As one of Mr. Shan Tianfang's representative works, "White Eyebrows" has plump characters, a compact plot, and a unique voice of Shan Lao, which can be called a classic of storytelling. However, "the moon is cloudy and sunny", due to the long length and many characters, and the fact that there was almost no text manuscript in the early years of the storytelling, what to say, so like other commentaries, there are many contradictions and difficulties in "White Eyebrows". And what we are talking about today is one of them, that is, the inconsistencies and contradictions of the ten swordsmen in the setting.
10: Double-gun general Wu Wanfeng
Wu Wanfeng can be called the first strange man in this book, he died under Xu Liang's golden silk ring knife soon after the beginning, and he appeared again at the end of the small Penglai chapter, which is near the end of the whole book, and the plot of being killed in front of him also became Xu Liang's final sparing of his life, making Wu Wanfeng lose his way and return, abandon evil and follow good, and live in seclusion from then on. It was precisely because of this good fate that Xu Liang was rescued by Wu Wanfeng after being injured on the desperate platform.
In addition, according to Xu Liang's growth trajectory, aside from Shan Lao's statement that he later ascended to the list of rivers and lakes and served as the leader of the Wudang faction, it is only said that at the last moment of the book, his martial arts have grown into a midstream swordsman, and the crazy monk Drunken Bodhi Volley, the witty old man Zou Huachang and even the Feiyun Daoist Guo Dada's masters at this level may not be much stronger than Xu Liang, which can be regarded as leaps and bounds. After all, Xu Liang is the protagonist, all the way, naturally there is nothing to blame, but Wu Wanfeng is also majestic, and finally fought Kunlun Monk for a few moves, although he was killed, it was still shocking, because his ability was not as good as Xu Liang at the beginning, and Xu Liang in the world still needs to rely on Ouyang Chun, Kunlun Monk is no less than Mei Liangzu to Wu Wanfeng to Wu Liangzu to Wu Sheng.
Some people may say that since Xu Liang can make great progress, why can't Wu Wanfeng, this is a bit of a bar. Xu Liang has the aura of the protagonist, and there are traces of his growth step by step. Wu Wanfeng has been holding back at home, and there is no adventure, how can he make rapid progress? So this is obviously inconsistent with the setting, of course, if you say that he has a Saiyan attribute and his resurrection power has increased exponentially, then I didn't say it.
9: The third monk reclining Buddha Kunlun monk
The contradiction of Kunlun monks is that there are two monks with the same name, and it is difficult to imagine them as one person from the perspective of martial arts level, which is almost the default consensus of book friends, but after careful consideration, there are still some problems in this.
When the ten formations of Hades won or lost, the Kunlun monk was invited by Zhu Liang to serve as the leader of the fifth array, and as a result, he was defeated in the contest with Ji Huacheng, the head of the "Three Uniques of Saibei". Shan Lao specially explained here that the Kunlun monks practiced hard behind closed doors later, and appeared again when the Eight Kings were fighting. Therefore, the Kunlun monk who appeared during the Eight Kings should be the same person at this time.
However, when it came to the Eight Kings, the Kunlun monk turned into Guo Dada's teacher, the leader of the Kunlun faction, and his martial arts were extremely high, not to mention a Ji Huacheng, even if their brothers were tied together and doubled, I am afraid that they are not his opponents. It is precisely because the character has changed too much that almost no one believes that the two are the same person, so many people understand that as long as the monks from the Kunlun sect are called "Kunlun monks", but in this way, what should Fakong, who killed the four elders of the Spring and Autumn Period, say?
To put it bluntly, in fact, the martial arts of the Kunlun monk of Yama Wangzhai were completely not enough to see in this period, and Shan Lao simply didn't do anything in advance, and directly gave him a "rebirth", maybe he didn't expect that there were still people who listened to the book so seriously.
8: Flying Sword Immortal Zhu Liang
Zhu Liang was a titan figure in the Yama Dynasty and was called "the first row of swordsmen" by Shan Lao, although with the deepening of the plot, the status of the force plummeted, but this is not uncommon in storytelling, after all, the more masters in the future, the more people are the consistent routine of many storytelling and novels, but even in the Yama Dynasty period, Zhu Liang's martial arts setting is also problematic, which is a bit too much to say.
