Lu Jin

Biodata

Background / History

Lu Jin studied under Zuo Ruotong of the Three-One Sect. He remembers the sect’s former flourishing with deep attachment and carries its detailed oral teachings of Threefold Reversal. According to him, only the founding patriarch and Zuo Ruotong had reached the art’s third stage before Wang Zhuo’s breakthrough; even Zuo Ruotong could not overcome its final barrier 38 39.

A close friend passed the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art to Lu Jin. While explaining the Thirty-Six Thieves to Zhang Chulan, he names Zheng Zibu and an elder of Feng Zhenghao among their members. Lu Jin explicitly states that he was not involved in the events behind Zhang Huaiyi’s persecution and does not know all their details 26 27.

By the Luotian Grand Ceremony, Lu Jin is one of the Ten Elders and works with the company and the Celestial Master Mansion against Quanxing 22 25.

Appearance

• An elderly man with aged, withered hands and an expressive face 39 46.
• Wears suit trousers during his cultivation lesson with Wang Zhuo 39.
• When activating Threefold Reversal, his body emits white light and his hair moves without wind 38.

Personality

Lu Jin is outspoken, quick-tempered, and fiercely protective of his great-granddaughter, Lu Linglong. Wang Zhuo’s flirting repeatedly provokes furious objections, especially when he proposes marriage. Nevertheless, Lu Jin can distinguish irritation from genuine judgment: after Wang Zhuo defeats Wang Bing, he recognizes the precise control behind the seemingly brutal display and revises his initial impression of him 17 21 22 23.

His generosity is bounded by conscience rather than convenience. He promises Zhang Chulan a favor regardless of difficulty, provided it does not violate heaven or his conscience, and later willingly shares valuable arts with Wang Zhuo. Wang Zhuo’s openness about teaching his own discoveries also makes Lu Jin question his own supposedly unblemished life and the older generation’s deadly struggles over extraordinary techniques 23 25 38.

Beneath his bluster, Lu Jin is sentimental. He cries at the elders’ reunion with Zhang Chulan and loses his composure completely when Wang Zhuo reaches Threefold Reversal’s third stage. His delight centers on the prospect that his master’s path will have successors 28 46.

Abilities & Skills

Heaven Communicating Talisman Art

Lu Jin draws talismans directly in midair and demonstrates the Five Ghost Technique 26.

• Releases five humanoid clouds of black mist to frighten the young people eavesdropping outside 26.
• Wang Zhuo reproduces the technique after watching it once, leaving Lu Jin astonished but privately delighted by his potential 26 27.
• Lu Jin later gives Wang Zhuo the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art as a gift 38.

Threefold Reversal

The Three-One Sect’s inheritance refines the acquired body back toward innate qi. Lu Jin can activate the art and teach its cultivation principles, but his own attained stage is not specified in the provided chapters 38 39.

• Lu Jin preserves oral explanations more detailed than the written texts 39.
• He repeatedly emphasizes patience and warns that a mistake can be irreversible 39 40.
• His teaching gives Wang Zhuo the foundation for his later cultivation experiments 40 49 50.

Martial Judgment

• Recognizes Wang Zhuo’s ordinary martial arts as grandmaster-level and identifies his exceptionally precise control during the beating of Wang Bing 17.
• Tests Wang Zhuo’s temperament with a sudden claw strike toward the throat, using physical strength without true qi or killing intent 18.
• Notices that his hand cannot advance through Wang Zhuo’s defensive ability even at close range 18.

Relationships

• Lu Linglong — His great-granddaughter, whom he openly treasures. Her defense of Wang Zhuo repeatedly leaves him frustrated and emotionally wounded 18 22 23.
• Wang Zhuo / Liu Guanyi — Initially a promising youngster whose flirting infuriates him; later his formally acknowledged grandson and student. Lu Jin comes to see him as a possible future for the Three-One Sect 18 23 37 40.
• Zuo Ruotong — His revered master. Wang Zhuo’s third-stage transformation reminds Lu Jin of him and prompts tearful declarations that their path has successors 39 46.
• Zhang Zhiwei — A fellow elder and collaborator against Quanxing. Their frequent teasing includes Lu Jin’s attempts to boast about Wang Zhuo’s achievements 25 37 46.
• Tian Jinzhong — An elderly companion with whom he exchanges jokes; both formally accept Wang Zhuo as a grandson 28 37.
• Zhang Chulan — Receives Lu Jin’s promise of a conscience-bound favor and his account of the Thirty-Six Thieves 23 26 27.
• Xu Si — Coordinates company support with Lu Jin for the planned ambush of Quanxing on Mount Longhu 25.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Investigating Quanxing

• Watches Wang Zhuo defeat Wang Bing, then specifically requests his presence at a gathering investigating Hu Jie 15 17 18.
• Questions Bai Shixue about her identification of Shen Chong’s qi in Hu Jie, connecting him to Quanxing’s Usurious Loan technique and recent deaths 18.
• Oversees the operation using Wang Zhuo and Lu Linglong as bait, although their exaggerated flirting repeatedly tests his patience 21 24.
• Explains that freezing Hu Jie unexpectedly cleared his mind after the Four Fiends’ influence had driven him toward insanity 24.
• Reveals that both Zhang Chulan and the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art are bait for a larger trap intended to cripple Quanxing 25.

Accepting Wang Zhuo

• Rejects Wang Zhuo’s request for approval to marry Lu Linglong, declaring that he would rather die than accept him as a great-grandson-in-law 23.
• Later accepts Wang Zhuo’s claim of kinship, noting that he has not yet been served tea 29.
• Formally receives Wang Zhuo’s tea and bows alongside Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong. He welcomes him among the Lu family’s grandchildren while warning that serious wrongdoing will earn no leniency 37.

Seeking a Successor to the Three-One Sect

• Agrees to teach Threefold Reversal after Wang Zhuo insists on pursuing it despite its uncertain endpoint 38.
• Witnesses Wang Zhuo reach the first stage during their lesson and becomes hopeful that he can carry the sect’s legacy forward 40.
• Nearly approaches Wang Zhuo during his subsequent enlightenment, but stops when Zhang Zhiwei warns that he could interrupt it 41.
• Recognizes Wang Zhuo’s third-stage transformation during the match against Zhang Lingyu and breaks down crying with joy 46.
• Repeatedly requests further demonstrations, then discovers that Wang Zhuo’s Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden is too dangerous to serve as a broadly teachable inheritance 49 50.
• Is delighted when Wang Zhuo distinguishes that personal technique from separate revisions to Threefold Reversal that should make its third stage easier to comprehend and attain 50.

Notable Quotes

“As long as it doesn't go against heaven or my conscience, come to me and mention this someday. No matter how difficult it is, I'll get it done!” 23

“The more you rush Threefold Reversal, the more easily you go astray.” 39

“There will always be successors! There really will always be successors! Our path will always have successors!!” 46