When Xiao Feng ended his life at Yanmen Pass, readers naturally focused their attention on the two characters, Duan Yu and Xu Zhu. In many reviews, people invariably regard them as a whole, believing that "The Condor Heroes" is a work full of tragedy and legend. However, Jin Yong's writing changed suddenly, and this heart-pounding martial arts masterpiece full of highs and lows has finally come to an end.
While readers were still immersed in the story, Jin Yong launched his newly revised series in his later years. Through these changes of Jin Yong, we seem to be able to get a glimpse of the stories of the rivers and lakes that took place in the late Tianlong period and the early days of the Condor Archery.
Many years later, such a strong martial artist suddenly appeared in the rivers and lakes, he was not only excellent in martial arts, Guo Jing was also his defeated general, but surprisingly, this master was actually a descendant of the Vulture Palace.
1. About the end of the Vulture Palace.
When it comes to the Vulture Palace, many readers may wonder if in the last part of the Celestial Dragon story, the Vulture Palace was passed down to Xuzhu, but why did the Vulture Palace disappear without a trace in the era of eagle shooting?
In fact, Xiao Feng's beggar gang and Duan Yu's Dali Duan clan were still active in the era of eagle shooting, but why did only Xuzhu's Vulture Palace choose to completely retreat from the martial arts? The answer is simple - he was defeated by a chivalrous man named "The Snitch"! In the newly revised "Legend of the Condor Heroes", Jin Yong once described it like this: "In the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiao Feng, the leader of the beggar gang, used this trick to challenge many heroes, and few people were able to resist his three moves and two styles. At that time, he mastered the 'Twenty-Eight Palms of Descending Dragons', but after the clever modification of Xiao Feng and his brother-in-law Xuzhuzi, this palm technique was modified to Eighteen Palms of Descending Dragons, making his palm power even stronger. When this palm technique was passed into the hands of Hong Qigong, and when he had a swordsmanship competition with Wang Chongyang, Huang Yaoshi and others on the top of Huashan, he was highly praised by Wang Chongyang and others. ”
In other words, after Xiao Feng's death, in order to realize Xiao Feng's last wish, Xuzhu did stay in Ethereal Peak for several years, in order to pass on the eighteen palms of the dragon descending to the beggar gang. In my opinion, Xuzhu felt relieved after completing the task given to him by Xiao Feng. He was tired of the rivers and lakes, and Menggu was not used to this reckless lifestyle. Therefore, Menggu and Menglang decided to return to the Western Xia Palace and entrust the huge Vulture Palace to the daughters of the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions to manage.
Xuzhu may not know that in addition to the 36 cave masters, 72 island masters, and thousands of believers of the Xingzhu Sect in the Vulture Palace, there are also thousands of people, all of whom are in awe of Xuzhu's advanced martial arts. During this year, they were all defeated by Xuzhu with spells, and only the Heavenly Soldiers and Immortals could continue to exist here. As Xuzhu gradually fades out of the rivers and lakes, the cultists of the Vulture Palace will never be satisfied with their current state of life? If something unexpected happens, who will have the upper hand in this battle? He was destined to compete with the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions for the position of the palace master.
After several years of internal strife, the Vulture Palace was severely struck and eventually lost its former vitality, causing it to be torn apart internally, and during the Condor Age, a new branch of the Vulture Palace was born.
Second, the budding sect.
Those who have read "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will realize that the Five Masters of Condor Shooting are the ceiling masters in contemporary rivers and lakes, they are Wang Chongyang, Huang Yaoshi, Ouyang Feng, Duan Zhixing and Hong Qigong.
The emergence of the Five Uniques of the Condor Archery marks the birth of the five major schools in the contemporary rivers and lakes, which are the Quanzhen Sect, the Peach Blossom Island, the White Camel Villa, the Dali Duan Clan and the Beggars.
Wang Chongyang is the founder of the Quanzhen Sect, while the Duan clan and the beggar gang in Dali have a long history, but Peach Blossom Island and White Camel Villa are emerging sects. There are many stories about this place described in "The Legend of Deer and Ding", and these stories are closely related to peach blossoms. Regarding the origin of Peach Blossom Island and White Camel Villa, Jin Yong did not describe it in detail in the original book, but considering some modifications made by Jin Yong in his later years, White Camel Villa is likely to be a branch of the Vulture Palace.
