What's your thought on Tian Ying fight
I've been playing this game for just over a month now, and Tian Ying is my favourite boss by far and also one of the favourite characters in the game..
The point of this post is - I've come across lots of posts about this boss fight that he was going easy on us, he was fighting us to fake his death, he wanted our character to win but I clearly don't think so
He appears in the Buddha cave after we shine the Buddha light on top of the tower..all the lores I've learnt by now he shows up in the cave because that light was meant for his Allies, so when he finds us an unknown person in the cave it puts his secret missions and his goal in danger.( And if you've read the lores you would know that he can go any measures to achieve his goals even killing friends and foes)..That's why he said," little one, are you here to see my dharma form or the truth" meaning- are you here to see the monk or your death( assassin Tian Ying)
I think he was definitely trying to kill us because we've become a danger to his future plans at that point, and he definitely went all out in that fight.. Faking his death wasn't his plan from the start but when he lost the battle he accepted his fate and death( the final cutscene shows his clear emotions when the statue was falling that's the face of a man who accepts his death)..But later when he gains consciousness or someone saved him that's when the next plan comes..That's when he thought it was finally time for TIAN YING to die and for a new warrior to be born
Also there are some reasons I think he was definitely trying to kill us is-
You don't fight someone again n again after losing twice just to fake your death
Most of all, he didn't need to fake his death at all nobody knew where he was, what he was doing, nobody knew he was Miaoshan..He already had Aunt han's face changing manuscript with him so he could've just slipped into khitan territory at any point
If he really wanted to fake his death he could've done it long ago by fighting some famous fighters of jianghu, not us (we're not that famous for our fighting prowess in jianghu yet)
It's just my theory that I've learnt by now reading and understanding his character, LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS