Lin Qing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Education and Bureau Career

Lin Qing studied under Liu Wan in high school and practiced the Mountain-Subduing Basic Fist for three years. She remained grateful to her former teacher, later providing practical combat instruction to Liu Wan’s students and purchasing protective training equipment for them herself 14 43.

Without influential backing, she built her career and cultivation strength by risking her life against demonic beasts outside the city. She earned second-class merit at the Jiang City Martial Arts Bureau in the year before the story’s opening and became a key talent supported by Jiang City’s Qingjiang Plan 3 34 43.

Supporting Lin Hao

Lin Qing exchanged her second-class merit for a special recruitment slot at the East City Industrial Park, securing Lin Hao an officially established security position. The job included social insurance, a housing provident fund, and a monthly qi and blood allowance, despite his reported qi and blood being only 0.3 against the usual recruitment requirement of 0.9 1 3.

When Lin Hao wanted to attempt the Martial Artist Examination first, she agreed to postpone his reporting date. She also obtained a Primordial Qi and Blood Potion through the city bureau’s potion depot, warning him to take no more than one small measure at a time to avoid meridian damage 1 8.

Shadow Mimic Spider Investigation

Lin Qing led the bureau team investigating two Shadow Mimic Spiders killed in an alley. Forensic analysis indicated that their unidentified killer was seventeen to nineteen years old, possessed qi and blood between 1.3 and 1.4, and had produced combat power exceeding 5.0 using the Mountain-Subduing Basic Fist 13 14.

With nearby cameras destroyed and no visiting martial artist’s tracker recorded in the area, she ordered a search through Jiang City’s schools and subdistrict offices. She also proposed requesting citywide testing of senior high-school students if ordinary screening failed. The killer was eventually revealed to be Lin Hao himself 13 14 36.

Disciplinary Case and Promotion Dispute

A report concerning Lin Hao’s security appointment led to Lin Qing being taken away by the Martial Arts Discipline Inspection Bureau. At the time, she was competing with Zhao Man for the branch bureau’s deputy director position. Lin Hao took responsibility for the recruitment matter, buying her time to secure her release 25 30 31.

After Zhao Man’s intervention contributed to Lin Hao’s expulsion from No. 2 High School, Lin Qing arranged his admission to Jiang City No. 1 High School and spoke with the assessment center to protect him from further trouble over his retest. She withdrew from the deputy director competition to stop Zhao Man from targeting him and purchased two more Primordial Qi and Blood Potions for him at a total cost of sixty thousand yuan 31 32.

Lin Hao’s exceptional assessment results reversed the situation. Zhao Man agreed to withdraw from the promotion contest, while investigator Chen Jing promised to submit a report clearing Lin Qing of regulatory suspicions. City Lord Wei Cang subsequently ordered a renewed, impartial investigation under his personal review; officials later assured Lin Hao’s parents that neither cousin remained in trouble. No completed promotion for Lin Qing is documented 37 39 42 46.

Appearance

• Bureau insignia: Her epaulets display the Third Squad captain’s insignia and a Two-Star Martial Artist badge 13.
• On-duty demeanor: At the spider investigation scene, she maintains an expressionless face and gives orders in a low voice 13.

Personality

Lin Qing is blunt but caring. Although she doubts that effort alone can overcome Lin Hao’s apparent limitations, she respects his determination to take the examination. She also worries about her uncle’s untreated back injury and initially questions whether the family should spend thirty thousand yuan on a potion instead of medical care 1 3.

Her loyalty to family outweighs her professional ambitions. She gives up a promotion opportunity pursued through years of dangerous work rather than leave Lin Hao exposed to retaliation. Even while helping him, she remains cautious about appearances, temporarily avoiding visits to his home so that others cannot use their contact against them 32.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Combat

A peak two-star martial artist, Lin Qing is recognized for both her strength and her battle merits 34 37.

• Combat efficiency: Her combat-power-to-qi-and-blood ratio reaches 1.7, a figure described as famous throughout Jiang City 35.
• Field experience: Her advancement and career were earned through dangerous fighting against demonic beasts outside the city 34.
• Basic fist training: She practiced the Mountain-Subduing Basic Fist throughout three years of high school; no specific mastery realm is given for her 14.
• Instruction: She has provided practical combat guidance to Liu Wan’s students 43.

Investigation and Command

Lin Qing has handled more than a dozen mimic demon beast cases and is familiar with their combat capabilities 13.

• Scene preservation: Orders the cordon moved fifty meters outward and uninvolved personnel removed to protect evidence 13.
• Evidence coordination: Directs analysis of a recovered phone containing contacts, call records, and transfer records 13.
• Search planning: Combines forensic estimates, surveillance searches, visitor-tracker records, and school screening to pursue an unidentified martial artist 13 14.
• Reporting: Requires a formal report emphasizing the killer’s age, combat methods, and martial technique to reach the municipal bureau within an hour 14.

Relationships

• Lin Hao — Younger cousin, whom she treats as a little brother. He reciprocates her support by taking responsibility during her disciplinary case and later pursuing certification partly to undermine the accusations against her 31 32.
• Lin Rongshan — Uncle. She is concerned about his chronic back injury and the physical cost of his mining work 1.
• Li Xiulan — Aunt. Li Xiulan defends Lin Qing’s intentions and protests when she sacrifices her promotion prospects and pays for Lin Hao’s potions 3 32.
• Liu Wan — Former teacher. Lin Qing remembers her kindness, trusts her teaching, and specifically requests that Lin Hao enter her class 43.
• Zhao Man — Rival for the deputy director position. Zhao Man targets Lin Hao during the dispute, then agrees to step aside and contact Lin Qing to repair relations after his talent becomes clear 30 37 39.
• Wei Kun — Deputy director and superior. He acknowledges Lin Qing’s greater strength and battle merits while admitting that he favored Zhao Man because of ties to her family 34 37.
• Zhang Qishan — Branch bureau director. Lin Qing approaches him, alongside Discipline Bureau director Zhou Zheng, to help arrange Lin Hao’s transfer to No. 1 High School 41 43.
• Wei Cang — Jiang City’s city lord. He knows her as a Qingjiang Plan recruit and orders a fresh investigation into the handling of her case 41 42.

Notable Quotes

“Xiao Hao was willing to give up the Martial Artist Examination for my sake without a second thought. As his older sister, what does it matter if I give up a deputy director position?” 32