This chapter opens with a description of a narrow escape. The enemy has retreated, and none of the remaining members of the army will be able to survive. The protagonist explains that he cannot believe that a woman could have made such a small escape. He tells the audience that his cousin, a soldier defending the city, has also heard about the incident. He explains that the woman had frightened the army away, and that he has also seen it. He then introduces the protagonist to the protagonist's two friends, a warrior named "Wu long" and a soldier named "Zhan feng." The protagonist is shocked to learn that the two men are on their knees in front of the gate of the temple of flower divinity, and he asks if they are allowed to make noise there. They answer that they are not allowed to do so, but the protagonist is determined to follow her young master, who has said that the temple only accepts women