In this chapter, we learn that Guozhong's health is failing, and that the doctor, yiyun , is trying his best to cure him. . He tells the doctor that he will use "true qi" to "stabilize" the old man's veins, and then he will "swish the result" . The old man looks much better, and .yiyun is worried, but he says that he has already "stabilized his veins" , and the "fragment" has also been "moved". .he will find a surgeon who will remove the "needles" and then remove the old master's body. , he says, will be okay when he awakes. He says that the "fastest technique" he's ever seen was 36 needles, and he'll treat his son as his own. Two days later, the family's "bourgeoning compound people" give him a small bottle of alcohol, which he says is "too shabby" and "probably nothing nice". ,he says, he won't "add tension" to the birthday banquet,