Lin Chuan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Early life and Bureau recruitment

Lin Chuan was an orphan who entered the Demon-Suppression Bureau after accidentally awakening Spirit Energy. His slow progress left him among its lowest-ranking field operatives, where he endured ridicule and dismissive treatment. He pursued acting as a personal hobby rather than a route to fame; by his first appearance, he had acted in only one drama 52 53 80 88.

Huai Village investigation

The Bureau used its influence to place Lin Chuan on Wang Xiang’s livestream variety show, Life in the Peach Blossom Spring. His assignment was to investigate Huai Village and observe Su Li, whose ability to command ghosts had attracted official suspicion. Having watched Su Li’s earlier supernatural encounters, Lin Chuan considered the assignment far beyond his capabilities 53.

A Level Two Ability User accompanied him disguised as his assistant. While the two monitored the village, Su Li singled Lin Chuan out, asked for his WeChat contact, and made it clear that he understood the Bureau’s interest in him. Lin Chuan visited Su Li with homemade dumplings while carrying a listening device; afterward, his superior encouraged him to cultivate Su Li as a potential ally 55 59.

During the show’s fishing segment, Lin Chuan refused to surrender his shaded seat beside Su Li to Han Xuan’er. His extended public rebuke of her publicity-seeking behavior went viral, earning him the nickname “Trash-Talk Chuan” and increasing his popularity 61 73.

The investigation nearly killed him. In the woods outside Huai Village, Lin Chuan and his assigned assistant were surrounded by glowing ghost heads. Their specialized firearms could not keep pace with the attackers, and Lin Chuan ran out of ammunition. Su Li arrived before they were killed and made the surrounding heads disappear. Lin Chuan subsequently defended his rescuer when Li Xin insulted him 65 66 67.

Acting career and allegiance to Su Li

By the time he auditioned for Chasing Crime, Lin Chuan had transferred to a Bureau desk job because he felt too weak for fieldwork. He passed the audition for a small role with an important early-story function and joined Su Li in the production 73.

On set, he brought Su Li sweets and milk tea after noticing his preferences in old livestreams. When Fan Xiaolei insulted them, Lin Chuan retaliated verbally. Fan Xiaolei’s subsequent claim that the pair had bullied him was discredited by footage and evidence that he had hired online trolls 74.

After Fan Xiaolei locked Tang Wanwan in an empty classroom, Lin Chuan joined the confrontation and kicked him. When Fan Xiaolei later died at Ghost Bridge, the Bureau questioned Lin Chuan about Su Li. Lin Chuan concealed his suspicions, convincingly performed ignorance, and then warned Su Li about the investigation. Even after Su Li admitted responsibility, Lin Chuan asked to follow him, citing his rescue and the respect Su Li had shown him 77 79 80.

Su Li accepted his allegiance, converted him into a Wizard Apprentice, and instructed him to remain at the Bureau to find information about ghosts. Lin Chuan later became his formal student 81 85.

Secret service and Yang Yihang’s death

Lin Chuan visited Su Li in disguise and passed along information about Bureau operations. After he supplied intelligence concerning the Haoya Hotel operation, Lei Shizhong suspected that Su Li had advance knowledge but dismissed Lin Chuan as a possible source. Lin Chuan maintained his cover during Lei’s questioning and later reported the Bureau’s reaction to his teacher 84 87 88.

He also acted as an intermediary when the Bureau sought Su Li’s help with a haunting that had already cost it a squad. During the resulting confrontation, Lin Chuan joined the pleas for Yuan to release Yang Yihang, while privately intending to kill Yang himself 89 90 91.

The following day, Lin Chuan brought Yang a meal in his recovery room. After Yang threatened to ruin Su Li’s reputation, Lin Chuan revealed his allegiance and killed him with the Demon Flame Art. He concealed the attack with a soundproofing talisman, changed his appearance, and left after opening a window to scatter Yang’s ashes. When he later learned that the Bureau was on alert over the death, he hid his amusement 91 92 93.

Su Li and Yuan’s wedding

Lin Chuan officiated Su Li and Yuan’s wedding in Wizard robes. Although seeing his teacher marry brought him a private ache, he was happy for Su Li and believed Yuan would treat him well 103.

Appearance

• Features: Refined and handsome; initially unfamiliar to most viewers because of his limited acting credits 52.
• Witchcraft Mark: A strange black, tattoo-like mark on the back of his neck, placed there when Su Li converted his power 81.
• Magical manifestation: During his confrontation with Yang Yihang, black energy threaded with bloodlike red streaks radiated from his body 92.
• Wedding attire: Solid-black Wizard robes decorated with a few silver patterns 103.

Personality

Initially, Lin Chuan is cautious, easily intimidated by powerful ghosts, and painfully aware of his weakness. Nevertheless, he worries about Su Li’s safety in the haunted courtyard and angrily defends him against Li Xin. His gratitude toward Su Li grows from both the rescue and the experience of being treated with respect rather than contempt 53 55 67 80.

