The Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon appeared simple and crisp when Guo Jingxue was studying, but it became more and more difficult in the later stages. Especially during the Heavenly Period, Shi Huolong, as the leader of the Gang of Servants, only practiced twelve palms. And his previous many helpers had not been fully trained. Yerushalayim was the last helper to practice all eighteen palms.
However, in the triptych version of Heavenly Being, even Yelü Qi did not practice perfectly.
Why did Jin Yong deliberately increase the difficulty of cultivating the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon? Or deliberately belittling the martial arts foundation of the younger generations? Maybe it was to make way for the new martial arts in the martial arts. If after a hundred years, the most powerful martial arts in the jianghu are still the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon, then the new martial arts and new heroes in the martial forest will be difficult to have a day to emerge and develop space. The Yitian Era and the Double Eagle Era are separated by a hundred years, and it is time to have a new trick.
But only Yelüqi this detail is a bit strange. According to the previous setting, Jin Yong did not want him to learn everything. However, in the new revision, Jin Yong modified this setting, and Yelüqi became the last person in the jianghu to "gather" eighteen palms.
In fact, Jin Yong did this in order to correct an obvious logic--if even Yelüqi could not learn it completely, it was obviously logically not true.
This logic is that Yelüqi did not learn to fully descend the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon, and he was sorry for his own best double eagle's jianghu connections and resources.
Let's look first at the multiple identities of Jericho.
Yelüqi is the leader of the world's largest gang, the beggar gang. In addition, he is also the son-in-law of Guo Jing, the world's first hero, and a disciple of Zhou Botong, the world's first master. Looking only at these three identities, Yelüqi is simply a figure who wants the wind to blow and the rain to rain in the rivers and lakes. How could Guo Jing not pour out his heart to this proud son-in-law? Not to mention the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon, the Kung Fu in the Nine Yin True Scriptures is also preached.
In addition, Huang Rong will of course teach him how to beat dogs. Of course, this is what the gang leader deserves. Moreover, with Yelüqi's qualifications, he was certainly much stronger than Lu Youzu.
Of course, the reason why the future generations of the gang leader could not learn all eighteen palms was because their internal strength foundation was limited, or their internal strength was not pure. Shi Huolong was paralyzed because of his poor internal strength and strong training of the descending dragon. But Jericho does not have this problem at all.
Through Guo Jing and Qiao Feng, these masters of the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon, it can be seen that the internal strength required to cultivate the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon is the orthodox internal skills of the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, and this internal skill pays attention to one board and one glance, step by step, step by step, step by step, so the foundation is very solid. In his early years, Guo Jing studied the Taoist internal skills of the Quanzhen Sect with Ma Yu, and Qiao Feng's internal skills were even learned from Shaolin. Therefore, the two great heroes learned to descend the dragon eighteen palms, at least in the internal force conditions of the smooth.
What about Jericho?
In his early years, YelüQi had studied Quanzhen Martial Arts with Zhou Botong, and the foundation of internal gong was also quite solid and authentic. Coupled with Guo Jing's guidance in the future, he did not have any restrictions on the conditions in learning to descend the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon.
Therefore, to say that Yelüqi did not fully study the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon is equivalent to saying that he has failed to utilize one hundred of his resources and connections. This obviously makes logical sense. Unless, of course, Yerushalayim suffers an accident. But Jin Yong did not specify this possibility.
Therefore, it is better to return the full version of the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon to Yelüqi. Otherwise, Guo Jing, Zhou Botong, and Huang Rongtuomeng would also scold him for wasting resources and not growing.