Soul Land: The Formless Hand, Beginning with the Heaven-Stealing Inheritance
Chapter 41

No System? Then I'll Build One by Hand!

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Once Qin Qi thought of it, he immediately put it into action. The moment he stepped forward, he crossed more than ten meters.

"Huh?"

Qin Qi froze. He looked down at his feet, then turned back to look behind him, unable to process it for a moment.

"Damn, my body has become this much lighter? One step covered more than ten meters."

"If I added the footwork of Sand-Treading Without Trace, how fast would I be?"

As Qin Qi thought about it, he began trying it out. With one step of Sand-Treading Without Trace, his whole body seemed to fly.

His feet never touched the ground as he glided for dozens of meters before slowly landing.

His toes lightly touched down, then he soared again, crossing another several dozen meters.

"My movements are light and effortless, and completely silent, without leaving any traces."

Qin Qi looked back. Not a single mark had been left where his toes had touched down.

Even when his toes stepped on grass, they did not shake off the dew resting on it.

"And the longer I run, the faster I get. The longer I run, the warmer my body feels."

Qin Qi kept running. As he moved, he felt warm currents continuously welling up within his body.

"I really did refine all the energy from the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, but perhaps I haven't fully digested it yet."

"Simply refining it is like eating. It merely replenishes my foundation and reserves."

"But after eating too much, you still need exercise. Only then can you turn that foundation and those reserves into real strength!"

Qin Qi felt as though he had consumed a great deal of nourishing food.

Though it had entered his stomach, not all its energy had been digested. It remained stored within his body.

To digest it completely, he needed to exercise more.

Not long after Qin Qi thought this, he arrived near Suotuo City. He stopped and slowly entered it.

"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile."

Qin Qi slowed down and walked step by step. Though his speed had decreased,

his footsteps remained light when he landed. Even stepping on loose dirt left no trace.

"According to the records in the Thieving Heaven Inheritance, creating a panel requires many things."

"But this isn't a world of mechas, nor is it the Gu World. I can only gather substitutes as best I can."

"The first thing is a soul power testing crystal. Ordinary people cannot buy one privately."

"I'll go steal one from Spirit Hall."

Qin Qi looked around. Soul Power Testing Crystal Balls appeared to be quite common.

But they were a type of Soul Tool, and their control was still very strict.

Ordinary families and small factions had no way of obtaining them.

Even major factions such as the Great Soul Arena only used low-grade versions.

The truly high-grade ones were all controlled by Spirit Hall. The royal families of the two nations might possess some as well.

"But before stealing one, I need to make a fake first. Otherwise, it'll be too easy to discover."

Qin Qi wandered around and acquired an ordinary crystal ball. He used the killer move Deceive Heaven, Cross the Sea to transform it into the appearance of a Soul Power Testing Crystal Ball.

He then changed his face, infiltrated Spirit Hall, and took advantage of someone's inattention to directly swap the crystal balls.

After finishing everything, he quietly slipped out and walked naturally down the street.

As he turned into an alleyway, he changed his appearance again in an instant.

He did this several times in succession, only letting out a sigh of relief after leaving Suotuo City.

"The soul power testing crystal possesses the most basic detection ability. It only needs modification and upgrades afterward to gain new detection effects."

Qin Qi looked at the crystal ball and began searching through the mecha descriptions within the Thieving Heaven Inheritance in his mind.

As well as the method devised by the Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable for using Gu worms in place of machinery to create armor.

"There are no specialized instruments for detection, but using spiritual power as a substitute should work, right?"

"I'll find a spiritual-power-type Soul Beast. It doesn't need to be too strong, just enough to do the job."

Qin Qi turned and headed for the Soul Hunting Forest. After searching around, he found a spiritual-attribute Soul Beast that was only a few decades old.

"Ah, spiritual-attribute Soul Beasts are really hard to find. Whatever, this will do."

Qin Qi summoned the Golden Saint Dragon, which killed the prey in a single strike of its dragon claw. The Formless Hand grabbed its Soul Ring and origin.

He directly stuffed them into the crystal ball.

For the final step, he extended the Formless Hand into it as well, then activated the power of the Computer Gu!

That's right, the Computer Gu. Your Uncle Thieving Heaven had already been piloting mechas in the Gu World.

While Gu Immortals of the same era were still playing with bone chariots, your Uncle Thieving Heaven was already driving a Gundam to blast through the Crazy Demon Cave.

"Beep!"

The crystal ball began emitting a pale blue glow. The light scanned Qin Qi's entire body.

Then the pale blue light formed a translucent screen, upon which a loading bar appeared.

Ten percent, twenty percent, thirty percent... one hundred percent.

[Soul Power Level: Level 26] [Soul Power Quality: Insufficient data. Please supplement data.] [Physical Fitness: Insufficient data. Please supplement data.] [Spiritual Power: Insufficient data. Please supplement data.]

"It really worked!"

Qin Qi looked at the pale blue screen before him, and a flash of excitement crossed his eyes.

What if he had no cheat system?

He could just build one himself.

"The crystal ball and the spiritual-power Soul Beast are merely auxiliaries. The most important things are still the Formless Hand and Thieving Heaven's killer moves."

Qin Qi withdrew the Formless Hand. The instant it returned, the screen vanished.

"And it currently lists four attributes: Soul Power Level, Soul Power Quality, Physical Fitness, and Spiritual Power."

"But three of them can't be accurately evaluated due to insufficient data."

"I'll have to spend time gathering data later."

Qin Qi let out a long sigh as he thought about it. Everything had only just begun. He still needed to keep working hard.

One day, he would definitely get to pilot a mecha. When that time came, he would drive a Gundam straight through the God Realm!

"Hahaha."

Qin Qi could not help laughing at the thought. Blasting through the God Realm was a little childish.

But there was no harm in imagining it. It counted as finding himself some amusement.

"And in the future, once I'm strong enough, I'll leave behind an inheritance in this world too."

"When the time comes, I'll use the system I made with my own hands as that inheritance and leave some fun quests for future generations."

"I'll let them learn just how sinister people can be, and how difficult this world is."

Qin Qi had already thought of the first quest: make a descendant steal Qian Daoliu's underwear.

That quest was far too challenging, too thrilling, and too fun.

The more Qin Qi thought about it, the happier he became. A future filled with such anticipation was simply wonderful!

After Qin Qi calmed down from his excitement, he packed up and left the Soul Hunting Forest, heading toward Suotuo City.

"I need to find a chance to get a Storage Soul Tool. Otherwise, having nowhere to put things is too troublesome."

Qin Qi hid the soul power crystal ball in a concealed spot outside the city, then entered Suotuo City.

On the way to the Great Soul Arena, Qin Qi could not help thinking about Storage Soul Tools.

But they were not easy to find. Even if he wanted to steal one, there was nowhere to steal one from.

"Ah, what a pity Yu Xiaogang didn't give that Storage Soul Tool to Tang San. Otherwise, I could've taken it along the way."

Qin Qi shook his head and sighed inwardly, but his movements did not pause in the slightest.

He skillfully changed his appearance, becoming Feng Jiuy​​e. He planned to use this appearance for his first soul battle.

He would let everyone know that there was a person named Feng Jiuy​​e in Suotuo City and firmly establish this identity.

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