The Urban Dao Child

Feng Tao did not follow along with the people. His task was to verify the various details of the people. After that was done, he went back to his usual routine. The elder who was hovering in the void followed the children. 

The reason behind his presence was simply just to invigilate. This old man that could have sent fright to the core of the people, was nothing more than a high definition closed-circuit camera watching over the candidates. It was not sure, when, one of these spoilt brats would secretly take out a boosting pill and eat it to get through the exam. 

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Yang Dao was still following Shun Lang, who was looking at him with a surprised gaze. He could not hold it in and ask, "Brother Shun, do you think, I am a monster?" 

His eyes were filled with indignance. Shun looked at his expression and could not help but chuckle. He shook his head and said, "How can I think like that? I was just wondering, how come your name is not known among the overlord families. They all meet once a year. So, I thought you would be well known." 

Yang Dao shook his head and said, "I have told you already, I came from Yue system. The patriarch is my maternal Grandfather. So, it is obvious, that you or none of the others know about me." 

Shun Lang nodded and then froze as he asked with a stammer, "You mean to say that you are the son of Princess Yue Ling?" 

Yang Dao replied, "If you mean the daughter of Yue Lei Wang, then yes." 

Shun Lang gulped and said, "Your father is Yang Shan? Do you even know how popular they are?" 

Yang Dao shrugged his shoulders and asked, "I do not understand. What do you want to say, speak properly." 

Shun Lang took a deep breath and said, "Your father, married your mother after he waged a war on the rest of her admirers in the five systems. It is a story. When your father pursued your mother, she told him that her partner must be the strongest youth in the surrounding five systems. However, he successfully managed to save her from a crisis, and then they fell in love. 

However, Lord Yue did not allow them to get married right away. He simply put forward two conditions. One was for your father and the other for your mother. The two people agreed and then began your father's charge. He issued a challenge for all the males who wanted to pursue your mother. 

It is said that the challenge lasted for a month and Yang Shan stood on his two feet after defeating and even killing some of the stubborn idiots. The people of the five systems acknowledged him and then he married your mother. Your mother had the cultivation equal to the ascended mortal but her injury made it relapse by a realm and it will be difficult for her to get over it. Later on, your father fought for a heavenly herb in the secret realms. 

The grande family took a chance and attacked him, making his cultivation fall to the nascent realm as well." 

Yang Dao did not know all this. He asked, "What is the proof that what you said, is true?" 

Shun Lang said, "You can ask anyone from your entourage. They will tell you. I can swear on my dao heart to make you believe. They must have hidden it so that you are not burdened or something. You know how adults think." 

With that Shun Lang fell silent. Yang Dao was lost in thoughts and did not bother to talk to him further. He wished that the exam came to an end and then he will go to Yue Yun to ask her if whatever he heard was the truth. If so, then the Grande family became his enemy for hurting his father. 

As he was thinking the crowd came to a stop. In front of the crowd stood a lady in emerald green hanfu. She said, "Please form queues according to the ascending order of your cultivation realms. The lowest on my left-hand side and the highest on my right-hand side. Also, it would be appreciated if you all can stand up in order of ascending heights as well. The smallest in the front and the tallest at the back." 

The lady had a cold voice that made people shudder. They all reacted quickly but still, it took them thirty seconds to arrange themselves properly. Yang Dao noticed the impatience inside the green-robed lady's eyes. 

She looked at the queues and her gaze stopped at the five at the strongest for a second longer and then she said, "The next round of the assessment is combat. Behind me is the combat test formation. You all will be stepping inside one by one. Inside the formation, you will be facing wooden puppets. The longer you can last the better. Do you have any questions?" 

Yang Dao waited for someone to ask but since no one took a step forward, he asked, "Senior sister, who many puppets we need to get through to pass this round?" 

The lady said, "Ten." 

Yang Dao nodded and the people all thanked him in their hearts. They had forgotten to ask such an important question. The girl sighed and said, "Ten puppets are the requirement for those in the body formation realm. The spirit gathering realm will have to deal with twelve, the middle of the spirit gathering will have to deal with sixteen and twenty for the peak spirit gathering realm. Now we will start with those at the back. Come over." 

There were very few ten years old inside the crowd. This senior sister was putting up a cold front and asked the tallest to come forward from the first queue and then the man stepped inside the formation array. 

Yang Dao raised his head to look at the screen that was formed out of nowhere. It displayed the images inside the array. The formation area had wooden puppets move forward and charge at the people without holding back anything. Yang Dao nodded at the scene. He mumbled, "The strength of all the puppets starts with the same realm, and then it grows fractionally. This is a good exam."

He heard a soft voice from behind her, "They puppets over tenth will not be like this. So, be careful." 

He turned back and found Athena Olympus advice him. The boy nodded and thanked her for her good intentions and then he went back to watching the combat taking place inside the formation. he was not worried about his protection. He had enough skills to face these puppets. 

Athena smiled faintly when she heard his reply and fell quiet.