The three men try to prove that they can restore the Ming statues, but tianlin tells them to calm down and wait for chen-qin to do the job. He says that if they apologize, he'll let the matter rest. . He asks the three men if they're getting impatient as they get older, and they say that tian-lin isn't arrogant enough to prove anything. He tells them that he can kill them easily if they try to harm the statues. They ask if anyone has a brush to use to restore the ancient statues, and he says that lian doesn't usually lend anyone his brush, but he has one here. He offers to lend the brush to anyone who dares to play with it, but warns them that they won't get the chance to do so. He then asks if they can see for themselves if the statues are restored. They don't believe him, he says, but they can give it another try if they want to. They say that the statues didn't look restored, and chen yan says that he admires him for restoring the statues so well.