Shape of the Wind – Volume Meteorite Chapter 8: Tiandao King Five

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In the forecourt of Shen's house, where he usually learns to swordsmanship, Hua Ruohong is topless, carrying the inner strength of Bailu Cave, adjusting his breath and healing his wounds.

Bailudong Wu Xueping and Chunzheng are particularly good at relieving injuries and pain, but Hua Ruohong's cultivation level is not high, and unlike Lancelow, who is instilled with peerless internal strength, the effect of self-healing is also poor. many.

I adjusted my breath for a long while, thinking of the next battle. If you run into either Lancelow or Snow, it will be easy to handle. If you run into others, it will be a little more troublesome. If you encounter Shi Cunzhong, he will be turned into a man this afternoon. Shi's ability will stop everything, so it is better to prepare the coffin early.

Thinking about it, there was a slight pain in my chest and a few soft coughs.

"Oh! How come you hide here alone!"

There was a human voice behind him. Turning his head to see, the Snowman walked up with a smile, walked up to him and sat down.

"Well! The injury on your body is not light! The sword injury is also an internal injury. It is not easy to win on this road!"

"Senior Guizang laughed. Ruohong's skin hurts, how can you beat your **** body and broken body every time? Your noble spirit of sacrificing and sacrificing for justice and justice really makes me I am so ashamed that I don’t know...Senior Guizo, why is your face so ugly?"

"┅┅It’s okay, I’m just thinking, everyone just came out to eat, why did it work so hard, every time someone was beaten as a pork pad, it was either disfigured or disabled. Last time I The left hand that was blown out still hurts now, why bother...why bother..."

"┅┅"

The two sides talked for a while, and Yuxue turned the topic to the aspect that Gengoro had asked him to test.

"I said, Ruohong! I see that every time you go to the ring, you gritted your teeth and worked hard and suffered serious injuries, but you never flinched. It's not like a person who flinches!" You Xuepai He said: "People say you are a coward. I don't believe this. I also heard the boss say about that day. Are there any reasons we don't know? You can talk about it now!"

Hua Ruohong glanced at Youxue, then lowered his head and said: "No...nothing, I really am..."

"Go! Nonsense! You will have no seed, and a man will be self-improving. No one is destined to be wronged when he is born." Youxue knows his personality and sincerely said: "People in the rivers and lakes will inevitably be wronged and misunderstood. Just like me, is there less false accusation? Everyone, brothers, if you speak out, we will solve the difficulties together."

Speaking of this to Youxue, Hua Ruohong suddenly felt a warm current in his heart, doing an unfamiliar self-explanation.

"That day...A Cui Yang asked me to take her away. Originally, I wanted to agree to her immediately." Hua Ruohong said, "However, at that time, the Dongfang family was heavily guarded and took A Cui away. If the guards were to be alarmed , I can’t escape with her, it’s okay to implicate Madonna and Hero, how can this be done? If it’s for me as a little person to make the Eastern family embarrassed Jerusalem, then I will die. "

Yu Xue nodded frequently, feeling that this kid was thoughtful and thoughtful, and no matter how stupid he was when he first met, he would have wanted to die for everything.

"If you can think so, that's great! That fool in our family missed you!"

"No, Wang Daxia passed on my martial arts, and he was so kind to me, no matter how he treats me, I will not feel resentful." Hua Ruohong said: "And...now, I am beginning to have a feeling for myself. With confidence, I hope I can officially win the championship in the future and marry A Cui's beautiful..."

He said the last sentence in a low voice, and his face was flushed like a hot coal, but his tone was firm. Obviously, he had a thorough thought in his mind, and Xue couldn't help smiling. This stupid boy has grown a lot.

This kind of persuasion work shouldn't be the responsibility of Yuxue, but the person in charge has no time for him at the moment. He is hiding in the distant woods, smiling and listening.

"Look, that's how things are. In fact, you can have a higher evaluation of Brother Ruohong!" Yuangoro smiled. Opposite him, Hanajiro was naturally displeased.

"I came here to listen to this boring thing?!" Hanajiro snorted coldly, turned around and left.

"Second Brother Hua!" Yuangoro said, "I asked Yuxue to say this, not only for Brother Ruohong, but also for you."

"What do you mean?"

