Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 249: Divine Power

When Qiao Feng heard that Elder Xu wanted to abolish his position as gang leader, the other elders had no objection, as if they tacitly agreed with Elder Xu's proposal, which Qiao Feng could not understand.

He was deeply indebted to the previous gang leader, Wang Jiantong, who passed the position of gang leader to him eight years ago. During this period, he tried his best to serve the Beggars' Sect, resolve internal disputes, and fight against powerful enemies without any selfish motives, which led to the Beggars' Sect becoming increasingly powerful.

Even though he hadn't done anything great and hadn't committed any faults, why were all the elders suddenly hostile towards him?
In fact, he didn't care about the gang leader's power, but he couldn't stand being humiliated by outsiders.

This matter must be thoroughly investigated, so he planned to interrogate Elder Xu and the other elders one by one.

Unexpectedly, Huang Sixi suddenly stopped him and said, "First, figure out the matter of Tong Lao, and then deal with the internal affairs of your Beggars' Sect!"

Qiao Feng turned his head and glanced at Huang Sixi: "Alright!"

After saying this, he waved towards the crowd, signaling the Beggar Gang disciples to carry Zuo Zimu from Wuliang Mountain over.

The feud between Qiao Feng and Tong Lao was entirely caused by Zuo Zimu.

But the Beggars' Sect disciples ignored Qiao Feng's orders and went to see Elder Xu and others.

When Qiao Feng saw this, he did not reprimand him in person.

Elder Xu spoke up, "It is only right to resolve matters outside the Beggars' Sect first. Zuo Zimu was originally rescued by Qiao Feng. This is Qiao Feng's personal matter and has nothing to do with the Beggars' Sect! Regardless of the reason why Zuo Zimu had a grudge against someone, the consequences he caused should be borne by Qiao Feng alone!"

He said this to Huang Sixi and Tong Lao.

If Zuo Zimu was poisoned by the poison talisman because of his own fault, then please ask Huang Sixi and Tong Lao to go and find trouble with Qiao Feng instead of involving the Beggars' Sect.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Feng's face turned furious. He saved Zuo Zimu out of moral obligation and in accordance with the Beggars' Sect's hundreds of years of tradition of chivalry and righteousness.

But Elder Xu indiscriminately denied responsibility, fearing that he would be retaliated against by Huang Sixi and Tong Lao. This is a manifestation of cowardice.

Qiao Feng could not tolerate Elder Xu damaging the reputation of the Beggars' Sect, and shouted loudly: "If Zuo Zimu was the first to commit the evil, I, Qiao Feng, will apologize and will never implicate anyone in the Beggars' Sect! But if Zuo Zimu is tortured by a poison talisman for no reason, Qiao Feng would rather die than seek justice for him!"

These words are powerful, extremely heroic, and the chivalrous spirit is beyond words.

Elder Xu and the other elders all looked ashamed and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Qiao Feng.

Shan Zheng of Mount Tai, Zhao Qiansun and Tan Gong and Tan Po of Mount Taihang secretly admired him. Although Qiao Feng's martial arts was obviously weaker than Huang Sixi's, he was still unwilling to compromise and bow his head. Regardless of whether he was a Khitan Tartar or not, he was definitely a tough guy.

Ah Zhu felt that Qiao Feng was a man of great responsibility, and was worthy of being called one of the greatest heroes of the time. She was about to praise him when she suddenly discovered that Huang Sixi was staring at her.

She lowered her head quickly, her heart pounding, and she couldn't help but think wildly: "Why is he staring at me? I didn't provoke him. Is he trying to capture someone from our Murong family and detain them together with Miss Wang?"

She was in the crowd, and she quickly thought: "Maybe he's not looking at me, maybe he's looking at someone else! I must not be suspicious!"

She plucked up her courage and raised her head again, but saw that Huang Sixi had already looked away. He walked to Zuo Zimu, squatted down, and treated Zuo Zimu's injury.

She breathed a sigh of relief, it was really a false alarm.

Huang Sixi used the Tianshan Six Yang Palm to remove the life and death talisman for Zuo Zimu.

