The Urban Dao Child

Yang Dao told Feng Yun to stop. The lady did stop but not before she incinerated the defense shield in front of the girl wearing the brocade dress. Just leaving her an inch away from being obliterated. Feng Yun cast her cold gaze at the people around making them shiver in fright.

Yang Dao said to the captain, “Just because you are incompetent and cannot master anything other than arrogance, it does not mean that no one can. Do you understand?”

He had already diffused of the captain with an airwave. Making the man freeze. Feng Yun locked her gaze at the young girl and said, “Going by your attire, you seem to be a person with some authority. Who are you?”

Her aura was even more majestic than the empress at the moment. The girl spoke in a weak tone, “I am the princess of the fire region.”

Yang Dao asked, “Your region is a kingdom?”

The girl nodded and then she shook her head like a rattle. Feng Yun frowned and was about to ask her again when Yang Dao intervened and said, “Calm down, we are not here with malicious intent. We just had to act because your people looked down on us and took the initiative. Take a deep breath and tell me.”

His soft voice and a faint smile worked on the girl like a charm spell. She let down her guard and took a deep breath. Then she said, “The world follows those who have the strength to lead. My grandfather is the strongest in the land of fire, and thus our family is the ruler. The rulers are all elected after a tough competition and until they are defeated they will sit on the flame throne.”

Yang Dao nodded and understood what was going on here. The place was not barbaric but systemized. Too much chaos giving birth to order. He figured that to have any say in this place he would need to show his strength. The strength can only be displayed in fights. However, he did not know how to control water so this plan had a flaw.

He raised his head and cast a gaze on Feng Yun. The tactical understanding was so good between the two that the lady did not even need him to say anything. She directly said to the girl, “Take us to meet your grandfather. We have some things to talk to him about.”

The girl hesitated when Yang Dao came forward and with his fist clasped in his palm he bowed and said, “Please.” in a soft voice.

The guy used the charm of heavens to a level never thought before and passed through the walls of the territory. The city inside had ancient architecture. The people lived in courtyards, big and small. The roof of the houses were all vermillion-colored tiles. Yang Dao said, “Sister Yun, they seem to share your favorite color.”

Feng Yun pouted at this joke. She did not like how arrogant these people were. Yang Dao took pleasure in her pain as they walked through the streets. The territory was vast, much bigger than the jade city in the mortal world. He found that the people used some conventional means of transports to travel inside the fire region.

He spotted the hand-cart. However, that was not all, he also saw a few things looking similar to the hot-air balloons. He asked the girl, “Miss, what is your name?” ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀ​ꪶ​

The girl has been walking with them lost in a lot of thoughts when she heard his soft voice a faint blush appeared on her face, she said, “My name is Dawn. What should you be called?”

“Yang Dao.” said the boy. The girl had a confused expression spread across her face. Yang Dao asked, “What happened?”

The girl shook her head and said, “Nothing, your name is unusual. What does it mean?”

Yang Dao said, “It could be because I am not from this place, but a traveler. As for the meaning of my name. Yang means the light, Dao means the way of life.”

The girl had sparks of fascination flying in her eyes. She had never thought that words like this would exist in the world. With that, she brought the two people to a place that was surrounded by a crimson glazed wall. The tiles were so glossy that one could see their complete reflecting in them.

Dawn said, “This is the rubika stone. It is the hardest stone in our place, also it can reflect a hundred percent of the sunlight and also store the essence of fire in nature.” she seemed very proud while introducing the things.

She came to a mahogany door and opened it with a light push. Yang Dao asked, “Is this the palace?”

Dawn nodded. Yang Dao asked, “Why do you not have guards?” in confusion.

The girl replied, “Not everyone can bend elements, so the forces are limited after the great war a few decades ago. My grandfather was a surviving captain back then. He stood up and participated in the competitions and eventually became the undefeated king of flames. He implied that he did not need guards in the noon, as a fire practitioner, noon was the best time to practice. So the guard comes only at night.”

Yang Dao nodded, he pegged that the old king of flames was a man, who was considerate to his people. This was the sign of a good ruler.

Behind the mahogany door, a huge garden was parted with a stone path awaited them. The garden was as big as the whole Dao Courtyard mansion. The boy thought that the people here really knew how to live in swag.

As they walked on the stone pathway, Yang Dao found a rockery decoration placed in the eastern corner of the garden. He could sense a strong fire source energy radiating from the rockery. Then he gazed at the inner building and found a three-floor high building, white marble walls with a red rubika ceiling. The contrast was well defined. Suddenly he asked, “What is this place called?”

Dawn replied with a proud smile, “Flame Palace.”