I Want Everything!
Ace transmitted, "Show my status."
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[Status Panel]
[Host: Ace White]
[Race: Human {No Bloodline}]
[1st Heaven: Mortal Sky Heaven}]
[Martial Cultivation: Heavenly Gates {3rd Gate}]
{EXP: 450/5000}
[Soul Cultivation: Yellow Wind Soul Core]
{SP: 999/1000} {Extra: 1031}
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[Thief Points (TP): 1053]
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[Skills: 5]
-Stealth Basic: {High}
-Silent Steps Basic: {High}
-True & False Eyes Basic: {Middle}
-Treasure Opening Hands [Basic Art]: {4th Form}
-Pick Pocket: {Middle}
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[Cultivation Technique: 2]
-Heaven Stealer Technique Volume 1
-Dual Shadow Swords Technique
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[Current Mission: 1]
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Ace was astonished by his status and quickly used his heavenly sense, and to his surprise, now he could see and sense 30 meters of the surrounding area.
'I didn't expect that my soul cultivation would go up as well. And according to the system, my soul is already equivalent to the Heavenly Foundation building Realm!' Ace became ecstatic just thinking about the Heavenly Foundation Building Realm. Again, this was an unexpected surprise.
Ace formed soul threads on his fingers; now, each finger could form two threads. Also, they were not colorless anymore; they were translucent yellow.
This was the Heavenly Soul Qi after he formed the yellow wind soul core of the black wind soul technique! But only Ace could see it or another soul cultivator who was two whole realms above him!
After testing his Soul Cultivation for some time, he shifted his attention elsewhere. Now he has more than one thousand TP.
He couldn't help but smile ear to ear and said: "System open the shop!"
Ace can now buy other things from the system shop.
Last time, he didn't have many TPs, so he didn't pay much attention to the shop's other items. But now he has more than enough.
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[{System Shop}]
[Available Skills]
[Available Cultivation Technique]
[Available Weapons]
[Available Pills]
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Ace saw one by one that the Skill book had not been changed, and the same goes for technique and pills.
Ace then opened the weapon panel.
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[{Available Weapons}]
-Black Blade Swords Set (Pair): 1 Short-Sword, 1 Long-Sword {1st Grade Weapons}
{Price: 30 Thief Points}
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-Two-Face Mask {High-Grade Illusionary Formation Item}
{Price: 80 Thief Points}
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-Invisible Bead: 5 Available
{Description: One Time Use for one minute}
{Price: 50 Thief Points Per Bead}
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Ace saw that the weapon descriptions had been changed, and Grades had appeared in front of them except for the invisible bead. He was astonished and asked the system, "System, what do this first-grade and formation mean?"
He was quite perplexed because he knew even those Blue-Ranked alchemy pills and 3-Star weapons were only low-grade in the system's eyes. But a first Grade has emerged in the system's shop, which he had never even heard about, not to mention this mysterious Formation!
"[3 TP Required.]"
The system asked in an emotionless voice.
"Take them," Ace said annoyingly. He was still not used to this.
"[There are 9-Grades of 'Alchemists,' 'Crafters,' and 'Rune Crafters' in the Mortal Sky Heaven.]
"[1st to 9th Grade Alchemists can create pills from 1st to 9th Grade.]
"[Same goes for Crafters. They can create weapons from 1st to 9th Grade]
"[As for the Rune Crafters, 1st-Grade to 9th-Grade Rune Crafters can engrave 'Runes' on any object. These runes are called 'Rune Symbols' and are divided between nine grades.]
"[Rune Symbols are the essence of Rune Crafting. A special combination of symbols was known as an Array. Then there are Rune Formations. Multiple arrays combination made Formations. Formations are virtually more powerful and complex than arrays.]
"[As for what is above the 9th Grade, the Host has to upgrade his authority to know about this information. The system can only give this much information with the Host's current authority level.]"
Ace felt a brand-new world had been opened to him after hearing this new information.
His heart raced because these weapons and formations sounded too powerful from the system description.
He hadn't even heard of rune crafter before, much less about this formation! But now there was a formation item in the system shop for sale, and only for 80TP, not less.
