The next morning, nangong asks yue why it's taking so long for her to kill the bear. yue tells him that she's already done it, and she'll do it again soon. . She's also going to kill lingfu, who's still alive, because he's the one who killed the bear, not yue. The two of them discuss what's going on, and yue says that she can't help but think that the bear's death must have been the cause for yue's current state of being alive.