Sun Family

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Background

The Sun Family is one of Pingjiang Town’s more powerful clans. It recruits local youths as prospective crewmen, offering martial training and a monthly wage of half a tael of silver to those who qualify. Its recruitment offers poor fishing families a rare route out of poverty. 2 3 4

The family maintains side residences and training courtyards where recruits practice under martial personnel. It also possesses several treasure ships capable of travelling through dangerous stretches of the Hun River and reportedly uses a specialized method to catch treasure fish. 5 9 10

Recruitment and Training

Martial Training

Folding Waves Fist

The Sun Family uses the Folding Waves Fist as the required martial art for prospective crewmen. Recruits must first establish its foundational Stacked Waves Stance before they may learn the fist routine. 5 8

• Stacked Waves Stance tempers qi and blood and is treated as the basis of martial practice. 5
• After one month of stance training, recruits must remain on a wobbling platform for ten breaths to qualify for fist instruction. 8
• Master Qin teaches the Folding Waves Fist only once, leaving students to develop it through practice and occasional guidance. 9
• The family uses food, meat, and medicinal-soup rewards to encourage rapid advancement. 6 9

Training Personnel

• Master Qin — Martial instructor responsible for training recruits in the Stacked Waves Stance and Folding Waves Fist. He is a martial master who has crossed the third qi-and-blood threshold and stands on equal footing with the Sun Family rather than serving as an ordinary subordinate. 5 9
• Steward Li — Leads recruitment, oversees registration, and has authority over admissions. He accepts payments to admit borderline applicants but initially refuses Wei Luo because of his exceptionally poor bone aptitude. 4 5
• Sun Family martial practitioners — Conduct bone examinations and maintain order during recruitment. 4
• Zhang Chi — A crewman of two years who speaks of the family’s treasure ships and recruits people for an unspecified treasure-fish venture. 10

Facilities and Operations

• Training courtyards — Side-residence compounds where recruits train alongside established crewmen. 5 6
• Fist-practice area — A separate, spacious training ground with wooden dummies, targets, and sparring crewmen. 9
• Treasure ships — Ships said to withstand strong winds and towering waves while travelling to dangerous parts of the Hun River. 10
• Treasure-fish fishing — The family maintains a fleet for catching treasure fish and is said to possess a specialized capture method. 5 10

Relationships

• Wei Luo — Recruited trainee. Steward Li admits him after Wei Luo provides a Crimson Firefin to treat Fan-shi, Steward Li’s wife. 4 5
• Liu Changle — Recruited trainee whose entry is secured through family connections and payment arranged by his relatives. 4 5
• Liu Qing — Accountant for the Sun Family and Liu Changle’s third uncle. 1 4
• Master Qin — Contracted martial instructor; his cultivation places him on equal standing with the family. 9
• Fan-shi — Steward Li’s wife. Her recovery begins after receiving Wei Luo’s Crimson Firefin, which allows Wei Luo to enter the family. 4 5