The Urban Dao Child

Shakti sensed the weapons trembling lightly. She suddenly thought of something and went outside the courtyard in a hurry. Alisha and Yue Jing followed her. After all, it would be rude to stay if the host is not present. Given the surprised expression on her face, they both realized that it was something urgent. The people walked outside and they found some disciples standing around Yang Dao.

Not only was he surrounded by the disciples but also, some elders and officials of the sect. Elder Bai and Elder Perseis stood together in front of him, they had stated for the disciples to not raise disturbances, or they will be directly expelled. This warning did make the crowd calm down.

All this was because of the young boy standing in front of the weapon hall plaque. At this moment, Yang Dao had his hair moving slowly and the sword on his back trembling in its sheath. Perseus said, “How long has it been?”

Elder Bai said, “A few minutes.”

The former was surprised and did not know how to react. He said, “This momentum, how many weapons do you think he can master?”

Elder Bai shook his head and said, “His potential is not something I can gauge.”

Persues was not surprised because this same thing was true for himself. A lot of people have gained enlightenment from the intent inside the plaque. Some stopped at one weapon, while some gained knowledge about them all. There have been cases where the people have only learned about fists and kicks.

So, those who can perceive the intent inside the plaque were not ordinary people. Yang Dao was not ordinary to begin with so the two elders did not comment. They knew better than anyone what could happen if you make a mistake in estimating things.

Minutes became hours but Yang Dao kept standing on the same spot with his eyes closed. The changes in his breathing and aura were obvious. Sometimes his aura was shallow, sometimes it was akin to a tide. Shakti stood behind Elder Bai with Yue Jing and Alisha. She said, “This kid, was a sword master when he came to the test. Now, I wonder what level can he reach.”

Yue Jing and Alisha were surprised. Alisha said, “I knew that he was strong but I did not expect him to be a sword master for the start. He is just ten year olds. How much does one need to train to achieve a realm of the sword master?”

Shakti nodded and said, “Yue Jing, if you want to learn weapons, I will teach you, but if your goal is anything short of that kid, then forget it. Tell me.”

Yue Jing nodded and said, “I will learn the art of sword too, and definitely catch up to him.”

Shakti nodded, “Since you are an alchemist, you pick one weapon, and master it completely. Your first target it the sect exam. Do you understand it?”

Yue Jing replied, “Yes, senior sister Shakti.”

Shakti nodded and fell silent. On the other hand, Yang Dao had started to shiver a little. His aura was climbing steadily all time suddenly shot up like a volcano erupting. The normal disciples all sensed slight difficulty in breathing. The weapons they carried, all trembled.

The phenomenon did not stop at this, it went to escalate to the point where even the disciples in higher realm of spiritual cultivation with sweating. Yue Jing was already affected in the first wave but the second wave was strong enough to overwhelm Shakti and Alisha. The two people were in early stage of golden core formation.

Yang Dao supressing those below him was fine and even those equal to him was acceptable but what surprised the elders and the staff was his effect on the golden core cultivators. Elder Bai said in a sonorous voice, “Seal the peak and initiate a lockdown. This new is not to leak outside. If anyone present dared to utter a thing about it outside the peak, they will be executioner for treachery.”

His words repeated by Perseus as well. They understood that the disciples were young and they all were vulnerable to gossip, they did not wish for them to leak out the news of a genuis appearing in the sect. Despite having the whole domain to themselves, they did not dare to say that this place could not be breached or that all the people inside the sect staff were loyal to them.

This was the basic precaution. Just as they had finished warning the disciples when the sword inside Yang Dao’s sheath flew out and floated above him. Elder Bai’s eyes were sparkling. He said, “This child comprehended the spirit of sword.” ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀ​ꪶ​

Perseus stood beside him with surprise written on his face, he said, “This means he can become a sword grandmaster in the future.”

Elder Bai nodded. Suddenly, the aura fluctuations stopped. Yang Dao stood holding his sword and his eyes were shining. He said, “Elder, is there a place where I can practice for a bit?”

Elder Bai nodded and guided him inside the weapon master hall personally. The rest of the disciples were dispersed with a gag order put on what happened here and they knew it very well that the amiable old man was a terrifying person and would never let them go if they slipped up.

Persues also sternly warned the disciples and followed the two people ahead inside the Weapon Master Hall. Alisha and Yue Jing were led behind the old man by Shakti.

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Elder Bai led Yang Dao to a room on the second floor of the building. The rest followed in silence. The old man could sense a agitation radiated from Yang Dao. He opened the doors of the room and said, “Dao, this room is where you can practice without any restraint.”

Yang Dao did not reply and with a faint nod, he rushed inside the room. The next thing he did was to swing his sword. It was not a simple basic slash attack, but after this followed a dance that none of the people expected.

The sword was glazed with his spirit energy. What followed with the dance were blades made of four elements. Yang Dao did not control them intentionally but they all originated from his subconscious. The two elders were shocked to see that this boy had such a good command over all four elements.

Usually the people will have command over one element, or maybe two. They have never came across a person who could manipulate the four elements so skillfully. The blade of four elements were all sharp and precise. These strikes did not land on the walls of the room, but they were suspended in the air.

Yang Dao finished the dance and came to a stop. He closed his eyes and the elements began to move around him. It was as if they were guarding him. The revolutions of the blades increased and sometimes they would collide with each other. The collisions increased and Elder Bai asked, “Is he trying to meld them all together?”

Perseus nodded, “I can sense the elemental essence in the surroundings. It has not dissipated. He seemed to have comprehended something and the good thing is that he did not show that he can move the four elements outside. It would be a little difficult to contain the news otherwise.”

The other person nodded and the next thing they saw was Yang Dao surrounded by golden light. He has successfully found the balance point of the four elements and they came together in the form of golden glow. Yang Dao did not open his eyes and jerked his hand. The next moment the golden blade landed on a wall in the front.

There was no explosion but the golden blade cut through the wall that was as thick as two humans standing sideways. Shakti could not help but open her mouth wide and yell, “Did he comprehend the seed of intent?”

Elder Bai trembled and said, “Sect master got himself a treasure.” and he sighed.

Perseus said, “I an envious.”

Yue Jing and Alisha were shocked and they did not even know how to react to this. A ten year old was able to do that even some old monsters could not do? They wanted to be like him as well.

Yang Dao opened his eyes and said, “That was so tiring.” and then he fell unconscious.

Elder Bai quickly reacted to support his body and said, “Looks like, that attack took all his spirit energy.”

Persues nodded and said, “That happens when you comprehend something for the first time. He will be able to last longer in the future.”

Suddenly a cold voice sounded, “Will one of you take the pain to tell me what has happened in this place and why did you guys attack my formation hall?”

The two elders were surprised and when they glanced at the cut in the wall, they spotted an elder standing on the otherside looking at them with hateful eyes.