50 Zarya

At the southern end of the Profound Moon Continent, In an opulent building adorned by valuable gems and marbles.

"Sect Head, the 3rd prince of the Golen Sun Empire has requested us to send an elder to the Competiton he is organizing."

"Get an Elder to go and attend this event."

"After the 7th prince arranged his little town's sect entrance event, all of his siblings are following in suit. Remember Elder Hawk we can't be seen favoring one of them."

The old man beside her nodded his head in understanding, if Rudra was here he would have recognized these two as the Sect Head of the Spirit Ocean Sect and the keeper who had guided him into the outrageously decorated building.

The keeper was dismissed by the Sect Head who moved up the marbled stairs to the terrace of the building, seeing another person sitting in the cross-legged position beside a pool enjoying the company of the jade fishes swimming in the tiny pools which were present on the roof.

The Sect Head moved next to the man and sat down on the Blue marbled floor on the terrace.

"Ugh...., I hate this job of a Sect Head."

"Zarya, it's your duty to lead the sect. You will grow accustomed to it eventually." said the middle-aged man. His head was filled with deep blue hair and a short blue beard was present on his face which seemed to have started to age. He had a muscular build and the aura around him was as deep and oppressive as the ocean.

"You could do have been the sect head too, you didn't have to leave right away, why did you appoint me as the sect head you could have made uncle Hawk the leader."

"You are my daughter, it is only right for the sect head's position to be given to you."

"But...Dad...."

"No buts, Zarya you will need to lead the people of the sect our ancestors had built this sect from nothing."

"I had the same feelings as you when I was appointed as the Sect Head but your Grandpa was adamant about me leading the sect."

"But isn't Grandpa still alive and kicking why is he not the Sect Head himself."

"It's for your good, don't question it now."

"And your grandpa thinks you are the best among the family to lead the Sect due to your Constitution."

"The Constitution...." Zarya grumbled unhappily at the fact that her former leisurely life had been disturbed as she was appointed as the Sect Head by the old cronies who were Sect Ancestors.

Zarya was the current sect leader of the Spirit Ocean Sect. She was born with a special constitution called the Clear Heart Constitution.

Due to Clear Heart Constitution; anybody being in front of her was compelled to speak his heart, she was like a moving lie detector or truth extractor.

She had done many meritorious deeds in the sect, like exposing a demonic Cultivator hiding as an Elder in the Spirit Ocean Sect which had allowed the Sect Ancestors and her Dad the Sect Head at the time to understand her constitution.

Her Grandpa had considered her constitution and decided to groom her as the next sect head in place of her siblings.

She was a heaven-defying talent as she stormed through the ranks of cultivations and reach the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage in her 20s after she broke through the next stage she was appointed as the Sect Head of the Spirit Ocean Sect replacing her Dad to lead the sect.

She was raised like a princess by her Dad; which lead to her being annoyed at her current life of Sect Head managing the Sect affairs and meeting with the Set elders, leaving her to be bored to death.

It was this Clear Heart Constitution that had caused the incident with Rudra, but Zarya was accustomed to such sudden outbursts from people spilling their minds in front of her.

But what confused her about Rudra was the disparity in his outburst from other people,

"He was calm during the whole conversation but suddenly..."

"What...."

Zarya came back to her senses realizing that she had gone on a tangent from her initial train of thought.

"How's everything in the secret realm?" Zarya asked her Dad changing the topic.

Most of the Sect Ancestors lived in the Secret Realm of the sect which was an ocean world with no landmass then all lived at the bottom of the ocean in this Secret Realm.

Her Dad who was one rank above her in cultivation had also moved to this Realm after he broke through and was cultivating in the Realm with the other Sect Ancestors.

"Ohh, I almost forgot the reason for my visit."

"Our allies in the north have discovered a Secret Realm."

"The Spirit Ice Sect?" Zarya asked.

"Yes, and they had invited a team from our sect to enter the Realm. The Realm only allows cultivators below the Nascent Soul Stage."

Zarya started to think about the sect members whom she could send to this secret realm.

"I have heard that you have accepted a disciple." the blue bearded man continued.

"Yes, Grandpa asked me to train a disciple, I had to follow his orders so I accepted a disciple."

"Oh here, take this for you and this one is for your first disciple." the Man handed two tortoise shells to her.

"High-grade Spirit Artifacts." Zarya looked at her Dad and beamed a smile.

"So when will you let me meet this disciple of yours?"

"About that, I have already sent her on a mission."

"You can meet her another time."

The Middle-aged Man nodded his head before he stood up.

"Its time for me to go, You must not forget to arrange a team that would go to the north."

"Yes, I will arrange for that."

"There will be guests from Spirit Ice Sect coming in a few months don't forget to host them with courtesy."

"I will, hmph you don't need to state the obvious..." Zarya grumbled...