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its waters with the Hoang Ho or Yellow River in the confluence of Lan Cheu. Around noon, we
               arrived  to  a  small  fortified  hamlet  and  surrounded  by  rudimentary  cultivations:  It  was  the
               Hwang-yugn, one of the mews of path Chang-Lam!


                      In the village there was a Buddhist Temple, many inns for pilgrims and merchants, and a
               freemarket of respectable dimensions. The groom belonged to the Kâula Circle and we went to
               his establishment swiftly. There we reassured us, at the same time that we took the first hot
               meal in 24 hours. According to his inform, the men of the Prince of Kuku Noor searched us for
               some days, and then they returned to the Tibet. It would be difficult that they come back unless
               that someone convoke them, what would not occur if we worked with prudence and don’t let us
               be seen. Anyhow, the power of the insurgent Tibetans reached only to Hwang-yugn, settlement
               situated at the Northen side of the Great Wall, in a region traditionally disputed by Mongols
               and Tibetans. A few kilometres ahead, behind the Great Wall, were the Chinese Province of
               Kansu and the city of Sining, where the power of the Kâula Circle was considerable.

                      Of course that if in Sining-Fu we didn’t have to be afraid of the Tibetan’s persecution,
               whereas we would have to avoid be involved in the continuous revolts of the inflamed Chinese
               factions. For this time, the logistics and and tactic remained in hands of the kâulikas, better
               knowers  of  the  terrain  and  possessors  of  powerful  infrastructure  of  support.  Their  plan,
               otherwise, was extremely simple: we’d overnight in the stable, which seemed a palace for us
               after the last night, and in the morning the Chinese and his son would take us to Sining-Ho
               hidden in two chariots of four oxen each one.

                      The kâulika monks told as that they were planning to come back to the Tibet after that
               we be out from the danger towards Shangai. They would not return directly to Bhutan because
               they would try to find their two fellows, who had remained with the holites in the Threshold of
               the Valley of the Immortal Demons. Even if they not diposed of dogs daivas, they knew a lot of
               about the magic of the Kilkor and that the lost Valley was located in the West, in the lands of
               the Mother Queen Kuan Yin: either through the East, as we did, or by the West, they would
               find  the  way  to  enter  and  rescue  their  Comrades  or,  perhaps,  avenge  them.  Then,  if  they
               returned, they would retire to the Monastery of Bhutan, or to another one belonging to the
               Kâula Circle, to meditate about what happened in such adventure. They fought cheek by jowl
               beside the Shivatulku, they were guided to the Valley of the Immortals by the dogs daivas, and
               participated  on  his  flight  lung-svipa:  they  were  certainly  fortunate,  the  Gods  had  smiled  to
               them, and was only left for them to retire to meditate and be grateful.

                      I  could  not  demur  anything  before  that  admirable  decision,  but  Karl  von  Grossen
               thought different. He called to Srivirya and Bangi apart and qualified them as «deserters».





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