This chapter opens with a young man complaining about the shabby state of the oracle school. The young man thinks that he can defeat the school with a few students, but the old man tells him that this is not the case. The old man says that the school has fallen into ruin because of the previous governor's mismanagement. The man tells the young man that he should buy new clothes and change the name of the school to the oracle sect. He says that there is only six months before the competition begins, and that the zheng will take over the school. He tells the man to come to the library and find out about the nine-star platform, which is used to measure a disciple's cultivation potential. He explains that if a disciple puts his hand on the red circle on the platform, the platform will measure his cultivation potential, but only people who can put their hand on nine stars simultaneously will be considered peerless geniuses. He suggests that the old governor put on a piece of jade, which costs a lot of money, and light up the nine stars. The zheng says that he would like to light up four stars, but that the best disciple only lights up three stars. He wants to test himself on the nine star platform too, but he knows that the test is not necessary to know that he is a genius. He thinks that if he works hard enough, he will be able to reach the oracle realm.