This book tells the story of how the protagonist transforms from an ordinary street urchin into a legendary hero. As a child, he idles away his days at school alongside the young master of an official family, throwing his weight around and bullying others. By chance, he becomes the disciple of Wu Zimiao, a great hero of the Kunlun Sect who has retired from the martial world, and learns the Buddhist sect's supreme martial art, the Yijin Jing. The process leads to one farcical, laughable incident after another.
When his beloved is kidnapped, he sets off to rescue her, carrying a fortune with him. Along the way, he fights bandits alongside an army of dogs, gets trapped in a crow's cage, encounters the Martial Emperor and mutant poisonous spiders in a Miao village, and witnesses Wudang and Huangshan disciples being murdered. Who is behind the Yangtze flood and the manipulation of people's hearts? Along the way, he faces trials of friendship and love, as well as life's disagreements, questions, and cruelty. One mystery and predicament after another is finally unraveled.
Is the legend truly "dead"?
This book is divided into upper and lower volumes, along with six strange encounters that come later, and is built around three storylines. The modern-day sections interspersed throughout the book are intended to develop into the main character thread of a series of bonus stories. I hope...
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
