Immortal Supreme: Sovereign of the Grand Dao

207  Freya: "I am the most handsome."

"I told you we will meet again soon," the voice said as the gaze of the statue focused on Arthur.

Arthur didn't respond and the Spirit Empress saw his disinterest but continued to speak

"I can see you have a great talent to be a spirit rune master. You already have some foundation in Arrays. So you're off to a good start but I can help you go further," the Spirit Empress continued.

"When you hand over a little sister to me in the future, you can consider joining the Immortal Spirit Palace."

Arthur raised an eyebrow, intrigued. "Your faction?"

"Yes, one that has a significant standing in the upper realms," she explained. "Consider the offer when the time comes."

"You call her little sister, who is she to you?" Arthur nodded toward the levitating girl.

The Spirit Empress smiled, a glimmer of fondness in her eyes. "She is my junior martial sister. We were both disciples of the same master."

Arthur's curiosity deepened. "Your junior martial sister?"

"Yes, and she carries a secret that is integral to our sect's endeavors in the past," the Spirit Empress revealed, her gaze shifting towards the girl.

'I see. I wonder if your heart is still the same after all these years,' Arthur thought.

There was a stark contrast between the somewhat talkative girl he fought in the trials and the 'Spirit Empress' before him.

Aside from the current her being an immortal who has the divine power to descend or be summoned through a medium, their personalities and temperament are vastly different.

'Oh, well. It's none of my business whatever happens to this girl. I am just doing a somewhat profitable transaction and an experiment...'

That's right!

Arthur wanted to 'study' what kind of power the girl holds that makes her valuable enough to be branded a 'sinner' of the Heavens.

Although such branding couldn't work on him as he holds the power of something equal in authority to the Grand Heavenly Dao.

"I'll consider your offer when the time comes," Arthur finally responded, his words carrying a sense of cautious optimism.

'As intended...'

The Spirit Empress nodded, seemingly content with his answer. "That is alright, the Spirit Path is a unique path that intertwines spiritual energy with the art of runes," she explained.

Arthur perfectly faked a curious and oblivious expression acting like a country bumpkin.

"I can impart to you some foundational knowledge. It will make you a Spirit Rune Master."

'That's all I wanted to hear,' he thought.

Arthur nodded, "Thank you. I am interested."

In a mesmerizing display, the Spirit Empress began a mental transmission, imprinting the intricacies of Spirit Rune Mastery into Arthur's mind.

As the information flowed, Arthur felt a surge of knowledge, yet he knew he could only begin to comprehend and practice it when he reached a certain level in his cultivation and mastered some level of profundity in Rune Techniques.

The mental imprinting concluded, and Arthur nodded in acknowledgment. "I will practice diligently."

The Spirit Empress nodded, "That would be good. It will be better to focus on it than other paths for now as your talent for this path is much greater than the others."

The Spirit Empress could perceive a trace of the powerful soul Arthur has but she only thought of him as talented enough.

Also, since she isn't here with her main body she can't do a proper inspection or else she would have gone at any cost to bring Arthur to her side.

At that moment, the girl in the air stirred.

A soft groan escaped her lips, and her eyelids fluttered as she regained consciousness.

"It's time," said the Spirit Empress.

Arthur turned his attention to her, observing the awakening with a mix of curiosity and anticipation.

The Spirit Empress watched with a gentle smile, as if welcoming back an old friend.

The girl's eyes slowly opened, revealing a pair of clear, azure orbs.

She blinked, looking around the chamber with a hint of confusion. Her gaze eventually settled on the guardian and then the statue.

"Where... where am I?" she asked, her voice carrying a melodic tone.

"You're safe," the Spirit Empress assured her.

"I am glad to see you again, little sister.

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After her awakening, the girl regarded the Spirit Empress with a mix of reverence and familiarity.

"Senior Sister Miriam?" she uttered, her voice soft yet carrying a certain weight of recognition.

Miriam, the Spirit Empress, smiled warmly, "Yes, Junior Sister Freya. You've been through quite an ordeal."

Freya's eyes welled with tears as the memories flooded back.

Miriam smiled gently, "It's not your fault, Freya. Fate weaves its threads in mysterious ways." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

She would have embraced her junior sister if not for the stiffness of this statue.

"What... happened in the end," Freya asked after wiping her tears.

She proceeded to explain the events that transpired and how the Red Sky Sect had preserved its legacy, assuring Freya that her destiny was still intact.

Freya, although initially burdened by guilt, found solace in Miriam's words.

With a renewed sense of purpose, she silently vowed to learn to control the power within her until the day she ascended to the upper realms.

Miriam, the wise elder sister, guided Freya through the tumult of emotions.

"Everything will be fine. But sadly at the moment we cannot meet in person. But this young man here will be with you until you ascend," Freya's eyes shifted to Arthur.

She looked at him curiously and blurted, "Are the young men of this era so handsome?"

"What?" Miriam was taken aback.

"Um," Freya turned her face quickly and changed the subject, "I will be in care. Thanks for having me!" She spoke nervously.

At this time even Miriam and the Guardian who had been silent all this time looked closely at Arthur's face, now paying attention to certain details.

'Hmm, he isn't as handsome as I was back in my heyday.' The guardian thought.

'He is indeed handsome. Outstandingly so, does he have a special Physique?' Miriam wondered as even an immortal who ought to have great control over the six desires had to acknowledge what she saw.

'If I didn't know better, I'd say he is like a True Banished Immortal....or is he?' then she shook her head, 'No, that's impossible. He doesn't have 'that'.'

Arthur noticed that the atmosphere became awkward and broke the ice, "Hey guys, please stop staring at me like some endangered cute animal species."

"I know that I am the most handsome man in all of creation, past, present, and future and beyond. But you have to control yourself, hehe,"

Freya, "..."

Miriam, "..."

The guardian, "Oh, sharp!"

Arthur, "Thank you."

'First time trolling an immortal, hehe.'