Chapter 171: Clearing the Wrongs
Although the Beggars' Sect members were shocked by Feng Yi's appearance and the terrifying atmosphere brought by the human skin mask, he was a famous martial arts hero after all, so they were only silent for a moment.
Following the clanging sounds of swords being unsheathed from the ancestral hall, more than a dozen people hastily formed a battle formation.
Elder Xu bowed to Feng Yi and said, "Master Feng, it's been a long time since we last met. Why are you cursing at me when we meet?"
Everyone was surprised: "Is this Feng Yi?"
Thinking about his clear voice again, it was indeed the Feng Yi I had heard at Juxian Manor. No wonder he had such exquisite lightness skills.
Feng Yi said calmly: "I was scolding myself as an old thief, how could I be scolding others?"
Everyone heard the mockery and was furious. Wu Changfeng said sternly, "Is this how you behave?"
Feng Yi ignored him and looked over. There was a candle lit inside the door. In the light of the candle, he could see shadowy figures. They were Xu Chongxiao, the Kung Fu Transmission Elder Lu Zhang, the four elders Song Xi, Chen and Wu, Quan Guanqing, and a few others he didn't recognize.
Elder Chen had a gloomy look on his face, with a cloth tied around his neck and his arm hanging in a sling. Feng Yi had one of his arms chopped off by a palm strike at Juxian Manor.
Quan Guanqing stared at Feng Yi with a look full of resentment.
Feng Yi couldn't help but glance at him once more, sneered in his heart, and said with a smile: "Is Elder Bai not here?"
Elder Wu said, "Who knows where Elder Bai is going to play. What? Do you want to look for him?"
Feng Yi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I will never forget the generous teachings you gave me at Juxian Manor that day. There are no outsiders here today, so please don't blame me for offending you!"
Xu Chongxiao said in a clear voice: "It is a great honor for the Beggars' Sect to have such a rare guest. Are you alone?"
"How can you not believe in your intelligence capabilities?" Feng Yi smiled.
Quan Guanqing was surprised and asked, "Qiao Feng? He's here too?"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an immediate commotion among the Beggars' Sect. Then Qiao Feng said coldly, "Don't you want me to come?" Then he and A'zhu walked out from the wall of the back hall.
The Beggars' Sect members clearly heard Qiao Feng's voice, but when they saw his different facial features, they were all startled, thinking, "Can this fellow really change his appearance?"
Elder Xu calmed himself down and said in a deep voice, "What brings you here?
Qiao Feng and Ah Zhu both looked at Feng Yi. Feng Yi chuckled and said, "What I have done in my life are all low-class things. How can I do anything for you? But it is precisely because of this that I want to ask Xu Chongxiao and Quan Guanqing, how can I sleep with my brother's woman, kill my brother, and frame my brother without letting anyone know?"
Instantly, the faces of the Beggars' Sect members turned purple, and fierce light flashed in their eyes. Elder Wu was the first to not be able to help but shout, "Boy, you insulted my Beggars' Sect, I will fight you to death!"
Everyone shouted at the same time, and seven or eight kinds of weapons attacked Feng Yi at the same time, attacking his vital points from all directions.
Feng Yi stretched out his right hand and used the move of "pushing the boat with advantage" to strike at Elder Song's steel staff. However, the accumulated strength was the use of the power in the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, which was extremely fierce.
Elder Song's ten-foot-long steel staff involuntarily turned over with a "clang" sound, and the steel staff blocked the weapons of several people who were attacking Feng Yi's left and front with the force of a river pouring down.
Sparks flew everywhere, and several people felt their arms numb and unable to stand. The man who attacked Feng Yi from the right and behind felt his whole body numb and fell to the ground before his weapon even fell.
Because Qiao Feng took action, his figure flashed, and he waved his hands continuously, making a series of bangs. The other people were acupunctured from behind. Elder Wu shouted angrily: "Qiao Feng, you..."
Before he finished speaking, Feng Yi shouted, "Where are you going!"
His left hand came out quickly. Quan Guanqing was the most cunning. He was one of the leaders of the six branches of the Beggars' Sect and his martial arts were extraordinary. When several people attacked, he not only did not attack, but instead stepped back and tried to escape through the window.
