In this chapter, we learn that Cai Mingyu and his wife have finally arrived at the train station. They are on their way home when they run into a man who tells them that they are going to be geniuses in the field of cultivation. The man says that he has an extraordinary appearance and that he is going to become a genius of the field. He then drags the man into a dark room and tells him that he wants to test his "root." The man tells the man that he will be able to beat up corrupt officials and step on the "pledge of life," but the man is too self-aware to believe him. He realizes that cultivating is no good at all, and that the man's words sound familiar. He says that at that moment, he admired Cai's courage to fight, but that he stood aside and did not dare to move. He feels that the fight was just a "moment of brute courage," and that his ribs are still hurt from the fight. He thanks the man for his kindness and invites him to dinner.