Xie Qingxuan

Xie Qingxuan was the former master of Jishi Hall's Medical Hall.

## History

Born of Xie Renyu and a civilian woman, Xie Qingxuan was considered to have low status by his clan, however his talent with medical skills and spells led to them making him the master of Medical Hall. He spent much of his early life along with his father researching a way to extend his mother's life. Xie Qingxuan thought they failed, but his father managed to keep his mother alive by turning her into a nine-horned snake.

Years later he rescued Lu Jiu from a Helan Manor dumping ground, took him as a disciple, and gave him the name Lu Qingyun.

His father married Helan Ning and Xie Qingxuan had an antagonistic relationship with her over his own political power within the Xie family relative to Xie Qingshuang's. The two even killed each others' servants, though they initially didn't make direct moves against each other. However Xie Qingxuan formed a sibling bond with Xie Qingshuang after she treated Lu Qingyun when he fell into a coma.

One day Helan Ning had her allies attack the nine-horned snake and caused it to grow out of control, so Xie Renyu commanded Xie Qingxuan to kill it so he could see his mother for the last time. Xie Qingxuan later poisoned Helan Ning with evil puppet gu, also at his father's behest, which eventually caused her to wither away and die. This caused Xie Qingshuang to resent Xie Qingxuan, so she told him the truth about the identity of the nine-horned snake, driving him mad.

In order to get revenge against Xie Renyu, Xie Qingxuan decided to destroy his reputation. He devised a plot to wipe out Qingshan City, where Xie Renyu was famously treating the residents of. He enlisted Lu Qingyun to help him and gathered large amounts of West Mountain weed, which he used to poison everyone he could in Qingshan City.

The night of the poisoning he encountered Liu Jianghe possessing Lu Qingyun. He recognized the Penglai technique and told Lu Jianghe to leave Lu Qingyun's body. Liu Jianghe revealed that Lu Qingyun hated Xie Qingxuan's guts. The two fought to Xie Qingxuan's death. Because the possession was incomplete, Lu Qingyun subsequently believed himself responsible for Xie Qingxuan's death.

## Trivia

* Xie Qingxuan and Xie Renyu can be distinguished in the following way: Xie Qingxuan's eye corners are drooping, while Xie Renyu's are up. Also Xie Renyu's eyebrows are thicker at the front and thinner at the back, while Xie Qingxuan's eyebrows are thick all the way through.
* Xie Qingxuan's spiritual power was exceptionally strong for being from the Xie family.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 73: Xie Qingxuan's Decision
2. ↑ Chapter 72: The Past
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 88: Motivated by Reasoning
4. ↑ Chapter 79: Nine-Horned Snake
5. ↑ Chapter 65: One Should Not Make the Same Mistake More Than Once
6. ↑ Chapter 66: Transition
7. ↑ Chapter 70: The Second Form
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 87: Emotional Appeals
9. ↑ Chapter 42: Her Saber
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 94: Discord Between Siblings
11. ↑ Chapter 101: All's Well That Ends Well
12. ↑ Chapter 102: Awakening
13. ↑ Chapter 23: You Want to See Me
14. ↑ Chapter 100: Stubborn
15. ↑ Liu Muqiao's Weibo, specific post lost
16. ↑ Chapter 109: Unable to Figure It out