At the mouth of the edifice housing the Ouroboros Sect, a sleek, beautiful ship was landing. A beautiful well endowed black woman of average height descended from the ship after it landed.
She had curly hair, she had on a necklace with an Azul lapis set into it. She walked towards the welcoming party that was expecting her.
"Welcome to the Ouroboros Sect, Madam Rhea, we hope you had a great trip" asked the Sect Master.
"I could care less Liam, now I need a good rest after all that flying, I'll meet you in your pavilion when I'm done" she replied the Sect Master in a nonchalant tone.
"Elder Shen here will show you to your room and assist you in anything you might need" at these words, a beautiful, curvaceous female elder with Oriental features stepped forward and bowed towards her.
"You know just how I like them, well I should be done in some hours, till then, Adios. Lead the way Elder Shen"
"Yes, Madam Rhea" they both walked into the Sect and entered a building in the immediate vicinity of the Sect Master's Pagoda leaving the Sect Master and the other elders at the gates.
One of the elders who had an angry look on his face spoke up "Sect Master, how can you let her look down on us, to the point where we must bribe her with one of our Elders to get her to reduce how she'll bill us for a simple scrying. She even called you by name".
"Shut your trap Ken, we can't afford to annoy her, that's the only reason I'm pretending not to feel anything from her attitude". The Sect Master had a neutral expression on his face but he was boiling with anger within.
"She has the influence needed to behave that way due to her connections to people who can wipe our sect out without breaking a sweat, so nobody should piss her off, the disciples have been warned already. We should endeavor to show her no disrespect and let her do her thing. Let's get back to work."
The elders dispersed at once to their various positions while the Sect Master and Elder Ouyang walked towards the Sect Master's Pagoda to await Madam Rhea.
Some hours later, Elder Shen could be seen with a bright smile on her face leading Madam Rhea to the Sect Master's Pagoda. As they were about to enter, they were joined by the Sect Master and Elder Ouyang.
"Let's just get this done, follow me to the dungeons where you'll look through the memories" the Sect Master said in an impatient tone.
Madam Rhea was relaxed even as she replied "Aye aye, don't be a bore, so this vagrant cultivator managed to resist your torturer's best techniques, I'll like breaking into his head".
The Sect Master merely continued walking forwards towards the dungeons without replying.
After a while, they got to the dungeons whilst listening to Ryu's screams.
"Wow, your guy really did a number on him, I mean listen to that, lovely sounds in my book" Madam Rhea was unfazed by the screams as she looked about excitedly.
As they entered the room Ryu was being kept in, they were welcomed with the smell of charred flesh, blood, a blood stained room amongst others.
"You can stop now Warden, our Scryer here will work her magic on him. Leave us now"
"Yes sir, your will is my command" the Warden walked out with an exasperated expression. The Sect Master and Elder Ouyang shifted to the extreme edge of the room as Madam Rhea walked towards Ryu.
"Now now, let's get into that head of yours" with these words, Madam Rhea straddled Ryu's body, then she put her hands on either side of his head, she began chanting as her eyes turned purple
"Ancients of the Mind, I am Rhea, 10th Scryer of the Domain of The Lights that Burn, let nothing in this mind be hidden for me".
After she was done chanting, a purple glow could be seen around her hands as she lowered her forehead to touch Ryu's forehead.
As their foreheads touched, Ryu began thrashing his body on the table as she was at the moment forcefully going through his memories. The Sect Master and Elder Ouyang moved forward to hold him down.
She remained in that position for a while before she screamed loudly. She stood up and scurried away from Ryu as she proceeded to remove several pills from her storage ring which she ate rapidly.
"Let's talk in your Pagoda, you've brought something really dangerous to your sect Liam". She fled the dungeon at once with the Sect Master and Elder Ouyang hot on her heels.
As the trio entered the pagoda, the Sect Master led the way to a secure room, Rhea took a deep breath and looked at the Sect Master with a cold gaze.
"Even if you want to court death,.why drag me in with you, do you know who you're calling a thief, are you crazy?"
The Sect Master was puzzled by her words "What do you mean, isn't he just a vagrant cultivator?".
"Your vagrant cultivator is the abandoned son of the Burning Lights Sect's Sect Master, the treasure you seek like a fool was taken by him"
"I hereby wash my hands clean of you. Next time you want to hire someone, makeadequate research. I'm too young to be killed off for doing my work, don't ever call me for a job again. You've been blacklisted".
As she finished speaking, she ran out of the room and went to her ship. Within minutes, she was nowhere to be seen around the Ouroboros Sect.
"My Lord, what do we do with the ticking bomb in our dungeons" Elder Ouyang asked while tapping the Sect Master who had a dazed expression on his face.
"Clean him up, then have someone employ a mercenary to deliver him to The Glazed Coliseum, at least if he does die in the Gladiator of Cultivation fights, it won't be traced back to us. The Sect Master replied fearfully after thinking for a long time
"To think my greed would almost cause my sect to be destroyed, what a Sect Master I am" he laughed at himself as someone of Hurin's stature could destroy his Sect with just a word.
He lifted his communication token and called Lai Yusheng ``Take all the members of your mission to the clearing with you and collect Memory removal pills the monthly version and use it now, that order includes yourself".
"Your wish is my command sir" Lai Yusheng was surprised at the order but he began carrying it out immediately.
"We must hide or destroy anything that leads a trail to us on this matter, we don't want our Sect to vanish overnight". The Sect Master and Elder Ouyang began making plans to erase any traces of their crimes.
The next day, an inconspicuous carriage driven by a disciple wearing the robes of a Core Disciple left the Ouroboros hall carrying an unconscious male in it.