She then turned to Marilyn and spoke. "In the next couple of years I need you to learn your new martial arts completely, temper your body and then break through to become a transcendent martial artist. After picking some trusted members and have them under your direct control you can begin teaching them your flame martial arts but they must not reveal the nature of their qi in front of others until we no longer need to remain vigilant."
Marilyn smiled and then nodded. "You had already briefly mentioned this before and I have chose a couple of people."
Ki then stood up and pointed towards Spencer. "This is the head of the law department and will handle various investigations in the future so it would be good to know of him as some of you will either work with him or assist him in various ways. For now I hope you will keep your eyes open for various thing happening in the future whether they be big or small. Especially look out for cases that had been unnoticed like missing people or mysterious deaths from various families or even noble families servants or family members. Also look for any sudden strength increases of certain people who did not have rights to their families head position and they had all of a sudden been able to take hold of the family or even women who have suddenly gained control of their family all of a sudden and investigate in private who they have been meeting with. Investigate who they have met with but also their families activities after they have taken control and you should receive various clues from there. If any forces have infiltrated the village or Wolfden city that are under our control then they will show signs of their suspicious activities and if it is the other two nearby cities that we have more control of their underground world than anything else so can investigate anything more closely in those places. If any signs of either the blood sect or other forces infiltrating any city appear in the near future or have gone unnoticed over the years any evidence no matter how small needs to be given to the law department to help with the investigation. As for how we will deal with them will depend on how dangerous they are and if they can be directly subdued and questioned."
Spencer stood up and bowed politely towards everyone. "I will do my best to offer my assistance in order to maintain the publics safety."
Whether it was the blood sect recruits, the evil yin sect or another group working behind the scenes their actions of recruitment has many similarities.
If people were going missing and there were sudden changes in the power structures of various families, businesses or organisations it often involved an outsiders influence that could possibly be the work of an evil martial art that steals something from the human body in order to grow their qi.
Ki then turned to Isaac and spoke. "So head strategist, what words do you have?"
Isaac smiled under his mask and then spoke. "As mentioned to all of you now is the time to develop your own private forces and establish a ranking system to manage your people depending on their contributions, loyalty, talent and strength while improving your individual strength. There will be some monetary support and weapons available to help you during this time and to improve your organisations power and stability but also your businesses a little. However we cannot offer too much assistance to boost your business matters as we want their growth to appear as natural as possible. For the next couple of years we need to act with more discretion and not openly provoke outside forces. Any forces that are rumoured to have members of the peak realm or above you cannot provoke so you don't reveal your strength to the public but also do not suffer any losses."
He cleared his throat once and continued. "We need to expand our forces and control without openly revealing our full strength and provoking forces that require the heads of each division to step out personally. While you can continue to develop as you have you must not stretch our your hands beyond your reach as it will result in creating unnecessary troubles for ourselves and exposing ourselves to certain larger forces. Right now we do not want to gain their attention because we could very quickly become their targets. The same is for investigating the infiltrators within various places… if they aren't high ranking members then it's safe to act against them but if not we cannot act as we please against them or we will provoke the forces behind them."
Whether it was the devil sect, blood sect, martial alliance or the unorthodox alliance, Ki did not wish for her the organisations under her to be able to capture the notice of any of them yet because they were still weak and unstable.
If those large forces sent out one high ranked transcendent or an unrestrained martial artist then they could wipe out either of the groups members along with their leaders with ease if they wished.
Although that would not be their first action to take there was always the danger of it happening so it was best not to be noticed by them while everyone was still weak.
As for other forces like the evil yin sect or the blood sects recruits they could be targeted or investigated in secret but if it involved anything related to their important or key members then Ki's forces could only back off and not act upon them until the time was right.
Either that or Isaac could use his connections to send the results of the investigations to the law department of the capital while giving away the benefits to someone else in order to leave out the Bombyx families connection to everything to protect them from their involvement.
While the blood sect recruits and members were more difficult to provoke, the evil yin sect were much easier targets to set their sights on since they were yet to be affiliated with anyone and were randomly spread out in different places without the support from their members and the sect master.
Clues would be found soon if everyone looked hard enough so finding their hidden recruits would not be difficult.
As for what to do with them after they had been captured only Ki would know for now.
After the meeting ended everyone went back to their respective positions and began to carry out the orders given.
Four years was enough time for various forces to grow and develop further but in the end it still was not enough time to survive in the world without being swept up to join one of the larger forces.
If they wished to reach the peak stage of the world then they must bide their time and patiently expand their strength before they can appear in the world.
If not careful they would all be trampled or consumed by the larger forces before they had the chance to reach their full potential.
After some discussions with Miranda they had both arrived inside a poorly lit dungeon underground.
Ki opened the gate and the light revealed the face of the lady within the prison cell.
After acquiring some information there were not many leads as she was an unimportant member of the evil yin sect but thanks to her martial arts books Ki had acquired a new method of enhancing her private forces in secret.
She looked towards Miranda and spoke. "Now is the time to put to use what I have given you and begin learning. At first it may be difficult but as you gain greater mastery you will begin to be able to use it better and increase your strength more."
After much discussion and handing over the books Miranda had begun to learn the yin sects martial arts and qi art but because of the lack of time of practice she did not show much improvement.
However now that there was a member of the evil yin sect in front of her she could directly absorb that persons yin energy and yin qi from their body upon using her palm art.
The evil yin sects disciples are the perfect containers for the purest and highest quantity of yin qi or energy the stronger they are so if captured they would be put to use to enhance Miranda's strength quickly.
Miranda placed her palm on the lady's lower abdomen as she was restrained and suddenly a draining force took place.
Although it did not last long, Miranda removed her hand as if she was at her physical limit for absorption.
She immediately went outside to begin refining the energy she had absorbed into her dantain while the lady revealed a look of fear on her face.
Although there wasn't much of a difference in her appearance it was a tiny bit noticeable if one looked hard enough that the lady had aged a little after being drained of her yin energy.
She was unable to speak as she was gagged but thought. 'All of my hard work and facing dangers in order to gain my current strength… in the end it has only helped another. I am not reconciled!'