The Fragrant Wood Swordsman
pk 07 part 9

Seeing the situation starting at ‘panas’, Thian Seng Cinjin quickly raised his hand and said, his voice is very influential, "Enough all this empty dispute! Pinto strongly agrees with the actions taken by your Twa-suheng! It is not necessary that Kun-lun-pai master the relics of Sin-jiu Kiam-ong. You should know that the books belong to other colleges that Sin-jiu Kiam-ong had stolen or confiscated. If we master it and learn it, of course we will be hostile to the owners of the book. After all, you should remember that worship does not depend on the book or the lesson, nor does it depend on the weapon, but on the man himself. If you persevere in deepening all the original sciences of Kun-lun-pai, I don't think you'll lose your balance than in other college lessons. Well, pinto ordered that from this moment all the contradictions of understanding be removed from each heart."

The seven disciples immediately knelt down and unanimously declared their obedience. At that moment, two children of Kun-lun-pai disciples ran away in a hurry to enter the Tranquility Room and immediately dropped to their knees to face Thian Seng Cinjin while saying with pale face and trembling voice.

"Teecu both came to report that at this time the summit of Kun-lun was being threatened as a war between the northern and southern forces! We've been locked up, from the north comes the troops from Peking and from the south comes the troops from Nanking. They've locked our place away."

Only Thian Seng Cinjin and Kiang Tojin received this shocking news in a calm manner. This master and head disciple exchanged a glance, then Thian Seng Cinjin nodded and got up from the floor, grabbed his staff and said,

"We have to face them. Command all the children of Kun-lun-pai's disciples to organize the line and get ready!"

The seven disciples then split up to fulfill their respective duties. Then the old man Kun-lun-pai was followed by his seven disciples stepping out and heading towards the top.

Kun-lun-pai's pupil had lined up neatly, divided into two halves, some facing south and others facing north. While Thian Seng Cinjin himself with a light movement then jumped on a rock high on the peak, followed by his seven students. They stood on this rock and saw two armies that were shutting them up, one in the north, one in the south.

The army was not very large, at most a hundred men on each side, but well armed and when viewed the size of the army, it was impossible for them to appear for war. This greatly relieved Thian Seng Cinjin's heart who immediately exerted his khiksang and said with his voice.

"We of Kun-lun-pai have never been involved in a civil war. Today the troops of both sides have come to visit Kun-lun-pai, hope the ciangkun (commissioned) of the two armies will explain what is meant by the arrival of cu-wi!"

Suddenly from the northern army was seen running forward an officer dressed in thin stature. The run was very fast and the movement was very agile, even though the war clothes looked stiff, but it did not hinder his deft movements so that the Kun-lun-pai figures became amazed and understood that the northern army was led by a shrewd officer.

"We Han Tek Thai who led the guard troops carried out the task that had been ordered by our lord, Young King Yung Lo of the valiant north, the original emperor candidate, had ordered, to face the leaders of Kun-lun-pai. Our young king expressed his gratitude that Kun-lun-pai had not helped the crown-bearer king of Nanking, because it proves that Kun-lun-pai can understand the truth and justice on the north side!"

Secretly Kiang Tojin smiled and felt amazed. This officer from the north is really the right person to be made an officer, because in addition to his high intelligence that can be seen from his movement earlier, he was, it was also clear that this officer had the ingenuity and cleverness to draw the people to his side. He had heard a lot that these traits were at the core of the power of the north, because they made the common people feel sympathy for their struggle so that the people flocked to help.

"Sorry, Han-ciangkun," said Kiang Tojin after he got a signal from his teacher to answer. "If the young king of the north should not thank us, for the establishment of Kun-lun-pai is completely free, taking no side whatsoever. All of us members of Kun-lun-pai only feel concerned about witnessing a civil war because the victims are none other than commoners. This is why we don't take anyone's side. Han-ciangkun should be aware of our stance and then like to explain what the next will is with this visit."

The northern officer smiled patiently and said, "Totiang's speech really proves that the tosu are god-men who do not want to interfere in world affairs anymore. It is so admirable! We were sent by our lord to wish Kun-lun-pai's favor, so as to like to hand over the Thai-yang Tin-keng which of course would have no benefit to Kun-lun-pai to us."

"Thai-yang Tin-keng's Book? What book is that? We don't know, even just heard his name now," Kiang Tojin said without hesitation.

The officer was still patient. "The Book, as the name implies, is the Book of the Sun, the Book of the Sun, it was the creation of the Great King Genghis Khan and is a textbook for organizing the ranks drawn from the experiences of the Mongol ranks during the invasion of Tiong-goan (Middle Land). Our Lord please borrow the book from Kun-lun-pai."

"But we have no such book!" answer Kiang Tojin.

The officer nodded. "Maybe it does not belong to Kun-lun-pai, but after the heritage of Sin-jiu Kiam-ong reportedly fell into the hands of Kun-lun-pai, of course, now the book is in the hands of the notiang all. It was stolen by Sin-jiu Kiam-ong from the emperor's library."