Zuo Zimu immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "My Lord, I thank you for saving my life. From now on, if you have any orders, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Huang Sixi had a blank expression on his face: "I am not removing the life and death talisman for you to save you, but to let you state the facts and explain the cause and effect of today's incident!"

“Previous decision?”

Zuo Zimu turned his head and looked at Qiao Feng: "I came to Xingzilin to pay a visit to Tong Lao before, and was punished by Tong Lao using the life and death talisman. Once the life and death talisman took effect, my whole body was extremely itchy, it was really worse than death! I couldn't stand the torture, so I begged Boss Qiao to help me ask Tong Lao for the antidote!"

Tong Lao snorted, "You little beast, you should be punished for not doing your job well. If I don't punish you, should I reward you?"

Zuo Zimu shrank back and didn't dare to look at Tong Lao.

He continued to narrate tremblingly: "Boss Qiao asked me at the time, 'Why did she use this poison talisman to control you?'

I answered, "I was originally the head of Wuliang Sword Sect. A month ago, I was living peacefully in Wuliang Mountain, not competing with the world and never causing trouble. But then, Tong Lao led her people to break into the mountain gate and forcibly planted a life and death talisman on me, forcing me to be her slave and work for her!"

Boss Qiao was very angry, "Did she really force you into slavery?"

I answered again, 'Of course it is true! In addition to me, she has also planted life and death talismans on 36 cave masters and 72 island masters in the world. Anyone who disobeys her will will be tortured by her at the least, and beaten to death at the worst. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask it yourself! '"

Hundreds of heroes in the apricot forest were all listening to Zuo Zimu's appeal for justice. If Tong Lao really used the life and death talisman to force people into slavery, then she would be the public enemy of the martial arts world.

Seeing that everyone in the Beggars' Sect was filled with righteous indignation, Zuo Zimu's fear of Tong Lao gradually weakened, and his tone became louder and louder: "After hearing my suffering, Gang Leader Qiao went to Tong Lao to verify it. Tong Lao scolded Gang Leader Qiao as a little beast who meddled in other people's business. Gang Leader Qiao was furious and fought with Tong Lao!"

At this point, Zuo Zimu swore to Huang Sixi: "My benefactor, everything I said is true. If even one word is false, please let me be struck by lightning!"

Without waiting for Huang Sixi to go to Tong Lao to confirm.

Fu Minyi suddenly interrupted, "You stole eight babies from farmers' homes. Why didn't you tell Mr. Huang that I planted the life and death talisman on you because you killed those eight babies?"

Qiao Feng frowned and questioned Zuo Zimu: "Did you really kill a baby?"

Zuo Zimu trembled all over, "I...I..."

He knelt down before Qiao Feng and cried loudly, "Boss Qiao, I have no way out! Ye Erniang, one of the four evil people, stole my son. My son is only two years old. Ye Erniang is known for doing all kinds of evil. She steals a baby every day to play with it, and then kills it after playing with it!"

Qiao Feng looked at him coldly: "Ye Erniang stole your son, what does that have to do with eight babies?"

Zuo Zimu cried even louder: "I wanted to save my son, but Ye Erniang was very skilled in martial arts and I couldn't beat her, so I begged her to let my son go. She asked me to steal eight babies for her and then she would return my son to me. I was left with nowhere else to go..."

"Pooh!"

Grandma Tan from Taihang Mountain could not bear to hear it any longer and angrily scolded: "In order to save your son, you cruelly killed eight other people's sons. Are you desperate? You are vicious and selfish!"

Hundreds of heroes who were present at the scene all sympathized with him when they saw him rolling on the ground in pain after being poisoned by the talisman. However, when they heard that he was willing to be an accomplice and capture the baby for Ye Erniang, their behavior was simply outrageous.

Everyone immediately glared at him.

Zuo Zimu looked around at the contemptuous looks from the crowd and suddenly lost control of his emotions. He shouted frantically, "What should I do? Tell me what I should do! If your son is captured by Ye Erniang and you are forced to capture eight babies? You can't catch them? You can't catch them?"

