Uncle Yu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Uncle Yu (余叔)
Alias(es)	Yu Long; Daoist Jushou
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Lu Family (by marriage); his senior brother's Daoist lineage
Occupation/Role	Yin Chef; Daoist practitioner; mentor to the protagonist; former grilled-squid vendor and hospital cafeteria worker
Status	Alive; reunited with his wife and son 2425
First Appearance	Chapter 12

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Heroic Soul Realm	1859	Remained at this realm for decades due to difficulty controlling and concentrating his true qi.
Essence Soul Realm	1859	Consumed a Fleshblood Fruit and, with the protagonist protecting his heart meridian, broke open his Essence Soul chakra and a new meridian.

Background

Yu Long is a Yin Chef whose ordinary fate and limited cultivation aptitude left him far less suited to direct combat than his senior brother. He specializes instead in preparing Yin Dishes, soups, and rituals that guide ghosts, dispel baleful forces, and protect others from supernatural harm. After losing his wife and children, he lived alone, sold grilled squid outside the protagonist's school, and accumulated merit by sending off ghosts. 70 335

He first assists the protagonist after charging the customary twenty-thousand-yuan fee for his work, allowing the debt to remain unpaid without an IOU when he learns of the protagonist's financial situation. He considers their encounter a matter of fate and accepts a small deposit instead. 12

Personality

Uncle Yu is blunt, proud, and deeply practical. He refuses to lower the formal price of his profession, yet his willingness to work on credit and his repeated aid to the protagonist show that he values karmic ties over money. 12

He is sensitive about his weak cultivation and often believes he has held his companions back, particularly after his breakdown in the gray mist zone. The protagonist nevertheless recognizes him as an indispensable support specialist rather than a frontline exorcist. 632 795

As a master, he is strict and punitive toward disciples who commit fraud, but he can be persuaded to show mercy. 2260

Abilities & Skills

Yin Chef Arts

Uncle Yu's foremost specialty is the preparation of Yin Dishes and Yin Soups for ghosts, evil entities, and practitioners.

• Uses Yin Dishes to summon, feed, guide, and send off ghosts, thereby accumulating merit. 62 70
• His dishes can disperse evil and baleful energy, weaken sinister entities, and reduce pressure on allied exorcists. 335 632
• Prepared Phoenix Tail Dragon Claw Soup to target a well ghost, claiming it would strip away all of the ghost's evil hair. 335
• Uses Foul Stench Soup to stabilize chaotic true qi and calm his own emotions after spiritual trauma. 603
• Prepared Dreamwake Soup to counter the power of Nightmare within Carefree Tower. 1980

Ghost-Sensing and Ritual Knowledge

Uncle Yu possesses extensive practical knowledge of ghosts, seals, fate, and Yin rituals.

• Identified the danger beneath the psychiatric hospital's sealed well and correctly refrained from disturbing it before learning its cause. 331
• Uses pomelo leaves coated with Ox Tears to cleanse the protagonist's vision and help him perceive supernatural entities. 63
• Explained that the protagonist absorbs primordial qi—not tangible “merit”—when sending off ghosts, allowing his cultivation to grow. 70
• Implanted the Tong Ghost Hand into the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword using the protagonist's blood. 816
• Warned that the Tong Ghost Hand must be fed with blood, demon and ghost spirits, and corpse energy; excessive use may cause dangerous changes. 819

Yin Artifact Incantations

Uncle Yu knows activation methods for Yin artifacts, though his low cultivation makes prolonged use costly.

• Activated the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Wheel with hand seals, blood, a yin moon, and Tong Ghost qi. 1835
• His ritual caused the Wheel's runes to illuminate and draw in surrounding yin qi, but the expenditure forced him to spit blood and nearly collapse. 1835
• Recognized that the protagonist's stronger qi allowed him to operate the Wheel far more effectively. 1841

Knife Invocation Art

Using the Dragon-Head Cleaver and Grandmaster's legacy, Uncle Yu can invoke powerful golden blade techniques beyond his normal realm.

• Drew a Blade Talisman and invoked Grandmaster's blades through the Knife Invocation Art. 1323
• Unleashed visible blade aura despite being only at the Heroic Soul Realm, killing or injuring enemies whose cultivation exceeded his own. 1323
• Used Golden Saber Nine Consecutive Slashes, injuring six of eight evil practitioners in eight strikes. 1324
• Can summon three Golden Sabers through the life-burning Nine-Slash Golden Blade Art. 2376
• Limit: Every slash drains his lifespan and vital essence; repeated use leaves him weakened, thinner, and at risk of death. 1324 2376

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dragon-Head Cleaver — His primary weapon and the focus for his golden blade invocations. 14 1323
• Soul-Seizing Banner — A Grandmaster artifact carried in his tool bag; Master used it to clear Misty Ghosts while Uncle Yu was incapacitated. 601
• Yin Dish and Yin Soup ingredients — Specialized ritual foods, including roasted rice, chicken, snakeskin, talismans, and bamboo-tube soups. 22 335 603

