Back at Madame Pernelle's house, Luo tells her that he and Ding Kuixuan are going to take over her spiritual herb shop. He tells her not to worry, because he's going to find out what she's up to when she gets back. He's not worried about her appearance, he says, because she looks just like the rest of the world. He asks her how long she'll be staying, and she tells him that she doesn't want to go anywhere. Luo says that he has finished exploiting the "first spirit" of the book, and that the "spirit fountain" is "sucking away" his "qi" .