to remind me? To make me understand the true meaning of dispersing money? If so, that's true. Let Brother Ning worry about it."
Ning Fan, who didn't quite understand, said: "???"
I always feel that there is something strange and wrong with Patriarch Chunyang recently. What is wrong specifically is hard to explain.
"Didn't Brother Ning want this thing before? Just give it to Brother Ning." While speaking, Patriarch Chunyang gave Ning Fan some jade slips.
Back then, in order to improve the purity of his magic power, Ning Fan bought a formula called "Pure Refining Jue" from Master Chunyang.
But he didn't buy them all. Ning Fan only bought these formulas for the Six Eternal Tribulations.
What Patriarch Chunyang gave to Ning Fan this time was all the remaining formulas.
"Give it to me? This is too expensive." Ning Fan didn't want to get this thing in vain.
He still remembered the price that Patriarch Chunyang offered for refining the Pure Jue.
The Immortal King’s purity formula for five tribulations is five hundred gold; for six tribulations, one thousand gold; for seven tribulations, one thousand five hundred gold; for eight tribulations, two thousand gold; for nine tribulations, two thousand five hundred gold; for the first-level quasi-sage, three thousand gold ; The second level, three thousand gold; the third level, another three thousand gold...
The follow-up formula given by Master Chunyang this time is worth fifteen thousand heavenly gold.
It's so valuable, how could Ning Fan take it for nothing? Not to mention that he received help from Grandmaster Chunyang some time ago.
He should not take the gift from Master Chunyang in vain.
Instead, he should be the one thanking Patriarch Chunyang.
"Brother Ning looked hesitant. Could it be that he wanted to give me money?" Patriarch Chunyang said jokingly when he saw that Ning Fan was not accepting the gift.
"Of course not..." Ning Fan sighed secretly, thanked Patriarch Chunyang, and accepted the gift.
He lied.
This thing is too expensive. He was hesitant just now, but actually he really planned to pay for it.
But in the end, he didn't do it.
It's not that he's reluctant to pay fifteen thousand gold, but he's unwilling to use mere gold and silver to gauge Patriarch Chunyang's feelings.
However, considering that gold and silver are of great significance to Patriarch Chunyang, Ning Fan will naturally keep this in mind.
There will be other rewards in the future, but I won’t mention them here.
Patriarch Chunyang seemed to have seen through Ning Fan's thoughts and said with a smile, "Brother Ning really doesn't have to be so open-minded! In the previous life-and-death battle, Lu risked his life to come here. Where justice lies, life can be sacrificed, so why not cherish gold and silver! Just a simple formula , just give it to you, don’t worry!”
"Thank you." Ning Fan looked serious, cupped his fists and thanked him.
Patriarch Chunyang just waved his hand indifferently, and then said awkwardly, "Besides... this book of pure refining formula is actually not worth much. To be honest, this formula was actually made up by me casually when I was very bored. In terms of cost, it only cost me half an hour of time and a few empty jade slips. For such a cheap thing, I actually offered Brother Ning tens of thousands of gold, and even defrauded Brother Ning of thousands of gold. I'm ashamed. , Ashamed! In the past, I cherished my money as much as my life, and I didn’t think there was anything wrong with this matter. Every time I thought about this matter, I just felt complacent. Now that my Taoist mind has gone further, I realize that today is right and yesterday is wrong. When I think of this matter again, I'm so ashamed that I can't express my shame... What kind of treasure can be sold for tens of thousands of heavenly gold? As a god of wealth, I don't have any respect for money. I only ask for high prices and pay back the money. I was wrong. I was wrong all the time. ah!"
Ning Fan: "???"
Ning Fan: "!!!"
Ning Fan: "..."
Patriarch Chunyang: "Brother Ning's expression seems to have mixed emotions?"
Ning Fan: "I just didn't expect that such an exquisite formula was actually made up casually by Brother Lu..."
Patriarch Chunyang: "I didn't expect that someone would actually give me the price I casually asked for..."
"..." Ning Fan was offended.
The implication is that in your eyes, I was actually an... idiot?
"Uh, I made a mistake, I'm sorry." Patriarch Chunyang said awkwardly.
