This chapter opens with a conversation between a young man and his guardian. The young man tells his guardian that he's going to buy some blankets for the leader of the sect. He's angry that the leader is using martial arts as a way to spend time with the saint. The guardian agrees with the young man's assessment, but he doesn't understand why the leader would ask for a blanket for himself. He says that the man is using the martial arts to justify spending time with a saint. This is the beginning, he says, of the downfall for the sect, because the leader has become too simple. He points out that the adult world isn't as complicated as the martial world he used to dream about when he was a kid. The adult world is different from the world of martial arts, he explains, because he hasn't yet grown up. He suggests that they pick a design and make it double-sided so that they won't feel like they're covering themselves with a giant blanket. They decide to take the blanket, which is nine taels in size. They're so excited that the store owner agrees to take their orders for the rest of the blankets, which are two sets each with a flower design. The store owner gives the young men two sets of the blanket for free, but they don't realize that it's important.