"Brother Ruohong has a lover, why don't you? He and his little lover are in two places and can't meet, are you not? The only difference is the Dongfang family and the back mountain of Bailu Cave. The place is different! You! Was the anger you angered Ruohong's brother earlier? Or did you anger yourself?"

Gengoro said warmly: "Don't listen to me as Hanajiro. I said this to you. No one knows about your relationship, and there are many misunderstandings, and you are drifting a lot. In the year, I should have tortured myself enough, and now even the little brother Ruohong has the courage to raise his head and fight for his own things, brother! You are a hero in the world, do you really want to lose your life like this?"

"┅┅"

"Don’t look at me with that expression. Please leave the hilt with your hand. My injury is not healed. If you insist on cutting someone, I have to pay you my life. But before that, please let me finish the sentence. ."

Gengoro sighed: "Things are man-made, you are still alive, and she is still there, as long as the heavens and humans are not forever separated, there are any difficulties that can not be solved? Ruohong's little brother wants to win back his little lover. It is extremely difficult, not now. Is success also in sight? Yes, he has got our help, but your second brother, your martial arts genius is a thousand times better than him, how can you not bravely step out of the haze of the past like your apprentice, don’t be imprisoned by old enmity , Live your own new life!"

These words are very affectionate, Hanajiro's face was covered with frost, frozen for a long time, and finally sighed, his hand left the hilt, the tightness of his body disappeared without a trace, but it looked like Only defeat the rooster.

"This kid is more promising than I thought..." Hanajiro stared at Hua Ruohong in the distance. For a long time, he shook his head, turned and left, still a whisper was left behind.

"Also more promising than me..."

Gengoro didn't stop him, knowing that this was the time for him to meditate alone. At this time, there was another noise coming from Youxue.

"But, it's so strange! According to the boss, didn't your little lover and Dongfang Xuanhu be in the same room that day?"

You Xue turned her head to think, but wondered.

"Yes! I don't understand this. Could it be that he found us sneaking in and he hurried over?"

Youxue shook her head and stared at Hua Ruohong, full of nasty thoughts from the Snowman, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Little brother, have you and your little lover... have you ever had one?"

"That? Which one?"

"A man and a woman roll around naked and do it!"

"Oh!" Hua Ruohong blushed, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No! Absolutely not! How can this be! Without the order of his parents, the matchmaker's words, the bridal banquet, how can I follow the way of a saint? ┅┅How can it be ┅┅"

Excessive anxiety, I'm already incoherent when it comes to this. Youxue shook his head and sighed: "Oh! You are so circumspect. There are flowers that can be folded. You don't rush to fold the flowers. Maybe the old oriental ghost is lustful and has already drunk your little lover's. Soup, drink it again and again, it will come to your mouth, leaving only the scum."

Hua Ruohong blushed anxiously. When she had to distinguish, Xue Xue laughed and said, "So men walking in rivers and lakes should be as smart as Lao Tzu. If there are horses, they can get on quickly. Even if they ride on another person in the future, I can only smell Lao Tzu's stinky fart and wear Lao Tzu's old shoes, which is enough for him to vomit..."

Speaking proudly, the Snowman laughed loudly and made amazing words.

"It's not just you, it's like the green-headed sword turtle Li Yu, who just doesn't understand this truth. I bet this crappy boy must be just as dead-headed as you. If you are not married, you don't even dare to touch it. It's fine now. Such a beautiful horse will be taken into captivity. It must be ridden during the day and at night, maybe even with a whip and ride in the early morning. The higher Li Xiaozi's swordsmanship, the more and more the tortoise becomes. Isn't he a tortoise now? Tortoise essence...Hahaha, I really laughed at me! Oh huhuhu, alas, my stomach hurts with laughter..."

This passage is so red that Hua Ruohong’s face is red, but he respects his senior and dare not refute it, but in the woods, the situation is not easy. Gengoro saw the person in front of him immediately stretched out his hand and held the hilt of the sword, his hair was like a thorn. Bang Gengen stood upright, his strong murderous aura rushed into the sky, and he seemed to be ten times more angry than when he angered him last time.

Gengoro was full of amazement, praying again and again, hoping that the poor fat frog would not be cut off his limbs and skinned for a while. If this happened, he had to put his arms around as if he couldn’t see it, so he wouldn’t get angry. It spread, and even slaughtered himself, and just happened to be mixed with that fat man into a new Siamese dish "Goro Frog Porridge".

