Bai Lixi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Bai Lixi (百里熙)
Alias(es)	A-Xi / Ah Xi; Master Baili; Mr. Bai; Uncle Lixi / Uncle Xi 30 46 56 59 128
Gender	Male 44 45
Origin	Southern Border 44 60
Affiliation	Golden Silkworm Tribe; connected to Great Qian’s imperial family through Xiao Lie 46 56 60
Occupation/Role	Holy Son of the Southern Border, also called the Southern Border Saint; gu practitioner and physician 44 60 98
Spouse	Xiao Lie, the Carefree Prince 30 56
Status	Alive at his latest documented appearance 173
First Appearance	Chapter 30 30

Background / History

Relationship with Xiao Lie

Bai Lixi and Xiao Lie first became acquainted through rivalry, an argument, and a promised duel. Mutual assistance turned them into friends. A Passion Gu incident affected both men and led to intimacy; afterward, Xiao Lie offered to take responsibility, but Bai Lixi refused to marry without love. Xiao Lie stayed to care for him, and their attraction gradually developed into genuine affection. By their return to the Capital, they had been together for more than two years 44 45.

Xiao Lie met Bai Lixi’s clan elders and received his family’s approval. Their future plans included choosing a child from the tribe to become Bai Lixi’s disciple and their adopted heir 30 89.

Golden Silkworm Gu and Journey to the Capital

While living with Xiao Lie in a bamboo house, Bai Lixi successfully cultivated a twin pair of Golden Silkworm Gu. Each man implanted one through a cut on his wrist, creating a bond that allowed them to sense the other’s injuries and approximate location 30.

Bai Lixi wanted to meet Xiao Lie’s family but feared rejection. Xiao Lie promised to take him away if anyone mistreated him; Bai Lixi responded that he could support Xiao Lie in the Southern Border if necessary. They immediately packed and departed for the Capital 30.

After more than a month of travel, Bai Lixi nearly lost his nerve at the city gates. The imperial family’s welcome dispelled his fears: Princess Kangning took his hand without hesitation, and the family’s teasing soon made him laugh. The Empress Dowager already knew of him through Xiao Lie’s letters and valued her son’s happiness over convention 44 45 46 47.

Appearance

• Exceptional beauty: Xiao Lie describes him as extraordinarily beautiful, and Princess Kangning warmly praises his looks when they meet 45 46.
• Fair complexion: His face visibly reddens when Xiao Lie teases him about his bandaging 30.
• Southern Border clothing: His attire is distinctive enough for Shen Shixu to recognize his likely origin 60.
• Silver ornaments: He wears numerous ornaments on his head that jingle even with small movements 30.
• Coordinated outfits: He and Xiao Lie attend the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet in clothes of matching style and color 94.

Personality

Bai Lixi is generally stern and not readily approachable. Others commonly avoid physical contact with him because of his gu arts, making Princess Kangning’s unhesitating welcome especially surprising. He is much warmer toward Shen Shixu, whom he likes for his unusual qualities and kindness, as well as out of consideration for Xiao Jinyi 46 60.

With Xiao Lie, he is affectionate, teasing, and easily flustered. He defensively insists that he likes his awkwardly tied bandages, yet keeps glancing back to gauge Xiao Lie’s response. He also checks his husband’s behavior, restraining him from charging at the Li cousins and later scolding him for an insensitive joke 30 59 173.

His concern for others takes practical forms: supplying medicine, recognizing a vulnerable boy’s potential, and arranging his rescue from a pleasure house. Although furious after being ambushed, he immediately turns his attention to Xiao Lie’s poisoning upon waking 59 128 132 134.

• Sweet tooth: He is particularly tempted by the pastries served during the spring outing 57.
• Enjoys gossip: After worrying that Shen Shixu’s system might expose his private affairs, he consoles himself that the officials’ secrets will eventually surface too—and that fresh gossip is more entertaining 98.

Abilities & Skills

Gu Arts

Bai Lixi belongs to the Golden Silkworm Tribe, the foremost tribe of the Southern Border, and personally cultivates gu insects 30 60.

Gu	Documented properties and limits
Twin Golden Silkworm Gu	Links two hosts so they can sense one another’s injuries and approximate location. Bai Lixi cultivates the pair and shares it with Xiao Lie 30.
Golden Silkworm Gu	Can subdue some other gu insects, but not all. Bai Lixi explicitly rejects storybook claims that it prolongs life 60.
Beauty-Nourishing Gu	Enhances complexion and slows aging. Dislikes heat and feeds on fresh flower petals and morning dew 60.

