In the main hall of the temple, zhenren scolds the young people for their behavior. He says that the girl's mind isn't as sharp as those of her age, and that she'll get better after being taught the art of the taoist religion. . The elder jiang tells the two young men that the weapon on the boy's back looks like a stick, but it's actually a sword. The owner of the sword is the last descendant of jianan, who disappeared a hundred years ago in a battle against the Mings. The zhengyi and the jianjianan factions fought against each other, but the Ming side won. The older jiang says that he'll try to keep the secret that the two of them are still young and immature, so that they won't get into trouble. He'll let the boy learn the basic skills of the sect, if he causes trouble later on. The younger jiang wants to stay with the boy, but he's worried that he and the girl will get in trouble if they're too close together. He suggests that they move into a room that's really close to each other.