This matter is easy to understand; isn't it just about secretly taking on an apprentice?
Anyway, apprenticeship and learning a craft are about acquiring skills. As long as the master is genuine and the background is real, one can seek support when bullied, regardless of whether outsiders know about it or not.
At this moment, Qin Yuxian looked at Shan Lingguan with a sense of shame and said, "Master Uncle, over the years, your lineage has already done too much for me. Now, there's a new junior brother, and I can't let him stay hidden either. Rest assured, even if it can't be disclosed outwardly, I can say he is 'an apprentice received on behalf of my master'. I must ensure that little junior brother is not without status by my side in the future."
"Status is a small matter, life and death are big matters," Shan Lingguan said lightly. "Why don't you let Chen Ku choose? Does he want to be your junior brother openly, or is he willing to be your junior brother secretly?"