When Liu Daotong invited Zhu Liang out of the mountain, he knelt on the ground respectfully and performed a junior salute to him, so it stands to reason that Zhu Liang's status in the rivers and lakes and martial arts should be far superior to Liu Daotong. Some people may say that status does not mean martial arts, and the two are not absolute, which is indeed true, but if Zhu Liang does not have martial arts that far surpass Liu Daotong, what is the point of inviting him out of the mountain? Liu Daotong has no teacher-student relationship with him, so why should he be so humble. Therefore, at this time, Shan Lao's positioning of Zhu Liang must be far more than that of a third-handed real person.
As a result, when saving Lin Yu, Zhu Liang was not only extremely jealous of Ouyang Chun, and he fought for a long time without knowing whether he won or lost, and even Wei Zhen, who had already been overtaken by Xu Liang, could fight with him for twenty or thirty undefeated, according to this extent, he seemed to be far inferior to Ji Huacheng we just mentioned.
Of course, judging from the fact that it took one hundred and eighty to defeat Mei Liangzu in the back, Zhu Liang was indeed at this level, and the strength he showed did not change much, but Shan Lao praised him too highly, and it seemed a little contradictory if he did not meet expectations. And Zhu Liang's real personality change is not actually in martial arts, but in his character!
It is mentioned many times in the book that Zhu Liang was extremely dissatisfied with his apprentice Lin Yu joining the Hades Village, so he did not hesitate to cut off relations with him, although he finally went out of the mountain to save the apprentice because of his deep love for licking calves, but he and Liu Daotong made it clear that when Lin Yu was rescued, he would immediately take him to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and before facing Ouyang Chun, Zhu Liang, who knew that he was at a loss, also asked the other party for favors in this way, so Zhu Liang at this time was definitely a qualified elder.
But after rescuing Lin Yu, Zhu Liang joined the Hades Village without any foreshadowing, and directly blackened into the backbone, such an anti-transferor was caught off guard, even if the design apprentice was not rescued, it could be regarded as a more or less explanation, such a change was too abrupt.
7: Witty old man Zou Huachang
Zou Rui, like Zhu Liang, makes people feel very powerful, but as soon as he stretches out his hand, it is like that, and it is not even as good as the volley that has appeared for a long time, which can't help but be a big disappointment, but there is no fuss about the storytelling, what really does not match his identity and status.
When he officially reported to his family, Zou Huachang claimed to be the junior disciple of Xue Zhulian, a long-haired Taoist on the Iceberg Arctic Island, and he frightened Zhu Liang and the Golden Palm Buddha Zen. Later, when he faced Guo Dashi, he said that the two were the same age, both one hundred and three years old, which is undoubtedly the predecessor of the rivers and lakes. But perhaps because the martial arts he showed were really not enough, he directly became Xue Zhulian's apprentice in the back, and therefore lowered the overall level of the "Iceberg Four Swords", and as for age, it became a joke.
6: Monk Guyue, the archmage of the shadow light
Gu Yue has always been a bad monk, and this has never changed, but there is a big problem with his martial arts settings. The book said that Gu Yue ranked twelfth when the colleagues of the martial arts conference publicly recommended the fourteen masters, and also deliberately explained that Gu Yue's martial arts were better than Xiahou Ren who ranked on it, just because his character was too despicable, and Xiahou Ren was a well-known and honest elder, so Gu Yue finally ranked below Xiahou Ren, and the great monk has always been obsessed with this, wanting to find an opportunity to fight with the Baiyun swordsman to see which one is stronger and which is weaker.
But in the final Golden Lantern Array, facing Long Yunfeng, who was seventh on the Heavenly List, Monk Gu Yue was seriously injured before he even passed the twenty he, and almost lost his martial arts. On the other hand, Xiahou Ren, who was called who may not be as good as him, fought Xia Suiliang for more than 20 times after the announcement of the heavenly list, and gradually lost the enemy, you must know that even Long Yunfeng, who crushed Gu Yue, was defeated after more than 30 times of Xia Suiliang, which shows that there is a big gap between this Gu Yue monk and the Baiyun swordsman.