Fortunately, the person in front never stepped forward, but turned his head back.

"Goro! I want to automatically ask for my order tonight, can I go to watch the night outside the city?"

"The night watch? It's not necessary! There is nothing lately..." The night watch was originally meant to intercept important information or people outside the city, but since the last time I met Xu Liegu, Hanajiro sighed and stopped it. Xiang action, now he re-reports the matter suddenly, Gengoro can't help being taken aback.

"It doesn't matter, somehow, I suddenly want to be active tonight!"

"It's not good! There is no preset purpose. You just waste time when you go, don't go!"

"It's okay, I want to go!"

"Um...I still think..." I still wanted to decline, but he gave the opponent a murderous look, and Gengoro immediately changed his words.

"This is absolutely fine! Brother, you have worked hard, please let go and do a big job tonight!"

"Then I will go now!"

Looking at this person's back, Gengoro gasped for a deep breath and looked back at Xue. This snowman laughed to himself, not knowing that he had crossed over with the **** of death. It seems that since the end of righteousness, this person has been indifferent on the surface, but he has a certain affection for his brothers, otherwise, would there be any reason not to slaughter the Snow Pig Luo just now.

"Oh! The creatures who want to enter the city tonight must be very unhappy. I hope that tomorrow morning they won’t run into a river of blood..."

Gengoro sighed and shook his head. Suddenly, a sudden sensation stimulated his heavenly consciousness, making him look to the west in disbelief.

After a long while, Gengoro showed a strange smile.

"Good fellow! No wonder the brothel couldn't find his whereabouts. It really was a meeting of all directions. Siam... Brother Hua, you are tired tonight. Guard the city gate and the one who is going to enter the city gate, which side will meet? What a shame ┅┅"

The key figure that Dongfang Xuanhu could not guess not long ago is now sitting in the Meilin Shen family, sitting cross-legged.

Lancelow is naturally very active. It is not easy for him to sit down and practice the exercises quietly. At the beginning, he practiced Fenghua's formula, which was Fenghua's coaxing and persuasion. Only then did he practice with patience; but I saw Shi Cunzhong this afternoon. I think of the humiliation of the last defeat. If I reunite with him in the ring two days later, wouldn't it be terrible to me? Maybe he will be turned into powdered stone and scattered all over the floor, even the cremation is omitted!

Therefore, once Meilin returned to Fenghua, he began to practice the skills in the half-hand scroll diligently, hoping to sharpen the gun, even if it is not bright, as long as he can take the opportunity to steal Shi Cunzhong, then he will be lucky.

However, it’s strange to say that this scripture has some ways, unlike the formulas of the previous Fenghua Chuan. It makes people feel calm when practicing. Once the kung fu in this book is practiced, the whole body will be bliss. Shutai, flutteringly, I want to rise from the ground...

The elegance on the side, I heard that Lancelow's breath is steady and long, and I know that he is practicing smoothly, and there is no danger of getting into trouble, but I don't know that there is such a change in his body!

After a round of breathing adjustments, Lancelot was tired and recovered, consciously the internal strength became more solidified, and the use of it improved. Opened his eyes and saw that it was already dark, and then turned his head to look sideways, the graceful and soft figure was faintly glowing under the tree beside him.

Lancelow was a little confused. In recent days, Fenghua’s figure is not as clear as it was when he first met. It is clearly close at hand, and it looks a little hazy. Sometimes it makes him even more shocked. He almost thinks that this ghost is about to disappear from now on. ┅┅

"Fenghua, are you okay! You look as if you are tired..." Lancelow said, apologizing slightly. I have been busy practicing martial arts these days. By comparison, my attention to Fenghua has indeed decreased. A lot. Ugh! Is this really a man's inferiority? Once you get it, don’t cherish it...

"Does it really look like this? Hehe, so...Big Brother, you have to hold me tighter! Otherwise, if I call it, I won’t be there anymore." Fenghua smiled politely, her body brightness Suddenly, the figure became clear again, and it looked like it was all right, but Lancelow had a feeling, as if the gentle girl was just holding on.

