Pei Qingying

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Pei Qingying (裴清影)
Alias(es)	Qingqing; Third Miss Pei 3 4
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Pei Clan; Riverside Martial High School 3 4
Occupation/Role	Martial high-school student; manager of Chen Jue's short-video account, Linjiang Chen Jue 21
First Appearance	Chapter 3

Background

Pei Qingying is He Tang's best friend and classmate at Riverside Martial High School. She and He Tang were repeatedly invited by students connected to the Room Fire Cult to serve as “sacred maidens,” but Qingying recognized the danger and explained that the school hesitated to punish the influential clan children involved. 3

As the Pei Clan's Third Miss, she is driven by a sedan and lives with substantial material privilege, yet she feels alienated from her own family. After visiting the He household, she envies He Tang's warm family life; her driver also relays the old master's order that she avoid associating with commoners for the sake of the clan's reputation. 4

Room Fire Cult members regarded Qingying as a low-status Pei daughter with no martial talent and believed her death would draw no concern from her family. Their attempt to abduct He Tang consequently placed Qingying in danger as well, prompting Chen Jue to intervene. 10

Appearance

Pei Qingying is a slim young woman slightly over 1.7 meters tall, with waist-length black hair, an oval face, and almond-shaped eyes. Her appearance is delicate and refined, retaining a youthful softness. 3 11

• Often dresses in elegant, traditional-inspired outfits, including gauze jackets, skirts, and ornate hair accessories. 8 20
• Wears a warm-gold bracelet on her left wrist. 3 20
• Has a frail build and poor stamina compared with martial artists such as He Tang. 3 21

Personality

Pei Qingying is notably polite, reserved, and observant. Unlike He Tang's confidence that strength alone can solve problems, Qingying takes the Room Fire Cult's attention seriously and responds warmly to Chen Jue's warnings. 3

She is empathetic in situations where others are insensitive. When He Yin and He Tang laugh at Chen Jue's embarrassing online romance history, Qingying instead calls Chen Jue and his former girlfriend “too pitiful.” 11

Despite her soft manner, she is proactive and resourceful. She takes charge of managing Chen Jue's online presence, repeatedly prepares expensive medicinal meals for his recovery, and risks involving herself in his conflict with the Zong family's cultivation scheme. 21 37 38

Abilities & Skills

Medicinal Cuisine

Pei Qingying prepares spirit cuisine intended to replenish Chen Jue's qi and blood.

• Brought Chen Jue spirit chicken soup containing Foundation-Nourishing Ginseng during his recuperation. 20
• Identified the medicinal ingredients in Chen Jue's herbal residue by scent. 20
• Later prepared dishes such as Great Sun Green Sunflower stewed with Emerald-Scaled Bluefish. 37
• Delivered spiritual meals to Chen Jue repeatedly during his cultivation period. 40

Social-Media Management

Pei Qingying manages the short-video account Linjiang Chen Jue.

• Took promotional photographs, selected the account background image, wrote its signature, and organized Chen Jue's introduction video. 21
• Used an alternate account to spend 20,000 on traffic promotion. 21
• Helped the account gain more than 5,000 followers within its first hour. 21

Cultivation Knowledge

Although her martial arts talent is described as poor, Qingying possesses significant knowledge of cultivation factions and techniques. 21

• Revealed that the Zong family uses practitioners of the Little Five-Element Art to strengthen its own martial artists by absorbing spirit roots at the Spirit Planting realm. 38
• Explained that the Zong family's Yin Five-Element Method can contaminate the Five-Element true qi of Little Five-Element Art practitioners. 38
• Proposed that Chen Jue feign foundation damage and secretly change cultivation methods to avoid alerting the Zong family. 38
• Claimed that her unnamed elder sister, whose surname is Zong, possesses the latter portion of the Zong family's technique. 38

Relationships

• Chen Jue — He Tang's cousin and Qingying's close companion. She visits him during his injuries, provides medicinal meals, manages his online account, and warns him about the Little Five-Element Art. Their relationship is complicated by her embarrassed insistence that he is like an older brother. 20 21 37 38
• He Tang — Best friend and fellow Riverside Martial High School student. The two were jointly targeted and harassed by the Room Fire Cult. 3 10
• He Yin — Chen Jue's mother, who warmly treats Qingying as “Qingqing” and openly encourages a match between her and Chen Jue. 4 8 39
• He Yuanshan — Chen Jue's uncle, who advises Qingying and He Tang to take precautions after the killings connected to the Room Fire Cult. 11
• Unnamed elder sister — A woman surnamed Zong who reportedly possesses the Zong family's higher-level cultivation method. 38

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Riverside Martial High School arc — Introduced as He Tang's best friend; exposes the Room Fire Cult's efforts to recruit the two girls as sacred maidens. 3
• He household visits — Becomes attached to the warmth of Chen Jue's family, while revealing her loneliness within the Pei Clan. 4
• Room Fire Cult abduction plot — Her presence alongside He Tang complicates the cultists' plan and contributes to Chen Jue discovering their scheme. 10
• Chen Jue's recuperation — Supports Chen Jue with expensive medicinal cuisine and becomes increasingly involved in his daily life. 20 30 37
• Linjiang Chen Jue account — Launches and manages Chen Jue's short-video account after his restaurant battle becomes viral footage. 21
• Little Five-Element Art revelation — Informs Chen Jue of the Zong family's hidden exploitation of practitioners and offers to help him secretly alter his cultivation path. 38
• Six-Person Family Group — Is added to Chen Jue's family chat group after he decides to treat her as a younger sister. 41

Notable Quotes

“My very existence is already affecting the Pei Clan's reputation, isn't it?” 4

Trivia

• Chen Jue remembers that Qingying prefers water with exactly three slices of lemon. 20
• She calls Chen Jue “Cold Young Master,” referencing his former online-game nickname, “Cold Young Master of the Imperial Clan.” 11
• Her family keeps enough spirit grain that she normally uses it for spirit rice or feeding spirit birds. 37