Luya

Luya ( 路亚 ) or Lù yà, is one of the main protagonist of the donghua series. He is the first animal to join Duan Jiaze's zoo and be employed there. Luya is known to be the last alive Three-legged golden crow in the entire universe.

*(Bithdays are not officially announced, however,)* Luya's Birthday is celebrated on every **October 20th.**

## Appearance

### Human form

Luya's human form is a slender man, with a strong-looking appearance.

His all time appearance includes him wearing, a black shirt with red linings, and black pants, with black long shoes.

His hairs are black colored, and one hair from his bangs are orange with faint yellow color. The same color is of his back hair which, slightly, falls on his neck.

Luya's eyes are golden, and when he is angry, they really look scary and pointy.

### Animal form

Luya's animal form is a 'Three-footed Golden Crown'.

The image in left is the manhua description of Luya's bird form.

He is mentioned to be a 'three-legged crow' in the official site, bilibili, whereas, he only seems to show his two legs, as referred to in the Manhua.

His body is red colored, and he has red colored fur over all his bird body. The head has hair spikes which are colored golden-red and dark color. And his feet is golden colored.

Overall, Luya is known to be a 'heavenly beautiful bird' in the story.

## Personality

Luya's personality in the donghua is overly furious and serious. He always keeps a strong and angry face with his tone.

Only shown a rare times, Luya can be a little bit soft with Duan Jiaze too.

His face and tone are always angry. And him smiling, is shown very rarely.

It is also mentioned in the series, that Luya is a very strong and furious bird, despite his beautiful appearance.

## Story in the Donghua

Luya's first appearance takes place at episode 1, when he arrives at the entrance of the 'shabby' looking zoo. Duan Jiaze and Luya met each other at evening. When Duan confusingly asked him who he was, Luya explained that he has come from the Immortal world to be employed here. So Duan took in charge of him and Luya was, then hired as the first animal and employee.

## Relationships

### Duan Jiaze

Luya can be often seen very aggressive towards Duan in the donghua, however, a few times, he can also be a bit soft to him. His animal, bird form, gets along well with Duan, as Duan is shown to be animal caring, while a few times, it is shown, Luya to hit Duan on his head, with his claws.

### You Su

When Luya and You Su officially meet in Ling You Zoo for the first time, Luya is seen to dislike You Su. This can be seen when Luya tries to make a joke of You Su by saying that she can offer soda.

### Zhenzhen Bai

When Zhenzhen Bai debuted at the zoo, as an employee, she greeted Luya like they had been previously friends. But to Duan Jiaze's surprise, they couldn't get along, as Luya didn't show any concern to her. From that time, Luya and Zhenzhen Bai don't really talk or get along well. As Luya tends to ignore her each time.

## Image Gallery

Luya profile imgLuya's angry glare to DuanGif of when Su Shu took pictures of Luya and DuanLuya - Full Body ImageLuya - Different ViewLuya's Golden Crow symbol
## Etymology

His full name literally translates into, **'Graceful Path'.**

Where, **Lu ( 路 )** means, **'Road'** and **Ya ( 雅 )** mean, **'Elegant'.**