Ji Bochang

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Ji Clan Upbringing

Ji Bochang comes from the powerful Ji Clan of Linshan Commandery, a family with cultivators in every generation. Exceptionally talented and exposed to cultivators since childhood, he was considered Yong’an Academy’s strongest prospect for admission to Dragon Lake Dao Academy. His family taught him cultivation-visualization principles before the examination, although he had not practiced the academy’s visualization method itself 2 7.

He already knew Zhang Jing at Yong’an Academy and regularly sought his advice on erotic fan illustrations. Unlike classmates who judged prospects by family background, Ji Bochang recognized that Zhang Jing’s aptitude was being held back by insufficient resources 2 4.

Entrance Assessment and Wager

During the journey to Dragon Lake Dao Academy, Ji Bochang accepted an alliance with Chu Lingyun, Deng An, and Wu Mingyuan. He also proposed including Zhang Jing, but Chu Lingyun made an invitation conditional on Zhang Jing earning a Grade B assessment. When Wu Mingyuan bet against Zhang Jing passing at all, Ji Bochang accepted a twenty-Spirit-Stone wager 4.

At the Seventh Temporary Academy, he explained the lodging system to Zhang Jing and warned that the assessment had already begun. He subsequently offered cultivation guidance in exchange for new fan designs and introduced Zhang Jing to the eastern dining hall’s spirit beast meat 5 7 9.

Although temporarily short of Spirit Stones himself, Ji Bochang raised the wager to fifty stones and later delivered five stones to Zhang Jing as an advance against his share. After earning Grade B, he left to select an inheritance and chose the middle-grade Fish-Dragon Union of Bliss Record 10 13 17.

Ranking Competition and Family Goodwill

Ji Bochang formed a relationship with an unnamed senior sister who supported his cultivation and equipped him to compete for a top-ten ranking. He entered Qi Refining, collected the wager winnings with Zhang Jing, and helped him shop at Dragon Marsh Market 18 19 20.

He also repeatedly negotiated with his senior sister to secure favorable Five-Colored Squad terms for Zhang Jing:

When the ranking rules forced candidates to choose a single bracket, Ji Bochang abandoned a top-ten attempt and entered the contest for places eleven through twenty. He finished fifteenth, while Zhang Jing placed third and joined the Luodu Squad instead 26 29.

Recognizing that the Ji Clan could offer little to match Zhang Jing’s new cultivation resources, Ji Bochang contacted his elders to help Zhang Jing’s mortal parents. His father, Ji Xianming, subsequently delivered gifts and assistance, including protection from the threat posed by the Hundred Medicines Pavilion and its cultivator backer 29 31.

Inheritance Pavilion Work

Concerned that missions were too dangerous for his cultivation level, Ji Bochang’s senior sister arranged a job for him at the Inheritance Pavilion. By his reunion with Zhang Jing, he had worked there for almost a month and knew the inheritance exchange prices well 76 77.

He was astonished when Zhang Jing requested an upper-grade inheritance costing 9,000 Dao Merit. Ji Bochang fetched the senior brother responsible for the exchange, then escorted Zhang Jing outside after he obtained the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon Void-Seizing True Method. Their farewell also introduced him to Zhang Jing’s enormous white deer mount, Lu Thirty-Eight 77.

Appearance

• Facial features: Thick eyebrows and small, expressive eyes; his initial appearance carries a frivolous air 2.
• Early clothing: Embroidered brocade robes, usually accompanied by an erotic illustrated fan 2.
• Later clothing: A moon-white Water-Fire Robe embroidered with golden clouds, paired with a White-Jade Cloud-Silkworm Fan 18.
• Mannerisms: Frequently snaps open his fan and fans himself ostentatiously, even in cold weather 3 5.

Personality

Ji Bochang is flamboyant, sociable, and openly enthusiastic about erotic art. He eagerly pursues new fan designs, boasts about gifts from his senior sister, and enjoys displaying his knowledge of the cultivation world. His casual manner can disappear quickly when discussing serious matters such as alliances and competition for resources 2 4 7 18 20.

