"So you honestly believe that the best possible thing for our clan is to throw away the ways which we used to build ourselves into what we are?" A woman's voice bellowed through the empty halls as she held a private meeting with Yaozu. This woman was the one who gave birth to him. His mother. The current leader of the Liqian. She and yaozu had recently had an argument about this subject and now she was confronting him after a few days of avoidance and silence. 

Yaozu exhaled as he contemplated this for a moment. "Yes mother." He finally answered. "I believe it is our fixation on these ways of helping and taking in all those outsides that is leading us down. Our economy is suffering and our resources are running low." He spoke calmly. It was somewhat true, but not entirely. They were low on food. It was a bad harvest this year. But they could always gather more. Money was tight. But they could always barter and trade. That was his mother's view, but Yaozu was afraid this wouldn't work. And he couldn't simply trust outsiders.

"I see." Yanmei sighed before standing up. "I received a letter recently. I think now is the perfect time for you to go out into the world. And in doing so I hope you'll learn to be more compassionate and caring for others more so than yourself." She stated rather bluntly. 

"So you're making me leave? Just like that?!" yaozu was angry, but he wasn't stupid enough to go against her. "At least tell me what I'll be doing." 

Yanmei explained the entire situation to him as the letter expressed to her. "So you'll go as our representative. Take this mission and use it as a learning experience." She instructed. 

Yaozu begrudgingly agreed and left to prepare to for his trip. It wasn't long before he was ready. A bag with a bit of clothes. Aside from that he had mostly tools a monk would use. Sutra charms, Rosary, etc. And with that he was on his way without even a word to his mother who watched him go praying he would learn the lessons she wanted him to.