Ye Fanxing

Biodata

Background / History

Ye Fanxing is already renowned as a medicine-making prodigy when Duan Qingya visits the Nine Heart Begonia family. Despite her reputation, she has not persuaded clan head Ye Han to accept her as a disciple; he has avoided taking new disciples for more than a decade 16.

Her teacher and backer is Ye Hongtao, Ye Han’s uncle and a level-eighty-nine control-type Soul Douluo. Hongtao advocates shifting the clan’s focus from healing toward offense in response to Spirit Hall’s growing threat. Ye Han considers such a transformation a decades-long undertaking, placing Fanxing’s patron on the opposing side of a dispute over the clan’s future 17.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Disciple Assessment Rivalry

Fanxing appears at the Nine Heart Pharmacy and asks to compete against Ye Han’s newly accepted disciple, Duan Qingya. She explains that her teacher allowed her a break from cultivation. Ye Han approves her participation and orders a second set of assessment materials 17.

After rereading the formula and recognizing her mistake, Fanxing concedes defeat. She gives Duan Redblood Ginseng as compensation for offending him, promises to win their next contest, and leaves with her followers 18.

Personality

Fanxing is outgoing and confident in her appearance. She approaches Duan closely to introduce herself, but responds to his request for distance by smiling and returning to her station rather than becoming angry 17.

Her competitiveness makes perceived condescension particularly irritating: Duan’s deliberately incomplete answer sheet and remarks about rewards provoke her anger. Pressure also leads her to rush the second round’s instructions. Nevertheless, she regains focus after witnessing his unusual tool control and accepts defeat once her error is established 18.

Abilities & Skills

Medicinal Ingredient Identification

• Can identify and recall numerous ingredients while blindfolded, scoring 87 out of 100 in a timed test 18.
• Recognizes that purported silkworm dung is suspicious and uses taste to identify it as white lilac, a medicinal ingredient made from sparrow droppings 17.

Medicine Preparation

• Prepares both a wound-healing medicine and an antidote in half an incense stick’s burning time 18.
• Her assessment demonstrates strong speed but imperfect accuracy under pressure: missing a specific herb-processing instruction costs her the round 18.

Equipment / Items

• Storage Soul Tool — Holds the jade box she retrieves after conceding the contest 18.
• Redblood Ginseng — Given to Duan as compensation. He subsequently uses it to prepare Blood and Qi Fortifying Potion for Azure Chi 18 19.
• Handkerchief — Used to spit out the white lilac after tasting it 17.

Relationships

• Ye Hongtao — Teacher and political backer; permits her to take a break from cultivation 17.
• Ye Han — Clan head who has not accepted her as his disciple, despite her medicinal reputation; allows her to enter Duan’s assessment 16 17.
• Duan Qingya — Medicinal rival. She loses both documented rounds, compensates him, and vows to win next time 17 18.
• Ye Lingling — Previously rebuffed one of Fanxing’s approaches, which Fanxing recalls when Duan asks her to keep her distance 17.

Notable Quotes

“But don't get smug, Duan Qingya. I'll definitely win next time!” 18