Leishi is a Jinyu.
Led by Warchief Garrosh, the allied forces of the Jinyu, Pandaren, Hozen, Yaungol gathered on the Townlong Steppes to launch an attack on the Dread Wastes.
The Dread Wastes, the territory of the Mantid, is a terrifying, dark forbidden zone in the eyes of all races in Pandaria. Throughout Pandaria's history, the races have always adopted a passive defensive approach and have never taken the initiative to attack the Dread Wastes.
Times have changed. The Orcs have arrived in Pandaria, and especially under the Warchief Garrosh, the various races of Pandaria have joined forces to exact revenge on the Mantid.
Leishi is a healer, Mastery in water magic, and has always stayed in the rear to help his people heal their wounds.
News of victory kept coming in, with tens of thousands of Mantid being eliminated every day, and the wounded soldiers sent from the front lines all had smiles on their faces.
"Victory is near! Warchief Garrosh is about to lead us to defeat the Mantid and kill the Evil Queen Shek'zeer of Great Xia."
Leishi responded with a smile.
In his view, the ordinary soldiers were foolish and ignorant, unaware of their impending Destiny.
According to Leishi's observation, all sorts of wounded soldiers came and went. Most of them did not receive treatment, but were simply bandaged and sent to a huge black tent at the back. They were never seen to come out.
Leishi, who considered himself clever, was unimpressed. He had seen this kind of thing many times and was no longer surprised. There were too many wounded and not enough precious herbs to treat them.
After a few wounded were given simple first aid, the Jinyu carried them to the black tent. Leishi looked at the sky with a somewhat confused expression, lost in thought.
Without a doubt, Warchief Garrosh was a great man; there had never been such a benevolent, kind, and compassionate leader in the history of Azeroth.
Orcs are certainly good, worthy of being the race that saved Azeroth, but there's a small group of bad guys among them.
Leishi dared not presume to suspect that the Orcs were a traitor to Azeroth and were speaking ill of Garrosh behind his back; that would be utterly heinous and a sin to even contemplate.
"Leishi, someone from Terrace of Endless Spring has come to see you." A Jinyu lifted the curtain.
The visitor was a keeper of the Terrace of Endless Spring, a solemn sanctuary in Pandaria Terrace of Endless Spring a place most longed for by healers. It is said that the Tranquility fountains of the Terrace of Endless Spring possess healing and restorative powers.
Leishi; becoming the Flowing Water Priest of Terrace of Endless Spring was his dream.
Following the guard out of the tent, not far away, the speaker of the Peace Dove loudly sang praises to Garrosh.
The speaker was a Tauren whose entire family had been eaten by Orcs. He was filled with gratitude for this and claimed that being eaten by the Orcs was the only way to return to Earth Mother's embrace.
"For thousands of years, we Tauren have been searching for a way to return to Earth Mother's embrace. It was the Orcs who brought us hope. My wife, three sons, and two daughters were all made into Orcs food. In my dream, I saw them, their faces full of smiles, smiling at me from Earth Mother's embrace."
Utterly foolish!
Leishi quickly drew a conclusion, though it's also possible he was forced to fabricate lies in order to survive.
The speech had some effect; the Yaungol were no longer so resistant to being eaten by the Orcs.
Inside a tent on the edge of the camp, Leishi met three elderly Jinyu, all dressed in armor, their bright eyes full of wisdom.
Leishi sat in front of the three old men, feeling extremely uncomfortable, as if he were being seen through.
An elderly man calmly said, "I am Asani, this is Kaolan on your left, and this is Regail."
Leishi was immediately filled with awe; these three were important figures of the Jinyu, the three Endless Guardians of Terrace of Endless Spring.
The excited Leishi wanted to say something, but he was too nervous and his mind went blank.
The Endless Guardian Kaolan, lowered his head and took out a document, reading aloud. "Leishi, you were originally an ordinary Jinyu. When you were twelve years old, you saw a dark reflection in the Flowing Water, and from then on, you mastered water magic without any Proficiency."
Leishi was terrified; this was his secret, how could someone have found out?
The dark reflection was definitely not benevolent; it must have been some kind of Evil creature, which is why I kept this secret buried deep in my heart.
Regail picked up a drawing depicting a grotesque monster with bared teeth, tentacles, and sharp edges, and asked seriously:
Is this the reflection you're seeing?
"Yes." Leishi dared not lie to the Endless Guardians, and nervously explained:
"I don't know what it was, but I was clear-headed and never bewitched. Believe me, after that, I never looked into the eyes of the Flowing Water again."
Asani smiled and said, "Relax, we're not here to cause you trouble. On the contrary, we need your help and implore you to cooperate with us."
"What's the meaning?"
Leishi didn't understand. In terms of skill, even with his extraordinary encounters, Leishi was still worlds apart from these three Endless Guardians.
Kaolan lowered his voice and asked, "What do you think of Garrosh and the Orcs?"
Without hesitation, Leishi blurted out, "Garrosh is the Savior of Azeroth, leading the Orcs to help us defeat the Mantid."
Regail shrugged and said:
"We understand, this is all propaganda from the Peace Doves. All the Jinyu have been misled. You think they really are helping us fight the Mantid? Look at this."
A pool of clear Flowing Water appeared before Leishi, its clear reflection appearing before him.
The familiar black tent was pulled closer little by little, and then they went deeper inside.
Countless wounded lay in the tents. Orcs soldiers dragged the wounded into the inner room, where huge chopping boards were set up. Orcs Butchers, wielding machetes, Proficiency skinned, Eviscerate, and butchered the wounded.
Leishi was horrified. Although he had anticipated some things, such as letting the wounded die, the reality was far more terrifying than he had imagined.
"Orcs are nothing Butchers! They're slaughtering our people!" Regail said, his voice filled with hatred.
After thinking for a while, Leishi stammered, "Although the Orcs' treatment of the wounded was somewhat wrong, they were, after all, helping us eliminate the Mantid."
Regail shook his head with a wry smile, "You've been fooled. The real situation isn't like that. Only a small number of our people were sent to fight the Mantid outside the Serpent's Spine. That's the majority of the time."
The Flowing Water once again presented a clear reflection.
The dark land was covered by a thick fog; this was clearly the Dread Wastes, known by various races as a forbidden zone for life.
A Pandaria coalition force of over ten thousand men moved through the mist, the young men looking excited, followed by thousands of Orcs soldiers.
The allied forces entered the depths of the fog, suddenly became disoriented, and all collapsed to the ground.
Mantid has appeared ahead.
The Orcs soldiers followed.
Both sides tacitly slaughtered the allied soldiers on the ground; the Orcs Proficiency turned them into Tough Jerky, while the Mantid needed fresh flesh and blood.
The Mantids and Orcs got along very well, both engrossed in their work, and then each finished their tasks.
Leishi was terrified; this was information carried by the Flowing Water, and it couldn't be faked.
Kaolan said sorrowfully, "To cope with the Orcs' slaughter, we Jinyu began a frenzied reproduction. Do you know what this means for our race?"