Immediately his Animal Spirit said that, Xiao Lin's eyes shone with shock.

"Really?" He asked with a deep surprise in his tone.

"Yes." His Animal Spirit replied.

"Nice! So, what do I do?" Xiao Lin immediately questioned.

"Well, we can't try to do that here, as I am not sure if it would release pulses of power that will alarm everyone. So, when you are alone in some deserted or desolate place, we can try to awaken the little power that it possesses." His Animal Spirit replied.

"Oh, okay" Xiao Lin said.

He then said further "I guess I would have to find a place soon so that we can try to awaken the power that it possesses."

He then kept the piece back into his spatial ring.

Once he did so, he closed his eyes to start cultivation of his Spiritual Energy.

Now, he felt greatly intimidated by the presences of Jade Destiny, Swordcloud and the rest of the people that went for the mission. Now that they had identified that something strange and incomprehensible was going on within and around him, it was only a matter of time before they come to meet him to ask for explanations.

"Even if I can't take my Blood Energy, Hermetic Demonic Energy and Paragon Werewolf Origin Energy to the next stage of their respective cultivation, I can at least try to make my Cultivation Base step into the Mortal Spiritual stage. Then my other energies which I can imbue into my Spiritual Energy, should slightly increase the destructive power of my Spiritual Energy to an extent." Xiao Lin said.

Then with his perturbing fear of Swordcloud and Jade Destiny stiffening his resolve to become stronger in time so that he could have the strength to kill them when he creates an opportunity for himself to do so in the nearest future, he abruptly produced large amounts of Spiritual Cultivation Resources from the spatial rings of the disciples that he slaughtered at the Town's Center, then from the rings of those three Treasure Guards whom he slayed.

Once the resources which were in form of flowers, herbs, slender stems, leaves, etc appeared as large heaps in front of him, he began to take them randomly and throw into his mouth. And as he did so and swallowed them down immediately after he chewed them to the smallest bits, they turned into Spiritual Energy when they reached his stomach, which then evolved out of his stomach and moved into his dantian upon total guidance by Xiao Lin.

Then using the Spiritual Refinement Conversion technique from the Primordial Heretic Force spiritual cultivation art, he was able to transform the energy released from those herbs and leaves and so on into his usual, dark-colored Spiritual Energy.

And this he did till night then till the next morning. But despite the large amounts of Spiritual Cultivation Resources that he consumed, he couldn't break through into the 10th-layer Spiritual Ascendance stage.

"Ugh!" Xiao Lin uttered.

But he wasn't deterred by this. So, he continued to cultivate with hope that no one would come to disturb him or request for him.

And luckily for him, no one came to call him. However, even as he cultivated, he could feel that the atmosphere wasn't right. It was becoming somewhat intense for him. But he didn't let that stop his cultivation as he pushed on with a steely resolve in his heart.

After cultivating till evening, he could suddenly feel that he was closer to the 10th-layer Spiritual Ascendance stage. Then with a victorious smile appearing in his face, he continued to cultivate.

At this time, he had nearly exhausted all the Spiritual Cultivation Resources that he took from those disciples that he murdered.

Xiao Lin who was totally aware about this, couldn't help but shake his head in dismay.

He had understood sometime during his cultivation that the resources which he took from those disciples that he killed wouldn't be able to really support the cultivation of his dark-colored Spiritual Energy anymore. They were too low in quality to bring about a significant growth in his Spiritual Energy that he was cultivating using a perfected, supreme hegemonic art that belonged to one of the strongest cultivators in the cultivation universe.

"I guess that I would have to steal from higher-ranking cultivators if I want to advance the progress of my Spiritual Energy cultivation. But I am still too weak to be able to do such a thing. I could be instantly eliminated on the spot with a single, slight strike from them if I got caught. The only way to advance the cultivation of my Spiritual Energy is to fight for resources with others at legacy grounds."

"At least, many experts at stages above the Spiritual Firmament stage would have died in the past, with that place that they died in becoming their legacy grounds. So, if I can get or discover places like that, then I should be able to get resources from there which would definitely advance my cultivation progress."

"Yes, that's what I am going to do. Also, it would give me time to stay away from this place and cultivate in peace without this disturbing, intense atmosphere hanging above me. Then when I eventually break through using Spiritual Cultivation Resources that I find there, and then advance my growth to a significant stage, I will come for these fools who think they are strong. And who knows, I might come across some things there which would support me in my cultivation of Blood Energy or Hermetic Demonic Energy."

When Xiao Lin thought all these, he stood from his feet to leave his room.

Once he came out, he headed straight for Nine Calamities's room.

Immediately he arrived there, Nine Calamities who had a powerful sense because of his cultivation stage, asked him to come in.

"What do you want now, Bloodfang?" He asked with his brows furrowed.

"Master, I want your permission to journey into different towns in the city to search for legacy grounds that would have resources that will help my growth."

"I have reflected over what I did, and I have come to a realization that what I need is more power. I want to become very strong so that I can help you achieve every missions or tasks that you will send me out for in the nearest future. Also, I can bring back rare resources and powerful treasures for you"

"So, I hope that Master won't deny my request, but instead grant me." Xiao Lin said with sincerity in his tone and then took a full bow.