Relationships

• The protagonist — Mentor and protective elder who introduces him to the supernatural profession, teaches him about primordial qi, and repeatedly assists his cultivation and missions. The protagonist later protects Uncle Yu during his Essence Soul breakthrough. 39 70 1859
• The protagonist's master / Uncle Yu's senior brother — Longtime martial brothers and rivals. Their competitive relationship includes a twenty-year gaming feud, yet they cooperate in crises and the master personally restores Uncle Yu with the Soul-Settling Technique. 39 331 602
• Auntie — Wife. She was transformed into a zombie and separated from him for nearly thirty years before their reunion. 2371 2425
• Yu Hongtu — Son. He was turned into a Fierce Child ghost, but Xiao Yu later removes his baleful energy and restores him to his innocent state. 2371 2425
• Lu Changyuan — Father-in-law and head of the Lu Family. Their relationship is often tense, but Uncle Yu remains devoted to helping the Lu Family and finding his missing family. 1298 1312
• Tian Yong — Direct disciple. Uncle Yu tests him carefully before accepting him and later relies on him during battle. 1095 1162 2376
• Huang Yougui — Outer-sect registered disciple. Uncle Yu disciplines him harshly for fraudulent conduct. 1162 2260
• Aunt Tang — Longstanding friend and ally who assists Uncle Yu and his senior brother with medicinal items and preparations for dangerous missions. 1171

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Mentorship and the Cursed House

Uncle Yu becomes the protagonist's first guide into ghost-related work. He teaches practical survival methods, including avoiding calls at night, scattering roasted rice to conceal a marked person's scent, and using fire to endure until dawn against a Drowned Ghost. 14 22 25

He later accompanies the protagonist back to the Cursed House, where they confront the Old Crone's mirror-based hiding place. 62 65

Psychiatric Hospital Well

While working at the psychiatric hospital cafeteria after losing a gaming bet, Uncle Yu discovers a faint ghostly aura beneath Dragon-Phoenix stone slabs in the backyard. He works with the protagonist to investigate the sealed well and prepares Yin Dishes specifically intended to weaken the ghost beneath it. 330 331 335

Nine Corpse Tower Expedition

During the expedition through the gray mist zone, Misty Ghosts exploit Uncle Yu's grief over his lost family and destabilize his three souls and seven spirits. He nearly kills himself in despair before the protagonist intervenes and his senior brother restores him with the Soul-Settling Technique. 601 602

Although he blames himself for his low cultivation afterward, his Foul Stench Soup and Yin Dishes prove essential to the group's survival. 603 632

Lu Family Crisis and Revenge

Uncle Yu brings the protagonist to the Lu Family after learning that the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect was involved in the murder of his family. He provides intelligence on the attackers, assists in defending the Lu Family from the Great Vietnam Court, and uses life-draining golden blade arts to clear a path through enemy practitioners. 1298 1312 1323 1324

He later confronts Mitaka Kojiro, one of the men responsible for killing his wife and child twenty-eight years earlier. 1368 1416

Essence Soul Breakthrough

After consuming a Fleshblood Fruit, Uncle Yu finally breaks through from the Heroic Soul Realm to the Essence Soul Realm. The breakthrough nearly fails because he cannot control his rampant true qi, but the protagonist protects his heart meridian until he opens the required chakra. 1858 1859

Search for Flower-Gazing Valley

Following Carefree Tower's destruction, Uncle Yu focuses on locating Yellow Springs Valley and Flower-Gazing Valley, believing his wife and son are connected to them. He asks the protagonist to help analyze the few available clues, trusting his resourcefulness. 2020

In Flower-Gazing Valley, Uncle Yu discovers that his wife and son have been transformed into a red-haired zombie and Fierce Child ghost. He burns his lifespan to summon the Golden Sabers, defeats his son’s fiend form, and attempts to reach his wife. 2371 2376

Xiao Yu ultimately removes Yu Hongtu's baleful energy, allowing Uncle Yu's family to reunite after nearly thirty years of separation. 2425

Notable Quotes

“Some people live for money, while others live for other things.” 12

“You and I are fated, kid. If you need Uncle's help in the future, just say the word.” 344

“Twenty-eight years ago, you killed my wife and child. Today, I'll avenge them too...” 1416

Trivia

• Uncle Yu's decades-long rivalry with his senior brother began after he stole a Dragon-Slaying Saber and killed his rival's in-game wife in an online game. 331
• He once summoned deceased “brothers from the underworld” with two Yin Dishes to recover his stolen electric scooter and obtain compensation from the thief. 62
• He considers himself untalented in cultivation, but the protagonist regards his Yin Chef skills as unmatched. 795 1859