But as soon as Feng Yi extended his hand, Quan Guanqing's body suddenly paused, and his retreating momentum was suddenly suppressed.
Feng Yi's palm shrank slightly, and Quan Guanqing immediately felt a strong force pulling forward, and his body was completely out of control. He was shocked and raised the stick to pick it out, but Feng Yi waved his hand and slapped it. With a clang, the iron stick flew up, pierced the roof tiles, and went through the roof.
Quan Guanqing's chest felt tight as Feng Yi grabbed his chest and lifted him up with his feet off the ground.
The rest of the people were all horrified and moved: "Dragon Capturing Skill?"
Even Qiao Feng exclaimed in surprise, "Is this the Dragon Subduing Palm?"
Feng Yi smiled and said, "That's right."
The members of the Beggars' Sect and Ah Zhu were stunned.
If this move was performed by Qiao Feng, they could still understand it. After all, Qiao Feng had used this skill in the Xingzilin to suck Feng Bo'e's single sword from the ground. But it was really unexpected that it came from Feng Yi's hands.
Judging from Qiao Feng's reaction, it should not be what he said. Then Feng Yi's words that he had a close connection with the Beggars' Sect seemed to be true.
In this case, what he did should not be an insult to the Beggars' Sect. Even though Elder Wu had a hot temper and wanted to curse at him, he kept his mouth shut.
In fact, Qiao Feng himself was stunned, because he was the only one who knew how difficult Feng Yi's magical skill was.
After all, stopping a person from flying backwards and pulling him over is much more difficult than grabbing an uncontrolled single sword by yourself.
If Kung Fu such as "Capturing Dragons" and "Controlling Cranes" are practiced to a high level, one can grab objects from mid-air, but at most one can only capture the enemy and take away their weapons from a distance of four or five feet.
In martial arts, the so-called "hitting a bull across a mountain" originally describes that a master's palm and invisible fist can hurt people with virtual force, but he can never use internal force more than two meters away.
In all martial arts in the world, no matter how strong your palm power is, there is no palm that can hit more than five meters away.
Therefore, using internal force and striking with internal force have different levels of difficulty.
This is because the use of internal force is within this distance range, and the direction of the internal force attack can be changed at will, and it can be spit out and swallowed, pushed forward or swept as you please, without leaving the palm of your hand to control it. Therefore, when real masters fight, there is not much difference between the presence or absence of weapons. Two meters is the limit.
For example, during the second Huashan Sword Contest, Hong Qigong used the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to sweep the wind to more than ten feet, making it impossible for Guo Jing, who was holding a weapon, to get close to him.
Why can palm power be used to sweep? This is equivalent to holding a weapon that can be extended and retracted at will within a few feet, making it hard to defend against! The same reason why Duan Yu used the Six Meridians Divine Sword to beat Murong Fu in Shaoshi Mountain, causing him to jump back and forth more than a foot away and unable to get close to him.
Because within this range, this telescopic weapon is too powerful.
The difference with striking with internal force is that once this internal force is released, it is no longer under the control of the person himself. It is like an ordinary person throwing a stone and cannot change its direction in the middle. If it hits the target, it hits the target. If it misses, the internal force will be wasted and cannot be recovered.
For example, Qiao Feng's palm force can reach several feet away, but if he can't hit a person, he can neither recover his internal force nor change his palm force temporarily, so it will cause a scene of flying sand and rocks.
Because the internal energy is emptied, it is impossible to recover it, resulting in a great loss of internal energy.
Even though he could strike more than several feet away, using the Dragon Capturing Technique to immobilize Quan Guanqing and then capture him would involve changes in his internal strength, so it would be impossible to strike more than six feet away.
However, Feng Yi's Nine Yin Divine Art was perfected, which was the best of Taoism. This move had a distance of nearly ten feet, so much so that Qiao Feng felt that he was inexplicably ridiculous.
In the past, he performed the Dragon Capturing Skill in the Apricot Forest in order to let Wang Yuyan, the girl who could see through his martial arts, comment on it. However, she didn't say anything at all, which was like throwing a wink to a blind man.
Now seeing Feng Yi perform this skill, it was simply unbelievable, and it made him feel frustrated.