5: White Cloud Swordsman Xiahou Ren
Xiahouren is the most volatile in the book, and is almost one of the most famous bugs in the book. The first appearance in the three churches, thirty defeats Kunlun monks, forty defeats Fang Tianhua, and then fights with Xia Suiliang Lily without winning, Shan Lao specially pointed out that one of the two is the eldest disciple of the martial saint, and the other is the chief of the upper three gates, and the martial arts are comparable, and they are just a little bit behind. Although Xiahouren was defeated in the end, it was not that he couldn't fight the Golden Lantern Swordsman, but Zhuang Ziqin, who didn't talk about martial arts, suddenly launched a cold arrow from behind, and attacked Xiahouren with a five-yin palm when the two masters were competing for internal strength, seriously injuring him, but even so, Xiahouren still broke through with his apprentice Bai Yunrui.
Judging from this battle, Xia Houren still drew with Xia Suiliang even though the wheel battle was consumed, and his strength was probably even better than that of the Golden Lantern Swordsman. However, after Shan Lao launched the concept of the Jianghu Heavenly List, the military status of the Baiyun swordsman plummeted, ranking eleventh, and it was faintly inferior to the Guyue monk who was one place behind.
In order to round this inconsistency, many people said that this was because Xiao Penglai and Mount Emei were in the same vein, so Xia Suiliang's subordinates showed mercy. I don't even bother to refute this statement, I understand it, to put it bluntly, this is the inconsistency caused by the change of the setting, and any argument is just a strong argument.
4: Hundred-step Divine Fist Shadowless Palm Tao Lu
Tao Fuan is the eighth master in the heavenly list, and there is generally no problem with this position in terms of combat performance, but when he appeared, he set it much higher than this, so that although he was also very strong, he did not meet expectations, which was somewhat disappointing.
According to Shan Lao's description, the Tao family is mysterious and powerful, and the unique stunt of the Hundred Steps Divine Fist is famous all over the world, and even Xia Suiliang is very afraid of it. And Tao Fuan even claimed that there are only one and a half people in the world who can't be beaten by himself, and one is the martial saint Yu He, whose martial arts are too high to be out of his reach; The other is Xia Suiliang, a disciple of Yu He, because he has not fought with him, so he is not sure.
In addition, Tao Fuan also made a relatively excessive joke, calling Xue Zhulian, Zou Huachang, Xiahouren, Bai Yizi, Ma Fenggu, Shang Yunfeng...... These people are all their own children. Imagine if it weren't for his extremely high initial setting, how could he make such a joke that didn't matter? Combined with his later actual combat performance, these words are really excessive.
Therefore, the fundamental reason for all the unreasonableness is actually that Tao Fuan's status and martial arts settings have changed. It is worth mentioning that in the text version, Shan Lao canceled the setting of the heavenly list, and Tao Fuan also became a generation higher than Xia Suiliang.
3: The white-clothed prodigy, the little sword demon, the white old white one
Although Bai Yizi is only a supporting role with not too many scenes, he is very outstanding, for no other reason, when facing the negative boss-level character Xia Suiliang, Bai Lao is fearless, and has achieved good results.
The first time the two fought was when Bai Yizi made his debut, because Xia Suiliang had just experienced the "Eight Old Battles Golden Lantern", it was already the end of the strong crossbow, and he was easily defeated by Bai Yizi, if it were not for Tao Fu'an and Zhuge Yuanying's hard persuasion, Bai Yizi was likely to kill Xia Suiliang directly.
The second time in the Three Churches, the two had a fair duel, fighting fists and feet first, and then comparing weapons, and fighting three lilies before and after without winning or losing, but judging from the state after a short rest, Xia Suiliang was better than Bai Yizi.
The last time in Bixia Palace, because Bai Yizi killed the protector of the martial saint, he was not convinced, and he didn't recognize the mistake at all, which made Yu He angry and ordered his subordinates to capture Bai Lao. Xia Suiliang finally waited for the opportunity to be ashamed, and immediately led the Guyue monk and the Kunlun monk to besiege Bai Yizi, and after a short time, he was seriously injured and captured.
