Hao Ji Liu

Yan tribe comes to Ge tribe at Crescent Lake asking for help against Water Demon Hao Ji Liu, who has kidnapped Yan Cui Er and is extorting them from the water. Ge Guang and Yan Tian Ji both place him at rank four upper stage on the water path, with a vile name across Northern Plains, and Yan Tian Ji adds that a mysterious opportunity left him at that stage by age thirty-five. At the lakeside exchange he appears young and pale, with broad shoulders, a thin waist, and whitening sideburns, and he takes backwater battle Gu before Fang Yuan as Wolf King Chang Shan Yin joins the fight. ^{ch. 470}

Appearance

He has a young appearance. His face is pale. He has broad shoulders and a thin waist. He is handsome, with a carefree disposition. His sideburns are already turning white, which gives him a mature aura. ^{ch. 470}

Crescent Lake fight

Against Yan tribe he uses rank three sight blow Gu with rank four location swap Gu so a successful gaze hit lets him trade places, and that combo is why he could pressure the tribe’s higher-ups while holding the hostage. ^{ch. 471} Fang Yuan’s past-life memory classes him as a rank four water path Gu Master with strong offense and crowd-fighting skill, a long Northern Plains crime record, and later service as Hei Lou Lan’s number three general after he offers Yan Cui Er at the heroes assembly. That same recall also has him living actively for eighty-nine years before Chang Shan Yin kills him. ^{ch. 472} After escaping Crescent Lake he still plans to gift Yan Cui Er to Hei Lou Lan for status at the heroes assembly and a shot at Imperial Court resources. ^{ch. 473}

Hei Lou Lan’s side

At Yu Tian heroes assembly he kills for Hei Lou Lan, is rewarded with wine, and Yan Cui Er is already present as his meeting gift to Hei Lou Lan against Liu Wen Wu. ^{ch. 497} When Fang Yuan allies with Hei Lou Lan, Hao Ji Liu pays respects as a defeated opponent and stays on as a rank four upper stage expert under that alliance. ^{ch. 499} During the Imperial Court struggle he remains Hei Lou Lan’s first general among rank four experts, an old general of the Hei tribe army whose loyalty points toward an external elder seat if Hei tribe takes Imperial Court. ^{ch. 537}

Demise in Imperial Court