Originally Posted by
tape
The problem is that Quanzhen martial arts doesn't even seem that impressive (even if it is maybe) in the context of LOCH/ROCH, so being better than it, isn't really a big deal. We learn very shortly, or even during, the fight between XLN and Hao Datong that she doesn't win on pure martial arts skill but through being a black star to his kungfu, so that further diminishes it's power.
I mean given the chance to learn Dragon Palms, 1 Yang Finger, etc, who would actually choose to instead learn Quanzhen martial arts? Yeah maybe it would be the logical choice because it builds a good base, but nobody would actually pick it. It's not impressive. So something that is better than it is not impressive to me either.
This is all about impressions though. I'm sure an argument could be made that it is actually better, but not in the context of "OOOOH you are better than Quanzhen martial arts!".