Jia Lie Ao

Biodata

Appearance

• Features: A handsome young man whose expression is marked by arrogance 4.
• Clothing: Luxurious brocade robes. His clothes are scorched by lightning and fire during his defeat 4 6.

Personality

Jia Lie Ao treats rejection as an affront to his status. He is particularly attracted to aloof women because winning them over gives him a sense of accomplishment. When Xiao Xun’er refuses his dinner invitation, he invokes the need to save face before his subordinates and resorts to intimidation 4.

His pride makes him reckless in combat. After Xiao Yuan strikes him in public, he ignores an attendant’s warning about the boy’s identity and attacks with lethal intent. Defeat does not soften his resentment: he threatens retaliation through the Jia Lie Family and pays compensation only when injured and unable to resist 5 7.

Abilities & Skills

Wind-Attribute Dou Qi

• Releases Dou Zhe-level pressure to intimidate Xiao Xun’er 4.
• Channels green or blue-green wind Dou Qi into his palm attacks 5 6.
• Loses control of his Dou Qi when Xiao Yuan’s lightning tears through it and fire scorches his meridians 6.

Raging Wind Palm

A low-grade Xuan-tier Dou Technique identified as a signature technique of the Jia Lie Family 5.

• Condenses wind Dou Qi into a sharp palm projection accompanied by fierce gusts 5.
• Nearly shatters Xiao Yuan’s pale-gold Dou Qi barrier, demonstrating its advantage over a defense formed from basic Dou Qi alone 6.
• Can be reinforced with additional Dou Qi; Jia Lie Ao pours his remaining reserves into it to overwhelm Xiao Yuan 6.

Equipment / Items

• Storage Ring: Worn on his left index finger and surrendered to cover damage to the marketplace. Xiao Yuan gives it to Steward Wu for vendor compensation; money from the ring also funds Xiao Yuan’s purchase of three first-tier magic cores for 1,500 gold coins 7 8 10.

History

Marketplace Confrontation

Jia Lie Ao enters a medicine shop in a Xiao Clan-controlled market with two attendants. Ignoring Xiao Yuan, he invites Xiao Xun’er to dinner at the Drunken Pavilion. When she refuses, he releases cultivation pressure while his attendants block most of the entrance. Spectators hesitate to intervene because they fear his family’s influence and Dou Zhe strength 4.

Xiao Yuan steps between them, prompting Jia Lie Ao to mock him as a child. Xiao Yuan immediately strikes his abdomen, driving him back four or five steps. Humiliated, Jia Lie Ao retaliates with Raging Wind Palm and discovers that his opponent is also a Dou Zhe 5 6.

Defeat and Compensation

When Xiao Yuan deliberately drops his defensive barrier, Jia Lie Ao attacks his chest. His wind Dou Qi collides with Xiao Yuan’s fire and lightning, producing a three-colored explosion. Jia Lie Ao is thrown more than ten meters away, vomits blood, suffers damaged arm meridians, and cannot rise 6.

Supported by his attendants, he threatens that the Jia Lie Family will remember the humiliation. Xiao Yuan prevents his departure and demands payment for the damaged shops and stalls. With the merchants backing the demand, Jia Lie Ao throws down his Storage Ring and leaves with his attendants 7 8.

Relationships

• Xiao Xun’er — Target of his unwanted advances; she explicitly rejects his invitation and distances herself from him 4.
• Xiao Yuan — Opponent who intervenes against his harassment, defeats him, and forces him to compensate the merchants 5 6 7.
• Unnamed attendants — Two subordinates who support his intimidation, attempt to warn him about Xiao Yuan, and carry him away after his defeat 4 5 7 8.