In many ways, Yang Qing felt Li Gang might do more for them than he could, given that Li Gang's experiences surviving out there could offer better insight to the father-daughter duo compared to what he himself could provide.
While Yang Qing was plenty insightful, his means weren't exactly applicable to Ma Yuan. Besides, when it came to practical exposure on how to survive outside, one could say he didn't have much experience to begin with, considering the life he'd led. The first part of his life had been spent on some barren mountain that not even a dog would deign to pee on, surrounded by crazy family members. The latter half was spent in a paradise that was also a heck—one equally filled with lunatics, arguably even worse than his family.
