I did a quick calculation, Shadow is missing a foster sister!

In his previous life, Qin Feng learned the 'Thieving Saint's Hand' skill through Government channels.

At that time, he had obtained two of them in his skill bar.

He even asked the Government personnel, only to learn that it was the same for everyone; one learned two Thieving Saint's Hand skills at once, but no one ever told him the reason…

Now it seems.

Blue Star humans all have two hands, so wouldn't they all be able to obtain two skills?

"Learn."

Qin Feng consumed 100 years of Lifespan to acquire this skill.

—— [You have acquired the skills 'Thieving Saint's Hand [1]' and 'Thieving Saint's Hand [2]'!]

[Thieving Saint's Hand [1]: Inferior-grade skill. A racial inheritance skill from 'Thief Saint · William Scott'. Used on a single target (monsters only), permanently stealing 1 point of random four-dimensional attributes from the target. Requires Level 1, Cooldown 24 (5.11) hours. Attribute points obtained through this skill: 0 / 5]

[Thieving Saint's Hand [2]: …]

(Note: The same target can only be stolen from once by this skill!)

Qin Feng had obtained two identical skills.

Except for the numbering, they were exactly the same in every other aspect.

"Right now this skill is only Level 1, so one skill can only obtain a maximum of 5 attribute points; adding the two skills together, that's only a 10-point cap."

"But this skill can be upgraded by consuming Lifespan and finding the Thief Saint."

"Level 1 to Level 2 requires 200 years, Level 2 to Level 3 requires 300 years… and so on."

"Each time it upgrades, the cap for attribute points obtained through this skill increases by 5."

"If you upgrade this skill to level forty or fifty, you'll have four or five hundred more attributes than others in total!"

But unfortunately.

The cost of finding the Thief Saint NPC to upgrade this skill is just too expensive!

Especially in the late game, spending three or four thousand years of Lifespan just to add 10 random attribute points… the cost-effectiveness is abysmal.

Therefore, according to the information Qin Feng knew, even some strong individuals from the Government at most upgraded this skill to around level thirty before stopping.

"In my previous life, I only upgraded this skill to level 20 in the late game, providing a total of only 200 attribute points."

"In this life… I can max it out directly!"

Not only because Qin Feng can easily earn Lifespan in this life.

But also because Qin Feng can evolve this skill, making the cost-effectiveness of upgrading it unimaginably high!

Qin Feng remembered that in his previous life, whenever this skill was upgraded, both skills were upgraded together.

So… if he evolved one of the skills, the other one should also evolve.

"I'll know once I try."

To verify, he evolved the skill on the spot.

He discovered that sure enough, as long as he evolved the skill numbered [1], the other one numbered [2] would evolve simultaneously!

And when these two skills evolved simultaneously, they both upgraded from 'Inferior-grade' to 'Common-grade'.

There were no other changes.

Only the attribute points obtainable through this skill changed from '0 / 5' to '0 / 10'.

"In other words, just by evolving this skill once, the maximum benefit has already doubled?"

"Wouldn't it be invincible if I evolved it a few more times?"

"And if I raise the level, wouldn't I be able to easily add four or five thousand attributes in the late game?"

Furthermore, after evolving this skill to Legendary or Mythic grade, it will derive brand-new effects!

Qin Feng was also looking forward to seeing what specific effects those would be.

Unfortunately, he didn't have enough Evolution Points right now, so he would have to wait until he farmed some more Evolution Points.

"Since I only have two hands, this skill is split into two."

"If it were this guy…"

Qin Feng looked at the eight-armed Thief Saint NPC.

This guy has eight of these skills!

That means the benefit gained from this skill is four times that of a Blue Star human!

"Even if a Blue Star player upgrades this skill to level 50, they can at most get 500 more attribute points."

"But this eight-armed Eight-Armed Royal Clan member can get 2000 more attribute points!"

Moreover, Qin Feng knew that some core abilities of an NPC's racial Talent cannot be inherited.

For example, the Thief Saint's skill of stealing things from players could not be inherited; instead, it became an item type existence like the 'Thieving Saint Talisman'.

"Stealing attributes, stealing equipment, stealing items…"

"Why not just steal Lifespan directly?"

Qin Feng muttered to himself.

After temporarily closing the skill panel, he looked at the Shudao Mountain Guild players nearby.

At this moment, these players were still whispering to each other, looking at the eight-armed Thief Saint with righteous indignation; after all, this guy had stolen many good things from them before!

Unfortunately, the eight-armed Thief Saint disdained these players, holding his head high and acting arrogant.

"If not for the restrictions of the rules, I would only need to move slightly to steal you all clean!"

"Asa—meeting our Eight-Armed Royal Clan on your own territory is your Luck…"

He was blathering on and showing off.

Qin Feng reached out and patted his head: "Stop bragging. If you were really that awesome, why were you exiled here? Enough nonsense, show me your goods!"

