Zhu Yunwen found these so-called upright people increasingly displeasing, and it wasn't until midnight that they finally quieted down.

At that moment, someone suddenly threw a stone at Zhu Yunwen's location.

Zhu Yunwen was originally preparing to rest when he glanced at the stones on the ground. Then Zhao Qingzhu, who was beside him, spoke up:

"There seem to be some of our people in the woods nearby; the stones were thrown from there."

Zhu Yunwen immediately realized that the Embroidered Uniform Guards sent by Zhu Yuanzhang must have arrived.

Then Zhu Yunwen said to Zhao Qingzhu, "Let's go take a look and arrange my plans for them while we're at it."

Zhao Qingzhu nodded and entered the woods with Zhu Yuntong. After walking for a while, Zhu Yuntong saw Li Jian, a member of the Imperial Guard who had been following him for a long time, by a small river in the woods.

Li Jian, a commander of a thousand men, was a highly skilled martial artist, one of the top experts among the Imperial Guards. Upon seeing Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu, he immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground.

"This humble servant greets His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Crown Princess."

Zhu Yunwen waved for him to stand up, and then Li Jian, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Your Highness, as you wish, I have brought five hundred Imperial Guards, fully equipped, disguised as martial arts practitioners, and hidden them in the surrounding area."

I'll be secretly in charge of communicating with you, Grandson. Please contact me anytime if you need anything.

Zhu Yunwen nodded in satisfaction and said:

"Good, very good, but remember, from now on you cannot call me the Crown Prince. Now I have entered the martial world and created a sect called the Heavenly Dragon Gang. From now on, call me the Gang Leader, and she is the Gang Leader's wife. Do you understand?"

Li Jian immediately said:

"I'll remember that, boss."

Then Zhu Yunwen continued:

"From now on, you five hundred Jinyiwei will not be Jinyiwei for the time being. You will disguise yourselves as martial arts practitioners and become part of my Tianlong Gang, assisting my Tianlong Gang in unifying the martial arts world."

Zhao Qingzhu asked in confusion:

"Unify the martial arts world? Aren't we supposed to suppress and manage the various sects in the martial arts world?"

Zhu Yunwen said with a smile:

"You forgot, I said before that we should deal with them using the methods of the martial arts world. If we try to deal with them as the imperial court, they will definitely unite to fight against the imperial court, which would be more troublesome."

As a member of a gang, I slowly dealt with them without them noticing. They would only think it was a gang war in the martial arts world, and they wouldn't unite to deal with it together.

This is the only way to divide and conquer them, defeating them one by one.

Hearing Zhu Yunwen say this, Zhao Qingzhu finally understood. Then Zhu Yunwen added:

"Once our Tianlong Gang has dealt with these sects one by one, we will reveal our identities and use the name of the imperial court to restrain and manage them. Then they will have no power to resist."

Zhao Qingzhu then suddenly realized and said:

"I see," Li Jian also said.

"Our leader is wise. When will our Sky Gang appear?"

Zhu Yuntong said, "Don't rush. They're going to attack the Demonic Sect tomorrow. Once they've fought to the point of mutual destruction, our Heavenly Dragon Gang will step in and take control of the situation."

Zhu Yunwen had already planned this out in his mind. After speaking, Zhu Yunwen then said to Li Jian:

"Go and get some flags, put up our Tianlong Gang's banner, and make sure we make a big show of it. This so-called Tianlong Gang that suddenly appeared shouldn't be looked down upon by those well-known and righteous sects."

Li Jian immediately bowed and left. Then Zhu Yunwen put his hands behind his back and said to Zhao Qingzhu:

"The real show begins tomorrow."

Zhao Qingzhu chuckled and said:

"These martial arts practitioners certainly never imagined that they would be subdued by a powerful and suddenly appearing sect, and that they would be restrained by the imperial court and could no longer act recklessly as before."

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said:

"That's exactly what we need to do to stop them from running amok. Alright, it's getting late, let's go back and rest first. After all, the show is about to start tomorrow, so we need to get a good rest tonight."

So the two returned to the grass and found a place to rest.

And so, the night passed without further incident.

The next morning, all the nearly two thousand so-called righteous martial arts practitioners present woke up and went to stand in their respective lines.

Martial arts figures like Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu simply stood in various positions.

Most of these martial arts practitioners without any affiliation were either there to watch the spectacle or to try their luck in making a name for themselves, hoping to get a share of the profits.

After everyone had gathered, the middle-aged Taoist priest from Wudang shouted:

"Gentlemen, today our campaign against the Demonic Sect officially begins. Join me as we charge up the Ruthless Cliff, annihilate that hateful Demonic Sect, and restore a bright and clear sky to the righteous martial world."