The total amount of his essence blood instantly returned to the level before his strength increased. How... how could anyone accept this?!
Stealthily raising his head, Count Witte discovered that Lin Yao, who had been making strange folding gestures, was moving at an incredible speed; his hands seemed to have vanished. Only a faint afterimage remained.
Lin Yao was accelerating the formation of hand seals to gather free-floating magical power because the amount of vampire "essence blood" that Xiao Cao had sent into his body at once was too much. The total amount of free-floating magical power required for the seal was too large, and if he didn't accelerate the gathering, he couldn't keep up with Xiao Cao's speed.
The seal was broken, and the newly released free-floating magical power within the body was quickly absorbed by the little grass, which made a satisfied sound.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to enter into a lowly master-servant contract with you, to become your humble servant. Please accept my request."
Lin Yao was startled awake as he was absorbing ten drops of "human nuclear power" into his heart. These ten drops were not the same as the smiling liquid from yesterday; each drop was a hundred times more potent than yesterday's, which was what satisfied Lin Yao the most.
He can make these "human nuclear forces" provide his parents with sufficient safety, and the "nuclear energy" contained within them can instantly enhance their personal strength, even making them immune to bullet attacks.
"An emperor?! Are you talking about me?"
Lin Yao looked at Earl Witte strangely, pointed to his own nose and asked.
“Yes, Your Majesty, you are my ancestor. Please accept me as your servant.” Count Witte’s expression was very serious and devout. He remained prostrate on the ground and did not rise.
"I am not your vampire emperor, I am just a Chinese. Get up, turn into a bat and let's go for a walk."
When Lin Yao came to his senses, he didn't think about fooling Witt. He didn't want to hire a vampire servant. This foreign-looking servant was no good at all. Hiring him would be a waste of time. It would be better to keep him as a blood slave. That way, he wouldn't have any more psychological barriers.
Feeling good, Lin Yao decided to take a walk to relax and went to Wangfujing to eat Peking duck. Although it was very fatty, he didn't have to worry about gaining weight.
"Your Majesty, regardless of your race or nationality, you are undoubtedly the emperor of our vampire clan. Please accept me as your servant."
Earl Witte, an old and shrewd man, had just experienced the sudden reversal of his breakthrough to the Marquis level. He knew that Lin Yao was using him as an experiment and didn't even care about him. As for his life, it was completely worthless. So he hurriedly declared that he would follow Lin Yao no matter what, because only in this way could he survive.
Count Witte had long since stopped believing Lin Yao's promise of future freedom. Seeing that the other party had not concealed the secret from him, he was certain that the promise was just a joke, a flirtation.
In order to survive and gain greater strength, Earl Witte was eager to become Lin Yao's servant. The fact that the other party could instantly enhance his blood essence, comparable to a vampire emperor, made it worth following him.
However, it seemed that Lin Yao didn't think he had any value at all, so Earl Witte got anxious and lay on the ground, refusing to get up.
"A contract?" Xiaocao's voice interrupted Lin Yao's impending refusal. "Yaoyao, I vaguely remember something about a contract, but it's too blurry to recall."
"Then it's better not to say anything." Lin Yao muttered to himself, thinking that Xiao Cao was always like this, making people eager to know what she was talking about, only to end up saying "I don't remember" to brush them off. He was already immune to it.
"I don't remember anyone here knowing that. You can sign a contract with him. It's good to have a bat servant. He can fly around and can be a good helper in the future."
Xiao Cao was very enthusiastic. "Look at those books, which protagonist doesn't have a large group of henchmen? Among them, there must be some who are very strong and special, otherwise people will say that it's too bland, and in the end, the story will have to be abandoned."
"Yaoyao, I'm not trying to be mean, but even now, you don't have any underlings. Even someone like 'Third Light' can only work for you from the shadows. The Yi family members don't count as your underlings; you're in a cooperative relationship."
Xiao Cao earnestly lectured Lin Yao, expressing her regret for his inaction. "Go ahead and take him in. Taking in a follower is good, even if it's just Old Bat. At least it sounds better, and it won't make you lose face."
