There is no doubt that the invincible Divine Fist Gui Xin Shu and the Divine Dragon Sect Leader Hong Antong are both "ceiling" level masters in "The Legend of the Deer and Ding". Since "The Legend of the Deer and Ding" is connected to the "Blue Blood Sword", many characters in "The Legend of the Blue Blood" also appear or mention in "The Legend of the Deer and Ding", and Gui Xinshu is one of them. And according to the age of Sect Master Hong, he should also be a figure in the era of the Stormy Society, maybe he was a late bloomer, or maybe he was hidden and mysterious, in short, he became famous in "The Story of Deer and Ding".
So compared to the two, whose martial arts are stronger? Let's compare and analyze this problem.
Gui Xinshu's performance in "Blue Blood Sword".
Because Gui Xinshu is a standard supporting role in "Blue Blood Sword", and he appeared late in "The Legend of Deer and Ding", and there is very little pen and ink, his martial arts performance in film and television dramas is far less brilliant than in the original book, so friends who only know about the two books through TV series will rarely regard Gui Xinshu as a top master. In addition, although Gui Xinshu is a decent person in the traditional sense, his character is very annoying, domineering, arrogant, and self-righteous, and at the same time, he does not have the eloquence of Ke Zhenxi, a bit like Qiu Chuji, in short, he is not very popular, and even with his strong strength, it is easy to be ignored.
However, to objectively analyze the martial arts level of a character, we need to put aside the character and character, and at the same time rely on the achievements and descriptions in the original work, so let's follow the portrayal in "Blue Blood Sword" and take a look at Gui Xinshu's record first.
First of all, the three battles at Meng Bofei's birthday banquet, first Zhang Ruogu was dissatisfied with the attitude of Gui Xinshu and his wife, the two used the chopstick rest as a medium, and had a small fight, but Gui Xinshu did not move, but Zhang Ruogu was extremely embarrassed and made a judgment.
Then there is Meng Zheng, the son of Meng Bofei, who is said in the book to be the true biography of his father, has few opponents, and is also famous in the rivers and lakes. And Gui Xinshu is confident that he will defeat it in three moves, otherwise he will immediately kowtow to him and admit his mistake. As a result, Meng Zheng connected the two palms, and was recognized by Gui Xinshu, and hit the third palm with all his strength, causing Meng Zheng to faint.
In the end, Meng Bofei personally took action, when Meng Bofei mistakenly thought that his son was killed, and put on a desperate posture, his martial arts were generally between Gui Erniang and Bozhong, and as a result, only more than ten moves were pointed by Gui Xinshu in the acupoint. It can be seen that there is still an insurmountable gap between these so-called masters of the rivers and lakes in front of Gui Xinshu.
Of course, many friends are not familiar with these dragon masters, so let's talk about the well-known - Yuan Chengzhi, the protagonist of "Blue Blood Sword". Yuan Chengzhi's strength level does not need to be said, especially after the rendering of film and television dramas, many people regard him as the number one master, far from being able to compare with Gui Xinshu, perhaps it is true at the last moment of the new version, but in the old version, Gui Xinshu was once better than Yuan Chengzhi.
The cause of the incident was that the two apprentices of Gui Xin Shumen were invited by Min Zihua to go to Nanjing to seek revenge against Jiao Gongli, the leader of the Golden Dragon Gang, but they didn't expect the two to start lightly or severely, first Sun Zhongjun cut off Jiao Gongli's arm of Luo Liru, and then Mei Jian and tore up Yuan Chengzhi's Fu Wei and Xie Shu stolen back from Taibai Sanying. As the uncle, Yuan Chengzhi was furious and taught the two of them a lesson, but the two reversed black and white in front of their master Gui Xinshu and reported evil, which triggered a competition between Gui Xinshu and Yuan Chengzhi.
The two of them first only used their own kung fu and fought for more than 1,000 moves, but because Yuan Chengzhi was young and his skills were shallow, they fell behind, but there was not much difference between the two in the proficiency of the use of moves, and Yuan Chengzhi thought that if he kept fighting, he would be able to hold the draw with a disadvantage. In other words, in terms of mastery of the martial arts and internal force cultivation, Gui Xinshu is slightly better than Yuan Chengzhi.
Later, in order to move back to the disadvantage, Yuan Chengzhi used the Golden Snake Swimming Palm, Divine Travel, and Shiduan Jin, which made Gui Xin Shu empty fist, but there was nowhere to start, which was regarded as moving back to the disadvantage, and in terms of the scene, it was reversed. However, whether it is Mu Sang Daoren, Mu Renqing or Yuan Chengzhi himself, they all think that Yuan Chengzhi is not as good as Gui Xinshu in terms of his own kung fu and internal strength, but with the martial arts of other schools, Yuan Chengzhi can have the upper hand. But this is the same as Gui Xinshu suppressing Yuan Chengzhi just now but not being able to win, although the later Gui Xinshu was a little embarrassed, he could still hold on undefeated. That is to say, no matter how the two fight, whoever has the upper hand, the other side can hold it. Therefore, in terms of the strength shown in "Blue Blood Sword", Gui Xinshu is undoubtedly of the same grade as Yuan Chengzhi, of course, excluding the changes after the revision of the new version.
