Chi Xiaolong: Cloud Match
Designer's Reflection: Cloud Match
Obtained: top-up for North Melody hell event
Rarity: SR
Attribute: Green/Fresh
Awakened Suit: Smoky Clouds
Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection
Chapter 1 - Trip to Lor River
Chapter 2 - Unsolved Mysteries
Chapter 3 - Great Desert City
Story - summarized
Chi Xiaolong can't wait to learn more about Lor River City's history. His cousin, Xiaoyu, just wants to go on vacation. But they both have a paper to write and turn in to Jiang Xitong when they return to CENU, so they go to the seminar.
Everyone knows that ancient Lor River City was a prosperous oasis, but no one knows why everyone suddenly left their homes. Supposedly, it was due to a sandstorm, but Lor River is still standing. Xiaolong visits the historic site to get a closer look at the ruined mural of Kalah the Goddess.
He spots workers' stairs climbing the rock wall. He follows them to a cave, where Wenren Dian sits. While the two of them play weiqi, Xiaolong wonders aloud why the ancient people left so suddenly. Wenren answers the question like he's talking about chess: there is no guarantee to winning, so sometimes it's necessary to take risks. Even if it seems like you're winning, you need to take precautions.
That's when Xiaolong realizes: the people of ancient Lor River City knew losing their houses was an acceptable sacrifice to keep the culture and the people alive.
And now, modern-day Lor River City is thriving better than ever.
Connections
-The first time we visit Lor River in Miraland is in Love Nikki, where you can travel for a week with the Around the World feature.
-Wenren Dian came to Lor River City to see the Kalah mural. He recounts in Soaring Plumes that he lost all his memories once and was searching for anything relating to the Ocean of Memories. The Kalah mural was the nearest source - which would also explain why ancient Lor River City was destroyed.
-Jiang Xitong has made it clear in each of her Reflections, from the lectures in Azure Porcelain to the flute playing in Brisk Autumn to the poetry in Morning Blossoms, that she pursues everything relating to Cloud's history and tradition. It makes sense that she would view a trip to Lor River as a learning opportunity over a tourist attraction.
-No one in modern Lor River City knows much about the two officials that were with the queen during the ancient time, but when Nikki and friends travel to the past, they learn it was Yexiao and Wenren Dian that attended to Queen Joyeux.
Fun Facts
-When this Reflection first debuted in Shining Nikki, it went under the name "Yun Shanyi," which is the pinyin version of the Chinese name.
-The ancient game of weiqi is similar to chess, and it also goes by the names go and baduk.
