His considerations regarding the Gatekeeper's blood flow manipulation technique helped him flesh out exactly what standards he wanted to hold the rest of the Water Sect's offered techniques to.
It also helped him flesh out exactly the kind framework that he was working with and how all of it fit into the big picture of his new sect.
There was the sect's field of focus, which was Adaptive Evolution. Then, there were sub-fields within Adaptive Evolution, which were fields that Rui had created in his time as a Martial Artist pursuing Adaptive Evolution.
And within those sub-fields, there were the core foundational principles or techniques upon which Martial Artists could build their individualized techniques and Martial Art on.
The Gatekeeper's heart manipulation technique showed him that he had to ensure that there was a low barrier of entry to those very core foundational techniques in each sub-field. It needed to have not just a low barrier of entry but also high potential.