Danxiazi
Eldest Disciple under Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch, Sect Leader of the Flying Heaven Gate of the Kongtong Sect.
Bold, honest, and simple-hearted, he seeks only immortality. He follows Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch in True Cultivation, and is deeply ashamed that after years of Training he still cannot breathe fire.
Though he never mastered the immortal arts, he is in truth a man of deep blessing. By chance he learned the Wind Blade and Fire Sword, which made his own Master jealous, and so he was tricked onto the Song and Jin battlefield to die, on the grounds that "to break through the Mahayana Stage one must accumulate Merit" and "the fastest way to accumulate Merit is to go to the battlefield and save the country."
Yet he stayed on the battlefield and never died. Instead he won the trust of the Imperial Soldiers and officers, and was hailed as the "General of Dao Techniques." His military achievements were brilliant, and even General Zhao Fang, the Old General defending Xiangyang, treated him with exceptional courtesy.
When word reached Kongtong, Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch was so angry he turned upside down—head down, feet up.
Biographies
Though he never mastered the immortal arts, he is in truth a man of deep blessing. By chance he learned the Wind Blade and Fire Sword, which made his own Master jealous, and so he was tricked onto the Song and Jin battlefield to die, on the grounds that "to break through the Mahayana Stage one must accumulate Merit" and "the fastest way to accumulate Merit is to go to the battlefield and save the country."
Yet he stayed on the battlefield and never died. Instead he won the trust of the Imperial Soldiers and officers, and was hailed as the "General of Dao Techniques." His military achievements were brilliant, and even Old General Zhao Fang, the defender of Xiangyang, treated him with exceptional courtesy.
Deeds
- Fools have fool's luck. As a youth he strayed into an immortal's cave, fell into the Tanzheng Lake to the west, vanished for most of a month, and then popped up again from the Ram Cave to the east. Not only did he survive, he drank the "Ten-Thousand-Year Stone Milk," a natural Spirit Pill formed of the gathered spirit Qi of mountains and rivers, and his Power surged. He trained up martial arts"Wind Blade and Fire Sword"stronger than even his 's.
- On the road to Kongtong, if his favor is ≧30, he gives"Wind Blade and Fire Sword"to Zhao Huo. See Wind Blade and Fire Sword.
- He joined the army to accumulate Merit. He and Meng Gong were both fierce generals under General Zhao Fang. His name is not on the military rolls and he never drew pay from the Imperial Court, yet the soldiers of the army rely on him deeply.
- A great scourge to the Jin Kingdom and a general talent that comes once in a lifetime, the Jin commander Pusan Anzhen once spoke his true feelings after drinking. Speaking of Danxiazi, his words were full of regret that such a man was not his own.
- He once held a rite in the army to pray for rain, and then it really rained.[1]
Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch
- He reveres his utterly, worshipping him as a true immortal.
- He lives on the battlefield year-round. In his rare free time he either studies military texts and Immortal Cultivation secret manuals, or writes home to to report that he is safe. But Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch never writes back.
- Leaping from a cliff to atone is one form of punishment for a Flying Heaven Disciple. Leap you may, but if you live, the matter is dropped. Because Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch used to send him off cliffs at the slightest provocation, he carries a grappling hook and chain with him.
Wei Ju
- Wei Ju built him up into a heroic figure through the Gengyang Study.
- On the frontier, the new , whom he had never met, often sent letters of greeting, and at festivals would even send a cook all the way to Xiangyang to prepare his meals. Year after year the dish was the same, "Water Shield Soup and Perch Slices," borrowing the tale of the Western Jin scholar Zhang Han, who resigned his office and went home out of longing for his native place—a reminder to Danxiazi not to fix his heart on rank and glory, not to forget his roots, but to think of returning to the source.
- Yet he still refused to return to Kongtong, and even gradually lost patience. Her letters grew sharper and sharper, and she would circle round and strike from the side, stirring General Zhao Fang to pressure him.
- He thinks Wei Ju is a deep schemer.
- Wei Ju is quite displeased with his evasions, and considers him irresponsible.
Notes
- Introduction by Bird Bear on Facebook, link
- Had he not been tricked onto the battlefield, he would have been the strongest candidate for Kongtong Sect's Sect Leader.
- He has been away from Kongtong for many years. The last time saw him, she was not yet ten.
- He is superstitious about immortal arts and calls himself "this Daoist" and "this humble Daoist." If a spell actually works, he is overjoyed.
- When in doubt, he burns a talisman and asks Heaven.
- His real name is Chen Dacheng, his home is Chen Family Courtyard, and the villagers nicknamed him Little Chen.
- He carries a piece of burnt salted fish that has sat in his pocket for two or three years, and generously shares it with the Crowd at Kongtong.
- He coined the phrase "dedia dedia dedia dedia" as a fast run-together reading of "hold on hold on hold on hold on."
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