The banquet doesn't begin, but the experts from all the noble families are chatting with each other. The heavenly marks family faces a problem: they don't have enough guests to host the banquet, so they're forced to sit around and wait for the guests to arrive. They're also in conflict with the wind family, who's trying to get in on the action. The wind family's leader, huiyan xiong, isn't there yet, but he's not going to stop talking to the other guests. He's just too polite. The family is worried that they'll get in trouble if they talk to each other, but huiyan says he'll just have a drink with them. Uh-oh. They haven't had a drink together in a long time, and huiyan's too polite to talk to them. They start to argue about whether or not huiyan is the host of the banquet. Huyanxiong is the sworn brother of the new city lord, so he'd be the one to tell them the truth. They all start to get worried that the city lord might have been poisoned and died in a terrible accident. The rest of the city has already fallen silent, and the lights are still on at the banquet hall.