"Don't scare me! Tell me something! We made an appointment. I will take you out of here on the 15th. No matter how busy I am every day, I always come here to report in the evening! "

"Well, I'm really fine. Brother, don't worry about it."

Speaking of this, Fenghua smiled silently in her heart. What an irony, I used to blush when I saw an individual, but now I can tell lies so smoothly. The so-called red world is really a big leak!

The self that appeared in front of Lancelow was a ray of ethereal spirit body that had escaped from the physical body. Those who lose the physical support and support the existence of the spiritual body depend on their own spiritual power. If the spiritual power is depleted, only the result of the soul is scattered.

As a survivor of the ancients, Queen Mother West’s spiritual power is strong, and she stuns the contemporary. In some places, even Queen Reins can’t match her. Even in the spiritual state, she can cultivate and adjust her breath, so that her spiritual power cycle is not damaged. No matter how long it is, there is no fear. However, since acquaintance with Lancelow, a series of things have been a great spiritual effort, and the multiple rescues to him have been particularly detrimental.

If only this is the case, you can slowly adjust it back, but in recent days, the Kunlun Mountain elders have used the secret soul-searching method more frequently, and the scope is reduced in the vicinity; in order to prevent them from discovering, they had to set up multiple camouflage spirits. However, as a result, the spiritual power that was already on the verge of a dangerous boundary was finally overwhelmed and unable to be cyclically replenished.

If this continues, when the spiritual power is exhausted, and he has not returned to the physical body, the only result will be the disappearance of the smoke.

For many years of practice, death was nothing terrible before, because there was no concern for everything. Life and death were just two sides of indifference.

However, now I can’t let go of myself like this. If I live with this world forever, I will never see this man who makes me happy but also worried. That kind of fear, just imagination, the whole heart is tangled into a ball.

No wonder the lay people in the world are so greedy for life and fear of death. It turns out that it is really difficult and painful to beware of attachment to something in the world and to give up!

Lancelow stared at Fenghua. This woman often talks halfway through, and then she falls into contemplation, thinking of another irrelevant thing, she looks like a philosopher, and she sometimes finds it funny when she sees it, but if she can Say more about the things in your mind, and you can worry less!

For example, in the past few days, whenever the icy feeling permeated Merlin, Fenghua trembled all over, and she wanted to hug her to the east of Merlin until the cold feeling disappeared. It was several hours afterwards, and his face was as pale as a ghost...Alas! This adjective is really bad. Fenghua is originally a ghost, and his face doesn't look like a ghost. Shouldn't it be like a zombie?

My mind was annoying, and the cold feeling once again enveloped the entire Merlin. Lancelow hugged Fenghua quickly and moved to the east without waiting for instructions. He once asked Fenghua, what exactly is this cold feeling? Fenghua always smiles without saying a word, unable to ask why.

The icy feeling continued for about a meal. Although it made the whole Merlin frozen like freezing point, he was always afraid of something hidden in the east, and did not dare to push it too much. After a stalemate, it was like the past. It faded away like that.

Lanceslow couldn't bear to look at Fenghua's snow-white beauty as if she was suffering from a serious illness. When she was about to ask, she smiled and said, "Big brother, haven't you been curious about what is hidden east of Merlin? Fenghua I have something newly discovered for you, okay?"

If the cold feeling is something that threatens Fenghua, Merlin Dongshou must have hidden a treasure that can destroy that cold feeling. Lancelow has been wondering about this for a long time. At this time, Fenghua mentioned it, curiosity. Big up, helped her up, pushed aside the long weeds, and walked deep into the east together.

"That's it, brother, take a look!"

Fenghua pointed to the end of the long grass, a white wall covered by weeds. Lancelow looked in the direction of her fingers, vaguely saw the words on the white wall, walked closer to clear the weeds, and suddenly found the wall. The dragon and phoenix danced on two questions.

The problem above was clearly carved by someone with a sharp weapon, and the handwriting was drawn with swords. Every word seemed to break through the wall. Obviously, the inscription was not only sad, but also infinitely angry. He vented all his emotions in the words. .

Lancelow looked at the handwriting and moved his heart. He felt that the word looked like a poisonous dragon and evil tiger, so he wanted to pounce on him and waited eagerly.

Red hand, yellow wine, and willow on the wall of the palace. The east wind is evil, the love is weak,

I feel sad and have been away for a few years. wrong! wrong! wrong!

