Ruo Lin

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ruo Lin (若琳)
Alias(es)	Instructor Ruo Lin
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Jia Nan Academy
Occupation/Role	Academy instructor and recruitment examiner
First Appearance	Chapter 37

Background

Ruo Lin serves as an instructor for Jia Nan Academy and participates in its recruitment work in Wu Tan City. She oversees the potential assessment of prospective students using a testing crystal ball, assigning rankings from E-Rank through SSS-Level based on cultivation and potential 37.

She has developed a sister-like relationship with Xiao Yu over the latter’s time at the academy. Xiao Yu confides personal concerns in her, and Ruo Lin knows many of her secrets 37.

During the Wu Tan City recruitment, Ruo Lin is stunned by the Xiao Household candidates: Xiao Yan’s Seven-Star Dou Zhe cultivation and SSS-Level Potential, Xiao Xun’er’s Nine-Star Da Dou Shi realm, and Xiao Dongchen’s status as a teenage Dou Ling 37 38 39. Recognizing that Xun’er’s strength exceeds what she can properly handle as an instructor, Ruo Lin decides to report her directly to the Inner Academy 38.

Appearance

Ruo Lin is an elegant woman who appears to be in her thirties, with a graceful, dignified presence likened to a figure from a misty ink painting 37.

• Wears green robes.
• Keeps her hair in a high bun secured with a jade hairpin.
• Wears bamboo-leaf earrings.
• Has long, narrow eyes and a gentle, refined bearing.
• Carries the jade-green Blue Sea Tide-Rising Flute in battle 37 39.

Personality

Ruo Lin is warm, approachable, and patient with students. She responds playfully to Xue Ni’s clinginess and Xiao Yu’s teasing, while still maintaining the authority expected of an instructor 37.

She is also perceptive and competitive. Ruo Lin immediately notices that she cannot see through Xiao Dongchen and Huaizhu, and she recognizes the exceptional implications of their hidden strength 37. When Xiao Dongchen requests leave from the academy, she uses Elder Long’s test to challenge his resolve rather than simply granting the request 39.

Although composed under ordinary circumstances, Ruo Lin is visibly overwhelmed when candidates far younger than herself reveal cultivation beyond her own realm 38. She remains considerate even after conflict, mediating between the injured Long Aotian and Xiao Dongchen and persuading Long to accept treatment 44.

Abilities & Skills

Da Dou Shi Cultivation

Ruo Lin is a Da Dou Shi-class cultivator and an experienced water-attributed combatant. Despite her technique mastery, Xiao Dongchen defeats her during their recruitment-site spar 40 41.

• Uses water-attributed Dou Qi.
• Fights through flute-assisted techniques and ranged attacks.
• Escalates from low-level to high-level Xuan Rank techniques when facing a powerful opponent 40.

Water-Attribute Dou Techniques

• Water Wave: Water Dragon Bullet — Low Xuan Rank technique that forms and launches a large water dragon 40.
• Extreme Break: Ten-Direction Water Arrows — Mid Xuan Rank technique that creates more than one hundred water arrows for a concentrated barrage 40.
• Reverse: Water Dragon Tornado — High Xuan Rank technique that forms a massive, destructive water tornado capable of tearing apart the arena floor 40.
• Water Mirror Barrier — Defensive technique that creates a large oval water mirror barrier; it is destroyed by Xiao Dongchen’s Tyrannical Divine Fist 41.

Blue Sea Tide-Rising Flute

Ruo Lin’s mid-grade Xuan Rank Dou Weapon is a jade-green bamboo flute with a white-jade tassel, a green magic core, and etched Dou Qi inscriptions 39.

• Channels and supports her water-attributed techniques.
• Used to perform the Water Dragon Bullet, Ten-Direction Water Arrows, and Water Dragon Tornado 40.

Relationships

• Xiao Yu — Student and close, sister-like confidante. Ruo Lin knows Xiao Yu’s private concerns and playfully threatens to expose her secrets 37.
• Xue Ni — Student with whom she has an affectionate, relaxed teacher-student rapport; Xue Ni openly clings to and praises her 37.
• Xiao Yan — Recruitment candidate whose Seven-Star Dou Zhe cultivation and SSS-Level Potential leave Ruo Lin astonished. She believes an academy elder may seek him as a personal disciple 37 38.
• Xiao Xun’er — Recruitment candidate whose Nine-Star Da Dou Shi realm compels Ruo Lin to refer her case to the Inner Academy 38.
• Xiao Dongchen — Recruitment candidate, sparring opponent, and source of mutual teasing. Ruo Lin tests him personally, approves his leave after he defeats Elder Long, and is reluctant when he later departs 39 41 43 45.
• Long Aotian — Fellow Jia Nan Academy elder. Ruo Lin cares for him after his defeat, brings him Xiao Dongchen’s medicine, and helps him accept the treatment 42 44.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Jia Nan Academy Recruitment

Ruo Lin evaluates recruits in Wu Tan City and explains Jia Nan Academy’s potential-ranking system. She confirms Xiao Yan’s SSS-Level Potential before witnessing Xun’er’s unprecedented Nine-Star Da Dou Shi cultivation 37 38.

After recognizing Xiao Dongchen and learning of his accomplishments—including defeating Ge Ye and challenging Yun Shan—she confirms that he has reached the Dou Ling realm. When he insists on taking leave, she arranges a condition involving Elder Long’s test and then challenges him herself 39.

Sparring with Xiao Dongchen

Ruo Lin attacks Xiao Dongchen with three successive water techniques, but his Golden Light Mantra withstands both the Water Dragon Bullet and Ten-Direction Water Arrows. He then enters the Water Dragon Tornado and tears it apart with his bare hands 40.

Her Water Mirror Barrier is subsequently shattered by Xiao Dongchen’s flame-enhanced Tyrannical Divine Fist. He stops his attack before harming her, instead pinching her cheek and claiming victory 41.

Elder Long’s Defeat and Stay at the Xiao Household

Ruo Lin summons Long Aotian after Xiao Dongchen demands an immediate one-move challenge. She witnesses Xiao Dongchen fuse two Heavenly Flames into a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus, which defeats the Middle-tier Dou Wang in a single attack 41 42.

She confirms Xiao Dongchen has passed the test and approves his leave. Ruo Lin later accepts Xiao Yu’s invitation for the academy party to stay at the Xiao Household, where she tends to Long Aotian and delivers the sixth-grade Clear Heart Fire-Dispelling Pill supplied by Xiao Dongchen 43 44.

Xiao Dongchen’s Departure

Before leaving Wu Tan City, Xiao Dongchen asks Ruo Lin to relay his farewell to Xiao Yu and Xun’er. She agrees despite her disappointment, then watches him depart from the Xiao Household 45.