Shen Lingxue

Biodata

Background / History

Hundred Willows Academy Investigation

Wang Dehai assigns Shen Lingxue and Li Wenhao to investigate Fang Xiu, Zhao Hao, and the Ghost Domain at the Hundred Willows Academy sales office. After intercepting the survivors’ telephone conversation, they conclude that both men awakened as Spirit Tamers inside the domain. Shen Lingxue considers recruiting Fang Xiu but rejects Zhao Hao because of his sexually oriented ability, ordering close surveillance instead 30 31.

During their first visit to Fang Xiu’s home, neither investigator can see the Ghost he calls his wife. When Fang Xiu acknowledges her presence and she manifests, Shen Lingxue attacks with two fireballs. They inflict no damage; she attempts to flee, but the Ghost decapitates both investigators. Fang Xiu’s subsequent death triggers a rollback that erases this encounter 32 33 34.

Assessing Fang Xiu

In the next timeline, Fang Xiu presents himself as a user of Future Prediction. Shen Lingxue remains skeptical: knowing Li Wenhao’s hidden love letter does not establish future sight, and revealing her private physical details makes her suspect X-ray vision instead. She proposes the evening lottery as a verifiable test 35 36 37.

She also disputes his report that Green Mountain Psychiatric Hospital contains dozens of Ghosts, interpreting them as ghost servants. Her assessment identifies a Class D Ghost Doctor and a Class C Nightmare and recommends a Class C rating for the domain 38 39.

Before allowing Fang Xiu to meet Wang Dehai, she administers a mental contamination test. His truthful declarations that he will fight Ghosts, refuse to join them, and kill every Ghost in the world make her reconsider her opinion of him. Later, after Bai Qi’s reported death, she recognizes Fang Xiu among the attendees of an emergency meeting and connects his claim of rewriting the past with his earlier remarks during the test 39 40 42 43.

Revised Timeline and Recruitment

When Fang Xiu’s lottery numbers fail, Shen Lingxue confronts him with the results. He kills himself with his Scalpel and returns to an earlier point. On the repeated bureau visit, he accurately predicts staff members’ actions, knows the lounge’s layout, and prepares her coffee with exactly five sugar cubes. He then answers every mental contamination question before she can ask it, leaving her so stunned that she forgets to write the report 44 45 46.

She objects to his demands for Second-Tier benefits and additional payment for using his ability. When Bai Qi is reported badly injured, she initially suspects Fang Xiu’s involvement, but extinguishes her flames after Yang Ming explains that his warning enabled the rescue. Following the successful lottery prediction and Fang Xiu’s recruitment, Wang Dehai assigns her to complete his onboarding and show him the ropes, despite her reluctance 47 48 49.

Appearance

Shen Lingxue has delicate features, a small face, and a tall, slender figure, accompanied by a cool, haughty bearing 31.

• Clothing: Black uniform skirt suit, finely woven black stockings, and high heels with cutout detailing 31.
• Grooming: Freshly manicured nails 39.
• Measurements: Fang Xiu states them as 85, 63, 80; she remarks on his unusual accuracy 37.
• Tattoo: A private pink tattoo whose design and location are not fully disclosed 37 48.

Personality

Shen Lingxue is aloof, domineering, and impatient when others challenge her authority. She interrupts Fang Xiu’s questions, threatens consequences for false testimony, and reacts angrily when he exposes her private preferences. Fang Xiu regards her as stubborn and overly suspicious, though he notes that she shows no murderous or vicious tendencies 32 33 37.

Her skepticism combines demands for evidence with confidence in her own experience. She correctly distinguishes knowledge of an existing letter from proof of future sight, but dismisses Fang Xiu’s account of dozens of Ghosts because it contradicts known Ghost Domain behavior 36 38 39.

She is protective of Wang Dehai, insisting on screening Fang Xiu before their meeting and shielding the director when Fang Xiu draws his Scalpel. Her pride nevertheless makes it difficult to openly warm to Fang Xiu after his apparently exemplary test results 39 40 45.

Abilities & Skills

Flame Control

Shen Lingxue can generate and control intense flames; the ability is already known in Spirit Tamer circles 33 37.

• Creates a fireball in each palm and throws them at a target 33.
• Produces enough heat to ignite nearby curtains and furniture without direct contact 33.
• Manifests flames as a warning or in preparation for an attack 37 47.
• Cannot harm Fang Xiu’s wife with her demonstrated fireball attack; the Ghost extinguishes both flames and remains uninjured 34.

Supernatural Investigation

As a veteran of multiple Ghost incidents, she evaluates survivors, assesses threats, and screens prospective bureau recruits 31 38 39.

• Proposes Ghost codenames and threat classifications from survivor testimony 39.
• Administers mental contamination tests using a Spirituality Lie Detector 39 46.
• Distinguishes Ghosts from controlled ghost servants, although her application of that distinction leads her to reject Fang Xiu’s hospital report 38.

Equipment / Items

• Investigation Bureau credentials — Presented when entering Fang Xiu’s home on official business 32.
• Spirituality Lie Detector — Bureau testing equipment she uses to detect contradictions between a subject’s words and thoughts through Spirituality fluctuations 39 40.
• Mental contamination questionnaire — Used to assess a newly awakened Spirit Tamer’s intentions and suitability to remain at liberty 39 46.

Relationships

• Li Wenhao — Investigative partner and ordinary-human supervisor. Although assigned to oversee her mental stability, he generally defers to her. He secretly loves her, but she explicitly rejects the possibility of a romance 31 36.
• Wang Dehai — Bureau director and superior. He trusts her field experience; she takes additional precautions to protect him, sometimes delaying his instructions 38 39 45.
• Fang Xiu — Recruitment subject and eventual colleague. Their dealings are marked by mutual irritation, her suspicion of his claimed ability, and her discomfort at his knowledge of her private life. She becomes his assigned onboarding guide 36 37 48 49.
• Zhao Hao — Investigation subject whom she initially refuses to recruit. She treats his sexual-enhancement ability as evidence of a filthy mind and a potential public risk 31.

Trivia

• She has a strong private preference for pink, including exclusively pink underwear 37.
• She takes her coffee with exactly five sugar cubes 45.
• She says she has received many love letters over the years 36.