Spring is as old, empty and thin, with red tears. Peach Blossom Fall, Xianchi Pavilion,

Although the mountain league is there, the Jinshu is hard to trust. Mo! Mo! Mo!

After this fault, there was another fault written on the wall. This time it was written with a brush, and it was written on a woman's wrist, and the handwriting was gentle and gentle, not the person who originally wielded the sword inscription.

The world is weak, the human relationship is bad, and the flowers are easy to fall when the rain sends evening flowers. Xiao air-dry, tears left,

If you want to comment on your thoughts, slash it alone. difficult! difficult! difficult!

People become different, today is not yesterday, sick souls are often like swings. The sound of the horns is cold, the night is waning,

Afraid of people asking questions, tears pretending to be joy. conceal! conceal! conceal!

Lancelow has limited ink in his chest, and he knows little about the meaning of this que "Hai Tou Feng", but I just can't figure out what this bad wall and bad characters has to do with the treasure!

Fenghua also expected that Lancelow didn't understand, and smiled at the corner of his mouth. Although Lancelot was instinctual, he was still relatively shallow in martial arts, and was even worse for swordsmanship, so he couldn't find that in the first pair of characters, there was a violent sword aura that ruined the world.

The person who wrote the inscription at that time must be an extremely strong man in the kendo. When the mood is extremely agitated, he wields the sword inscription, so that the shocking sword spirit stays in the wall for thousands of years with the passion.

This sword aura is not scattered, and the impact is not alone, so that Shen Jiameilin has been extremely cold in the Siamese heat for thousands of years, and the plum blossoms are not fading all day long. It has also formed an abnormal force field, which makes the plum forest happen. All sorts of changes.

The most representative example is his own spirit body. After he came here, he was locked in the plum forest and was not allowed to leave. For the reason, it was not all because of this sword aura!

Cause and effect, cause and effect, it seems that everything is really set in the past. I don't know who left a sword here more than a thousand years ago, and this has led to a relationship between myself and the man around me today.

If I don’t know who the inscriber is, it may not be true. Looking at these two words, if the legend in the Western Queen’s clan is true, then ┅┅

In the middle of the night, one mile west of Siam City, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse, and the surrounding area was desolate. Only the newly-built tea was shining brightly.

"Qua─────" The dragging sound came from afar. Soon, a small wooden trailer slowly appeared in the dark. Only an old cow was dragging ahead, and the speed was very slow. The woman wears a hat and sits in front of the car while riding the car; behind a man lies on the car board, the hat covers his face, snoring loudly and sleeping soundly.

Dark night roads are dangerous, not to mention that the Siamese territory has not been peaceful in recent days, but these men and women seem to be very leisurely, and they did not take the dangers of the night road to heart, just like walking in the fields, driving slowly. Bullock cart, came to the small tea house.

Seeing the gate of Siam City in sight, the woman driving the car stopped the car and turned her head and said softly: "Husband, Siam City is here, you wake up, our husband and wife are ready to enter the city."

The man at the back half sat up, seeming to be too lazy to move, the hat was still on his face, and after a few muttering, there was another snoring sound, and the smell of alcohol was even more invisible.

The woman seemed to be accustomed to her husband's lazy temper, smiled slightly, took off her hat and walked out of the car.

With long hair pouring out, under the hat, there is a rare and beautiful face. It is inherently inferior to the graceful beauty of the country, but on the fresh face that is clearly not put on powder, there is another kind of coquettish in the bones. A glimpse of soft eyes and a soft whisper made the men around him stutter bones.

If you only look at her gorgeous face and hot spurting curve, anyone will regard this natural and charming beauty as a red card in a prostitute, a gift for men; but when she pursed her lips and smiled, The original feminine charm turned into an awe-inspiring heroic spirit, bright and charming, teaching people to admire sincerely, but not dare to insult.

"Second brother, please make a pot of hot tea, my husband and I have to rush into the city!"

When she walked to the small tea house, the little guy who was lying on the table dozing off, was immediately surprised by the beauty in front of her, and hurriedly delivered hot tea.

It's just that when the hot tea is delivered, before you have time to speak, you are blocked by the other party.

