Inspired by the 2017 LOCH series, I started rereading the novel, and came across this.
"Silly fellow, you have a good heart. Simple-minded and honest," laughed
Hong Qi-Gong. "Tell you what, I'll teach you one stance called 'The
Proud Dragon Repents'. With Huang Yao Shi being so full of himself, I
doubt he will stoop to the level of learning my specialty skill even
though he admires it. Besides, we have very different styles of martial
arts. I can't learn his kungfu, and neither can he learn my kungfu."
Guo Jing later taught the Wu brothers some of the palms, and Yelu Qi the full set. However, consider Yang Guo, who was taught Peach Blossom Island skills by Huang Yaoshi, and the Dog Beating Stick by Hong Qigong, and who later self-created Sad Palms, which rivalled in his execution the fierce power of Guo Jing's Dragon Palms. If Yang Guo still had both arms, but had somehow trained in Dugu Qiubai's skills (ie. the original timeline except he still has both arms), could he have learned Dragon Palms? If so, what does it say about Hong Qigong's assertion? If not, does Yang Guo lack the required temperament in some way?
"Silly fellow, you have a good heart. Simple-minded and honest," laughed
Hong Qi-Gong. "Tell you what, I'll teach you one stance called 'The
Proud Dragon Repents'. With Huang Yao Shi being so full of himself, I
doubt he will stoop to the level of learning my specialty skill even
though he admires it. Besides, we have very different styles of martial
arts. I can't learn his kungfu, and neither can he learn my kungfu."
Guo Jing later taught the Wu brothers some of the palms, and Yelu Qi the full set. However, consider Yang Guo, who was taught Peach Blossom Island skills by Huang Yaoshi, and the Dog Beating Stick by Hong Qigong, and who later self-created Sad Palms, which rivalled in his execution the fierce power of Guo Jing's Dragon Palms. If Yang Guo still had both arms, but had somehow trained in Dugu Qiubai's skills (ie. the original timeline except he still has both arms), could he have learned Dragon Palms? If so, what does it say about Hong Qigong's assertion? If not, does Yang Guo lack the required temperament in some way?