Question—
How could a woman make a man obsessed with martial arts, who lived only for the thrill of battle, remember her deeply upon their first meeting?
Answer—
Defeat him.
If that man was Wenwu, who wielded the Ten Rings Relic, it sounded easy but was incredibly difficult in practice. Yet Ying Li had done exactly that.
As one of Ta Lo Village's Guardians, Ying Li had not only been protected by the Great Protector's power through her contract with it, but had also trained in Tai Chi since childhood, reaching a level worthy of a grandmaster.
With that combination, Ying Li had easily given Wenwu—a great warlord who had already stood at the pinnacle of the age and was half-retired—a crushing welcome upon their first meeting.
That afternoon had been bright and pleasant. Though it was the Qingming season, the weather in Ta Lo Village was always wonderful under the Great Protector's protection.
The moment Wenwu learned of Ta Lo Village's existence, he could not wait to uncover the ancient village's veil of mystery.
The blood of a conqueror and adventurer boiled within him.
Ta Lo Village's outskirts were covered by a lush green bamboo forest. From a helicopter overhead, all one could see was the forest, yet his subordinates' reports confirmed that Ta Lo Village lay here, hidden deep within the bamboo.
That day, Wenwu rode in a military-green jeep. His subordinate drove while he sat in the rear seat with the window rolled down, flipping through storybooks and maps concerning the legends of Ta Lo Village as he surveyed the bamboo forest outside.
According to the records in those storybooks, Ta Lo Village was not only guarded by a Great Protector. Traces of all kinds of strange beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas could seemingly