| Yuan Chengjhih was the son of
the ranking official Yuan Chonghuan at the end of the Ming Dynasty. When his father was
executed in a trumped-up charge he was adopted by martial arts masters. Mu Rencing and
Musang Daoren in the Huanshan Mountains taught him wugong. He also learned wugong from a
secret book, which once belonged to the dead master Jinshe Langjyun, after he
coincidentally found Jinshe Langjyun's neglected corpse in a cave. He buried Jinshe
Langjyun and kept the book. When Yuan Chengjhih was 20
years old, the country was in chaos. Mu Rencing asked him to assist Chuangwang, the
rebellion leader, to fight against the Cing invasion. The Ming government was too corrupt,
so neither could it help the poor people nor could it defend itself.
Yuan Chengjhih came across a family called Wun when he
started his journey. The Wuns stole the money Chuangwang had prepared for the poor, and
Yuan tried to get the money back. Later on Yuan found out that a female in the Wun family
was Jinshe Langjyun's ex-girl friend and they had a daughter, Wun Cingcing. The Wuns
disliked Cingcing because she had no father so Yuan took Wun Cingcing with him.
Before long Yuan met a few martial arts masters and
mistresses they also had studied wugong from Huashan earlier than Yuan. They looked down
on Yuan initially, but when Yuan solved out their problems they regarded Yuan as their
leader. Then Yuan found Jinshe Langjyun's hidden treasure and carried it to Chuangwang's
territories. He survived several ambushes and became friends with many people including
Cheng Cingjhu. |
