This chapter opens with a discussion between the young master and the old master. The old master is worried that the new medicine is not as good as the old one. The young master tries to calm him down by saying that the old medicine has not yet reached its full effectiveness. He then shows the old man the new pill he has refined, which he calls the "fire spirit scattering liquid." The old man says that he cannot see through the liquid's spirit energy, but he can tell that it is effective. He also says that the liquid is foul smelling, but that he will try it on his skin and see if it works. He says that as a refiner, he knows that it works, and he will be able to tell whether it is good or bad after he has tried it. He tells the young man that if anything should happen to him, he will not spare him. He asks if he can sell the new formula for the liquid to the hundred treasures of the pavilion. The new master says he will take the formula as a friend and sell it to his hundred treasures for four hundred thousand silvers.