But he didn't know that the Nine Yin Divine Art that Feng Yi practiced was the highest level of Taoist internal energy, known as the general outline of martial arts in the world, and was certainly not comparable to the Shaolin internal energy that he practiced.
Everyone was stunned, but Elder Xu sighed and said, "I understand."
Feng Yi sneered: "You understand nothing."
He turned his eyes, looked around, and said, "I believe everyone is wondering why I know the Dragon Subduing Palm. This is what I said. I have a deep connection with the Beggars' Sect because I am the protector of the Beggars' Sect!"
Everyone was shocked again. "Dharma protector?" Wu Changfeng asked in surprise, "How come our elders don't know that our Beggars' Sect has a Dharma protector?"
Feng Yi said quietly: "Since he is a guardian, he will only appear when our gang is facing life and death.
If it is exposed, the enemy will naturally plan ahead to deal with the Beggars' Sect. How can it be effective? For example, who among you knew about the backup plan that Gang Leader Wang kept? "
When everyone heard this, they were all speechless.
I have to admit that this is true.
Because Wang Jiantong left a secret letter saying that if Qiao Feng showed any signs of pro-Liao behavior and betrayal to Han, he could be poisoned or assassinated. If Madam Ma hadn't shown it to them, wouldn't they have known nothing about it?
Feng Yi was not talking nonsense this time, because when Hong Qigong taught him his magical skills, he did say that he was young and the Beggars' Sect had no successor, so if they encountered danger in the future, he would ask him for help.
The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms inherited by Hong Qigong were simplified by Qiao Feng and applied by Xu Zhu, incorporating the essence of the Xiaoyao School's martial arts. The power of this palm technique is even greater than the Twenty-Eight Dragon Subduing Palms passed down by the Beggars' Sect. Therefore, at the first Huashan Sword Meeting, Wang Chongyang, Huang Yaoshi and other masters who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts praised it endlessly.
Therefore, the palm technique has such a great reputation, not only because of its great power, but also because of its ability to use strength in various ways, such as being hard when necessary and soft when necessary. Even if some objects are used to perform the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, it can still have miraculous power. Therefore, when Guo Jing, Hong Qigong, and Qiao Feng fight alone, they basically do not use weapons.
Just like Feng Yi's ability to capture people from a distance, Qiao Feng's skills in absorbing the force of weapons are naturally included.
Speaking of this method alone, it can also be called "Dragon Capturing Skill" or "Crane Controlling Hand".
By the time Feng Yi received instruction from Hong Qigong, his internal strength had already reached the highest level, and his knowledge of martial arts was also at its peak. He could learn once he practiced, and became proficient in a short while, especially after practicing for a long time under the waterfall, his attainments became even more extraordinary.
When Guo Jing was 18 years old, he once held several of Master Yideng's disciples in mid-air and snatched their weapons. Later, his palm skills became even more amazing, and even seven Taoists from the Quanzhen Sect could not resist his pull, and they all fell to the ground, covered in dust.
Feng Yi's attainment in palm skills was naturally not as good as Guo Jing's who had mastered martial arts, but he was much stronger than Guo Jing at the age of eighteen. Therefore, he was able to capture Quan Guanqing from a distance with ease, which made everyone dazzled, and Qiao Feng was no exception.
After mastering this technique, one must ultimately rely on internal strength. In other words, if one wants to perform this method at a greater distance and be able to pull a heavier weight, it all depends on the depth of one's internal strength.
Now Feng Yi's Divine Illumination Skill has not been perfected, but the Nine Yin Divine Skill has been perfected. Naturally, Qiao Feng is inferior to him in terms of internal strength.
Feng Yi saw that several people were shocked, and his eyes shot towards Quan Guanqing. He let go of his neck and asked grimly, "How do you want to die?"
Quan Guanqing was startled and quickly asked, "What do you mean?"
Feng Yi said quietly, "Juxian Manor spared you once because there were outsiders. I don't want you to be a black sheep and humiliate the Beggars' Sect's reputation for chivalry for hundreds of years.
There are no outsiders present today..."
Everyone immediately looked at the middle-aged man disguised as Ah Zhu.
