The Roar of the Tiger, the Cry of the Dragon

A remarkable work by Zhu Zhenmu, hailed by Jin Yong and Gu Long as the forefather of new-school wuxia novels. A new-school wuxia novel: Tiger's Roar, Dragon's Cry Zhang Sanfeng's exclusive manual of internal martial arts is renowned throughout the jianghu. Anyone who comprehends its first volume can attain a realm of supernatural mastery, with insight into heaven and earth. Even those who learn only the second volume's techniques can dominate the world! Legend has it that Zhang Sanfeng's disciple Shan Sinan passed on all his skills to Wang Zhengnan, who wrote the Internal Martial Arts Manual, a work capable of countering Shaolin techniques. Anyone who masters it can understand heaven and earth and roam the world unchallenged. Yet Lord Wang feared the manual might fall into the wrong hands and bring harm to future generations, so he secretly hid it in the Iron Buddha Temple. Wang Yuanchao, a descendant of the Wang family, and Huang Jiulong, descended from one of Wang Zhengnan's disciples, both became followers of You Yipiao, the Land Immortal. They agreed to search for the manual together. Shan Sinan's descendant, Shan Tianjue, commander of the garrison at Wuhu, coveted it as well. He joined forces with the Buddhist renegade Zui Putuo to steal it. But the manual Zui Putuo stole turned out to be nothing but a stack of blank paper. As it happened, Yunzhong Shuangfeng, a disciple of You Yipiao's wife, the Thousand-Handed Guanyin, had cleverly reclaimed the real manual. The Land Immortal and his wife were once ideal companions in their pursuit of the Dao, and they also cherished the ambition of restoring the Han dynasty. After living in seclusion on Mount Yandang for more than a decade, they decided to descend the mountain and find worthy disciples to expand their following. Little did they know that their descent would stir up a tremendous storm between them, while the jianghu was roiled by shifting currents...