Ye Lingling

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Build: Slim and slender, with long legs and a cool, ethereal bearing 42 78.
• Hair: Long blue hair cascading down her back 42.
• Eyes: Usually described as clear jade-green; her introductory description instead calls them blue 42 63.
• Clothing: Dresses entirely in black and ordinarily covers her face with black gauze 42 63.
• Unveiled features: Very fair skin, a straight nose bridge, and pale cherry-blossom-pink lips 42.
• Veil habit: Before meeting Jiang Lan, she willingly removed her veil only in the dormitory she shared with Dugu Yan 42.

Personality

Ye Lingling is quiet and soft-spoken, often expressing amusement through her eyes rather than speaking. Her reserved manner does not prevent her from teasing others: she laughs at Dugu Yan’s exchanges with Jiang Lan and calmly undercuts Jiang Lan’s claim that his one-punch victory was too intense for him to greet them 42 64 106.

She trains with exceptional diligence. During Jiang Lan’s instruction, she rises before dawn, progresses from basic stances to footwork and attacks, and repeats each move at least a thousand times. She remains courteous after demonstrating her newfound strength, thanking the academy teachers for going easy on her despite helping defeat their entire team 63 74.

Her affection for Jiang Lan develops alongside trust in his abilities. Although frightened by the prospect of taking his pill, she accepts it after remembering his sincere efforts to teach her. She also admits, through her actions, that she cannot resist his pleading expression when he wants help at his shop 65 66.

Abilities & Skills

Nine-Hearted Begonia

Her Martial Soul specializes in healing; before Jiang Lan’s instruction, she depended entirely on teammates for battlefield protection 63 66.

• The golden pill doubles both its healing effect and healing range 66.
• Her team’s conventional formation places her at the rear, shielded by the other six members 73.

Falling Flower Divine Sword Palm

Jiang Lan teaches her this light, agile martial art because it suits her constitution. Its training includes palm techniques, sword techniques, and sword-finger attacks 63.

• Falling Flower Form: Its opening stance allows her palm to slip around a defender’s blocking arm 73.
• Penetrating force: A seemingly gentle strike passes through a level-38 teacher’s protective Soul Power and incapacitates him 73.
• Disruption of Soul Power: A strike to Zhu Zhuqing’s shoulder numbs her arm and prevents her from forming her Martial Soul’s claws 76.
• Force redirection: Disperses Xiao Wu’s kick before rebounding its force and throwing her away 76.
• Precision attacks: Practices sword fingers by piercing numerous small holes into a locust tree at Dugu Manor 63.

Lightness Skill

Jiang Lan teaches her movement techniques alongside martial arts, with morning combat practice followed by afternoon Lightness Skill instruction 63.

• Moves past Yu Tianheng before he can stop her and rapidly closes the distance to opposing teachers 73.
• Circles behind an attacking teacher quickly enough that he sees only a blur 73.
• Evades Zhu Zhuqing’s close-range ambush, leaving an afterimage of her veil before counterattacking 76.

Shop Work and Organization

• Prepares milk tea toppings with precise portions while assisting at Honey Snow Ice City 66.
• Checks the thickest stack of customer orders without prompting and works more efficiently than the other helpers, prompting Jiang Lan to compare her to a project manager 86.

Relationships

• Jiang Lan — Her martial arts master and an affectionate younger companion who calls her “Sister Lingling.” She refuses to identify him to Tang San, privately finding it embarrassing to admit that her master is a six-year-old child 63 76 78.
• Dugu Yan — Longtime friend, dormitory roommate, and academy teammate. They train and work together, and their combined attacks account for most of the victory over Shrek Academy 42 66 76.
• Doro — A familiar companion who rests on her shoulder and seeks her out during Jiang Lan’s disagreements with Dugu Yan 106.
• Yu Tianheng — Her team captain. Her sudden transition from protected healer to frontline fighter leaves him questioning what an auxiliary Soul Master is supposed to be 73.
• Qin Ming — Academy instructor who organizes the practical match that reveals her offensive abilities to the team 73 74.
• Tang San — Sparring opponent whose recognition of her martial arts leads him to suspect that her unnamed master is another transmigrator 76 77.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Meeting Jiang Lan

Ye Lingling first encounters Jiang Lan at the Soul Arena while drinking tea with Dugu Yan. She initially laughs when he calls Dugu Yan an “auntie,” only to receive the same label herself. After he compares her veil to those worn by grocery-shopping aunties, she removes it to prove her youth—an extraordinary departure from her usual habits that astonishes Dugu Yan. Jiang Lan then agrees to call her a big sister 42 43.

Training at Dugu Manor

When Jiang Lan returns to the Dugu household, he offers to teach Ye Lingling techniques for protecting herself. Her intensive training transforms her from a defenseless healer into a capable combatant. She later helps him during pill refinement before accepting the golden pill that raises her level and strengthens her healing 63 65 66.

Honey Snow Ice City

• Helps staff Jiang Lan’s milk tea shop on Vermilion Bird Street in Heaven Dou City, alongside Dugu Yan and Doro 66.
• Participates in counting the opening day’s earnings 68.
• Continues helping after Jiang Lan introduces milk-tea-making penguin robots, handling the shop’s heavy customer demand and orders 85 86.

Academy Sparring Matches

Tournament and Farewell

• Accompanies Dugu Yan during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and spends time with Jiang Lan between matches 103 106.
• Joins the celebration after Skywater Academy’s championship victory, affectionately touching Jiang Lan’s forehead through her veil 136.
• Attends Jiang Lan’s farewell gathering when he announces plans to travel the continent and visit Sea God Island 142.

Notable Quotes

“I'm not an auntie. My name is Ye Lingling. You can call me Sister Lingling.” 42

“I'm on the side of reason.” 132

Trivia

• Jiang Lan describes her pill-induced increase from level 35 to level 41 as “five levels,” although the stated levels differ by six 66.
• Tang San identifies similarities between her palm art and the Falling Blossoms Sword Technique he knew from ancient texts in his previous life; this recognition drives his suspicion about her master 77.