Fantasy: I Am the Villain.

Chapter Forty-Nine: Qiao Feng

No sooner said than done, everything happened in the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye, Azi was already in the arms of the mysterious man who had suddenly appeared.

Azi struggled fiercely and suddenly ripped off the straw hat on the man's head, revealing a face with a rugged, chiseled appearance.

"Xiao Feng?" "How could it be Qiao Feng?" A series of incredulous exclamations rang out. Azi froze, and stammered, "Sister, brother-in-law?"

Qiao Feng stared coldly at A Zi, snorted, and then noticed that A Zi had gone blind. He was shocked and pressed her for an explanation.

Helpless, Azi could only recount her experiences in detail, from meeting Xuzhu to being blinded by Xingxiu Laoxian's poison, and then being rescued by You Tanzhi, after which she stayed in the Beggars' Sect.

Upon hearing Azi mention the Beggars' Sect, a complex expression flashed in Qiao Feng's eyes. He then recalled hearing earlier that the successor of the Beggars' Sect had switched allegiance to Ding Chunqiu.

The two of them happened to be together, and Qiao Feng felt a surge of murderous intent. Before her death, A Zhu asked him to take good care of A Zi, but he never expected that when they met again, A Zi would be in such a state.

Although Qiao Feng disliked A Zi's ruthless and vicious nature, it was A Zhu's dying wish that she be his concubine, so he still cared about A Zi.

Hearing from Azi that Ding Chunqiu was the culprit who blinded her, she couldn't hold back any longer and was about to go up and deliver another blow.

Unexpectedly, You Tanzhi, who was kneeling on the ground, got up and blocked Qiao Feng's way, preventing him from getting any closer.

Qiao Feng frowned, coldly shouted "Get out of the way!", and was about to pounce on Ding Chunqiu.

Unexpectedly, You Tanzhi shifted his body to the side and blocked him again. Qiao Feng's eyebrows shot up, and he was about to strike back the masked man when the group of Beggar Clan disciples surrounded him.

The Beggars' Sect members had a complicated attitude towards Qiao Feng. To be fair, when Qiao Feng was in power, he was an excellent choice in terms of both martial arts skills and personal conduct.

If it weren't for the issues surrounding Qiao Feng's background, they would never have driven him away, given the vast difference in skill between the current leader and Qiao Feng.

But Qiao Feng was, after all, a Khitan, and they had even heard recently that he had become the Southern King of the Liao Kingdom. How could they possibly accept him again?

Even if the current leader of the Beggars' Clan is incompetent, and even wants to betray the Beggars' Clan and join Ding Chunqiu's sect, that is still an internal matter of the Beggars' Clan. How can we allow Qiao Feng to teach him a lesson?

Seeing the Beggars' Sect's resolute attitude, Qiao Feng lost the will to continue fighting. He couldn't forget his master Wang Jiantong's kindness in teaching him, and he wouldn't attack the Beggars' Sect disciples.

However, there are always some people in this world who cannot see the times clearly, and who take advantage of other people's compassion to act recklessly and do evil.

When Quan Guanqing saw that the Beggars' Sect leader he had recommended was about to betray the sect, he was thinking of hiding away and lowering his profile, fearing that others would criticize him for making a poor recommendation.

Seeing that Qiao Feng had suddenly appeared, he immediately came up with a wicked plan.

He hid in the crowd and shouted, "Xiao Feng, you deceived the old sect leader, hiding in my Beggars' Sect for so many years and learning my Beggars' Sect's secret martial arts, and now you want to renege on your promise?"

This statement came out of nowhere, leaving the surrounding onlookers confused. Wasn't the new leader of the Beggars' Sect about to betray the sect? How did Qiao Feng suddenly appear and steal martial arts skills?

This statement makes no sense, but it sounds different to the members of the Beggars' Sect!

Yes, if Qiao Feng had left behind the legacy of the Beggars' Clan before he left, how could they have suffered such humiliation?

If the new leader had no martial arts to learn, why would he have stolen the Xingxiu Sect's martial arts? It's all Qiao Feng's fault!

It's a ridiculous and despicable idea, but it's the best way to deal with chivalrous heroes like Qiao Feng.

Seeing the public outrage, which even escalated to the point where Qiao Feng was being asked to cripple his martial arts to atone for his sins, Qiao Feng finally couldn't hold back any longer.

With a loud roar, he leaped out of the crowd with Azi, and in a few flashes, he was already there with Duan Zhengchun and the others.

Duan Yu was too far away to figure out what had happened, and was too busy sticking to Wang Yuyan and serving her attentively.

Suddenly seeing Qiao Feng leap out from the crowd, he was so excited that his face turned red, and he shouted loudly, "Brother Qiao!"

Qiao Feng and Duan Zhengchun, who were talking at the same time, turned their heads and saw Duan Yu running towards them with a flushed face.

Qiao Feng laughed and went to greet him, "So it's Brother Duan. What are you doing here?"

Duan Yu did not answer, but pulled Qiao Feng straight to Duan Zhengchun and introduced him to Duan Zhengchun as his elder brother.

When Duan Zhengchun and Qiao Feng met again, there was a bit of awkwardness. Qiao Feng laughed and said, "Your Highness Duan, your son and I feel like old friends. We have already become sworn brothers. Please forgive my rudeness!"

Duan Zhengchun, being the Prince of Zhennan of Dali, naturally wouldn't mind Qiao Feng's Khitan identity. Instead, he laughed heartily and said it was no problem.

While the brothers were reuniting and celebrating, the Beggars' Sect was becoming increasingly agitated, with members shouting things like "kill Xiao Feng!"

Qiao Feng sighed upon seeing this, and Duan Zhengchun comforted him, saying, "The Beggars' Sect is not as powerful as it used to be. Hero Xiao, there's no need to take it to heart. It's just me barking!"

At this moment, they saw the Xingxiu Sect and the Beggars' Sect surging towards them. Qiao Feng did not want to implicate the group from Dali, so he took a few steps forward and stood still, coldly watching the group approach him.

Ding Chunqiu burst into laughter, "I wondered who possessed such profound inner strength. So it is the great hero Xiao Feng. But what is your intention in swaggering around the martial arts world of the Central Plains as a Liao person?"

When You Tanzhi saw his enemy Qiao Feng fall into a state of disgrace and everyone turned against him, he felt extremely pleased and spoke up to provoke and mock him.

"King Xiao dares to invade my Central Plains with such a small force? Does he think that the martial arts world of the Central Plains has no one to rely on?"

The two of them took turns speaking, each saying a word, subtly mocking Qiao Feng, which made Duan Zhengchun and the others frown.

Seeing Qiao Feng standing alone in front of everyone, Duan Yu felt extremely sad and desolate, so he stepped forward and stood beside Qiao Feng.

Xu Zhu, who was in the distance, was also disheartened after being expelled from Shaolin Temple. Seeing his sworn brother Duan Yu step forward, he also leaped to Qiao Feng's side.

"This humble monk admires Master Qiao's martial arts and character. Today, villains are in power. For the sake of the righteous path of the martial arts world, we should step in to uphold justice!"

Xu Zhu's words were powerful and moving, and Qiao Feng reached out and grabbed a wine flask from the horse beside him, took a big gulp, and handed it to Xu Zhu.

"Qiao Feng thanks both brothers for their righteous help. Now that the matter is settled, we brothers should raise our cups and drink to our hearts' content!"

Xu Zhu and his companion were also filled with excitement. They took the wine flask and drank it down. They immediately recognized each other as sworn brothers. Then the three of them turned to face the group of martial arts masters who were approaching them.