Luo Xi

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Luo Xi entered Red Pine Martial Academy seven or eight years before meeting Wu Youren. Although his family was reasonably well-off, it lacked the influence to secure him an easy admission, and he experienced the usual hardships of martial training. After graduating and reaching Knight rank, he sought to remain at the academy as an assistant instructor 19 22 101.

His first contact with Wu Youren came through delivering Hong Da’s written authorization on Manna’s behalf. Seeing the newcomer’s unusual freedom, private accommodation, and vegetable plot, Luo Xi assumed that Wu possessed considerable standing. Building a relationship with someone favored by a Great Knight appeared useful to his own career 19 20 99.

Personality

Luo Xi is ambitious and eager to turn connections into a permanent academy position. His initial interest in Wu Youren, willingness to approach the Intelligence Agency’s female Knight, and desire to become Chief Instructor Hong’s teaching assistant all reflect that goal. He is also attentive to material returns, weighing hunting profits against ammunition, transport, and recovery expenses 19 25 30 98.

In combat, he can be decisive and dependable. During his first encounter alongside Wu Youren, he attacks immediately rather than demand an explanation, judging that a wilderness ambush requires trusting his teammate. He later follows Wu’s danger warnings despite the disparity in their ranks 21 27.

Outside combat, his pride and loose tongue repeatedly strain that cooperation. He discloses Wu’s abilities while claiming to praise him, makes remarks that overlook the dangers of being a hostage prince, and resents being denied access to Wu’s secrets. His discomfort with acknowledging the younger man’s superiority is compounded by Wu’s Jin nationality 24 81 102 153.

His appetite for profit does not entirely override caution. When Manna and Wu refuse to attack the creatures surrounding a massive Weird Qi pillar, he eventually recognizes his own greed. Conversely, he can be calculatingly aggressive when he believes Red Pine’s standing protects him, as shown by his assault on a Taowan Knight 99 181.

Abilities & Skills

Knight-Level Martial Combat

An elite Knight trained by Red Pine, Luo Xi combines practical combat experience with powerful close-range attacks 21.

• Greatsword combat: Kills a Knight-equivalent Monkey Tiger and later beheads a Weird-transformed Bone Sand Owl 21 22 99.
• Sword qi: The force remaining after his strike against the owl cuts through branches and a thick tree, creating dangerous noise near concentrated Weird Qi 99.
• Rapid movement: Draws and fires while moving into action; later uses trees to conceal himself near the expedition’s camp 21 101.
• Recovery: States that an hour of sleep can sustain him for another day and night, though Weird Qi contamination later leaves him severely fatigued 26 103.

Firearms

Luo Xi carries separate revolvers for ordinary ammunition and Weird-Breaking Projectiles, allowing him to change weapons quickly when a target’s nature becomes clear 21.

• Fires three ordinary rounds while supporting Wu Youren’s opening attack 21.
• Switches to his second revolver and shoots both disguised spirits after Wu warns him 21.
• His Weird-Breaking Projectiles substantially weaken the human thrall before Wu finishes it 22.

Wilderness Operations

Luo Xi’s experience supports both travel and coordinated hunting expeditions 21 99 100.

• Recognizes the danger of approaching apparently stranded travelers on an isolated road 21.
• Establishes a defensive perimeter and constructs a shallow foxhole with rain cover 24 99.
• Guards Wu Youren and Manna during their Weird Qi observations and takes the rear during their retreat 99 100.
• Requires teammates’ Weird-Repelling Jue to help expel contamination after his own protective item is reduced to powder 101.

Academy Connections

Luo Xi has enough contacts within Red Pine to consult instructors’ internal mission listings and verify reports through intermediaries 20.

• Confirms that two martial artist squads have already been sent to investigate the Suotu lead 20.
• Acts as an intermediary when a patrol Knight seeks to defuse his dispute with Wu Youren 82.
• Selectively recounts the Weird Domain confrontation to other martial artists while withholding sensitive details 104.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Broad-bladed greatsword: A single-edged weapon resembling a short-handled horse-chopping saber; suitable for chopping, slashing, and thrusting 21.
• Two revolvers: One loaded with ordinary bullets and the other with Weird-Breaking Projectiles 21.
• Rifle: Carried with his supplies in the motorcycle’s cargo box during his first expedition with Wu Youren 20.
• Three-wheeled motorcycle: His initial transport, with two rear wheels and a small cargo box 20.
• Off-road vehicle: Assembled using available spare parts; used to take Wu Youren shopping for supplies 81.
• Communicator wristwatch: Used for contacting partners, checking missions, and arranging assistance 20 81.
• Weird-Repelling protection: Destroyed during his first recorded invasion by Weird Qi 101 102.

