The wushu, or martial arts, practiced by the Wulin are as varied as their clans. Neigong, Qinggong, and the Secret Scriptures The Wulin consists of many factions, sects, and brotherhoods under many masters, and each may be aligned, neutral to, or openly hostile to another. This is no organized group, but a community that anyone who has dedicated themselves to a martial discipline belongs to. In the Jianghu exists the Wulin (“woo-lin”), or the society of martial artists. Government authorities are too corrupt to trust, so codes of honor must be adhered to instead of the law. It is a place of complications and chaos, a place where society is falling apart under the pressures of corruption and war, a place beset by the worst qualities of man and yet a place where the best qualities of man may still prevail. Jianghu is not a specific location, but really a way of describing the state of the world. Wuxia takes place in the Jianghu (“Jee-AHNG hoo”), which translates literally to “rivers and lakes”. So with that in mind, here’s a quick primer on what it means to exist in a Wuxia world. Trying to play “Blade and Soul” without understanding Wuxia is a little like trying to play an FPS without understanding military culture it’s possible, but you are probably missing a lot. Anyone familiar with eastern literature or movies would recognize it as a Wuxia (“woo-shya”) tale, a modern storytelling genre with roots deep in Chinese culture but a reach that extends to westerns and modern day action movies.
To the uninitiated, the story of “Blade and Soul” might look simply like an excuse to beat people up with Kung Fu, but it is actually a tale of loyalty, morality, revenge and redemption. 1.2 Neigong, Qinggong, and the Secret Scriptures.
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