Luo Mu Zi

When Qiao Si Liu offers bewitching tea instead, he claims eagerness to taste it while still fixing on Fang Yuan’s willow spiral cup. He stands and offers his own creation, nine recollecting fragrances, and later joins Lun Fei in urging Fang Yuan to produce a superior Eastern Sea tea, then condemns Fang Yuan’s seawater offering as revolting. ^{ch. 1317}

After Qiao Si Liu tells Fang Yuan he can drop formality and call her Si Liu, Luo Mu Zi’s eyes go wide at how differently she is treating him next to the other suitors. ^{ch. 1318}

He recites a five-words-per-line poem, and narration states that it leaves the listening immortals in admiration and the pavilion silent. Qiao Si Liu privately doubts he could have written it and notes he never claims authorship. Fang Yuan recognizes the lines as Qi Jue’s Five Words Poem from Qi Jue grotto heaven and weighs whether Luo Mu Zi already entered that place. ^{ch. 1319} In the rock dissecting contest that follows, Luo Mu Zi’s results nearly match Fang Yuan’s, and Fang Yuan credits sharp insight plus strong luck. ^{ch. 1320}

Narration states he is not a lone immortal: he comes from Luo clan, one of Southern Border’s super forces, so Fang Yuan must weigh clan retribution before targeting him. After the festival he and Lun Fei agree to inform Chi Shang rather than strike Wu Yi Hai openly, and narration names him a righteous path Gu Immortal aware of that difficulty. ^{ch. 1320} Fang Yuan delays any move until Wu clan channels supply details on Luo Mu Zi and Lun Fei. ^{ch. 1321}

During the qi tides, Luo Mu Zi enters Qi Jue grotto heaven with Luo Ran and Luo Hao Ze, noting that the tides make progress smoother as they push toward Qi Jue’s true inheritance for Luo clan. ^{ch. 1987} He later reacts in shock to a qi harvest fruit found there. ^{ch. 1996}