"Tianlong Babu" is a work that Jin Yong spent the most effort to create, compared to Jin Lao's other works, he is the first time in this book to use the three protagonists to develop the plot from multiple perspectives, such a setting is to make the story more spatial, the power involved in the book is far more than his other works, but some of the settings in the book are somewhat separated from the plot, such as the setting of the Proms.
(Xiao Feng stills)
There are many plots involving the Runaway Sect in the book, but you will be surprised to find a fact, in addition to some relationship with Duan Yu and Xuan Zhu, the Three Elders of the Runaway Sect have almost no intersection with the masters in the main plot, so how strong are they? Many people regard them as masters of the same level as Xiao Feng, do they deserve such an evaluation?
First, the top ten masters in the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon"
Who are the top ten masters in the "Tianlong Eight Parts"?
The author only discusses the characters who appear in the main story here, such as Duan Siping, the ancestor of the Duan clan of Dali, and Murong Longcheng, who created the Dou Turning Star Shift, or the ancestor of the Qiaoyao Sect, Xiao Yaozi, all of which are not counted, in fact, these characters do not have a clear record support, and it is difficult to compare with other characters in the book.
And most of the readers have basically reached a consensus on the top ten masters in the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", and summed up a smooth sentence, that is, "one monk, two hangings, three elders, and four absolutes", although as far as the martial artists in the book are concerned, even yue Laosan's level of people can be regarded as first-class masters, which is frightening, but from the reader's point of view, only the ten people corresponding to this title are first-class masters.
"One monk" refers naturally to the Shaolin sect's sweeping monk, and in fact putting him in the same file as the other nine people is to demean him, and he is the only one in the book.
(Fictional Bamboo Stills)
"Erhang" refers to Duan Yu and Xuan Zhu, who got this title because their experience was really like opening a hanging.
The "Three Elders" are naturally the Tianshan Tong Yao, WuYazi and Li Qiushui of the Qiaoyao Sect.
As for the "Four Absolutes", they were Xiao Yuanshan, Murong Bo, Jiu Mozhi, and Xiao Feng, who fought against the sweeping monks during the Great Battle of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.
The Three Elders of Qiaoyao were regarded as one of the strongest ten people with Xiao Feng here, but did they really have this ability?
Second, the actual combat level of the masters in the book
First of all, the statement of "one monk, two hangings, three elders, and four absolutes" was summed up by the reader, not admitted by Jin Yong himself, so this statement is not convincing, and even in the author's opinion, this is a pure stream of impressions, which cannot withstand scrutiny at all.
Take Duan Yu in "Er hang" as an example, he is the top master of which discipline, and you can read until the end of the book, the people in the book evaluate him.
First of all, when facing Murong Fu, the original said: "A long sword of Leng Sensen stabbed at his own face door." He did not know martial arts, and he lacked the ability to adapt, and in a shock, Dengshi chaotically stepped forward, snorted, hit the sword in his left leg, and fell to the ground. ”
(Proms Stills)
Then he said to Wang Yuyan, "I haven't changed." I still can't do martial arts and I'm stupid, but I'm loyal and honest, I'm quite reliable, and I'll never tell you half a lie. ”
Although Duan Yu had learned Ling Bo Micro Step, Northern Meditation Divine Technique, and Six-Pulse Divine Sword, he had never learned how to control the Three Divine Skills, so how could Duan Yu be compared with the other nine? It can only be said that he has potential, but in terms of the level of the book, he is definitely not a first-class master.
And the performance of the three elders in the book is also unconvincing, Wuyazi has been a wasted man since the beginning of his debut, and he can't do anything except continue his life with internal force.
As for Tianshan Tongmao and Li Qiushui, the most boastful achievement of the two is to fight with each other and lose both.
And the evidence that best illustrates the level of the three elders is the confrontation between Duan Yu and Xuan Zhu.
Third, Duan Yu and Xuan Zhu had a confrontation
Duan Yu and Xuan Zhu are brothers, although they are not related by blood, they are stronger than Jin, from the beginning to the end they have not clashed, when did they have a duel? The answer is a casual contact.
That was the thirty-eighth time in the original work, Duan Yu and Xuan Zhu had just formed a righteousness, the two worshiped together, it was at that moment of contact, The Northern Meditation Divine Gong in Duan Yu's body and the Northern Meditation True Qi in the Virtual Bamboo body were launched at the same time, and there was a contest of internal strength, and the result was a draw.
The original said: "Duan Yu shouted: 'Second brother, be worshiped by the younger brother!' Push aside the chair and bow down. The virtual bamboo hurriedly returned the salute, and the foot was soft, and fell straight forward. Duan Yu saw him fall, and rushed to help each other, the two inadvertently collided with each other, and they both felt that the internal strength in the other party's body was abundant, and they hurriedly restrained themselves. At this time, the reputation has been very good, and the footsteps are staggering and standing unsteadily. Suddenly, the two laughed, hugged each other, and rolled to the ground. ”
(Duan Yu stills)
According to the setting of the Northern Meditation Divine Gong, if the internal force of the other party is not sucked away during the exercise, there is only one possibility, the internal force of the other party is higher than their own, and at this time, neither of them can absorb the internal force of the other party, in other words, the internal force of the two is between Bo Zhong.
You must know that at this time, the virtual bamboo body has gathered the internal strength of the three elders of Tianshan Tongyao, Wuyazi, and Li Qiushui, and what about Duan Yu?
By the time the two of them were worshipping, the internal force that Duan Yu had absorbed from others was not pure, he had only sucked the internal strength of the seven miscellaneous fish of the Immeasurable Sect, and later he had some of the internal strength of Ye Erniang, Yue Laosan, YunzhongHe, Zhong Wanqiu, Cui Baiquan, and Huangmei Monk, and then to the Battle of Tianlong Temple and absorbed the internal strength of the five parts of the Tianlong Temple.
(Stills of Tomomo Hatsuma)
Note that the internal forces that Duan Yu sucked were all part of it, and only the Hatsuma Zhi who was later sucked in the dry well was the full internal force.
It is equivalent to the fact that at this time, the reputation has absorbed some miscellaneous internal forces, which is enough to fight with the internal strength of the three elders in the virtual bamboo body, so it can be seen that the average level of the three elders is probably greatly overestimated.
In fact, from the fact that Xiao Feng and Duan YuXuanzhu were facing each other at the end of the book, and snatching Yelü Hongji from their hands, we could also see a fact that his strength was still above the two righteous brothers, and the virtual bamboo that gathered the internal strength of the three elders was not his opponent, and how could any one of the three elders be a master of the same level as him.
In this way, the three elders should only be regarded as second-rate masters.