"Who are you going to tell?" Lin Yao muttered, turning to look at Earl Witte. "You want to sign a contract with me? A master-servant contract?"
“Yes, Your Majesty,” Earl Witte replied respectfully, still prostrate on the ground, as if the position was quite comfortable.
"Then tell me about the contracts of your vampire clan. How many types are there? What are their characteristics? How do they work?"
Through Count Witt's description, Lin Yao learned that the most unequal master-servant contract among vampires was based on the control of "essence blood".
The essence blood within a vampire's body seems to be a living thing, mysteriously connected to each other. If a drop of essence blood is used to sign a master-servant contract with another, one can control the servant's entire essence blood, and even certain thoughts and behaviors deep within their soul. For example, the servant can never disobey the master's will, never do anything that harms the master's interests, and so on...
Because of Xiaocao's interest, Lin Yao cooperated by squeezing out a drop of his own blood and merging it into the essence blood extracted from Witt's body, which was suspended in mid-air.
A mysterious incantation rang out, and a magical fluctuation suddenly appeared in the basement space. This fluctuation carried a kind of pressure that Lin Yao had never felt before, as well as a desolate and vast feeling.
Blood Pact!
Two drops of blood, stuck together, instantly merged in this fluctuation, a true fusion.
Lin Yao's body trembled, and he suddenly felt that he had an extremely strong control over Witt, as if the other party's life and death were in his hands. He could even directly imprison all the essence and blood in Witt's body, making them as silent as dead things.
It can also cause all the essence and blood in Witt's body to explode instantly, releasing all the blood energy and killing Witt directly.
"So this is the master-servant contract of the vampires. How amazing. I have a vague impression of it, as if I have seen or heard of it somewhere before."
Lin Yao completely ignored Xiao Cao's memories and "Yin Yin's" catchphrase; he was more interested in whether this contract would harm him.
"Little Grass, try to extinguish this drop of contracted blood essence with the 'White Cloud Pill's' medicinal energy." Lin Yao began the experiment.
"Okay!" Little Grass replied excitedly; she had now become fascinated with conducting experiments.
Not long after, Xiaocao's voice rang out again, "Yaoyao, it seems it won't work. This drop of blood contains your own blood, so the pill energy has no effect on it. However, I noticed that the toxin clusters inside have changed. They are no longer toxins, but they still exist in clusters, like the inactivated viruses and bacteria described in the book."
"Alright then, that's settled."
Lin Yao nodded to indicate that he understood, then turned to Earl Witte, who had gotten up from the ground and was standing respectfully to the side, and said, “Witte, my name is Lin Yao, I am Chinese. You can act on your own from now on, but try not to go out during the day. If you go out looking like that, you will be mistaken for a foreign friend. You don’t even have the means to disguise yourself.”
“Yes, Master, Witt will obey your orders and will not go out without permission,” Witt replied, bowing his head.
"By the way, I can promote you to the Marquis level, but I will also frequently extract your essence blood in the future, just without damaging your strength. I'm making this clear to you first."
"Yes, Master. It is Witt's honor to serve you."
Witt's despicable reply pleased Lin Yao, as it clearly relieved some of the guilt in Lin Yao's heart. He could comfort himself with a self-deceptive statement like, "See? It's his honor. He even begged me to do this. He's not being kept as a blood slave!"
It took ten, a full ten "Year-End Pills" to elevate Witt from a vampire count to a vampire marquis.
Lin Yao felt he had lost out, lost out terribly.
Although he had the essence blood extracted from Witt after he was promoted to vampire marquis, and had converted this essence blood into "human core force," which contained more abundant energy and greater power, Lin Yao still felt he was at a great loss.
Because back then, only one "Year-End Pill" was used to advance Yi Fei from the peak of the Earth level to the highest level of the Earth level. Compared to the degree of improvement in strength, it was really too much of a waste for ten "Year-End Pills" to raise Weite from the mid-stage of the Earth level to the peak of the Earth level among ancient martial arts practitioners in China!