It is strange that Zhou Botong and Hong Qigong are both well-known masters in martial arts, and both appear in the same two novels (Archery Eagle and Divine Eagle), but Mr. Jin Yong did not arrange for them to hand over once, which is really a pity. Although we did not appreciate the head-on duel between the two of them, through the side comparison, in fact, it is not difficult to see which of their strength is high or low.
At that time, Wang Chongyang alone led the way and became the first in the world, second only to him, there were four masters, the strength was not divided, these four people we are familiar with, that is, Hong Qigong, Ouyang Feng, Duan Zhixing and Huang Yaoshi.
At this time, Zhou Botong, who was Wang Chongyang's disciple, had not yet seen the improvement of martial arts, and he was precarious in the jianghu. And Hong Qigong, not only ranked among the five masters, but also, his mastery of the Dragon Eighteen Palms had not yet reached the level of mastery, and he was already indistinguishable from Ouyang Feng, Duan Zhixing, and Huang Yaoshi. At this time, Zhou Botong was not Ouyang Feng's opponent at all, which was empirically proven.
After Huashan's argument, Wang Chongyang won the Nine Yin True Scriptures, and Ouyang Feng had been coveting the Nine Yin True Scriptures, and when the Quanzhen Sect reported that Wang Chongyang was dead (in fact, he was actually a fake death), Ouyang Feng immediately ran to the Quanzhen Sect to grab the Nine Yin True Scriptures. At this time, Zhou Botong and Ouyang Feng fought head-on, and the result was that he was seriously injured by Ouyang Feng.
Later, Zhou Botong provoked Huang Yaoshi in Peach Blossom, and the two of them fought a big battle on the ground, as a result, Zhou Botong was seriously injured by Huang Yaoshi and was trapped in the Peach Blossom Island Cave for more than ten years.
You must know that Ouyang Feng and Huang Yaoshi could not beat Hong Qigong at that time, and at most they could fight a draw with Hong Qigong. In this way, during the archery period, Zhou Botong was not hong Qigong's opponent at all.
For Zhou Botong, the turning point of everything is in the cave of Peach Blossom Island, during his trapping, he is very bored, he loves to play, he came up with a game he fought with himself to kill time, over time, he actually realized a set of unique martial arts in the process of playing this game, that is, the famous left and right fighting techniques.
The left and right mutual fighting techniques that can be used with one heart and two uses, the left and right hands can play different moves separately, so that one person splits into two people, the strength is doubled, and the left and right mutual fighting techniques make Zhou Botong's strength increase in a cliff-like manner.
In addition, he also created his own Empty Ming Fist, which is the most flexible fist in the world, paying attention to soft Ke Gang, no matter how much palm strength, in front of the Empty Ming Fist, there is nowhere to focus, becoming a waste palm. In the Divine Sculpture, Huang Yaoshi even personally admitted that Zhou Botong's strength had surpassed his own.
At that time, the gap between Zhou Botong and Hong Qigong had also been shortened, and even Zhou Botong was already higher than Hong Qigong, because Hong Qigong's Descending Dragon Eighteen Palms were the palms of Gang Zhijian, while Zhou Botong's Empty Ming Fist was from yin to soft, and the Empty Ming Fist could actually defeat the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon.
What's more, after Zhou Botong met Guo Jing in the cave, he didn't hold on to it, and when he taught Guo Jing's Nine Yin True Scriptures, he also learned it himself, which was of great help to his martial arts progress.
And Hong Qigong, in the decades after huashan's theory, although the dragon eighteen palms of the great success, the overall strength of the great progress, but he has his own limitations, because of compassion, he saved Ouyang Feng, the result was Ouyang Feng repulsion, seriously injured, resulting in the loss of martial arts.
However, after cultivating the Nine Yin True Scriptures, Hong Qigong's martial arts miraculously recovered, and his strength was the same as before. However, Hong Qigong's cultivation of the Nine Yin True Scriptures was mainly based on healing, which made it impossible for his martial arts to make great progress.
But Zhou Botong was different, not only did he comprehend the two ultimate arts, but the Nine Yin True Scriptures were also the icing on the cake, which was of great help to the improvement of his overall strength.
Looking at Hong Qigong again, the one he can get the most out of his hand is the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon, but the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon are masculine martial arts, and the requirements for internal strength and strength are extremely high, and as Hong Qigong grows older, the growth rate of internal strength is bound to slow down. Zhou Botong, who had no distractions, achieved rejuvenation because of the solid foundation of the Quanzhen Sect's internal skills and the continuous improvement of martial arts cultivation.
If at this time, Hong Qigong and Zhou Botong fight, Hong Qigong because of his age, even if the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon are strong, it will be difficult to fight for a long time because the internal force is too large, and Zhou Botong's Empty Ming Fist and left and right mutual combat techniques have little loss of internal strength and can be sustained, it is obvious that Zhou Botong's chances of winning are greater.
The so-called thirty years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi. Because of the relationship between their own cultivation and circumstances, Hong Qigong and Zhou Botong competed at different times, and the results were different. However, in his later years, because of the limitations of his own martial arts nature, it was difficult for Hong Qigong to achieve the same age and strength as Zhou Botong, and it was reasonable to become brittle. Then, at the end of the divine sculpture, it is not surprising that Zhou Botong became the first of the new five and the first in the world.