Starting as pearl divers, they have endless jobs.

Chapter 5 Advancement, Flying Thief!
finally come!

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Ye immediately chose "yes".

In an instant, the light screen in front of me changed, and then three different career advancement paths slowly appeared.

Option 1: The Thief

[Description: A night thief with keen hearing and eyesight, skilled at scaling eaves and stealing from attics and secluded mansions. Talent: Light as a swallow, able to use eaves for leverage.]

Option Two: Tomb Raiders

[Description: A gold digger who digs and drills to identify burial sites, making a living underground. Talents: Master of Feng Shui, specializing in finding auspicious burial sites.]

Option 3: Water pirates

[Description: A surfer who rides the waves, swims through reeds, and plunders small boats on the waterways. Talent: Surfing the waves, seeing through the water.]

Looking at the three options, Chen Ye fell into deep thought.

Water pirates are ruled out first, because even if they were to return to Blackwater Lake in the future, their talents would overlap with their previous Tanka (boat people) profession.

Being a tomb raider sounds like a good option, as you can also learn feng shui and geomancy techniques for free. However, the options are too limited. Besides, I'm currently in the capital city, so where am I supposed to find a large tomb?
Only the thief, in terms of both job description and talent, is best suited to the current situation.

In the future, whether it's for self-preservation or for other purposes, it will be far more useful than the other two professions.

Having made up his mind, Chen Ye directly chose the thief.

In an instant, the text on the light screen began to recombine and finally froze.

[Job transfer successful! 】

Name: Chen Ye

【Occupation: Thief (lv1)】

[Talent: Light as a Feather (Your body becomes lighter, your jumping and balance abilities are greatly improved, and you land silently)]

[Original Skills: Skillful Hands Lv7, Swift Blade Lv6]

The moment the job change was completed, Chen Ye felt a strange warm current surge up from his limbs and bones, making him feel much lighter and full of strength, with an urge to try it out.

Become!

Chen Ye was overjoyed, but he didn't make a fuss. Instead, he washed up quickly as usual, then blew out the light and went to sleep.

The following night, after the courtyard had completely quieted down, Chen Ye got up silently and left the courtyard like a raccoon dog.

He moved quickly through the darkness and soon arrived at an abandoned city wall.

This place is located in a remote area; although it is in the city, it is a deserted place, making it an ideal place to test new professions.

Chen Ye looked at the dilapidated city wall that was more than ten meters high in front of him, took a deep breath, then bent his legs slightly and exerted force!

Whoosh!
He was thrown up more than three meters high as if he had been launched by a catapult.

When it landed, it lightly touched the ground with its toes and stood firmly without making a sound.

Is this the advantage of being as light as a swallow?
Chen Ye's eyes lit up, and he rushed toward the high wall again.

This time, when he reached the highest point of the jump, with his old strength gone and new strength yet to arise, Chen Ye lightly touched the wall with his toes and then leaped up again.

Whoosh whoosh!
In just a few breaths, Chen Ye successfully climbed the city wall.

The howling night wind blew his clothes, and looking down at the city that had fallen into a deep sleep, Chen Ye felt a surge of pride.

He even had the illusion that he could go anywhere in this vast capital city, to any household, if he wanted.

Of course, this is merely an illusion created by the increase in strength.

After all, Chen Ye was well aware of his current limitations. Although he had the advantage of talent, he still lacked too much in terms of skills.

These all require time and practice.

However, Chen Ye was very confident about this.

He looked into the distance and vaguely saw a huge palace to the north.

That was the imperial palace of the Great Zhao Dynasty.

Looking at the magnificent palace, brightly lit, Chen Ye's eyes gleamed with admiration.

When I have the power in the future, I must go and see the palace.

Oh right, and the Lin family too! Although it was the previous body that died, since I inherited their body, I must naturally bear the consequences as well.

However, we cannot rush things, especially when facing a powerful and influential family like the Lin family, which has existed for a long time. We must not act rashly.

Chen Ye slowly exhaled, then leaped off the city wall.

During the fall, Chen Ye would occasionally tap the wall with his toes to slow down his descent.

Therefore, when he finally landed, Chen Ye only felt a slight tremor in his legs, and then he was completely silent.

Chen Ye then experimented for a long time until the excitement in his body subsided slightly, before reluctantly returning to the courtyard.

In the following days, Chen Ye would practice by the city wall every night, and finally, on this day, he mastered the Thief skill.

【Flying Over Eaves Lv1 (Can adhere to wall eaves and corners for rapid climbing)】

Once you're employed, with the added advantage of your professional talent, your training related to the characteristics of your job will be more than just efficient; it'll be like you're divinely inspired.

This is one of the greatest values ​​of the career panel. In addition, there are other benefits such as permanent certification and the incredible bonus of "you reap what you sow," which need not be discussed in detail.

In short, Chen Ye practiced even more enthusiastically now.

Time flies, and it's already December in the blink of an eye.

The weather is getting colder, but the capital city is more lively than usual as the New Year approaches.

The long-desolate streets have come alive again, with shops decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and some temples have begun to hold grand temple fairs to pray for good weather and abundant harvests in the coming year.

For Fang Tao and his gang of thugs, this is also the busiest time of the year.

"Fuqiang'er" is a slang term used in the underworld, referring to pickpockets and petty thieves in the marketplace.

In contrast, there are also climbing walls and scaling eaves, opening the kiln entrance (slipping through doors and picking locks), and cutting off the road.

These are the four major schools of Rongzi School. In addition, there are some that take a different approach, but because of their small number of members, they do not become the mainstream.

The bustling temple fair naturally became the best hunting ground for the "Fugian".

Fayuan Temple.

This temple was first built in the previous dynasty and has a history of nearly a thousand years, making it a truly ancient temple. The temple is renowned far and wide for its flourishing incense offerings, and its temple fairs are among the largest in the capital.

Chen Ye squeezed through the crowd and first spent two coins at a roadside stall to order a bowl of piping hot tofu pudding, which he paired with freshly fried dough sticks. He ate it with great satisfaction.

While eating, Chen Ye strolled around the temple fair with great interest.

Not far away, there was a strong man breaking a boulder with his chest, a beautiful girl swallowing a sword, and a wandering sorcerer exhaling smoke, drawing cheers from the onlookers.

These all belong to the "Colorful Characters Sect" among the eight major sects of the martial arts world, and they make a living by their unique skills.

Chen Ye watched for a while and then stopped.

He wasn't really there to stroll through the temple fair.

He set rules for himself, adding an extra one to the three principles of not stealing: he would not steal money from the poor, but would target those who were rich but heartless and bullied others.

Soon, a target came into view.

He was a pot-bellied man with an oily face.

At that moment, he was standing in front of an old man selling candied hawthorns, arguing heatedly over a mere penny.

"Old man, you dare to sell your candied hawthorns for three coins? I think these hawthorns are almost rotten! Two coins, not a penny more!"

The old man selling candied hawthorns, his back hunched and his face wrinkled, smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Sir, this is really all I have left. This year there's been a natural disaster, everything is expensive..."

"fart!"

The man glared at him and, without thinking, raised his hand and slapped the old man hard across the face!

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound instantly silenced the surroundings.

The old man staggered from the blow, half of his cheek quickly swelling and turning red, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, but he dared not utter a sound, his eyes filled with fear and humiliation.

Still not satisfied, the man cursed and threw down two coins, picked up a string of candied hawthorns, and turned to leave.

Chen Ye watched this scene silently from the crowd, drank the last mouthful of tofu pudding, and then followed.

(End of this chapter)