Feng Yi said, "Well, since she is going to be Brother Qiao's wife, she is not an outsider. Then how did you have an affair with Madam Ma, and how did you frame Qiao Feng? Tell me the truth, and I will give you a quick death, otherwise I will let you die in pieces!"
Quan Guanqing shouted, "You are slandering me!"
Feng Yi stretched out his right hand and grabbed his arm. There was a "crackling" sound. Before Quan Guanqing could feel the pain, Feng Yi had already broken the bones of his right arm into seven or eight sections.
In an instant, Quan Guanqing felt the unbearable pain of broken bones and pulling tendons. He fell to the ground, rolling over and wailing.
Feng Yi said coldly: "I am not as good-tempered as Qiao Feng, and I don't care about my personal reputation. Everyone knows that the rumors in the martial arts world say that Juxian Manor was destroyed by me and Brother Qiao. To be honest, I don't care about this kind of vicious reputation at all. So I like to torture the iron man the most, especially turning him into pus!"
As he spoke, he slowly walked towards Elder Xu, and when he was three feet in front of him, he asked calmly, "What did you say?"
Elder Xu felt that his gaze was as sharp as a knife, as if it penetrated into his internal organs. He trembled and said, "What do you want me to say?"
Feng Yi stretched out both hands, grabbed both of his arms, and twisted them hard, shattering the bones from the wrists to the elbows.
Elder Xu fell to the ground with a thud and screamed.
Everyone felt as if they were falling into an icy cave.
Ah Zhu was so frightened that her heart seemed to jump out of her mouth. Thinking back to these days, she and Feng Yi often quarreled because he always had a smile on his face and gave people a amiable feeling. But now, even if she had the courage again, she would not dare to do it.
Because once this man changed his expression, he was just like a devil, and he hurriedly grabbed Qiao Feng's big hand.
Qiao Feng glanced at Azhu and smiled in his heart.
Feng Yi walked up to Quan Guanqing again and stepped on his broken right arm. Quan Guanqing had been trying to endure the pain and just rolled over without shouting. But he felt the excruciating pain again and screamed in agony.
Feng Yi said faintly: "I can come to you, and Xu Chongxiao, and Bai Shijing, do you think there is no hand? I just want to save face a little bit, I don't want to torture women directly!
If you are unwilling to help me, Xiao Ke's actions today will bring shame to me. I will not be able to gain a foothold in the martial arts world, and I will feel sorry for the Beggars' Sect's magical power. I have no choice but to go find Madam Ma! Anyway, the idea of sympathizing with women does not seem to apply to a slut who murdered her husband.
You two are both martial arts masters, I don't believe she can endure Feng's torture, then, hehe."
With a smile, he stepped on Quan Guanqing's intact left arm again.
He said it lightly, but everyone heard it clearly amidst Quan Guanqing's screams. They were shocked by Feng Yi's terrifying martial arts and also by his words.
How come there was another Bai Shijing? Everyone was stunned and watched Feng Yi torture people. No one dared to say anything.
What if he also said that he was Madam Ma’s lover and humiliated me?
At this time, no one doubted that Feng Yi didn't dare! Feng Yi said coldly: "Brother, you don't give me face, I have no choice but to offend you!"
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After saying that, he sucked with his hand, and Elder Wu's ghost-head knife fell into Feng Yi's hand.
Feng Yi made a knife flower in his hand, and with a swish, Quan Guanqing's left arm was separated from his body, and blood splattered all over the faces of the two elders Xi and Wu.
Feng Yi turned around and came to Elder Xu again. He put the knife on his left leg and said calmly, "Old Xu, there is a saying that 'money and beauty can move people's hearts', but even if you are old at heart, are you still strong? What can you do with what others give you that is worth giving up your reputation and working so hard for?"
Elder Xu's body trembled, his face was filled with rage, and then he sighed and gritted his teeth and said, "Well! I am in this day, all thanks to that bitch! Give me a quick death!"
He saw that Feng Yi was a devil. Even though there was no evidence, he tortured people without hesitation. Even if he denied it until his death, it would be meaningless if he suffered and became disabled in the end.
