The chapter opens with a flashback to the days of the zhe-shi hall of the demonic sect, where the hall leader, curly, was the most powerful man in the hall. Now, however, the hall has fallen apart, and the only remaining members of the hall are the two of them, curly and curly's friend, qiang. The two men discuss the possibility of qiang taking the hall's leadership position, but they are afraid that he will not be able to take on the task because of an imperial examination that he took for someone else. Since the two men are the only two remaining members, they have no choice but to band together and win by numbers. Since curly has gone missing, everyone has been leaving the hall, except for curly, who has come to say goodbye. He says that his parents do not want him to go back to the martial world because they think that he has no future in the world of martial arts. Some of his relatives have asked if they, martial artists, have enough food to eat, but he must say that they are not asking because of how much he eats, but because of the fact that curly has always trusted them both. But now, even he is betraying curly, he says, because he has told curly that he is not betraying, he just needs to get married. Everyone knows that curly was once an undercover agent of shaolin, but curly says that he thought it was too awkward for him, so he kept the identity a secret from everyone. He explains that three years ago, he used to be the shaolin master, but that "nothing ever excites" him. "'just getting by each day' was his mantra," he says. Now he has another mission, and