In the courtyard of the house of the yans, Lingyan coughs and tries to wake up her sister. She finds a passageway leading to a room beneath the altar, but the stairs are so heavy that it's difficult to open. Lingyan tells her sister that the house is very well-kept, and that they've seen the ruins of the temple the night before. The house steward didn't inform her of their arrival, but Lingyan thanks him for coming. She asks him to follow her, and he agrees