It turned out that after Ding Chunqiu was defeated by Xuzhu using the life and death talisman, thousands of believers of the Star Constellation Sect immediately changed their positions. This scene is described in the book, at this time, with the sound of silk bamboo and gongs and drums, all the believers of the Star Sect chanted in unison: "The master of the vulture, virtue is worthy of heaven and earth, and the power is unparalleled in the world." Then another sound sounded, and all the stars fell. Except for the replacement of the four words "Old Immortal of the Stars" with "Master of the Vulture", the other lyrics and phrases are exactly the same as "Ode to the Old Immortal of the Stars". This is the whole book of the "Star Classic" that we see now, and a new name has appeared - "Spirit Bird King".How did this new name come about? Despite Xuzhu's simple personality, he couldn't help but feel a little proud when he heard the disciples of the Star Constellation Sect praise him like this.
After Xuzhu and Menggu left the Ethereal Peak, this group of believers of the Star Constellation Sect had a fierce conflict with the island master of the 72nd island, the cave master of the 36th cave, and the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions. Among them was a character named "Flying Immortals" who was injured in this battle and was hospitalized. After a fierce battle, the ruined Vulture Palace quickly collapsed under the scramble of many heroes, and the believers of the Star Sect also suffered a huge **, so they left the Ethereal Peak.
A few years later, the Nakshatra faction established a branch of the White Camel Villa in the Western Regions, and the martial arts of the White Camel Villa were also influenced by the Nakshatra lineage.
For example, once Ding Chunqiu's light skills are activated, he can walk unhindered on twisty mountain roads, and then suddenly disappear into the bamboo forest in front of him. Anyone can do this kind of work, but if you give it full play, it will not be so easy. Ouyang Feng, with his light skill "Instant Thousand Miles" ability, can easily get close to the enemy in an instant.
Moreover, Ouyang Feng's poison art was known as unparalleled in the era of eagle shooting, and it caused the Northern Beggar, Hong Qigong, to suffer countless tribulations. Ding Chunqiu's poisonous skills are really outstanding, and his three smiles and rotting corpse skills make many martial arts masters fear after hearing about it.
From this analysis, it can be seen that Ouyang Feng has a striking resemblance to the Star Sect, which was once included in the Vulture Palace by Xuzhu, so Ouyang Feng is also regarded as the successor of the Vulture Palace.
3. It is known as the best in the world.
In the final part of the condor shooting, Ouyang Feng mastered the technique of reversing the meridians. In the process of the second Huashan Sword Debate, he won by surprise, using a series of peculiar moves, defeating Guo Jing, Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi in succession, and establishing himself as the number one in the world.
The book describes such a scene: Hong Qigong clenched his fists tightly and said to Brother Ouyang: "The old man has subdued you, you are really a leader in the martial arts world!" As he spoke, he beat his two apprentices to the ground. Huang Yaoshi's heart was full of dissatisfaction, and he thought to himself: "This martial art is known as the title of the first in the world, and it can actually be obtained by a crazy person, don't I keep calling the two to make the heroes of the world laugh at me?" So he called out three men to compete with him. However, if you continue to advance and fight the enemy, you can only nod helplessly, considering that it may be difficult for you to win. Ouyang Feng said to Guo Jing: "Child, your father is excellent in martial arts and invincible, do you like him?" "Ouyang Ke is actually the child born of his secret relationship with his sister-in-law, although it is nominally an uncle-nephew relationship, but it is actually a father-son relationship. At this critical moment, he half-dreamed and half-awakened Guo Jing mistook Guo Jing for Ouyang Ke, and inadvertently revealed the secret that had been hidden in his heart for decades. "I don't want to fight you either, I'm a good man, I have the ability and guts. Guo Jing felt that everyone here was not his match, and he deservedly was known as the number one in the world, and declared: "None of us can defeat you!" ”
Overall, Ouyang Feng was the successor of the Vulture Palace. Although he had driven himself into madness by cultivating the method of reversing the meridians, in the final stage of the Condor Archery, he defeated Guo Jing and the others in a row and became the champion of the second Huashan Sword Debate.
Ouyang Feng