![]() Xiaolongnü meets Yang Guo for the first time when he ventures into the Ancient Tomb while escaping from the bullies at Quanzhen Sect. Coincidentally, Guo Jing arrives at Chongyang Palace with Yang Guo and drives away Huodu and his men. He brings his henchmen with him, and they raid Chongyang Palace along the way. The Mongol prince Huodu believes the tale and travels to the Ancient Tomb, hoping to meet Xiaolongnü. The lucky man will also claim possession of the tomb, which is said to house great treasures and martial arts manuals. Meanwhile, Li Mochou spreads rumours in the jianghu that when Xiaolongnü turns 16, she will offer her hand in marriage to any man who can defeat her. Xiaolongnü inherits the sect's leadership position at age 14 after her master dies. ![]() The sect expels Xiaolongnü's senior, Li Mochou, for poor conduct. She starts learning the sect's highest order skill from the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, but since her master's understanding of the skill is incomplete, her own understanding is even more limited. As a child, she learns all the sect's martial arts and masters all of them after many years. Before they decide what to do with the baby girl because the sect does not accept female members, a middle-aged woman called Granny Sun appears and takes Xiaolongnü away to the nearby Ancient Tomb.Īn unnamed apprentice of Lin Chaoying, the founder of the Ancient Tomb Sect, raises Xiaolongnü. ![]() Her cries pierce the silence of the night and draw the attention of the Quanzhen priests. Yang Guo, Granny Sun, and her martial arts master call her "Long'er", but otherwise, the novel gives her no other name.įictional character biography Early life Īn unknown figure abandons an infant Xiaolongnü outside Chongyang Palace (the Quanzhen Sect's headquarters). In the novel, the guardians of Xiaolongnü (literally "Little Dragon Maiden") name her after the Chinese zodiac year in which she was born, the Year of the Dragon. ![]()
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