Cang Gang

Faction Information

One of the Three Great Gangs, and the hands and feet of the Shangguan Family. They monopolize the coastal stretches of Fujian Province, leaving small fishermen unable to make a living there; a single grass carp can sell for two or three hundred wen.

Cang Gang Disciples practice martial arts to fight off the harassment of White Shark Gang pirates, though whether they count as Wulin folk is hard to say. Many of the members were recruited by Shangguan Ying herself, and in their eyes her standing is higher than the Gang Leader's. For her sake they would go through fire and water, following her north and south, just to earn money and settle down.

Deeds

• Arriving at Jiangling: Cang Gang sailors clash with the grain transport guild and seize the grain boats bound for Anji Hall.
• Tang Clan Civil War: when Shangguan Ying turns against the Tang Clan, the Cang Gang Disciples she brought stand by on the Family Head's orders.
• Invitation to the Assembly: Zhu Wu, Incense Master of the Nine Immortals Hall, escorted by Song Bei, comes to the Tang Clan to deliver the Wulin Assembly invitation.
• Western Wulin Alliance storyline: before the East-West Wulin Alliance Battle, Nangong Shen warns that the Cang Gang Disciples under Shangguan Sun are coming by boat along the waterways, with countless supplies in tow.

Secret Manuals

• Surging Wave Blade Technique
• Wave-Riding Formula: the Shangguan Family's Internal Method; Jiang Lan uses it in his Duel

Notes

• The Cang Gang Leader is Jiang Lan, not Shangguan Sun.
• Cang Gang's organizational structure is unclear; it is only briefly mentioned that Zhu Wu of the Nine Immortals Hall, one of the Five Hall Incense Masters, answers directly to the Shangguan Family Head.
• Before Shangguan Sun retired, he saw Cang Gang lording it alone and preying on the countryside, so he took up the Golden-Backed Dragon King Blade and cut his way through Cang Gang's headquarters. It may have been then that he brought Cang Gang under his command.
• Xu Dajing was once one of Cang Gang's members.