This chapter opens with a conversation between Lingxue and her fiance, Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou's husband is a chief, and he's a great cook. He's also a great healer, and Zhengzhou praises him for his ability to refine medicine and pills. He tells Zhengzhou that he has a plate of chicken wings for her, and she's so jealous that she won't eat them. Intrigued, she asks Zhengzhou if she can come to her room later to talk to her brother and her brother's friend, who are also a chief. Supposedly, the two of them have broken through the "foundation building stage" and are now at the "peak of the qi-gathering realm." Zhengzhou says that he and his brother are still stuck in the foundation stage because they've injured their meridians and acupoints, which are the parts of the body that are connected to the heart and lungs. They need to gather all the herbs they need, and they'll help Zhengzhou refine the medicine. He says he already has all of the herbs he needs, but when he refines the medicine, a strange thing will happen, which other people will notice. He hopes that his brother and his friend can stay in xiangjiang for a while, so that they can gather the herbs and refine their medicine together. He also says that Zhengzhou has been getting headaches recently, and that's because his spirit and qi are damaged. He doesn't know when his heart began to change, but he thinks it