Standing around in his underwear, Xiao Xingchen wonders if it might have been a mistake to bring Wei Wuxian here. Yes, they found the root of the problem somehow, but how will he ever be able to show his face in this place again? He has no face left at all!

"Is that it? Did you find the feather?" he asks, clutching the collar of his last layer of robes close to his neck. He, really, really doesn't want this one to come off. If he does take it off, then he might just have to retire to some mountain outside the city and never let anyone see him again (outside special cases).

And yet, he can't be sure if it's clear. Is it just residual pain from before, or is it still the effects of the feathers?