Yulan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Upbringing and the Qiuyang Mission

Yulan grew up in Fallen Flower Village, beginning martial arts at six and Gu rearing at ten after passing the required willpower test. By eighteen, she had raised Gu for eight years. Her elder sister’s reputation overshadowed her achievements: although Yulan claimed to have defeated Second-Grade villagers, Elder Shen attributed those victories to their fear of her sister 19 32 43.

Determined to prove herself, Yulan volunteered to eliminate the Second-Grade Evil Gu Master hiding in Qiuyang City. Elder Shen and Old Liu warned that her First-Grade cultivation was insufficient, particularly for safely wielding a Mystic-Tier Gu. She rejected their interference and left angrily when they repeatedly invoked her sister 19.

Investigating Jiang Yiming

While searching for the fugitive, Yulan noticed traces of Gu activity at Rainbow Shopping Mall. Tu Ming’s harassment led her to punish him with an illusion that made him strip before the mall’s patrons. She subsequently sensed a faint Gu aura around Jiang Yiming and deliberately left her Armor Bell Gu on a milk tea shop floor to test whether he could recognize it. He avoided the bait, leaving her uncertain of his identity 29 30.

Yulan later confronted Jiang Yiming in the mall’s underground supermarket and overpowered him in close combat, but his Gu enabled him to escape. She concluded that he lacked the strength and signs of possession expected of her target, yet remained curious about his unusual summoning method and independently protective Gu. Her Five-Colored Butterfly Gu tracked him until he washed its pollen from his body and clothes at a bathhouse 31 32 33 34 35.

Battle with Lu Yan

After Jiang Yiming warned her about a black-clad pursuer, Yulan deliberately allowed herself to be captured. She then offered Jiang at least one million yuan to rescue her, using the apparent emergency to draw him out. His externally supplied Gu Essence let her break Lu Yan’s restraint without spending the reserves she needed for their duel 35 36 37 38.

Yulan identified the fugitive as Lu Yan of Lu Family Village and fought him alone. Repeated uses of the Dual-Sound Cicada undermined his confidence, concealing her actual finishing move: an Armor Bell Gu illusion followed by a sword thrust through his heart. The victory left her severely depleted 38 39 40.

Lu Yan revived after surrendering his heart to the Eight-Tailed Earthworm. Jiang Yiming protected the exhausted Yulan and fought the transformed enemy. When Lu Yan’s remaining Gu Essence exploded, a hidden Earth-Rank venomous bee shielded them; Yulan believed Elder Shen had placed it on her. Afterward, she collected the earthworm fragments and let Jiang keep a possible rune stone found at the villa 40 41 42 43.

Willpower Test and Wagered Duel

Yulan paid Jiang Yiming two million yuan in reward and compensation, but also gave him poisoned lotus seed soup to test his will. She described the poison as nonlethal and said she had stolen it with considerable difficulty. Jiang experienced severe pain and a dangerous hallucination before purging it with a talisman, then refused to accompany her to Fallen Flower Village for formal testing 45 46.

Their dispute resurfaced when Yulan tried to prevent him from killing a Chrysanthemum Hall assassin. The assassin shot at her despite her intervention, forcing Jiang’s snake Gu to protect her. She subsequently admitted that the man deserved death and reconsidered her assumption that ordinary people were naturally harmless 49 50.

Yulan revealed that she had dissuaded Elder Shen from investigating Jiang personally, fearing that he would unknowingly violate Gu World rules. Still insisting that Jiang needed testing and a credential, she accepted a duel at Sunless Mountain’s summit in one week: if she won, he would accompany her to the village; if he won, she would let him go 50.

Appearance

Yulan is introduced as a strikingly beautiful girl with a graceful figure, large eyes, and long, snow-white robes 19.

• Orchid earrings: Oversized silver earrings, described as larger than her eyes 19.
• Build: Slender, with a willow-like waist that complements her agile fighting style 32 38.
• Parasol: Carries and uses a parasol during her investigations in the city 29 30.

Personality

Yulan is proud, competitive, and intensely sensitive to suggestions that she depends on her sister. She seeks genuine danger rather than the restrained sparring she experienced at home, remaining composed even after Lu Yan sends her crashing into a wine rack 19 39.

Her confidence is backed by tactical cunning. She uses her own capture to recruit Jiang Yiming’s assistance, then turns Lu Yan’s expectations about cultivation limits against him. Her sister’s advice—to conceal one’s real strategy—directly informs her victory 38 39 40.

