Yiku asks the master of the temple if he's all right, and the master tells him that he is, but that his family can only afford to pay for the subduing of the demons. The master tells Yiku that the drought demons are running amok, and that they've destroyed a lot of crops and houses. Yiku says that he can't just leave the boy to die, because the temple has become a world-renowned temple, which means that people will ask the temple to help them again in the future. If the master doesn't collect the money now, people will think that the temple is just a religious institution, and they won't ask him to help again.