Eternal Thief

Ace's party stopped after one hour when they reached some kind of campsite.

Everyone was astonished to see someone camping in this poisonous forest. 

This sight did not surprise Frank and Callen and casually move towards the large fire where five youngsters were sitting. 

Two were sitting on a golden couch while the other three were assumed on the ground and when they sense Ace's party presence they turned around with no fear as if they know who was coming. 

Frank put an obsequious smile and promptly said, "Young Duke, I bought you the last batch of living bait." 

At this moment an extremely handsome boy with silver hair smile gently hearing Frank's word. He was laying on the golden couch while his head was resting on an alluring beauty's lap. 

"Scram now and tell Young Marquess I'll remember his favor." The silver hair boy indifferently said with no hint of skepticism as if he didn't care about Frank or Callen. His eyes were fixed on new living baits. 

"Yes, as Young Duke command. I'll let Young Marquess know." Frank didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction and quickly looked at Ace's party.

"If you guys want to live don't piss him off trust me he's the exact example of 'looks can be deceiving." Frank faintly said before quickly leaving with Callen. He was truly afraid of this Young Duke. 

"Hehe, it seems Young Duke has quite a reputation." The sedative beauty brushes the boy's long silver hair and giggles after hearing Frank's parting words.

"Hah, it's not like he speaks any lie." The silver hair boy didn't mind Frank's words and chuckles while answering the beauty. 

Nola and Lilith frowned seeing this new party was also in good condition.

"Do we have enough?" The Young Duke asked nonchalantly to a dwarf boy sitting there. 

"After combining these nine we have 41 living baits, Young Duke. I think it is enough." The dwarf boy respectfully answered.

"Heh, let's hunt some Phantom Horn Lizard, what do you say Lady Jenna?" The Young Duke looked at the charming beauty with a soft smile on his face.

"As Young Duke Leo command." She smiles seductively and nodded in agreement. 

"You three slaves bring them with everyone and follow us, make sure to give them paralysis pill so they won't retaliate." Leo coldly looked at those three boys and command. 

"Yes." The three answers in unison. 

Speaking of which when Ace saw this young duke enjoying himself in this kind of environment, he couldn't help but admire him.

He even makes a mental note to buy something comfortable like that couch for himself since he was always traveling and it was not like he didn't have space to store these kinds of things.

The dwarf boy approached Ace's party and coldly said, "Eat these pills. Although they can stop the Qi flow in your body for ten hours, however, they can also slow the poison effect." 

He took nine purple pills from his storage ring and tell Ace's party to eat them.

Lola and Lilith hesitate but when those other six hear these pills can slow the poison effect they quickly take the pills and throw them in their mouths.

"Did you three want to die?" A boy with a scar on his left eye released his aura of peak fifth Qi gate realm. This was a warning for Nola, Lilith, and Ryan. 

Nola bitterly took the pill so does Lilith and Ryan. They knew it would be suicide to retaliate against these three peaks' fifth Qi gate cultivators. 

They can't win against Frank and Callen much less these three and not to mention those two who were flirting with each other on the side.

Ace also took the pill and throw it in his mouth with no hesitation.

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"[Host has consumed Low-Grade Pill (Green-Ranked pill)]

[5 EXP has been added to Host's status]"

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{EXP: 29.95 Million/50 Million}

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'Just Five this time eh. it seems green rank pills will be useless once I reached peak heavenly foundation stage just like the white rank pill.' Ace smile bitterly. 

It was his first time gaining EXP after he reached the high stage of Heavenly Foundation Building Realm. 

It came to no surprise that even green rank pills were giving him so little EXP. 

Every time Ace reached a higher realm those low-level things that give him EXP lost their effects and this was not a good sign for Ace. 

Because he needed a large amount of EXP when he reached the upper levels of cultivation and normal cultivation was just too slow for him. 

Ace has noticed that one minute of normal cultivation can only give him [1 EXP] because stealing Qi from heaven and making it his own is difficult. But EXP made this thing very easily. 

Because the system can turn this EXP in heavenly Qi and make the absorption process almost child's play!

Simply put, he can just buy or steal those pills, Qi herbs, or kill demonic beasts and get at least [5 EXP] instantly without going through the devious process of processing the Heavenly Qi into his own body. 

As for the recovery of his Heavenly Qi, it was also a very mysterious process because for some reason once he processed a stance of Heavenly Qi successfully and make it his own he can easily replenish it without a hitch whatsoever. 

He didn't know the mystery behind it because it was just too profound and he only know all of this had to do with the system.

That's why he stopped wasting his time in cultivation normally long ago and put all his effort into his skills and other techniques. By doing this Ace can use the time he saves from cultivation and hone his thieving skills with it. 

But now gaining EXP is also become more difficult, and he needed high-quality pills and materials that were rarely seen in markets. That's why he has set his sight on Pill Flame Organization's people! 

And this test was perfect for him to reach the territory of the first-grade kingdoms in the shortest time. 

But he underestimated those three giants and now he was under the radar of a Qi River Core cultivator that was searching for him like his life depend on it!

"Good now starts moving, and if you lot try anything…" The third boy threatening voice sounded at this moment when Ace was mulling over his future.

Dewan and others' complexion become somewhat better after taking those pills. 

'It seems he was telling the truth about the poison resisting effects of those pills.' Ace thought. 

Everyone moves toward the east direction while following Leo's party. 

After walking for two more hours they reached the black water swamp again but the surrounding area was very ghastly. A potent smell was in the air while the surrounding was deathly silent. 

When Leo and Jena stop, everyone saw a large group of youngsters, and their complexion were not better than Ace's party of nine not to mention even worse. 

They were other living baits beside them; they were resting at this moment. Every one of them had blue skin and strange blackish marks on their skin, their eyes were almost lifeless. 

"We have enough people let's start before the rain comes down." The dwarf boy said to those twelve youth who seem to guard the living baits, and they were all in perfect condition. 

"Wait, we have company." Leo abruptly speaks in a grave tone while looking at the left side of the woods. 

"And here I thought who could reach this place so quickly. It is indeed none other than infamous White Ghost, Leo Nicolas." A jeering voice sounded within the tall trees.

Leo pull a long face when he heard 'White Ghost' because no one dares to call him that and everyone knows he hated that name. 

"IMPUDENT! You dare to talk with Young Duke like this!?" The boy with a scarred yelled while pulling a long halberd from his storage ring.

"Hehe, White Ghost your slaves are indeed like you with no fear of death." 

At this moment a handsome boy enters the area and following him were almost two hundred people! 

Leo's eyes narrowed, and the scared boy almost wet himself seeing this young man. 

"Oh, so it was Prince Mark and Princess Haley." Leo smiles mildly while bowing in greeting towards those two leading the group. 

Jena also followed Leo curtesy and greeted the two.

The boy was six feet tall and had a tone build like Leo but he was somewhat lacking when it comes to looks compared with Leo. He wore golden robes of the Regal Family; he was the youngest son of the King, Prince Mark Val Regal. 

The girl beside Prince Mark was tall with 5.11 feet height and had a kingdom toppling figure. Her face was almost like a beautiful painting with bright green eyes, perfect shape nose, and cherry lips. Her inky long hair was like a dark waterfall.

She was the only daughter of Regal King and also known as the number one beauty of third-grade kingdom lands, Haley Val Regal!