Ace sighed in resignation as he accepted Eva and Alina's decision to join the Thief House. Still, for some reason, he felt relief. Maybe it was because, deep down, he was afraid that they might abandon the thief's house and take another path or directly seek power that could save him, which he knew at this point was impossible.
Furthermore, he was glad that despite their lives being bound to him, they wouldn't have to undergo Heavenly Tribulation. He can always keep in contact with them and can now summon them here with the new House Meeting Function.
So, wasting no time, he bought all three Thief House Recruitment Tokens for 30 million TP, and he was astounded when he read a new requirement attached to the Thief House Recruitment Token! =====
[Thief House Recruitment Token (Leve2)]
-Description: A Recruitment Token that allows anyone to join the Thief House!
-Requirement (1): At least Law State cultivation is required to use the Thief House Recruitment Token! -Requirement (2): The person who wants to join the Thief House needs to willingly drop their blood on the recruitment token and willingly touch it with its Spirit Qi!
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Ace instantly suspected that the new requirement was because of the Thief House's level raise. But this requirement wasn't a problem for Eva or Alina. This also means that the third token can't be used yet since the third member was supposed to be Livia, the elven princess who had been with Eva ever since he kidnapped her. She decided to serve 'Heaven Stealer' on her own accord because she was a thief fanatic.
She was supposed to save him from a deadly crisis, but her cultivation didn't meet the first requirement yet, so he could only put that token on hold for now while another candidate, Thomas, also did not meet this requirement.
Ace then gave the two tokens to the determined yet eagerly waiting women and told them how to use them.
The atmosphere of the thief's house was far more amiable than just a few moments ago, as everyone had calmed down.
While Alina and Eva were scanning the inky Thief House Tokens, Freya suddenly exclaimed at this moment.
"Did you two also receive this notification as well?"
Ace's attention was shifted, and so did Noa and Winter's, as they knew what Freya was asking about.
"What notification?" Ace asked curiously. He knew that since Freya reacted like this, there had to be something noteworthy, and he thought it might be about the House Meeting function. The yet-to-be members also listened closely.
Freya took a deep breath, but the excited shimmer in her eyes made everyone curious. She revealed, "Apparently, now that we can increase our ranks from Veteran Members house ranks to 'House Elder (I) Rank,' there are two more requirements added.
"The first requirement is that I need to perform 50,0000 thieveries, and each thievery has to be worth at least 100,000 House Points; anything below this won't count. The second requirement is my thief rank, which is now an intermediate rank named 'Deft Thief Rank,' and at the 'Initial level,' needed to be at an intermediate level. "But the final requirement is the most interesting one, and from your reaction, Leader, it seemed you were completely unaware of it. The third requirement is that I need to recruit Three 'Evil Thief Acolytes.' They can be mortals or in the Soul Elemental State, but they can't be Law State or Martial Element State cultivators.
"Because I need to nurture them into the peak of the Elemental State with 'Thief Acolyte Scripture.' Although I don't know the reason for this final requirement, if I have to guess, I think I might have to perform some mission with them at some point to reach the next rank, like we did to prove ourselves in the Veteran Rank. It's just like you have to complete some missions with our help.
"Anyway, the Evil Thief Acolytes Recruitment Contracts and the Evil Thief Acolyte Scripture are already available in my house shop, and it also seemed that they would be completely under my jurisdiction!"
Ace was shocked since he hadn't been told anything about this Thief Acolyte business. He quickly looked towards Noa and Freya, who were also quickly checking their own system interfaces. He directly read their statuses to make more sense of this situation.
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[Thief House (Level-2) Member Status]
[House Member: Noa Night (Female)]
[Race: Demon]
[Bloodline: Night Demon (Grade-9 Bloodline) (Upgradeable)]
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[Thief Genre: Thief Assassin (Deft: Initial)]
[House Rank: Veteran Member (Upgradeable)]
-Next Rank: House Elder (I)
-Requirement (1): 0/50,000 Thieveries (100,000 House Points = 1 Thievery)
-Requirement (2): Intermediate Thief Rank (Deft: Intermediate) -Requirement (3): Three Thief Assassin Acolytes at the Peak of Soul Elemental State Realm (Law Comprehension Realm Late Stage) in Thief Assassin Acolyte Scripture.
-Cultivation Technique(s): -Thief Assassin Principles: Completed (Next Cultivation Volume is available in the House Shop!) -Body Refinement Technique(s): -Night Demon Body Transformation: Completed!
-Spell(s): 0 --
[Treasure(s): 4] -1. Endless Night Daggers Set [32 Pin-Daggers]: Grade-9 (Upgrade Available)
-Requirement (2): Intermediate Thief Rank (Deft: Intermediate) -Requirement (3): Three Evil Thief Acolytes at the Peak of Soul Elemental State Realm (Law Comprehension Realm Late Stage) in Evil Thief Acolyte Scripture.
-Evil Thief Acolyte(s): 0/3
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[Spirit Cultivation (Soul): Law Spark (0%) (Ascensions Solider 1-Star)] --
[Evil Thief Acolyte(s): 0/3]
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[Talent: High (Upgradeable)]
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[Technique & Spells: 2]
-Cultivation Technique(s): -Evil Thief Scripture (1st Vol): Completed (Next Cultivation Volume is available in the House Shop!) -Connate Ability(s):