In addition to fighting with the master, Gui Xinshu also once led four apprentices to attack the glorious deeds of the Wan Ming army, just when Yuan Chengzhi led people to arrive, so that the Ming army planted a fight, but before meeting Yuan Chengzhi, Gui Xinshu did not know that the junior brother would come but still took this kind of seemingly reckless attack, which shows that he is quite confident, and he did kill the Ming army for a time.
Decades later, in the "Deer and Ding" period
In "The Story of Deer and Ding", Gui Xinshu is over eighty years old. There are pros and cons to this age, the advantage is that after years of accumulation and precipitation, Gui Xin Shu's proficiency in both internal strength and moves has reached its peak, and the disadvantage is that after all, he is old, and protracted battles and melee battles are not good for him.
Due to his late appearance, Gui Xinshu did not encounter any too decent opponents, and pushed Xu Tianchuan as a gyro; One palm shook back Liu Dahong, the first master of Mu Wangfu; Secretly injured Daniel Zhang, so that he could not do without the "wheelchair" in the future. These things are easy to do with a raise of hands, and we can only judge that Gui Xinshu is very strong, but there is no way to know where the upper limit is.
The more controversial place is that Gui Xinshu assassinated Kangxi in the end, and died tragically in the palace along with his wife and children, which made many book friends criticize and question his strength, after all, according to the description in the book, there seems to be no master in the palace. But don't ignore the "ants bite the elephant to death", at that time, the book said that Kangxi strengthened the guard three times after Wu Sangui's rebellion, and then focused on guarding the Heart Cultivation Palace, so it is reasonable to speculate that there are no less than 1,000 guards in the entire Da Nei, and there are four or five hundred people around the Heart Cultivation Hall alone. These guards may not be enough for those masters of the rivers and lakes to fight, but the martial arts are far from being comparable to ordinary soldiers, and the overall strength is very terrifying. The three of them fought hard with nearly 1,000 people in the case of the favorable time, location, and people, and finally killed more than 30 people and injured more than 40 people, at least it can be said that the performance is acceptable. And as we have just said, Gui Xinshu is already an old man, and this kind of long-lasting melee is the most unfavorable to him, and one-on-one with a master is completely different, so the final death is somewhat due to Gui Xinshu's lack of stamina.
On the whole, Gui Xinshu is worthy of the invincible name of Divine Fist, and he is one of the few masters in the rivers and lakes, and the number of stronger than him in "Blue Blood Sword" is no more than five fingers. In "The Legend of Deer and Ding", although the physical strength is not as good as before, the internal strength and moves are at the peak, and if it is a one-on-one competition, it is definitely a strong contender for the first place in the world.
The outstanding achievements of the first generation of Grandmaster Hong
I have always felt that in "The Legend of Deer and Ding", aside from Yuan Chengzhi, who did not appear, there are four masters in the first echelon, namely Gui Xinshu, Nine Difficulties, He Tishou, and Hong Antong.
In the first infighting of the Shenlong Sect, Xu Xueting poisoned everyone on the island with the "Hundred Flowers Pit Viper Cream", including Sect Leader Hong, but he still struggled to throw out the chair and seriously injured Xu Xueting in the case of poisoning - his throwing was not trivial, although a piece of bamboo stick was cut off, the upper half of the remaining momentum was not weakened, and with a pop, it was inserted into the chest of the Qinglong Envoy, breaking five or six ribs, and it went straight to the lungs.
The second infighting is the curtain call battle of the Hong sect master, here I have to say that the Hong sect leader is scheming, when he plans to kill people and destroy his mouth, to prevent himself from being spread by the green, he feels that if the masters of the sect join forces, he may not be able to fight, so he suddenly attacked, killed Yin Jin and Lu Gaoxuan in seconds, and then fought alone against the four masters of the rootless Taoist, Fat Toutuo, Xu Xueting, and Zhang Danyue. In the book, it is explained that Sect Master Hong is much higher than any of the four, but the opponent is outnumbered, and if he kills the four according to the conventional playing style, he will inevitably be injured, so after calming down, he decided to use the weakest Zhang Danyue as a breakthrough to break the enemy.
If everything went well, Sect Leader Hong might really be able to kill the four people with minor or even no injuries, but at the critical moment, he found that Su Quan was trying to escape with Wei Xiaobao, which made Hong Antong's mentality, which was so difficult to stabilize collapse in an instant—full of panic and anxiety. So there was a mistake in the battle, and he was slashed when he killed Zhang Danyue, and although he finally killed four people, he was also seriously wounded.
