After Zhang Wuji became famous, Sandu should be the strongest opponent he encountered. At first, seeing that Sandu had easily defeated He Taichong and his wife, Zhang Wuji was greatly shocked by Sandu's ability. Of course, Zhang Wuji's strength has also been highly praised by Sandu, in short, the two sides can be regarded as sympathetic.
However, it is quite strange that Zhang Wuji and Sandu have actually admitted that their internal strength is inferior to each other.
When he first saw Sandu's shot, Zhang Wuji lamented that Sandu's internal strength did not show edges and corners, and it was beyond his reach. Later, when the two sides fought, Sandu saw that Zhang Wuji could still speak in addition to dismantling the moves, and such internal force cultivation was really beyond his ability.
Isn't that a contradiction? How do you feel inferior to each other? And in the context here, the two sides are by no means self-effacing, but a real assessment of strength.
Just looking at the words, it is indeed contradictory, but in Jin Yong's martial arts system, the internal force actually has two elements, and Zhang Wuji and Sandu each have the advantage of one element.
Simply put, these two elements are volume and precision.
The volume is very simple, it is the total amount of internal force. Precision, that is, purity, refers to the efficiency of the use of internal forces.
Let's start with the volume.
In the middle of the heavens, Zhang Wuji absolutely possessed the largest internal force. The Nine Yang Divine Gong made Zhang Wuji's total internal force huge and almost inexhaustible. During the three battles and three crossings, zhang Wuji's internal strength was equal with that of the three crossings, which showed how deep his internal strength was.
Zhang Wuji is a bit like Duan Yu or Xuan Zhu in the Tianlong period, and he has accumulated a lot of internal strength in his body at a young age. Many people cannot reach such an internal force volume in their lifetime.
But in terms of accuracy, Zhang Wuji is a little worse, even worse than some top masters. Or take the example of Sandu, when Zhang Wujie first fought Sandu, he had felt that the internal force was gradually exhausted, and it should be known that the Jiuyang Divine Gong was getting stronger and stronger, but at that time, the true qi in Zhang Wuji's body had already been chaotic, which showed that for the huge internal force in his body, he had not yet fully mastered it 100%.
And Zhang Wujie's evaluation of the internal force of the three crossings does not show edges and corners, in fact, is the purity of the words. Obviously, although the volume of the internal force of the three crossings is not as good as Zhang Wujie, their effective use of internal force is something that Zhang Wujie cannot do. That kind of free sending and receiving, reasonable distribution of the heat, is Zhang Wuji temporarily lacking.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the so-called purity requires the accumulation of time and experience. Therefore, anyone with a high degree of internal strength purity is an elderly person. Young people may obtain a super high amount of internal force through adventures and plug-ins, but the cultivation of purity has no shortcuts to take, and can only come step by step.
Let's take another example outside the heavens. When Yang Guo encountered a lamp, he once lamented that the internal strength of a lamp was pure and better than himself. Obviously, YiLan was nearly a hundred years old, and the fire in terms of internal strength was certainly better than Yang Guo's. But when it comes to volume, Yang Guo may not be under a lamp, and may even be stronger.
The wine is the aroma of aging, and the older the age, the higher the accuracy of the wine, which is positively correlated with time. But the wine that has just been brewed, even if it is not so pure, if the jar is large enough, it is very powerful.
Therefore, volume and accuracy are very important for internal forces.
Therefore, Zhang Wuji and Sandu both believe that their internal strength is inferior to each other's, and there is no contradiction. They just have one element that is inferior to the other.
So, is there a master of volume and precision? Of course. For example, the Yellow Medicine Master in the New Five Absolutes, Yi Deng, Zhou Botong, the Sweeping Monk of the Tianlong Period, and so on.
As for the Yitian period, only Zhang Sanfeng.