Ye Fu

Biodata

Power Progression

Ye Fu’s documented development concerns the manifestation and control of already-maximized game abilities, rather than a sequence of confirmed cultivation-realm breakthroughs 23 27 28.

Background / History

Life on Earth

Ye Fu worked physically demanding jobs—including carrying bricks, delivering packages, and delivering takeout—to pay for university. He earned a literature degree, but setbacks after graduation prevented him from realizing his childhood ambition of becoming an educator 11 15.

Before transmigrating, he lived comfortably alone and had worked hard to buy a quiet home. He practiced cooking, made his own seasoning blends, and relied on smart appliances for household chores. He had little time to enjoy his newly purchased house before being transported away 8 11.

Transmigration and the Ruined Temple

While chicken soup simmered, Ye Fu reached the maximum level and cleared a cultivation game. He remembered hearing thunder as he stood up from his computer, after which he found himself in an unfamiliar world. With no scorch marks or other evidence of injury, he could not determine whether lightning had caused the event 1.

He sheltered in a ruined mountain god temple after moving a fallen swallow’s nest out of the rain. There he met Yu Mu, who mistook his impaired awareness and involuntary tears for emotional distress. He introduced himself under the false name Shi Wu 1 2 3.

When the temple’s statue came alive, Yu Mu tried to protect him despite being unable to defeat it. Ye Fu regained movement as it threatened to crush her, shattered it with one finger, and shielded them from the collapsing temple. Afterward, he rebuked her for risking her life for a stranger and left with her forgotten red hair ribbon 4 5.

Settling in Black Stone City

On the road, Ye Fu exposed two fish monsters disguised as men. After learning that the fat catfish had killed fifty people, he summoned fifty man-eating fish and fed both monsters to them before continuing to Black Stone City 6 7.

Innkeeper Hu helped him find a secluded courtyard whose rental agreement centered on caring for its pear tree: rent would increase whenever its blossoms withered. Ye Fu recognized that the tree was cultivating solely to become human and gave it spiritual assistance. He also obtained a registered identity, choosing to retain his original name so that he would not lose his connection to his past 9 10 11 12.

Founding Three Flavors Study

Seeking honest work rather than an effortless life sustained by conjured wealth, Ye Fu decided to become a teacher. He hired the homeless girl he named Qin Sanyue to help with household tasks, then protected her from three beggars who intended to claim her for themselves 11 15 16 17 18.

He opened Three Flavors Study in his courtyard, with Hu Zhifu arranging the operating permit. Qu Hongxiao became his first student, followed by Hu Zhifu’s daughter Hu Lan. His lessons addressed their aims as well as their reading: Qu Hongxiao sought a childlike heart, while Hu Lan wanted swordsmanship capable of saving the world 26 29 34.

Protecting His Students

After seeing Qu Hongxiao injured, Ye Fu expanded his intended teaching to include self-defense. He sent her into his little world for five days with a rewritten copy of Clear Breeze, designed to rebuild her meridians through Vast Righteous Qi 39 40 42.

The final passage overwhelmed her body and consciousness, leading Ye Fu to blame himself for demanding growth she might not withstand. A pear-tree branch preserved her divine soul; he prepared to restore her but stopped after noticing a golden light. She subsequently returned with restored cultivation, sage aptitude, and a golden bird in her Dantian 43 44.

He later removed and destroyed an ancient consciousness hidden in a mark on Hu Lan’s forehead before it could possess her 46.

Appearance

• Short hair: Keeps it short because it is easy to wash 44.
• Earth-style clothing: Arrives wearing a short-sleeved shirt, shorts, and slippers; later makes himself a black hoodie and sweatpants 6 23.
• Altered scholarly robe: Initially adapts local clothing by narrowing the sleeves, shortening the trailing skirt, and opening the collar for comfort 8.
• Ordinary outward presence: The courtyard’s servant detects no Spiritual Qi fluctuations from him and assumes he is an ordinary man 12.
• Dust-free body: His cultivation keeps his body free of dirt, though he continues washing as a daily ritual 33.

