Friends who have watched "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" should have the impression that when Zhao Min appeared, she was accompanied by a number of Mongolian masters, among which Ah Da, Ah Er and Ah San were the most powerful. Among them, Ah Da's real identity is the elder of the former beggar gang, Fang Dongbai, who is known as the "eight-armed sword". And Ah Er and Ah San are from the King Kong Gate of the Western Regions. Some people say that Ah Er is famous all over the world for his strong King Kong fingers, even surpassing his ancestor fire foreman Tuo, and he has also broken many martial arts of the Shaolin School, so the martial arts achievements of these three must be very high, and they are among the best masters. So is that really the case? 
1. The Death of the Shaolin Monk 01, Ah San's achievements Judging from the description in the original work of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", Ah Da can obviously be among the ranks of first-class masters in martial arts, but Ah Er and Ah San should not reach this height, at most they should be regarded as quasi-first-class level. Ah Er and Ah San's martial arts are somewhat exaggerated by the people in the martial arts, and they are not so unfathomable from the facts. One of Ah San's achievements was to break the proud "dragon claw hand" of the Shaolin master of emptiness, and also accepted his life by the way. It is precisely because of this incident that many people think that Ah San's martial arts should reach the point of perfection, after all, emptiness, as one of the "Four Great Monks" of Shaolin, can also be regarded as the Taishan Beidou of martial arts. 
This skill of the Master of Emptiness has been practiced for decades, and it is very comprehensive in terms of speed and strength, and it has already reached the peak and is famous all over the world. At the beginning, the protagonist Zhang Wuji had already possessed two peerless divine skills, Jiuyang Divine Skill and Qiankun Great Shift, and he could only barely cope with the emptiness master on the top of the light, and later temporarily imitated the tricks before using the last-mover first-come, first-come, method to achieve victory. When he arrived at Ah San, he could see the weakness of the dragon claw hand at a glance and break it, which naturally gave people a feeling that the martial arts were very subtle and powerful. 02. How to defeat emptiness Actually, I don't think the truth is like this, or that Ah San didn't rely on one person's ability to eliminate emptiness at all. This can be seen from the time when Ah Er and Yin Liting played against each other. 
The description of this paragraph in ** is very clear: Yin Liting was at a loss, and only said: "The monk of the Shaolin faction, five besieged one of me." It is the martial arts of the Shaolin faction, and it must not be wrong. "What do you mean? In other words, when Ah Er was dealing with him, there were 4 masters from the King Kong Gate by his side, and they were besieged together. Ah Er's strength is above Ah San, which can be seen clearly in Zhao Min's ranking. Yin Liting's strength in the Wudang Seven Heroes is not high, and he may even be only slightly stronger than his junior brother Mo Shenggu, but they can't compare with Song Yuanqiao and Yu Lianzhou. At this stage, among the Wudang Seven Heroes, Zhang Songxi's level should be the highest, Song Yuanqiao and Yu Lianzhou are slightly second-class, and the two of them should be in the same gear as emptiness, but at least they are much higher than Yin Liting. Ah Er still needs to besiege Yin Li Pavilion against him, not to mention Ah San, Ah San has no way to defeat emptiness with his own strength, and the biggest possibility is that he also chose to besiege emptiness. 
Second, the true level of the three 01, both internal and external cultivation mentioned in ** that Ah San's attainments surpassed the famous fire foreman Tuo, in fact, this refers to the personal internal force cultivation. Since the martial arts on the fire foreman Tuo are all secretly cultivated, the foundation of internal force is relatively weak, which is also the weakest point in his martial arts. Later, the fire foreman Tuo made a big fuss in Shaolin, and he also relied on this, so in terms of foreign kung fu, Ah San and the fire foreman Tuo could not be compared at all. However, in terms of the strength of the fire foreman Tuo, the 9 masters of the Dharma Hall were able to seriously injure the Dharma Hall back then, completely because the Shaolin monks were merciful to their subordinates. If it weren't for the bitter wisdom Zen master who appreciated his talent, the fire foreman Tuo would have died in Shaolin Temple a long time ago. Therefore, the fire foreman Tuo could not belong to the first-class master in the martial arts of that year, but Ah Er's internal strength was above him, but he had to deal with Yin Liting with the strength of 5 people, so Ah Er was quasi-first-class, and Ah San was actually just a second-rate master in the martial arts. 
In addition, this can also be reflected from the level of Ah Da's martial arts. Ah Da is the head of the four elders of the beggar gang in the past, and his martial arts are already very high, Zhang Wuji said that among the people of the beggar gang, only the martial arts of the elders are first-class in the world. Ah Da and Ah Er have the same way of practicing martial arts, both internal and external. In the original book, it is explained that Ah Da's internal strength is above Ah Er, which shows that his internal cultivation has reached the level of a first-class master. In terms of external skills, he is good at swordsmanship, and the title of "Divine Sword" is not in vain, and with his internal skills, he caused a panic as soon as he shot in Wudang. Characters like Zhang Sanfeng have Jiuyang Divine Skill to protect their bodies, and they also used Tai Chi swordsmanship to restrain Ah Da after 300 moves. 
02, the real role is in the back, Zhang Wuji deliberately tested Fan Yao's martial arts, and after a series of operations, he thought that Fan Yao's swordsmanship was even better than Ah Da. At that time, Fan Yao and Yang Xiao, as well as the "Eagle King" Yin Tian of Mingjiao, belonged to the ranks of quasi-peerless masters. On the whole, Ah Da's level should be able to maintain the team of first-class martial arts masters. Ah Da's martial arts must be above Ah Er and Ah San, otherwise it would be impossible to be accepted as the boss, not to mention that Ah Er and Ah San are still brothers in the same sect, if Ah Da does not have absolute suppression in strength, it is impossible for Ah Da to serve under Zhao Min in such an capacity. In fact, judging from the whole book, the role of the three of them as masters is to highlight the "special" historical background at that time, and then going to the Yuan Court will not end well, which is also the national righteousness that the old man Jin Yong wants to express is better than everything.