This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous alchemist, who says that alchemy is the most beautiful art in the world. He says that he is a member of an alchemy family and that he has come to take the exam to become a primary alchemy master. He explains that the exam is very difficult, and he has been studying for the exam for ten years. The exam has sixty questions, and the student has twenty questions to choose from. The student asks the tutor if he can choose from the twenty papers to prove that he isn't cheating. The tutor tells him that he can do so, but he says that the questions are too easy.