Shen Haoran spoke with Uncle Chang for a short while before they were called to dinner by Uncle Chang's wife. Uncle Chang hadn't been exaggerating—his wife's cooking was a rare delicacy. Even though Shen Haoran and his companions had reached the Grain Avoidance Realm, they couldn't resist having two bowls each. Long Aotian, in particular, heaped on the praise, only stopping when he was too full to eat another bite.
After dinner, everyone chatted for a while before returning to their rooms to rest. Shen Haoran, however, carefully slipped out of Uncle Chang's house and crept into the depths of the City of Sin under the cover of darkness. He wanted to see Wanshe Mountain, where the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave was located, and find out if it was as difficult to enter as the rumors claimed.
