In Jin Yong's martial arts, there are not a few people who can use this technique. Except Hong Qigong, Qiao Feng and Guo Jing, we are all familiar with Wang Jiantong, Yeluzi, Shi Huolong, Song Qingshu, Xie Feng and Li Sheng. A large part of these people have not learned everything. For example, Li Sheng in The Legend of the Condor Heroes only learned one of the eighteen palms of the dragon. Don't underestimate the power of this palm. At that time, Li Sheng wagged his tail with this palm, and had a stalemate with Ouyang Ke, a martial arts master in the western regions and a young master in white camel mountain, for some time. Therefore, even if we don't learn from Quan Yi's Eighteen Dragons, its strength cannot be underestimated.
Among these people, there are two outstanding representatives, one is from Guo in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and the other is from the Beggars' Sect Leader in Tianlong Babu. So who is the purer of the two masters? In other words, when using the Eighteen Dragons, which of the two is more powerful and terrible?
Let's start with Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng is not only a user of the Eighteen Dragons, but also a developer. Apart from the founder of this palm method, he is the only one who can reform this palm method. It turns out that there are 28 strokes in this palm method, but in the process of long-term use, Xiao Feng feels that there are too many tricks, which is inconvenient to use. So after his improvement, he cut it from the original 28 strokes to the later 18 palm. Since then, the power of the eighteen palms of the dragon has doubled, making it famous in the rivers and lakes. If the earliest version of Dragon Eighteen Palms is 1.0, then the new palm method improved by Xiao Feng should be called Dragon Eighteen Palms Version 2.0. Besides, Xiao Feng is the only one who learned to catch dragons in the eighteen palms.
If you want to change a set of exquisite palm handed down from generation to generation, you must be an old hand at using this palm. If you only practice for a year or so, or like those who are not talented enough, you can't change this palm. Therefore, many people think that Xiao Feng's proficiency and rigidity in using this palm technique have greatly surpassed others, even Hong Qigong and Guo Jing.
There is an episode here. Many people don't understand why some people practice the same palm technique so badly, while others practice martial arts so poorly. For example, just like the same Chinese character, ordinary people and calligraphers can write it, but the aesthetic degree of writing is very different, because calligraphers are far from being comparable to ordinary people because of their talent, personal hobbies and personal continuous efforts, and martial arts is the same.
At that time, we compared Feng Xiao and Guo Jing, and personally felt that both of them had reached the point of perfection in using this palm technique. Just like writing calligraphy, both of them are well-known great calligraphers in calligraphy, and both of them can write enviable and unattainable words. But by careful comparison, their calligraphy is different and each has its own subtleties. However, the same palm method is more powerful than the one that came out. The final comparison depends on who is more powerful in these two people's internal work.
Xiao Feng's tough guy attribute is well deserved. No matter to the enemy or to himself, his tenacity is unparalleled. His eighteen palms with gorgeous background music can even shock the audience. Even a martial arts expert half his height may not be able to kill him in an instant. This is the feeling of Xiao Feng's eighteen palms.
Look at Guo Jing again. Before talking about him, let me first remind you that in the newly revised version, the eighteen palms of the dragon have returned to the twenty-eight palms of the dragon. I wonder if Jin Yong's intention is to obliterate Xiao Feng's great achievements in martial arts? Guo Jing and Xiao Feng are very different when using this palm technique. Maybe Guo Jing and Xiao Feng have different personalities. Guo Jing used force against people and rarely went to death. He has a better sense of proportion.
There is a detail in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. When Hong Qigong was teaching Guo Jing the palm method, he once said that the highest state of the eighteen palms of the dragon is that when using the eighteen palms of the dragon, you can freely play back, be flexible and follow your inclinations, which is for the whole world. Thus, Guo Jing is superior to Feng Xiao in the operation of lowering the dragon's eighteen palms. Although it is not as strong as it is, its strength will not be lost to Xiao Feng to a great extent, even though it is equipped with 18 palms of Nine Yin True Classics.