Water Image Gu is a rare rank four Gu. It forms a water image that can stand in for the user's body.
At the Northern Plains heroes assembly, Water Demon Hao Ji Liu uses Water Image Gu so a water image takes Chai Ming’s finishing blow while Hao Ji Liu’s real body kills him with a water blade through the heart. ch. 497
Rank and effect
Spectators name it a rare rank four Gu, and add that Hao Ji Liu used other methods to make the water image look lifelike. When the image fails, it turns into a pool of water and disperses. ch. 497
Imperial Court battles
Before a large battle, Fang Yuan, Hei Lou Lan, and Hao Ji Liu arrange for a water-image decoy to stand as “Chang Shan Yin.” When that decoy is cut down, it becomes a puddle of water and leaves a Water Image Gu almost pierced in two. ch. 512 Fang Yuan later notes that without that Water Image Gu arrangement he would already have been dead after Hei Xiu Yi deserted him. ch. 515
Hao Ji Liu again hides his real body and leaves a water image when Pei Yan Fei’s Golden Rainbow Strike bursts through a waterfall; Pei Yan Fei cuts the image, not the real body. ch. 525 Later commentary also names Water Image Gu among Hao Ji Liu’s first-rate escaping methods, while calling him a water path Gu Master. ch. 584
Chronicle
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