They dared to make such a decision, to say such words, without ever fearing that the master would fight them to the death. On the contrary, they had accurately pinpointed his lifeline: this master greatly desired to live, and for the sake of living, he had even extracted his own spirit and soul from his body and infused them into a puppet, thereby achieving immortality and indestructibility in another sense.
No matter what, he did not want to die, so what harm was there in imparting the secret techniques of the craft?
"Every secret technique fears being lost. You taking Lin Suqing as your disciple is passing on the legacy. With his status as your disciple, your reputation remains intact, doesn't it?" Gouzi argued logically, "You could even ask him to promise you that the techniques you teach him can only be passed on to his own offspring, not to outsiders. How about that?"
