"Yes, Master" Xiao Lin and the others in the room nodded their heads.

However, before master Nine Calamities could dismiss them, one of them suddenly said "But Master, why is Bloodfang being added to our team? His cultivation base is too low for this mission. He would only slow us down and decrease our battle efficiency as we would have to look out for him too"

Haha!

Nine Calamities laughed.

But before he could speak, Xiao Lin suddenly said with a smile in his face "You don't need to look out for me. I can handle myself. Recall that I once killed two government officers who were Mortal Spiritual stage cultivators myself. So, I can definitely look out for myself, and if I am generous enough, I can look out for you guys too."

The bandits in the room then looked at Xiao Lin with anger in their eyes as they could detect the mocking tone fully evident in his speech.

Haha!

Master Nine Calamities laughed heartily.

He then said "Leave Bloodfang alone and focus on me. He would do just as he said. I trust him."

"But Master, we won't be going up against first-layer or 2nd-layer Mortal Spiritual stage cultivators, but probably eight or ninth-layer Spiritual Stage cultivators. What can he really do against those kind of powerful cultivators? He would simply be obliterated with a tiny, single ray or small, focused blast of Spiritual Energy." Another said with puzzlement in his face.

"Well, I know why I assigned Xiao Lin for this mission. Although you are right that you guys might go up against eight-layer or ninth-layer Mortal Spiritual stage cultivators, however there can be only one, who would be the one to act as the grand protector for the item being transported down to this city. So, the others should be around the fourth-layer, fifth-layer or sixth-layer Mortal Spiritual cultivation stage." Nine Calamities said.

He then continued "Now, if Xiao Lin could kill a first-layer and second-layer Mortal Spiritual stage cultivator when he was at the fifth-layer Spiritual Ascendance stage, not minding the method or technique that he used, don't you think that he might be able to defend himself if faced by cultivators at the forth or fifth-layer Mortal Spiritual stage, as he is now at the ninth-layer Spiritual Ascendance stage?"

"Well, I don't think the technique or method that he used then should work on the kind of high-level cultivators that Jade Destiny is talking about. They would certainly easily resist whatever thing he would do and then effortlessly kill him off by squashing him like an ant or bug to his death." A bandit called Swordcloud said.

Hahaha!

Nine Calamities laughed.

Then when he stopped laughing a moment later, he said with a serious expression appearing in his face "Bloodfang will go with you guys for this mission, whether you like it or not. Now, dismiss!"

Then everyone in the room stood to their feet to leave the room, same with Xiao Lin who had a contemplative gaze in his eyes.

At the moment, he was beginning to think of a lot of things.

Xiao Lin knew that they were right with what they said, that he won't be able to go up against cultivators at the fourth-layer or fifth-layer Mortal Spiritual stage. However, he understood that Nine Calamities who may also know that, won't definitely listen to them as he wanted him to become strong, tough and powerful in time, as only in life or death battle would one be able to really awaken their hidden potentials or some inborn dormant abilities that one never knew existed.

But, Xiao Lin felt that now that he had achieved breakthrough into the Blood Acolyte stage which would make his Blood Energy attacks much more overbearing and massively subduing to any cultivator in the Spiritual Ascendance stage, had taken the numbers of True Demonic Marks in his dantian to 266 which would make his overwhelming, Hermetic Demonic Energy attacks much more brutal and stronger, and had achieved breakthrough into the ninth-layer Spiritual Ascendance stage, with his seething, dark-colored Spiritual Energy invoking an incredible feeling of tyranny and the will to devastate, making it present characteristics to be fully likened to that of a half-step Mortal Spiritual stage cultivator, Xiao Lin felt that he should be able to face second-layer and third-layer Mortal Spiritual stage cultivators to an extent with all his powerful attributes combined.

Then contemplating further, he felt that fusing with his Animal Spirit which grew along with him, should be able to increase his Vampiric Super Strength and Speed, battle prowess and physical resilience and invulnerability to Spiritual Energy attacks to a high degree. And if he used the Twin Silver blades of Doom and Sorrow which were laying silently within his dantian, he should be able to do 'just fine' against forth-layer or fifth-layer Mortal Spiritual stage cultivators.

When Xiao Lin thought all these, he nodded his head with a confident smile appearing in his face.

Then one of them called Swordcloud suddenly turned around to face Xiao Lin with a haughty and arrogant expression in his face "Brat, I don't know what you did to our Master, Nine Calamities that has made him to take so much fancy in you. Anyways, don't think that we would look out to protect you when we get there. If you allow any attack, no matter how tiny from any of those high-level cultivators to hit you, then that is unfortunately your doom!"

He then continued "With what I have said, I believe that you should be wise enough to do the right thing. Also, don't try to 'accidentally' get in our way, or I would spare no thought in utterly destroying you with my torrential rain of furious attacks."

Xiao Lin nodded his head indifferently.

He then said "Yea, I won't get in your way. And I am wise enough to do the right thing with all that you have said."

"Good!" Swordcloud said with a nod of his head.

He then said "I have the directions to the place. Go prepare yourself, we move out in twenty minutes."