Hu Yun

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Hair: Silver-blue, reaching his waist 9.
• Eyes: Blue, compared to glaciers and diamonds 9 42.
• Face: Delicate, strikingly handsome features; Feng Rumeng considers his beauty comparable to Ling’s 9 38.
• Build: Tall, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, eight-pack abdominal muscles, and long legs 9.

Personality

Hu Yun is initially reluctant to take a mate. He turns down Hong Ying and tells Hu Feng that he does not yet want one. When Ling proposes that he become Feng Rumeng’s beast husband, he considers whether a mate would accompany him on his intended travels rather than immediately accepting 16 36 38.

He is reserved and easily embarrassed in unfamiliar intimate situations. While helping treat Bai Zhenzhen’s injuries, he blushes, stammers, and avoids looking at her exposed body. Bai Zhenzhen explicitly regards him as innocent 41 42. He is also cautious about unfamiliar food and drink, hesitating over Feng Rumeng’s purple-fruit juice before tasting it and offering prey in exchange for more 39.

His affection for Bai Zhenzhen quickly becomes fierce protectiveness. He hunts choice prey for her, regrets not finding her sooner, and promises to care for her. That devotion also makes him receptive to her misleading claims about Feng Rumeng: he treats her tears as evidence of mistreatment and supports accusations against Rumeng without establishing her guilt 43 44 45 46.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Prowess

• Reaches the fifth rank before adulthood, exceeding the fourth-rank limit that most beastmen ordinarily attain 9.
• Keeps pace in human form with Hu Feng during the return journey, without any noticeable change in his breathing at rest stops 37.
• Hunts in the Ferocious Beast Forest and returns carrying substantial prey 43.
• Cannot overcome the sixth-tier attackers who invade the tribe; he suffers an arm injury and is driven back by Xiong Mu’s ice spikes 48.

Storage Space

• Stores and retrieves two Kaka Beasts with a wave of his hand. The passages identify the storage as his “space” but do not explain its origin or capacity 44.

Practical Skills

• Helps prepare camp meals, including starting a fire and restraining Hu Feng during a confrontation 35.
• Cleans Bai Zhenzhen’s wounds under Aima’s direction and offers to guard the entrance while she rests 41.

Transformation Limitation

• Cannot take beast form, leading other tribe members to label him a “crippled beastman” and reject him as a prospective mate 9 38.
• His transformation limitation does not prevent rapid rank advancement or strong physical performance in human form 37 38.

History

Coming of Age and Social Rejection

Hu Yun first appears at the Fierce Tiger Tribe’s falling-leaves-season mate-seeking gathering. Although he has already reached the fifth rank, he stands apart rather than entering the arena. Hu Yu explains that he comes of age that day, but no female will choose him because he is considered disabled. Feng Rumeng is struck by the contrast between his strength, beauty, and rejection 9.

Chief Hu Zhi later confirms that Hu Yun has endured years of scorn because he cannot transform 47. Despite this exclusion, Hu Yun has also rejected at least one interested female, Hong Ying, and initially declines the suggestion of taking a mate 16 38.

Proposed Match with Feng Rumeng

Jianyue repeatedly suggests Hu Yun as a possible mate for Feng Rumeng, believing his strength and character would make him a good choice. Rumeng answers that she is content with Ling alone 15 35.

Ling nevertheless approaches Hu Yun because he expects to be absent for at least three months while advancing and shedding. He considers Hu Yun’s strength more important than his inability to transform and gives him ten days to consider becoming Rumeng’s beast husband. Hu Yun hesitates partly because he intends to leave the tribe after reaching the sixth tier 36.

Hu Yun spends time gathering food and sharing meals with the pair, while Rumeng agrees only to see whether they get along. She privately feels that he is not right for her and later makes clear that she never intended to take him as a mate 38 39 42 43.

Rescuing Bai Zhenzhen

Hu Yun finds Bai Zhenzhen injured in the Ferocious Beast Forest and carries her to Aima. He helps clean her wounds, then takes her to his cave at Aima’s arrangement. Bai Zhenzhen recognizes him as a male lead and deliberately attempts to attract him 41.

He falls for her at first sight and begins providing food and reassurance. When she mentions rumors linking him to Feng Rumeng, he dismisses them, declares that Zhenzhen is the female he wants, and promises to deal with the gossip 43.

Conflict with Feng Rumeng

Hu Yun brings Bai Zhenzhen to Rumeng’s cave and offers two Kaka Beasts as compensation for choosing another female. Rumeng refuses, explaining that she had never intended a relationship with him. Bai Zhenzhen cries and implies that Rumeng is jealous; Hu Yun accepts that interpretation and rebukes Rumeng before pursuing Zhenzhen when she runs away 44.

Hu Yun and Bai Zhenzhen become mates that night. At a subsequent gathering in the chief’s cave, he supports claims that Rumeng drugged him with love-flower juice. Rumeng challenges the lack of evidence, points out contradictions in their account, and notes that Bai Zhenzhen handed him his drink. She ends by telling him that he does not deserve to be Ling’s friend 45 46.

When Hu Zhi later negotiates compensation, Rumeng agrees to settle Hu Yun’s case for twenty blue crystals 47.

Attack and Search for His Mate

During the invasion by three sixth-tier evil beastmen, Hu Yun fights to protect Bai Zhenzhen despite an injured right arm. He promises to secure her escape even at the cost of his life, but cannot stop the attackers from taking her 48.

Bai Zhenzhen subsequently accepts Lang Yan, Wu Jing, Xiong Mu, and Xie Ying as mates. Hu Yun recognizes her interest in the stronger males and wants to dissuade her, but does not know how. After the four newcomers ransack the tribe and leave with her, Hu Yun and her eight other remaining beast husbands set out to find her 49.

Relationships

• Ling — Childhood friend. Ling trusts his strength enough to propose him as an additional protector and mate for Feng Rumeng; Rumeng later condemns Hu Yun’s conduct as unworthy of that friendship 35 36 46.
• Feng Rumeng — Proposed match who never becomes his mate. Their tentative acquaintance deteriorates when he accepts Bai Zhenzhen’s claims and supports the drugging accusation 38 42 44 45.
• Bai Zhenzhen — Rescued female and eventual mate. He becomes deeply devoted to her and searches for her after she departs with other males 41 43 45 49.
• Jianyue — Initially recommends him to Rumeng as strong and good-natured; later defends Rumeng against him and Bai Zhenzhen 35 46.
• Hong Ying — Rejected admirer whose resentment intensifies when she sees him visiting Rumeng’s cave 38.
• Aima — Treats Bai Zhenzhen with his assistance and arranges for her to recover in his cave, hoping he will seize the opportunity to find a mate 41.