Yulan takes Gu World rules seriously, including restrictions on harming civilians and the requirement for willpower testing. Her concern that Jiang might become an Evil Gu Master coexists with coercive methods, including poisoning him and threatening to take him to the village by force. Nevertheless, she can revise her judgment when confronted with evidence, as shown by her response to the assassin’s betrayal 43 46 49 50.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Arts and Gu Essence Control

Yulan combines childhood martial training with precise Gu Essence reinforcement 32.

• Outclasses the initially inexperienced Jiang Yiming in unarmed technique, timing, and fundamentals 32.
• Uses Gu Essence to strengthen her movements and perform rapid, floating leaps across flights of stairs 32.
• Wields a flexible sword alongside supporting Gu attacks 38.
• Remains disadvantaged in direct exchanges against Lu Yan’s greater Second-Grade strength 38 39 40.

Dual-Sound Cicada

A wingless Mystic-Tier Gu with two sound-based attacks 31.

• Soul Capture: Briefly disrupts an opponent’s awareness and control over their Gu. Against Lu Yan, one use lasts only half a second 31 39.
• Penetration: Causes internal resonance and injury, making Lu Yan vomit blood 40.
• Above-grade use: For unspecified special reasons, Yulan can activate higher-ranked Gu more often than most people of her cultivation 40.
• Limits: Her apparent claim of unlimited use is a bluff. Repeated activation contributes to severe Gu Essence depletion, and above-grade use carries a recognized risk of backlash 19 39 40 44.

Armor Bell Gu

A Yellow-Rank hallucinogenic Gu that resembles a bell worn at her waist 29 40.

• Makes Tu Ming strip publicly under an illusion 29.
• Tricks Jiang Yiming into reopening elevator doors during his escape 33.
• Provides the decisive opening against Lu Yan after the Dual-Sound Cicada breaks down his psychological defenses 40.

Ice Arrow Frog

A pale-blue Yellow-Rank Gu that fires powerful poisonous ice arrows 32.

• Coordinates ranged attacks with Yulan’s grabs and close-combat strikes 32.
• Can launch an arrow along her sword’s line of attack while positioned at her wrist 38.
• Its ice arrow is destroyed by the Single-Horned Wandering Snake’s Poison Dragon Drill 32.

Five-Colored Butterfly Gu

A tracking Gu that follows pollen placed on a target 34 35.

• Locates Jiang Yiming after his escape from the mall 34.
• Loses his trail once he washes the pollen from his body and clothing 34 35.

Gu Handling and Knowledge

• Qi-sea rearing: Nurtures Gu in her dantian’s qi sea and summons them through a white-mist primordial qi passage 30 31.
• Aura detection: Notices traces of Gu around the mall and senses nearby Gu activity 29.
• Gu World knowledge: Explains evil Gu, cultivation categories, willpower testing, rune stones, and Gu Wardens to Jiang Yiming 42 43 50.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Flexible sword — Carried at her waist; used for close combat and the heart-piercing strike against Lu Yan 38 40.
• Lu Family Village commission notice — White cloth threaded with gold, bearing the village chief’s declaration that Lu Yan has become an Evil Gu Master 38.
• Black cloth bag — Used to collect the regenerating Eight-Tailed Earthworm’s fragments 42 43.
• Hidden seven-colored venomous bee — An Earth-Rank Gu whose shield protects her and Jiang from the explosion; she attributes its presence to Elder Shen rather than her own preparations 42.
• Unspecified magic treasure — Reward for completing the Lu Yan mission; she expects familiarizing herself with it to improve her strength before the scheduled duel 50.

Relationships

• Jiang Yiming — Investigative target, temporary ally, and recurring rival. Their cooperation against Lu Yan develops into conflict over his independence and the Gu World’s testing requirements; no romantic relationship is established 30 38 44 46 50.
• Elder sister — Unnamed source of both instruction and frustration. Yulan follows her tactical advice but resents living under her reputation 19 40.
• Elder Shen — Qiuyang City’s Gu Warden and a protective senior. Yulan believes he secretly safeguards her with the venomous bee, and later persuades him not to investigate Jiang personally 19 42 50.
• Old Liu — Elder Shen’s servant; warns her about Lu Yan and the danger of using a Mystic-Tier Gu above her grade 19.
• Lu Yan — Second-Grade Evil Gu Master she accepts a commission to eliminate 38.
• Tu Ming — Mall owner who harasses her and arranges her capture through Lu Yan; she offers payment for someone to sever his hand when he tries to force wine on her 29 37.

Notable Quotes

“I volunteered for this mission to prove myself and shut up everyone who says I can only rely on my sister!” 19

“Kill or be killed. I’m prepared for both!” 39

“Every Gu master can turn evil. If you turn evil one day, you’ll find out just how bad I am.” 44