So, blood and sweat is a major ingredient in success. There really is no short cut. If one doesn't kick 10,000 kicks, one simply doesn't know how to kick. In my opinion, this is a causal system world. It is not practical to just practice a certain set for 200 years, hoping one day to suddenly experience and enlightenment and become a super martial artist.
Sure one can claim one's family has the secret set or special fook sau etc.
One can keep mystifying the set, making more secrets in the history, and claim advancement in the family lineage title but this is all hollow. It just will go no where. One's inner wisdom knows this when one gets to this far. Just ask one's own inner wisdom. In this world, everybody has some good and valuable points to share.