As a result, information about cultivation techniques was often kept very secretive, and even the vast majority of members of the sect would only carry and know incomplete techniques. Perhaps there would be higher levels of the technique that would only be bestowed upon you once you were at the appropriate stage or had made enough contributions, or the method to create and process a core material was kept private. In short, as long as you were a member of the sect, there would be no issue continuing to progress, but if you were to die, or defect, there was no way to continue your cultivation.
As a result, it was very rare for the cliche of 'killing an enemy and plundering their techniques' to ever come to fruition.
After all, who was st*pid enough to carry around a full copy of their cultivation techniques around with them?
