This chapter opens with the protagonist giving chase to his master, who has just been attacked by the crowd. The protagonist explains that he was following the crowd when he was attacked, and that he guessed that the attacker was the master of the zhang sect. He tells the protagonist to give chase too, but the protagonist says that they should not give chase until they have found the secret treasure. He says that if they were the first ones to find the treasure, the martial uncle would be impressed. He then explains that the footprints left behind by the beggars are the ones that belong to the man in armor. There is no trace of fighting, he says, and the footprints must have been made on purpose. The wandering dragon step asks the protagonist why he is tied up, and he says that he made his innocent brother suffer an attack at the hands of the iron lump. He asks his sister to give the key to his junior brother as payment for the attack, and she says no way. She then asks her sister if they are disciples of the xiao sect. She says that she has history with the sect, and they should work together to find jiujiang. She asks if her name is Duanzhong and if she is still doing well.