A couple of days passed by peacefully after the recruitment.
Ki sat at a desk with a desk filled with different jars filled with different types of bugs, she then dropped a small amount of unknown liquid into each one before closing them again.
She then left the room taking a small sip of a flask of poisonous wine but her facial expression did not change.
'My immunity is slowly rising to this dosage, next I can begin to use a more potent mixture.' Ki had spent a lot of resources on making poisonous wines in order of their toxicity and began to consume small amounts at first but as her immunity slowly grew she further enhanced her poisonous Qi, meanwhile anything lethal left in her body would be eaten by the silkworm in her body.
Ki had finally reached a point where she did not need to immediately use her Qi to force out the poison or absorb it into her Qi by her Extreme Noxious Qi Art, now she could let some of the poison remain in her body while it has lessened in its overall effects.
Ki had also built a training immunity plan for Evie to be started soon since she had only recently turned 5 like her brother.
The earlier and more Evie builds up her immunity the better her later potential would be in using the Extreme Noxious Qi Art which Ki decided to pass down to her.
As for her brother she already had a sword or metal Qi art suitable for him so planned to teach him and Evie them once they grow used to the basics she was teaching them.
Ki went to see Miranda after leaving her private room, after the wine incident Ki requested to make use of another room for her her private research into gu worms, poisons and anything else that needed to be hidden from the families eyes since she could keep those things away from the family to avoid any accidents.
The wine and tea research room became occupied by new workers who had been briefly trained on how to do one of the steps each of the wine making.
This made it easier to avoid leaking of the whole creation process of the products but also to split the work since they were new to the work as they had been slaves previously.
Ki still stopped by to give instructions and make her own wines on occasion but most of her time was spent on martial arts training, gu worm raising and increasing her poison immunity.
Ki looked at Miranda who had head buried in a pile of documents. "Is there anything to report?"
Miranda looked up and her face became serious. "Young miss ever since that man has arrived some things have been resolved but other things have created even more work especially in the building work in the village."
"Explain." Ki nodded. 'Indeed he would help to solve issues but while he has identified some problems he has increased others amount of work. In the long run it should be beneficial.'
"The biggest thing lately is the defence of the village. The mansion is built on higher terrain so it has an advantage against invaders, so we just need to strengthen and build the walls higher and set some traps. He suggested completing the reclamation of the land surrounding our mansions terrain to use as our own personal space. A wall and gate would be built around it to provide a space for supporting the young misses businesses and to better protect it. He also suggested building an artificial river within the village to provide the village more access to water and to help with defending the walls, to gain access they would have to cross the river and climb the walls somehow or gain access to the bridge. Then for the villagers part of the building… we will remove the trees near the outer wall so that they cannot be used by invaders to scale the walls as be able to see approaching enemies better, there is an idea to build several lookout towers on the outer walls and install metal bars in locations where the artificial rivers are connected to the village from outside to stop invaders from sneaking in through the water sources. Everything could take up to 9 or more years to complete with the help of many craftsmen so temporary wooden walls will be built on the outer wall to provide the villagers a stable mind for now." Miranda tried her best to explain all the changes Isaac had been making without looking angry at all the extra work he had given her.
"Is there any changes to the mansion?" Ki nodded upon hearing her words. 'Indeed he worked fast and began correcting things.
"Nothing within the mansion is being changed but a training ground and treasury will be build as you suggested. Oh young miss I heard something troubling lately, the families carriages came by to transport and purchase goods recently but they mentioned something troubling and I thought it is something that may become a problem if left alone." Miranda's voice turned grave after remembering the second part.
"What is it?" A cold light lit up in Ki's eyes.
Miranda did not see the look in her young misses eyes but continued. "It is believed to be thieves that have been appearing lately. At first they started attacking but would run away once attacked but lately they seem to have grown more in number and become braver and started ambushing the carriages. Strangely they started appearing around the time we sent several families out of the village for various reasons. Young miss if this is true the. It will be a big problem, your mother is hosting a tea party in a week. We cannot allow any problems or we risk offending the other nobles coming."
"So they are resentful at us for removing them from our lands because they did not pay their bills… either that or they just saw us as an easy target to eat and live easily rather than working hard to make a living in another place. They most likely met some like minded people and began to tell them about the village but from your words they do not seem to be much of an overall threat." Ki smiled but her eyes were cold as she turned around and left the room. 'They won't be there for long anyways.'
Ki made her way towards the back of the mansion where the slaves previously lived, most of the slaves were assigned to live elsewhere while ingesting a vitality gu to prevent them from escaping and to make them continue in their new roles while providing Ki with intel.
What remained within the small amount of wooden huts were around 8 people who Ki had handpicked for a specific role and that would be cleaning up the trash.
Rule breakers, traitors or enemies would be handled by this group in secret, they are the least talented of the bunch of people who applied to be a martial artist.
After Ki completed her blood mystical tattoos she destroyed the sketches and then gave old Donnie a new task.
Old Donnie would inscribe the blood mystical tattoos onto the 8 selected people while Ki taught them some basics in martial arts along with the blood sects Qi art, with the help of both the blood martial and mystical arts their growth rate would be fast and they would be directly serving under Ki thanks to her blood being used within their blood tattoos.
Once a leader of the blood mystical tribe is made through the ceremony and techniques they use their own blood as a medium within the tattoos, all those inscribed within their tribe use the leaders blood within the ink that is tattooed onto them.
The tribe leader has the ability to drain his subordinates vitality through this connection so it is a useful way to control a group of people who are part of a secretive elite force.
Right now they are still weak but they would grow very fast so need to be restrained so that they do not go out of line and cause problems in the future.
The 8 men and women stood together, Ki dropped several swords, daggers, sabres and axes at their feet. "Pick a weapon up and follow me. This will be your first taste of blood and killing but if you survive this night I guarantee you will gain much. Do not hesitate to kill or you will die, if you are hesitant then try to picture the faces of those who betrayed you in the past or your previous captors who abused you. You will be facing a group of thieves so although there is a small risk to your lives I don't think it will be worth worrying about with me by your side and your other abilities."
The 8 people quickly picked up a weapon and began to follow behind Ki who held a thin longsword in her hand. 'This should work as a temporary sword until I grow up, I can also gain a bit more experience with my sword forms in combat.'