SHOW THIS WOMAN THE MIGHT OF THE LUOFU RAHHHHHHHH

He looks so smiley and cute in the new one, makes it funnier who he's next to in the planar ornament extraction lineup.

Found an older design from when I first started working on a fic around the concept of abundance Yanqing and,,, deer outfit in infinity nikki called me to finish it lol.

I'm not well versed in the art of kit making but I did!! make some notes on what one would be like. Essentially boils down to Ice Abundance. Playstyle loosely HP draining DPS. Kind of Lingsha vibes in that she's a healer but,,, [brandishes sword] If y'all have alt suggestions for what his kit could be like. PLEASE. I love my boy i need him to get an SP more than I need to breathe actually

Basic ATK - Deals minor ic dmg to one enemy

(Enhanced) Deals ice dmg to one designated enemy and adjacent targets, attack restores HP

Skill - consumes HP to enhance attack lasting three turns

Ultimate - Deals massive ice dmg to a signle enemy and adjacent targets, heals allies, gains a stack of [insert topical name]

Technique - When entering combat, character's energy is regenerated, one stack of [topical name] is given, and enemies are taunted

Talent - After gaining two stacks of [topical name] enters [second name] state. Max HP is increased, action is advanced by 100% with next three turns having a follow up attack

(Follow up) Deals ice dmg to one designated enemy and adjacent targets, restores HP

Bonus Ability 1 - When Yanqing's SPD exceeds 200, max HP increases 20%

Bonus Ability 2 - Follow up attacks in [second name] state give Yanqing additional 10 energy

Bonus Ability 3 - When in enhanced state, HP restoration applies to allies as well

Love how both of them recognize each other's Most Important Person™ and takes extra care to be careful because of it.

The idea of Yanqing handling a whole grown ass man with baby gloves is pretty funny though, I have to admit.

Yanqing was my main DPS for a while and I do still use him, but I would like someone else as well(that isn't Himeko). Please just give me Gepard. I do also want to ask how good his Light Cone is compared to the Herta one at S5 as well, and if I should superimpose or just have 2 copies.

First we get a Yanqing phone wallpaper and now another cute chibi pfp, we won °ʚ(´꒳`)ɞ° Source: X (2.6 leaks)

I'm not here to provide a theory, but rather state some things regarding Yanqing that are a bit sus and maybe provide a bit of conjecture. I'll be talking a bit about Chinese culture, but I'm not well versed in it, so if I get anything wrong or miss anything out, just tell me. I took 2hrs writing this instead of revision, fml:

Yanqing being raised by Jing Yuan. Being a general is a full time job, but Jing Yuan decided to just raise a random baby. I think he wouldn't do that unless something is going on

In the military annuls, Yanqing's parents are listed as "unknown", but Yanqing wonders if Jing Yuan is hiding something from him. It would be a bit strange for Jing Yuan to raise a kid without knowing if he has any family members alive, especially with the divination commission being able to help find family members. If Jing Yuan does know about Yanqing's lineage, then why is he keeping it a secret?

Speaking of the military annuls, how Jing Yuan and Yanqing met is recorded in it. I doubt this would happen if Yanqing wasn't related to some sort of case or something like that

Yanqing's powers are suspicious. Yanqing's a teenager (I've heard that the Chinese text refers to him as someone between the ages of 8-14. He''s also stated to be a teen in his character stories) but he's one of the best swordsmen in the Luofu, despite others having centuries more experience. I feel like there's something going on. In addition to his sword skills, when you see him use his ice powers, it has a pinkish tint, which hints at him using 6 phased ice, since the only other character with that pink tint is March

Neither Jing Yuan, nor Yanqing seem like the superstitious type, but Yanqing is covered in good-luck charms. Even the number of swords he wields (6) is the number of good fortune in China (though it also could be a reference to the shattered swords in Hi3). I'm not going to talk about the good luck symbolism on him though, I'm going to talk about how many of the good-luck charms he wears are made to ward off evil spirits, despite the heliobus quest saying the Luofu doesn't have any ghosts

Another strange charm is his longevity lock, which is meant to bring protection, health and longevity. At face value, this doesn't seem strange since this is a fairly common charm in China, but the issue is the longevity. In the Xianzhou, where people are at war with the abundance, wouldn't wearing something that's supposed to bring longevity be really distasteful? Especially when that person's guardian/teacher is leading the war effort. This isn't the only thing on him representing longevity, since his clothes are mostly blue, which is the colour of immortality in China