In addition to the battle record, there is another detail that can be seen that Hong Antong can basically be called a generation of grandmasters, that is, he can create his own martial arts, and his power is good. The improvised "Three Heroic Moves" made Wei Xiaobao practice sparsely, and when fighting against Mao Dongzhu, the book said that if the Hong Sect Master saw Wei Xiaobao make this appearance, he would have to be half angry, but even so, Mao Dongzhu was still suppressed in a hurry, you must know that this is just the effect of Hong Antong's temporary intention to create a move that was greatly discounted by Wei Xiaobao's practice.
The difference between high and low caused by the psychological activities of handsome guys and beautiful women
Judging from these, at least in "The Legend of Deer and Ding", Sect Master Hong's combat performance is obviously better than that of Gui Xinshu, but perhaps it is "the moon is cloudy and sunny", and Hong Antong, who seems to be impeccable, is not completely without minus, mainly because of Wei Xiaobao and Su Quan.
Wei Xiaobao once thought that Chengguan's internal strength was not inferior to Sect Master Hong, but as a result, Chengguan was beaten back by the Nine Difficulties Palm, who was not very good at palm power and had no advantage in internal strength among top masters, and at the same time, his qi and blood were rolling. And He Yishou once thought in "The Legend of Deer and Ding" that Gui Xinshu's internal strength was higher than that of his master Yuan Chengzhi. I believe that no matter how strong Sect Leader Hong is, no one will think that his internal strength is above Yuan Chengzhi.
Of course, we can say that Wei Xiaobao's vision of the five scum is not good, but Su Quan's martial arts are good, and he knows Sect Leader Hong quite well, and after seeing Feng Xifan's martial arts, he thinks that his strength is only slightly inferior to Sect Leader Hong, which is very fatal.
Why? Because Feng Xifan has an opponent with equal strength-Chen Jinnan, almost everyone thinks that the two are equal, and when Chen Jinnan stopped Gui Erniang from committing suicide, the situation was like this:
Chen Jinnan shouted: "Make ......" stretched out his right hand and grabbed her left wrist. Gui Erniang's right palm was slapped, and Chen Jinnan's left palm was countered, and both of them shook their bodies. Chen Jinnan reached over with two fingers of his left hand and clamped the back of the knife. Gui Erniang's right hand slapped him on the chest again. If Chen Jinnan retreated, the knife would not be able to be snatched down, but she was afraid that she would want to commit suicide again, so she slapped her, knowing that she was old and her internal strength was no longer as good as her own, but her hand was like electricity, and her fist kung fu was superb, as long as she took a step back, she could no longer take the blade in her hand empty-handed, and she stiffened her chest at the moment, and with a bang, she received a palm.
Here Chen Jinnan just took advantage of a young man, and it can be seen that if Gui Erniang during the "Blue Blood Sword" period is almost no less than Chen Jinnan. However, Gui Erniang is at best at the same level as Meng Bofei we just mentioned, Meng Bofei was easily subdued under Gui Xinshu, so that means that if Chen Jinnan faces Gui Xinshu, I am afraid that the result will not be much better than Meng Bofei. and then replace Chen Jinnan with Feng Xifan, then Su Quan's words are basically equivalent to making Sect Master Hong worse than returning to Xin Shu.
Therefore, Hong Antong's performance was originally impeccable, but as a result, the military positioning was all bad in the hands of the pair of "handsome men and beautiful women". Of course, it is difficult to say whether Su Quan's judgment is completely accurate, after all, Sect Master Hong is also an unfathomable existence for her, but at least it can be shown that Feng Xifan's martial arts are much stronger than those of the Five Dragon Envoys and the Fat and Thin Toutuo, and Gui Xin Shu is still effortless to beat Meng Bofei at the same level as Feng Xifan, so theoretically, like Sect Leader Hong, I am afraid that it is also easy to deal with the four masters of the Battle God Dragon Sect, so in this way, Sect Master Hong seems to be unable to match Gui Xinshu.
To sum up, it is universally recognized that Sect Master Hong and Gui Xinshu belong to the same level of masters in "The Legend of Deer and Ding", but unfortunately there is no direct battle, so the strength and weakness are constantly disputed. In my personal opinion, although Hong Antong is more brilliant and more proficient in "The Legend of Deer and Ding", his theoretical hard power is not as good as Gui Xinshu, so if I do a martial arts ranking, I will list Gui Xinshu above Hong Antong.
But Gui Xinshu has entered the stage of "people don't rely on their muscles and bones for energy", and although Hong Antong is also a handful of years, he has not yet reached this level, so if there is a real battle, it is difficult to say to what extent Gui Xinshu's theoretical strength can be exerted. At the same time, although Gui Xinshu's character is not pleasant, he lacks some bad intentions, and it can even be said that his mind is not too bright. On the other hand, Sect Master Hong is scheming, so if the two really fight, the outcome is not only determined by theoretical strength, but I am optimistic that Sect Master Hong will use his mind and means, and then make a fuss about the irreversible issue of Gui Xinshu's advanced age.
In other words, Gui Xinshu may be stronger than Sect Leader Hong, but if he really fights, the possibility of winning is very small.