บท 4: A Duty?

To hide the emotion he was feeling, Jiang Cheng pushed the baby's fingers away as though scorched by a raging fire. Without giving any warning of what he intended to do, the sect leader of YummengJiang sect snatched the basket out of the hand of his disciple much to the confusion of others in the hall.

"Sect Leader Jiang Cheng?"

Baffled by the strange way his sect leader was acting, the nameless disciple was forced to call the attention of Jiang Cheng.

"Out! I want everyone out!!!!!"

Jiang Cheng barked at the young lads whose knees were still on the ground.

"Why is sect leader shouting at us?"

"Does he want the child or what?"

"How am I to know what he is thinking, you ask him yourself and see if you will make it out of here with your skin on!"

"I think Sect Leader Jiang Cheng is pouring his frustration on us! Anyone who sees this will say that we did something to anger him!"

"Be quiet! Are you trying to get whipped to death by Zidian?! Have you forgotten what happened to...?"

"...."

Back and forth, they whispered what they thought of their sect leader. Only when one of them reminded the rest of the tragic event that had taken place at the YummengJiang sect did they become silent.

"Forgive our intrusion, but sect leader is yet to tell us what you intend to do with the baby."

An expectant look was on the face of the disciple that asked, while Jiang Cheng clenched his jaws in response as he gazed on the face of the bundle of innocence.

"Jin Ling is under my protection, until he comes of age to assume the position as the leader of LanlingJin sect!"

The disciples had a stunned look on their faces when they heard that the baby that was in their sect leader's arms was none other than the young master of LanlingJin sect.

"Jin Ling?"