Judging from Bai Yizi's performance after his official appearance, his martial arts are of the same grade as Xia Suiliang, and the gap is limited to theory, which is worthy of the sixth ranking on the heavenly list. But when Shan Lao explained Wang Ape's past, Bai Yizi actually fought with Wang Ape for three lilies, and from the later setting, Bai Yizi's martial arts are actually on par with Wang Ape's master Wannian Ancient Buddha, and it is by no means comparable to a swordsman of Wang Ape's level. It can be seen that Bai Yizi also has inconsistent settings.
Some people say that this is due to Bai Yizi's intention to give in, and there are two words about this - hehe.
2: Golden Lantern Swordsman Xia Suiliang
Few people have noticed the changes in Xia Suiliang's personality, after all, from the appearance to the end of being dismembered, Xia Suiliang's martial arts are always online, which brings great threats to Shangsanmen and Kaifeng Mansion. But in fact, Xia Suiliang's setting at the beginning was even higher than the so-called fourth place on the heavenly list.
It is still Shan Lao who told Wang Ape's past, and once mentioned that the 10,000-year-old ancient Buddha took Yicheng's apprentices to visit masters from all walks of life, including the profound Shaolin Temple, and the Emei Mountain where Bai Yizi was located as we just mentioned, and the head of Emei Mountain is the famous 81 Gate Chief Pudu!
According to the final setting, Pudu is the second master in the world, and he is also Yu He's senior brother and Xia Suiliang's uncle. However, after leaving Mount Emei, the ancient Buddhist master and apprentice rushed to the East China Sea Xiaopenglai, and Shan Lao explained clearly here - in the eyes of the muttering Arhats, although they visited many masters, these people were not good, and they had to be recognized by Xia Suiliang to show that the apprentice had really become a talent! Note that there is no word about Yu He here, so we have reason to believe that there was no such thing as the Three Sages of Martial Arts in Shan Lao's rough setting at that time, and Xia Suiliang must be only higher than Pudu in terms of martial arts and status, otherwise the Ten Thousand Years Ancient Buddha would not have such an idea.
In addition, when we mentioned Tao Fuan just now, we said that the one and a half characters he couldn't move in his mouth did not have Pudu and Xue Zhulian, which means that although there was already a new ceiling of Yu He at that time, Xia Suiliang was still the second master in the world in Tao Fu'an.
It can be seen that Xia Suiliang, who is already very powerful, should actually be even more powerful in Shan Lao's earliest conception.
1: The long-haired Taoist Snow Bamboo Lotus
When introducing the above nine characters, the name of Xue Zhulian has been mentioned many times, and there are many details in the book that can prove that although Shan Lao set Xue Zhulian very high from the beginning, it is far from being as transcendent as one of the final three saints of martial arts.
First of all, if Xue Zhulian was one of the three saints of martial arts from the beginning, Tao Fuan would not be able to mention him even if he was joking, otherwise it would not be humor, but a tigress falling on a tree;
Secondly, in the chapter of the Lotus View, Fang Shu'an once fooled Qunkou and said that the invited masters included Xuezhulian, but Ji Chengda did not react too much to this, although he was still jealous, but it was also because there were too many masters invited by Kaifeng Mansion, not because of Xuezhulian alone. Imagine if Xue Zhulian was one of the three people with the highest status in the martial arts at this time, Qunkou's reaction would not be limited to this, and even directly recognize that Fang Shu'an was bragging, after all, how could Xue Zhulian disregard her identity and bully the small with the big when dealing with Kunlun Monk and Ji Chengda?
Third, in the chapter of Yama Wangzhai, Jiang Ping's nephew Jiang Zhao was dissatisfied with Xu Liang at first, because in his opinion, the third brother's teacher and his master could not be compared, because the teacher Zhuge Yuanying was a figure with the same name as Xue Zhulian, but later Zhuge Yuanying became Xue Zhulian's apprentice.
In the end, Zou Rui claimed to be Xue Zhulian's junior brother, and finally became an apprentice. It can be seen that although Xue Zhulian was a senior in the rivers and lakes at the beginning, and her martial arts were bound to be strong, she would definitely not reach the height of the three saints of martial arts at the end.
The above are the top ten characters in "White Eyebrows" who are inconsistent and contradictory due to setting changes, if there is any omission, please add it.