Gu Xiang

**Gu Xiang** (顾湘, *Gù Xiāng*) is a young lady who acts like a maid, she is mostly seen following her master Wen Kexing and bantering with him.

In the Ghost Valley, she is known as the **Purple Danger** (紫煞, *Zǐ Shā*) and Wen Kexing's close follower who is off-limits to the Ghosts.

## Appearance

Gu Xiang takes the appearance of a young maiden, mistaken as a concubine even. She catches Zhou Zishu's attention at first and calls her "kind lady". Gu Xiang wears purple robes most of the time, changing it to pink sometimes, she constantly wears earring alongside many accessories in her hair and robes. Gu Xiang always carries her whip by her waist.

Gu Xiang has bright eyes, and a delicate voice as described in the novel. Her hands are soft, and around her sleeves is a refreshing fragrant that could only belong to a young maiden. She catches the attention of Cao Weining with her beauty and articulation. She is described as bright and lively.

## Personality

Like her master, Gu Xiang is an oddity, she has little to no mannerisms, often runs her mouth before she can think and is aggressive in speech and behaviour. Her personality and foul mouth shuts down any image of a proper young maiden she poses as, surprising people and scaring them even. Gu Xiang also calls out anyone who thinks of her as inferior just because she's a girl. She is incredibly strong, showing no fear towards anyone besides Wen Kexing. She takes no excuses for any sort of weakness, which was seen with her first interaction with Zhang Chengling when she scolded him for being uneducated in martial arts and lazy.

Her innocuous appearance yet erratic behaviour gives her an advantage, as opponents tend to underestimate her as a helpless girl. Gu Xiang takes this to an advantage as shown with the men who harassed the musician in the Inn, pretending to put on a show for them only to beat them up.

Despite being vivacious, she is shown to be aware of herself when she oversteps with her master, always walking a few meters behind Wen Kexing without fail, never once overstepping her boundary, and becoming silent when it's needed.

Beneath all the hyperactivity, Gu Xiang is shown to be quite sensitive, having a deep bond with Wen Kexing and feeling overwhelmed when Fan Huaikong shows her kindness. She cares gratefully for those around her, especially Wen Kexing and Zhang Chengling.

## History

### Sole Survivor

In the Ghost Valley, The Former Ghost Valley Master would bring in batches of children to train them. Gu Xiang was the only survivor of one of these batches, and only spared when Wen Kexing begged him to keep her as a "pet". The origins of her life were omitted to her by Wen Kexing, as he simply told her that she was found in a river and he saved her, therefore he named her *Xiāng* after a river.

When Gu Xiang was just a toddler, Wen Kexing tried to feed her, but ended up scalding her mouth due to the food being too hot. However, Gu Xiang had smiled at him with her scalded mouth, and followed him all around, too afraid to be left alone. Gu Xiang becomes his follower and maid to show her gratitude.

In her upbringing, she was considered a welcome guest in the Unfaithful Manor, where Luo Fumeng and Liu Qianqiao look after her and are protective of her.

### The Human World

After seventeen years in the Ghost Valley, Wen Kexing wraps up his revenge plot and decides it's time for Gu Xiang to finally see the human world and knows what it is to become human.

## Relationship

### Wen Kexing

Her master who brought her up since her early childhood. They care for each other a lot. Wen Kexing reveals that she is like a daughter to him. When she dies in his arms he is devasted and promises to revenge her death by killing Mo Huai Yang. She would do anything for Wen Kexing. She cares so greatly for him that she swears to do anything that he could ever need. She cares for him, respecting him in the way of Master/Maid. She defends him to anyone that dare speaks down on him.

### Cao Weining

Her fiancé who loves and admires her with all of his heart. He pledges loyalty towards Gu Xiang in front of her master Wen Kexing for all of his life. He remains faithful to her until his last breath. At first, she found him quite stupid and annoying to be around. Once she began to reciprocate the feelings back, she cherished and cared for Cao Weining till the very end of her life.

### Zhou Zishu

Her master's greatest friend/soulmate. She doesn't understand why he was so important, but then began to respect him for helping her master. She cares for Zhou Zishu as he is greatly important to Wen Kexing. Gu Xiang and Zhou Zishu have almost a partner in crime sort of relationship. She assist him in his endeavors to protect Chengling. She shows care for him by complimenting his true appearance and his righteous martial arts skills.

### Zhang Chengling

Gu Xiang expresses a close friendship with Chengling. Even though she was cruel and nasty to him at the beginning, she begins to treasure him and care for him, just like Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu does. She cares greatly for him by protecting him against others, regularly checking up on him, and comforting him when he is upset. They have a relationship similar to that of older sister/younger brother. She is his protector while he is away from Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu, causing Chengling to depend on her. She often compliments him on his progress in learning martial arts.

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## Trivia

* Gu Xiang's name has two origins:
	+ 顾 *Gù* - While it's a different character, her surname is taken after the surname of Wen Kexing's mother, Gu Miaomiao.
	+ 湘 *Xiāng* - Considering Wen Kexing "found her in a river", the 湘 character is derived from the river **Xiangjiang** (湘江, *Xiāngjiāng*) which originates from Guangxi and flows through the Chinese province Hunan.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 7
2. ↑ Episode 35