Besides, a man is a young man until he dies, so he must never say that he is incapable of that matter! This sentence shocked everyone, and they all thought: "That day in the apricot forest, Elder Xu tried hard to prove that Qiao Feng was a Khitan Hu. It turned out that it was because he took advantage of Madam Ma!"
Qiao Feng was overjoyed. It was indeed a conspiracy. He thought, "Since this is a frame-up, maybe I am not a Khitan!!"
Thinking of this, I felt as if a huge stone had been lifted from my heart. I let out a long breath and straightened my back.
Ah Zhu sensed his change of mood and could not help but ask in a crisp voice, "Since Brother Qiao was framed by you, then isn't he a Khitan?"
Before Elder Xu could open his mouth, Quan Guanqing suddenly laughed sadly and said, "You are wrong!"
Qiao Feng asked coldly: "What?"
Quan Guanqing's eyes were blazing with fire, and he said sternly: "Although I have done something to let my brother down, you, Qiao Feng, are the real deal..."
Before he finished his words, Feng Yi swung his ghost-head knife, and with a "swish" sound, Quan Guanqing's head rolled off his neck.
Everyone was already in shock, and he acted incredibly fast, so Qiao Feng didn't have time to stop him. He stared at Feng Yi, his lips trembling slightly, with a trace of confusion in his eyes. This man was about to confess, so why did he kill him?
Soon, Feng Yi gave the answer.
He turned the knife in his hand and said in a deep voice, "You just said it after someone else said it, and you still look so angry. If you don't die, who will? The so-called top scholar is nothing more than that!"
Madman, butcher! Everyone has already labeled Feng Yi.
Then Feng Yi said, "Since Elder Xu has said that this is thanks to Madam Ma, let's go and listen to her.
After all, whether it's to get to the bottom of things or to eradicate all evil, the righteous must be there. There's no point in hearing the same thing twice!"
Everyone understood immediately.
Although Elder Xu said this, he still had to ask Madam Ma and confront her face to face.
Why listen to it twice?
Qiao Feng untied the acupuncture points for the Beggars' Sect members and clasped his fists, saying, "Brothers, please don't blame me!"
The elders were ashamed of their betrayal. Elder Wu said, "Boss Qiao, we old bastards are really blind. Just give us a beating!"
When Qiao Feng heard him change his address to "leader", he was slightly stunned, then smiled bitterly and said, "Fourth Brother Wu, the facts are still unclear, don't be like this."
Ah Zhu smiled and said, "Elders, think about it. Since Madam Ma has a murky relationship with them, is it possible that the deputy leader of your gang was killed by Brother Qiao and Master Murong? Think about it carefully!"
She also took the opportunity to clear the young master's name.
Several people blushed and didn't know what to say.
Feng Yi looked impatient and said, "Why are you dawdling? Why don't you leave quickly?"
Qiao Feng said, "Let's go to the Ma family!" He took Ah Zhu's arm and walked out of the ancestral hall.
Feng Yi said: "Pack up Quan Guanqing's head for me, and take this old man with you."
Wu Changfeng wrapped Quan Guanqing's head in cloth and gave it to Feng Yi.
Feng Yi smiled slightly, hung himself up, flicked his sleeves, and floated out of the house.
The crowd pressed the acupoints on Elder Xu, arrested him, and rushed to the Ma family together.
The few of them moved very quickly, and when they were close to Ma Dayuan's house, Qiao Feng stopped. Feng Yi came to Qiao Feng and suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Qiao, are we there yet?"
Qiao Feng nodded.
Feng Yi looked around and saw white walls like a belt and shady old trees surrounding a deep courtyard.
"Brother Qiao." Feng Yi pointed at a big tree and said, "Stay here and see if anyone is following you."
Seeing that he was acting mysterious, Ah Zhu smiled and said, "Why not just go in and ask now? Why bother?"
Feng Yi laughed and said, "If I force the beauty, it would be like burning the piano and cooking the crane, which would ruin the scenery. I will never do such a thing."
Ah Zhu could only snort and said no more.
Qiao Feng said, "Azhu, if we go in aggressively like we did to Quan Guanqing and Xu Chongxiao, it will not only damage our reputation, but also insult Brother Ma.
Besides, Brother Feng just tortured you to extract a confession, which might not be convincing. It would be inappropriate to do so again at this time."
