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  After fourteen days of stalemate, Liu Yun finally starved to death.

  From then on, the chaotic world began. I'm very curious, when I had memories, I was five years old. At the age of five, I was already in Shaolin Temple. My master should be very old here, thinking that he only had two apprentices. One is called Shi Kong, who is my senior brother, and I am called Shi Ran.

  In those years, Shaolin was prosperous, and the word "release" had already been taken as a Dharma name. The master himself secretly kept a few good-sounding or meaningful characters for people with connections. These people generally showed their Dharma name plaques to others, who would know that they definitely had a strong background, either being in charge of affairs within the temple or having connections with high-ranking officials outside. So, once they showed their Dharma name plaque, they could go anywhere without anyone intercepting them. Even when riding horses on the road, they could ride however they wanted: forcing their way through, overtaking donkeys, going against traffic, speeding, violating traffic rules, and even slightly rear-ending others - none of these would be handled by the authorities. Some people from poor families who wanted to become monks gave up on the idea of coming to Shaolin because their Dharma name was too difficult to hear, and instead became beggars.

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