The Urban Dao Child

Yang Dao and Dao Yin came to the market ignoring the people in the restaurant. The two surveyed the whole city and all the attractions and came to the Miracle Inn. The building looked like it was a palace.

The two people were about to walk forward when a guard looked at them. He said, "Sir, may I ask if you are here for residency?"

The couple nodded. The guard said, "Sir, Madam, please pardon us, but can we have you place your hand on the crystal?" as he took out a crystal from his space ring.

Dao Yin asked, "Why do you need us to place a hand on the crystal?"

"Madam, this crystal is embedded with an array formation. The formation is two-way communication with the crystal you may have spotted at the city entrance. If the crystal here lit up and the guards on the gates confirmed that their crystal also lit up. We will know that you are the true guests.", replied the guard.

Yang Dao nodded and said, "Interesting."

He placed his hand over the crystal and infused his spirit energy in it. A golden glow illuminated the crystal and the guard was shocked. Suddenly, he heard a voice in his mind, "The guests have confirmed their identity."

The speaker was a guard from the gates of the city. The guard bowed and said, "Welcome to the Miracle Inn, Seniors."

Yang Dao and Dao Yin smiled and shook their heads. They said, "We are not seniors.", as they walked inside the premises.

The two people looked around the place, they spotted a few guests in the gardens. Suddenly, a Dao Yin looked sideways and found a lady to be scolding a child. She found it very irksome. She said, "Yang..."

Yang Dao said, "We shall go deal with that lady."

Dao Yin nodded and the two people moved to the lady. As they drew closer the argument or instead the scolding became louder. The lady said, "You unwanted brat, your father abandoned you and your old mother. She passed away in my house, bringing us misfortune, yet I kept you inside the house. What right do you have to scold my son?"

In front of her stood a girl, not any older than five years old, yet the lady was scolding her so ferociously. Behind the lady stood a guy who was ten years or so. His face did not look like he was reprimanded.

The little girl was already weeping, she said with hiccups, "Mistress, I did not do anything. Young Master Xie was the one who broke the vase. I did not do anything."

"You dare to talk back to me. Wretch.", said the lady, and she raised her hand and was about to slap the girl when Dao Yin came forward and grabbed the wrist.

She was about to fire off when Yang Dao said, "Yin, calm down."

His soft voice calmed her temper. She let go of the hand and said, "This madam, may I ask your identity?"

The lady was shocked but when she spotted the chill carried in Dao Yin's eyes. She shivered and took a step back. She asked, "Who are you?"

Yang Dao walked over from the side and said, "Yin, how about you calm down the little one and I talk to this lady?"

Dao Yin thought for a bit and then nodded. She nodded and turned to the little girl, and Yang Dao asked, "Hello, I am Yang Dao. This is my companion Dao Yin. We are disciples from the Holy Land. Umm, you might not know this. I apologize that Yin just now got carried away. Could you please tell me what is the trouble?"

The lady was hooked by this amiable young man. She immediately smiled and said, "Oh, hello, my name is Ling Hua. Sir, this girl is a slave of my household. She is a very cunning girl, and she even dared to scold my son today. How can I not get angry? I am not usually this violent."

Yang Dao nodded from time to time as if he believed this lady. In the end, he did not make any comment and said, "Lady Ling, how about we buy this little girl from you?"

The lady was surprised and shocked, she asked, "Why do you want to buy such a girl? She is not up to your standard."

Yang Dao shook his head and said, "You see, me and Yin, we have come out to travel the immortal plane and gain insights, we need someone to do the chores for us. This way, we will get someone to do that and you can get rid of the headache."

The lady had a hesitant expression on her face. At this moment, she felt a tug on her clothes, the boy behind her said, "Do not give her away, who will wash my feet?"

Yang Dao closed his eyes to calm his anger and impulse to kill these people. The lady was embarrassed and said, "Sir, you see..."