"Building a tea house in such a remote place, how can there be business? Let alone open late at night? You go back and tell your master what you are going to do, be honest, and stare at me and my wife, maybe I start Temper, a fire burned her magic house in Shangri-La to white ground."

The identity was exposed by a single word, and the man did not dare to say anything, but respectfully said: "Yes. As you said, the lady boss knows that the sage and wife will enter the city tonight. The special brothers are waiting outside the gates of the four cities to see you, madam. Is there any place to ask my brothers to do it..."

"No need. We can't afford to entertain my couple with the manpower net of the brothel lying in the free city.... Or, what else does your boss mean?"

The long-haired beauty pursed her lips and chuckled, but the sharpness of the words made the little cadre even more unstoppable, almost kneeling down and begging for mercy.

Qingzhi couldn't ask anything, the long-haired beauty carried the teapot and walked back to the ox cart.

She was dressed only in plain cloth, which was not commensurate with the gorgeous Fangrongtai; and her husband, who slept in the ox cart, dressed up rather casually and dressed like The rural peasants are average, and they are full of rusticity. Compared with this class of beauty, it is almost like a follower. If this beauty is married to him, I am afraid that anyone will shake his head and sigh: flowers are stuck in the cow dung.

It's just that, looking at the eyes of her staring at her husband, in the joy of smiling, there is no trace of impatience or disgust.

"Husband, get up, you see, someone here is already watching, maybe there will be an enemy sneak attack in a while! If you are cut off like a tortoise, it would be embarrassing!"

After shaking a few times, the half-drunk and half-sleeping man just muttered a few dreams.

"┅┅Midnight in the middle of the night┅┅The tortoise and the enemy are still asleep...Don't mess with the trouble, there will be no enemies coming to your door... Hulu...

The beauty laughed mischievously, and when she was about to scratch her husband, she forced him to get up, shaking her body suddenly, and staring into the air cautiously.

On April day, Siam is not considered as scorching heat, but the climate is hot, but at this time the sky is a little bit, a little bit, white and fine points are falling in the sky, flying with the wind, it is incredible snow!

"Qinglian remnant snow, June Feishuang. Is it him?"

The beauty exclaimed in a whisper. She never expected to meet this person. What's more gratifying is that he showed provocation so obviously.

When the spiritual consciousness is highly elevated under the rotation of the Tianxin consciousness, it is impressive to know that in the town of Siam, a man plays the flute alone, his voice is sad and agitated, and his long silver hair is fluttering in the wind. ┅┅

Knowing the other party's status and magical powers in the arena, the beauty is not half timid, but more eagerness arose on her face. It was not the arrogance of knowing the heights of the sky, but the self-confidence of the same contemporary swordsman. Following, she belted a belt and probed the magic weapon around her waist, and then rushed forward.

It's a pity that as soon as she stepped on, a strong arm immediately held her hand and prevented her from running forward.

Looking back, it was as expected. The husband who was yawning was sitting leaning against the car, staring at the east, the source of this heavy snowfall. It's just that he can't find half the joy of facing the strong of the same level, and some are just the deepest exhaustion.

As everyone in the rivers and lakes knows, he hates war most in his life...

"Husband! Please... let me go! Promise me... OK!"

With a bitter smile, I looked at my beloved wife who was begging softly. People who didn’t know thought she was just trying to be naughty. How could she want to get that she was eager to fight with the three great swords, the contemporary first swordsman to fight to the death. ┅ ┅

Oh┅┅

The man opened his eyes suddenly, forcing away his sense of tranquility and co-existence with nature, and replaced by the awe-inspiring swords that are like hundreds of thousands of mountains stacked on top of each other. Qi, like waves, surged towards Siam City.

The silver-haired swordsman who is playing the flute at the head of Siam City, his brows clenched, the sharp sound wave contains unparalleled sword strength, and he rushes out sharply.

With one sword and one sword, one is like a sea of ​​clouds and a thousand illusions; the other is like a raging wave breaking the shore, and two invisible auras burst out the most violently at the moment of contact.

At the same time, separated by a distance of one mile, the two of them seemed to see each other's huge figure in front of their eyes.

It is not an unexpected situation that each other expected at all. Four years later, since the battle of the imperial city in the capital, the "Sword Immortal" and "Heavenly Sword" of the Wind Continent, Yu Yan will meet again.

End of Volume Four of "The True Story of Grace"