Personality

Ye Fu values quiet, comfort, and familiar routines over adventure. Transmigration initially leaves him wanting only to return home; immense power does not give him an appetite for roaming the world. He deliberately pursues ordinary work because unlimited conjured wealth would make life dull and emotionally empty 1 8 11.

His sympathy for vulnerable people comes partly from his own difficult youth. Qin Sanyue’s determination to remain a “clean person” moves him to offer the care he once lacked. He also admires purity of purpose, especially the pear tree’s single-minded wish to become human 10 13 14 15.

His kindness has firm boundaries. He criticizes Yu Mu’s reckless self-sacrifice, refuses Hu Lan permission to move into the school, and later advises Qin Sanyue to establish whether someone actually needs help before assisting them. Toward predators and exploiters, he can be severe, using lethal punishment, curses, or lasting mental restrictions 5 7 18 19 36 49.

As a teacher, he takes pleasure in diligence but can become overinvested in a student’s progress. Qu Hongxiao’s apparent death forces him to recognize the gap between wanting her to grow quickly and knowing what she can endure 33 43.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Power and Cultivator Physiology

His newly acquired body withstands dangers that would kill ordinary people 4.

• Pulverizes the living temple statue with a single finger 4.
• Has no physiological need to sleep or relieve himself 8 11.
• Remains aware of his surroundings while asleep 8.
• Keeps his body free of dirt and dust without washing 33.

Barriers, Concealment, and Restrictions

Ye Fu can protect people, hide supernatural activity, and impose restrictions on others 4 18 26 28.

• Creates a thin barrier against the collapsing temple 4.
• Conceals the pear tree’s enormous Spiritual Qi vortex 26.
• Hides the heavenly secrets of Three Flavors Study to obstruct investigation 28.
• Uses a copper coin to alter the beggars’ recognition of Qin Sanyue, pin one man to the ground, and deliver a supernatural warning 18.
• Leaves the three beggars with a lifelong mental prohibition against entering Black Stone City 19.

Perception and Divine Sense

His senses extend beyond physical appearances to thoughts, Qi, and distant events 10 12 15 19.

• Hears the pear tree’s wish to become human and follows the courtyard servant’s thoughts 10 12.
• Detects lies through changes in the Qi of people and things 15.
• Identifies Qu Hongxiao’s bone age and sealed cultivation 29.
• Sends a divine-sense message across ten thousand miles 19.
• Attaches divine sense to a pear-tree branch to accompany Qu Hongxiao’s training 40.
• Limit: His perception is not consistently exhaustive; he initially cannot determine Qu Hongxiao’s condition at the climax of her trial 42 43.

Reading Immortality and Vast Righteous Qi

His max-level reading state fills him with Vast Righteous Qi and changes his bearing and perspective 27.

• A faint trace of his presence sends the pear tree into the Realm of Emptiness and Clarity, offering another opportunity for enlightenment 27.
• Nearly causes an ordinary copy of the Classic of Knowledge to gain sentience, then cuts off that possibility 27.
• Produces celestial light and heavenly recitation merely by saying “The Master said” 27.
• Rewrites Clear Breeze so that reading it painfully reforges Qu Hongxiao’s meridians without draining her foundation 40 42.
• Learns to suppress the associated phenomena so he can teach normally 28.

Craftsmanship and Cooking

Ye Fu possesses max-level handicraft skills, though he initially lacks practical familiarity with their supernatural effects 23 26.

• Cuts and sews without a ruler, displaying precision that astonishes experienced seamstresses 22.
• Completes two garments simultaneously, producing phenomena connected to the Great Dao, then draws the released presence back into the clothes 23.
• Makes Earth-style clothing, a red lady’s fan, and the school’s carved signboard 23 26.
• Cooks well enough to earn praise before transmigration and quickly wins Hu Lan’s enthusiasm with his food 11 36.
• Practical limit: Initially has no experience controlling a wood-fired stove 11.

