The chapter opens with a description of the auction house. The auction house owner, Zhuangfei, has just received a thank you note from the woman who left her dream land. She says that after what happened, it is better that she take the venom from the heart of the dead than to take the heart, because the venom is "in its heart" . The owner explains that he has a special container that he can use to store the venom. He also explains that the fiend-binding rag is a demonic weapon that he uses to kill the dead. He tells the woman that he will take her in as his second wife. She tells him that she wants him to marry her. He says that he does not care about the scales right now, but that he owes some debts. He promises to stay in the house from now on.