Qiu Honglei

## Appearance

Even though her face was covered by a veil, her extraordinarily beautiful features could still be vaguely seen, providing just enough to trigger the endless fantasies of all who saw her.

Beneath her simple yet elegant brows were a pair of clear yet mysterious eyes. All those who saw them felt a powerful urge to cherish and protect the one they belonged to.

A faint smile graced her soft lips, which were tender and beautiful. They seemed to sparkle like the morning dew, giving off a unique charm that left one’s mouth dry.

As her tender gaze landed upon each one of them, it made each of them feel unique and special, as if her affections were reserved for them alone.

These thoughts swept across the minds of everyone in the Immortal Abode, from the aged elders to those who were barely of age, and their collective breathing began to hasten.

## Weapons

* Empress Lantern - Given to her by her master, Yun Jianyue. Showers a golden light which can slow down the opponent's movement.

## Plotline

Ever since Qiu Honglei arrived in Brightmoon City two years ago, she immediately became the undisputed number one courtesan. Not only is she devastatingly beautiful, she is exceptionally talented in the arts, and is perfect in every respect. Her zither skills and the way she dances are even more dazzling.

Zu An first meets her at Immortal Above after getting dragged by Chu Hongcai and Chu Yucheng to attend her musical performance. It was known that, at the end, she chooses one person to entertain in private; entertainment was limited only to music. After her performance, she humbly asks everyone gathered to give her pointers in zither skills. Many young men took their chance to impress her, but none truly catches her attention. From the start, however, for some ulterior motive, she has been paying close attention to Zu An, who was seemingly nonchalant about her performance while other were busy simping. After seeing that he wasn't interested, she was somewhat frustrated and ends up taking the initiative to ask for his opinion. She was initially looking for an excuse to select him as that chosen person so that they can talk in private, but she was stunned after hearing the flaws he pointed in her music. Later, he proves his musical abilities by playing a song called "The Proud, Smiling Warrior", which he gifts her afterwards.

During their private chat, Gu Yueyi, who is colluding with her, posed as Chen Xuan attacks them for some reason but things take a strange turn when real Chen Xuan shows up. A fight breaks out. Pei Mianman shows up after some time to help Zu An but Qiu Honglei seeing the opportunity pulls Zu An into river to flee. She provides him mouth-to-mouth air when he start drowning.

Sometime later, she arrives at Chu Clan, wanting to become his Concubine in exchange for a piece of crucial information--the location of Wang Yuanlong who was kidnapped. During the discussion, Chu Chuyan illness flares, and she collapses. Qiu Honglei lies to the maid that she was allowed to live in Zu An's courtyard. Right when she reaches his room, Pei Mianman attacks her out of nowhere and they fought till stalemate.

The next morning she discovers that Zu An was much closer to Chu Chuyan than she had originally thought, making it harder for her to achieve success in her plan, which was to use Zu An and take over the clan. She makes some excuses and leaves Chu Clan. After some time, she leaves Brightmooon City.

They meet again when Zu An was getting attached by Dark Elves when Embroidered Envoys were escorting him to the Capital.

After Zu An defeats Elder Dragon, she alongside Solitary Eight of Devil Sect reappears, asking him to come with them. Zu An has choice but to obey them since they were threatening the lives of Zheng Dan and Pei Mianman.

When they were escorting him to Devil Sect, Mosquito Daoist attacks them. After a drawn battle, the Solitary Eight were unable to defeat her. During this time, Zu An saves Qiu Honglei over and over again, almost at the cost of his own life. This action moves her heart and she slowly starts falling for him. He even calls her 'his woman' during the battle, but rather than getting angry, she show happiness.

Posed as an assassin, she joins Devil Sect and Shadow Group when they attack Eastern Palace within Imperial Palace. Their objective was to assassinate Crown Prince and Princess. It was at that time that she meets Zu An, who was dressed in his Embroidered Envoy outfit. They put a show of fight for others but in actually, they were conversing with Mind Transmission. she shows jealously noticing Crown Princess sticking to his side. When things starts going wrong, and her master gives the retreat signal, she alongside the group tries to escape, only to be intercepted with a 8th Rank Cultivator, Cheng Xiong, shows up and manages to kill everyone in the group. Just as she was also about to die, Zu An saves her. He then takes her to his place inside the Imperial Palace and gives her his new set of uniform then sneaks her out of Imperial Place, which at the time was under strict martial law.

Zu An meets her next day at his manor outside of Imperial Palace. They talk a bit before Zu An made her give a Handjob. They were playing when Chu Chuyan along Chu Youzhao appears, scaring daylight out of them. Shocked, Zu An sprays on her face. She hides behind the screen as the Chu sisters talk to Zu An but she was discovered after she let of slight bit of ki unintentionally. Chu Chuyan and Qiu Honglei has a small confrontation then.

She later stays at one of the Government Brothel, which was also Devil Sect's hideout in Capital. Zu An and Qiu Honglei slowly cement their relationship during this period of time and became real lovers. After Yun Jianyue comes out of Imperial Palace, she takes Qiu Honglei back to Devil Sect, reason being that her cultivation foundation was beginning to waver due to how close she got to Zu An.

## Trivia

* She gave Zu An the Mirror Mirage, a secret art that allows her to hide her cultivation and can also mask her aura.
* Zu An gave her a facial
* She cultivates 'Heavenly Devil's Temptation' technique. Due to this, she can't lose her virginity before she reaches a certain level, otherwise, her dao will be ruined and she'll become a slave to her desires.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 241
2. ↑ Chapter 249
3. ↑ Chapter 269
4. ↑ Chapter 634