Shi Wu

**Shi Wu** 「师雾 (Shī Wú)」 is the protagonist of The Beautiful Orchid of Eye. A disciple of Jin Caiyi and a junior martial brother of Jin Qingni, he was originally from a noble family and carried the birth name of **Meng Meiyu** 「蒙梅雨 (Mèng Méiyǔ)」 before his kidnapping.

He hails from Nanshan Sanyan Sect, located in the northern Faman Mountains of the region of Xi'an. Officially, he is a rogue cultivator and seeking out the whereabouts of his missing master, Jin Caiyi. He is the Shizun of the rogue cultivator Xue Baiyu.

## Appearance

Shi Wu is described as looking "gentle and compassionate," with his words and actions are depicted as holding an "air of subtle sterness" to them. His donghua appearance is yet to be revealed, although he is described as being clad in "stellar raidence" comprised of a thousand stars and wielding a saber that shimmers with an eternal light.

## Personality

> Traversing the endless wilderness of the Gunaifen mountains, the wanderer seeks a new purpose. Finding a person that holds a dear place in their heart... snow hides their tracks anew
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Shi Wu is stern, cold-tongued, and stubborn to a fault. He seems to highly value loyalty and strength as noted by his extreme reactions to the mere thought of his martial siblings daring to betray their Shizun, Jin Caiyi. He is reclusive by nature and heavily disdains any form of formal or informal in person verbal communication with people, due to their tendency to widely misunderstand them and his inability to communicate his intentions properly. Due to his blunt personality, he is extremely hard to approach with only his martial siblings and Shizun being able to communicate effectively with him.

He is also persistant and loyal, as shown when he renounced his position as an inner sect disciple of the Nanshan Sanyan Sect in order to search for his Shizun Jin Caiyi. Given that his Shizun is the very person who rescued him from slavery, gave him a home as well as a family and a name to call his own, his loyalty to her is so strong that he disdains any rudeness towards her.

Being a rogue cultivator (by choice), he is often ridicluded for giving up hs prestigious position despite his only wish to "unite his broken family" which referred to not only his martial siblings but also his Shizun. After marrying and having four children with his wife, his definition of family has grown to extend to them as well.

## Abilities

* **Cultivation**: Being an inner sect disciple of the famed Nanshan Sanyan Sect, Shi Wu posesses a higher level of cultivation than many of the people in his generation excluding most of his martial siblings. Combined with his abilities being aligned with the Path of Preservation known for the steady and slower progression of it's cultivators, he has a more than stable formation and highly advanced basics.
* **Path of Preservation**: A user of the Path of Preservation, his abilities are aligned primarily towards defense and the force behind his strikes from his weapons are excessively powerful. Users of the Path of Preservation utilize the elements of stone, earth, and ice in battle. When utilizing his abilities, Shi Wu's eyes are known to glow slightly though it is not that noticable.

## Weapons

* **Saber**: Shi Wu wields an unnamed Saber created in the forges of the Nanshan Sanyan Sect.

## Trivia

* When he is first introduced, Shi Wu is 14 years old while his Shizun is 78 years old (despite her spry appearance). After the time skip, his Shizun is 1175 years old and Shi Wu is 23.