"It doesn't matter. Back then, you and I were strangers, so it was normal for us to plot against each other and slander each other. No matter what, I have realized how amazing and talented my Taoist friend is today." Ning Fan sincerely praised.
He casually invented such heaven-defying things as the sky-shielding coffin.
When I had nothing to do, I wrote some wonderful formulas such as "Lian Chun Jue".
It is no lie to say that Patriarch Chunyang is amazingly talented and beautiful!
Such characters are trapped in the dream world and have bad luck, so they are only first-level quasi-sages. If they were born in the real world and worshiped a saint as their teacher, who knows what their future would be like.
Ning Fan believed that Patriarch Chunyang had the qualifications to become a saint.
"Speaking of which, Brother Lu's magic power has improved a lot recently. I'm afraid it won't be long before he can break through to the second level of quasi-sage, right?" Ning Fan asked after putting away the jade slip of the Pure Refining Technique.
"Uh, can you see that my cultivation has improved?" Patriarch Chunyang was startled.
He had used the power of the God of Wealth title to cover his aura. Even an ancient cultivator shouldn't have seen through his advanced cultivation.
Why was Ning Fan seeing through it!
This kid's perception is as detailed as a monster!
"Um."
"When did you see through this? It takes some time to see through this kind of thing, right? It should be that you saw through it because I was approaching the second-level quasi-sage breakthrough in recent days and neglected to cover up my aura, right?" Chunyang The Patriarch was greatly shocked and asked.
"..." Ning Fan didn't know how to answer.
Do you mean to say that I saw the clues from the first day you improved your cultivation? I just never found a chance to ask in detail?
"You kid, you are really a monster." Patriarch Chunyang saw through Ning Fan's thoughts and was even more shocked.
"I heard that when a quasi-sage breaks through to the second level, he will often call on his friends and ask for help. When Brother Lu is fully prepared and decides to break through, don't forget to inform him." Ning Fan.
"Haha, if it really comes to the day of breaking through to the second level, it is natural to ask Brother Ning for help. People say that friends are born and friends are friends until death. I have lived too long, but there are no Taoist friends of my generation left. How many people are there? Apart from Brother Ning, I really don’t know who to invite..." Patriarch Chunyang sighed for a moment, feeling the vicissitudes of the world. In this vicissitudes of life, waiting for people who will never return is really... very lonely.
"The day when fellow Taoist breakthrough will come will come."
"Haha, no need. If there is something important then, it doesn't matter if Brother Ning doesn't come." Even so, Patriarch Chunyang knew that since the man in front of him said he would come, even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, he would definitely do it. Come.
It's great that in this lonely world of cultivation, we can still find true Taoist friends.
"Okay, okay, you can continue your work. It's time for me to go find Yu Jizi!" Patriarch Chunyang said goodbye.
Yu Jizi is the real name of the fish owner.
"...In that case, I will go with you." Ning Fan said.
"Don't! I'm going to find Old Man Yu to spread my wealth, what's the point of you joining me? Besides, Old Man Yu seems to be still angry, so he may not want to see you! You'd better concentrate on studying the restoration of your artifact!"
…
The fish owner was indeed angry with Ning Fan.
But in fact, I was just a little angry when I first learned about Jiu Xiaojiu's whereabouts.
After figuring out the cause and effect, he would no longer be angry with Ning Fan. Instead, he would feel a little sorry for Ning Fan.
Yes, the fish owner already knows that the reason why the alcoholic demon who he regards as his granddaughter is missing is because he was captured by Ning Fan.
How did the fish owner know this?
This starts with Ning Fan inviting the Fish Master to heal his wounds in the Arctic Palace.
Time goes back to that day, when the fish owner said goodbye to Ning Fan, Chunyang, and Lei Ze.
Ning Fan: "This place is the Immortal Emperor's Cave, which is most suitable for healing. Brother Yu might as well stay here temporarily to recuperate his injuries. Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
Fish owner: "I have something urgent, so I can't stay long."
Chunyang: "If you have any difficulties, you might as well talk about it, maybe we can help."