"…"

The Thief Saint seemed a bit depressed by Qin Feng's words, but he couldn't refute it…

Fortunately, when it came to showing the goods, this guy smiled proudly: "Asa—Thieving Saint Talisman, one for twenty years of Lifespan, limited to one hundred per week. A must-have for home and travel, obtain it and you can obtain the world…"

Although they were very annoyed with this guy.

The Sword Immortal Old Man and Bamboo Girl still lit up.

Thieving Saint Talisman?

Sounds like a fun thing?

The two looked at each other, immediately stepped forward, and through the shopping permissions opened by Qin Feng, opened the goods list…

—— [Thieving Saint Talisman: Used on a target player within a 3-meter range, randomly stealing 1 item from the target's storage backpack; this item will be consumed after use.]

(Note 1: Can only be used outside the target's field of vision. If discovered by the target, it cannot be used.)

(Note 2: Cannot steal soul-bound items.)

(Note 3: This item exists for a maximum of 7 days after purchase.)

Clearly, this thing can only be used sneakily, and the usage range is only 3 meters.

It even requires a 3-second channel time when used… one could say the conditions are quite harsh!

But the effect of this Thieving Saint Talisman is heaven-defying!

"Twenty years for one, limited to one hundred per week?"

"Buy it, buy half!"

Bamboo Girl's beautiful eyes lit up, and she immediately waved her hand, making a decision.

"Oh, my dear lady."

The Sword Immortal Old Man's lips twitched, his face full of heartache: "This thing costs twenty years of Lifespan for just one! Buying it to use at this stage is highly likely to be a loss! Who would carry items worth more than twenty years of Lifespan on them? Even if others have good things, the probability of stealing them is very low, and the probability of stealing trash and taking a huge loss is too high!"

Bamboo Girl said helplessly: "Never mind others. That bastard Transcendent Immortal snatched the 'Golden Magic Talisman' from our hands and comes to disgust us every day… If I don't vent this anger, I won't be able to swallow it!"

Qin Feng listened to their discussion without paying much attention.

This was a grudge between Sichuan players, and he couldn't be bothered to deal with it.

He only knew… this 'Thieving Saint Talisman' was completely ineffective against him.

Currently, the 'Invulnerability' affix on him can negate any negative effects, including theft, of course!

Even taking a step back, even if his 'Invulnerability' affix were cleared, his items are all kept in the Greedy Space, not in his storage backpack.

This Thieving Saint Talisman can only steal items from the storage backpack; what does that have to do with my Greedy Space?

In the end.

I Don't Eat Bamboo really spent one thousand years of Lifespan to purchase fifty 'Thieving Saint Talismans'!

It was clear that she had a major issue with that 'Transcendent Immortal'.

And the 'Golden Magic Talisman' in the other party's hands was snatched from them, making her determined to get it back!

Regarding this, Qin Feng was of course too lazy to care.

Based on his understanding of the Shudao Mountain Guild from his previous life, this guild still possessed a considerable amount of chivalrous Spirit and had a fairly good relationship with the Government.

Otherwise, if they really wanted to deal with the 'Transcendent Immortal', they would have launched a guild war long ago; they just didn't want to involve too many innocent people.

Therefore, Qin Feng wasn't worried that they would use the 'Thieving Saint Talisman' to create Chaos.

After all… this thing costs twenty years of Lifespan per sheet!

Unless there was a real grudge, who would be willing to take it out and waste it casually?

And after these fifty Thieving Saint Talismans were sold, the eight-armed Thief Saint tearfully accepted five hundred years of Lifespan… because.

Qin Feng, as the guild leader, directly set a 50% tax rate, taking the other five hundred years of Lifespan as tax!

"Asa—profiteer, you profiteer!!"

This Thief Saint · William Scott was immediately filled with despair.

He could imagine how miserable he would be in the future working under such a profiteering guild leader!

And Qin Feng happily collected the Lifespan.

"Let's go, things are settled here, it's time to go find the Eye of Knowledge."

Qin Feng mounted the giant panda.

Bamboo Girl's beautiful eyes narrowed into crescent moons: "Big Brother, I'll take you… The road is quite far, can I ride your flying dragon in a while?"

"Sure."

Qin Feng nodded.

"Yay! Big Brother, you are such a good person~!"

Bamboo Girl's pretty face was full of anticipation.

A good person?

Qin Feng revealed a meaningful smile; it seemed this little sister still hadn't realized the severity of the situation…

And as everyone left the Wandering Spirit Dungeon.

The news about the Thief Saint being 'subdued' by Shadow instantly spread throughout the Sichuan Ruins!

For a moment, countless people were excited and thrilled!

"He did it, Shadow actually did it!"

"Wuwuwu, I can finally go to the Wandering Spirit Dungeon to level up with peace of mind… Shadow-foster-father, please accept my bow!!"

"What are you, a guy, joining in the fun for? I did a quick calculation, and Shadow just happens to be missing a foster sister, someone like me, meow >.

"Beauty, are you talking about a foster sister, or a 'foster' sister?"

(Fell asleep while writing… This chapter is three thousand words, meekly asking for some support for love 0.0~ I'll try to add more updates in a couple of days after I'm done with things~!)