Fu Lubao is one of the first Jianghu Friends players stumble into in Where Winds Meet, and he’s also one of the easiest to misunderstand. He’s the grave robber hanging around the General’s Shrine in Qinghe, demanding a “Meow Meow treasure” and flying into a rage if you say the wrong thing in chat.
Underneath the chaos, his encounter is simple: it’s an early, multi-stage Jianghu Friend scenario tied to the Meow Meow puzzle and its bell reward, not a full friendship route you can complete on the spot.
Where Fu Lubao fits in the Jianghu Friends system
Jianghu Friends (or “Old Friends”) are special NPCs with AI-driven chat. You type freely, the NPC replies, and if you help them solve whatever problem they’re dealing with, your reputation with them improves, and they’ll sometimes send you gifts. Collect enough of these relationships, and you gain additional rewards over time.
In the Qinghe region, the Jianghu Friends list includes both Fu Lubao and Fu Lushou near the General’s Shrine. The wiki categorizes Fu Lubao as a “Grave Robber” and Fu Lushou as a “Traveling Merchant” and tomb raider who has a sharp eye for relics. Both characters sit in that early-game cluster of NPCs that frequently frustrates players trying to check off every Old Friend in the area.
Where Winds Meet Fu Lubao: who he is and where to find him
Fu Lubao is the grave robber at the General’s Shrine, one of the first shrines you pass near the start of the game in Qinghe. He’s not a random bandit but a named Jianghu Friend whose description marks him clearly as a grave robber. His dialogue revolves around a treasure connected to “Meow Meow” — the small puzzle side activity in the area involving a cat and a buried reward.
That tie to Meow Meow is the entire key to his first stage.
The Meow Meow treasure and the bell you actually need
Before Fu Lubao behaves, you must clear the Meow Meow puzzle. Solving it grants a bell (players refer to it simply as “the bell” or “Meow Meow’s treasure”). That bell is the only thing he truly cares about the first time you meet him. If you talk to him without having completed the puzzle, he will push you toward looking for Meow Meow and its treasure. If you already solved the puzzle and looted the bell before ever speaking to him, he skips the lead-up and jumps straight to demanding the treasure.
Players often assume this is where the AI chat comes in and start typing promises like “I’ll give you the treasure” or long explanations. That’s what usually causes his hostility. The intended interaction here is not a clever line; it’s a simple item handoff.
How the first Fu Lubao encounter actually resolves
Fu Lubao’s early encounter is not a full friendship conversation; it’s the opening beat of a multi-part chain. The goal is simply to give him one bell from the Meow Meow puzzle and let him leave.
| Step | What you do | What Fu Lubao does | Common mistake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Solve Meow Meow | Complete the Meow Meow puzzle near the General’s Shrine and obtain the bell reward. | Is not involved; he appears separately at the shrine. | Talking to Lubao first and expecting to progress without the bell. |
| 2. Approach Fu Lubao | Walk up to him at the shrine with the bell in your inventory. | Remarks about Meow Meow’s treasure and demands it. | Assuming this is a full AI-chat friendship test. |
| 3. Use the bell handoff | Trigger the prompt that lets you give him one bell from the Meow Meow reward. | Accepts the bell and leaves the area. | Typing promises instead of using the explicit “give bell” interaction. |
| 4. Move on | Continue the story and exploration; his route continues later as part of a multistage quest. | Is gone from the shrine; friendship is not yet “completed”. | Expecting immediate Jianghu Friend completion and gifts. |
Sometimes the game surfaces a direct “give bell” option before you even open chat with him. If you select that, he takes the bell and disappears without much conversation. That can feel abrupt, especially if you were expecting a visible friendship meter to fill, but that outcome is still the intended first stage.
Note: Players who try to “fake” the handoff through chat can occasionally brute force it by writing an action in quotes (for example, something like "gives bell") because the AI sometimes interprets quoted phrases as actions. That behavior isn’t guaranteed, though, and it’s not the intended path. The reliable way is to use the dedicated bell transfer option when it appears.
Why Fu Lubao keeps getting hostile in chat
Two behaviors make Fu Lubao feel uniquely difficult:
- He skips straight to demanding the treasure if you already have the Meow Meow bell.
- He reacts badly to dialogue that doesn’t satisfy that demand.
When you’ve already looted the treasure, the conversation loses its natural ramp-up. Instead of him nudging you toward Meow Meow, he treats you like someone who is withholding something he wants. Telling him you’ll share the treasure “later” or trying to negotiate feels clever, but it usually angers him and can even lead to him attacking the player and inflicting a head injury debuff.