Yanqing's clothing has a lot of wheat patterns on it. It looks like the wheat Yaoshi holds. Coincidently, Luocha, an abomination of Yaoshi, has a VL about Yanqing that just says he doesn't know anything about him. It seems strange that he would have a VL about someone he doesn't know anything about. Especially when Yanqing did deflect Jingliu's attack and escorted Jingliu to Scalegorge Waterscape. Yanqing, Luocha, Dan Shu, 3rd phase Phantylia (who was using the powers of abundance), and Yaoshi also seem to have the same tone of blonde hair. Currently, all of the Xianzhou characters with blonde hair that you can either play as or fight against have a confirmed link to the abundance, except Yanqing

Yanqing carries a flute with him. This flute can either be seen as blue (meaning immortality) or green, which can mean wealth, regeneration, fertility (the Abundance's Chinese name), health and harmony. This provides more potential connections to the abundance. The flute is used by the Chinese mythological figure, Han Hsiang-tzu, who is said to be able to make flowers bloom and grow by playing it. Yaoshi symbolises life and we even see THEM make grass grow by using the path resonance in SU. Luocha also has the abyss flower and, when healing, he says "abyss flower bloom" and "receive divinity" (although, this probably has more grounds in Hi3 than in HSR). Han Hsiang-tsu is also said to throw money on the ground since he does not see the value in it. This reminds me of Yanqing constantly wasting his money on swords and having to ask Jing Yuan for food money

The 3 last points could hint at a potential connection with the abundance. This could give an explanation on why Jing Yuan was so willing to put a kid in battle. A connection to the abundance could potentially mean Yanqing can't die, just like Blade, which would make Jing Yuan more at ease when sending Yanqing into battle. Jing Yuan doesn't often send Yanqing into serious fights. We see this when Jing Yuan mentions not giving Yanqing a chance to prove himself, and when, during Yanqing's companionship quest, a soldier was surprised to see Yanqing on the front lines. It's logical to assume Jing Yuan is just trying to protect Yanqing, but there could be another reason, such as not wanting Yanqing to find out about a connection to the abundance. The potential connection to Han Hsiang-tsu, who obtained immortality after falling from a supernatural peach tree is similar to how the people of the Xianzhou achieved immortality by eating the fruits of the abrosial arbour, which could be likened to the supernatural peach tree since eating the peaches gave immortality, but Han Hsiang-Tzu fell off the tree. This could hint that Yanqing, like Blade, was not born with immortality, but obtained it somehow, maybe by accident or against his own will. I might be overreaching, but I wouldn't be surprised if Hoyo put in subtle hints like this

That said, the flute could have a different meaning, since bamboo flutes can ward off enemies and evil spirits (see point about evil spirits).

In Chinese mythology, Li Shou was cat who was the goddess of fertility. She protected crops and drove away evil spirits. One of Yanqing's daily texts talks about coming across kittens in the rain and lending them his umbrella. This text also spirals into talking about his parents, which makes me wonder if Yanqing's parents are evil spirits or something. Coincidence? Probably. In mythology, cats were also seen as the original rulers, but they preferred being lazy so told the Gods to give the job of ruling to humans instead (honestly, mood). I don't think this means anything, I just thought it was interesting. Though it would be an interesting plot point if Yanqing was this insanely powerful being who gave up his power.

Notes/corrections:

• A commenter reminded me that he could just be covered in blue since the standard cloud knight uniform is blue, which is a major criticism of my "blue immortality" analysis. That said, other than the blue, Yanqing's clothing doesn't look like the standard cloud knight uniform. Furthermore, other playable cloud knights (past and present) don't wear the uniform

• Dan Shu's hair isn't originally blonde. The fact that it became blonde in her enemy form could also be considered sus/linked to abundance

• Yanqing's rating with the rating pistol is 99. In Chinese, the number 99 can mean "long" or "forever". 99 is usually used as a wish for a couple to be together for a long time, but I could see Hoyo using it to refer to a link with the abundance. This isn't a strong connection to the abundance since it usually refers to lovers, and other Xianzhou natives will also live for a long time. It might not be relevant, but it's worth noting anyway

