The leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect frowned slightly and said:

"So you mean..."

Zhu Yunwen said, word by word:

"That would naturally be... death..."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the behind-the-scenes bosses changed drastically, and the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect also showed displeasure.

He had just agreed to these business owners' request: if they gave all their money to the Xiaoyao Sect, the Xiaoyao Sect would spare their lives.

To be honest, the leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect probably doesn't intend for them to die.

Because these behind-the-scenes bosses are indeed very good at making money, they will definitely continue to make money after they leave.

Then the Free and Unfettered Sect can continue to exploit them. To put it bluntly, the Free and Unfettered Sect treats these behind-the-scenes bosses as leeks that can be harvested at any time.

The chives have been cut off now; we can't just pull them up by the roots, can we?

We have to let it keep growing; we'll cut it off when it gets too big.

But now Zhu Yunwen actually wants to uproot all these leeks, which is naturally something the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect doesn't want to see.

Then the leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect coughed and said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Chief of the Tianlong Gang, just now I promised them that if I accepted their money, I would spare their lives."

But now, in the blink of an eye, you want them dead. Isn't that a bit of a slap in my face?

Zhu Yunwen frowned and said:

"Did I? Did I slap you in the face? No, right? Even if I did slap you in the face, so what? These guys have to die today and pay for what they did."

The leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect said:

"The twenty men I gave them back then are all dead. Isn't that enough of a price to pay?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said:

“Of course not. They are all sinners. Just because other sinners died doesn’t mean this sinner is no longer a sinner. Since they are sinners, they all deserve to die.”

The leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect said:

"You won't even give me face?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head:

"We won't give face to anyone. Today, no matter what, these people must die."

The leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect looked rather grim. This was no longer a question of whether or not to protect the behind-the-scenes bosses or the few "leeks" (victims of exploitation).

It's a matter of saving face now.

Previously, the Tianlong Gang had kept a low profile, saying that they wanted to cooperate with the Xiaoyao Sect so that the Xiaoyao Sect could support the Tianlong Gang and gain a certain status and reputation in the martial arts world.

They even brought the Demonic Sect's entire fortune, which initially made the Free and Unfettered Sect think that the leader of the Heavenly Dragon Gang was quite sensible.

Moreover, the fact that the leader of the Tianlong Gang lowered himself to seek cooperation with the Xiaoyao Sect clearly shows that he felt the Tianlong Gang was inferior to the Xiaoyao Sect.

That is indeed true.

At least that's what the leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect thought. But just a moment ago, everyone was having a good talk, and the next moment, the leader of the Heavenly Dragon Gang suddenly stopped giving him, the leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect, any face.

What's going on here?

Weren't they quite humble before? Now they've become so disrespectful. How can the leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect tolerate this?

So this has now become a matter of face.

Then the leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect said with a stern face:

"If I, the sect leader, wish to protect them today, what will you do?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said:

You can't save it.

Actually, his current conflict with the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect is not due to just one reason.

Rather, that was his original plan.

As mentioned before, he sent gifts to the Xiaoyao Sect in order to get them to accept the wealth of these demonic sects.

Then he would find a way to create conflict with the Free and Unfettered Sect, and then leave the Free and Unfettered Sect, creating a misconception for the people of the martial arts world.

It was the Free and Unfettered Sect that devised a plan to seize the assets that the Heavenly Dragon Gang had acquired from the Demonic Sect.

In this way, other martial arts sects will be extremely envious and jealous, and then they will target the Free and Unfettered Sect.

As for why Zhu Yunwen's gift of money caused conflict with the Xiaoyao Sect, it's actually quite simple: it was to create the impression that the Xiaoyao Sect had forcibly seized the money.

This led other martial arts practitioners to believe that the Free and Unfettered Sect had seized the assets of the Heavenly Dragon Gang from the Demonic Sect.

If they want to seize all these assets, then the other sects will naturally not allow such a thing to exist.

Even if Zhu Yunwen led the Tianlong Gang to give these treasures to the Xiaoyao Sect and had a good relationship with the Xiaoyao Sect, other martial arts figures would not be able to find any reason to do so.

After all, they have a good relationship, and if they're willing to give you a gift, what can you do?

The result showed that the carefree faction had seized the property by trickery and force, which made the matter controversial. Once there was controversy, those hypocritical and upright people found a reason to act.

They found a reason to cause trouble for the Free and Unfettered Sect, just as they had attacked the Demonic Sect.

Wouldn't Zhu Yunwen's plan succeed in this way?

Therefore, although this is because of the behind-the-scenes boss Zhu Yunwen, there will be conflicts with the Xiaoyao Sect.

Even without these behind-the-scenes bosses, Zhu Yunwen would still find other opportunities to cause conflict with the leaders of the Xiaoyao Sect.

They must create the impression that the Free and Unfettered Sect has taken over his things and even fallen out with him, to mislead other righteous people.

Clearly, things are progressing in the direction of that plan. The leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect looked at Zhu Yunwen and said:

"Then I'll tell you today that these people won't die on my Free and Unfettered Sect's territory; they'll live."

Zhu Yunwen smiled, then glanced at Zhao Qingzhu, who also smiled, and then slowly stood up.