It was clear that FD>YG, just like Zhu scholar > FD, but the better trickster came on top both times. Everytime YG was in trouble, he pretend to throw needles. If he warned a thousand times like you said, then YG was in trouble 1000x in a short period of time! HD was about the level of a weak QZ, who in turn is below YG's teacher with the benefit of blackstar.