Wu Rendi

* Novel
* Donghua
* Manhua

**Wu Rendi** (吴仁荻, *Wú Réndí*), Formerly known as **Wu Mian** (吴勉, *Wú Miǎn*) is a one of the main characters in Bureau of Paranormal Investigation and its sequels. He is considered the most powerful character in the novel.

he is mysterious white-haired man, It looks like he's twenty years old, but he's actually more than 2000 years old. In the 1980s, he reached a mysterious agreement with Gao Liang. After joining the B.P.I, he served as the Director of the Sixth Room.

In Legend of Mian, you reveal the story of Wu Mian's growth to be **Invincible** over the past two thousand years.

## Appearance

He is described as a handsome young man in his twenties, some describe him as attractive young man (小白脸). He has White-haired, but in the Weakening Period it returns to its natural black color. He has an poker face with a mean look in his eyes, and although he doesn't smile much, he has a "distinctive smile" that is described as "like a smile yet not a smile".

He has a middle-pitched voice, and speaks with a soft Wu dialect, but with a mean tone in his words, this mix creates his "distinctive tone".

He is described as being white from head to toe, always wears an all-white jacket and suit. except in Qilin City, where he wears a black tunic suit with a stand-up collar.

In Legend of Mian, he was dressed in a Fangshi white outfit, but after leaving his status as Fangshi, he was dressed in a cultivator white outfit.

## Personality

Wu Rendi is a mean man by nature since his childhood and is often sarcastic, has a venomous tongue. Moreover, he is so spiteful that he does not forget any grudges with others, even if they are small, and even if hundreds of years have passed, he does not stop until he takes revenge, especially for those who stabbed him behind his back. However, even though his deepest grudge was towards Guang Ren, he didn't kill him and instead imprisoned him for hundreds of years.

Stubborn and unreasonable, Wu Rendi refuses to acknowledge the conclusions and opinions of others and sticks to his own opinion, and if others argue with him he will strike them with thunder, As with Gui Bugui. He also hates being reminded to do things he doesn't like to do or hear. And he hates that his skill in refining is criticized.

Wu Rendi always shows an arrogant and cold attitude towards those around him, even when someone takes the lead with him, he will feel the pressure of Wu Rendi. Furthermore, Wu Rendi is a solitary person who likes quiet and hates noise, is not talkative, and rarely laughs with others, and smiles with a natural smile, as he always smiles sarcastically or contemptuously. Besides, Wu Rendi often rolled his eyes at others.

Wu Rendi is always indifferent to what happens around him, as Shen La describes him as "even if someone committed suicide in front of him, he didn't care", as Wu Rendi doesn't like getting into things that have nothing to do with him. In addition, Wu Rendi has a contempt for things that attract the desire of others deeply, such as the Tianli Diagram. And rarely is there anything that catches his eye. However, the one thing Wu Rendi didn't ignore is his descendants.

Regarding his descendants, Wu Rendi is kinder and warmer towards them, and fiercely protects them from getting hurt. But when his descendants unintentionally angers him, such as selling their ancestral home, Wu Rendi ignores that they are his blood and treats them like everyone else. But after all, Wu Rendi still cared for his descendants and did not allow his bloodline to be cut off, like treating Shao Yiyi of lesbian.

Despite Wu Rendi's mean personality, he is a very reliable person and never breaks his promises, he has a strong sense of justice and humanity, and can pity even people who have bad relations with him when they are in a dire state. Although he bullies his comrades, who have accompanied him for 2000 years, he cares for them, and feels anxious and fearful for them when they are in danger, although he does not admit it. Wu Rendi's feelings for his wife Zhao Wenjun were very sincere, after his wife's death, Wu Rendi was not affected by any other woman, and even he was willing to help those devoted couples to each other, like Yang Xiao and his wife Xu Rongrong.

## Trivia

* His name is homophone with 无人敌 (Wú rén dí), meaning; "Invincible".
* The Dafang Master Xu Fu gives him his surname "Wu", based on his Wu affiliation.
* Despite being the protagonist of Legend of Mian, due to his personality, his role as the protagonist is not clear.
* He is considered the third most powerful person in the world after Xu Fu and Xi Yingzhen.
* Probably the reason why he gave the Seed to Shen La is the same as the reason Xu Fu gave the Seed to him.
* He became a white-haired immortal at the age of 20.
* He is has a obsession with cleanliness.
* He is not differentiate between right and left.
* He is one of the few white-haired people who have been able to give birth to offspring, and thus an extended descendants. However, all of his descendants are female only.
* He is considered an "idiot in refine". As everything he refined is useless, and the rare elements in refining are wasted for nothing.
	+ It is assumed that the Daggers he made may have used meteoric iron obtained from Wu Zu, which explains the strength of the Daggers in the main novel.
	+ It is assumed that the pills and medicines that appeared in the main novel are former stocks refined by Gui Bugui.
* His distinctive smile and distinctive tone describes that "despising everything in the world".
* He doesn't have the Bigu, and hunger can cause him a real problem.
* He has not drunk alcohol since entering seclusion and returning to the worldly. Contrary to what appears in Donghua.
	+ Before entering seclusion, when he drinks alcohol, he uses his cultivation to avoid the effects of alcohol.
* Although he is not talkative, there are rare instances in which he has spoken a lot to others:
	+ as talking to Zhang Song, when he was stuck in maze array for days without food.
	+ as talking to his wife in the same manner as Bai Wuqiu, when he tried to calm her down about Gui Bugui and the others, while he himself was nervous. Zhao Wenjun even indicated that apart from her, no one in the world will see him like this.
* He is not very good at playing Weiqi.
* He is not good at drawing. Shen La described his drawing as looking like children's doodles.
* Although he is not very good at refining and drawing, but he is good at sculpting.
* He can't leave China, just because he swore not to leave, he has not interest in exploring the world like Gui Bugui and Ren San, and the only time he left was to rescue Shao Yiyi.
* Although he has many enemies, he has not direct relationship with them, except for Guang Ren.
* He hates the most is to be threatened with the use of other people's lives.
* The author emphasized that someone like Wu Mian could only live up to twenty years. This is reflected in the fact that he is the second choice as the heir of Xu Fu's Seed, (If not for Li Si's stubborn behavior, Wu Mian wouldn't be alive until now).
* His wife, Zhao Wenjun, called him **Wu Lang** (吴郎, *Wú Láng*). In ancient China, 郎 was used as a term of address used by women for their husband or lover.
* Donghua introduced in Wu Rendi's personal profile with information that was not mentioned in the novel.
	+ Height: 188 cm.
	+ Birthday: January 10th.
	+ Zodiac: Capricorn.

## References

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