A sweeping martial arts saga and a tale of ordinary people
This book follows three lowly men: Zhang Shuai, a lazy glutton; Ding Wenqiang, a quick-witted womanizer; and Liu Yu, an honest simpleton who loves money. They are brought together by a bowl of noodles and dragged into the conflicts of the martial world. Their struggle to fill their stomachs becomes a fight for dignity, and as they muddle through life, they are drawn deep into the salt license case, the battles among the canal gangs, and the schemes of a secret organization. Though their differing beliefs once drove them apart, when disaster strikes the martial world, they risk their lives to forge their brotherhood anew. They rise from starving nobodies to legends with backbone.
