Meet Lili on the streets of Fuzhou when she was child. She was picking a fight with some of the other local orphans - he liked the ferocity and grit she showed and decided to take her underneath his wing and raise her.
As they began traveling around China and India, even went to Okinawa once, he began training her in fighting with a quarterstaff. The Monkey style of fighting that allows one to go both on offense and keep their enemies at a safe distance focusing on the quarterstaff was a perfect match for Lili.