"More or less. Right, is Elder Long, Long Eleven, still at the Arcane Sect? I can't use this much. I'll keep a few jin and make them into qi-gathering discs to place at the Arcane Sect. Give the rest to him. After all, these are treasures that will help our Arcane Sect rise again." I had not held anything back. Handing them to Long Eleven would allow him to make many things that could influence the Arcane Sect.
"I knew you'd distribute them like that. By the way, while you were away, the Arcane Sect's rite of opening the altar and teaching the Dao had already concluded successfully. We placed you in the position of Founder of the Dao. Your Aunt Xia is now the Sect Master, and I suppose that makes me the Sect Master's Senior Martial Aunt to everyone else. Are you satisfied with this decision?" Zhang Suli asked with a faint smile.
I had become the Founder of the Dao. I truly did not know whether I should be happy or cautious. Having my portrait hung in the main hall every day was a mountain of pressure. Still, I had more important matters to attend to; I could not become drunk on the title of Founder of the Dao. Remembering that Zhang Suli handled external relations, I said, "I... don't have a problem with it. Right, Martial Aunt Zhang, could you tell me about the recent state of the Daoist sects and the Confucian sect? I may have to visit the Xia Household in the Hundred Thousand Mountains soon, and I'll also have to make a trip north. I'd like to know what's going on."
"All four regions of the Daoist sects are stable now, with our Arcane Sect leading them all. We have a firm grip