• Gives Shen Shixu a personally cultivated Beauty-Nourishing Gu and detailed care instructions 60.
• Tells Shen to return once the insect matures in another month so he can teach him how to use it 60.
• His gu expertise does not make him immune to coordinated ambushes, knockout powder, or hidden weapons 128.

Medicine and Poison Treatment

Bai Lixi is recognized as a physician and uses pulse examination to assess both illness and physical aptitude 98 128 132.

• Condensed Jade Pill: Carries a bluish-green pill capable of neutralizing most poisons. He administers it to Xiao Lie after a Jade Dew Pill has only partially relieved the poisoning 128.
• Health-restoring pills: Makes nourishing pills himself and presents them to the Empress Dowager for her birthday 96.
• Counteracting drugs: Supplies Xiao Jiayi with medicine that helps her recover from the Li family’s drugging scheme 59.
• Diagnosis: Identifies Gesar Drolma’s bleeding as evidence that she is pregnant and close to miscarrying, exposing Western Di’s deceptive marriage proposal 96.
• Assessing potential: Checks Liu Xu’s pulse and recognizes a strong physical foundation suitable for martial-arts training 132.

Martial Arts

Bai Lixi is a skilled martial artist; none of the cultists who ambush him could defeat him individually 128.

• Is overwhelmed when attackers use a child to lower his guard, then swarm him with knockout powder and hidden weapons 128.
• Participates in the disguised investigation at Elegant Grace House while recovering from his injuries 130 132.
• Survives an underground treasure site’s traps alongside Xiao Lie and escapes confinement through a hidden passage 172.

Hearing Shen Shixu’s Thoughts

Bai Lixi can hear Shen Shixu’s inner thoughts, including information supplied by system 011 56 98.

• Learns of the danger to Xiao Jiayi while listening outside Xiao Jinyi’s room 56.
• Joins the others in secretly watching 011’s livestream of Liu Ying’s past 135.
• Recognizes a later screen as 011’s work and discreetly explains it to Xiao Lie by tracing “011” on the back of his hand 139.

Relationships

• Xiao Lie — Husband and partner in travel and martial-world affairs. Their twin gu connect them physically; Xiao Lie regularly expresses affection by tending Bai Lixi’s wounds, peeling shrimp, and removing fish bones for him 30 60 128 129.
• Shen Shixu — Friend and younger family member. Bai Lixi shares gu knowledge with him, gives him a Beauty-Nourishing Gu, and cooperates in the Pingcheng investigation 60 131 134.
• Xiao Jinyi — Nephew through Xiao Lie. Addresses him as “Uncle Lixi,” confides his love for Shen Shixu, and entrusts him with keeping the relationship secret 56.
• Xiao Jiayi / Princess Huimin — Helps protect her from the Li family’s scheme and supplies medicine against the drug used on her. She thanks him and promises to repay his kindness 59 61.
• Princess Kangning — Sister-in-law who immediately welcomes him, takes his hand, and affectionately calls him Ah Xi 46.
• Empress Dowager — Accepts his relationship with Xiao Lie after learning about him through her son’s letters 45.
• Liu Xu — Recognizes his martial potential and asks Shen Shixu to buy his freedom. Plans to summon a friend who is seeking a disciple; Liu Xu is not identified as Bai Lixi’s own adopted heir 132 134.
• Liu Ying — Investigative target whom Bai Lixi confirms as the Longevity Pavilion’s Left Protector. He also questions Liu Ying about the personal losses behind his guarded outlook 134.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Bai Lixi’s involvement
Princess Huimin’s spring outing	Helps turn the Li family’s scheme against them, provides counteracting medicine, restrains Xiao Lie until evidence is secured, and accompanies Jiayi to report the crime 56 59 61.
Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet	Presents handmade health-restoring pills and exposes Gesar Drolma’s pregnancy after Western Di proposes marrying her to Xiao Jinyi 96.
Longevity Pavilion pursuit	Answers a call to help the Martial Alliance, is injured in an ambush by surviving cultists, and treats Xiao Lie’s poison after their rescue 127 128.
Pingcheng investigation	Recuperates with Shen Shixu’s party, warns about possible aphrodisiacs in Elegant Grace House, investigates undercover, helps free Liu Xu, and confirms Liu Ying’s identity 130 131 132 134.
Wedding treasure hunt	Is trapped with Xiao Lie by a trusted friend who secretly resents Xiao Lie’s success. They escape through a hidden passage, pursue the betrayer, and return with luminous and Eastern pearls as wedding gifts, having missed Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi’s feast 171 172.

Notable Quotes

“A-Lie, this pair of gu was practically born for us.” 30

“The Southern Border is so vast. Surely I can afford to support you?” 30

“Storybooks exaggerate things. The Golden Silkworm Gu is powerful, but not as powerful as they make it out to be.” 60