Rouncewell asks about his father's past, and the taoist tells him that he was once a member of the assassination organization, and that his mother was also one of the assassins. Routwell is excited to meet his master of that time, and chishang, the leader of the organization, told him that the kid on the moon blade was too smart to be killed by an assassin. The two men discuss the nature of their relationship, and Rouncelow says that the four of them were originally a group of men who wanted to be the strongest. When they discovered that assassination was the only way to achieve their goals, they became enemies.