We all know from the end of ROCH that GJ's son, Guo Polu, was useless when it came to martial arts. i believe he died in battle as a soldier, which means he was brave, but he had no exceptional martial arts to speak of (inherited GJ's monster eyebrows though). The Wu brothers, GJ's personal disciples, were greatly eclipsed by YG by the time the kid was 16, even though the brothers had 1 Yang Finger on their side. Guo Fu was, well, negligible...Guo Xiang is the only one that turned out to be any good, creating E Mei Sect (even though she had to become a nun to do it).
For such an incredible martial artist (most people, me included, believe him to be above the Greats by the end of ROCH), i wonder: why did GJ have such terrible students? in contrast, all of the other Greats had some kind of student to carry on their legacy: H7G and HYS had the Guo couple, OYF had OYK (who was pretty good in his day), 1Deng had his 4 disciples that were famous throughout the realm, and WCY had of course all of QZ. after all, it's not like you had to be a great teacher to have a great follower: H7G made fun of GJ the whole time he taught the kid, HYS crippled all of his students, OYF was a bastard, etc.
so this is my real question: what if YG, who has proved himself to be a martial arts prodigy, hadn't lost his arm and instead inherited all of GJ's martial arts? This YG would a completed set of 9yin and HL18Z, not to mention both arms. i can see this YG becoming head of the Beggar Clan also, and learning DBStick from HR.
how would you compare this YG, heir to GJ's legacy, to the YG in ROCH with one arm and DGQB's theories?
note: this isn't a vs. thread, nor will it turn into GJ vs YG. i'm saying, knowing YG's style of learning and application of martial arts, which set would result in the best martial artist?