Lang Yue

Biodata

Background / History

Family Life and Na’er’s Arrival

Lang Yue manages the household while her husband, Tang Ziran, works as a mecha repairman. His wages barely cover their family’s food, but Tang Wulin recognizes that both parents give him the best they can afford. After his awakening, Lang Yue recalls the Spirit Pagoda’s policy granting gifted children a free first Soul Spirit, making his next step toward becoming a Soul Master financially possible 2.

When Tang Wulin brings Na’er home after rescuing her from street thugs, Lang Yue first checks him for injuries and scolds him for risking his safety. She then questions Na’er and takes her to the consul to look for a missing-person report. With no matching report found, the family takes Na’er in despite their limited space. Lang Yue helps care for her, serving her meals and braiding her hair 4 5 6.

Supporting Wulin’s First Soul Spirit

Lang Yue accompanies Tang Ziran, Tang Wulin, and Na’er to the Spirit Pagoda, where Wulin chooses a hundred-year Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Spirit. Before he begins fusing with it at home, she warns him not to push himself. After more than four hours, she is pacing outside his room and clutching her apron in anxiety. The family checks on him and finds him apparently asleep with normal breathing 6 7.

When Tang Ziran blames himself for being unable to guide their son’s cultivation, Lang Yue comforts him and reminds him that his long working hours are already devoted to supporting the family 7.

Forging Apprenticeship and Financial Relief

The children’s enormous appetites deepen the household’s financial difficulties. Lang Yue repeatedly handles the same few bills without spending them, and the family reduces meat dishes from three times a week to once. Seeing these sacrifices, Tang Wulin asks to learn forging so he can earn money 8 9.

Lang Yue escorts him to Mang Tian’s workshop, visibly nervous and assuring him that they can go home if the apprenticeship does not work out. When she returns, Mang Tian reveals that Wulin has completed First Grade Thousand Refinement and can earn substantial wages through two hours of work after school. She leaves the workshop overwhelmed, holding her son’s hand as he tells her he can now earn money 9 11.

Wulin’s earnings eventually remove the family’s worries about having enough food. Nevertheless, Lang Yue and Tang Ziran decline his offer to move into a better home, saying they are accustomed to their apartment. Wulin understands their refusal as an effort to preserve money for his future cultivation expenses 28.

Wulin’s Eastsea City Trips

Lang Yue initially opposes eight-year-old Wulin traveling alone to Eastsea City for a blacksmith assessment and offers to accompany him. After Tang Ziran reassures her, she agrees on the condition that Wulin report his arrival. She rises early on departure day to prepare congee and pack flatbreads for his journey 14.

During his stay, Wulin calls to announce that he has become a fourth-rank blacksmith, leaving both parents astonished. His subsequent three-day silence frightens them badly: Lang Yue stops Tang Ziran from immediately going to Eastsea City, but tells Wulin they would both have boarded a train the following day if he had not called. On his return, she hugs him tightly and insists that he looks thinner 24 26 27.

For his next trip, Wulin secures permission by saying Mu Chen has offered personal forging instruction, concealing his purpose of breaking another Golden Dragon King seal. Lang Yue remains uneasy but accepts the opportunity’s importance to his future. Mu Chen’s promised updates help reassure her during Wulin’s seclusion; when Wulin calls after two and a half days, her tone is noticeably lighter than after his previous absence 29 31.

Personality

Lang Yue is affectionate and strongly protective. She greets Wulin with hugs and food, immediately checks him for injuries after his confrontation with the thugs, and repeatedly asks about his safety when he travels. Her concern does not prevent her from supporting his independence: she permits both his apprenticeship and his journeys once reassured about their value and safety 2 4 9 14 29.

She is frugal and emotionally moved by her son’s determination to support the family. His promise to protect his parents and Na’er brings tears to her eyes, as does his decision to earn money through forging 5 8 9.

Relationships

• Tang Ziran — Husband and partner in raising the children. She defends his efforts as a provider when he feels inadequate as the father of a talented Soul Master 2 7.
• Tang Wulin — Son. She supports his education, cultivation needs, and forging career while insisting that he stay safe and keep in contact 2 3 9 14 29.
• Na’er — Child taken into the household. Lang Yue searches for her family through the consul before helping provide her with a home and daily care 4 5 6.
• Mang Tian — Wulin’s forging mentor and employer. Lang Yue entrusts Wulin to him and learns directly from him about her son’s exceptional skill and earning potential 9 11.
• Mu Chen — His supervision and updates reassure her while Wulin is away for closed-door training in Eastsea City 29 31.

Equipment / Items

• Basic-model soul communicator — A gift from Tang Wulin following his first Eastsea City trip, purchased so the family can keep in touch more easily 27.

Notable Quotes

“Wulin, if it doesn’t work out, we’ll just go home.” 9

“But this time, you must remember to call home. Don’t leave your father and me worrying so much.” 29