Several more days passed since and things were beginning to settle down within that city and many of the missing people were given new identities, a new life but also a new purpose.
Some of the people from the brothel began to express their willingness to work for Rayleigh in her Entertainment Halls even if it was just a small job or helping to train the new recruits.
Although they were used to being part of a brothel and had frequently sold themselves to make money this new environment was much more stable and safe for them but they could also use their experiences to warn the younger girls in the entertainment halls to be more careful with their customers no matter what promises they make they may not keep it.
They also had their own talents which let them attract or entertain the men that visited the brothel like Rayleigh's mother who was talented in music so they had those experiences that could help them take up a teaching role for the younger generation.
The money and jewels were given to Rayleigh to handle which was split between her businesses while some of it was used to support her brothers and sisters from the dark and provide them with a life where they did not have to struggle like herself.
Outside of the forest by the icy wall at the border, Ki entered through the secret passage and was followed by Rashida and several members of the Blood Shadow group.
She sneaked through the sects grounds alone while they waited for her in a safe location and continued to head towards the sect leaders room.
She entered while wearing a black cloak and mask and spoke so that he could hear her. "I know you are awake. Are we going to get this over or what? Afterwards you had better keep your side of the deal."
The sect leader of the Northern Warlord sect raised his body from his bed and stretched. "Fine then. I will lead you to them."
Ki nodded. "Just remember to leave it all to my men and I want them alive for now. Do not worry about me extracting information from them to gain your weakness… I already have you under my control so there is no need to do something like that."
The sect leader sighed and then asked. "So what are you doing with them then?"
She immediately cut him off coldly. "You do not need to know"
He responded with a nod and closed his mouth as he continued to walk towards the location of the Blood Shadow group with her and then lead the way to several rooms. "Let's begin with their leader and main supporters first."
Ki nodded calmly as she seemed to trigger something after concentrating a little or communicating with something as she opened the door to the room quietly.
The large group of people stormed into the room and quickly subdued a large muscular man who tried his best to make use of his qi but he could not make use of it so was quickly knocked out and carried out of the room after being chained up and given some sedatives to keep him out cold.
The first people were easily subdued but as they continued some began to exit their rooms to see what was happening and that is when the sect leader stepped forward. "Go back to bed and I will explain tomorrow the reason behind this. If you feel that you have done nothing wrong then you should not be worrying about being involved in this. We are just punishing some traitors."
One man stepped forward and began to protest among the crowd as he seemed intent on riling everyone up. "No, tell us now what you are up to? Traitors? Ha! How come I do not see you taking away anyone from your faction and only ours then?"
The crowd began to follow his words as he stepped forward to start a fight but he could feel that his qi was not active within his body so as he threw a punch towards the sect leaders men to start a fight he was quickly subdued. "What.. how?"
The sect leader coldly looked down at him and smiled. "Sorry… for the sect to rise to greater heights your faction must be removed or we risk falling apart. You should of never sided with him in the first place."
He turned to Ki as he pointed out towards several others within the crowd and then spoke. "If you wish to be rewarded catch these people quickly and subdue them without killing them. If you assist them you will be branded as a traitor too and join them in their fate."
Many of the people in the opposite faction lowered their heads while the others assisted with capturing the remaining people.
Around five unrestrained realm martial artists were subdued while one of them was at the peak of the realm for a long time and a large number of transcendent and peak realm martial artists were also captured resulting in the sect weakening by less than half but on the side of the sect master there were no casualties.
After the commotion was over the sect leader spoke up again. "Everyone go back to your rooms now and rest up. I will tell you all about the new direction that the sect will take tomorrow. This is an order from your sect leader."
The crowd began to disperse and the sect returned to the previous calm atmosphere but many began to feel uneasy within their own spaces while a small group gathered together to discuss what to do next.
A small group of them decided to risk running away and abandoning the sect while the others wished to wait and see what the future held for them but the people who tried to escape during the night were quickly captured before they could get very far.
The sect leader was escorted back to his room and as the door was locked shut, Ki and the Blood Shadow group dragged the unconscious bodies back through the secret passage after catching a couple of runaways outside of the walls.
When the men woke up from their unconscious state they were locked in an underground dungeon chained and still unable to use their qi with a large group of masked people looking at them with greedy eyes as if they were something delicious.
What they did not know was that to a blood qi martial artist their high amounts of vitality within their body was very tempting for the Blood Shadow group members after Ki told them how their blood would help them to progress at an even faster pace.
While Ki had taken the blood from and killed a couple of the unrestrained realm martial artists, she left the remains to Rashida who needed the extra help to progress in her Blood Buddha qi art and the rest was split among the men and women of the 50 Blood Shadow Group that were present.
While the five team leaders benefitted the most, the rest of their team members got to split the rest among themselves.
Rashida began to experience an explosive growth along with the members of her group but most important part was that her body was being strengthened at a much faster rate.
After each body had been given a single piercing strike and drained of the blood, each body began to be preserved and carried towards another room where a table was set up and Ki had a needle and thread ready to begin her work.