Ai Jiang Tu

Ai Jiang Tu (艾江图) is member of the Ai noble family and was the Captain of the Chinese National team during the World College Tournament during Mo Fan's entree generation. After the World College Tournament, he graduated the military academy and became a movable soldier completing missions within China or a guest lecturer at the Imperial College.

Biography
Appearance: Chapter 538 Always Hated the Summoning Element

Named: Chapter 541 Black Devil, Ai Jiangtu

Ai Jang Tu is the captain of the Chinese national team and older brother to Mo Fan's roommate Ai Tu Tu.

He is a member of a prominent military family, the Ai Family that regularly sends out parties to hunt down monsters north of the Great Wall to solely to drive down their numbers. He’s a maniac; he went to the military academy, killed lots of demon beasts, and was still a lot stronger than students who spent lots of time cultivating. He is from the military academy and had regularly roamed between the boundaries of life and death, thus he was very experienced with fighting. His ability to command and discipline outmatched the rest of the students, not to mention he was stronger than other people at the same age with his versatile Space Element.

His military upbringing brought him great amount of experience, resources, training, maturity, dedication to his cultivation and strictness. Which he uses to full effect when leading the Chinese national team. He is also a secret battle maniac.

Ai Jiangtu was a Magician, thus he did not really spend much time (10+ hours) learning how to fly a helicopter.

Novel
A tall and muscular tanned man with a dignified, intimidating and expressionless face. He has a well-proportioned physique. He also has a deep voice in his twenties. He habitually wears military oufits. At Tian Shan, he worn a brown woven linen shawl like an animal fur scarf.

Personality
Through his deep military upbringing, he has determined, cold and strong-willed eyes that convey his experience at a young age, but also has an outspoken style. He respects discipline. He possesses the temperment of a true battle mage. He is kind and doting to his younger sister Ai Tutu, but not above teaching her a lesson when necessary.

Despite his military upbringing, he bares a strange similarity to Mo Fan. They are both students of Zhan Kong, they both nearly killed those who offended their sisters and have no issues declaring war with anyone who tries to interfere, they have no issue condemning people to their deaths should the offense warrant it, they have similar levels of ego, rage and they both dive in head first into dangerous situations without really knowing whats going on.

Ai Jiang Tu is a formal respective member of the rules concerning magic, however, he morally values life and his companions over orders and statuses. He does not look at strength only, but also one’s courage and character.

He has a tendency to be stubborn when trying to complete missions. He is also dense when it comes to women. He possesses a strong sense of justice and moral compass as a soldier.

Ai Jiangtu was from the Chinese army. Ai Jiangtu would never forgive the Black Vatican. As a soldier, Ai Jiang Tu had sworn to uproot the Black Vatican ever since the Calamity of the Ancient Capital!

Visiting the yet-to-be Announced Candidate
Ai Jiang Tu had 4 votes to become a provisional candidate and captain of the China Team for the World College Tournament. He represented the country's military academy. He appeared one day around September to observe Mo Fan and coincidentally saw Ai Tu Tu being bullied. He compensated the attacker Gu Jian with his military father's vote, but still beat Gu Jian up to near death for bullying his sister (due to Tournament selection rules, he was forced to not kill Gu Jian). He also slapped away the present 3 referees. After the incident, Ai Jiang Tu accompanied his sister around the city after unintentionally revealing his Captain position and Mo Fan's yet-to-be announced candidacy.

World College Tournament Saga
In the Spring, Ai Jiang Tu met Mo Fan again during the national team's flight boarding to Japan. They would be going on a long training trip as a team. The training was said to last more than a year then the finals. Members of the team had long had conflicts with one another. It was not the first time the team had split up. Whenever the members were free to make their own decisions, the team usually split up into two. As the captain, Ai Jiangtu was obliged to look after the others. He would normally stay with Guan Yu and the others.

Japan
Ai Jiang Tu learned alongside other team members Mo Fan's successful entry into the High-Tier mage realm. Captain Ai single-handedly fought against a Commander-Tier monster and successfully made it flee, earning Mo Fan's respect and recognition as the strongest mage of the national team. He also discerned Mo Fan's true (non-Demon, non-Space) combat potential. He chose Jiang Shao Xu, Guan Yu, and Mo Fan to fight Japan's defending team.

Peru
Before Mo Fan's arrival in Peru, Ai Jiang Tu and the teammates visited the Nasca Lines. Ai Jiang Tu and the team did not take the badge of Peru to mark their win against the Peru Training Hall.

Ai Jiang Tu managed to induce the General Mott into a bet, half the stakes of Ariel Mines will belong to China, and won with Mo Fan's help. As apologies from the Peruvian Government, Ai Jiang Tu and his team were allowed to take some of the cultivation resources reserved for the Peruvian National Team.

