TIAN LONG BA BU REMAINS TILL TODAY A FAVOURITE OF MINE. DUE TO MY IGNORANCE OF CHINESE I HAVE TO DEPEND ON TRANSLATIONS. I WAS HOPING THAT MING-LEI HUANG WOULD MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS WITH THE TRANSLATION OF TIAN LONG BA BU, SO I DUN HAVE TO RAISE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS HERE.
I HOPE SOMEONE HERE WILL PROVIDE ME WITH SOME HELP.
1. I READ SOMEWHERE THAT DURING THE SERIALISATION OF TIAN LONG BA BU IN THE MING PAO, JY TOOK LEAVE OF ABSENCE & SOMEONE FILLED IN FOR HIM FOR AWHILE. WAS IT NI KUANG WHO FILLED FOR HIM.
HOW MUCH OF TIAN LONG BA BU THEN WAS WRITTEN BY JY? OR DID HE REWRITE THOSE PARTS BY NI KUANG WHEN HE TURNED THE SERIES INTO A NOVEL?
2. ON TUAN YU'S GUNG FU. TUAN YU INITIALLY KNEW NO GUNG FU. AFTER HE VISITED THE CAVE, HE OBTAINED THE LING POR MEI POH MANUAL.
HOW & WHEN DID HE LEARNT THE LING POR MEI POH STEPS? AFTER THAT EVENT, TUAN YU ATE SOME KIND OF TOAD & CENTIPEDE---WHAT DID THESE CREATURES DID TO HIM---ENDOWED HIM WITH SOME SUPER HUMAN INTERNAL STRENGTH?
AFTER THESE EVENTS, TUAN YU WAS ABLE TO CAUSE A SPECIAL KIND OF WEAKENING EFFECT ON THOSE WHOM HE HAD PHYSICAL CONTACT. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE THIRD ARCH-VILLAIN HELD TUAN YU'S HAND, HE FELT THAT EFFECT...
WHAT TYPE OF GUNG FU WAS IT & WHEN DID TUAN YU LEARNT IT.ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCENCES IN THE TVB SERIES WAS WHEN SEVERAL PEOPLE HELD ON TO THE THIRD ARCH-VILLAIN WHO WAS HOLDING TUAN YU'S HANDS FELT THE EFFECT FROM TUAN YU...HOW DID HE MANGE TO LEARN IT SO FAST---IS IT GUNG FU OR INTERNAL STRENGTH?
3. HOW & WHEN DID TUAN YU LEARNT THE LOK MAK SAN KIM GUNG FU? I AM CONFUSED. FIRST HE WAS WITH THE MONKS WHEN GAO MOR CHI VISITED THEM. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE WAS ABLE TO USE THE LOK MAK SAN KIM ON GAO MOR CHI. HOW DID HE LEARNT IT SO FAST? AND WHY IS IT THAT HE CAN ONLY USE THE LOK MAK SAN KIM AT CERTAIN TIMES ONLY & NOT ALWAYS?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YI YANG TZE & LOK MAK SAN KIM?
4. IN THE CONDOR HEROES, GUO JING LEARNT THE JIANG LUNG 18 JIANG FROM HUNG CHI GUNG IN THE IMPERIAL PALACE. GUO JING NEEDED TO LEARN IT TO BREAK THE WALLS TO ESCAPE, SO HUNG CHI GUNG TAUGHT HIM THE FEW NECESSARY MOVES..(THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE TVB FIRST ADAPTATION--WHICH I PRESUMED IS QUITE FAITHFUL TO THE NOVEL) HOW DID HE LEARNT IT SO QUICKLY..? DID THE BLOOD FROM THE SNAKE HELP HIM TO LEARN IT FAST?