However, their martial arts skills can only be demonstrated at close range. Once the distance is increased, no matter how powerful their martial arts are, they cannot harm these Imperial Guards.

Moreover, these Imperial Guards themselves were all skilled in martial arts, and with their superior weapons, they were practically guaranteed to win.

When the martial arts practitioners present saw so many Imperial Guards armed with muskets, they realized that the so-called Tianlong Gang was actually an organization of the imperial court.

The members of the Tianlong Gang were all Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) of the imperial court. At this moment, they realized that they had been wrong from the beginning.

At least one thing is certain: the Hengshan Sect died unjustly. Everyone thought that the Hengshan Sect had ambitions to annex the martial arts world.

So the Tianlong Gang was created, and now we know that the Tianlong Gang was actually under the control of the imperial court, and the Hengshan Sect was just taking the blame for the imperial court.

Even though we now know the truth, it's no use, since things have already progressed to this point, despite everyone's grim expressions.

At this moment, the leader of the Big Knife Gang stepped forward and said with a gloomy face:

"First of all, I must admit that these people are all armed and pose a certain threat to us. However, they may not be able to deal with all of us here. We are not that useless."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen pursed his lips, then nodded slightly and said:

"If that's how you think, that's fine. But I want to tell everyone here that there's nothing that guns can't solve. If there is, then we can use cannons."

As soon as he finished speaking, the five hundred Imperial Guards took out various bombs and small cannons and aimed them at everyone present.

The martial arts practitioners panicked, after all, the power of a cannon was far greater than that of a gun.

In the past, when battles broke out in the imperial court, they were not unaware that some cannons could kill ten to twenty people at will.

Although they have tens of thousands of people here, it is likely that they only need to fire two or three shells from the light cannons in the hands of each of the imperial guards present to wipe them all out.

Besides, there are guns too.

No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife, let alone guns and cannons.

Therefore, these so-called martial arts practitioners present had no choice but to back down in the face of such a thing.

Otherwise, today we might truly only face certain death. At this moment, an elderly monk from Shaolin Temple spoke up:

"Young man, although guns and cannons are powerful, there's no need to threaten us like this. Others can't escape, but those of us with high martial arts skills can just run away at will, can't we?"

Zhu Yunwen paused for a moment, then asked in return:

"You can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple." You must have heard this saying, Master, right?

Upon hearing this, the old monk's face immediately turned ugly, as if he had swallowed a fly.

Then Zhu Yunwen said:

“Master, your martial arts are superb. You can run away, but if you do, I’ll bomb your Shaolin Temple with these cannons and leave you homeless.”

The master almost cried. "Listen to this! Is this even human language? Let him run away and then blow up his house? Who would do that?"

The master also chickened out. To be honest, who among those present would dare not chicken out now? Only now did they realize that if the imperial court really wanted to take action against them, it wouldn't be too difficult.

Just like now, the imperial court wants to take action against them. It only requires sending five hundred Imperial Guards; there's no need to even mobilize the army.

What's the use of having the best martial arts skills? Guns and cannons are not something that even a martial arts master can handle.

Have you not seen how Zhu Yunwen, without using any martial arts skills, with only a pistol and a few small bombs, managed to make the old Taoist priest, who was once ranked second in the martial arts world, look so disheveled?

If anyone present were to actually resist today, their fate would likely be dire.

At least half of them would die.

When the time comes, the imperial court will send troops to wipe out these remaining forces of the martial arts world, and in the end, it will only result in the destruction of the martial arts world.

At this moment, the old Taoist priest slowly spoke to Zhu Yunwen:

"So young man, what exactly does the imperial court want? Does it intend to exterminate the martial arts world?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head slightly upon hearing this and said:

"No, the martial arts world can still exist, but it should also be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. For example, no one in the martial arts world can break the law or commit crimes. This is the most basic principle."

If people in the martial arts world commit crimes, the imperial court will definitely intervene, and all martial arts sects must also accept the constraints imposed by the imperial court.

Every sect must register with the local government and register all its members.

Once a murder occurs in the martial arts world, no sect is allowed to protect its criminal disciples.

Otherwise, members of the sect, along with the criminals, will be punished by the authorities.

After Zhu Yunwen finished speaking, many martial arts practitioners present began to discuss the matter, clearly expressing their dissatisfaction.

But Zhu Yunwen wasn't discussing it with them. Since he had decided to take charge of the affairs of the martial world, he was going to take charge thoroughly.

Seeing everyone discussing it, Zhu Yunwen spoke up domineeringly:

"If anyone disagrees, they can stand up now. These scumbags in the underworld should not exist in the first place. It's good to stand up and clean them up."

The discussion immediately quieted down after these words were spoken. Although everyone was arrogant, they weren't stupid. Who would want to joke about their luck?

Standing up at this moment would be nothing short of suicide.

Therefore, some people have expressed their willingness to accept the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and Wudang and Shaolin have also expressed their opinions.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly, clearly indicating that the final step in managing the martial arts world had been quite successful.