Yan Jiang
"Mountain Fire" Yan Jiang, the Fire Guardian of the Kongtong Sect.
His attacks are like fire. Once he unleashes his martial arts, it is like a forest fire: it will not stop until everything is burned to ashes. Had he not married and taken up the post of Fire Guardian, he would have had a claim to contend for Sect Leader.
While Zhao Huo was studying at the Kongtong Sect, Yan Jiang took a strong dislike to him, and whenever they met he would either mock him or put on a fierce face to intimidate him.
He secretly loves , but dares not covet the position of Sect Leader, and to cut off such thoughts he took a wife early.
Relationships
- He and the Water Guardian Yu Lin do nothing but fight and argue whenever they meet.
- still holds a grudge over the time he tattled on her to Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch. If she could beat him, she would have pushed him down the stairs long ago.
- Venerable Golden Crow told him to instruct when the latter came to study, but he was quickly angered by his attitude and took it out on Zhao Huo.
- Not long after marrying his wife Kong Que, they began sleeping in separate rooms, and she spends every day clamoring for a divorce.
- He can be fooled by Yu Xiaomei's lie, "Sister-in-law is coming at you with a cleaver, and she's furious!" Their marriage must be quite strained.
- He is on somewhat friendly terms with Rui Sheng, and will post bail for him when he is jailed.
Notes
- He serves as host during the Kongtong Sect's Seasonal Trial.
- One of the Fire Guardian's duties is to taste poison for the Sect Leader.
- On the day of 's marriage gathering, Venerable Golden Crow leads him to the Tang Clan for revenge. If Golden Crow survives, after his defeat he kills Yan Jiang in a fit of rage. Unwilling to die on Tang Clan soil, Yan Jiang may, depending on Zhao Huo's Temperament, get his wish and be cremated into an immortal, or be thrown to the dogs. If Zhao Huo exposes Golden Crow's true face, Yan Jiang will look at Zhao Huo differently and promise to put in a good word for him with Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch.
- In his eyes, the one qualified to contend for Sect Leader is Danxiazi, never Venerable Golden Crow.