Soul Land: The Formless Hand, Beginning with the Heaven-Stealing Inheritance
Chapter 3

Theft Killer Move: Strangers Upon Meeting-Heading to Notting City!

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"Tang San, you know we'll be going to Notting City to study in a few days, right?"

"How are your preparations coming along?"

Qin Qi walked up to Tang San with a grin and casually patted him on the shoulder.

Formless Hand activated, stealing Soul Power.

"Qin Qi... I want to go to school too, but my father doesn't seem to agree."

Tang San looked at Qin Qi and sighed.

For that instant, he was rather envious that Qin Qi was an orphan.

If not for Tang Hao, that useless father of his, he definitely could have lived much better with his abilities.

Now, not only did he have to take care of himself, but he also had to take care of that useless father.

"Is that so... Tang San, I heard your father is a drunkard, crazy and muddleheaded all day long."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to speak badly of your father."

"But going to school is our only way out."

"If you listen to your father, your whole life will be ruined."

Qin Qi's Formless Hand had succeeded. He briefly sensed the Soul Power within his body.

This time, he had probably stolen one-tenth of a Soul Power Level, or 0.1 levels of Soul Power.

But that 0.1 was a Soul Power Level!

Qin Qi had directly advanced to Soul Power Level 1.1!

"I want to go to school too, but a parent's command cannot be disobeyed."

Tang San was completely drawn in by Qin Qi's words.

On top of that, Formless Hand had stolen very little Soul Power, so he had not noticed it at all.

"Sometimes, you have to make your own decisions!"

"It's time for you to escape your family of origin!"

"When it's time to leave for school, secretly go find Grandpa Village Chief."

"Then we'll set off for school directly."

"Once we get to school, your father can't exactly tie you up and drag you back, can he?"

"Alright, Tang San, I have something to do, so I'm leaving. Think carefully about what I said."

Qin Qi hurried off as he spoke. Having succeeded this time, he needed to get out of there fast.

"Escape my family of origin... Hmm, does that mean escaping my current family?"

Tang San stood at the door, lost in thought. He was considering whether he should escape his family of origin.

After thinking for a long time, he was still hesitant, but he had to go back and cook for Tang Hao.

After Qin Qi ran off, he found an empty place and could not help celebrating inwardly.

"Success!"

"As expected, there's nothing in this world that can't be stolen!"

"Once I'm strong enough and my cultivation is high enough, I'll even be able to steal life itself!"

"I could even steal away the origin of this world."

"Pah, when the time comes, I'll just steal this whole world!"

Little Qin Qi now had a grand dream: to steal this entire world!

"As for Soul Power, I just need to steal from Tang San a few more times. But I have to be careful not to let him notice."

"Only theft that goes unnoticed is truly theft. If you get caught, it becomes robbery."

"That's something only crude brutes without skill would do."

Thinking this, Qin Qi practiced the meeting-series kill moves from the Thieving Heaven inheritance!

They were Strangers at First Sight, Familiar at First Sight, and Known at First Sight!

The simplest was Strangers at First Sight. When others saw you, they would think you were someone they did not know.

After studying it for a while, Qin Qi quickly mastered this mortal-path kill move.

"I can never repay Brother Thieving Heaven's kindness! Never repay it!"

Qin Qi could not help tearing up. Afraid that you would not learn, Brother Thieving Heaven had even left behind an inheritance so you could master it quickly.

He truly was the only sun for an otherworldly demon in a foreign land!

After mastering the Strangers at First Sight kill move, Qin Qi went into the village and casually found someone.

"Hello."

"Hello, little Qin Qi."

Qin Qi confirmed that this person knew him. He walked away a short distance, then activated the Strangers at First Sight kill move.

He returned to stand before that person.

"Hello."

"Hello... Hmm, who are you?"

The villager looked at Qin Qi. He felt Qin Qi looked familiar, yet he simply could not recognize him.

"I'm, um... that person. Anyway, I have something to do, so I'll be going."

Qin Qi hurried away, hid behind a wall, and observed the man's reaction.

"Who was that just now?"

The villager visibly showed a puzzled expression, but he did not remain confused for long.

A moment later, he continued with his work, paying no mind at all to what had just happened.

"Success!"

"However, this move has a drawback: it continuously consumes Soul Power while it's active."

"With the little Soul Power I have now, it can probably only last for one minute."

"And if I encounter someone with powerful spiritual power, they might be able to see through this move."

Qin Qi sighed a little. Thieving kill moves relied too heavily on skill; they were completely different from those stat monsters and mechanic monsters.

But Strangers at First Sight was, after all, only a mortal-path kill move, and its power was limited. Once he became strong in the future—

If he could learn Familiar at First Sight and Known at First Sight, then where in this vast world could he not go!

Perhaps he could use the Clear Sky Hammer to disguise himself as a Clear Sky Sect disciple and stroll around inside the Clear Sky Sect.

Or perhaps he could disguise himself as someone from Spirit Hall and stroll through Spirit Hall's treasury.

In any case, he could go anywhere in all worlds and take anything in existence. That was the essence of the thieving path!

During the time spent waiting, Qin Qi ran into Tang San by chance in all kinds of places and by all kinds of methods.

He stole a little each time, and by the day they were due to leave for school, Qin Qi's Soul Power had accumulated to level ten!

"I have to admit, little Tang San is truly diligent in his cultivation!"

"Even though he can't break through any further without a soul ring, he still cultivates earnestly every day."

"Such an attitude deserves praise!"

Qin Qi had originally thought Tang San's cultivation would continuously decrease as he kept stealing from him.

But unexpectedly, while Qin Qi stole, Tang San cultivated. The rates of gain and loss somehow remained perfectly balanced!

The cultivation speed of the Mysterious Heaven Skill was truly absurd!

"Why hasn't Little San come yet? Did he forget that we're leaving today?"

Old Jack stood at the village entrance, repeatedly peering into the village with an anxious expression.

"Old Village Chief, is the person you're waiting for coming or not? Otherwise, we need to leave."

The coachman Old Jack had hired was getting impatient. They still had business to do after this trip.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment. He'll be here soon, he'll be here soon."

Old Jack was so anxious that sweat began forming on his forehead.

He kept looking into the distance, and a few minutes later, he finally saw Tang San's figure.

"He's here, he's here!"

Old Jack cried excitedly.

"Of course he came. Tang San was someone who would risk his life to steal Tang Sect secret manuals just to rise above others."

"How could he possibly give up the chance to become stronger because of a single word from Tang Hao?"

Qin Qi watched Tang San approach, feeling no surprise. Tang San was not truly a child, after all.

He had transmigrated here, and the reason for his transmigration was stealing inner sect secret manuals.

How could someone like that possibly give up an opportunity to become stronger?

Even the so-called command of one's parents could not stop him.

Once Tang San arrived, everyone set off for Notting City. They left in the early morning and arrived before noon.

Old Jack led Qin Qi and the others to register at Notting Academy, but they were stopped by the gatekeeper as soon as they reached the entrance.

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