Other than their formidable skills, the more critical factor is that they're not fools.
If not, they'd provoke someone too difficult to handle, and then there'd be no 'then'.
Especially this skill of arguing and flattering is quite the trick.
He followed many people and learned that not everyone can argue; otherwise, people would see you as a contrarian and simply ignore you.
More often, arguments give people a sense of 'I finally taught you', providing comfort and a sense of achievement.
This mental joy can be highly addictive.
San Daozi used this method to learn many secrets of the martial world from Yang Shaoquan.
However, some methods tested with one's life, Yang Shaoquan wouldn't teach.
He values himself as a teacher and enjoys it, but he's not foolish enough to share everything.
Under normal circumstances, facing ordinary people, San Daozi can use coaxing and deception to extract a lot of information.
