A-Qing/History

## A-Qing

* Animation
* Manhua
* Audio Drama (CN)
* Web Series
* Audio Drama (JP)

### Life

A-Qing encounters Xiao Xingchen after she pretends to be blind to in order to rob a loutish man. Xiao Xingchen admonishes her for stealing, but protects her when the man realizes she had stolen from him.

Afterwards, she suggests that they would make a good pair, as both of them are "blind." Although Xiao Xingchen is initially reluctant, he agrees, and they set off together until they encounter a wounded Xue Yang lying by the side of a road.

A-Qing quickly becomes suspicious of Xue Yang, as the latter seems to suspect she is not truly blind, even throwing a piece of candy and aiming his sword at her to test. However, the three of them eventually begin to live in semi-peace in a coffin house in Yi City, as A-Qing appreciates that Xue Yang keeps vendors from taking advantage of her and Xiao Xingchen's blindness.

One night, A-Qing follows Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang on a night-hunt and is disturbed by the fact that Xiao Xingchen seems to be killing living people due to his inability to see. Still, as she is not a cultivator, A-Qing convinces herself that she has seen wrong. She continues to live in peace with Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang until Song Lan arrives.

After determining that Song Lan means Xiao Xingchen no harm, A-Qing leads him to their coffin house. When Song Lan recognizes Xue Yang, he chooses to confront him before speaking with Xiao Xingchen. A-Qing watches as Xue Yang removes Song Lan's tongue and tosses corpse toxin onto Song Lan. To her horror, Xiao Xingchen then mistakes Song Lan for a Fierce Corpse and kills his friend.

A-Qing kneels by Song Lan's body and apologizes for her inability to save him.  She vows to tell Xiao Xingchen the truth, and does so the next morning – though she lies about whom exactly Xiao Xingchen had killed the day before to spare his feelings.

Xiao Xingchen tells A-Qing to run while he confronts Xue Yang, but instead, A-Qing hides and watches as Xue Yang details how he had tricked Xiao Xingchen into killing innocent people under Corpse Poisoning. When Xiao Xingchen finally learns that he had killed his best friend, A-Qing watches in horror as her friend slits his own throat, and Xue Yang desperately tries to resurrect him to no avail.

A-Qing then flees to search for a cultivator who can apprehend Xue Yang, but Xue Yang finds her first and kills her. He blinds her and cuts out her tongue before she dies, but not before she manages to throw many curse words at him.

### Ghost

Wei Wuxian speculates that the ghost of A-Qing stayed in Yi City with Xue Yang, using Paper Effigies and the knocking of her bamboo pole attempting to drive visitors away to keep them safe.

She appears as a ghost to to warn Wei Wuxian and the juniors about Xue Yang's impersonation of Xiao Xingchen while they hide in the old woman's house. Wei Wuxian uses her appearance to teach the frightened juniors the skill of observation.

Although she flees when Xue Yang arrives, after Xue Yang reveals himself, A-Qing leads Wei Wuxian and the juniors to the coffin house to see Xiao Xingchen's body. Wei Wuxian engages in Empathy to learn what she knew. Once he learns, he declares that "Xue Yang has to die" and sets out to help Lan Wangji confront Xue Yang.

Despite his superior skill, Lan Wangji has difficulty fighting Xue Yang due to the intense fog surrounding them. A-Qing forsakes her fear of Xue Yang to knock her bamboo pole near his location, leading Lan Wangji to gain several key strikes against his opponent. As a result, Xue Yang uses a Ghost-Destroying Talisman to shatter her soul.

Wei Wuxian collects the fragments of her soul in a Spirit-Trapping Bag. In the aftermath, the Fierce Corpse of Song Lan is given Spirit-Trapping Bags of both A-Qing and Xiao Xingchen's shattered souls. Song Lan declares his intention to roam the world nursing their souls back together.

The juniors are devastated by her story, and Ouyang Zizhen suggests burning money to her spirit.

## Web Series Divergence

In the Web Series, A-Qing is not a ghost when she encounters Wei Wuxian and the juniors. Although Xue Yang does blind her and remove her tongue, she is still alive until Xue Yang's battle with Lan Wangji. Though her soul is not shattered, she is killed while using her bamboo pole to reveal Xue Yang's location.

## References

1. ↑ Novel, Chapter 38
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Novel, Chapter 39
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Novel, Chapter 40
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Novel, Chapter 41
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Novel, Chapter 42
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Novel, Chapter 36
7. ↑ Web Series, Episode 39