Unrestrained blood

Any information that he had was quickly extracted before his life was ended under Ki's various methods.

That night, Nox moved quickly and secured many innocents including the brothel manager, her trusted people, Rayleigh's brothers and sisters but also their mothers.

Some put up a mild resistance but after explaining the dangers of them remaining where they were, they followed willingly and accepted the shelter and arrangements made for them to disappear.

The same night a swift movement took place that was a direct attack on the Wraith families direct or indirect businesses or forces.

All of the sites where the Wraith family head were turned over and everything including jewels, money, bank notes and certificates of ownership were taken away.

Meanwhile more of the information about the branch family was gathered from his mouth before his and the other men before their deaths which would be put to use at a later date.

Meanwhile their blood and qi was absorbed into Ki's body as she looked towards their dying bodies.

During her previous life, when the Blood Sect leader rose up to his position many transcendent and unrestrained realm martial artists went missing and the one who was behind many of those incidents was the Blood Sect who were gathering people with a large amount of vitality and qi to let him advance quickly with his Blood Buddha qi art.

So as she absorbed the blood and qi of the Wraith family head she felt the effects right away as her blood qi was being further refined and becoming a much higher quality than before.

Sitting in a secluded room, she was deep in practice as she used the unrestrained realm blood and qi to refine her blood qi over and over again but as she continued to use her Blood Buddha qi art her body was being strengthened to a whole new level and at a faster pace than what she previously experienced.

So far she had been relying on quantity to progress with her blood qi arts whether it be from ordinary people to peak realm martial artists so many people were required to die in order for her to gain strength quickly but now she realised partly why her progress was so slow and she reached a bottleneck that she could not cross in her previous life.

The quality of the blood from a transcendent and unrestrained realm or higher martial artist was like a tonic or high quality qi boosting pill for her and even in her position she never got to experience this feeling because of the Blood Sects leaders greed and selfish nature.

Even when she did encounter an unrestrained realm martial artist and fought and killed them, she never really had the chance to stick around and drain the blood from their bodies because she was being either being chased down by someone or did not wish to be caught with the body.

Now that she had built herself a firm foundation over the years and added the recent high quality blood and qi to it, she could feel herself having more of an understanding about her path.

The blood nourishes, strengthens and provides her with higher vitality and regeneration from what she absorbs, much like how nutrients are absorbed from the roots of a tree keeping it alive, helping it grow and slowly becoming stronger over many years.

Humans and animals that die will be buried near by the tree in the ground, their bodies will be broken down slowly and become fertiliser which helps the tree to continue to grow.

As many humans or animals lifespans ended one after another through many generations, the tree would remain and grow strong in place as it was there for the next generation of life forms until the day it either grew sick, lacked nutrients or was chopped down by the next generation of humans.

Although her insights were unlike what the Blood Sect leader may of experienced, this were unique realisation of her martial arts path and her ideology that was beginning to form into a tiny seed that would one day sprout.

Perhaps it was the influence of her Generation qi art but also the influence of the first place she returned to after her death before regressing that made her start her path again under that mulberry tree and continue to shape that path over the years that lead her to what was being formed deep within her soul.

After finishing her secluded cultivation she headed out of the city after leaving a note behind for Marilyn saying. [Come to the family mansion when you feel that you are ready for to take the next step and if possible gather some extra 'materials' to burn through to increase the quality and quantity of your qi so that you will be in your best condition during the process. Use any of the prisoners captured from tonight's events after extracting anything of value from them.]

One problem was solved but that was not the end for Ki and the others involved.

There would always be another problem to solve in the future and this was just one of many.

This time it was a combination of luck, fate and coincidence that brought her to the Wraith family that were connected to Rayleigh but the danger they could of created for the family would of been large.

If she did not remain vigilant and deal with it right away the family may have been put through many problems.

Due to the terrible security on the gates within the city she was able to be smuggled out of the city and be taken home very easily without alerting anyone but the next morning the body of the family head was found cut up and barely recognisable in a filthy alleyway.

Those that went to check on their bosses businesses or other places that he owned had found that they were broken into and many things were missing or destroyed.

The city guards began to investigate the cause of the commotion and what had happened during the night but no clue could be found and those involved or who had seen the family head last were all missing.

Although some suspected an underground force was behind it many more timid investigators looked the other way and ruled his death as a revenge killing, a robbing or a deal went wrong but as a result of what he had done or said before his death, he was most likely connected with several of the incidents that happened in the night and was one of the people behind it but was betrayed by his partners.

That rumour stuck after it was repeated by many people who were busy spreading the various rumours about who was behind the mess created in the city during the night.

If many rumours are spread eventually one of them will become popular and be seen as true by the masses as they continue to spread it.

Some people began to ask more questions once the family heads identity was discovered.

Was the family heads relationship with his wife so bad that he had to hide his private assets or private life from her because he did not trust her fully?

Was the families situation so dire that he had to take part in something so dangerous that resulted in him losing his life?

What would happen to his wife and her family now that they had lost their support?

Where did the missing people go to and what was the family heads plan for them with those people?

The imagination is a powerful thing and when many people are swayed by the rumours the story begins to form or distort beyond control until it is known as a publicly known truth which many are forced to accept as it is even if it is untrue especially when the culprits behind it were not found and they could not have someone to pin the crimes on to ease the publics worries.