Jin Yong first put forward the "five absolutes" in the "Biography of the Archery Hero", that the Southern Emperor Duan Zhixing, the Northern Qigong Hong, the Eastern Evil Yellow Medicine Master, the Western Poison Ouyang Feng, and the Zhongshentong King Chongyang were at the top of Mount Hua, and the battle lasted for seven days and seven nights, only to compete for the title of "the first in the world", and finally Wang Chongyang won the championship, while the other four were regarded as the five masters with him.
(Wang Chongyang stills)
It can be said that it is five absolute, in fact, the "Legend of the Eagle Shooter" in the main story of the appearance of only the southeast, southwest, and northwest four absolutes, as for that Wang Chongyang, it is only mentioned through the mouths of other masters in the book, the four absolutes of the southeast, the northwest, and the northwest are all magical in the book, they are still so powerful, and I don't know how strong Wang Chongyang was back then, and what is more confusing is how such a top master said that he died? How did he die?
I. The recurrence of old wounds and the "plague" that cannot be hidden
Jin Yong mentioned Wang Chongyang's death in the sixteenth episode of "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" through the dialogue between Zhou Botong and Guo Jing.
Zhou Botong spoke in a roundabout way, and the dazed Guo Jing was naturally difficult to communicate in his eyes, so there was such an awkward dialogue in the book, Guo Jing thought that Wang Chongyang died of the plague, Zhou Botong said along with him, it was indeed a "plague", Guo Jing said that typhoid fever, smallpox, rashes, dysentery and even livestock can get foot-and-mouth disease all over again.
Zhou Botong saw that Guo Jing could not understand his cold humor, so he pointed out: "Brother, everyone is going to die, I said that the plague that no one can hide from, that is, the limit is coming, and everyone cannot escape." ”
(Stills of Guo Jing and Zhou Botong)
Therefore, Wang Chongyang's death is because of the arrival of the big limit, to put it bluntly, it is natural death, which is also common sense, after all, everyone's yang life is limited, and when the big limit arrives, it is natural to die, and Wang Chongyang should also be like this.
And Wang Chongyang also pretended to be dead once in the book, at that time it was mentioned that he was "the recurrence of the old disease", as for what old disease he had, and when he had the old disease, the book did not specify, but according to the details of the book, he devoted his life to resisting gold, even if he suffered some injuries on the battlefield, it is reasonable.
But can this explain Wang Chongyang's early death? In Jin Yong's martial arts system, how easy is it for a martial arts master to die?
Second, there is no cliff to scatter the work
In the Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon, the Qiaoyao Sect is regarded by readers as the Xiuxian Sect, and it is precisely because the masters of this sect are like clouds, coupled with the fact that the martial arts they have learned are extremely exquisite, that they are so highly regarded.
Wuyazi, the second-generation leader of the Qiaoyao Sect, was killed by the rebel Ding Chunqiu into a waste, and he could not do anything except continue his life with internal strength, so he arranged for the eldest apprentice Su Xinghe to set up the Zhenlong chess game, only to wait for someone to crack the chess game and inherit his divine skills and the position of leader.
(Stills of Virtual Bamboo and No Cliffs)
Later readers of the story know that the virtual bamboo broke the chess game, got wuyazi to teach his life's work, wuyazi died after exhausting his skills, and the book mentioned the difference between his scattered skills from the perspective of virtual bamboo.
The original said: "Seeing that the old man had changed into a man, his originally white and handsome face was covered with deep wrinkles that crisscrossed vertically and horizontally, and most of his thick hair fell off, turning gray and white, and a long, shiny black hair had also turned into a white whisker." ”
It is equivalent to saying that as long as there is no cliff and no scattering of merit, it is not impossible to say that more than ten years or even decades are not impossible, and his fellow disciple Sister Tianshan Tong Yao has also confirmed this statement.
When Xuan Zhu informed Tong Yao of the news that Wuyazi was dead, Tong Yao was furious and scolded: "Stinky monk, Wuyazi is a martial artist, he does not scatter his skills, how can he die?" How easy is it for a person to die? ”
(Tianshan TongYao stills)
Therefore, in the Jin Yong martial arts system, for a top master, as long as he does not scatter his skills, he does not die so easily, so even if Wang Chongyang is injured, how difficult is it to heal with his skills? The miscellaneous soldiers encountered on the battlefield could not cause internal injuries to him, no doubt it was just some physical trauma, so Wang Chongyang's death may have another hidden meaning.
