In the first year of Taiping, Song Gongbao of Little Yellow Mountain Stronghold accepted imperial amnesty.
By the second year of Taiping, he had smoothly crushed Tian Ruhua's forces, strangled the bandit chieftain, and presented his captives to the capital. The Emperor was greatly pleased, rewarding him with gold, silver, cloth, and silk, and ordering him to continue sweeping away the refugee armies across the Central Plains.
"This realm... is in chaos." Aaron looked at the latest intelligence and suddenly made up his mind. "Song Gongbao may appear to have defeated Tian Ruhua, but he merely poured boiling soup into cold water to stop it from boiling over. Popular uprisings are still breaking out everywhere... One day, this taut string will snap!"
Lu Prefecture Market.
Aaron looked over the latest intelligence and suddenly made a certain decision.
He made his way to the schoolhouse and summoned the many young Daoist disciples.
"Tai Chong, Tai He, Tai Yin... come with me."
He brought the few Daoist children, who had clearly grown much taller, to an open stretch of land.
Aaron established the "Supreme Way Sect" himself and passed down an eight-character generational order: "Supreme Way, Non-Action; Pure Tranquility, At Ease."
He was the founding patriarch of the sect, while these Daoist children of the "Tai" generation were its second generation.
"Teacher!"
Tai Chong was a boy and the boldest among them. After performing a Daoist salute, he asked, "May I ask why you summoned us here?"
"Troubled times are approaching. Our Supreme Way Sect must also enter the world, contend for dragon aura, watch over imperial power, and mete out Heaven's punishment on its behalf!"
Aaron said sternly, "The methods of the Supreme Way hold that through non-action, nothing is left undone. That does not mean I want you to