Lang Ying (Present)

## Lang Ying

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**Lang Ying** (郎萤, *Láng Yíng*) is a ghost who resided on Yu Jun Mountain. He originally descended from Yong'an and suffers from the Human Face Disease.

## Appearance

Lang Ying is a boy appearing to be in his teens. He has a slender, delicate physique but a poor, crooked posture with slumped shoulders and a bent waist. His facial features are quite refined, nose straight and eyes dark and clear.

His body is completely wrapped in bandages to hide the scars of the Human Face Disease.

## Personality

Lang Ying is easily frightened and overall a very timid person, quick to run away and shy around those with whom he is unfamiliar. He is extremely insecure about showing his face and body to anyone, scared that his scars will frighten people. He also has trouble speaking.

Once he learns from White No-Face that Xie Lian is responsible for the fall of Yong'an, any care and gratefulness he feels towards Xie Lian disappears, and he seeks revenge against for what happened to his country and family. He allows himself to be killed and swallowed by White No-Face to seek vengeance, to the sadness and pain of Xie Lian.

## History

### Kingdom of Yong’an

Lang Ying was born as a royal descendant to the kingdom of Yong'an as the nephew of the first king, Lang Ying. When he was around ten years old, he was the one who discovered his uncle brutally dismembered. Seeing Xie Lian and Wuming at the scene, he tried to warn the guards, but Wuming almost immediately struck him unconscious.

He most likely became infected with the disease as he falls and lays in the blood of his uncle who also suffered from the Human Face Disease.

### Days as a ghost

After his death, Lang Ying began living on Yu Jun Mountain. Still homeless and without anything to eat, he sometimes came down the mountain to steal food. On one occasion, he ended up at Xiao-Ying's house, who noticed him. Since then, she takes care of his bandages and regularly brings him food, becoming the only person to care for him.

He is frequently suspected to be the Ghost Bridegroom by people in the mountain region, although he had no connection to those incidents.

When Xiao-Ying dies, Xie Lian convinces Lang Ying to take his bandages off because they’re dirty. Once he takes them off, Xie Lian is shocked to find out that he is infected by the Human Face Disease. Lang Ying runs away shortly after.

### Under Xie Lian's Care

He appears again in the Ghost City. He gets beat up by a group of ghosts, and Lang Qianqiu furiously attacks them for harming Lang Ying. Xie Lian goes up to him to see if he’s alright, but in response, Lang Ying screams and runs away. Xie Lian loses him in the crowd of ghosts.

At Xie Lian's request for help, Hua Cheng retrieves him with the help of Yin Yu, and Xie Lian then takes him under his wing. However, when he was away, Hua Cheng questioned Lang Ying alone in the armoury room.

At one point, Hua Cheng takes on Lang Ying's appearance and swaps places with him to secretly watch over and help Xie Lian. Lang Ying is kept in Ghost City in the meantime.

## Relationships

### Xiao-Ying

Xiao-Ying cared for Lang Ying by bringing him food and fixing his bandages. He was devastated by her death at the end.

### Xie Lian

At first, Lang Ying is terrified and nervous around Xie Lian due to unfortunate events. However, he becomes more easy around Xie Lian after meeting again in the Ghost City. He then soon feels anger towards him after Lang Ying finds out about his family’s massacre.

## Trivia

* His current name is a combination of the national surname of Yong'an *"Lang"* and the girl that used to take care of him, Xiao *Ying*.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 40: At the Paradise Manor; Questions of Xianle II
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 9: Mountain-Locked Ancient Temple, Forest of Hanging Corpses
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Novel, Book 4, Chapter 193: White Clothed Ghost Appoints Black Warrior as General II
4. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 39: At the Paradise Manor; Questions of Xianle
5. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 11: Mountain-Locked Ancient Temple, Forest of Hanging Corpses III
6. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 41: At the Paradise Manor; Questions of Xianle III