In this chapter, we learn that the great fish eat the small, and that friendship is not based on power, but on sincere friendship. In other words, friendship is based on sharing the same fate, not on mutual benefits. In this way, the two of them can trust each other with their lives. We learn that he has been practicing shadow tracking, but that he will not need to do so now because he is done with it. He tells us that he intends to find the trace of the ancient beast, which he calls "ying mei" .