Yang Dao smiled and said, "I see that young master of your house here, has some illness. Do you feel headaches and stomach aches often?"

The lady was shocked and she nodded and asked, "How can you tell?"

Yang Dao smiled and said, "I am an alchemist. I have the cure for the young master."

Ling Hua caught hold of Yang Dao's arm and asked, "Sir, please tell me?"

Yang Dao put up a hesitant action and sighed, "Well, Lady Ling, to reveal the heavenly mysteries, one must pay a price. I will not do it for free."

The lady asked, "Sir, whatever you want, I will do. You tell me."

"I will take this girl, you must release her from your slavery first.", he said in a serious tone. The lady was hesitant and Yang Dao mumbled while gazing at the sky, "How pitiful, this young man. Oh, shame."

Ling was also a cultivator and she could hear what Yang Dao said correctly. She immediately took out a talisman and shoved it in Yang Dao's hand as she said, "Sir, this is the key to her slave array mark. Please, please tell me how to save my son."

Thankfully Yang Dao had put up a barrier here before otherwise the wailing lady would have caught the attention and gathered people. Yang Dao said, "Your son has the soul of a war general. He has good fortune but it is all stained with the blood of his enemies and their curses. I suggest that you have him follow the lifestyle of a soldier for ten years. I guarantee that he will be a young hero. Here, I have a pill, the destiny cleansing pill. It will help him improve.

I will remind you, that he will feel aches in the future but do not give up, it will be the curses trying to hold him back and as the mother, you must push him forward. Looking at your kind visage and the heart of a mother I will give you a full bottle of these pills, how long they will last, it is your fate."

His speech had hooked up the lady and she looked at Yang Dao with reverence, as if he was a god. Yang Dao took out a pill bottle and passed it to the lady. Then he said, "Lady Ling, the future of your son, is in your hands. However, do not go gentle when you see him suffer, this suffering will make him strong. Also, this is the mystery of heaven, do not reveal it to anyone."

Ling Hua bowed and said, "As you say, Alchemist Yang. I will follow your advice to the last word."

That said, Yang Dao turned back to Yin, who had finished calming down the young girl, and smiled at him. He walked over and crouched in front of the girl and asked, "Little one, would you like to come with us?"

The little girl was hesitant and looked toward Ling Hua. The mistress said, "You should go with them."

The girl looked at Dao Yin who was smiling at her and then said, "Okay."

However, her voice was not very cheerful. Yang Dao smiled and picked her up in his arms, the little girl was shocked and said, "Master, please do not touch me, I am dirty."

Ling Hua was shocked she said, "Alchemist Yang, this slave is dirty, she has not taken a bath in ages."

Dao Yin could not hold back anymore and said, "Madam Ling, you should not worry about Yang. You have to look after your son now. His destiny, the longer you delay the worse it becomes."

'Gaining her senses' Ling Hua bowed and hurriedly left the place with her son.

Yang Dao said, "Little one, time to be free. Come, big brother will show you good things."

Dao Yin said, "Yang, don't be so excited."

Yang Dao chuckled and said, "How can I not be? This is our new family member."

Dao Yin could only shake her head in the end with a smile on her face. The couple walked inside the building and a maid guided them to a luxurious room in the palace. They did not care if it was the best room, the maid said, that all the rooms were the same, only the view was a little different.

Dao was the same, the paths one would walk might be different, but the destination was the same. Yang Dao bought the little girl to the bathroom directly and asked, "Oh yes, what is your name child."

The girl said in a soft voice a little dispirited, "I? My name is slave."

Yang Dao was shocked but he reigned his anger. He said, "That is not your name, my dear."

He lowered the girl to stand in the bathtub and crouched in front of her. He said, "I and that beautiful fairy outside have a common word in our name, Dao. This will be your family name from now on."

He turned back to call Yin, who happened to be standing behind them already with a smile on her face, and said, "Dao Jiewei."