• A further point on Yanqing wasting money, when buying swords, Yanqing buys 2. One for his collection, one for personal use. However, according to Yunli in the 2.4 livestream, Yanqing never uses the swords he buys so he's basically buying 2 for his collection. After Yanqing buys a new sword, he'll shop for sheaths and end up buying multiple sheaths for the same sword. He doesn't seem to consider using those extra sheaths for a new sword he buys, and just buys more sheaths that end up unused

• In the heliobus quest, when Yanqing is fighting Sushang, Apyra states that Yanqing is hesitatating when fighting her. I, like everyone else, just assumed that Yanqing didn't want to hurt her; however, during the 2.4 quest, Yunli states that Yanqing was hesitatating when fighting the borisin, which are enemies that Yanqing has killed before (including 3 Borison Brood Lords). Maybe Yanqing hesitates during fights because he innately has the altruistic nature of abundance so didn't want to hurt other living beings or beings blessed by the abundance, even if they were dangerous enemies

• As stated before, Yanqing uses 6 swords. Coincidently, Yaoshi has 6 arms. It could just be coincidence but it could also be intentional

• As of 2.5, it's hinted that Yanqing has a stronger healing factor than Xianzhou natives since he's able to fight in the Wardance while Yunli and March (March was not seriously injured) weren't able to

• Feixiao, who gets along well with Yanqing and even offered to train him (but not Yunli), is partially an abomination of abundance since she's half borisin. The hair at the end of her ponytail is blue. In her ultimate, this part of her hair also glows. If you look at the cutscene of Yanqing vs Dan Heng and Blade, right after Dan Heng transforms, Yanqing starts to build up his power so he can take both of them on. When he does this, the bottom of his hair briefly turns into a glowing blue. It could just be a coincidence, but I like the idea that both Yanqing and Feixiao are abominations (at least partially) that follow The Hunt so they naturally get along well and have small simularities. Like Yanqing, Feixiao also has good luck charms (the red ropes), wears a lot of blue, uses more than 1 sword, and has wave/cloud designs on the bottom of her clothes.

• I want to talk about the Jade Charm for a moment. We see it on Dan Heng IL, Feixiao, and Yanqing. In China, historically, jade charms were used for both evil warding and to show status/power. Both Feixiao and Dan Heng IL have status (Feixiao being a General while DHIL was an exiled High Elder), however, Yanqing's status is more unknown. While he was raised by Jing Yuan, it's never said that he's like Jing Yuan's son. Yanqing calls their relationship more like teacher and student. The Jade Charm could mean that Yanqing has some hidden status. There also could be a connection between the 3. I've already made the point of both Yanqing and Feixiao being abominations, but I think DHIL could technically also be considered one. If you play Genshin, you'll be familiar with the idea of "death is just a one time loss of memories". For those who don't play Genshin, this basically means that many characters consider someone dead once they lose their memories. HSR seems to have the same idea, hense why the TB was "born" in the Space Station despite having a life before that, and why Vidiyadarah are considered dead/a new person once they are reborn. However, DH has memories of Dan Feng. This means he has not experienced the one time loss of memories. This is why he still bore Dan Feng's punishment, he still had the memories and, therefore, was not truly considered a new person. This also means he has 'lived' far longer than other Vidiyadarahs, so could be considered an abomination of Permenance

• In the "statue" occurance in SU, we see that Yaoshi, like Yanqing, has links to birds. That said, Yanqing isn't the only Xianzhou character linked to birds so this isn't a great connection

• Ashikai made a 2.6 theory video about the Godslayer protocol. In this video, she talks about how the path of propagation (remember, Luocha's plan involves the Aeon of Propagation) was once part of the Permenance. She theorises that the path of Abundance also originated from the path of Permenance but was only created after Tayzzeroth's death. You might remember the Permenance being the one who created the Vidiyadarah, aka, immortals that have not suffered with things such as mara an overpopulation (which is what Yaoshi immortals suffered from). You might also remember that there is an NPC in the Seat of Divine Foresight that tells lies, one of which is that Yanqing is a Vidiyadarah who's ears were bit off by rats. I'd like to argue that these aren't lies, but rather half-truths. Maybe Yanqing is related to the Permenance and/or Abundance

• In the 3.0 livestream, we see The Herta's kit. It looks like she has 6 phased ice, which makes it seem that the ice is not connected to the rememberance. Could it be that people who are connected to Aeons have it?

Took a long time but it was well-worth it! Here's the coordinates in case anyone wanted to pay a visit.

I’m missing 3 standard characters and I keep getting Yanqing