Yang Xiao and Fan Yao, the two immortals of Mingjiao, are not only strong in martial arts and resourceful, but also handsome and chic, and the jade tree is in the wind. It's a pity that in order to find out the truth about the disappearance of Yang Dingtian, the thirty-third generation leader of the sect, Fan Yao disfigured himself, burned his throat, and became an ugly and dumb "bitter head".
In "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", the martial arts positioning of the Mingjiao masters is very clear, and the martial arts attainments of the two immortals are obviously higher than those of the four great Dharma kings.
Among the four Dharma kings, the Eagle King Yin Tian is stable and ruthless, and has the strongest actual combat ability; The lion king Xie Xun has the best foundation and is knowledgeable in martial arts, but unfortunately he lost his sight later and his actual combat ability was greatly reduced; Bat King Wei Yixiao has unique light skills, and even Zhang Sanfeng praised him, but unfortunately his internal strength is not enough, and his shortcomings are obvious; Although the Dragon King Dai Qisi is nominally the head of the four Dharma kings, her martial arts are the weakest of the four. In order to balance, Jin Yong gave Dai Qisi a setting of "strong underwater kung fu". This is like Mao Shibai fooling others, saying that Wei Xiaobao is nicknamed "Little White Dragon", and he can eat fish and shrimp raw underwater.
Fan Yao's martial arts
How strong is Fan Yao's martial arts? Let's first take a look at the relevant description of Fan Yao in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", as well as Jin Lao's positioning of Fan Yao.
As soon as Fan Yao appeared, he had a big battle with Zhang Wuji, who had just ascended to the throne of the sect leader. The two fought with fists and feet for thirty moves, and swordsmanship for fifty moves, and finally Zhang Wuji used internal force to suppress Fan Yao and win. Judging from the change of moves and the degree of subtlety alone, Zhang Wuji did not take advantage. Zhang Wuji's evaluation of Fan Yao is:
"The swordsmanship is extremely profound, and it is better than the eight-armed divine sword Fang Dongbai, if you don't practice the Taiji sword, it will be difficult to win."
When Fan Yao cooperated with Zhang Wuji to rescue the masters of the six major factions, he threatened the deer stick guest in the Wan'an Temple, saying that within two hundred moves, he would definitely not lose to the deer stick guest. Don't say that Fan Yao is bragging, Lu Zhuke recognized Fan Yao's words very much, so he had to hand over the antidote to the ten-spiced soft tendons.
When Zhao Min made a big fuss about Zhang Wuji and Zhou Zhiruo's wedding banquet, in order to protect Zhao Min, who was very weak in martial arts, Fan Yao and Zhou Zhiruo made a few tough moves. Zhang Wuji was watching from the sidelines, and if Zhou Zhi didn't dare to go all out, he was embarrassed to be ruthless. Fan Yao just had a sore arm and didn't show an obvious downside.
During the lion slaughter conference, Song Qingshu swept the audience with his half-baked "Nine Yin White Bone Claws". The eldest brother of Song Qingshu defeated three elders of the beggar gang who had been famous for a long time in the rivers and lakes one after another, and among the many masters present, basically no one could quickly come up with a move to crack the Nine Yin White Bone Claw. At this moment, there are only two people worthy of Song Qingshu, one is Yu Lianzhou, the strongest among the Seven Heroes of Wudang, and the other is Fan Yao.
The empty wisdom among the four Shaolin monks is equipped with eleven Shaolin stunts, but he does not dare to make rash moves in the face of Fan Yao. Fan Yao's martial arts are characterized by both good and evil, well-informed, especially proficient in all kinds of tricks, and he knows a little bit about the martial arts moves of all major schools in the world. Zhang Wuji's evaluation of Fan Yao is the most incisive: "Fan You is the most knowledgeable in martial arts, no matter what the opponent is, he has a way to win." ”
Priest of the Three Birds
Although Fan Yao's martial arts are very strong, he is always a little worse than Yang Xiaolai, the left envoy of Guangming.
When Zhang Wuji was selecting a candidate to conquer the King Kong Demon Circle, the first time he chose Yang Xiao, the left envoy of light, did not hesitate. The second person, Zhang Wuji, thought for a long time between Fan Yao, the right envoy, and Yin Tianzheng, the eagle king. This shows that in Zhang Wuji's eyes, Yang Xiao's martial arts are significantly stronger than Fan Yao and Yin Tianzheng.
What is the difference between Fan Yao's martial arts and Yang Xiao? There should be many readers who say, of course, the difference is in those two layers of great shifts! In fact, otherwise, the Great Shift of Qiankun is indeed a top-level martial art, but Yang Xiao's attainments are only two layers, not to mention that Yang Dingtian has not been taught for a long time, and Yang Xiao has not been able to break through to the third layer for decades with his own understanding.
In such a long period of time that Yang Xiao has practiced the Great Movement of the Two-Layer Universe, Yang Xiao and Fan Yao have always been equally famous in the rivers and lakes, and there is no obvious gap.
Until the lion slaughter conference at the end of the book, when facing the Shaolin Sandu monk, Yang Xiao used his kung fu at the bottom of the box in order to overcome the King Kong Demon Circle and share the pressure for Yin Tianzheng. The following is the original description of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer":
The two holy fire orders swirled and flew in his hands, suddenly becoming swords, suddenly becoming knives, suddenly stabbing with short spears, striking, winding, and slapping, and suddenly when the judge pointed, poked, slammed, and picked, and sometimes with a dagger in his left hand, and a sparrow in his right hand, and suddenly became a steel whip in his right hand and an iron ruler in his left hand. Before the battle was less than 400 moves, Yang Xiao had already changed twenty-two blades in a row, and each blade was two sets of moves, a total of forty-four sets of moves.
Let's take a closer look at this description, Yang Xiao's left-handed knife and right-handed sword; dagger in the left hand, spun in the right hand; The wonderful martial arts of the steel whip in the left hand and the iron ruler in the right hand are not Zhou Botong's self-created stunt "left and right fighting"? From another point of view, it can even be said that Yang Xiao improved Zhou Botong's "left and right fighting". Zhou Botong's "left and right fighting" is limited to fist and palm techniques, Xiaolongnu can use two different sword techniques at the same time, while Yang Xiao can use two holy fire orders as two different blades and use different moves.
Zhou Botong's self-created stunt - fighting left and right
Fan Yao's strength lies in the unpredictable changes in his moves, and he can't use up many moves in his head. Yang Xiao's "fighting left and right" completely suppressed Fan Yao. No matter how many moves you know, you can only make one move with a sword, but I can make two moves at the same time!
In Jin Yong's martial arts system, "left and right fighting" can be called the strongest auxiliary martial arts. After Xiaolongnu learned Zhou Botong's stunt, in Yang Guo's absence, she could use the Quanzhen Sword Technique and the Ancient Tomb Sword Technique by herself at the same time, which made the Golden Wheel Dharma King cry bitterly. The little dragon girl in the state of fighting left and right, the actual combat ability is already very close to the five uniques.
The original work of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" also proves the author's point of view, and the original work describes it as follows:
"Fan Yao is conceited that he knows everything about martial arts in the world, but at this moment, when he sees Yang Xiao's divine skills, he can't help but secretly admire."
As for how Yang Xiao learned to "fight left and right", and who learned "left and right", there is no need to delve into it, Jin Lao's worldview is not so grand as to string together fifteen novels. Let me practice the Dafa of absorbing stars, could he be the successor of Xuzhu or Duan Yu? Not necessarily.