Wen Kexing/Novel

Wen Kexing in S2

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***❝ In this world, there is only one thing that can destroy evil spirits… and it’s the human heart. ❞***

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> - Wen Kexing, Chapter 77
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**Wen Kexing** (温客行, *Wēn Kèxíng*) is the master of the Ghost Valley and former disciple of the Immortal Physician Valley who is set on revenge. He shown to be an enigmatic man who eventually comes to accompany Zhou Zishu on the latter's journey.

**NOTE:** *This page discusses the characterisation and plot of Wen Kexing in Faraway Wanderers/Audio Drama. For Wen Kexing in Word of Honor, see here.*

## Appearance

Wen Kexing is described as an undeniably handsome or good-looking man dressed in gray, who looks to be around 30.

He has dark eyes that seem like they can swallow all brightness. He has intense eyes, and they seem like black holes that can suck people in, unnerving most people. This darkness seems to go away when looking at Zhou Zishu, where his eyes brighten up.

Upon first glance, Wen Kexing is described has very distinct features, and a wan complexion that makes him appear "non-human" like. While he does smile, it's uncertain weather it is genuine, where his eyes are curved upwards so no one is able to tell what his eyes look like.

He has a very deep voice, that is also very pleasant to the ears, with every word enunciated slowly and clearly. When he wasn’t talking nonsense, his voice was low. It was almost like sighing with no strength to it, as if he didn’t want to waste energy; completed with a hint of indifference in it.

In the Audio Drama art, Wen Kexing's hair is wild and often untied, while he wears various colours, red seems to be his favourite choice.

## Personality

At first glance, Wen Kexing poses as a gentleman with a servant who follows him and services him well, giving more into his image of a young master with a lot of money to spend, yet Wen Kexing rarely engages with anyone, clearly lacking mannerisms and etiquette that young masters of his class should have.

Right from the get go, Wen Kexing is shown to be very promiscuous, interested solely in men and never shying away from his preferences. He mentions on multiple occasions having visited many male-brothels and indulging in all the beauties imaginable with no emotional ties. However, this side vanishes once he meets Zhou Zishu, and decides to stick with him with no intentions of seeing other courtesans.

Wen Kexing talks in riddles and poems, let it be about his identity, origins or flirting, he rarely gives a straight answer if he had the option. This includes his seemingly nonsensical tales, yet it is revealed that they are retellings of his traumatic past.

## History

### Faraway Village

Wen Kexing was born to Wen Ruyu and Gu Miaomiao, disciples of the Immortal Physician Valley. Ten years they had abandon the valley and lived in a small village in a far mountain. Wen Kexing was a spoilt child who cared little to none about martial arts or literary, wanting to play with the kids instead of studying. He would argue with his parents and act huffy with them, claiming that it will be too late for him to play when he gets older.

### An Owl's Cry

At the age of nine, Wen Ruyu and Gu Miaomiao sent Wen Kexing away for the night, preparing to fight for the bitter end. Wen Kexing at the time, thought he was capable of handling whatever danger his parents were about to face, so he snuck back into his house, where he had found the corpses of his parents slaughtered by the Ghosts. When they noticed him, their master grabbed him, in which he bit his hand in retaliation, thus prompted the Ghosts to wanting to kill him. When Wen Kexing felt he had nowhere to run and no choices, he proceeded to eat his father's corpse under their eyes. This made the Ghost Master say that Wen Kexing was not human, and a natural born Ghost, so he had taken him to the valley.

### Ascending the Ranks

For the first twelve years in the valley, Wen Kexing was tortured and abused, trying to survive and climb his way to the ranks, fuelled with nothing but revenge for his parents. At thirteen, he had picked up a toddler who managed to survive one of the children batches kidnapped by the master, which he named Gu Xiang and took care of her in the valley, she served as his tie to humanity. At twenty one, he successfully led a revolution against the Ghost Master, leading a civil war between the Ghosts until Wen Kexing exited the throne room, completely drenched in blood and proclaiming new leadership under him. For the following eight years, completing his twenty years in the valley, Wen Kexing planned his revenge plan against the ghosts and jianghu carefully until it was finally time.

## Abilities

* **Excellent Martial Skills** - It impresses even Ye Baiyi.
* **Excellent Qinggong (轻功)** - Wen Kexing doesn’t even leave any footprints and any traces behind while travelling. He was even able to keep up with Zhou Zishu without fail, always keeping a small distance. This is even when the latter's qinggong had reached the stage where he could travel without leaving any traces. Normally, one would stay silent during the travelling, so as not to lose their vital energy, but Wen Kexing didn’t seem to mind it.
* **Medical Skills** - He has some form of medical skills. He methodically sucked out all the poisoned blood in Zhou Zishu's arm and treated his wounds skillfully. He removed the other man’s meridian blocking and took out a small medicine bottle. He swallowed one pill and put one more in his palm, holding it near Zhou Zishu’s mouth.
* **Storytelling** -
* **Exceptional Hearing** - Like Zhou Zishu, it is clear that he has exceptional hearing too.

## Items

* **“Unusual” Handkerchief** - He owned a handkerchief. The fragrance from it is of the gentle and elegant smell of beauty products. At the corner was a small but exquisitely embroidered orchid. The size was a bit too big, and it looked too plain for a maiden to use. It is revealed to be a personal gift from the famous courtesan and gentleman Su Yue from Yang Zhou City. He easily tore it into pieces and used them to cover Zhou Zishu’s wound.

## Trivia

* Wen Kexing was never mentioned having a fan, however, many fanarts portrayed him with a fan, including the old Audio Drama art. This trait made its way into the Thai Edition of the novel, symbolising Wen Kexing as the fan in its merchandise. This was much expanded in *Word of Honor*, where it became both his weapon and symbol.
* If Zhou Zishu were to die, Wen Kexing would live deliriously, wander jianghu deliriously thinking only of Zhou Zishu until he finds himself a place to bury himself mindlessly.
* Wen Kexing would use cheaper tactics in order to win the conflict of Extra 1.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 6
2. ↑ Chapter 2
3. ↑ Chapter 29