This chapter opens with a description of the east street in Shanghai. It is a beautiful street with many beautiful buildings. The narrator tells the audience that he is going to buy a magic staff from the young lady. He says that the magic staff will not only increase his magic power, but also reduce the waste of his qi. The young woman is a great magician, he says, but he does not have the money to buy such a powerful staff. He asks the young woman how much she is willing to pay for it. She tells him that she wants 6.99 million, which is a lot of money for a fairy stick. He tells her that he can get as much as he wants. He then tells her about the two fangs that he has broken, which he says are not worth that much. He hopes that he will be able to get his hands on the skin and bone of wutao within a year. He also tells the narrator that Mings will soon be taking action against night-souls.