Wen Kexing

* Normal
* Usurper
* Child
* Immortal

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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 Word of Honor. For Wen Kexing in Faraway Wanderers/Audio Drama, see here.*

## Appearance

His robes seem to be always colourful, or with a pattern. When Wen Kexing poses as the Ghost Valley Master, he applies red eyeliner. His fan is a plain white one. He has long black hair, often pulled up with two pieces out. His hair is often pulled up with the key to the armory that all martial artists were searching for. After performing the ritual with Zhou Zishu, his hair appeared white.

## Personality

Initially, Wen Kexing poses as a typical gentleman who has a vast knowledge of manners and poetry, impressing almost everyone around him. He is a self proclaimed philanthropist who seeks to help people in non violent manners and eradicate all sorts of evil. As the Ghost Valley Master, he personality radically changes, where he's highly unpredictable and sadistic, acting completely calm when killing and taking delight in how the other Ghosts are terrified of him. He is dubbed as *Wen the Lunatic* in the Valley due to his behaviour.

Wen Kexing manages to switch between those two personas effortlessly, going between the maniac Ghost Valley Master and the flirtatious gentleman, to the point where it is questioned whether he is sincere or not in his emotions.

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. His habit of speaking in riddles and poems often confuses those around him, bothering Zhou Zishu as well.

Due to the Meng Po Soup he had to drink as a child, his emotions and mental state fluctuate in and out of a crazed state. However, he has an excellent control of his facial expressions and behaviour, being able to switch from a happy and flirtatious *Lao-Wen* to a vicious and dangerous *Ghost Valley Master* in a split second.

Often, he becomes frantic and protective when it comes to those he cares about, especially when it comes to his "A-Xu". However, it should be noted that although he doesn't outwardly display as intense feelings of protectiveness over Gu Xiang and Zhang Chengling, he is still fiercely protective of them when they come into danger and will undoubtedly kill anyone who tries to harm them.

## Abilities

* **Excellent Martial Skills** - It impresses even Ye Baiyi in their several fights and confrontations.
* **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 traveling, 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** - Due to Wen Kexing's enjoyment for poems, riddles and rhymes, he is often able to disguise stories about himself and his past incredibly well. Often, people aren't able to understand these stories without further thought.
* **Exceptional Hearing** - Like Zhou Zishu, it is clear that he has exceptional hearing too.

## Relationships

### Zhou Zishu

He takes an interest in Zishu from the beginning, especially by the latter's distinctive back. He regularly flirts with Zishu and commonly refers to him as his "soulmate". He has made up his mind that in this lifetime, he will marry no one else but Zishu. If the latter is gone, he will remain solitary until the end of his life.

### Gu Xiang

He brought Xiang up since her early childhood. They care for each other a lot. Wen Kexing reveals that she is like a daughter to him. They have a relationship similar to that of brother and sister. They often engage in witty banter with one another. When she dies in his arms, he is devastated and promises to revenge her death by killing Mo Huai Yang.

## Novel Difference

*See: Wen Kexing/Novel*

* Wen Kexing's origin story of being Zhen Yan, exiled from the Immortal Physician Valley and rescued by Qin Huaizhang does not exist, and his name is Wen Kexing through all his life.
	+ The senior/junior brother relationship between Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu also do not exist
* Wen Kexing does not have hostility towards the Great Five Sects.
* Wen Kexing's pursuit of Zhou Zishu is because of curiosity rather than recognition.
* Wen Kexing does not fake his death, nor does the revenge plan of exposing Zhao Jing during the second Heroes Conference, therefore, any events beyond that point is drama-exclusive.

## Gallery

**Promotional Material**

**Official Drama Stills**

**Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu Drama Stills**

**Official Posters**

**Official Q-Version**

**Official Merchandise**

## Trivia

* Wen Kexing's name is a divison of his old name, where the character 衍 becomes 客行 when broken into two.
* Wen Kexing's appearance in he epilogue is inspired from the Taiwanese Edition of the novel, as seen with his white hair and blue robes.
* Scoprion King's actor, Li Daikun, was the initial pick for Wen Kexing, however, Li Daikun opted for playing Scoprion, as he saw the role fit him more.

## References

1. ↑ Web-Series, Episode 04
2. ↑ Web-Series, Episode 20