War Ancestor frowned, as if stumped by the question.
Relying purely on intuition to act, and believing one's intuition to be correct, it is indeed difficult to provide a reason why.
But Xu Xiaoshou once called himself a 'martial master,' and transmitting knowledge and resolving doubts is the true nature of a teacher. After pondering, War Ancestor said:
"If I show kindness, I do not seek anything in return."
"But I have seen people who show kindness to me but expect something in return. When they don't get what they want, they repay me with harm several times the kindness."
"So I understand that the kindness used as leverage for a reward is essentially not a kindness bestowed upon me but rather a kindness they bestow upon themselves, for their own sake."
"I merely receive some of the benefits in the process, but I'm forced to pay a price that perhaps I wasn't very willing to pay. It's a kind of..."
