His name was Li Deyi, a name taken from Laozi's *Tao Te Ching*. "The heavens obtain the One to become clear; the Earth obtains the One to find peace; the spirits obtain the One to become divine; the valleys obtain the One to be filled; all living things obtain the One to be born; and the princes and kings obtain the One to become the upright standard of the world."
He was a simple man who didn't understand profound principles. He never knew what his elders meant by giving him this name, nor had he ever asked. His life just didn't have that many "whys."
However, from the moment Li Deyi first saw Shan Ying at the Yunxiao Sect, he understood. This woman... she is his One.
Li Deyi was over 140 years old, an age at which an ordinary person would have long been in their grave.
