Lu Sheng is a Jianghu Friend in Where Winds Meet who uses the game’s AI Chat system. He’s a small, low-stakes interaction that doubles as a tutorial for how fickle AI Chat can be: your goal is simple, but the path there can wander, stall, or even turn hostile if you push the wrong buttons.
Who Lu Sheng is and why he matters
Jianghu Friends are NPCs built around interaction rather than combat. They can share world flavor and quest context, and they can be befriended. Once you reach revered status with a Jianghu Friend, weekly gifts become part of the reward loop.
Lu Sheng’s hook is uncomplicated. He wants to taste an unusual dish made by Yuan Tiantian, and he’s looking for someone to buy it for him.
Where to find Lu Sheng
Lu Sheng can be found at Heaven’s Pier, positioned in front of Yuan Tiantian’s stall. If you’re in the Qinghe area and you’re trying to get this interaction done quickly, start by heading to Heaven’s Pier and looking for the food stall.
How to raise Lu Sheng’s reputation (what the conversation needs to do)
The win condition is basically roleplay. You’re trying to steer the AI Chat toward you agreeing to buy the treat and then following through in the conversation as if you did it.
In practice, the cleanest approach is to keep your messages direct and aligned with his request: acknowledge that he wants the food, agree to buy it, and confirm that you’ve given it to him.
A reliable conversation shape to aim for
Lu Sheng will usually lead by talking about the smell of the Honey Pear Ball and asking if he can have one. The successful path keeps things simple: you confirm he wants to try it, you “buy” it in the roleplay, and you “give” it to him. When it lands, the result can grant a large affection jump and push him to revered status.
Resetting AI Chat when it stalls or spirals
Step 1: If the dialogue stops progressing, reset the conversation using the refresh-style reset control at the top of the chat box. Starting over is often faster than trying to salvage a thread that has drifted.
Step 2: Try a single clear tactic per attempt. For Lu Sheng, that means staying tightly focused on buying the treat he wants and handing it over in the roleplay.
What to do if Lu Sheng turns hostile
Step 1: If the AI Chat suddenly flips into violence, exit to the login screen instead of fighting it out.
Step 2: Log back in and return to the NPC. He should be back in his pre-conversation state.
There is also an observed behavior where dialogue-capable NPCs can respawn if killed, but it’s not something you should rely on. Avoid turning a conversation NPC into a combat problem.
Use the in-chat hint like a checklist
Sometimes the NPC will sound satisfied, but the chat won’t “end” in a way that counts as success. When that happens, check the hint text in the AI Chat UI and push the conversation toward that specific outcome. For Lu Sheng, the end state is straightforward: he gets the unusual dish.
Lu Sheng gifts and the “stuck item” annoyance
Lu Sheng’s specific friend gift isn’t clearly established.
One common frustration is ending up with a Honey Pear Ball as a quest item that stays in your inventory after you’ve already gotten Lu Sheng to revered through chat. Players have suggested that you may need to ensure you’re properly in “friend” status with him through AI Chat as well, not only revered.
Lu Sheng is best treated as a quick, controlled test of how AI Chat behaves. Keep your prompts narrow, reset aggressively when it drifts, and don’t hesitate to bail to the login screen if the conversation turns into something the game clearly didn’t intend.