Spiritual Assistance and Restoration

Ye Fu can nurture spiritual life and counter threats to the soul 11 43 46.

• Channels green light into the pear tree, strengthening its vitality and prompting abundant flowering 11.
• Prepares Withered Wood Meets Spring to restore Qu Hongxiao’s body before returning her preserved divine soul; he stops before applying it when another change begins 43.
• Wipes away Hu Lan’s forehead mark and destroys the ancient consciousness within it 46.

Little World and Utility Techniques

• Little world: Contains the secluded valley, stream, and cabin used for Qu Hongxiao’s five-day assignment 40 42 43.
• Great Dream of Three Thousand Autumns: Uses it to fall asleep 31.
• Return to the Root and Trace the Source: Can trace anything he has seen; he uses it to replay a classic movie in his mind 36.
• Material transformation: Turns a stone into a silver leaf and can conjure valuables, although he rejects this as a permanent livelihood 8 11.
• Bad-luck curse: Punishes a waiter’s theft of two copper coins with misfortune sufficient to cause illness and cost a month’s wages 8.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Identification plaque — Wooden plaque bearing his name and registered origin: “From Black Stone City, Layered Cloud Kingdom, Eastern Lands” 12.
• Courtyard lease and authorization — Rental documents secured under the condition that he care for the pear tree 10 12.
• Enchanted copper coin — Used against Qin Sanyue’s pursuers; afterward, he tells her to retrieve it because the men do not deserve his money 18.
• Yu Mu’s red hair ribbon — Picked up after their separation; he keeps it while debating whether to seek her out and return it 5 13.
• Rewritten Clear Breeze — A training text prepared specifically for Qu Hongxiao 40 42.
• Pear-tree branch — Given to Qu Hongxiao with his divine sense attached; later preserves her divine soul 40 43.

Relationships

• Qin Sanyue — Employee and fellow resident whom he names, shelters, clothes, and protects. He rejects “my lord” as a form of address and establishes that she is an employee rather than a servant 15 16 18 23.
• Qu Hongxiao — First student. He respects her diligence, tailors instruction to her damaged mindset and cultivation, and feels responsible when her training nearly ends in disaster 29 33 39 40 43.
• Hu Lan / Hu Xiaomei — Hu Zhifu’s daughter and his second student. He challenges her dismissal of books, promises instruction in the principles of the Book of Saving the World, and protects her from possession 33 34 36 46.
• Pear tree — Spiritual companion under his care. It communicates affection, shapes its trunk into a comfortable backrest, and comforts him during his concern for Qu Hongxiao 11 12 42.
• Hu Zhifu — Friendly innkeeper who finds his residence, obtains his identification, arranges the school permit, and entrusts his daughter to him 9 12 26 33.
• Yu Mu — First local acquaintance, who risks her life to save him before he saves her. Their parting leaves him conflicted over his harsh criticism and her forgotten ribbon 3 4 5 13.
• Zhong Suihua — Seamstress who loses their sewing wager and offers free future service in exchange for watching him work. He declines her fortune and gives her a handmade red fan 20 23.
• The courtyard’s absent master — Landlord whose unusual rental condition interests him. Ye Fu later sends him a long-distance request to announce future visits 10 19.

Notable Quotes

“I'm from out of town, and I have no registered identity here. Could you help me get one?”
“I'd still like one. At the very least, I ought to know who I am.” 10

“It wasn't me. I'm not one. Don't talk nonsense! I'm just an ordinary schoolteacher.” 19

“I'm only your teacher, so I can't interfere too much. Whatever you have to face, you must face it, no matter what. But because I'm your teacher, I can't bear to see your wings broken before they've fully grown.” 40

Trivia

• He names Three Flavors Study in remembrance of a text by Master Lu that impressed him during junior high school 26.
• He learned handicrafts out of boredom after reaching the game’s maximum level 24.
• A casually thrown chamber pot strikes a passing sword immortal three thousand li away, creating an enemy who vows revenge without knowing who threw it 32.
• His personal creed is: “I can dress poorly, but I must eat well” 11.