In the middle of the night, Wuxin tells his master that he has been bitten by a snake and that he will be fine. He tells him not to touch the snake, as it will kill him. He also tells him to drill into the snake's body so that it will not hurt him when he awakes. Wuxin says that he did not expect the Japanese to learn how to use such venomous insects. He says that the snake will die when it wakes up. He then goes on to say that he is going to take the snake back to the mountains. When he wakes up, he finds that his master is dead. He asks his master why he didn't kill him earlier, and his master replies that it was because of the ten-