Huang Rong is arguably the most intellegent female main character in the entire Jin Yong universe. In addition, she is well-known for her superior cooking skills.
In terms of martial arts talent, she knows a lot of martial arts but perhaps on the surface only, with the exception of Peach Blossom Techniques and Dog Beating Stick Techniques. The two techniques that she is really good at. Despite being the only other person who knows 9 Yin completely, she is the type of fighter who likes to use brain first then martial arts to complement.
Additionally, by the time of ROCH, she had other duties to fulfill, being a wife to North Hero, leader of Beggar Union, etc. If you have a husband like GJ, father like HYS, teacher like H7Q, and hundreds of first class figthers as acquintances, then I guess for a person as smart as her, there isn't any immediate needs to advance her martial arts skills. She was already in the upper echelon of top fighters in LOCH/ROCH anyway.
Many believes that she can defeat Xiao LongNu (Little Dragon Girl) despite the impression that XLN is better in martial arts than HR.
So, just how great is Huang Rong if she uses both her intellegence and her existing martial arts at her peak ?
Do you think she have a chance to beat one of the Greats ? GWM ? LHC ? MRF ? LCY ? YBQ ?
How far can she go with her wits and existing martial arts at her peak ?