Eternal Thief

“Start it!”

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At this moment, a demoness in alchemist robes of the association with three silver stars on her shoulder approached him with a smile on her face. But when she saw Feng dazing off, her smile became more like contempt than a courteous smile.

She thought with a sly glint, ‘Another one of those rich bumpkins. Let’s see if I can use him to accomplish my sales quota!’

“Dear customer, how may I help you?” She asked with a cheerful expression.

Ace finally took notice of this above-average yellowish demoness, and he clearly felt her hidden, contemptuous emotions.

However, he also saw the association alchemist’s robes, so he didn’t want to cause any trouble for himself. He knew the life demon association was infamous for their poor attitude and antics.

Only someone with a superior status can get their attention.

Feng smiled ambiguously and said, “I heard the demon with noble titles can purchase soul pills annually? I’m here for that purpose.”

The alchemist was startled when she heard ‘soul pills’ and her smile suddenly became stiff. ‘Could he be a titled demon?’

She said with uncertainty, “Yes, it’s true. But you have to show proof of your title identity to the floor manager.”

Ace nodded and asked, “Then where can I find the floor manager?”

She replied with slightly hesitant, “Can I know your demon title first and some proof? I can’t just disturb the floor manager with empty words. I hope the esteemed guest would understand.”

‘She lies?’ Ace’s eyes narrowed. ‘Could it be she still wanted to pull some tricks despite knowing my identity, or she simply didn’t believe it? Well, I have time to waste…’

Feng suddenly smile amiably and nodded, “Oh, I’m a titled Rising Sword Earl, here’s my proof of identification.”

‘Rising Sword Earl… where did I hear this title before…’ She suddenly felt something amiss with this special title, and she also looked at the golden triangular token with Earl on it in Feng’s hand.

However, before she could remember where she heard this title, a startling cry sounded from behind.

“Rising Sword Earl? Can sir be Feng Demon Sword?”

Ace looked toward the owner of this voice and saw another demoness in alchemy robes, but she had 7 silver stars on her shoulder and she was quite beautiful to boot.

Ace merely smiled and nodded, “I’m indeed Feng Demon Sword. I never thought young miss to know of me.”

The seven-star alchemist couldn’t help but look at the other three-star alchemist in bewilderment, and when she saw her confused expression, she couldn’t help but reprimanded her sternly.

“Are you a retard? Do you think someone would dare to impersonate himself as a noble demon? And who told you to check their identification? Go now, I’ll be reporting this to the floor manager!”

The three-star alchemist’s face turned ashen. She knew she had messed up this time and picked up the wrong target.

Although, this seven-star alchemist’s voice was very low because she didn’t want to cause a scene and tarnish the association’s reputation. Since she had also done these things, though, her anger was genuine.

Even she knew who to take advantage of or who to befriend, and any demon with a noble title was worth befriending, especially a genius like Feng!

She quickly looked at Feng and said apologetically, “Please forgive her. She’s new here, so she must’ve forgotten the rules. Please follow me. I’ll take you to Floor Manager.”

‘Well, that’s ended quicker than I thought,’ Ace thought.

But he naturally didn’t show anything and only smiled, “Of course, don’t worry, I’m as well not familiar with any rules here, so please forget it.”

“Why aren’t you thanking sir, Earl?” she shot a vicious glare at the ashen face demoness.

“T-thank you…” She lowered her head in mortification.

“Please follow me.”

She smiled and led Feng toward the west corner of the first floor, where a beautiful pattern door was located.

Ace thought they would move to the upper floors, but he was wrong. He couldn’t help but asked curiously, “What about the upper floors?”

The alchemist replied with a smile, “Sir Earl, the life treasure demon pagoda is divided into twenty treasure floors, first five floors are for alchemy, the sixth to tenth floors are for weapons, and the eleventh to the fifteenth floor are for runic weapons, while the last five are for the rune arrays, rune formations, talismans, … and other stuff related to rune crafting.

“Each floor is managed by a floor manager. As for the first floor, we sell all the medicinal herbs and pills from rank to 1-star to 9-star here, soul pills included.

“But we’re only allowed to sell them to noble title demons like you or the chief of a noble tribe. Other demons without a title or just the member of a title clan can only buy marital pills and materials.”

Ace asked, “Oh, do you mean without any title, soul materials and pills can’t be bought?”

She merely smiled ambiguously and said, “Well, alchemists also have personal clients. But soul alchemists are extremely rare, and so does the materials. That’s why the resources are thoroughly controlled. But I was all done, so others with power won’t waste them on useless chad, and only worthy demons can buy them.”

“Hah, I got the point. Then how about the runic weapons, arrays, formations, and talismans? Can I purchase them?” Feng smiled meaningfully.

However, the alchemist merely smiled and politely answered, “You have to ask the floor master about this. I already spoke out of my boundaries.”

Ace didn’t make things hard on her, since he already got the vague idea about what was the purpose of controlling the soul-type treasures so tightly.

He could only think that there were just too rare, or that the life demon association didn’t want any soul cultivator appearing or growing out of their control.

Because, if consider it, this organization probably had the greatest number of soul cultivation techniques and skills that can nurture soul alchemists and rune crafters.

However, Ace still didn’t understand why this association hold such power in its hand and why it was allowed to develop by the royal zone. All those questions have only one answer, and it was the royal zone!

The seven-star alchemist led Ace to a spacious room and left to find the floor master.

He didn’t have to wait long before a tall, scholarly demon in alchemist robes entered the room, and he was a low-grade-1 alchemist at that.

Ace got a crafty vibe from this refine pale orange demon who seemed to be in his early thirties.

The floor master’s eyes shone as he looked at Feng’s plain demeanor and said, while performing an ethical salute, “I’m honored to have the number one genius of our sword domain, Rising Sword Earl, here. Please accept this old fellow’s apologies for one of my floor attendant’s behavior. I’m extremely ashamed to hear it from Tily!”

Ace felt this demon was somewhat overdramatic, but he still polity said while performing the royal salute, “I have already forgotten about it. Please don’t embarrass me, senior.”

“Bring Rose Ale for your esteemed guest!” He ordered Tily, and she quickly left.

“There really wasn’t any need for this.” Said Feng.

“I insist.” The floor manager stubbornly refused. “I also heard you wanted to use your annual quota of soul pills?”

Feng nodded. “Yes, when I received the title, I heard I can buy soul pills from here.”

The floor manager smiled and said, “Of course, it’s our solemn duty to promote young demons like young earl here. That’s why we gave a special quota.”

“Then can I ask what is the extent of my purchase limit? As I heard, I can only purchase 6-star to 9-star soul pills and herbs, but in limited quantity? Can this limit apply to martial pills and runic materials as well?” Ace asked without holding back.

The floor manager replied ambiguously, “The purchase limit is only for soul materials. As for other pills and materials, as long as you can pay for them, you buy as many as you like, but only 1-star to 9-star materials.

“The grade materials are very precious, and we can only sell pills, not herbs, and they also have purchase limits for everyone.

“Lastly, the runic materials are the most precious, especially the arrays, formations, and talismans that are made purely with soul materials, so we only sell grade runic treasures to duke tribes or demon dukes, and of course demon king tribes.

“The demons with individual demon titles or tribes lower than duke title can only get 1-star to 9-star runic treasures, with no exception!”

Ace couldn’t help but felt this distribution scheme was also set deliberately, so the demons with lower status didn’t have many means to defeat duke title tribes and with this, the demon dukes can also remain supreme!