His quiet manner conceals pride and a vicious tongue. Because acting is a hobby rather than a pursuit of fame, he is willing to confront other entertainers without worrying about the cameras. His attacks on Han Xuan’er and Fan Xiaolei are blunt, personal, and deliberately humiliating 53 61 74.

After becoming Su Li’s follower, he gains confidence and becomes increasingly cold and merciless in private while retaining a sunny outward personality. He knowingly chooses Su Li despite recognizing that he is not kindhearted. His loyalty eventually extends to killing someone for threatening his teacher 80 84 91 92.

Abilities & Skills

Spiritual intuition and ghost detection

Before becoming a wizard, Lin Chuan possesses unusually accurate intuition but very little Spirit Energy 55 62.

• Can sense that an area contains many ghosts without identifying their locations 55.
• Detects the intensifying ghostly energy in Huai Village’s woods despite his low power 65.
• After becoming a Wizard Apprentice, perceives the ghosts in Su Li’s villa more clearly and learns that Zheng Xing and Tan Qian are ghosts 84.

Witch Power and cultivation

Su Li replaces Lin Chuan’s Spirit Energy with his own distinctive Witch Power and directly imparts cultivation knowledge 81.

• Receives meditation methods and basic witchcraft upon conversion 81.
• Is judged by Su Li to possess potential exceeding that of many genius wizards from the Rod Continent 85.
• Is bound by a Witchcraft Mark; Su Li warns that disobedience will cause death through heart-devouring agony 81.

Demon Flame Art

A killing technique taught by Su Li that produces black flames with an unnatural, penetrating cold 92.

• Inflicts pain on the soul and can reduce its victim to ash while utterly dispersing the soul 92.
• Overcomes Yang Yihang’s attempts to repel it with his Level Four Spirit Energy 92.
• Lin Chuan uses it skillfully against Yang despite this being his first practical use of the technique 92.

Face-Changing Art

Witchcraft that alters Lin Chuan’s physical appearance for concealment 92.

• Changes his face and reduces his height by six centimeters during his escape from Yang Yihang’s recovery room 92.
• Allows him to enter and leave the area under another appearance, with a face mask providing additional concealment 92.

Acting and deception

Lin Chuan applies his professional acting skills to maintain his Bureau cover 80.

• Feigns fear, surprise, and ignorance during questioning about Fan Xiaolei’s death 80.
• Misleads Liang Rui, who concludes that his statements show no signs of lying 80.
• Preserves the Bureau’s outdated impression of him as timid, weak, and principled while secretly serving Su Li 87 88.

Verbal attacks

His rapid, cutting insults become his most recognizable public trait 61.

• Drives Han Xuan’er away in tears during a livestreamed fishing segment 61.
• Leaves Fan Xiaolei speechless when the latter insults him and Su Li 74.

Equipment / Items

• Bureau-issued pistol and specialized bullets — Designed to harm ghosts and issued to low-level operatives. The ghost heads in Huai Village withstand single shots, and Lin Chuan exhausts his ammunition during the attack 65.
• Surveillance and communication equipment — Uses a miniature listening device during his visit to Su Li; his woodland investigation equipment includes a cap-mounted camera and earpiece linked to headquarters 59 65.
• Demon Crystal — A deep-blue crystal containing black energy, refined by Su Li to increase a wizard’s strength 85.
• Soundproofing talisman — Prevents anyone outside Yang Yihang’s recovery room from hearing the fatal attack 92.

Relationships

• Su Li — Rescuer, teacher, and the person to whom Lin Chuan gives his allegiance. His attachment includes feelings he does not pursue; he accepts his place as Su Li’s student and prioritizes his teacher’s happiness 66 80 85 87 103.
• Yuan / Qi Yuan — Su Li’s partner. Yuan notices Lin Chuan’s unusual attachment and becomes jealous, but Lin Chuan ultimately wishes the couple well and officiates their wedding 85 87 103.
• Lei Shizhong — Bureau superior whom Lin Chuan deceives while working for Su Li. Lei continues to regard him as an unlikely traitor 80 87 88.
• Assigned Bureau assistant — A Level Two Ability User sent undercover with him to Huai Village. They investigate together and are both rescued by Su Li; this operative is distinct from Lin Chuan’s later privately hired assistant 55 66 80.
• Han Xuan’er — Fellow variety-show guest whom he publicly berates for trying to exploit Su Li for publicity 61.
• Yang Yihang — Bureau captain who underestimates Lin Chuan’s strength. Lin Chuan kills him after he insults and threatens Su Li 91 92.

Notable Quotes

“You saved me. You didn't look down on me, and you even spoke up for me. I think... you're very good to me, so... could I follow you?” 80

“Because you provoked the teacher I care about most. How could I possibly let you go home alive to celebrate the New Year?” 91