There is no doubt that the hero in the Sculpture Heroes is Yang Guo, but what about the heroine? There are at least two people, one of whom, of course, is Xiao Longnu, who later joined him to become a "swordsman", and the other is Guo Xiang, who appeared on the stage in "Sixteen years later." after Xiao Longnu jumped off a cliff, Guo Xiang became the core character of the plot, and in the second half of the story, she is the heroine.
Jin Yong even let Guo Xiang have several ambiguous interactions with the teenager Zhang Junbao in the last time of the original work, laying the groundwork for their subsequent reunion.
(stills of Guo Xiang)
When it came to the beginning of Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Jin Yong started the story from the perspective of Guo Xiang. She rushed to the Shaolin Temple and met the teenager Zhang Junbao. The two were thought to have picked out Shaolin with an iron bucket, as if the next story would revolve around them. However, Jin Yong brought Guo Xiang's story to an abrupt end.
Guo Xiang, who died early
In the third episode of Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, the main stage of the story has been moved to decades after the Guo Xiangchuang Shaolin incident, when a white-haired old man stood on Mount Wudang, who was Zhang Junbao, the teenager who "stole" Luo Hanquan. But now he has become the ancestor of the Wudang School and the supreme existence of Wulin, becoming Zhang Sanfeng.
However, the young girl Guo Xiang, who escaped from the Shaolin Temple with him, is no longer alive. In the last serial edition, Jin Yong recalled Guo Xiang from the perspective of Zhang Sanfeng: "Zhang Sanfeng looked at Guo Xiang's suicide note and seemed to see that bright, intelligent and handsome girl again, but that was a hundred years ago."
(stills of Zhang Sanfeng)
How did their story end up like this? Obviously, they were the two great masters of the "debut" in the same period, and they also learned some of the Jiuyang Shengfu before their deathbed, which provided enough internal force to support them to live a long life. After all, in Jin Yong's martial arts worldview, it is extremely difficult for those with extremely deep internal forces to die. The Tianshan child grandmother in The Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils put forward this point of view.
With regard to the death of Guo Xiang, there is only one sentence mentioned in the book: "before her death, she tried her best to find the dragon swordsman, but she never succeeded. when she died, she passed this secret to my mentor, Feng Ling. My mentor followed the orders of my ancestors, and the search for dragon swords was fruitless. When she died, she passed on the sword and the fate of Guo Zushi to me. "
From this point of view, at least Guo Xiang was not killed by someone. After all, she still has time to explain her afterlife.
If Guo Xiang practiced some kind of evil kung fu, then became obsessed, and eventually died, that would make sense, but what did she learn?
Second, uncontrollable evil feats.
As a matter of fact, most of Guo Xiang's martial arts are "stolen from school." this little girl is extremely clever. as early as when she first broke into the Shaolin Temple, she successively demonstrated more than a dozen martial arts, such as Yang Chao's extending in all directions, Huang Rong's hitting the dog stick, and Wan Yanping's iron palm.
It is also clearly mentioned in the book that her martial arts are indeed stolen: "since childhood, she became friends with Lu, the former head of the gang, and sometimes pestered him to compete in martial arts after drinking and guessing fists. Although there are rules in the gang, and the method of hitting dogs is a magical skill of the town gang, which is not passed on unless the master does, when Lu has feet to move, Guo Xiang finally learns a trick and a half. "
(stills of Guo Xiang with a sword)
But it is obvious that these kung fu skills will never let her die suddenly, and the trick she practiced in the Golden Wun Dharma King may have fascinated her, and that kung fu is dragon elephant Prajna kung fu.
When she was taken hostage by King Jinlun, she was said to be a hostage. In fact, the King of Law treated her not badly. Seeing that the little girl was a martial arts prodigy, the King felt compassion and even accepted her as an apprentice and gave her everything he had learned.
Yes, you read it correctly. "teach each other with all your money" is written in the book.
The original book says: "in these days, Jinlun's national teachers poured their pockets to teach their own internal and external martial arts. When Guo Xiang was bored in his daily life, he was used to taking care of himself. If he wanted to find a way out in the future, he had to win the trust of the national teacher and relax his guard against her, so he pretended to pay homage to his teacher and sincerely studied. She was originally intelligent and perceptive, and with this concentration, she entered the country very quickly. When the national teacher saw that she learned faster and better than her big disciples at that time, he liked her very much. "
It naturally includes the dragon elephant prajna kung fu, and it is very risky to practice the dragon elephant prajna kung fu. It is mentioned in the book that during the Northern Song Dynasty, a monk suddenly rose up when he practiced this skill to the tenth level, and finally died after seven days and nights of crazy dancing.
Guo Xiang also has "demons." according to the settings in the book, there are three things about Guo Xiang's demons: first, she can't find Yang Chao, which makes her suffer all her life; second, she can't find the Dragon Dao, which is also her great regret; and the third is that she failed to return to Xiangyang to rescue her parents.
(stills of Guo Xiang and King Jinlun)
If there are too many distractions in her mind, it is inevitable that she will be in a mess, and it is normal for her to go crazy.
However, in addition to the dragon-like kung fu, Guo Xiang may have also practiced another evil kung fu in the Western regions, which may also have hurt her. Even if Huang Rong were born again, he would inevitably be so ashamed and angry that he would kill her.
Third, the supreme stunt of the Western region
As mentioned earlier, King Jinlun Dharma taught what he had learned all his life. In this way, he may not only teach Prajna kung fu of dragon elephants, because there is a more exquisite martial arts in the Western regions, but the martial arts King Jinlun Dharma alone cannot practice and needs two people to practice together.
The author refers to the sutra yoga tantra.
There was a dialogue between them about the ultimate art: "The teacher said,'From today onwards, I will teach you…Yoga Tantra. After you have mastered it, you will practice the Great Yoga Tantra, the Unparalleled Yoga Tantra, and finally the Supreme Yoga Tantra mentioned by Buddha Samantabhadra.' Guo Xiang asked,"Master, how long does it take to practice the Supreme-Yoga Tantra?" The Imperial Teacher said,'Supreme Yoga's secret method is endless. It can never be achieved, nor can it be said how long it will take.' Guo Xiang said,"Then you haven't cultivated it yet?" The Imperial Advisor sighed and said,'Yes, if I had achieved some success, why would I still practice the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art?'"
(Huang Rong stills)
This supreme yoga secret multiplication is undoubtedly very exquisite, and even in the view of King Jinlun Dharma, the dragon elephant Prajna Gong is not worth mentioning in front of it, but it can be strong and strong. This secret art of yoga requires the combination of men and women, which is unacceptable to ordinary people. If Huang Rong knew that his daughter had practiced this trick with the Golden Wheel Dharma King, he would be so angry that he would have ended her with his own hands.
When Guo Xiang recalls this matter in the future, he will inevitably regret it. How could he have done such an absurd thing? it will certainly become a knot for her. Therefore, it makes sense that she will become obsessed with it while practicing kung fu and then die early.