Caribbean Sea
The team’s next destination was Mexico. Without any surprise, the advisors had frozen all their valid identities. They had no choice but to journey through Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica, and the other countries along the coastline on the Caribbean and Pacific, on foot… Eventually, the team stopped at a seaside White Head City and assisted to take down the Red Ornaments Guild terrorizing the Caribbean Sea at White Head Harbor by stalling the government's soldiers.

Liberty's New York
In a southwest cowboy town in Mexico, Mu Ning Xue joined the national team. By then, there were two that the team members were unwilling to stumble into as their opponent in the intermate Duels: the first one was Ai Jiang Tu, and the other one was Mo Fan. Ai Jiang Tu and the team narrowly defeated the Mexico Training Hall.

To fight in a group duel against, the members discussed it and finally decided on a final formation consisting of Ai Jiang Tu, Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, Mu Ting Ying, and Nanrong Ni. Ai Jiang Tu also witnessed the rampage of the adolescent (Commander-Tier) fireball.

Since Mo Fan and Ai JIang Tu were determined to take out the Black Vatican's Executioner Philip here in New York, they could not afford to let him run away. Ai Jiangtu had been watching in the dark since the start, waiting to strike at the perfect time to take Philip down! Ai Jiang Tu reported only Mo Fan at the end, the Black Vatican managed to complete its true goal: thief of the Mirror from the Liberty's warehouse vault. He also jokes to Mo Fan becoming stronger to invite a Red Cardinal for a fight.

Portugal
Ai Jiang Tu participated in the challenge (unseen) of the Portugal Training Hall while and Mo Fan and several other teammates participated in a mystery investigation.

Egypt
After leaving Portugal, Ai Jiang Tu and the team were supposed to depart for Egypt and experience the Arabic culture. To their surprise, when they were setting out for Egypt along the edge of the Sahara Desert by following the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea, they were given an emergency job to find some missing people near the Sahara Desert. Ai Jiang Tu lead those who declines so will not receive any resources allocated to the national team, instead, this split group (Zu Jiming, Mu Ting Ying, Nanrong Ni, Li Kaifeng and Guan Yu) was led by Ai Jiangtu to find other ways of earning resources. The split groups regrouped in Egypt and by then, Ai Jiang Tu's group completing the Egypt Training Hall challenge.

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Reunion in Tian Shan
On temporary leave for experience, the soldier Ai Jiang Tu's 4 member group (himself, Nanyu, Jiang Yu, Guan Yu) went to Tian Shan to challenge the dangerous land. After meeting Mo Fan's group, the 8 former national team members+Ling Ling & Apas decided to join Ai Jiang Tu's selected mercenary group and experience Tian Shan together. Ai Jiang Tu has also become a Super-Tier battle mage (Super-Tier element unknown) alongside other former National Team members. He even learns of Mo Fan's group in Tian Shan: Tian Shan's White Tiger Beast Totem and the Dark King's Black Quartz.

Super-Tier Mo Fan Versus Zu Xiang Tian
Ai Jiang Tu, Ai Tu Tu, Mu Nu Jiao, Guan Yu and Jiang Yu prepped to arrive early for Mo Fan's broadcasted fight. Ai Jiang Tu commented on the Zu Family's unique Curse Element soul equipment.

Mo Fan's National and International News

 * Fanxue Mountain Clan Founding
 * Khufu's Pyramid Exploration
 * Totem Heroes
 * Mo Fan's Heresy Trial



Military Upbringing
Due to living in the military Ai Family, Ai Jiang Tu has the solid foundation of a skilled soldier, however, he lacks skills in transportation piloting/driving.


 * High level Body Control and Balance
 * Strict Discipline and Punctuality
 * Military Sign Language

Spiritual Attainment
The boundary level of Ai Jiang Tu's spiritual attainment affects the strength and growth of his Curse and Space Elements, equivalent to Elemental Spirit Seeds.


 * Lv. 5 (≡Spirit grade Seed): Before the World College Tournament, Ai Jiang Tu already attained the intermediate stage through the training complementation of High-Tier Curse and Space elements.
 * Lv. 6 (≡Soul grade Seed): Due to becoming a Super-Tier Mage, Ai Jiang Tu had to raise his spiritual attainment to the sixth boundary to breakthrough.

