Lin Xin

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Aimei City Auction

Lin Xin first meets Long Haochen at the Aimei City Auction House while buying a Jade-Green Twin-Blade Demon corpse for medicine-making. Jiang Feng subsequently sells him another Jade-Green Twin-Blade Demon corpse and a Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon corpse for 12,000 gold coins. Lin Xin invites both parties and their companions into his private auction box 12.

At the auction, one of his Jade Body Protection Pills sells for 1,800 gold coins, a price he considers disappointing. He then offers pills to Long Haochen and Jiang Feng in exchange for confirming whether they personally killed the creatures they sold him. Long Haochen receives Jade Body Protection Pills, while Jiang Feng requests Spirit Gathering Pills instead 13.

Teammate Recruitment

Lin Xin uses these exchanges to assess promising tournament contestants. He initially asks Jiang Feng to select him as a teammate if Jiang Feng finishes in the top three, but Jiang Feng refuses because he intends to choose Jiang Xinran. Lin Xin then reaches an agreement with Long Haochen, providing three bottles of pills as an advance investment 14.

Despite winning the Magic Temple preliminary round, Lin Xin continues seeking a guaranteed teammate selection because he believes luck matters in the finals. His later offer to Yang Wenzhao is also declined, though he responds amicably and proposes that they support one another as future demon hunters 29 30.

Appearance

• Hair: Dark green 12.
• Face: Handsome, with delicate features 29.
• Build and presentation: A youthful appearance; he deliberately adopts a pose he considers handsome when trying to persuade Sima Xian to surrender 33.

Personality

Lin Xin is outgoing, image-conscious, and quick to establish friendly familiarity. On meeting Jiang Feng, he complains that he has encountered two men more handsome than himself in one day. His warmth also serves his business interests: he readily trades pills for information, recruitment promises, and favors 12 13 14 35.

He is proud of his defensive talent but realistic about unfavorable fights. He initially tries to forfeit against Jiang Feng, then commits fully after being challenged to prove that his defense is not inferior to Wang Ming’s. Beneath his joking manner, his inability to learn offensive magic causes profound sorrow; the underlying reason is not disclosed 40 42.

Lin Xin takes defeat personally, particularly his loss to the lower-ranked Sima Xian, and pays Jiang Feng to obtain revenge. Nevertheless, he recognizes genuine help: when Jiang Feng deliberately showcases his defensive abilities, Lin Xin is deeply moved and thanks him as a true brother 35 43 44.

Abilities & Skills

Fire Magic and Elemental Control

• Defensive specialization: Lin Xin knows defensive fire magic but no offensive spells. The narration describes him as refusing to learn explosive attack magic, while Lin Xin himself says he cannot learn it 30 40.
• Exceptional control: Wang Ming judges his control over the Fire Element superior to that of most professionals at his tier 40.
• Team-defense potential: His perception, rapid casting, and spiritual-power reserves allow him to cover a team’s basic defensive needs 42.
• Offensive limitation: Without attack magic, he struggles to secure victories even against weaker opponents 33 43.

Elemental Fire Shield

• Creates large flame barriers; one shield used against Sima Xian measures approximately ten feet tall and five feet wide 33.
• Can cast a shield in almost one second and place barriers in different directions to intercept attacks 42.
• Produces shields larger than those of ordinary fire mages 42.
• Can stack numerous layers, reaching eighteen shields against Wang Ming 39.
• His shields can be overwhelmed: Wang Ming’s Mingwang Cannon destroys all eighteen layers, while Feng Li’s Hell Three-Headed Dog breaks a shield with one swipe 39 40 45.

Repulsion Flame Ring

• Releases a ring of fire intended to drive opponents away 33.
• Uses it to slow Jiang Feng and gain time to construct additional shields 42.
• Both Sima Xian and Jiang Feng break through it during their respective matches 33 42.

Insight Technique

• Determines the ages and cultivation levels of people weaker than Lin Xin 14.
• Supports his recruitment strategy by helping him evaluate prospective teammates 14.

Alchemy

Lin Xin is a rare Potion Master whose products support protection, cultivation, and sustained combat 13 42.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Fire Cloud Crystal Staff — releases dense fire-element energy and serves as his casting implement for shields and Repulsion Flame Ring 33 39 42.
• Crystal and jade pill bottles — used to store and distribute his medicines, including Jade Body Protection Pills and Spirit Gathering Pills 12 13.
• High-tier demon corpses — purchases these as medicine-making materials 12.

Relationships

• Jiang Feng — customer, friend, and tournament opponent. Rejects Lin Xin’s recruitment offer but helps demonstrate his defensive value and defeats Sima Xian in exchange for pills 12 14 35 43 44.
• Long Haochen — prospective teammate. Accepts Lin Xin’s pill-backed agreement concerning selection by a top-three finisher 13 14.
• Jiang Xinran — Jiang Feng’s companion and a fellow mage. Receives Lin Xin’s Spirit Gathering Pills through Jiang Feng, benefiting her cultivation 14 17 38.
• Yang Wenzhao — recruitment prospect who politely declines because he already has someone in mind; Lin Xin remains friendly afterward 30.
• Sima Xian — contentious tournament rival. Their match involves repeated insults, and Lin Xin later provokes him into fighting Jiang Feng 33 35 43.
• Wang Ming — fellow defensive specialist and opponent. Defeats Lin Xin but praises his elemental control and discreetly avoids questioning his hidden sorrow 39 40.
• Feng Li — tournament opponent whose contracted Hell Three-Headed Dog overwhelms his defenses. His earlier attempt to chat with her is ignored 45.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament

Lin Xin enters the finals as the Magic Temple’s preliminary champion and is assigned to Group One, alongside Jiang Feng and several other Fifth Order contestants 30 31.

• Record discrepancy: The reported final tally lists three losses, although earlier chapters describe defeats against Sima Xian, Wang Ming, Jiang Feng, and Feng Li 35 40 43 45 46.
• Change in reputation: His prolonged match against Jiang Feng leads contestants and senior officials to reconsider him as a valuable squad defender rather than simply a mage lacking offensive firepower 42 43.

Notable Quotes

“All I ask is that you choose me as your teammate if you place in the top three.” 30

“If I can't learn offensive magic, then I can't learn it. Maybe I'll spend my whole life as a Mage who can't attack.” 40

Trivia

• Jiang Feng’s recollections of the original timeline identify Lin Xin as a member of Long Haochen’s Demon Hunt Squad, whose pills contributed significantly to victories over stronger enemies. This is distinct from his still-unresolved squad placement in the supplied tournament chapters 13 43.