That isn’t a bug in his personality; it’s the design. He’s written as a short-fused grave robber, not a patient scholar. Until he physically receives the bell, he has no reason to like you
Why you don’t see immediate friendship progress
Even when you hand over the bell correctly and Fu Lubao walks off without a fight, the game does not necessarily award visible Jianghu Friend progress in that moment. Players often expect an instant “Old Friend acquired” tick and feel like something went wrong when they don’t see it.
The reality is that Lubao’s encounter around the General’s Shrine is only one stage in a longer-running relationship. The bell transaction is a setup for later appearances and follow-up beats, not the full arc. Several Jianghu Friends, including Fu Lubao and Fu Lushou, are structured this way: the early visits establish a shared history, but the actual friendship completion sits deeper in the game.
So if you gave him the bell and he vanished, you haven’t “broken” the Old Friend; you’ve just finished the opening scene.
Fu Lubao, Fu Lushou, and Fang Xu: the problem trio at the shrine
A lot of players hit the same wall in that General’s Shrine cluster: they can’t seem to finalize friendships with Fu Lubao, Fu Lushou, or Fang Xu, even after hours of chat. Each of them pushes on slightly different parts of the Jianghu system:
| NPC | Role | Key behavior | Common player pain point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fu Lubao | Grave Robber, Jianghu Friend | Wants the Meow Meow bell; first encounter is a simple item trade. | Trying to “convince” him with dialogue instead of giving the bell. |
| Fu Lushou | Traveling Merchant / tomb raider, Jianghu Friend | Has a short temper, can turn hostile quickly. | Players provoke him (for example by demanding upfront payment) and end up fighting him. |
| Fang Xu | Jianghu Friend (Qinghe list) | Standard AI-chat NPC, but can be unavailable if the AI is “busy”. | “AI busy with too many people” messages prevent timely conversation. |
Fu Lushou, in particular, illustrates how unforgiving some Jianghu chats can be. Pushing him to pay upfront for a job is enough to enrage him and trigger a fight. Even if you kill him, he isn’t permanently gone; fast travel or passing time can bring him back. The Old Friends around the shrine are designed to respond strongly to your tone, and the game expects some trial and error.
How Fuluwa and future animal communication connect to Fu Lubao
One detail in Fu Lubao’s early dialogue hints at a longer-term payoff: he references “Fuluwa” as his big brother, who turns out to be a dog. Later in the game, you gain the ability to talk to animals. At that point, his throwaway line about a canine older brother becomes relevant: you can actually verify claims or ask that “brother” about treasures, curses, or the bell itself.
Players have already found playful ways to lean into this twist. One reported a particularly entertaining solution: telling Fu Lubao that the bell treasure was cursed and suggesting he ask his “brother” to confirm it. That kind of improvisation fits well with how Jianghu chat is built — straightforward systems with room for flavor once the mechanics are satisfied.
How to avoid soft-locking yourself with Fu Lubao
There is no permanent soft-lock on Fu Lubao’s friendship, but the early encounter can feel like one if the AI chat gets tangled or the bell prompt fails to appear temporarily. A few practical habits help keep things on track:
- Clear the Meow Meow puzzle before you commit to a serious conversation with him.
- When you’re carrying the bell, watch carefully for any interaction prompts as you approach; they can appear before full dialogue.
- If you’ve angered him and the interaction feels stuck, step away, fast travel, or reload your session to reset his mood and look again for the bell-giving option.
- Don’t overthink the first encounter as a friendship test; treat it as an item delivery scene.
If you already gave him the bell, he disappeared, and your Old Friends list still shows missing entries around the General’s Shrine, the likely gap is not Lubao but one of the nearby NPCs such as Fu Lushou or Fang Xu. Those two require more classical Jianghu chat work.
Where Fu Lubao fits into the wider Wuxia sandbox
Fu Lubao’s questline is a small slice of how Where Winds Meet mixes open-world exploration, AI-driven dialogue, and long-tail NPC relationships. The game leans hard into the idea that every action has weight: you can help grave robbers, trick them, fight them, or quietly hand over cursed bells and walk away.
That design matches the broader pitch laid out on the official site: a free-form Wuxia world set in tenth-century China, where you build your own legend in a landscape full of political intrigue, forgotten tombs, and chatty wanderers. The Jianghu Friends system, with characters like Fu Lubao, Fu Lushou, and their extended circles, is one of the main ways that the world tries to feel alive.
Once the Meow Meow bell is in the ground and Lubao has slipped away from the General’s Shrine, the real work begins: tracking him and the rest of Qinghe’s Old Friends across a world that rarely tells you outright when you’ve said the “right” thing, but always remembers that you tried.
