Yang Xiao

* Novel
* Donghua

**Yang Xiao** (杨枭, *Yáng Xiāo*), is a one of the main characters in Bureau of Paranormal Investigation and its sequels. He has a baby-faced, and is known for his indulging in ghostl methods.

He had eaten half a pill of Immortality Elixir by his uncle Lin Huo, he had been able to live forever, but because of this but because of this he had to run away from his uncle for two thousand years. He is one of the founders and the three leaders of the Ghost Cultivation Sect.

He was the cause of the 15-Storey Building Incident in Qilin City. Later, in Qinghe, he was subdued by Wu Rendi and became an investigator in the Sixth Room.

## Appearance

He appears to be in his twenties, with a Baby-faced and a shy smile, he looks gentle and harmless. However, his personality is the opposite of what his appearance suggests.

He had naturally black hair, after Wu Rendi helped him become an fully white-haired person, his hair turned white.

He is always described as wearing gray sportswear.

## Personality

Contrary to what his appearance suggest, Yang Xiao has a cruel, very decisive, cold and indifferent personality, and regards other people's lives as dust, that he has not hesitate to kill anyone for his own benefit. This may be due to the experience of his life in which he kept running away from his uncle, and his indulging in ghostl methods.

However, even though Yang Xiao was killing people in cold blood, he had his reasons for doing so, such as killing the residents of a 15-storey building was in order to keep the Earth Pearl intact, since he had originally planted the Earth Pearl in a remote area, But when he returned, he found that a 15-story building had been built on the land where the Earth Pearl had been planted. And as killing his father-in-law, it was when the latter began to suspect him, so Yang Xiao killed him for fear that it would cause him in trouble. Even robbing him of innocent lives was in order to preserve his wife.

On the surface, in order to keep his true identity secret, Yang Xiao was trying to mingle with society as little as possible without drawing attention. Furthermore, Yang Xiao had impeccable acting talent, with the addition of his appearance baby-faced  that contributed to deceiving others even more.

Although Yang Xiao is cold and cruel, he has a gentle and affectionate side towards the people close to him. His feelings for his wife Xu Rongrong were very sincere, as he was desperate to save her life, and gave up the Earth Pearl for her. Furthermore, Yang Xiao feels sympathy and compassion for those who have gone through his same ordeal, such as liberating the spirit of a ghost child, as he remembered his own child who died before he was born.

Yang Xiao deeply respects the people who help him, as he can become loyal, and tries to return favor to them, as with Wu Rendi, adding that he can become a good friend to them, as with Shen La, and Sun Desheng. Yang Xiao is very loyal to any friends who were dear to him, even after many years had passed they had not seen some of them, as with Tao Heru, and Zhao Dejun, where when Yang Xiao heard of their death, he set out to take revenge on the person who killed or caused their death.

After joining B.P.I, Yang Xiao changed his personality, he is no longer killing anyone for any of his reason, no longer being selfish and becoming more open towards others. But there are still some cruel aspects of him, as he refuses to be offended by anyone, if not stronger than him. He may be retaliatory mostly, but he doesn't hold deep grudges like Wu Rendi.

## Trivia

* His name Xiao (枭, *Xiāo*), meaning; Owl, or Valiant.
	+ Although Valiant is one of the meanings of his name, owl in Chinese culture are associated with mystery, mysticism, secrets, intelligence, and death. And this is the same features as Yang Xiao.
* His pseudonym Xiao (逍, *Xiāo*), is homophone with his real name.
* He is from the Miao people.
* He is referred to with Yang Jun as Two Yang (二杨, *Èr Yáng*), because they both have the same surname.
* Shortly after joining B.P.I, he became addicted to smoking.
* Since he has a baby-faced, his face can be described as: The face is round, the forehead is full, the facial features are low, the nose is small and straight, the chin is short and smooth, and the facial features appear very delicate.
* Before Wu Rendi helped him become fully white-haired people, because of taking half a pill of Immortality Elixir, he was able to live forever and keep his youth, but the hair did not turn white, in addition to a sharp pain in the heart during the Weakening Period.
* He is mentioned that he had been running away from his uncle since he was 22 years old, meaning that he became a immortal at the age of 22.
* Technically, Yang Xiao is around the same age as Wu Rendi.
* He is one of the few white-haired people who have been able to give birth to offspring, yet his child died before he was born after his wife had the accident.
	+ It is unknown if it was because he possessed half the characteristics of white-haired people at that time, or if he was as lucky as those the few white-haired people who have been able to give birth to offspring.
* He was cast in the Boundless Underworld three times.
* Donghua introduced in Yang Xiao's personal profile with information that was not mentioned in the novel.
	+ Height: 183 cm.
	+ Birthday: July 22th.
	+ Zodiac: Cancer.

## References

1. ↑ OWLS IN CHINESE CULTURE

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