Wang Yuyan

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Wang Yuyan (Traditional Chinese: 王語嫣; Simplified Chinese: 王语嫣; 王玉燕 in 1st revision of the novel) is a fictional character in Jinyong's novel, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Her mother is Madam Wang, her father is Duan Zhengchun and she is the cousin of Gusu Murong Fu, who is the descendant of a dethroned emperor and overthrown dynasty.

Wang Yuyan is an ethereal-looking beauty of about sixteen years old. She is truly sweet and innocent, and detests the violence associated with martial arts. However, she is infatuated with her cousin, Murong Fu, who is an avid martial arts learner, so in order to please him, she reads and memorises the martial arts manuals hidden in her house.

Wang Yuyan first meets Duan Yu when he blunders into the garden of her house accidentally. Duan Yu is captivated by her beauty, so similar to that of the jade statue he found in a cave. Duan Yu is subsequently captured and made to be a servant by Madam Wang. Duan Yu then learns of Wang Yuyan's infatuation for her cousin, who is currently heading to fight Beggars' Sect because of misunderstandings. On witnessing her worry for Murong Fu, Duan Yu took it upon himself to solve her problems. He escapes with Wang Yuyan and becomes more and more mersmized by her beauty.

Her past was largely unknown until the end, where it was revealed that she was the granddaughter of the Tian Shan Tong Lao's younger apprentice sister and Wu Ya Zi, the Xiaoyao Sect Grandmaster.

In the end, Murong Fu becomes so obsessed with regaining his empire that he decides to give up Wang Yuyan to try to woo the Princess of Xi Xia. Wang Yuyan then realises that only Duan Yu, who is willing to sacrifice his life for her, will treasure her and give her happiness. The book ends with her and Duan Yu together, with Murong Fu becoming mad in the end.

However, in the third edition of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Wang Yu Yan is obssessed with trying to obtain a martial arts that will allow its user to remain youthful. In this edition, she does not like Duan Yu and ignores him throughout. Although Duan Yu is mesmerised by her in the beginning, he reallises that his true affections are for a statue he saw and not of Wang Yu Yan so he does not continue wooing her. In the end, Wang Yu Yan ends up taking care of her mad cousin with one of her maids, Ah Bi.