The carriage has been taken to the flame palace for the wedding of one of the lords' disciples. Worried about his brother's safety, lin tries to persuade him to let the carriage go, but cao refuses. He tells lin that he is not there to attend the wedding, but to attend a new friendship he has made with lin. lin tells cao that yanran is not welcome at the wedding because she is marrying a man from the flames palace. He and lin are not welcome because they are not members of the flame-pious sect, and they are accompanied by another disciple of the sect, who is a young master of the palace. . Senior brother lin decides to go to the side hall to find out if there is anything he can do to kill her.