He thought that the thief would put away the tray and leave, but he didn't think that the other party sat quietly without any reaction, and did not speak, just looked at him with complicated eyes.

Although the night is a little dim, with Zhong Hou's strength, it does not affect the vision at all.

Therefore, Zhong Hou also really saw the other party's face clearly for the first time.

I saw that the other party's face was covered with dirt, as if it had not been cleaned for many years, and there were many scars on his face, as if they had been burned. The body was the same as what I saw during the day, and I hadn't even changed my clothes, it was still the same set of coarse linen that had been washed white.

There are two things that make Zhong Hou feel special.

First, under the other party's ugly face, a white and tender neck was vaguely revealed.

Second, the other party has a pair of bright and clear eyes.

Zhong Hou knew that it was rude to stare at others all the time, so he quickly shifted his gaze and put away the curiosity in his heart.

People are beautiful and ugly, and they have nothing to do with themselves.

Seeing that the other party pursed his mouth tightly, and there was a layer of mist in his bright eyes, Zhong Hou first thanked him, and then asked strangely, "Do you have anything else?"

The thief took a deep breath and said as if he had plucked up a lot of courage: "I want to worship you as a teacher, and I want to practice with you." ”

Her voice was very small, as if she was afraid that the people guarding the door outside would hear her, and as if she was afraid that Zhong Hou would be angry. After all, the relationship between the two sides is in front of him, and Zhong Hou does have a reason to be angry.

Zhong Hou was not angry, if the two sides did not have a deep hatred, he would generally not care too much. What's more, the other party is about to cry, no matter how angry he is, he can't get up.

"Why?" Zhong Hou asked with a smile, his expression tried to make the other party feel his friendliness, so as not to wait for a moment to really cry, he didn't know how to comfort him.

"I can see that you are a cultivator, and I also feel that you should still be quite strong among cultivators, so I want to worship you as a teacher. Because I want to be strong, because I want revenge. The thief gritted his teeth, and the phrase almost popped out between his teeth.

Zhong Hou's first reaction was not what the other party said, but the two rows of snow-white and neat teeth that the other party exposed.

After being stunned for a moment, Zhong Hou wondered in his heart, why could an ordinary person who had no cultivation actually see that he was a cultivator? You must know that now that his meridians are all broken, his dantian is completely wasted, even in the eyes of a real cultivator, he is just an ordinary person, maybe a little stronger physically.

"How do you know I'm a cultivator?"

"Feeling. ”

"Feeling?" Zhong Hou couldn't understand at all, and couldn't accept this nonsensical answer.

But when he saw the other party's clear eyes, for some reason, he really believed it.

"You want revenge?"

Hearing Zhong Hou's inquiry, the thief fell into a brief silence, and then a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes and said, "My name is Le'er, and I used to live in a beautiful small village. One day, a group of wicked people came to my small village and burned down our village, and many of the villagers rebelled and were killed by them. My parents, grandparents, and grandparents were killed by them, so I want revenge. As she spoke, tears kept falling down like broken pearls.

Hearing this, a familiar feeling suddenly flashed in Zhong Hou's mind, but the feeling came and went quickly, and he couldn't remember where this familiar feeling came from.

Zhong Hou didn't dwell on it and asked, "Do you know who your enemy is?"

"I know, but I can't say. ”

"Why. ”

"Because the enemy is strong. I don't want to get involved, I want to take revenge personally. ”

Zhong Hou was stunned for a moment, and asked strangely, "How do you know that I am not in the same group as your enemy?"

"You can't be in the same league as my enemy. ”

"Why?"

Le'er didn't answer this time, just looked at Zhong Hou with a pair of bright big eyes. There was sincerity and anticipation in his eyes, but at the same time a little fear.

If nothing else, she was afraid that Zhong Hou would refuse to take her as an apprentice.

Sure enough, although Zhong Hou didn't continue to ask, although he was deeply sympathetic to the other party's experience, he still shook his head and said, "I won't accept you as an apprentice, because I'm very busy and don't have time to teach you to cultivate." In fact, there are five major cultivation families in Jiangyi City, if you join any one, you should have the opportunity to cultivate, why bother to find someone you don't know at all to apprentice. ”

"Since I came to Jiangyi City three years ago, up to now, the five major cultivation families have never recruited anyone from outside. Moreover, I heard that even if he was lucky enough to join the five major families in the past, he was only the lowest level of people, and it was impossible for him to come into contact with the cultivation method. What's more, I won't join the five major families. ”

"Looks like you've inquired very clearly. Why don't you want to join?" Zhong Hou glanced at Le'er in surprise.

Le'er was silent for a moment, shook her head, and didn't mean to explain.

Seeing this, Zhong Hou stopped asking, changed the topic, and said, "Why did you join the Dragon Gang?"

There is nothing to hide about this question, and Le'er said with a slightly gloomy expression: "I carry the hopes of many people, so I must live no matter what."

By chance, I came to Jiangyi City. Since he had no money and no job, he had to beg to steal. Later, the Dragons found out and arrested me, and when they saw that I was nimble, they forced me to join the Dragons. Eventually, I was trained by them to be a passing thief and became part of their team of thieves. ”

"Didn't you think about running away?"

"Leaving here, I don't even have a problem eating, and where can I escape. And I'm just an ordinary person, I can't even beat the acquired level, and I can't escape at all. Once upon a time, a companion of a team of thieves did sneak away, but died the next day. ”

"Hearing you say that, the dragon gang must have a lot of blood on their hands. ”

"Hey... In this world, people with a little ability do not have a few lives in their hands, and those who can live in peace are ordinary people, and the common people are ants in front of the strong, and they are the existence of life and death controlled by people at will. ”

Zhong Hou deeply understood this truth and nodded approvingly.

At this time, Le'er seemed to have reacted, and immediately returned to the topic: "Can you teach me to cultivate, I beg you." ”

Faced with this problem, Zhong Hou was still very resolute and said, "I really don't have the time or ability to teach you to cultivate. Aren't all of you gangs in the acquired realm, you can cultivate with them first, and when you cultivate to the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow, you can leave openly, and I believe that no one will be able to stop you at that time. If you want to go further, it's not too late to think of other ways at that time.

After all, even if I take you as an apprentice, you still have to start cultivating from the day after tomorrow, and there are no shortcuts. ”

After taking Lan Bufan under his disciple, Zhong Hou realized more truly that he had no time to teach his disciples, and he was not the material for teaching disciples. In order to avoid misleading people's children, Zhong Hou's refusal today is very resolute.

Of course, Le'er knew that the Dragon Gang had an acquired cultivation technique, but the most powerful gang leaders of the Dragon Gang were already forty or fifty years old, and they had only cultivated to the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow, and at such a cultivation speed, she had to cultivate until the Year of the Monkey to take revenge, so how could she be interested.

Suddenly, there was a movement outside the door.

Le Er was taken aback on the spot, knowing that she had been chatting for too long, and the people outside might have noticed the abnormality.

So he hurriedly dropped a sentence and said, "I won't give up." Then he put away the tray and left.

Zhong Hou shook his head with a wry smile before re-entering the state of cultivation.