His friendship with Zhang Jing is marked by practical generosity. He stakes money on Zhang Jing’s prospects, supplies Spirit Stones when he believes they are needed, and persistently negotiates better squad terms without knowing how highly Zhang Jing will eventually rank. He disguises some of this help as ordinary business, calling his five-stone gift an advance payment and asking for fan-painting advice in return 4 13 24.

He is also pragmatic about risk and opportunity. Faced with an all-or-nothing ranking system, he chooses a safer bracket rather than gambling everything on the top ten. Later, he combines genuine friendship with clan interests by arranging support for Zhang Jing’s parents 26 29.

Abilities & Skills

Visualization and Spiritual Sense

Ji Bochang’s childhood instruction gives him a substantial foundation in cultivation visualization 7.

• Reaches the academy method’s introductory stage in five days 12.
• Develops spiritual sense and becomes able to perceive spiritual qi 12.
• Offers to explain the method to Zhang Jing 7.

Fish-Dragon Union of Bliss Record

His chosen middle-grade inheritance is a dual cultivation method 17.

• Cultivates with his senior sister at her spiritually rich cave abode 17.
• Predicts his approaching Qi Refining breakthrough while following this cultivation arrangement 17.
• The provided passages do not document its specific combat techniques.

Cultivation-World Knowledge

Ji Bochang frequently serves as Zhang Jing’s guide to institutions, resources, and markets 5 7 17 20.

• Explains lodging costs, assessment rankings, and Dao Merit rewards 5 16 17.
• Guides Zhang Jing through Dragon Marsh Market and advises him on Law Artifact prices 18 20 21.
• Becomes familiar with inheritance exchange prices through his Pavilion work 77.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Water-Fire Robe — Gift from his dao companion. Bears water-avoidance and fire-warding restrictions 18.
• White-Jade Cloud-Silkworm Fan — Gift from his dao companion, retaining his preferred erotic imagery. Ji Bochang describes three restrictions: Smoke-Cloud Miasma obstructs sight and perception; Spirit-Bewildering Mist confuses minds and obscures vision; Fire-Cloud Qi produces burning fire clouds 18.
• Storage bag — A grey animal-skin pouch carried at his waist after his clan supplies arrived 16.
• Communication Talisman — Used to inform his elders of Zhang Jing’s assessment performance and arrange assistance for the Zhang family 29.
• Purple Spirit Pills — Purchased all five available at the Wonderful Pill Pavilion during his market visit with Zhang Jing 21.

Relationships

• Zhang Jing — Friend and former Yong’an Academy classmate. Ji Bochang supports his cultivation and recruitment prospects; by their Pavilion reunion, Zhang Jing is described as possibly his only friend in the academy whom he can truly talk to 2 13 24 77.
• Unnamed senior sister / dao companion — Dual cultivation partner associated with the Five-Colored Squad. Supplies equipment, supports his cultivation, and arranges his safer Pavilion employment 17 18 29 76.
• Ji Xianming — Father. Acts on Ji Bochang’s message to extend the Ji Clan’s goodwill and protection to Zhang Jing’s family 29 31.
• Chu Lingyun — Fellow clan prodigy and early ally. Invites him into a cooperative group backed by her older cousin 3 4.
• Deng An — Fellow clan prodigy and member of the same early alliance 3 4.
• Wu Mingyuan — Fellow candidate and wager opponent. Loses fifty Spirit Stones after betting against Zhang Jing passing the assessment 4 10 19.
• Master Liu — Yong’an Academy teacher who regards Ji Bochang as the academy’s leading examination prospect 2.

Notable Quotes

“Brother Zhang, the Dao Academy's assessment has already begun!” 5

“Brother Zhang, please don't misunderstand. These Spirit Stones are an advance payment. If you really want to thank me, give me some guidance on my painted fans when the time comes.” 13