When the Destined One first encounters Brother Ma, he is sitting cross-legged on a cattail mat inside a rock cave in the Emerald Bamboo Grove, sighing to himself, "Could it be that you, too, have come to pay respects to the Black Wind King?"
If one were to search Black Myth: Wukong for a character who perfectly embodies loyalty and righteousness, I believe none fits the description better than Old Ma. Even the Animated Tales describe him thus: In life, fond of valor and blessed with a wise master; unwavering in his loyalty as a humble vanguard. Repaying kindness with absolute devotion, he journeyed alone a thousand miles; unwilling to yield to a desperate plight, he swore never to surrender.
As we know, the legend of journeying alone a thousand miles is the description in Romance of the Three Kingdoms given to Guan Yu, the very incarnation of loyalty and righteousness.
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