As soon as u leave the village in the first of the game go talk to Wen and hell tell u of master Shen and when u talk to him hell tell u about the White Lotus and give u a mission BUT however u dont do u nothing till after u train with Nightwolf then go to Shen and hell tell u that Liu Kang is representing the white lotus in MK and he gives u the Head band and tells u to take care of the Tarkatan horde at the south of the village and their waiting at the portal, just beat them one round and its over...