In the Southern Suburbs of the Azure Cloud Sect's Headquarters, within the newly established Creation Hall at the Warrior Administration's compound.
After Yan Wenshan, his old friends and fellow practitioners, disciples, and trusted subordinates had worked for nearly an hour, they finally managed, with Fang Qianyuan's own help, to carefully cut a fingertip-sized piece of flesh from his waist and draw a small vial of pure Spirit Blood rich in life essence from near his heart.
Fang Qianyuan had requested these samples for testing.
"I really am curious whether I could become a Warrior myself," Fang Qianyuan said, half joking. "Then I'll leave things here to you."
"Yes... farewell, Grand Commander." Yan Wenshan and the others bowed their heads to see him off.
The Creation Hall had only recently been established, and countless matters demanded attention. With the Warriors being reassigned, many accounts with the Warrior Hall remained unsettled as well. To secure support in supplies and techniques, Yan Wenshan had made frequent trips to the Main Hall. Ordinarily, he would have had no time to oversee these tests personally.
But the head of the Warrior Hall was Fang Qianyuan's master, His Excellency Jiang Yunfeng, the Lord of Ten Thousand Miles, while Fang Qianyuan himself was a newly appointed Probationary Grand Elder and the Grand Commander of the Warrior Administration.
Anyone with eyes could see that the Sect Master's faction, and even the faction of the Honored Elders, placed great trust in this master and disciple, entrusting them with authority over the Warriors without misgivings.
For at least the next several decades, this would be their domain. Even after stepping down from office, they would still wield enormous influence.
Yan Wenshan was not mercenary by nature, but research into medical secret arts and Warrior techniques required vast amounts of manpower