This chapter opens with a description of the "high-grade mortal artefact" that the young woman is carrying. It is a pill that is supposed to "temper" a person's body, but the pill is only supposed to be able to do this for 40 percent of the population. The young woman asks the refiner if he has any proof that the body-tempering pill is not as bad as he says it is. The refiner says that he does not have any proof, but that if the woman can give him a reasonable explanation, he would be willing to walk away from the "hundred treasure pavilion." The woman asks him if he is a second-rate refiner, and the man replies that he is. He says that the woman dared to "brat boast" in front of him, and that he cannot protect her anymore. The woman says that just a "mere body tempering pill" will not trouble her. The man says that before refining a pill, it is necessary to immerse the herbs in a dew-water to remove impurities. This is a new technique that he has never heard of, and he asks the woman why she should not try it. The girl says that she has not heard of this