After he said that, he jumped high and hit his head against the trunk of a nearby apricot tree.

He channeled his inner strength into his head, smashed the tree trunk, and died on the spot. Everyone who heard his torture thought to themselves: "If my own child was really captured and threatened by a bad person, would I kill someone else's baby in order to save my beloved child?"

There are actually quite a few people who believe that if they swapped identities with Zuo Zimu, they would most likely behave in the same way as Zuo Zimu.

When Qiao Feng saw Zuo Zimu commit suicide out of shame, he was stunned.

At first, when he saw Zuo Zimu being tortured, he thought he was poisoned by Tong Lao, so he fought with Tong Lao. But it turned out that there was another hidden story.

He turned around, intending to apologize to Tong Lao and Huang Sixi, but saw Duan Yu pointing at Tong Lao and scolding: "Zuo Zimu killed someone's baby, and you tortured him with a poison talisman. This is what Zuo Zimu sowed, and he deserved it! But why did you arrest Miss Wang?"

Duan Yu stretched his neck and said, "Ms. Wang is kindhearted and has never hurt anyone. You are arresting an innocent person!"

Duan Yu and Qiao Feng had just joined forces but were unable to defeat Tong Lao, so he turned to Huang Sixi for help: "Brother Huang, Miss Wang is really innocent, please help her!"

Huang Sixi shook his head at Duan Yu: "Tong Lao has a grudge against the elders of Miss Wang's family, and it's a three-generation feud. Don't get involved in this matter!"

Seeing Duan Yu about to speak, he interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "The scroll you took from the Wuliang Yubi Cave was drawn by Miss Wang's elders. You must remember what was written on that scroll!

"After you finish your studies, go down the mountain and kill all the Xiaoyao Sect disciples. If there is one left out, heaven and earth will be filled with resentment." If you are truly a kind-hearted person, would you be allowed to destroy an entire sect?"

When Duan Yu heard this, he was struck by lightning. What Huang Sixi was talking about was the letter left by the Fairy Sister. The Fairy Sister looked so similar to Miss Wang, so couldn't she be the elder?
The Tianshan Child-Grandma at the side muttered to herself: "How did little Ah Si know that I, your grandma, and this little bitch have a three-generation feud?"

Tong Lao hesitated for a moment, then slapped Wang Yuyan on the face: "Where do your parents live?"

She guessed that one of Wang Yuyan's parents must be the son or daughter of that old bitch Li Qiushui.

Wang Yuyan was a weak woman with wounds all over her face, but she was very resolute: "Kill me, I won't say a word to you!"

Tong Lao ignored her. It didn't matter if she didn't say anything, because Huang Sixi would definitely know it anyway.

Duan Yu felt extremely distressed when he saw Wang Yuyan being beaten, but Huang Sixi clearly did not want to get involved, so he really could do nothing.

He suddenly slapped himself in the face and shouted to Wang Yuyan, "Miss Wang, Duan Yu is useless and can't help you!"

Wang Yuyan felt a little aggrieved. She was instigated by Duan Yu to sneak out of Mantuo Villa. If she had not left Mantuo Villa, she would not have suffered this disaster.

But she did not push the responsibility onto Duan Yu. After all, if she didn't want to leave the village, no amount of persuasion from outsiders would be of any use.

She replied to Duan Yu: "Master Duan, you have helped me enough, thank you! When we were at Mantuo Villa, you kept saying how beautiful I was, and praised me for being stunningly beautiful, like a fairy!"

She spoke calmly, without fear or pain: "Now my face is full of wounds. Even if I heal, there will be scars. I am no longer beautiful, but ugly like a ghost. Naturally, you don't need to care about me anymore!"

Her face was covered in blood, and the wounds were so deep that the bones were visible. She looked horrifying, as creepy as a ghost.

Duan Yu didn't dare to stare at her for too long: "I'm not paying attention to you because you're beautiful. No, no, I'm paying attention to you precisely because you're beautiful..."