Fish owner: "Hey, it's like this. I know a little guy. I watched her grow up, just like my granddaughter. This little guy has never been away from me for too long, but recently, she Missing."
Lei Ze: "Missing? Are there any clues?"
Fish Master: "No. I planted a mark on her body, but now I can't sense it at all. I don't know if she is trapped in some ancient ruins or involved in some danger... Or maybe she actually has a grudge against me. Are you always stealing her wine? Are you so angry that you hide on purpose? Please help me analyze it, which one is the most likely?"
Ning Fan: "Do you have her life card?"
Fish Master: "Yes. The life card is not broken."
Ning Fan: "She has your quasi-saint mark on her body, so most people are unlikely to take action against her; but if your enemy is seeking revenge... As for the possibility of being trapped in ancient ruins, it cannot be said that there is no possibility..."
Fish Master: "In the dream world, I should have no enemies."
Ning Fan: "So sure?"
Fish Master: "All the enemies with cause and effect have been killed."
Ning Fan: "..."
Fish Master: "It's very possible to be trapped in a special space like ancient ruins. This girl is usually out of her mind and likes to dig into ancient ruins..."
Lei Ze: "That's a bit dangerous. Although Beitian has laws and regulations to maintain law and order, there are also many demonic figures. These demonic cultivators love to build caves in ancient ruins. Which ruins is your granddaughter exploring? At that time, he was captured by some lustful devil and imprisoned in the cauldron space to be raised."
Fish Master: "What a shame! I will go to the Beitian ruins to search for them one by one, and I will definitely rescue Xiaojiu!"
Chunyang: "Don't go! Old man Lei just said it casually, do you really believe it? Those demon cultivators don't dare to arrest anyone related to the quasi-sage even if they arrest the cauldron. Didn't Brother Ning also say this before? What?"
Lei Ze: "Old man Lu, what you said is wrong! How can a greedy person look forward and backward? What if there is really a hungry ghost who is not afraid of death? Look at Brother Yu's majestic appearance, and his granddaughter must also be in Guanyue Shameful flower…”
Chunyang: "They are not biological grandparents..."
Lei Ze: "In short, it's okay for Old Man Yu's granddaughter to be in shame."
Chunyang: "But you have never seen it, how can you say this?"
Lei Ze: "Intuition! I have been doing everything in my life. I have experienced life and death many times. Every time a disaster approaches, I rely on my intuition to turn disaster into disaster."
Fish owner: "Haha, old man Lei is really right. My granddaughter is indeed very handsome. Brother Lei and Brother Lu may not have seen my granddaughter, but Brother Ning should have. At that time Ah, this girl is spying in secret and wants to take action against Brother Ning. I said a few words to her, and she must have listened..."
While talking, the fish owner took out the portrait of Jiu Xiaojiu and showed it to everyone.
After that…
Time returns to the present.
"Grandpa Fish Master! You don't know how hateful Ning Fan is! After he caught me, he locked me up with his cauldrons! Do you know how many cauldrons he raised? One hundred thousand, no, maybe one Millions, ten million...I didn't count them all, because I couldn't count them at all! His lustfulness shocked me! I was really scared out of my mind at the time!" Jiu Xiaojiu.
"Brother Ning's bone age is still young. He is still young and strong. It is normal to raise a hundred and eighty thousand cauldrons." The fish owner said disapprovingly.
"Is this...is this normal?" Jiu Xiaojiu was frightened.
"Do you know how many fish eggs our fish family lays at one time? Even the common grass carp can lay 400,000 eggs at one time. If it is some special fish, it can produce hundreds of millions of eggs at one time..." The fish owner.
"These are obviously two different things!" Jiu Xiaojiu.
"Then let's discuss the matter. You took action first. Although they imprisoned you, they did not hurt your life or touch you at all. This is already benevolent. If it were me, someone with no foresight would come and cause trouble. , he will directly kill with one sword, how can there be so many reasons to explain. So, be content, you have learned this lesson, and don’t cause trouble in the future." Fish owner.
"But..." Jiu Xiaojiu.
"Find a chance to apologize to Brother Ning." The fish owner said.
