At a glance
- His identity. An old man and the Village of Lu's chief, wholly devoted to the Merciful Lady of the Veil.
- Meeting place. Along the principal route up the Mountain of Imprisonment, beginning with a cage in Iron Butcher’s Camp.
- Connected to Cui. Cui, the child puppet in the Puppet Testing Grounds, is his granddaughter.
- Voluntary assistance. Both unlocking the mountain gate for him and delivering Rootless Dew to him are parts of the Cui side quest.
- Beware of spoilers. Role in the Story describes his fate.
Overview
Faith drives Lu Sanqian, the Village of Lu's chief and an old man, to make the ascent of the Mountain of Imprisonment unaccompanied.
As a sixteenth-generation member of the Lu family, he describes his kin as indebted to the Merciful Lady of the Veil. Once illness struck the village and wooden puppets began wandering its lanes, he saw a sign from the Lady and departed to offer prayers at the summit.
Soul meets him halfway up the mountain. That scene forms one stage of the side quest Cui: it starts at the child puppet in the Puppet Testing Grounds, passes through Lu Sanqian, and ends with his son Lu Jieyuan.
Relationships
- CuiGranddaughterCuiGranddaughter
Back in the village she is waiting for him, and it is on her account that he talks of asking the Lady to bring her back.
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- SoulAide on the mountainSoulAide on the mountain
Releases him from the cage, unlocks the gate and hands over Rootless Dew.
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Background
Obligation to the Shrine
Ground that gods and buddhas were said to have blessed is where his forebears raised the clan's ancestral hall. He took it badly when the hall was turned into a shrine to the Merciful Lady of the Veil, but remained convinced that the Lu family must pay back what it owed.
Back in the village a strange sickness was spreading, and Cui, his granddaughter, was there awaiting his return. Throughout the journey, he talks about asking the Lady to restore her.
Role in the Story
Caged at Iron Butcher’s Camp
The mountain road has been blocked off by Maskwalkers, and the gate is bolted from the other side. In a cage at Iron Butcher’s Camp, Lu Sanqian is trapped and shouting to be released. He is after a route onward to the shrine. Soul releases him from the cage on the main path.
Unlocking the Gate with Rootless Dew
Reaching the Shrine Outer Gate, Soul scales the tall ladder and pulls the levers to clear the way. The mountain is drenched in rain, and the more Lu Sanqian drinks, the more thirsty he becomes. Rootless Dew, handed over by Soul, relieves this only briefly.
Nothing will stop him from continuing. He calls whoever waits above, whether a man or a ghost, the Lady's arrangement, and says that his fate is one he accepts.
The Letter and the Ribbon
Soul comes upon him collapsed by the trail ahead of The Lady’s Shrine Bell. The shrine gate was as far as he got; he never entered. Addressed to his son Lu Jieyuan was a letter, its writing cut off midway, and he also carried Cui’s Red Ribbon, which Cui had begged Soul to take to her grandfather.
Within his chest sat a heart-shaped Mindseal, a more refined version of the older kind, built to preserve the power that Transcension bestows while removing as much of its madness as possible. A Crude Radiant Heart is also paid out at this last meeting.
Missions Featured
| Appearance | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Cui | Side tale | Soul lets Lu Sanqian out of his cage in Iron Butcher’s Camp, then opens the Shrine Outer Gate and supplies Rootless Dew. Later, beside the trail short of The Lady’s Shrine Bell, a conversation takes place after Soul finds him. |
Quotes
Up the mountain
“My name is Lu Sanqian. I'm the chief of the Village of Lu at the foot of the mountain...”
His self-introduction.
“Whatever's waiting up there... it's all the Lady's will. I accept my fate!”
As he keeps climbing the mountain.
“I don’t believe you! I am going to see the Lady myself!”
A line he speaks aloud.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Lu Sanqian?
Cui's grandfather and chief of the Village of Lu, he is encountered by Soul on the Mountain of Imprisonment.
What is the way to free Lu Sanqian?
Look for the cage beside the main path at Iron Butcher’s Camp and release him. Afterwards, go to the Shrine Outer Gate, scale the tall ladder and work the levers to clear the route, then hand him Rootless Dew.
What purpose does the Red Ribbon serve?
Soul was asked by Cui to carry Cui’s Red Ribbon to her grandfather. Talk to Lu Sanqian in front of The Lady’s Shrine Bell, and both the ribbon and the message he still carries point on to the storyline about Cui’s parents and Lu Jieyuan.