3. A cheatbook
At the end of "Divine Eagle Hero", after the third Huashan discussion on the sword, the story could have ended satisfactorily, but Jin Yong let Jueyuan and Zhang Junbao appear at this time, and mentioned the secret book of the Nine Yang True Scriptures, which is of course an ambush pen for the "Book of the Dragon Slaughtering in the Heavens", but the origin of the "Nine Yang True Classics" seems to have lacked a reasonable explanation.
In the Book of the Slaughtering dragon in the Heavens, the origin of this sutra is restored from the perspective of Zhang Wujie, saying that it was created by a "doujiu monk", and the original work says: "He does not say that he was born by his name, but only said that he was a Confucian monk all his life, and he was at a loss, and one day in Songshan Doujiu won the Quanzhen Sect's founding ancestor Wang Chongyang, and was able to borrow the "Nine Yin True Scriptures", although he deeply admired the subtle mysteries of the martial arts contained in the True Scriptures, but blindly advocated the 'learning of Lao Tzu', only emphasizing Rou Kegang and Yin shengyang, which was not as good as the harmony of yin and yang, so in the line of the four-volume Sanskrit "Lengya Sutra" With Chinese he wrote down the 'Nine Yang True Scriptures' that he had created."
But there are many doubts here, except for the mention of "fighting wine monks" here, no one can prove that the role of fighting wine monks really exists.
How powerful was Wang Chongyang back then? The four southeast, southwest, and northwestern provinces were definitely not his opponents, what was the origin of this fighting monk? Why did Wang Chongyang agree to fight with him? The world knows that Wang Chongyang is the first in the world, and who else can force him to fight wine? Can he finally be convinced?
(Wang Chongyang's move stills)
Is it possible that this person does not exist at all, it was Wang Chongyang himself who made up the role of doujiu monk, and the purpose of his making up the role of doujiu monk is to cover up the fact that he peeked at the Nine Yin True Scriptures.
Perhaps the real situation is that Wang Chongyang learned the martial arts in the Nine Yin True Classics and created the Nine Yang True Classics on the basis of them, but he did not want the world to know that he was spying on the Nine Yin True Classics, so he added such an introduction to the Nine Yang True Classics.
And cultivating the Nine Yang Divine Gong may be the real cause of Wang Chongyang's death.
Fourth, the entrance that cannot be broken
Will practicing the Nine Yang Divine Skills kill a person? If you don't cultivate properly, you really will.
At that time, The Zen master Jueyuan also learned the Nine Yang Divine Gong, but he died of exhaustion when he was carrying Zhang Junbao and Guo Xiang out of Shaolin. With his internal strength, he should not be tired alive, you can see Zhang Wuji's later experience.
Zhang Wuji was also gradually moving towards the peak of his life because of the Nine Yang Divine Skills, which gave him an internal strength far beyond that of others, but if he did not open the Xuanguan through the Nine Yang Divine Gong, he was afraid that sooner or later he would be eaten by the cultivation of this Divine Skill, and the Qiankun Yiqi Bag of the Cloth Bag Monk helped him break through the Xuanguan.
(Zhang Wujie stills)
The original said: "It must be known that the big cloth bag is full of true energy, which is equivalent to dozens of masters each exerting their true strength, and at the same time massaging and squeezing hundreds of acupuncture points around him." His inner and outer true qi stirred, and dozens of entrances on his body were broken one by one, only to feel that in the veins of his whole body, it was like a piece of mercury circulating everywhere, and it was extremely comfortable. No one has ever encountered such an opportunity, and this treasure bag has been shattered, and no one has had such a chance encounter since. ”
With the explosion of the Qiankun air bag, Zhang Wuji's experience should be a person who has never come after him, in fact, this experience is also unprecedented, where did Wang Chongyang have this Qiankun air bag to help break through the xuanguan? I was afraid that he was practicing the Nine Yang Divine Gong, so he suffered irreparable damage before he died early.
If the plot develops like this, mysteries such as "The Cause of Wang Chongyang's Death" and "The Creator of the Nine Yang Divine Gong" will be solved.