Rong Nianbing

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**Rong Nianbing** was born as the son of Rong Tian and Bing Ling. He has a special physique and can use both ice and fire magic. With the help of the Ice and Snow Goddess’s Stone and the Flame God's Stone, he can keep the elements in balance. He is a dual elemental (ice and fire) magic chef. He became a god and ascended to the Douluo Divine Realm and later became one of the God Kings of the Great Circle of Gods.

## Appearance

Rong Nianbing had long blond hair drooping over his shoulders.

## History

Rong Nianbing's mother was taken as a hostage of the Ice God Pagoda.

## Personality

Nianbing's life was forged out of tragedy and strongly motivated by love and vengeance. When he was 10 years old, he lost his parents to the Ice God Pagoda sect, mainly because of Bing Jie's desire to obtain the Ice and Snow Goddess’s Stone. A fugitive of the sect, Nianbing barely escaped with his life when he was saved by Master Chef Zha Ji. Wary of strangers, Nianbing never gave his full story to Zha Ji. Depressed by the lost of his parents, Zha Ji helped lift his spirits with his cooking. After Zha Ji realized Nianbing is a dual mage (fire & ice) and out for vengeance, he encouraged him to stay and learn cooking from him as a means to elevate his magical abilities. Realizing he's too weak to fight and seeing the benefits of cooking to strengthen himself, Nianbing agreed to be Zha Ji's disciple.

During his training, he would meet his first love Feng Nu. He would later meet Yu Ruyan, an Oran woman that has a strong resemblance to his mother. Feeling a connection with Nianbing, Ruyan offered to be his mother; she gave him the Tianhua Pendant as a means to seek her help if he's in trouble. Unexpectedly, the pendant had the extra benefit of helping him manage his magical control between the conflicting natures of ice and fire. He would also meet the blacksmith, Master Hua Tian. It was through him that Nianbing would learn about god-tier tools and recieve the *Morning Dew Blade*. It would become a sub-quest of his over the years to increase his abilities as a mage and chef through acquiring high quality magic stones and master crafted tools.

After 9 years of training, Zha Ji felt Nianbing mastered everything he could teach him and it was time for him to go out into the world to broaden his horizons. However, he knew Nianbing wouldn't leave so easily; Zha Ji faked his death and gifted him the True Sun Blade to give Nianbing the push he needed to start his journey. Nianbing would reunite with Feng Nu at Hua Tian's shop. He intended to stay in Icy City long enough to have the blade upgraded with the fire stone; he didn't realize Hua Tian has passed. Feng Nu decided to take on the task but it would take time. He would use that time to work at the Qingfeng Restaurant and also join the local Mage Association; he would meet Xue Jing, Long Ling, and Luo Rou. Because a dual mage is a rarity, Nianbing hidden his true abilities and created a false image that he's an ice mage.

During this time, he would don the new identity as the *Magic Assassin*. He originally wanted to conceal his identity after killing Liao San, but when he was seen by Liao Er, he made up the moniker as a magical assassin. Nianbing became a highly focused topic amongst *The 3 Beauties of Icy City* as his private activities and identity became a great curiosity. All were blown away when Nianbing finally revealed his culinary background as well as his use of dual magic. Nianbing's time at the mage association allowed him to elevate his abilities as he mastered magical scroll scripting. He even evolved the method to storing advanced and powerful magics that allows non-magical users to cast spells. When the Qingfeng House realized Nianbing's true potential, Xue Ji (restaurant owner) fought with Long Zhi (head of the mage association) fought for Nianbing's abilities. To sway Nianbing to work at the restaurant, Xue Ji gave him the family's most prized blade: *Wind Proud Sky Blade*. With newfound wind powers, Nianbing can increase his movements and speed to a new level.

Nian Bing's residency at the restaurant made him a culinary star as many of the city's elites are willing to pay bags of gold coins for a dish of *The Ice & Fire Chef*. Liao Er tried to disrupt his rise by challenging him to a cook off while wagering his light stone; he lost and helped Nianbing gain the light stone and further elevating his name. With the ice pagoda after Nianbing once again, Long Zhi gifted Nianbing a magical brooch and a space storage ring so he can conveniently store items away and alter his appearance. Before leaving Icy City, he would meet Mao Mao and collect his completed *True Sun Blade*. When Nianbing and Feng Nu realize they wouldn't see each other, it gave each other the courage to confess each other's feelings. However, Nianbing prioritized his vengeance and master's wishes over settling down with Feng Nu.

## Plot

### Beginning

Rong Nianbing was traveling to the Ice God Pagoda with his father in order to rescue his mother. They were discovered and he was the only one able to escape with the help of a magic scroll into a nearby river. He was fished out by an old man, who took him in, Zha Ji.

## Etymology

* **Rong** means "melt, thaw, blend, fuse, be in harmony, circulation" (融).
* **Nianbing** means "read/read aloud, study, say, think, idea, thought, commemoration" (念) (**nian**) and "ice, cold" (冰) (**bing**).