From Beggar to Emperor: My Profession Has Its Own Characteristics

hungry!

I'm so hungry!

It smells so good!

With his eyelids like heavy curtains, not yet opened, Zhu Yuan heard faint whispers.

First came a clear, crisp voice: "Miss, why did you give the bun to this beggar?"

"The little beggar is so pitiful, he looks like he's about to starve to death," a gentle voice replied.

"But Miss... you've already taken a bite of this bun..."

The sound faded away.

The aroma of meat buns filled his nostrils. Zhu Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the half-eaten buns on the broken bowl. He then wolfed them down.

Zhu Yuan felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

Because they eat very quickly.

However, it's better than starving to death.

I've traveled through time!!!

After regaining his senses, Zhu Yuan recalled simple yet painful memories—the memories of the little beggar before his death.

The little beggar was also named Zhu Yuan, sharing the same name as him.

Zhu Yuan was familiar with the term "time travel" that appeared in the short story, and he quickly accepted the fact that he had traveled through time.

In his previous life, his parents divorced and abandoned him. He lived with his grandmother. After he grew up, his grandmother passed away peacefully, and he did his best to give her a proper burial.

He didn't have a girlfriend or anything like that afterward, so he had absolutely no ties to anyone.

Zhu Yuan leaned against the corner of the wall, gently stroking his belly. After closing his eyes, an ancient book appeared in his mind.

Isn't this the book I found while hiking?

Unable to open the book, he casually tossed it aside.

When I was climbing mountains...

Zhu Yuan suddenly realized that he had no memory of throwing away the books he had picked up while hiking.

call!

Zhu Yuan took a deep breath. If he wasn't mistaken, the ancient books were the reason he had traveled through time.

Now that things have come to this, let's take a look at some old books first.

Zhu Yuan began to try to access the ancient books in his mind.

As the thought flashed through his mind, the ancient book in his mind turned to its first page.

The first page has two sections, "Occupation" and "Records," one on the left and one on the right, clearly presented in his mind.

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Occupation: Beggar

Level: Lv1 (10/100)

Feature 1: Begging (Gray)

Feature 2: Unlocked at Lv3 (White)

Feature 3: Unlocked at Lv5 (White)

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Below this page is a note explaining the life of begging.

Begging Life (Gray): When others see you, compassionate people will feel more sympathy for you, while unsympathetic people will dislike you more. This trait is amplified when you are begging.

The record on the right is shown.

【■■■Seeing your pitiful state, I'll give you a bitten bun. Even though you didn't beg, the bun is very important to you. Job Experience +10.】

After seeing the record, Zhu Yuan felt lucky; at least he hadn't starved to death.

I don't know who saved him, but I'll repay them when I have the chance in the future.

He remembered it.

Zhu Yuan continued reading the ancient book. He needed to understand it better, as it would be more helpful to him in the future.

With his eyes closed, Zhu Yuan's mind was filled with thoughts:

"The other fonts are black, this job trait is gray, and traits two and three are white... Oh, I see."

For anything he didn't understand, Zhu Yuan quickly found clues in ancient books.

There are five font colors for professional characteristics, from low to high: gray, white, blue, red, and gold.

The gray font characteristic has both positive and negative effects.

For text in white or white and above, there are no negative effects from job attributes.

"It's best to avoid jobs with gray-area characteristics in the future. What kind of job has gray-area characteristics...?"

As the thought continued, Zhu Yuan soon received his answer.

The ancient book relayed its meaning to him based on his understanding, roughly saying that professions can be divided into what he understood as the three religions and nine streams, among which the lowest three professions have gray characteristics.

The lowest of the low, such as robbers, thieves, and prostitutes, including his current status as a beggar.

After getting a fairly good understanding of it.

Zhu Yuan began to plan for his future. Although his current situation was not good, he was sure to have a bright future with his possession of ancient books.

First, he was certain that this was not some historical period, because martial artists existed in this world.

The country they live in is called the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is currently in its final years.

The little beggar was a refugee who fled from Fengling County to Qingyang County. His mother died on the way there, and his father had been in prison since he could remember, and later died in prison.

As for what mistake his father made, his mother never told him, and the little beggar didn't know either.

As a displaced beggar, he had no household registration in Qingyang County, so he became a beggar.

Counting the time, the little beggar has been a beggar for two months now, and he often goes hungry.

"For me right now, the most important thing is to have enough to eat. With my professional skills, I have a huge advantage over a normal beggar. I need to raise my professional level as soon as possible to unlock more professional skills, then save money to get a household registration, learn martial arts, take on more professions, and acquire more professional skills..."

Although Zhu Yuan is still a little beggar who was pulled back from the brink of starvation, he has already begun to dream about the future.

Even the Ming Taizu (Emperor Hongwu) was once a beggar, and he was from our Zhu family.

To survive, one must beg for at least four coins every day.

The street he begged on was called Qingshui Street, and the head beggar who managed the area was named Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng was a martial artist. Beggars had to hand over three coins a day as a form of payment, and the rest of the money they begged for was theirs to keep.

According to the little beggar's memory, the beggar leader on Qingshui Street was quite good; if you didn't bet three coins a day, you only needed to hand over all of it.

There won't be a situation where two documents are submitted but one is owed, and the missing document needs to be paid later.

Some beggars on certain streets don't look like that, and of course, the chances of getting money from begging on those streets might be higher.

Therefore, if you want to be full and not hungry, you have to beg for at least six coins every day.

A white steamed bun costs one coin, and two hard flatbreads cost one coin each; six of them are enough to fill you up.

Those who deliberately withhold and hoard their share of the sun's money will have their legs broken.

In the little beggar's memory, he saw Zhang Cheng, the beggar leader, break the beggar's legs, and the beggar died the next day.

In Qingyang County, there are no streets managed by beggar leaders; daring to beg means certain death.

Although the beggar leader exploited them, he was also protecting them in a way.

"This world..."

Zhu Yuan stood up and took a deep breath.

Having regained some strength, he should beg.

He walked out of the dimly lit alley in four or five steps and came to the bustling main street. The lady who had given him the meat buns was long gone and had disappeared without a trace.

"Please, be kind to us."

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[You actively begged, and [name omitted] glanced at you, gave you a coin, and your professional experience increased by 3.]

[You actively begged, but [the system] remained unmoved. You received no money, but your professional experience increased by 1.]

[You actively begged, but [someone] ignored you after seeing you. You received no money, but your professional experience increased by 1.]

...

[You actively begged, and [someone] found you annoying and kicked you, hoping you'd get lost. No professional experience gained.]

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[You actively begged, and [someone] took pity on you and gave you five coins. Your professional experience +11.]

Zhu Yuan read the records in the ancient books.

Because of the nature of his profession—begging for a living—he was kicked twice while begging.

Fortunately, the beggar had the protection of the beggar leader, so those who really hated him didn't dare to hurt him.

Martial artists are not people that ordinary people can afford to offend.

Also due to the nature of his profession, the money he earned today was something the little beggar had never experienced before.

People in the world who are either compassionate or completely devoid of compassion are a minority.

Begging from normal people, you might get a penny a few times, but most of the time you get nothing.

Although the latter did not give any money, he provided Zhu Yuan with a lot of experience.

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Occupation: Beggar

Level: Lv1 (64/100)

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Zhu Yuan took one last look at his level; he was just 36 experience points away from leveling up to level two.

He needs to upgrade to level three to unlock the second job trait.

The ancient book closed, and Zhu Yuan opened his eyes.

He now has a total of sixteen coins, with one kind person contributing five coins and another contributing eight coins.

After handing over the sun money, you'll have a full thirteen coins left!