Eternal Thief

Donned in a golden dress, Alina sat cross-legged with her eyes closed while she was holding a blue jade scroll, completely immersed in it. 

However, when she felt the suppression on her cultivation suddenly lifted, the suppressed Qi in her body suddenly started to circulate at high intensity like overflowing water. 

She wasn't sitting idle in the thief's space. For her, over three years had passed since she had entered the thief's space. First, she was very competitive with Eva, but she soon realized that Eva wasn't even considering her a threat as she was always in cultivation. Occasionally, she could feel a ghastly Qi fluctuation from her house. 

Alina soon realized that Eva was growing at a terrifying rate, so she felt a sense of crisis. Although she can't cultivate in the thief's space like Eva, it doesn't matter that much because as long as she can comprehend her innate element's law, she can break through easily. 

Furthermore, Ace didn't have any short supply of such techniques that could help her increase her element law proficiency, especially after he rammed through the moon secret realm.

The techniques and skills he got in the Moon Secret Realm were mostly related to Ice and Yin elements, with the majority being the yin element. The Yin Element was the superior form of the Ice element. 

When Alina saw all those powerful techniques and skills, she was in utter disbelief and felt like she was in a dream. But she knew it was Ace who had done it. 

She even wanted to change her cultivation technique to the Yin Element, but the thing was, she couldn't!

The Hunter Race's Elemental Bloodline was superior when it came to element comprehension, and there was no match for them when it came to controlling elements. 

However, it was also their biggest weakness. Because a hunter can cultivate or comprehend a lower grade element than their own bloodline, but they can't cultivate a superior element than their own bloodline! 

Like a hunter with a fire elemental bloodline can't cultivate Inferno element, a superior element of Fire. At the same time, an inferno elemental bloodline hunter can easily manipulate fire even more smoothly than a fire elemental hunter.

Similarly, Alina's elemental bloodline was of Ice element; she can cultivate the water element, but she can't even dream of cultivating the Yin element. 

It was the price of having a natural advantage over other races! 

Although she was depressed when she couldn't even understand the Yin element-related skills and techniques, this didn't stop her from cultivating her ice and sword element.

Furthermore, there was a very powerful ice cultivation technique she discovered among Ace's loot, so her ice and sword element law proficiency skyrocketed. Moreover, she also discovered that she could understand the sword law even more quickly than the ice law, which was quite strange. 

Although she knew there was something going on with her insane innate talent in the sword, now it was becoming clearer as she was getting stronger and reaching higher element law proficiency. 

She was so immense into it that she didn't know that so much time had passed, and her maid, Lillian, never disturbed her as she knew Alina was getting stronger despite the cultivation suppression. 

Lillian also didn't lose this chance as she was also from the Silver Ice clan. She also focused on increasing her element law proficiency while she also had to take care of a naughty bird, which was the only thing she felt repulsive about the thief's space. 

Anyhow, now that Alina was suspended from the thief's space by Ace, her stagnated cultivation finally started to catch up with her element law proficiency! 

Under Ace's astounded eyes, Alina's aura started to skyrocket, and within a few moments, she entered the middle stage of the Qi Soul Manifestation Realm! 

However, it wasn't over as her cultivation quickly consolidated, and her aura increased again as she made another breakthrough in the high stage of Qi Soul Manifestation Realm!

Only now that her rising aura started to subdue, but she was already approaching the peak and just a few steps away from achieving it. 

Alina's finally opened her eyes, filled with bewilderment, 'How did I break through?' 

The answer was soon given to her in the face of Ace, who was standing a few meters away from her with a big grin on his face. Her eyes fluttered, and her heart raced, "So, you finally remember me?" 

Although she sounded indignant, her eyes reflected her clear ecstasy after seeing Ace. 

Ace pretended not to notice it and shrugged his shoulder, "I was, after all, busy collecting all those techniques and skills for you." 

"Hmph, liar!" Alina snickered beautifully before she looked around and found herself in a close space, sitting over a bed, and suddenly she blushed as her heart beat wildly. 

'Did he want to…' Her imagination suddenly started to run wild as her blush deepened, and a hint of panic appeared in her eyes, and she looked even more seductive. 

Ace is unaware of Alina's immoral thoughts, but he does admire her beauty. But he has a more pressing matter to ask of her, "It seems you have made quite progress. Sorry to disturb you and take you out without your permission, but I couldn't help myself since I have a very important matter to discuss with you." 

Looking at Ace's serious face, Alina felt she had jumped the gun too soon and instantly felt embarrassed, 'This scoundrel!' But she blamed Ace for not reading the mood. 

Both ashamed and angry, she blurted, "What is it?" 

Ace found Alina's fierce yet blushing expression quite amusing and cute. But he couldn't bring himself to smile since he knew what he was going to ask of her was akin to asking her to abandon her entire lineage and identity. 

But he still wanted to ask her first before finding someone else since it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 

Ace solemnly said, "I know it's not my place to ask you or consider this, but I have to ask since you are the first person I will give this sort of opportunity before some outsider. But if you don't want to, you have to say NO; it's completely your call. 

"You see, the thing is, I just got this bloodline, which should be not any worse than Eva's. So, I…" 

"I want it!" 

Ace was speechless when Alina's instant reply cut him off and was bewildered when he saw Alina was now standing right in front of him with twinkling eyes filled with ecstasy and a peculiar fiery glint. It was like if Ace had now changed his mind, she would definitely fight him to death.

Ace was completely lost for words, 'Well, this was…easy!'