Elements
These are the elements Ai Jiang Tu has awakened:


 * Novice-Tier: Curse Element 诅咒系 (Secondary, High/Super-Tier)
 * Mid-Tier: Space Element 空间系 (Primary, Super-Tier)
 * High-Tier: Lightning Element 雷系 (High-Tier)
 * Super-Tier: ? Unknown

Curse Element
The Curse Element is solely dependant on Ai Jiang Tu's Spiritual Attainment to advance to higher levels. The Curse Element possesses too many restrictions in human society, therefore, Ai Jiang Tu uses it as a control and trump attack ability against humans. However, against magical beasts, he has no need to restrict himself. By the time the World College Tournament began, Ai Jiang Tu already reached High-Tier Curse Element for some time. He also wishes to study the Zu Family's unique Curse Element methods of refining bound-beast soul equipment into temporary human-beast soul bound empowerment, using Jiang Yu's connections. Due to his Curse Element, Ai Jiang Tu has a cultivated understanding of the soul and its relationship to the body.

Space Element
The Space Element is partially dependant on Ai Jiang Tu's Spiritual Attainment to advance to higher levels. Due to the international rules on the Curse Element, Ai Jiang Tu prefers to use his versatile Space Element as his main and most proficient element. By the time the World College Tournament began, Ai Jiang Tu already reached High-Tier Space Element for some time and mastered Teleportation Lv. 2. He is deeply skilled in the Space Element that he helped establish the foundation for the next Magic God Mo Fan. As a Super-Tier Mage, Ai Jiang Tu can teleport the group 300-400 meters away.

Lightning Element
The Lightning Element was confirmed as Ai Jiang Tu's third awakened element through indirect context clues and process of elimination in Chapters: 722 (Light Element), 1046 and 1104 based on team member Jiang Yu's (Light, Summon, Chaos) and Mu Tingying's (Ice, Fire, ?) elements. It was not used at all in the Plot due to Mo Fan being nearby, while Ai Jiang Tu's Lightning Element was less destructive and weaker than the versatile Space in Ai Jiang Tu's repetoire. It is also assumed with his national support, Ai Jiang Tu has attained Mortal grade Seed,Spirit grade Seed and Soul grade Seed for his Lightning Element.


 * Chapter 1046: "In the end, the candidates for the first bout were Mu Ning Xue, Jiang Yu, Jiang Shao Xu, Ai Jiang Tu, and Guan Yu. Just looking at the main Elements the five candidates had, none of them had the best offensive Fire Element. Second, the Lightning Element was just like Jiang Yu's secondary Element, therefore, it was a Lightning Element at the output of a little battery compared to Mo Fan’s. It was unlikely that it could come in handy."
 * Chapter 1104: "The only other members with offensive Elements were Ai Jiang Tu and Mu Ting Ying, yet the destructive Lightning and Fire Elements were not really their strengths."

Blessing of the God's Seal (神印礼赞)

 * An imprint was attached to Ai Jiang Tu's most desired element to strengthen with the base effect strengthening at a certain number between 1.2~2.5 depending on his 1 month long comprehension after receiving the Seal. Based on his talents, Ai Jiang Tu would have at least attained a value of 1.5+. He either applied the Blessing to the Curse Element to increase its damage property or to the Space Element to increase its influence.

Equipment
Due to his versatile Space Element, volatile Curse Equipment and soldier upbringing, Ai Jiang Tu possesses a low amount of magic equipment with most owned focus on individual's defense. However, by the time he visited Tian Shan, Ai Jiang Tu had already obtained a full set. Equipment listed without Novel/Manhua Chapters are based on the standard national genius mage of Ai Jiang Tu's generation (based off Mo Fan, Zhang Xiao Hou, Mu Ning Xue and Zhao Man Yan). He also possessed various international currency.

Family

 * Father Ai:
 * Ai Tu Tu:Ai Jiang Tu dotes on his younger sister and beats up those who try to bully her. However, he is strict and will punish her if it benefits her maturity. During their university years, Ai Jiang Tu would assist her shopping, eating and touring the local area when he visits.

Friends

 * Nanyu: Fellow soldier comrade of Ai Jiang Tu and Nanyu calls him Old Ai. Ai Jiangtu was more familiar with Nanyu than anyone else, knowing her hobbies in magic formations, curses and seals.
 * Mo Fan: Ai Jiang Tu became Mo Fan's senior and Space Element advisor towards the novice Space mage during the World College Tournament experience, allowing Mo Fan to develop a solid and versatile Mid-Tier (High-Tier knowledge) rank foundation in his High-Tier awakened element. He also inspired Mo Fan the destructiveness and versatile potential of the Space Element. Later, Mo Fan used Ai Jiang Tu's teachings to educate Fiery Hatera the basics of the Space Element. Mo Fan also calls him Old Ai.

Social Status

 * 1) Soldier (Northern Army - Rank ?)
 * 2) Captain of China's World College Tournament National Team
 * 3) National Team Representative of Northern Military HQ
 * 4) Graduate of Military Academy
 * 5) Imperial College's Guest Instructor