This chapter opens with a clank, which is a kind of shorthand for a group of people. The clank is the master of a small kingdom, and the master is going to represent the kingdom in a big competition. The master asks the clank to accompany him to the big competition, because he wants to learn more about the competition and improve himself in the process. He also wants to experience the big city before the big one. The other clank asks the master where they are going, and he answers that they are in the backyard of a stone house. He then tells the other clanks that his real name is "feng hao" , which means "warrior ancestor" . The two clanks look at the books of ancient secrets, which are scattered all over the house. The elder clank tells the elder yue that he has been collecting ancient secrets for the last ten thousand years, and that the secret techniques have been explained in four volumes. He says that a volume of secrets can even change someone's life, but not everyone can do it. He warns the elder clanks not to try the next secret technique, because the next one is still not working.