The swordsman tells the others that he is better than them. They are sorry for their troubles, and the swordsman thanks them for taking them in and not giving them money. The former governor of Liaodong seems to have left him. The aunt tells the brothers that they should not starve their brother this time. The brothers enter the customs and are told that the road is a dead one and that they will not be able to return to Liaodong. The old swordsman says that he has spent the last year holding weapons in his hand and running around on horseback. He says that his dreams have always been on horseback and that he will accompany the brothers wherever they want to go. He asks if the brothers are planning to leave Liaodong and never come back again. They reply that they are not planning to do that for him. He tells them that his dream is to be on horseback, but that it does not have to be there. He also says that the name of swordsman is a misappropriated one. He explains that his name is not fabricated and that his biological father died on the night he was born. His family felt that his birth killed his father, and they named him.