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Ji Ruyan

Trade-fair host and information brokerBlack Feather Merchant Guild

Biography

Darkya trade fair

Ji Ruyan presides over the Black Feather Merchant Guild's clandestine trade fair, using charm and carefully staged surprises to manage a room of dangerous buyers. Yun Che enters her commercial world while investigating the wood spirits and the Soul Sect. Ruyan supplies access, appraisal, and information without becoming his open ally, preserving the broker's neutrality that allows her to operate beneath Darkya Realm's violent politics. (Chapters 1070–1072 and 1219)

Appearance and personality

Ruyan is a graceful woman with a soft, captivating laugh and polished public manners. She is shrewd, confident before powerful guests, and adept at making calculated commercial pressure feel like hospitality. (Chapters 1070–1072)

Abilities and cultivation

Her demonstrated expertise lies in auction management, treasure knowledge, negotiation, and intelligence. She has sufficient cultivation to function among Darkya elites, but no exact realm or major combat victory is established. (Chapters 1070–1072)

Relationships

  • Yun Che attends her fair while concealing his larger purpose.
  • The Black Feather Merchant Guild provides her authority and clientele.
  • Darkya Realm's sects and independent buyers depend on her controlled marketplace.

Items

Ruyan presents many traded treasures, but none is established as her defining personal possession.