He asked in excitement, "System then, how is this 1st-grade compared to the star ranks?"
"[According to system analysis of host memories and knowledge, 1st-Grade should be above 9-Star Ranks, or you can simply call it Grade-0. The Host didn't have much knowledge about this world power order, that's why the system can't answer this question with 100% accuracy.]"
Ace only heard, 'above 9-Start weapons.' Didn't it make him practically invincible if this world didn't even have a 1st-grade weapon?
He promptly ordered, "System, I want to buy EVERYTHING!"
He was afraid that the system would change the weapon shop since he now knew what it meant to have treasures of this level.
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[Purchases have been successful.]
[Items have been delivered to the Thief's Space.]
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[Thief Points (TP): 690]
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Ace didn't care about 360TP since he had spent them on 1st-grade treasures. He quickly checks his thief's space.
Inside, with all those stolen goods in the corner, appeared a set of beautiful pitch-black double-edged swords. The short sword was 1 foot long and 2 inches wide, while the long sword was 3 feet long and 3 inches wide.
Besides, the sword pair was a half-black, half-white mask, and on its edges, engraved were complex structures of rune symbols. It was clearing a formation. Lastly, there were five small gray beads filled with mysterious rune symbols!
Ace becomes extremely happy seeing all these Grade items. He wanted to test them now, especially those two black swords. He felt some connection with them for some reason.
Eva was still cultivating while her eyes were tightly closed. So, Ace mused for some time and decided to test these swords while traveling through this forest. It was filled with 'Demonic Beasts' after all.
He took out the black and white mask after giving up on testing the swords.
The moment he touched the mask, the system transmitted the information on how to use it into his brain. He was quite impressed by this mask after he read all the information.
This mask can change his face into two different persons. First, he must select the target and let the mask formation scan it. After, the mask formation will create the illusion of the same face. This formation can even fool Qi River Cultivators!
But the only downside of this mask was that once the faces were stored, he couldn't remove them. There was simply no function for it. So, he needed to be careful with which two faces he chose.
'With this mask, I don't have to be afraid of the Grant family or the Kelby family even if I go back to River-flower City now. But since I'm on my new journey and with this new job mission, I must travel towards the upper-level cities. At least with this mask in new places, I can always hide my face and do my mission with another face. Hehehe,' He grinned evilly after thinking about the advantages of the two-face mask.
He stowed the mask back into his thief's storage space, and after clearing his thoughts, he started cultivating his dual shadow swords. His heavenly Qi has already been replenished after he broke into the 3rd Gate of Heavenly Gates.
Ace's soul and body had already experienced a breakthrough in cultivation, so he focused on dual shadow swords.
It was the only technique he still couldn't comprehend properly, no matter how much he tried. But Ace has a firm heart and does not give up because he knows this technique could be his life-saving technique if he successfully cultivates it.
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After two hours, Ace was still cultivating his shadow duel swords technique the whole time, but he still didn't make any progress and was depressed about it.
Eva opened her beautiful eyes after her whole night of cultivation, and now she looked more like a fairy. She smiled after seeing Ace's frowning face and said in her charming voice, "You didn't seem happy about something?"
Eva's gentle voice awakened Ace, and he looked at her smiling face. He couldn't help but admire her face when he saw it again. He said with a forced smile, "No, it's nothing serious. But, on the other hand, you seem quite happy about something. Did you get something amazing in your memories?"
"Yes, I get two new skills, and they're quite powerful, so I need some time to master them. But don't worry, it won't affect our journey. Let's continue our travel to Red Mountain City." Expressed Eva.
Then, they begin their travels again.
Ace said while they passed trees, "I didn't see any demonic beasts in our way. Did they not live in this forest?"
He wanted to test his swords, but he couldn't find any beasts to try them, so he asked Eva since she was more knowledgeable than him.
"There are many high-level demonic beasts here, but they're deep in the forest. We're just about to enter their territories." Eva answered in a serious tone.
Ace became serious after hearing her. He knows what these demonic beasts are capable of. They aren't just any normal Qi Beasts that he eats.
The Demonic Beasts are descendants of the Beast Race, and the Beast Race was the fifth on the ranking of races in the Golden-Sky World, just below the Humans!