The Urban Dao Child

Elder Bai and Elder Perseus looked through the crack and saw an old man glaring at them. The former said, "We did not attack you, but the treasured disciple of the sect master has comprehended the seed of sword intent by chance. He was practicing to think this unrefined and quasi intent could penetrate the walls of my weapon master hall." 

Persues also chipped in and said, "Old Chime, we have known each other for hundreds of years, do you think we have such an enmity that we will attack your formation hall?" 

The old man snorted and said, "Humph, you are going to cough up the resources needed to repair the hall. I will not let you go." 

With that said, he left the place, without caring about the bitter smile on the faces of the two old men. The two people sighed and turned to face Alisha. Elder Bai said, "Bring him to the cloud palace and let him rest. When he wakes up things will be fine." 

Alisha bowed to him and moved forward to pick up Yang Dao in her hands as asked. Then she left the place with Yue Jing and Shakti came to see them off. While the two girls were traveling, they sensed some people to be watching them. Yue Jing recalled that Yang Dao has said, that her brother might have arranged for some people to monitor him. 

She realized that his speculation was correct. Alisha said, "Seems like I need to rectify the staff in the palace as well." 

Yue Jing nodded but did not say anything. They reached the palace and after resting a few hours Yang Dao woke up. The boy came out of his room and found Yue Jing inside the study, with a game of chess in front of her. He walked over but received no response from the girl. The boy said, "What are you thinking?" 

The girl replied, "We are being monitored. I am trying to think what is the solution to this." 

Yang Dao smiled and said, "Wrong. I am being monitored, while you are a spy, as they think. You are free, and that is what we want, you can freely learn anything and improve yourself. They will not care about it. What you need to do is to tell them that I have sent you away, as I have begun to focus on learning alchemy. They should not have any high hopes regardless of the previous report. Since they think you are worthless, then let them live in that illusion. As for your residence, I have some idea." 

Yue Jing looked at him in askance but all she received was a sly smile. The boy called over Alisha and whispered something in her ears. The lady smiled and then left the study. All of the suspicious service disciples were changed by Alisha, while Yang Dao was faint. 

After an hour, Alisha came back with a big smile on her face. She came inside the study room and said, "Young Master, it has been done." 

Yang Dao clapped in happiness. Yue Jing asked, "Dao, tell me what it is?" 

The boy shook his head and said, "All in good time." 

...

Athena was heading toward a secluded courtyard where Yue Jing resided. As a true disciple, Yue Ming was also a resident of Supremacy, but his status was lower than that of a prime disciple. Supremacy was the resident of all the supreme elders on the elder council and their prime disciples. Along with some exceptionally talented true disciples. 

The planet also had a peak where the serving disciples resided. Other than them, some high-level staff also resided on this planet only. The general disciples could only come here when the sect was to hold an event and only a limited number of people were allowed. 

Athena did not know why Alisha came to her with Yang Dao's message but the boy had promised to teach her sword skills if she did him a favor. She stood in front of the entrance and called out, "Senior sister Yue Jing are you there?" 

Inside the house, Yue Ming had just woken up from his cultivation session and was about to use a talisman to communicate with his sister but before he could do that, he heard a soft oriole-like voice coming from outside and his blood began to boil. This voice was his kryptonite. How many times he had imagined this voice chant his name, he had lost count. 

The boy pushed everything aside and walked out in a hurry. He controlled his emotions before opening the door. He opened the door pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Who is it?" 

Athena replied, "Is senior sister Yue Jing not here?" 

She knew this man was deliberately being ignorant so she became even more ignorant. Did not bother to acknowledge his existence. Yue Ming walked over and exclaimed, "Oh, Junior Sister Athena. Hello, Yue Jing is not here, she is staying with my cousin to help him with some alchemy knowledge. Did you have something to ask her?" 

Athena nodded to keep up the pretense. She said, "Well, actually I wanted to ask her to stay with me from now on. I feel very lonely in the house. However, since she is not here, I will ask her tomorrow." 

Yue Ming shook his head, and said, "I can communicate with her through a talisman and she will come right away. Do not worry. Meanwhile, would you like to come inside and drink some tea?" 

Athena was disgusted inside but she faintly smiled and said, "I beg your pardon, Senior Brother. I still have some chores and tasks left for the day. Master is strict with me since I am new. I will come some other day. Thank you for passing on my message, I knew I could tell you. Thank you very much." 

With that said, she left the place in a hurry like a shy girl would. Yue Ming behind her thought his charms got the better of the girl and thus she left because she was embarrassed. He stood there for a few minutes in a daze not knowing what he should do. He woke up from his daze, took out the communication talisman, and sent an urgent message to Yue Jing. 

...

Yue Jing was playing chess with Yang Dao when she sensed a tremor in the communication jade in her space ring. She took out the jade and was ready to tell Yue Ming about what happened in the weapon master hall. She circulated her spirit energy inside the jade and the message sounded, "Jing, you can report today's affairs later but first contact Junior Sister Athena. She came here and wanted you to live with her. As soon as this week is finished, you better go and stay by her side." 

Yue Jing was surprised and looked at Yang Dao with eyes wide open but the boy was not in his chair. She looked around and found Yang Dao skipping his way out of the room. She hurriedly ran after him and took him in her embrace from behind. 

The boy was surprised but then he chuckled and said, "Big Sister, so much love. What if they found out and imprisoned you?" 

Yue Jing did not let go of him and said, "You cunning little treasure." 

The boy smiled as he patted her hands. He said, "Send him a message that I have gone into cultivation and do tell Athena about our game here. She is not a chess piece but she can change the game by distracting the enemy." 

Yue Jing shook her head and said, "I feel bad for your enemies." 

The boy made his way to the dining hall while the girl stayed behind to deliver a message to her brother. After that was done, the two people finished dinner and Yue Jing left the cloud palace. Yue Ming had told her that since Yang Dao has gone into seclusion then she must leave and stay with Athena. 

The girl knew that Yang Dao came up with this plan to give her the freedom she needed. as he said, this whole scenario was a game of chess. While the other side had Yue Jiren at the helm, this side had Yang Dao. 

Yue Lei Wang was supposed to be the main player, however, Yang Dao had taken over the control after the old man stayed passive to the situation. Yang Dao did not believe in moderation, if he has a goal then he will charge at it with all his power and skills. Now, his goal was to instill Yue Jing as the matriarch of the Yue Overlord and pass out from the sect to go out and explore the vast sea of stars lying in front of him. 

After Yue Jing left the cloud palace, the boy received a message from his grandmother. As he heard the message his face became solemn.. The game of chess was ever improvising and it seemed like, the opponent had also improvised.