Relationships

• Wu Youren — Hunting partner whose detection abilities Luo Xi increasingly relies upon. He supplies transport, combat support, provisions, and occasional favors, but their relationship deteriorates as he struggles to abandon his image of Wu as a poor, deferential hostage apprentice 20 27 34 81 153 171.
• Manna — A close acquaintance and the object of his affection. She does not reciprocate, noting the difference in their professional prospects, but helps treat his Weird Qi contamination and does not want him harmed 99 101.
• Hong Yan — The senior instructor whose favor he hopes to gain. He wants to become her teaching assistant and cites her confidence in Wu Youren when renewing their cooperation 81 98.
• Cynthia — Arranges for him to help Wu Youren purchase supplies, drawing on his earlier offer of reasonable assistance 81.
• Namuzha — Expedition teammate who helps purge his contamination and joins him in retaliating against the Tianjing Martial Academy party 101 102.
• Ranxue — Rebukes him for probing Wu’s secrets and warns that seeking benefits from Wu while treating him dismissively is dangerous 153.
• Intelligence Agency’s female Knight — A temporary travel associate whom he initially courts for her connections. Their exchanges become openly antagonistic after the mountain disaster and her tolerance of the prospective Ability User’s arrogance 24 25 26.
• Kenpa — Warns Wu Youren that Luo Xi is “starting to get ideas,” prompting Wu to regard him as a potential source of instability 171.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Suotu Expedition

Luo Xi and Wu Youren prepare to investigate Weird activity, but an academy gatekeeper refuses to let Wu leave despite Hong Yan’s authorization. Luo Xi argues on his behalf, checks the proposed alternative assignment, and ultimately agrees to travel toward Suotu Town 20.

On the road, the pair expose two spirits disguised as travelers. Luo Xi kills the Monkey Tiger while Wu handles its human thrall. The encounter raises Luo Xi’s opinion of Wu’s detection ability, though his subsequent disclosures about that ability and the Chang Ghost kill nearly end their partnership 21 22 23 24 25.

After fog, flooding, and reports of nearby Weird Race activity make rescue efforts untenable, Luo Xi escapes the mountains with Wu. He subsequently trusts Wu’s warnings to move again. Their later hunting brings additional spoils, but Luo Xi remains disappointed with the expedition’s net earnings 26 27 30.

Renewed Cooperation at Red Pine

Following a period of cooler relations, Luo Xi responds to Cynthia’s request to help Wu purchase supplies. He later conveys a patrol Knight’s explanation after the violence surrounding Wu’s traps, while regretting that materials he helped obtain have injured Liang students 34 81 82.

He also seeks to accompany Wu into the mountains. When refused, he offers instead to deliver the food and water to the foothills 88.

Bellflower Mountain Weird Domain

Luo Xi joins Wu Youren, Manna, and Namuzha in the Weird Domain. During their investigation of a huge Weird Qi pillar, he kills a Bone Sand Owl while his teammates screen their escape and record the resulting disturbances 98 99.

A confrontation with the Tianjing Martial Academy party exposes him to Weird Qi for the first time. After treatment, he joins Wu and Namuzha in tracking the opposing group and setting off timed Weird-Exterminating Grenades around its camp. The retaliation drives the party through kilometers of rampaging Weird Qi and results in compensation 101 102 103.

Back at the military camp, Luo Xi faces renewed demands from Tianjing students. Once the immediate confrontation ends, he presents a carefully limited account emphasizing his group’s defensive position without revealing the full operation 103 104.

Growing Friction with Wu Youren

Luo Xi sometimes shows discretion toward Wu, including leaving him undisturbed during a concealed cultivation surge. Nevertheless, he later presses for details about the poison used to defeat several barbarian Knights and complains when Wu refuses to answer. Ranxue sharply warns him to reassess both Wu’s strength and his own behavior 115 153.

By Chapter 171, Kenpa’s warning reinforces Wu’s concerns about Luo Xi’s unsettled ambitions and possible greed. These remain suspicions rather than a confirmed betrayal 171.

Luo Xi later intervenes aggressively in a confrontation involving Manna, slapping a Taowan Knight after calculating that Red Pine need not show the restraint exercised by the New Army toward Liang’s junior ally 181.