This chapter opens with a discussion of the leader token, which is a special type of token that can only be used by leaders who have attained the status of "monastic" . The token allows a leader to communicate with another leader, and it also allows the leader to share information with the other leader. In this chapter, we learn that the monk who has attained the highest rank in the monk's community is the leader of the "taoist astrology" clan. The monk, who is also the president of the clan, asks that the "study tour" not be sent to the territory of the other clan to recruit more followers. This is a joke, and the monk is amused. He also learns that the other monk has brought a mortal with him on the tour, as an excuse for not sending more followers to the other part of the country. The other monk is not amused, and he accuses the monk of hurting people, but the monk does not want to pay him any compensation. He says that he has been cooped up in the monastery for too long, and that he is about to kill the other monks.