Onlooker is talking about bad luck when he runs into fire scorpion lion. He's reading a book about fire scorpion lions, which are super-strong and can live in high-temperature areas. He thinks he's run into a rat, but then he realizes that it's actually a bug, the reaper bug. Either one of them could kill him in a second. Either way, he has to jump off. He can't figure out what's going on. It's the fire core from the lava, and he thinks it might be the pattern of a ling weapon. He wonders how much his defense and strength have grown. He doesn't know if this is the ling pattern or the sheng pattern, but he assumes they're both ling tier weapons. He figures he'll get a lot of loot from this. He wants to know how many points this bug core is worth, since it'll be useful for refining weapons and potions. He also asks about the whereabouts of his brother, Luo zheng. Luo is back at the fort, and they've found out that the captain was arrested. They're going to find out what happened to him.