a challenge that the main character faces is that a guy named tsung is a traitor and is trying to take some scrolls away from malao.The main character is changing because he is learning new things about fu and that the Shaolin temple that they were trying to reach was destroyed by bandits and that hok is a girl.malao is learning that him and his brothers should be careful when they are going somewhere or when they are making camp for the night because ying would be able to track them.I am learning that it is wise to have good friends.