Feng Yi glanced at Ah Zhu and said, "Listen, I said I'm not a hero, so you really think I'm a villain?"
Ah Zhu smiled at Qiao Feng and said, "Isn't it Brother Feng himself who said that he doesn't care about his reputation that I think so? You men have really strange thoughts!"
Qiao Feng said: "It's up to Brother Feng to arrange!"
As they were talking, all the Beggars' Sect members followed.
Feng Yi said, "I will go into the house later. You all lie low around the house. First, do not let outsiders disturb you. Second, no matter what you see or hear, no one should move or make a sound. Only come in when you hear me calling you!"
Everyone saw that his words were calm, but somehow, he had a kind of majesty that made people nod their heads, and several people nodded immediately.
Qiao Feng grabbed Ah Zhu and climbed up a big tree. From his high vantage point, he had a panoramic view of the entire courtyard. He saw only a small room with a flickering candlelight. He used his internal energy to listen.
Suddenly, a gentle voice was heard in the room saying, "You are so bad..." The voice was not only very weak, but also quite coquettish.
Qiao Feng felt that the words sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember them for a moment. While he was wondering, he heard a deep male voice sighing, "My dear, didn't I tell you that Elder Xu and the others agreed to meet at the Han Family Ancestral Hall? I have to leave quickly..."
Qiao Feng understood this voice clearly.
It was none other than his good friend, Bai Shijing, the law enforcement elder of the Beggars' Sect.
He really came here.
Qiao Feng also understood at this time that the delicate voice just now was from Madam Ma.
In fact, it's not that Qiao Feng had never heard her voice. It's just that after Qiao Feng first met Madam Ma in the apricot forest outside Wuxi City, he met her twice afterwards and always found her to be cold and aloof, as if she was inviolable. He had never even seen her smile. How could he have expected that she would have such a soft and charming voice?
At this moment, Feng Yi suddenly coughed and said, "I am Feng Yi, and I would like to see Madam Ma."
He didn't know when he was standing in front of Mrs. Ma's door.
Suddenly the room fell silent, leaving only the rustling of clothes. Qiao Feng could hear it clearly and sighed secretly.
Then Madam Ma said, "What kind of wind could bring the Wind Knight to visit us in the dark of night?"
Feng Yi smiled slightly and said, "That is naturally the fragrant wind of Madam."
Ah Zhu rolled her eyes at Feng Yi and cursed inwardly, "Shame on you!"
There was silence in the room for a moment, a figure swayed on the window paper, and then with a creak, the door opened.
Madam Ma was wearing plain clothes and leaning against the door. She was startled and asked, "Who are you?"
Feng Yi laughed and took off the human skin mask.
Madam Ma was stunned, and she smiled as she covered her mouth with her sleeves: "With such high martial arts skills, do you still need to hide your face?"
Feng Yi smiled and said, "That can't be helped. You are the widow of the deputy leader of the Beggars' Sect. It's not appropriate for me to let outsiders know about this!"
Madam Ma put down her sleeves and asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"
Feng Yi said: "It's a long story!"
Mrs. Ma giggled and said, "Then let's go inside and talk!" Then she turned around and went into the house.
Ah Zhu spat inwardly again: "How shameless!"
Qiao Feng also secretly felt sorry: "Brother Ma was a hero all his life, how could he marry such a wife!"
It was the Northern Song Dynasty, when everyone attached great importance to etiquette and law. Meeting between a man and a woman in a room late at night was a shameful thing no matter what. Therefore, if a hero in the martial arts world violated the taboo of lust, it would be despised by everyone.
Now, Madam Ma's action was certainly an insult to the deceased Ma Dayuan, and it also brought shame to the Beggars' Sect. He felt more and more that Madam Ma was capable of murdering her own husband.
"The beauty has given me a request, and it would be disrespectful to refuse it!" Feng Yi stepped into the house.
But as soon as he entered the room, he saw Madam Ma throwing herself into his arms. Feng Yi was about to push her away when he suddenly felt a strong wind blowing directly onto his back and shoulders.
Feng Yi smiled slightly, stretched out his arms, hugged Madam Ma in his arms, and shouted: "Madam, why are you so polite!"
(End of this chapter)