Hong Lung 28/18 Palms and 1 Yeung Finger Technique. Two of the most famous martial arts in wuxia fiction history. These two martial arts are almost synonymous with the concept of powerful wuxia martial arts, and in LEGEND/RETURN OF THE CONDOR HEROES, that is indeed the position they occupy in wulin.
During the time of DGSD, however, were Hong Lung 28 Palms and 1 Yeung Finger Technique (not 6 Mak Divine Swords) just mediocre martial arts?
Compared to the Siu Yiu Sect martial arts, Yik Gun Ging, 6 Mak Divine Swords, the Mo Yung Family martial arts, the martial arts of Kau Mor Tze, and whatever in the name of Buddha the Janitor Monk practiced, Hong Lung 28 Palms and 1 Yeung Finger Technique seem just "average" by comparison. In the hands of a superior practitioner such as Kiu Fung, it was hard to detect any disadvantage, but Deun Yin Hing, Deun Jing Ming, and Deun Jing Tsun, whose mastery of 1 Yeung Finger Technique might have put them into the running for Greats status in LOCH/ROCH, were only considered "pretty good" fighters rather than true elites in the world of DGSD.