"What! He captured me and I have to apologize to him?" Jiu Xiaojiu.
"Haha, if you don't go, if he catches you next time, I won't bother you anymore." The fish owner said.
"Well, then I'd better find an opportunity to apologize to him... There are a lot of adults, so they will definitely not remember my villain's mistakes." Jiu Xiaojiu timidly said.
While he was talking, Patriarch Chunyang came to the door.
As soon as we met, he gave the fish owner a gift.
This is what Patriarch Chunyang calls dispersing wealth. In his opinion, as long as he dissipates more wealth and understands the method of dispersing wealth, he will definitely be able to break through to the second-level quasi-sage realm.
After sending it to the fish owner's family, Patriarch Chunyang went to Lei Ze again and gave him a big gift as well.
This really shocked Ancestor Lei Ze.
Mysterious! This is mysterious!
Patriarch Chunyang, who usually lived without money, came to the house to give gifts for the first time, and the gifts he gave were valuable things. It was scary no matter how you looked at it.
…
Jiu Xiaojiu decided to apologize to Ning Fan.
I don’t know if she really knows her mistakes and can correct them. It’s mainly because she is a coward. She was really afraid of being captured by Ning Fan this time. If she had the support of Grandpa Fish Master, she would still have some confidence not to be afraid of Ning Fan, but now...
In order to avoid being retaliated by Ning Fan, she had no choice but to take action herself to settle the cause and effect.
Moreover, Ning Fan seemed to have something in his hands that Grandpa Fish Master was looking for, and she wanted it.
To show sincerity, this apology must not go away empty-handed.
"Excuse me, where can I find the best wine-making materials here?" Jiu Xiaojiu grabbed a little demon from the Arctic Palace and asked.
"Go, go, let's go. Grandpa has to patrol the mountains and has no time to talk to you!" the little demon said impatiently.
"Hey, hey, hey, before I say you sound arrogant, let's take a look at the difference in cultivation between you and me. I am a great master in the Realm Realm, and you are a little Jindan demon, okay!" Jiu Xiaojiu said speechlessly.
"Transcending the Realm? Just you?" Xiaoyao looked at Jiu Xiaojiu as if he was mentally retarded.
No matter how you look at it, you don’t think that the second-rate girl in front of you looks like a powerful person.
"If you don't believe it, I will use some pressure to show you how terrifying Du Zhen is." In order to prove his identity as Du Zhen, Jiu Xiaojiu decided to release some pressure to show the other party.
However, just as she was about to release her pressure, there was an invisible force of stars that dispersed her pressure throughout the world.
It didn't fall on the little demon's head at all.
Can't fall!
Because...Ziwei Arctic Palace does not allow it!
This was the Immortal Emperor's Cave in the past, and the monks from outside were not even qualified to release their pressure here!
"What's going on? You're scared!" Jiu Xiaojiu's pressure was only released for a moment, mainly because he was afraid that if he released it too much for too long, it would directly kill the little demon. She thought she had shocked the other party, and was not aware of the fact that her pressure was dispelled. The main reason was that the moment the pressure was dispelled, it was too fast.
"It turns out that he is really a powerful person in the Realm of Realm. Oops, it really scared me to death... Okay, okay, aren't you looking for brewing materials? Go, go over there and ask our commander for them. Poor girl, what a good girl, Why did you hurt your brain at such a young age?" In the end, Xiaoyao gave Jiu Xiaojiu directions.
He was probably sympathizing with this girl for her poor brain.
Jiu Xiaojiu didn't mind Xiao Yao's criticism.
The main reason was that she didn't hear the little demon saying that she was not thinking well.
After she left.
The little demon looked up at the sky, looking at the ethereal dome of Ziwei Arctic Palace, and muttered.
"At that moment, I felt like I was being protected by heaven and earth. That feeling was just like the [Purple Myrtle Dou Shu's Protection] described in the book. It was so warm and comforting that I felt sleepy. It was probably just an illusion. "
"The old one has passed away, and the new one has not yet arrived. There is no chance that the guardian of Ziwei will reappear."
"I really want to see Ziwei Arctic Palace with an owner."
