From the moment he became the Blue Silver Emperor of Douluo Continent

In the end, Qiao Feng openly admitted his true identity, but vehemently denied colluding with the Khitans and murdering Ma Dayuan. He handed over the Dog-Beating Stick on the spot, voluntarily resigned from his position as leader of the Beggars' Sect, and left alone.

Before Qiao Feng could go far, another unexpected event occurred. Helian Tieshu of the Western Xia Dynasty led the experts of the First-Class Hall to surround Xingzilin and released his unique poison gas, Beisu Qingfeng.

The poison gas was colorless and odorless. After inhaling it, people felt weak all over and lost all their internal energy. Hundreds of Beggar Clan disciples, Elder Xu, and the four elders were all affected and collapsed.

Only Duan Yu, who had swallowed the Manggu Toad in his youth and was immune to all poisons, protected Wang Yuyan, A'Zhu, and A'Bi from the poison.

Of course, there was also Shi Yin floating on the apricot tree. Although he didn't notice anything amiss beforehand, it was just a matter of a purifying light.

Wang Yuyan looked at Shi Yin, who was still floating in the sky, and then at the Western Xia warriors who were rushing towards them.

"Young Master Duan, go over there."

She pointed in Shi Yin's direction.

Ask Duan Yu to help move them to the tree under Shi Yin Station.

Relying on Wang Yuyan's memorization of all the martial arts in the world, Duan Yu fought and retreated, leading the group to the tree where Shi Yin was standing.

Fortunately, Shi Yin wasn't far from them, and the group retreated in a sorry state.

Those who had been affected by the Sorrowful Breeze were too weak to even walk, and they staggered along. If it weren't for Duan Yu protecting them, they would have been stabbed eight times and cut into several pieces.

Shi Yin glanced at them indifferently, then casually picked a few leaves and tossed them away.

Several Western Xia warriors fell to the ground.

The leaves stuck in the bodies of several warriors were so sharp they pierced through their leather armor.

The group of Western Xia warriors, along with the Yipintang experts they had recruited, all felt a jolt of surprise.

This skill, which can injure people with flying flowers and plucked leaves, is not particularly sophisticated. It relies purely on profound internal strength and brute force, and the user must be a top-level expert.

The experts from Yipintang exchanged glances and then bypassed the area. They joined Yipintang for high-ranking positions and generous salaries, not because they were particularly loyal to Western Xia.

The Western Xia warriors, however, charged toward Shi Yin with the ferocity of someone on steroids.

Not wanting to waste his inner strength, Shi Yin reached behind his back and pulled out a bow and arrow.

Although it was taken out of a storage soul tool, at least it was disguised.

If there really is an old monster watching him from somewhere he hasn't noticed, he'll accept it.

Those old monsters probably wouldn't even bother with such a simple method as a storage soul tool.

Next comes the enjoyable target practice.

Any Western Xia warrior who enters his 300-meter range could become his target.

Without exception, his arrows never missed their mark. It wasn't until Shi Yin had killed dozens of people that these Western Xia warriors realized he was truly formidable and that he hadn't been hit by Bei Su Qing Feng.

From a distance, Qiao Feng also noticed something was wrong and turned back to fight.

This group of Western Xia people entered the Song Dynasty as diplomats. Although they managed to sneak in, their numbers were destined to be small.

Only those martial artists from the Central Plains who joined the First-Class Hall could sneak in alone.

But their total number won't be very large.

After being slaughtered by Shi Yin, this group of Western Xia people had lost more than half of their number.

The goal of raiding the Beggars' Sect was destined to fail.

As for why they launched a surprise attack on the Beggars' Sect, that's a long story.

The Beggars' Sect was the largest and most powerful martial arts sect in the Song Dynasty, with influence throughout the country and a long-term presence on the borders against the Liao and Xia dynasties. It was essentially the foundation of the Song Dynasty's civilian armed forces.

The Western Xia plan was to first completely crush the Beggars' Sect, then intimidate the Shaolin Temple and other Central Plains sects, thereby disintegrating the martial arts power of the Song Dynasty. This would reduce the resistance during their subsequent military invasion of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Helian Tieshu's mission to Bianliang was originally a pretense of paying homage, but in reality, he was probing the strengths and weaknesses of the Song Dynasty, and had long ago listed the Beggars' Sect as his primary target.

This time, with such a good opportunity, Murong Fu, under the alias Li Yanzong, infiltrated the Western Xia Yipintang team and took the initiative to inform Helian Tieshu.

They certainly wouldn't let such a good opportunity slip by.

They never expected there to be such a master here. Ordinary martial arts masters are one thing, but this person is also a sharpshooter, causing them heavy losses.

They are not afraid of ordinary martial arts masters, because there are so many of them, and their martial arts skills are not weak either. They can overwhelm those martial arts masters by sheer numbers.

But sharpshooters are different; they pose too great a threat.

Moreover, this person's bow was definitely not an ordinary bow; its range was too far, perhaps even exceeding two hundred paces.

A bow with a range of over two hundred paces—what does that even mean? They've never even heard of it.

Even if someone could do it, how much strength would it take to pull it apart?

Is this person even human?

The Tangut people were very skilled at archery on horseback, but with a regular bow, they could only shoot for thirty to fifty paces.

Even the strongest bows used in the army can only reach a maximum range of one hundred paces.

That's still a long way off.

The group of Western Xia people fled in a dismal fashion.

The Beggars' Sect leaders not far away suffered the consequences, even though they weren't far from Shi Yin.

However, Shi Yin spared the lives of any Western Xia people who were heading towards them, letting them pass.

As a result, although Qiao Feng returned in time, many of those people were still killed by the Western Xia people.

After the Western Xia people retreated, Shi Yin also found an opportunity to withdraw.

Now is not the right time to obtain the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. Wait until A'Zhu is seriously injured and needs to be saved in the future, then go to Qiao Feng. That will be the right time to obtain the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms.

Although this might seem like taking advantage of someone in distress, Shi Yin didn't care; as long as he got his hands on it, that was enough.

The excitement at Xingzilin is over. Next up, let's head to Songshan!

Some time after Shi Yin left, Wang Yuyan and the others under the tree realized that he had left, but they did not know when he had left.

"This senior is truly amazing; we had no idea how he left," Duan Yu remarked.

"Maybe he doesn't like the title 'senior'," Wang Yuyan whispered.

"Ah, right, he seems quite young? Shall we call him Young Hero?" Duan Yu chimed in, then thought for a moment and felt that "Young Hero" was more appropriate.

Looking at the bare branches, Wang Yuyan wondered if she had his strength, she could go wherever she wanted and be able to help her cousin more effectively.

Instead of just futilely chasing after my cousin like this, unable to help at all.

However, this is just wishful thinking. Although Madam Wang lifted the ban on her martial arts training, the time was too short, and she missed the best age.

Although she possessed martial arts skills, she didn't have nearly as many opportunities as Duan Yu.

Although Duan Yu didn't like martial arts from a young age, he was blessed with good fortune. Even if he didn't practice on his own, an old man would come to his door to teach him martial arts.

Wang Yuyan didn't have this privilege; she wouldn't have it if she hadn't practiced.

With her martial arts skills, if she could truly persevere and train diligently for ten or eight years, she might reap some rewards, and her future might not be so uncertain.

But now it seems impossible; she's destined to be nothing more than a pretty face.