Little Beggar

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Little Beggar (小乞)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Su Xinghe's subordinate and informant; Outer Disciple of White Ape Martial Academy
Occupation/Role	Informant, errand runner, and aspiring Martial Warrior
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Listening to Tides Art — First Glimpse of the Path	25	Studies the manual with Su Xinghe and successfully enters meditation; Su Xinghe's Fate Panel confirms the technique has been learned.
Listening to Tides Art — Hall-Entering	30	Reports that he can hear ants moving within thirty feet, demonstrating substantial progress under Su Xinghe's guidance.
White Ape Martial Academy — Outer Disciple	49	Su Xinghe pays his ten-tael enrollment fee and secures him a three-month assessment period at the academy.

Background

Little Beggar grew up in Tongzi Ward and knew its streets, residents, and underworld activity well. Though a street orphan, he could read—an uncommon skill in the ward—which caused Su Xinghe to value him more highly as their association developed 3.

He discovered that Su Xinghe was secretly working for the Great River Gang rather than the docks. Su Xinghe initially bought his silence with a bowl of plain noodles, but the arrangement developed into a subordinate-boss partnership. Little Beggar became Su Xinghe's sole underling, keeping watch over the Su household, gathering news, and monitoring targets 2 3.

He dreams of becoming a Martial Warrior: formerly an unreachable fantasy while living in a rubbish heap, the goal became tangible through Su Xinghe's funding, connections, and eventual instruction 8.

Appearance

Little Beggar is a small, thin, and scrawny youth, commonly seen crouching in alleys or waiting by roadside walls.

• Distinct black-and-white eyes 5
• Delicate face, later marked by bruises after defending the Su household 12
• Often wears worn, dark clothing suited to life in Tongzi Ward 13
• Sustains a bruised face, injured shoulder, and badly swollen knee after fighting Black Tiger Gang thugs 48

Personality

Little Beggar is clever, observant, and practical. He understands Tongzi Ward's dangers, warns Su Xinghe about heightened Sky-Patrolling Raven patrols, and knows when a task requires discretion 24.

Despite his resourcefulness, he remains visibly young and vulnerable. He is frightened by the corpse-filled ditch near the city wall and by Old Madman's house, yet still follows Su Xinghe into danger when needed 24 25. His loyalty is reinforced by Su Xinghe's protection and generosity, though he worries that becoming a martial academy disciple may make him less useful to his boss 49.

Abilities & Skills

Listening to Tides Art

Little Beggar learns the Heavenly One Sword Sect's talent-testing manual under Su Xinghe's guidance and shows notable aptitude for its meditative practice 25 26.

• Quickly enters the meditative state on his first attempt 25
• Progresses to hearing ants moving within roughly thirty feet 30
• Uses his enhanced hearing to shadow suspects for hours and overhear their plans to flee 38 49
• Does not share Su Xinghe's silver-fish visualization; this leaves him uncertain about the difference in their cultivation experiences 26 30

Intelligence Gathering

His familiarity with Tongzi Ward and its inhabitants makes him Su Xinghe's principal source of local information.

• Watches the Su household and reports extortion by Liu Laizi's gang 2
• Monitors Old Madman's condition and warns Su Xinghe when he appears close to death 5 24
• Tracks gangsters through Firewood Alley, Mingsheng Gambling House, and Tofu Alley 38
• Identifies the residence of two Black Tiger Gang thugs and overhears their plan to expose suspected Head-Chopping Bandits 45 49

Improvised Combat

Though not yet a documented ranked martial artist, Little Beggar has repeatedly assisted in violent confrontations.

• Distracts Wang Kuoyi with skulls thrown from a foul ditch, blinds him with white powder, and provides Su Xinghe with a steel chisel during the ambush 15
• Ambushes fleeing thugs with a brick, killing one, knocking out another, and nearly stopping a third before suffering serious injuries 49
• His lack of physical strength and training leaves him vulnerable against adult opponents 48 49

Equipment / Items

• Steel chisel — Supplied to Su Xinghe during the ambush of Wang Kuoyi and Wang Yuan 15
• Listening to Tides Art manual — Studies the recovered manual alongside Su Xinghe 25
• White Ape Martial Academy enrollment — Funded by Su Xinghe with ten taels for a three-month assessment period 49

Relationships

• Su Xinghe — Boss, protector, and martial mentor. Their relationship began as a bribed silence arrangement, then became a loyal subordinate-boss bond; Su Xinghe later pays for his medical treatment and academy enrollment 3 25 49.
• Old Madman — Monitored by Little Beggar on Su Xinghe's orders. He accompanies Su Xinghe to Old Madman's home and helps recover the Listening to Tides Art after the old man's death 5 24 25.
• Liu Laizi's gang — Little Beggar protects the Su household from the gang's extortion and is beaten by its members 2 12.
• Unidentified “little sister” — A girl appears to live or stay at his ruined-temple shelter; he calls her his younger sister but avoids explaining further to Su Xinghe 13.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Su Household Informant

Little Beggar serves as Su Xinghe's eyes and ears in Tongzi Ward. He reports protection-money demands, watches Old Madman, investigates the old swindler, and carries messages to Lu Family Farm 2 5 6 13.

Conflict with Liu Laizi

He obtains sulfur for Su Xinghe's covert plan, suffers injuries while guarding the Su home, and later reports the arrest of Liu Laizi's gang after the explosion at their courtyard 8 12 14.

Wang Kuoyi Ambush

Little Beggar helps lure and kill Wang Kuoyi and Wang Yuan by creating distractions, supplying a weapon, and blinding the stronger opponent with powder 15.

Discovery of Listening to Tides Art

He accompanies Su Xinghe to Old Madman's house, witnesses the discovery of the manual, and begins cultivating alongside him. This is the first concrete step toward his dream of becoming a Martial Warrior 24 25 26.

White Ape Martial Academy Enrollment

After being injured while independently preventing two thugs from fleeing, he is treated by Doctor Hong and enrolled as an outer disciple of White Ape Martial Academy through Su Xinghe's patronage 48 49.

Trivia

• Little Beggar was initially a potential blackmailer before becoming Su Xinghe's most trusted local associate 3.
• He is sixteen when he enters White Ape Martial Academy, exactly meeting its standard admission age 49.
• Neighborhood residents recognize him as the beggar who used to ask for food in Tongzi Ward, though it is implied that his parents once operated a tailor shop before being taken by the Lu Family 34.