The Urban Dao Child

Yang Dao and Yue Jing rode on their flying swords along with Alisha in two. They reached the war peak in a few minutes. A lot of people recognized them with the uniform robes they were wearing. What surprised them was not that Yang Dao came here, but an alchemist following beside him.

The reaction was simple because Alchemists seldom came to the war peak until they were summoned by the elders to tend to some injured disciples. Even if any alchemist was visiting them it would be an elder from the alchemy hall and not a prime disciple.

The three people came to the foot of the mountain and they got down the flying sword. The war peak was a place where flying was forbidden. A group of disciples stood at the foot of the mountain, guarding the entrance. It was more like something they did to discipline themselves. This whole planet was the sect’s property, so how could there be an intruder?

One of the guarding people stepped forward and asked, “May I ask, why the prime disciples are here?”

Alisha said, “Visiting Elder Bai.”

The disciple nodded and said, “Senior sister, would you need someone to guide you up?”

This was basic courtesy and nothing more than that. Alisha shook her head and said, “I am familiar with the way.”

The disciple nodded and took a step to the step and let them pass. The trio passed but not before Yang Dao said that you to the guarding disciple. They trekked the mountain, Yang Dao noticed that after ten minutes, Yue Jing had a slightly heavy breathing pattern. He asked, “Big sister, are you alright?”

Yue Jing said, “I do not know why, but I sense pressure on my body. It is getting stronger with every step.”

Yang Dao tilted his head slightly when Alisha said, “It is the specialty of the peak. The two halls on this peak have a gravity tempering array around them. The disciples all live with a gravitational force that is twice more than normal. This tempers their bodies. It is said, that the higher the cultivation realm the more the suppression.”

The Dao Child was surprised, he mumbled, “That is a unique training idea.”

Alisha smiled and asked, “It is indeed, Young Master, do you not feel the suppression?”

The boy shook his head and said, “I am fine.” he turned his head to Yue Jing and said, “If you feel you cannot continue treading then you tell me. I will think of something to bring you over.”

However, to his surprise, Yue Jing said, “I have finally decided to walk on my own, do not give me a crutch. No matter how hard it is, I will walk.”

With that said, she walked ahead, slowly but surely. Yang Dao looked at her back and smiled as he mumbled, “So, this is the back of a heroine.”

He also followed the girl slowly, only after catching up to her did he lower his pace. They were cultivators, and the suspension acted on them according to their level making them all feel like the same level, but Yang Dao had the source energy of the elements inside his body. His physique was unbothered to a certain level.

He can neglect the natural limitations but since this was a man-made formation it did affect him slightly but that was also good, he treated this as an exercise. The boy did not say much when he sensed the suppression and slowly trod the pathway.

After an hour they reached the summit. On the way, they found a lot of courtyards built along the slopes. Yang Dao was curious and Alisha told him that these were the accommodations of the true and prime disciples of the peak.

Soon they stood between two outstanding buildings. The buildings both had a plaque each. Yang Dao looked at them and his body shivered. Alisha placed her hand on his shoulder and said, “These plaques carry the intent of weapons and intent of war. Do not look too deep.”

Yang Dao did not look at the war palace plaque, but his gaze on the Weapon hall did not flicker. He was lost in a strange state of enlightenment. The weapons in front of him, all the weapons were dancing and they were displaying devastating weapon intent.

Alisha was about to disturb him when a wisened voice sounded, “Stop, do not disturb him. He is being enlightened.”

The two girls looked up and found an old man with a beard standing in front of them. They did not sense when the elder arrived. They quickly bowed to him and greeted him. The person was none other than Elder Bai. He nodded to them as they greeted and asked, “What wind blew you guys here?”

Yue Jing said, “Elder, we mainly wanted to learn about weapons, but now this. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

Elder Bai chuckled and shook his head as he said, “It is fine, do not worry. As for your purpose, this kid is getting enlightenment about all the weapons in existence. So, do not worry, if he practiced well, he will become at least a low-level weapon master.”

Alisha was surprised while Yue Jing was confused. She wanted to ask, what was a weapon master, but she did not want to sound like a country bumpkin in front of the elder. She was not entirely dumb, she could tell from the expression on Alisha’s face, that it seemed to be a big deal. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀ​ꪶ​

Elder Bai said, “Shakti.”

After a few minutes, the called person arrived beside him. She asked, “Master, what may your command be?”

The old man said, “Kid, how many times do I have to tell you. Not to be so formal?”

Shakti replied, “How many times I have to tell you, that I am not a kid?”

The old man sensed a twitch at the corner of his lips and said, “You take these two inside, leave someone to guard this boy. When he awakens, have him visit me.”

Shakti nodded and took the two ladies to her courtyard but not before she arranged for a few people to look after Yang Dao. No one was allowed to approach him or disturb him. What they did not know was unconscious, the barrier of source energy was already cast when he was in that mesmerizing state.

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Inside the courtyard next to the weapon master hall, Shakti was hosting the two girls. Yue Jing said thank you to her as the host served her tea. Then she asked, “Senior sister Alisha, what is a weapon master?”

Alisha suddenly recalled what the elder had said and replied, “A weapon master is someone who can master the weapon intents. For example, if you manage to master the intent of a sword, and then even if you use a bow like a sword and invoke the same intent, that is when you have taken the first step to becoming a weapon master.

The low-level weapon master can use five different weapons with the same efficiency and invoke the same intent from all of them. However, there is another thing that makes a weapon master, what they are.”

Yue Jing asked, “What that thing might be?”

Shakti answered in a low voice, “Every weapon has its own characteristics, if you can manage to learn a different intent from every weapon then not only will your mastery increase but it will become supreme.

So, Weapon Master’s low level can use five weapons. The middle level can use ten weapons. A high level can use fifteen. Then comes Weapon Grandmaster, five intents make you a low-level grandmaster, then ten and fifteen. The capability of weapon grandmasters can render a whole world useless against him.”

Yue Jing had her eyes open as wide as the saucer in her hand. She did not know what to say. She wondered if Yang Dao could achieve that goal. The first thing she did was to speak, “Senior sister Shaki, can teach me weapons? I want to learn the sword and the hidden weapons.”

Shakti asked, “Why do you want to learn weapons?”

Yue Jing said, “Can I say that it is a personal reason?”

Shakti nodded and said, “The reason I asked you this is because everyone needs a reason to do something big. You as an alchemist work to protect people most of the time, so this request took me by surprise. That is why I asked if this was an impulse or you had a reason to.”

Yue Jing nodded and said, “I have a very strong reason to learn weapons, however, I wish it could be a secret.”

Shakti raised her eyebrows. She wanted to ask more but she held it back. She said, “I can teach you, but on one condition.”

Yue Jing nodded, “As long as it is within my range of ability.”

Shakti replied, “Tell me the reason. I cannot act without knowing why you need to learn weapons. I hope it is not something generic like, I want to be strong or I want to surpass someone, etc.”

Yue Jing shook her head and said, “I want to acknowledge myself. I want to prove to myself that I am worth something. To do that I need to have enough strength. Strength to defend me. I cannot rely on others and be used by them as a tool.”

Her eyes seemed to be filled with a vigor that was never there. Shakti was about to say something else when she heard a slight vibration coming from her sword.. She frowned and suddenly all the weapons inside her space ring or courtyard began to tremble.