Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-198.82.111.80-20160315173800/@comment-203.217.130.64-20160316180112

Has no one ever mentioned the uncanny similarities between Yang Xiao Long and Yang Guo from The Return of the Condor Heroes?

Pretty sure Yang Guo (whose lover and martial arts teacher was XiaoLongnü)  was mentioned in this wikia before, but now they have one more thing in common: both had their right arm sliced off. I would be surprised if these similarities were coincidental.

Yang Guo would go on and develop a unique style of wielding a two-handed sword with his left arm and eventually became one of the most competent martial artists in the novel. So hopefully Yang Xiao Long makes a recovery, in a similar manner or not.