I'm not a Gu Long fan, but lately after reading Meh's Xiao Li Fei Dao translation, I am starting to like Gu Long, although I still think that Gu Long novels can only be read once because it deals a lot with mystery and great intriques, therefore they lose their eternal reading value like Jin Yong's novels, which can be re-read over and over. But that's just my opinion.
My background in Gu Long's novels is also limited, so far, I've only read the translations in these forums, and the Twins comic version, watched the old XLFD adaptation from the 70s, The Twins, Adam Cheng's Chu Lu Xiang, Damian Lau's God of Sabre (or something like that), some of the old LXF, some of the newer MCW's CLX, and parts of other lousy adaptions which I couldn't finish.
On Li Xun Huan in particular, it's always hard to define his skills, since he seems to be able to pull out his dagger and gather his strength at the last minute and at the right time, not to mention no one was able to see how fast his dagger is, it's faster that your eyes can see, because we always see that it was in his hand and suddenly it's in his opponents' throats.
Another thing ... 'The Dagger Never Misses.'
So, here's a simple question for Gu Long experts out there...
How great is Li Xun Huan without his dagger ?
Without his dagger, will he have a chance against other proven heroes like Yu Pei Yu, Ding Pang, Shen Lang, Chu Lu Xiang, Lu Xiao Feng, etc ?