When the old man tries to kill the lass, she tells him that her demonic aura does not mean that she is a demon. The old man tells her that he is killing demons for the heavens, and that if he does not reduce the sins that he has accumulated from killing, he will never be able to reincarnate after death. This old man is so cruel that he even wanted to kill his own guards at court, but he did not kill them. He only kills demons and never humans.