Youbozi was a guest of the Zhou Su Shi family. In winter, he often wore only a single garment, and in hot summer, he wore only a short-sleeved tunic; his appearance was dirty and strange. After several decades, he became strong again, but no one at the time knew about it. Generation after generation came to admonish and protect them; this was due to the blessings and power that the descendants of the Zhou Su family received from him.

Youbozi belongs to a distinctive type of immortal in the Lie Xian Zhuan: the hidden guardian who conceals divine power beneath an unremarkable exterior. Unlike Wang Ziqiao, who ascended on a white crane before ten thousand witnesses, Youbozi’s transcendence was invisible — felt only in the quiet protection he extended to the Su family across generations.

His indifference to cold and heat recalls the Taoist ideal of the sage who has transcended bodily discomfort through inner cultivation. Pingchangsheng similarly defied natural limits — dying and returning to life multiple times — while Kou Xian endured execution only to reappear decades later, his spirit unbroken.

Zhou Ke Ji Rong, disappeared into obscurity in Nipan. In summer he wore thick down garments, and in winter he shook light silk robes. He acted without betraying his roots; for righteousness, he did not seek personal safety alone. Thus, the Zhou family was favored, protected in their hardships.

This eulogy reveals the moral core of Youbozi’s story: he did not cultivate the Dao for personal transcendence, but out of loyalty and righteousness toward those who sheltered him. This selfless quality connects him to Fan Li, who used his extraordinary abilities not for personal glory but in service of his lord — and then quietly withdrew. The Two Daughters of Jiang Fei similarly appeared and disappeared in service of an encounter, leaving behind only the trace of their grace. In the Lie Xian Zhuan, the greatest immortals are often those who give the most and ask for nothing in return.