Things are valued when they are rare.
Gu Tongxiang knew that the way to make a painting technique most valuable was to be its founding master and turn this technique into a prominent subject in the art field.
For example, Picasso's Cubism, Turner's Romanticism, or Renoir's Impressionism.
Secondly, the fewer artists who know this technique, the better.
Ideally, no one else could use it, holding a unique craft that no one else in the world possesses.
When Mr. Cao Xuan called Cui Xuanyou for advice, Cui Xuanyou would rather forgo Mr. Cao's favor than to guide Gu Weijing, thereby creating another rival for his son Xiaocui.
Regardless of the likelihood, Gu Tongxiang also did not want to share the spotlight directed at his grandson.
Even if he was the grandson's grandfather.
Even if he firmly believed that Gu Weijing's future technique would be much more successful than his own.
The old man would still prefer to give up his dreams rather than let such a thing happen.
