In this chapter, we learn that the young man is named Xiao yan, and that he is a member of the "burning flame valley" . The young man tells the elder man that he has been looking for a woman to marry Huo er. The elder man tells him that they were planning to send a man to bring him to China, but that he came to China on his own, so he is not a suitable match for the young woman. The old man says that he cannot judge whether a person is a friend or a foe because he has to observe what he sees on the surface. He says that it is better to be friends or foe than to judge one's intentions by what he hears on the ground. He adds that the three mysterious changes that he asked for from the skyfire are proof that he does not have bad intentions. He also says that the feud with the pavilion of wind lightning is not related to the burning flame. The older man says he is fine with that, as long as the technique of the test does not fall into the younger generation's hands. He then says that if he had met the lightning head on, he would have been turned into dust. He thanks the younger man for the compliment, and says that his burning flame valley is not strong enough to beat the lightning pavilion. The younger man taps on the rock that splits the star into two, and the older man thanks him for his compliment, saying that he was able to take the rock by divine fire. The two then tap on each other again, and this time, the gap between them is too great.