A Thousand Li: The Second Expedition characters

Appears from the start

An Energy Storage cultivator of Verdant Green Waters who studies swordsmanship and herb gathering under Elder Cheng. Debts and obligations have slowed his progress, but he commits himself to finding three rare materials after his master returns gravely poisoned.

Appears from the start

Wu Ying's former-monk friend and a staff fighter of Verdant Green Waters. He helps with sect assignments, supports the planned cure expedition, and continues searching for a safe treatment for his damaged and unusually small dantian.

Appears from the start

Wu Ying's master and an elder of Verdant Green Waters. He returns from a secret mission weakened by Three Seasons poison, a lethal condition whose cure requires a sun lotus, a Chan Chu heart, and a Ben spirit stone.

Also known as Fairy Yang

Appears from the start

Elder Cheng's other disciple and Wu Ying's martial sister. She escaped the mission that poisoned their master and organizes the research, route planning, recruitment, and practical preparations for the cure expedition.

Appears from the start

A senior apothecarist of Verdant Green Waters and Wu Ying's private teacher. She explains that the required saint-class medicine exceeds what she can reliably produce in the field, and the war prevents her from leaving the sect's medical work.

First appears in chapter 6

A hook-sword fighter and former wandering cultivator who has joined Verdant Green Waters. He spars with Wu Ying after Wu Ying's recent breakthrough and says he sought the sect's protection because the approaching troubles are too large to escape alone.

First appears in chapter 9

The expedition's specialist pill maker. He is capable but arrogant, shows contempt toward mortals, and pursues the party's musician too directly until Wu Ying and Tou He confront him about his conduct.

First appears in chapter 9

A musician recruited for the cure expedition. Her presence draws unwanted attention from the apothecary.

First appears in chapter 16

A former friend of Wu Ying who advanced to second-stage Energy Storage through military service. He has since been reassigned to the city as a city-guard lieutenant, with time there to continue cultivating.

First appears in chapter 16

The official hosting the cultivator auction city. He receives Fa Yuan on sect business, handles valuable items submitted for sale, and asks her to advise his water-aspected daughter, whose limited interest in cultivation worries him.

First appears in chapter 16

A young water-aspected cultivator with enough talent to benefit from Fa Yuan's instruction. Her father asks the visiting cultivator to advise her because, despite her aptitude, she shows little desire to make cultivation her path.

First appears in chapter 17

A visiting cultivator who assaults a restaurant hostess during the crowded auction period. Wu Ying turns the confrontation into a formal public challenge to keep the dispute from becoming a broader fight.

First appears in chapter 22

A trident-wielding direct disciple sent against an already wounded Wu Ying in the public succession challenge. Fresh and well prepared, he presses his attack beyond the point expected in a sparring match.

First appears in chapter 23

The Grey Heavens Auction House official who conducts the cultivation sale under a strict prohibition on violence. Wu Ying cannot read his aura and estimates that his cultivation is at least high Core Formation.

First appears in chapter 23

An elder of Heavenly Lake whose party is already hostile toward the Verdant Green Waters delegation. He watches them openly at the auction, competes for valuable cultivation materials, and presents an immediate concern for Fa Yuan's party.

First appears in chapter 24

An inner disciple of Heavenly Lake who approaches Fa Yuan after his elder outbids her for a stone needed in Elder Cheng's cure. He invites her to discuss the stone at the sect's residence that night, creating a possible route to the missing material.

First appears in chapter 26

A city officer handling the aftermath of the Heavenly Lake conflict. He presents a strict public position while privately promising to protect Fa Yuan in custody and keep watch over the detained opposition.

First appears in chapter 30

The expedition's musician, now identified by name during the final Chan Chu hunt. She uses air-chi guzheng music to interfere with the metal-aspected beast's aura, movements, and meridians while the other fighters seek an opening.

First appears in chapter 32

A swordsman of concealed cultivation leading armed fighters who hold the expedition apothecary hostage. He demands the cure materials, appears stronger than Wu Ying, and uses the prisoner's injuries and explosive talismans as leverage.