Eternal Thief

Ace wore a grim face as he looked at his left hand that was completely paralyzed. He tries to move it but to his dismay, it won't move no matter how much force he used.

Although he could still feel his hand, the problem was he can't move it, and even HD-Qi wasn't circulating in it anymore as if it cut the meridian channels of his hands off!

'It succeeds!?' Ace's eyes shimmer with ambiguity.

Truth to be told, Ace didn't have any high hope for this thing to work, and he only took that book because it seemed interesting. But now that this method worked he didn't know how to respond.

Furthermore, Ace wasn't any normal cultivator and if this method even worked on him, then this means it can work on anyone!

'But why does no one research it before?' Ace mused.

He didn't understand just why this kind of book was left unguarded in a place like Flame Library, and why this book wasn't in some secret chamber of the flame pill organization.

What Ace didn't know was; before him, this book changed many hands, and its profound theories attracted every single person. But no one ever succeed in it, and the last person who had this book was an Azure Alchemist.

That alchemist put quite a time into researching it and even manage to bribe a rune crafter to help him in the research, but all his effort meet failure. Dishearten, that person didn't even put this book back to its place that the 29th floor!

He left it on a random bookshelf since he felt this book was just a waste of time for others as well. That's how this book landed in Ace's hand after eating dust for many years.

What anyone didn't think was what if, the required Qi's both soul and martial came from the same person?

Qi was unique to every person, and that's why the Qi mark and Soul mark exist. Every person has a different Qi signature or Soul Signature.

Even if this thought surfaced in anyone's mind, it was night-impossible to achieve since no one can cultivate both Qi's at the same time!

However, Ace wasn't like others, he was cultivating both Qi's from the start, and he was the only one who could use them so meticulously.

Now, Ace has achieved something that not even the creator of this book, SLK, wasn't able to achieve and this wasn't a laughing matter!

If Ace master everything in this book he could easily render his enemy helpless by blocking their life points!

But he still had a long way to go because this book was just a fantasy of a person, and it needed more research. Like how he's going to unseal his hand.

Ace calmed his enthusiastic heart and try using the Heavenly Darkness Qi to break free from that two-colored seal. But it didn't seem to work at all and the HD-Qi only chip away the slightest part of the pea-size seal.

'At this rate, I'll have to wait for three days before this seal could be fully dissolved. At least it isn't permanent.' Ace thought as he enraptured himself. This was a monumental discovery, and he was even more serious to research the other theories in this book.

Ace continued to use HD-Qi to dissolve the seal while he continued to study the old book.

No one pays any attention to him, even if they glance at him, they would instantly lose interest since he was holding an old book.

The beast tamer girl also glances at him from time to time, and she was quite curious about what this boy was reading with an impassive face. But her pride as a beast tamer didn't allow her to even talk with him, much less inquiry about the old book.

After three days the seal in Ace's wrist ultimately dissolved, and he could use his hand and Qi again.

In these three days, he was mulled over different theories in the book with diligence, and he has his thoughts on some of them. But he didn't dare to try them on himself anymore.

He was curious, but he wasn't a madman, he kept considering what he can do with this knowledge and that seal gave him a very good direction to work on. But he wanted to first find a method to unseal that seal.

Ace could tell his heavenly Qi can easily dissolve that seal since it was made by heavenly soul Qi and heavenly martial Qi.

But what would happen if he put these seals on a normal cultivator, they didn't have heavenly Qi which probably means they would be completely helpless. He wanted to control this properly, and he thought of a way to achieve it.

More days passed in peace, the scarlet wing lion speed finally decreased on this day, and it descended from the sky.

Ace opened his eyes and looked at the large city below him. It was the capital city of Leap Kingdom.

The scarlet wing lion finally landed inside the Beast Calling Colosseum of Leap Royal City. The journey ends as everyone thanked the beast tamer girl and leaves the Colosseum.

Ace strolled around the lavish city deep in thought. His goal was to become stronger and the fastest way was through stealing or increasing his cultivation by finding an elemental orb.

The latter was the more assuring path since many restrictions on him would instantly be lifted. The problem was the elemental orb and its position.

He has some idea where to look, but the issue was what next? How could he beat the orb guardian which would probably be more powerful than the last one?

He didn't want to use the same method of going through the heavenly punishment while nearly dying in the process. He did not know how he survives last time either, but he will not be going to put his life on the line based on dumb luck anymore.

So, first, Ace had to confirm the presence of the orb and then find 'helpers' to deal with the orb guardian, and he had an excellent scheme in his mind.

But before he does anything he had to find a way to deal with heavenly lightning, if push comes to shove, he had to prepare for activating the heavenly turbulence again.

That's why he was here because the Leap Kingdom's royal family was in the possession of a lightning-type protective treasure! It was the national treasure of the Leap Kingdom and a symbol of pride.

Ace didn't know if it would be enough to deal with the heavenly lightning, but it was far better than having nothing. Besides, he wasn't just going after this one lightning treasurer; he was planning to steal every lighting type treasure or anything related to lighting!

One had to know lighting was a very rare element, and treasures related to it were even rarer. The Leap Kingdom possessing one was already considered out of the place.

With Damocles of time over his head, Ace was planning on acting as soon as possible. He didn't put these Kingdom-level treasuries in his eyes after seeing the defense of Flame Place.

He just needed some information, and he knew how to get it without no falsely.

There was still the problem of others finding out his position if he left a thief mark behind, but he didn't care about it anymore, since now Ace wanted others to know where he was!

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Ace was going toward the Leap Royal Palace with full speed, no one saw him even after he passed by in front of their eyes. Even those royal guards of the Qi River realm were standing there like idiots when he flashed past them like a phantom.

After some twists and turns, Ace was inside the royal palace. He meticulously scans the area five hundred meters with his soul sense and move toward a specific direction.

Ace spotted a graceful slender woman in beautiful golden long grown, she had an air of supremacy and arrogance around her as she was followed by many beautiful maids. She was the Queen of Leap Kingdom!

His lip moved upward seeing this dignified woman because she was only a middle Qi foundation stage cultivator. Without moving Ace use the soul probing on her, and she noticed nothing at all and keep moving with her conceited face.

Ace started to get the Queen's memories the very next moment.

Now that he was at the peak of the Heavenly Foundation stage he can read the memories while stealing them at once.

First, he got many useless memories of how she was from a dukedom and how she was in an affair with the king's brother!

Ace even felt sympathy for the Leap King, who's being cuckolded by his own younger brother. But wasn't distracted by this small matter and continued to use his soul probing without stopping.

He finally got what he wanted, like the structure of the palace and where the treasury was hidden!