The Urban Dao Child

Yang Dao finished playing cupid and came to his accommodation. He exchanged a communication jade with Amil and would ask him about the progress daily. The latter was very happy to share his daily improvement with him and sometimes the cupid will also give him exclusive advice. 

The things on his side were proceeding all naturally. Amil had already told his father that he will not marry anyone else but the girl he likes. If he insisted on it then he will call his master to mediate the situation, as a warrior leaving with regret will have him develop a heart demon and obstruct his road to success. 

He also stated that Yang Dao is a good brother of his and helped him discover the seed of intent. Tristan Grande did not accept this at first but after Amil swore on his dao heart, the elder was subdued. He was advised not to harm Yang Dao or the sect master will erase the Grande overlord family. 

This was a half-truth and half lie. However, Tristan and the others had no choice but to believe him since they did not have any evidence. Sun Eckhart was in the same realm as them but his power was enough to take on five heads of the families. After this, the plans Yue Jiren has made were completely foiled. 

The first person to incur his wrath was Yue Ming, they did not know what happened and Amil Grande took a liking to Yang Dao without them catching wind of it. What about the surveillance? These days Yue Ming was being distracted by something else. 

He would go to meet Yue Jing daily and catch a glimpse of Athena, she would politely greet him and rush away, the foolish teenager, under the influence of his raging hormones thought that the girl has fallen for him and was shy. So, he would spend the rest of his time, thinking about how to initiate the conversation with the girl the next day. 

However, his meetings came to an end after his father spat out a cruel statement of beating the shit out of him if he did not focus on the task at hand. Yue Ming began to monitor Yang Dao, but the latter stayed inside the premise of the cloud palace. 

He would spend his time meditating and sparing with Alisha at full pace. His cultivation base was rising stably as well. He was now close to the peak of the first stage of the spiritual formation realm. Alisha could sense his change daily and be surprised to see his growth. She also had a task other than protecting him, which was to report to the sect master about his growth. 

The week came to an end and Yang Dao had to appear in the alchemist examination. He was long prepared for this and got dressed in his white and blue hanfu like usual. Alisha helped him with the hair and the two people left the palace. This was his first move outside the palace in the past three days.

Yang Dao did not go anywhere and directly moved to the Alchemy hall. He climbed the stairs of the alchemy hall under the gaze of all the disciples present, but before he could enter inside the hall, he heard a voice, "Junior Brother Yang!!!" 

Turning his head in the direction the sound came from, Yang Dao found an acquaintance standing with a smile. This person was Thale Fray. Yang Dao nodded and said, "Greetings Senior Brother Thale. What brought you to Alchemy hall?" 

The latter replied, "I came to submit a task, what about you?" 

Yang Dao did not hide anything and said, "I am taking the alchemist test." 

His words shocked the people standing around. They all knew his identity by now. They were shocked to hear that this kid wanted to take the alchemist test. They knew that the prime disciple of the sect master was praised as a genius but is it not too much? 

Thale Fray did not expect this too and said, "I did not see this coming. But I wish you all the best." 

Yang Dao replied with a simple thanks and after a small talk, the people parted. Though the news that the prime disciple of the sect master was going to take the test of an alchemist was spread throughout the sect, like a fire covering a dry forest. A lot of people began to pay attention to the event being held today. 

Most of the parties were neutral they only paid attention to keeping themselves up to date. After all, if Yang Dao passed the test, then will they will not want to offend him. Yue Ming was in offense and hoped that Yang Dao failed and become a clown in front of everyone in the sect. 

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Yang Dao came to the staircase and he was greeted by Athena and Yue Jing. The first thing the boy asked, Yue Jing in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Did you start practicing weapons?" 

The girl nodded with a smile and said, "I have comprehended the few things that Senior Sister Shakti taught me to some extent. What about you? Did you make any progress in your seed of intent?" 

The boy nodded slightly. He turned his head to Athena and said, "Thank you for the favor last time. I will definitely pay off." 

Athena smiled and shook her head as she said, "It is nothing major. Just fooling someone." 

Yang Dao said, "Poor cousin, I feel bad for him." 

Yue Jing asked, "Really?" 

Yang Dao stuck out his tongue and amidst laughter and chatting the three people came to the top floor to meet Elder Jing Shui. The lady was busy looking at some documents when the door of her room was knocked on. 

She said, "Come in." 

The three children entered and spoke in unison, "Greetings Elder (Master*2)" 

Jing Shui raised her head and smiled, as she said, "Oh, you are here Dao. I hope you learned enough." 

The boy nodded with a confident smile. Jing Shui nodded and said, "Athena, you take him to the examination room, I will come over to preside in a bit. As for you Jing'er, can you please make a rush to the herb plantation and tell check the harvest log, the submitted report here does not match. If they kept something in storage make a record of it and bring it over, also, this time take some senior protectors from the law hall with you." 

The three nodded and then walked off to deal with their own tasks. Athena brought Yang Dao to the second floor where the examination will be held. There were a lot of people lined up in front of the hall. Yang Dao asked, "Will all these people take the exam?" 

Athena shook her head and said, "Half of them are spectators. The alchemy hall does not bar other people from spectating the exams, this way we can ensure that everything goes fairly. These people are all supporters of the examinees. Some come here to watch whole will make fun of themselves, and some come to calm the nerves of their friends." 

Yang Dao nodded and said, "I did not bring anyone, Senior Sister Alisha left on an urgent summon from Master. He had a task that she needed to complete. I wonder when can I go out to complete some task, it will be a great opportunity." 

Athena nodded and said, "I am sure it will be." 

Yang Dao nodded and said, "Oh yes, I wanted to ask, will you act as a spectator for my side? I will not feel alone then?" 

Athena smirked and asked, "Are you trying to flirt with me, little brother Yang?" 

The boy nodded and said, "Yesterday mum said I need to work early and secure a beautiful girl for myself. Otherwise, I will be left alone. When I saw you today, I thought why not try with you? Oh, yes, do not worry, I will have Yang Family rise to be an Overlord too." 

Athena was surprised by his words. He indicated that he was doing this for the future, and he would also raise the status of his family, that was obviously because she came from a higher family. Also, the serious expression on his face. She was aware that this boy was not a normal one but she did not expect him to be so mature for his age. 

She asked, "How do you know all this?" 

Yang Dao said, "You underestimate me a bit too much. Who do you think set up Senior Sister Shakti and Amil?" he smirked. 

Athena opened her eyes wide and said, "That is your doing?" 

Yang Dao raised his chin and said, "Or else?" 

The girl shook her head and then decided to play along with his joke, she said, "If you can get the first chance, then I will think about giving you a chance." 

Yang Dao said, "You better not back off later. I will complain to Elder Jing."

Athena smiled and said, "We will see after your exam." 

As the two said the door of the examination room opened and the examinees were called inside.