Apprentice: I live in Xuanjie, from nine to five

The teenager's parents died of a famine.At that time, he was only five or six years old. In desperation, he had no choice but to follow a fellow villager to live in a certain place on Changrong Street.

At first, the two managed to make ends meet through begging. Later, the law and order on the street became stricter, and they were forced to use their savings to find someone to learn the art of stealing to survive.

Ye Chen looked at him quietly, intending to use the system to open his data card to get to know him better, but his data card turned out to be blank.

It seems that if you want to understand him, you can only ask yourself.

Ye Chen said to him: "If you don't mind, can you tell me about your life experience?"

"There's nothing to say," the young man's gaze froze for a while, and his thoughts were pulled back to a long, long time ago. After a moment of silence, he said to Ye Chen in a relaxed tone, "That year when there was a famine, my parents took care of the Qin family. To do things in exchange for food, who would have thought that they would go back on their word after they were done... After my parents died, I followed my fellow countrymen who had suffered a similar situation to Changrong Street. After begging couldn't stop, we used our savings to learn a craft..."

Then, his fellow countryman missed in a theft and was beaten to death on the spot by the patrolling servants of the Qin family, and he was also caught here by Ye Chen because of his mistake.

Ye Chen asked: "Have you learned the skills of stealing?"

After the young man sighed, he said truthfully to Ye Chen: "We are both thin and short. When it comes to doing things, there is no shop that looks good, so we can only learn this..."

Due to malnutrition since childhood, the teenager was short in stature and lacked in strength.The rents of shops on Changrong Street, including several nearby streets, are extremely high. Naturally, it is impossible for shop owners to spend money to recruit a young man who can't do a job and come back to support him.

After walking all over the street and being rejected, they found a veteran thief who had been on the street all year round, took out their remaining savings from begging, and learned a dangerous craft.

From then on, whenever there are many people, the two of them will come out to work. At the beginning, the life is quite nourishing. Later, when more people patrol the streets, the chances of the two of them becoming successful are getting smaller and smaller. ...

Fearful of getting caught, they reduce the number of crimes they commit, often spending what little savings they have before continuing.

But even though he was careful, his fellow villager was beaten to death by the patrolling servants of the aristocratic family in one operation...

After listening to the young man's narration, Ye Chen was silent for a moment, and said to the young man: "Now there is an opportunity to practice, do you want to seize it?"

The young man raised his head, looked at Ye Chen in amazement, and asked incredulously, "You...you want to teach me how to practice?"

"I can take you as an apprentice." Ye Chen nodded affirmatively.

As early as when Ye Chen saw him for the first time, Ye Chen felt an unusual aura from him. Even if there was no information about him on the data card, Ye Chen knew that this young man must not be an ordinary person, so So he decided to accept him as a disciple.

"Am I dreaming!"

Seeing Ye Chen's affirmative look, the boy raised his hand and pinched his thin cheek vigorously.

The real pain made him suddenly excited.

After all, who would have thought that if he stole a wallet on the street, he would become the apprentice of the Great Northern Wilderness!
Ye Chen stretched out his hand, put it on the boy's shoulder, and asked, "What's your name?"

Ye Chen was full of thoughts about accepting apprentices, but he kept forgetting to ask his name.

The boy's face turned red suddenly, and he replied very embarrassedly: "Um... I... My surname is Song, and my name is A Niu..."

"Song Aniu?"

Although Ye Chen didn't dislike it, but if others found out in the future, it might not sound good to shout.

The young man smiled, and said to Ye Chen: "My parents are illiterate, they said they chose cheap names so they can make a living."

Seeing that Ye Chen was silent, the boy came up again and said, "Actually, I also want to have the same name as you, it sounds very strong..."

Because of the incomparable excitement in his heart, the boy began to speak incoherently.

Ye Chen smiled, and said to the boy: "If you don't mind, I can get one for you."

"Yeah!"

The young man jumped up from the couch excitedly, and after cheering, he said to Ye Chen: "Okay! Okay!"

He never dreamed that he could get the name chosen by Emperor Beihuang himself.

All of this seemed like an amazing dream, so beautiful that it was unreal.

Ye Chen dragged his chin, thought for a while, and said to the young man, "Let's call him Song Huailiang."

The young man was full of joy, and he leaned over to Ye Chen and asked, "What does this name mean?"

"You will know in the future." Ye Chen replied with a smile.

The young man nodded, stopped asking questions, and said to Ye Chen: "Then do I worship you as my teacher now?"

After Ye Chen nodded, the young man jumped off the couch, knelt down at Ye Chen's feet with a plop, and said to Ye Chen in a very respectful tone: "Master, please accept three respects from my apprentice!"

After finishing speaking, he knocked his head three times.

Following these three beeps, Ye Chen soon heard the system's cold notification sound.

"Ding!"

"The master-student binding is successful, the apprentice is in the physical training state, and the feedback is sent!"

A feedback force as weak as a cow's hair poured into Ye Chen's body through the transmission of the system.

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"Okay, now follow me to meet your three senior sisters."

Song Huailiang nodded, followed closely behind Ye Chen, and came to the practice room.

It was already high in the sun at this time, and the three disciples of Ye Chen were working hard in the practice room to consolidate their skills.

Seeing Ye Chen's figure, Xia Wan'er bounced up to meet him, and shouted to Ye Chen in a sweet and well-behaved voice: "Master!"

When she found that Ye Chen was followed by a boy who seemed to be no more than 15 years old, she asked Ye Chen, "Master, who is this?"

Ye Chen raised his voice, and said to Ruan Xingfei and Lu Linger who were consolidating their skills: "You have all passed, let me introduce you."

Under Ye Chen's signal, the two immediately stopped communicating, walked to Ye Chen's side, and shouted very respectfully: "Master!"

"Let me introduce, this is your junior brother, Song Huailiang," Ye Chen said, bringing the young men who were behind him, and introducing them one by one, "These three are all your senior sisters."

Seeing the appearance of these three senior sisters, the young man was stunned, feeling very amazed.

Under the eyes of the three senior sisters, Song Huailiang's face flushed red, he scratched his ears in embarrassment, then lowered his head, and shouted: "Hello, senior sisters!"

The boy's appearance made Xia Wan'er laugh sweetly, she patted the boy's shoulder lightly, showed a friendly smile, and said to him: "Don't be embarrassed, we are easy to get along~"

"Okay..." The boy raised his head and glanced at Xia Wan'er cautiously.

Ye Chen smiled, and said to Ruan Xingfei and the others: "It's almost there, you can continue practicing."