Whether a martial arts story is wonderful or not, in fact, is not only how brilliant the protagonist is, sometimes whether the villain has a sense of oppression, but also determines the excitement of the plot, and if you want to talk about the most oppressive villain in Jin Yong's pen, then the East is undefeated in "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and says second, I'm afraid no one dares to say first.
As soon as Heimu Cliff fought, he crushed the four masters of Linghu Chong, Let Me Go, Xiang Wentian and Shangguan Yun with the power of one person, if it weren't for Ren Yingying holding Yang Lianting hostage, Dongfang Undefeated would never be killed by Ren Xing, his strength is really strong, maybe only this method can make him forcibly go offline.
(Oriental undefeated stills)
However, is Dongfang undefeated the number one master in "Smiling Proud Jianghu"?
Not necessarily, in the whole story, there are still six masters whose strength may not be below him.
First place: the wind is clear
Even in the era when the main story of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" takes place, Dongfang Undefeated is definitely not a standout, after all, there is still a top powerhouse among the decency, that is, the famous man of Huashan Sword Sect.
How strong is Feng Qingyang? In the serial version, he has a record of killing the ten elders of the Demon Sect with the power of one person, and the original book says: "Ling Hu Chong said: 'Why are the ten elders of the Demon Sect all dead here?' Feng Qingyang said: 'I killed them!' The elders of the Demon Sect, all of them have peerless martial arts, Feng Qingyang said that this 'I killed' four words, but it was an understatement, as if he said that he pinched ten ants to death, Ling Hu Chong's heart was shocked, and asked: 'Why?'"
(Feng Qingyang stills)
His strength can only be described by the word "unfathomable", it is said that two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, but he can face ten top masters to complete the feat of counter-killing, which is not inferior to the undefeated Dongfang in the Black Wood Cliff one fight four.
Second place: Zen Master Watamoto
Who is Zen Master Du Yuan? Perhaps you are more familiar with his other name, namely Lin Yuantu.
It can be said that the entire story of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" started because of him, if he hadn't rewritten "Sunflower Treasure Book" into "Sword Spectrum to Waroff Evil Spirits", there would have been no tragedy of the Lin family being wiped out.
However, it is precisely because the martial arts people of later generations are particularly concerned about the Lin family's "Sword Spectrum to Ward Off Evil Spirits" that it proves that the martial arts in this sword spectrum are indeed full of gold.
(Stills of Zen Master Watamoto)
Lin Yuantu has a lot of face? Just look at the pomp and circumstance of his 70th birthday: "Lin Yuantu didn't have until his 70th birthday. Cai Jin washed his hands and passed the dart game to his second son, Lin Zhongxiong, in charge...... Lin Xianan's martial arts are passed down from his ancestors. On Lin Yuantu's 70th birthday, he feasted heroes from all walks of life, and ordered his grandson to try out martial arts. ”
Heroes from all walks of life came to pay tribute, and this face is comparable to that of the leader of the martial arts alliance.
3rd to 5th place: Author of the Sunflower Collection
Whether it is Dongfang Undefeated or Lin Yuantu, in fact, they are just descendants of inheriting the martial arts of their predecessors, Jin Yong said that the real top powerhouses should be those who have created their own top magic skills, and the author of "Sunflower Treasure Book" is undoubtedly stronger than them.
But how can there be three authors of "Sunflower Treasure Book"?
The answer is very simple, just because in different versions of Jin Yong's story, the author of "Sunflower Treasure Book" is different.
Most people know about "Smiling Proud Jianghu" through the newly revised version, in this version, "Sunflower Treasure Book" was created by a eunuch, Jin Yong did not say who his surname was, so readers only called him "the eunuch of the former dynasty".
(Sunflower Treasure Book stills)
In the serial version, this treasure book was created by a husband and wife: "This 'Sunflower Treasure Book', it has always been said in the martial arts, is co-authored by a husband and wife. Some people say that there is a word 'Aoi' in the man's name and a 'flower' in the woman's name, so they are collectively called the 'Sunflower Treasure Book', but most of them are just speculations. Everyone only knows that the couple was very affectionate at first, but later turned against each other for some reason. When the couple wrote the 'Sunflower Treasure Book', they were in their prime, and their martial arts were in full swing, and after turning their eyes, they never met each other, and a martial arts secret book was divided into two parts, and the secret book written by the man was called the Qianjing, and the secret book written by the woman was called the Kun Jing. ”
Whether this premise makes sense or not, the serialized version is certainly the case, but one thing is for sure, no matter who created this treasure book, its creator must be a top master.
Sixth and seventh place: The white-haired boy and the master of the Thousand Autumn Palace
Like the Sunflower couple, the two masters to be mentioned at the end are also from the serialized version of the story.
In the original version of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", in addition to the main plot, there is also a side plot, that is, the plot of "Treasure Hunting in Qianqiu Palace".
No one knows what kind of place Qianqiu Palace is, and Jin Yong only mentioned the place through the dialogue between the "white-haired boy" Ren Wujiang and his junior brother.
The book only said: "Ren Wujiang said: 'The person who fell into my dragon elephant palm, even if you are a famous murderer and heals yourself, you may not be able to save life.'" Heiyi pointed and said, "Yes, it is easier to kill people than to save people, it is not easy to be true for eternity." Ren Wujiang said: "This can't be generalized, it depends on who you want to kill and who you want to save." If you want to kill my white-haired boy, I'm afraid it's not easy. Ping Yi pointed and said: "Yes pole! Yes pole! Otherwise, on the rivers and lakes, I don't know how many people want to cut you into a thousand pieces, but my senior brother Ren still lives to gray hair, and it seems that there are still seventy or eighty years to live." ’”
So how strong is this white-haired boy?
(Master stills)
From Yue Buqun's attitude, it can be concluded: "(Yue Buqun) said in his heart: 'It turns out that this person is the white-haired boy Ren Wujiang. I heard that this person kills people without blinking, and he is known for his ruthlessness, but I haven't heard his name for a long time in the past 20 years, but I don't know that he is the senior brother of the famous murderer Ping Yizhi. Mrs. Yue didn't know the origin of the white-haired boy, but when she saw that the muscles on her husband's face moved slightly, and there was a look of fear in his eyes, she knew that the origin of the white-haired old man was not small, and she wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to speak. ”
Obviously, Ren Wujiang's strength is unfathomable, and no one can keep the person he wants to kill, but such a strong man does not dare to rashly challenge the Qianqiu Palace, how strong should the strength of the Qianqiu Palace Lord be?
Therefore, judging from all the details in the book, no matter how strong Dongfang is undefeated, I am afraid that he can only be the eighth in the world, after all, there are still seven masters whose strength is not weaker than him.