Tang Quan/Tang Yuqing
Tang Quan
A Tang Clan disciple. The same portrait carries two names in the story, one with the original surname Li and one with Chen; they are two different people.
Tang Quan
When Chao He joins the Tang Clan, Tang Xiaolou calls him "Quan'er"; his original surname is Li. Trained entirely by Tang Xiaolou, he respects her as his master and dares not defy her. Tang Xiaolou also assigns him to spar with Zhao Huo.
Tang Yuqing
Original surname Chen. When Zhao Huo leaves, he changes his sect name to Tang along with Tang Kang and Tang Yating, and takes the as his master.
Other Appearances
The scenes below feature only this one portrait, and the story never gives a name, so it cannot be determined whether it is Tang Quan or Tang Yuqing.
He joined later than Zhao Huo, but treats him decently enough. After the first Segment Exam he chats with Zhao Huo in the Disciples' Quarters, unable to stand the disciples who give Zhao Huo trouble. In the medicine-giving event, calls him in to cover Zhao Huo's work so that Zhao Huo can go down the mountain to buy a cow; depending on Contribution, he either sympathizes with Zhao Huo or complains about him. During the brawl at the Training Ground he quarrels with the exchange students, and when demands accountability he admits he threw the first punch; when Zhao Huo steps in to shield him, he backs up Zhao Huo's account, grateful that Zhao Huo bears no grudge. During the Tang Clan of Guangzhou affair, after Second Senior Brother's defection it is he who summons Zhao Huo to see the Acting Sect Leader; he admires Zhao Huo for guarding the Sect Leader, and from then on calls him Senior Brother.
Hot-tempered and fond of a crowd. When delivering Shangguan Ying's Calling Card, he hears that Lady Shangguan is beautiful and volunteers to invite her up the mountain himself, even willing to fight Zhao Huo over it. He once mistook the sleeping Zhao Huo for Chao He and beat him up before realizing his mistake. The Ghost Hand incident frightens him badly, and he keeps calling the ghost "that thing", though he later joins the ghost hunt once there are enough people.
On the Ruined Temple route, on the night the bandits raid the Tang Clan, he plants Earth Thunder along the back mountain plank road and stands guard at the Scripture Pavilion. When rushing to relieve Jiangling, you can spar with him the night before arriving; if you lose, he gives Zhao Huo pointers on Hidden Weapon technique. After the battle with the Flying Stone Gang he wants to pursue, and is warned off by an ambush instead; when Second Senior Brother tells the idlers to clear out, he knows his place and clears out, taking the fellow idler Zhao Huo with him.
By the time the Junior Martial Sister marries he counts as a senior disciple, helping receive guests by day and keeping watch by night. He had not yet joined the Tang Clan when Xin Ru married, and he talks over old times with Zhao Huo. On the Junior Martial Sister's bond route, he is one of those who beat up Zhao Huo for stealing from his own sect.
While staying at Jinxiang Palace for the Wulin Assembly, he was calling his fellow disciples brothers, but then fell to jealous rivalry over Miss Xu of Jinxiang Palace and gave her a mirror. He makes snide remarks before Zhao Huo goes off to do his Wulin socializing; you can choose to have him Purged from the Sect, and if he loses he is fed Docile Draught. He also steals Zhao Huo's line about going to help Long Xiang. Chao He still owes him money to this day. On the way home a snake bites him, and the snake is poisoned to death by the Pepper Powder Poison in his body; when sheltering from the rain at the Ruined Temple he contributes it to make Snake Meat Soup. He keeps Dice on him at all times and suggests adding Pitch-Pot to the gambling.
On the eve of the final battle at Western Wulin, he decides to spend all his savings so the enemy won't get them after he dies. He and his fellows style themselves the "New Ten Elites of the Tang Clan" and ask to guard the Acting Sect Leader. Ye Yunshang calls him along to set Traps; "that what's-his-name" is a nickname Yunshang made up for him on a whim. When Rui Sheng appears in the courtyard, he recklessly strikes out, takes a hit in the arm, and is numbed to the ground by Poison.