He suddenly saw Mu Wanqing standing next to Miss Wang, and his eyes immediately turned: "Wanmei, why did you come to Gusu?"

Mu Wanqing said coldly: "Since I came here, you haven't even glanced at my face. Fine, I'm going back to Dali now!"

She turned and left.

Duan Yu immediately chased after her: "Sister Wan, please listen to my explanation!"

When Tong Lao saw Duan Yu chasing Mu Wanqing, she couldn't help but sneer: "I thought this little bastard was a romantic, but it turns out he is a passionate one!"

Wang Yuyan hung her head sadly, she thought Duan Yu would say some kind words to her, but nothing happened.

Her inner pain grew worse, and tears welled up in her eyes and flowed into the wound on her cheek, burning her flesh and bones and excruciatingly painful. She immediately stopped crying and dared not cry anymore.

Seeing that Duan Yu had gone away and no longer cared about Wang Yuyan's affairs, Qiao Feng had no excuse to care.

He clasped his fists towards Huang Sixi and Tong Lao and said, "Qiao acted rashly without asking Zuo Zimu for details. Qiao was at fault first. No matter how the two of them want to investigate, Qiao will take it all!"

Tong Lao sneered at him: "Grandma told you that you were stupid a long time ago, but you refused to believe it. Do you believe it now?"

Qiao Feng ignored Tong Lao and kept looking at Huang Sixi.

He had already noticed that Tong Lao and the twenty-odd women present all followed Huang Sixi's lead.

Huang Sixi replied: "Since it is a misunderstanding, let's stop here! We should all pretend that nothing happened today. I know you are anxious and want to deal with the internal affairs of the Beggars' Sect, so please don't worry!"

Qiao Feng said, "Sir, you are magnanimous. I admire you! May I ask what your name is? Are you related to the Gusu Murong family?"

Huang Sixi shook his head: "I am not Murong Fu, I have never seen him, and I have no friendship with his family. My name is Huang Sixi!"

On the other side, among the crowd of Beggars' Sect elders, Grandma Tan from Taihang Mountain heard Huang Sixi introduce himself and suddenly praised loudly:

"The name 'Qiao Feng in the North and Murong in the South' is really not worthy of the reputation. None of them can compare to Master Huang! Master Huang can use the flying sword magic. In my opinion, we should add a middle magic power in front of 'Qiao Feng in the North and Murong in the South', so that it matches!"

After she finished speaking, she poked Zhao Qiansun beside her and said, "Brother, do you think it is appropriate for us to call Master Huang the Middle Divine Power, surpassing Qiao Feng in the north and Murong in the south?"

She knew that her senior brother Zhao Qiansun had participated in the battle of Yanmen Pass in the past and had sniped and killed Qiao Feng's parents. When Qiao Feng's identity was exposed, he might avenge his parents, and Zhao Qiansun's life would definitely be in danger.

Huang Sixi is an expert in martial arts and he had obviously defeated Qiao Feng just now.

She praised Huang Sixi as the "middle master" in order to win his favor and establish a good relationship with him. Then, when Qiao Feng wanted to kill Zhao Qiansun, she could ask Huang Sixi for help.

Zhao Qiansun and she were childhood sweethearts, and he understood her intention, so he said, "Calling Master Huang the Middle Divine Power is the most appropriate thing to do!"

Zhao Qiansun looked around at the crowd and asked, "Is this right?"

Without waiting for the other heroes to respond, Fu Minyi and more than 20 Lingjiu palace maids started chattering, "Yes! That's absolutely right. Our young master's magical power is the best in the world!"

The elder of the Beggar Gang planned to use Huang Sixi to contain Qiao Feng, and he also followed suit.

Qiao Feng originally wanted to inquire about Huang Sixi's background so as to find out how Huang Sixi learned the "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing", but when he heard the shouts of the heroes, he felt it inconvenient to continue asking.

He bowed to Huang Sixi, turned around and walked to Elder Xu, looking around at the others: "Just now Elder Xu said that he wanted to abolish Qiao's position as the leader of the gang. Why is that? You can tell me now!"

(End of this chapter)