In the darkness of night, a small group met in a dark home. They were the ten branch heads of the Kaiyo family. They met today in such secrecy that not even their spouses knew of their absence after all today was the first true meeting about reducing the power of the main family.

"I thought that we decided against doing something like this. Are we sure instead of passively gaining power we should attack? If it becomes known it may resort to a civil war." The meeting started as soon as all ten arrived.

one spoke up right after. "Yes. The current Patriarch is young and foolish, so I can guarantee that we can do a couple of these aggressive movements whilst remain undetected."

Another spoke as well, "He is too busy with gaining his own power to battle the Horde. there is no way that he can watch his back at us without slowing his cultivation. He also trusts us as well. All we need is to mind our steps around his mother."

 "Are we in agreement?" Eldest of the men spoke.

" "Yes" "

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Are we to ignore the child or try to force her down and attack her father?" The topic at hand was the girl born with blocked meridians

"Let's have her go to the mainland!"

"That would be preferable to marrying her into one of our branches... How can we convince her father?"

After a moment of pondering one spoke. "How about we tell him the trade has diminished to certain parts? We could say that marrying her into a noble family there will let them get a better relationship between them."

"I like that! Let's also get them to marry her below her status!"

"No! Even if the patriarch ignored that push that girl's her sister wouldn't be happy..."

After that comment, the meeting quieted down.

"Think we can get away with sending her away? I'd rather live to see my grandchildren be born..."

"I think that she can handle that much."

"All in favor say 'Aye'"

There were eight Aye's and two No's.

"Then the order shall be sent out."

They left with two of the leaders looking sad and disappointed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The two great celestial objects had made their appearance on the day of Alexia's Birthday. While the ten branches didn't know about the birth of Alexia, they met anyway.

"The heavens displayed such an omen... Does anyone know what it could be?"

"No, but after careful measurement, it appears to be placed on top the Empire to our East. It may be even furth towards the Demon land. We must prepare for the worst."

"It must be the birth of a Heavensent."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Patriarch was planning on heading out towards his daughter during the next meeting.

"That idiot left for now but how can we take advantage of the situation? I would like it if we could take over some small businesses and put some pressure on the main family shops. We might even be able to run one of them out of business if we put enough effort into it. I propose the smithy owned by Daichi."

"I think it may be a good idea but I know that the other daughter is currently in this city enjoying some of her time off. I propose that we bide our time. Our fathers never displayed their open hostility towards the head family. I don't believe we should start now, especially with the evil whore here."

"But if we wait then we won't be able to do anything to our advantage when he returns!"

"I refuse to take part in any move that may create discord with that woman. I propose that we go our separate ways and do our own private moves instead of coordinating attacks." This Head was sick and tired of the strife between the branch families and the patriarchs hence he had become the least well-liked among the ten heads. However, he had gained two followers among the ten heads so they became the group that was ostracized between the seven remaining Heads.

Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.

"Fine! You cowards that don't move should be ashamed! Our forefathers wanted to become powerful and respected at the same level as the main family but you are smearing their name in the mud refusing to move!"

That night each of the seven branches got robbed. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(The three who didn't want to move against the Head family)

There was a knock the door.

"Ugh. Who is it? I'm trying to relax while I have free time. Do you even know what time it is?"

The door opened showing the two groups to the other. On one side there was a woman wearing a nightgown, and the other was three middle-aged men.

"You are the Patriarchs first daughter, right? We've come to talk to you about something the Branch clans are doing."

"You found me? I thought I was completely off the radar. Well, what is it you need? Wait, didn't you say something about the branch clans? Are they making another move on my family?"

"Yeah, please don't do anything to our families though. We aren't a part of it."

"Yeah, yeah."

That night the woman stole about a million gold coins and about ten million gold coins in jewelry. Don't ask how she carried that much on her because I have no clue. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The meeting of Branch leaders was once again formed to discuss the Patriarch.

"The Patriarch was bragging about his granddaughter again. I feel as though he might try to make her the heir."

"We must not allow her to become the heir! There is no way we will get as lucky as we did with the current Patriarch! He was an idiot who didn't, and still doesn't understand politics! That girl was raised by a girl who knew of our stance! She'll attempt to destroy us!"

"I think we should cripple her."

"I think that she should visit us and face an unfortunate accident during her stay. However, that woman must not be here to protect her. We need to bring her here while both of them are away."

"The Patriarch wanted to bring her here four months from now. Can we just call her here next month while he's gone?"

"No! That woman is here next month! The only time she can come here is the month while they are both gone! The bitch leaves at the end of next month right? Let's have the granddaughter come three days after the evil one leaves!"

 "All in favor say, Aye."

All seven heads spoke as one. "Aye"

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The final meeting between the Heads before the arrival of Alexia started off calm. 

"The bitch left about thirty hours ago. That's a bit later than expected but at least the Patriarch put your son as the acting chief."

"I know! I'm quite proud of my son! I should be able to get a small group of Golden-Kin to attack her and her mother during the night. I think we should prepare a trump card just in case the Kin go against their word and attempt to reek havoc on our capital."

"Alright! Make sure your son knows the plan. We will move during the fourth night of their arrival."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PoV: Alexia

After removing that pest I felt much more pleasant. especially with the rest of my servants arriving at our compound.

I was brought a tasty drink that seemed to be a juice mix. It held trace amounts of toxins from a plant that appeared to be an apple but was actually a berry. It was much like the Juniper berry, in that it was frequently used but was actually dangerous to eat in large amounts. It was called the Flexias Berry.

"May I know who made this juice cocktail?" I spoke to my servant on my right.

"Answering you my lady, it was your mother. She decided to make you a drink to calm you down."

"Ugh... Remove all of Flexias Berries from this home."

I wish I could tell the people of this era that they are all idiots. They didn't even have an insect repellent! They used a burner that let out poison to make them stay away! THEY WERE KILLING THEMSELVES! 

I did make a repellent but I had no use for it considering that I couldn't get touched by a bug due to the unconscious Qi aura I released around my body. Hence I was using the recipe as a tool to provide money to my girls.

I got up and went to my mother.

"Hey, mom? Are there any uninhabited islands nearby? I want to get a couple dozen of my servants to come here and make a small base of operations. I'll send a couple letters back to my girls and start them on their journey."

"I do know of one place that might work... It's my sister's island but as far as I know, she doesn't use it. She might have a house that she uses for her vacations but I doubt it's been used much over the past years."

"Does that mean that I can use it? I'll send a couple of my bodyguards to check it out."

"If there is nothing there then fine. If there is anything. I mean anything that is already there I want you to leave it alone. Also if the branch clans are going to make a move against us can you call some of your strong girls here? I don't really feel safe relying on a so few girls."

"I actually had a couple of my stronger servants head to the edge of the continent just in case of something like this. I'll bring them here within the next couple of days."

After that, I put my three strongest guards on a watch to protect this home. I don't  know exactly how strong they are comparable to the average strength of cultivators here but I know that they are at least a hundred times stronger than that idiot Balch.

"Theosa I want you and a couple of the other bodyguards to go and check out the island my aunt owns. If there is any development on it or any human life on it come back and inform me. Also, I need you to send someone to inform Melody that I need the spy division to deploy here, and I want the rest of my elites to come here as well as at least three of our trump cards."

"As you wish madam! I will go out and see the island!"

She left and I felt a headache coming on. Why the fuck is the Kaiyo family so complex? I wanted to spend the majority of my time here with relative relaxation.

Damn Fucking idiots keep ruining my day.

 (Smaller chapter this one but another should come out within a hour of releasing this one I have to edit it a bit)