"John, where did you get these parchment manuscripts from?"
Meng Yan asked, somewhat puzzled.
Although he had sent John to collect information about Evil Spirits and demons, he hadn't held out much hope.
As his Blood Servant, John only possessed about one-tenth of the blood energy of an ordinary Blood Clan Baron.
He could barely be considered a half-supernatural creature.
Even a formal Blood Clan Baron like Ryan, who had lived for over a hundred years, had only encountered a handful of Evil Spirits and demons.
Let alone a mere Blood Servant.
However, the current reality was that...
In just one year, John had found a total of twelve parchment manuscripts that might be related to ordinary demons.
Meng Yan had just used his Spiritual Power to examine these parchment manuscripts.
Through his observation...
On these twelve manuscripts, besides all containing some basic traces of magic, most of them also retained the aura of demons.
This couldn't help but greatly surprise Meng Yan.
Hearing Meng Yan's question, John slightly raised his head and replied with a smile:
"I unexpectedly became acquainted with Ms. Mary, the Blood Servant of Viscountess Catherine.
Ms. Mary, upon hearing that I was collecting information on Evil Spirits and demons for Baron, expressed her willingness to help me gather useful materials.
During this time, thanks to Ms. Mary, I was able to achieve some results.
Most of these parchment manuscripts were taken from Viscountess Catherine's ancient castle by Ms. Mary and given to me."
Hearing John's explanation, Meng Yan gave him a strange look.
So that's how it was.
That made sense now.
Meng Yan's gloomy ancient castle was located in Delin Town.
The White Eagle Federation had sixty-four provinces, with a vast and boundless territory.
Delin Town was within the jurisdiction of Nan Yue Province.
Within Delin Town, besides his own Blood Clan Baron's ancient castle, there were also Viscount William and Viscount William's other Bloodline Baron, Carlos, whose lairs were also located there.
In addition, in a deep forest not far from Delin Town, there lived a Viscountess Catherine.
Since John had hooked up with the Blood Servant of this Blood Clan Viscountess,
It was no longer surprising that he could collect these manuscripts.
John, a wealthy man from Nan Yue Province, had returned to his hometown, Delin Town, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness.
He had originally planned to spend the last period of his life in Delin Town, then quietly pass away, returning to dust.
It just so happened that at that time, Meng Yan had just arrived in this world.
After Ryan's soul dissipated, all the original blood slaves had died.
And Ryan had never cultivated Blood Servants.
There was no one available in the ancient castle.
At that time, Meng Yan was preparing to find a suitable person within Delin Town to cultivate into a Blood Servant to work for him.
The choice for cultivating a Blood Servant could not be made casually; at the very least, the person's consent was required.
Otherwise, even if forced to become a Blood Servant, they would not genuinely work for him, only causing trouble.
Moreover, performing the Blood Servant ritual required a significant amount of Meng Yan's blood energy, and it only had a sixty percent success rate.
Meng Yan naturally wanted to choose a willing person who would fully cooperate, and it was best if this person had good intelligence and emotional quotient, capable of helping him with his worries.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of his blood energy?
Meng Yan had no interest in raising a good-for-nothing.
After some searching, John, who was suffering from a terminal illness, naturally became Meng Yan's best candidate.
John was a self-made wealthy man, with first-rate intelligence and abilities.
And suffering from a terminal illness, his desire for life was incredibly strong.
If given the opportunity to cure his terminal illness and gain new life, John naturally would not give up.
Therefore, when Meng Yan appeared before him, displayed the power of the Blood Clan, and then told him that he could cure his terminal illness by becoming a Blood Servant...
John willingly expressed his desire to undergo the Blood Servant ritual and become Meng Yan's Blood Servant.
After an ordinary person becomes a Blood Servant, they can obtain a portion of a Blood Clan Baron's power.
This portion of power would not exceed one-tenth of the Blood Clan Baron's own strength at most.
Therefore, cultivating Blood Servants or blood slaves was a relatively blood energy-consuming matter.
An ordinary Blood Clan Baron would at most cultivate one or two Blood Servants or blood slaves.
The former Ryan, because he had to contribute half of his blood energy to Viscount William every fifty years, had essentially given up on the idea of being promoted to a Viscount.
So he cultivated a large number of blood slaves and didn't care much about the blood energy consumed.
But Meng Yan was different; he was preparing to accumulate blood energy to advance to the Blood Clan Viscount level.
In the short term, he only planned to cultivate one Blood Servant.
Therefore, after successfully transforming John into a Blood Servant, there would be no second Blood Servant, to avoid wasting his blood energy accumulation.
After John became a Blood Servant, not only did he gain one-tenth of the power of an ordinary Blood Clan Baron, but the terminal illness in his body was also completely cured by the blood energy, and his lifespan was greatly extended, far exceeding that of ordinary people.
Aside from not being able to be exposed to sunlight for long periods, there were almost no other drawbacks.
Towards Meng Yan, who performed the Blood Servant transformation ritual for him...
John had always been extremely grateful, believing that Meng Yan had given him a second life.
Normally, he also carried out the tasks Meng Yan assigned him with exceptional diligence and meticulousness.
This time, his help in collecting information on Evil Spirits and demons for Meng Yan truly gave Meng Yan a pleasant surprise.
Meng Yan slowly stroked the parchment manuscript in his hand with his fingers, feeling very satisfied in his heart.
After some thought, he promised John:
"John, if these manuscripts are useful to me, I will bestow the First Embrace upon you after I advance to the Viscount level."
John's face showed excitement; he knelt on one knee and said:
"Thank you, Baron."
In recent years, Meng Yan's aura had grown stronger and stronger, and John was the one who felt it most clearly.
Especially today, John could clearly feel that Meng Yan's aura had become incredibly powerful, to an extent that was unbelievable to him.
Because of his extraordinary relationship with Mary, John had once been fortunate enough to see Viscountess Catherine from afar.
Now, Meng Yan's aura was very close to that of Viscountess Catherine.
John understood perfectly what this meant.
And once he received the First Embrace from a Blood Clan Viscount, he would become a true Blood Clan Baron.
He would no longer have to worry about not being able to be exposed to sunlight for long periods.
Although he would still be averse to light, ordinary light would no longer be able to harm a Blood Clan Baron; at most, it would make him extremely uncomfortable.
Moreover, his lifespan would also extend to over a thousand years.
Thinking of this, John couldn't help but be filled with hope for the future.
He secretly resolved in his heart to find a way to communicate well with Mary and try to get more parchment manuscripts to offer to Baron.
Meng Yan nodded; he was not surprised by John's reaction.
After all, there was a qualitative difference between a Blood Servant and a Blood Clan Baron.
Next, Meng Yan divided the parchment manuscripts in his hand into two parts.
One part consisted of five parchment manuscripts with only basic traces of magic.
These manuscripts had only been tainted with some low-level magic due to some accidental reasons and had no real value themselves.
The other part consisted of seven parchment manuscripts that genuinely retained the aura of demons.
It was normal for John, with his weak Spiritual Power, to be unable to distinguish between them.
Meng Yan focused his attention on the seven parchment manuscripts with the demonic aura.
Possessing all the memories of Ryan and the Green Evil Spirit, he could discern that the demonic aura on these seven manuscripts was all of the ordinary demon level.
His eyes showed anticipation.
He hoped to gain some insights from them.