The next morning, the vice commander asks chen Qin for help. Unsure of what to expect, chen tells him to put on his pants and begin the treatment. The vice commander is pleased to see that chen is using flying needles to treat his injuries. He wonders if the treatment is really as simple as a few needles and wonders if it is really possible to treat such old injuries with such little effort. Believing that he is being treated by a young boy, he decides to take his leave of chen. He tells chen that the qi in his body is "out of control" and that if he removes the needles now, his meridians will "rupture" and he will be crippled