Among jin yongwu's works with a clear historical background, the era of the prevalence of the gate sect is actually the era of the "Dragon Slaughter in the Heavens". Before that, it was a chaotic collection of sects, gangs, sects, and individual groups.
For example, in later generations, the Shaolin Sect, which has always been known as the world's martial arts out of Shaolin, as the head of the Central Plains Martial Forest, was not outstanding in the era of "Tianlong Babu", so that there was no one who could do it except for a sweeping monk.
First, even in the era of "Tianlong Babu", the Shaolin Temple was also a martial arts holy place among ordinary Jianghu people.
Why? There is an important basis, that is, the Battle of Yanmen Pass, rumors that the Khitan warriors want to go to the Shaolin Temple's Scripture Cabinet to steal secret books. Jianghu people believe that the Khitan already has a clear advantage over the Song army, and if they are to cultivate Shaolin martial arts, they will be like tigers. Therefore, they concentrated on organizing themselves together and went to the Wild Goose Gate to set up an ambush.
In other words, the martial artists were not at all surprised that the Khitans wanted to come to the Shaolin Temple to steal the secret books. So, why didn't they go to the Spirit Vulture Palace? Why not go to Dali Tianlong Temple? Why not go to the Beggar Gang?
In fact, when we analyze it carefully, we will find that although the martial arts in these places do not seem to be inferior to the Shaolin Sect, or even more so, the overall prestige is not as good as the Shaolin Sect.
When the jianghu people in the world talk about the sacred place of martial arts, their first feeling is still the Shaolin Sect. If the Shaolin Sect's martial arts were not strong, why did Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo, who were the two best of the Heavenly Dragons, come to the Shaolin Temple to steal the secret books? It is enough to show that the secret book of the Shaolin Sect is still the first in the world, at least the most practical.
Second, the comprehensive strength of the Shaolin Sect master group is not low, but it lacks the top masters.
Throughout the era of the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", one monk, two hangings, three old and four extinctions. Needless to say, it belongs to the aura of the protagonist, although the martial arts of the three elders are high, it is also because there is a good master Xiao Yaozi, and the disciples of the three elders are much worse, only one outstanding Ding Chunqiu. In fact, the four are all too outstanding in personal ability.
That is to say, although the Tianlong Era was called the end of martial arts by some masters at that time, compared with other eras, it was actually a bright star and a master like a cloud. Although these people are strong, almost all of them do not belong to a group, and even Tianshan Tongmao and Li Qiushui, who are among the three elders of the Runaways, are also sworn enemies.
Although the Gang is strong, it mainly relies on Xiao Feng to support it, and after Xiao Feng, it is also another you Tanzhi who is hanging after the second hanging, and the martial arts of the other Gang Elders are not as good as the Shaolin Sect Leader Xuan Ci.
The Miaomiao Peak Spirit Vulture Palace is actually a Tianshan Boy, and the Tubo Kingdom has only one Guoshi Ji Mozhi.
Murong Gusu was also the father and son of Murong Bo and Murong Fu.
The only one that can really be counted as a group of masters is the Dali Tianlong Temple, and there are at least five or six masters. However, the Tianlong Temple is not only located in Yunnan, but also the family temple of the Duan clan of Dali, so the real martial arts is the Yiyang Finger Series, and its influence is naturally far inferior to that of the Shaolin Temple.
In fact, the strength of the Shaolin Sect is not bad, in addition to the sweeping monks, there are also many first-class masters. It was only because the stars of the Tianlong era were too dazzling that they were suppressed.
In fact, even in the period when the Shaolin Sect was the strongest, the shaolin sect's masters were the three gods and monks. And that era was the glorious period of the Shaolin School, and the jianghu was relatively silent. Speaking of which, the Shaolin sect has hardly changed, only occasionally.
As the first gate sect of martial arts, the shaolin sect's strength is slowly developing, even in the era of "Flying Fox", it is still the first in the world.
The only one who can really compete with Shaolin is Wudang, many other sects and gangs are a wave, even the gang is gradually declining, and the status of the jianghu is actually unable to compare with the Shaolin faction most of the time, except that the number is larger.
Strictly speaking, even in the era of the Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon, the Shaolin Sect only produced one sweeping monk, which is not accidental, but the result of long-term accumulation.