Zhu Yunwen saw that his identity was about to be exposed, but he was not flustered at all.

After all, today's situation is the final step in his plan, and it's time to wrap things up.

Almost all the martial arts figures have gathered here, so it's a good opportunity to establish some rules for them.

Therefore, faced with the old Taoist's doubts, Zhu Yunwen did not evade the question at all, and calmly replied:

"That's right, I'm a member of the imperial court. And there are quite a few imperial court personnel around here, they're carrying guns and bombs."

Anyone with even a little military knowledge and who knows about the recent developments in the government should understand that even a few hundred people with guns and cannons can easily wipe out tens of thousands of people.

Even if you are so-called江湖人士 (jianghu figures), you have absolutely no advantage in the face of guns and cannons.

Those who understand the times are wise, so I hope everyone will remain quiet and behave themselves from now on, without harboring any other thoughts.

The white-haired, youthful-looking Taoist priest seemed somewhat angry and said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Are you kidding me? Since ancient times, the martial arts world has been the martial arts world, and the imperial court has been the imperial court. The imperial court can never interfere in the affairs of the martial arts world, nor can it manage our affairs."

Zhu Yunwen frowned, looking at the white-haired, youthful-faced old Taoist priest, and then spoke calmly:

"Is that so? It seems that your Wudang is quite arrogant, actually disregarding the imperial court?"

If that's the case, the imperial court can introduce a series of rules to target so-called sects like yours.

Especially for Wudang and Shaolin, do you think the losses will be huge?

Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest from Wudang looked even more displeased. To put it bluntly, Wudang and Shaolin were far behind other martial arts sects.

Other martial arts sects can completely detach themselves from worldly affairs, establishing a sect in one place without any connection to worldly matters or concern themselves with worldly concepts.

But Wudang and Shaolin are different; they have many believers and many people who want to come to them to offer incense.

If the imperial court issues a series of new regulations, it will pose a significant problem for Wudang and Shaolin.

This will at least reduce their number of worshippers and cause them to lose a lot of revenue, but these are not the main points.

Zhu Yunwen then looked at the martial arts figures present and said:

"I know that you people in the martial arts world are quite arrogant and self-righteous. You all talk about being unrestrained and loving freedom, and you like to talk about chivalry and roaming the martial arts world."

But ask yourselves honestly, how many of you are truly acting as heroes, and how many are using these so-called slogans to do many more hypocritical things?

I've been in the underworld for a while now, and I've seen many things firsthand, so I know very well how dirty and chaotic it can be.

Some people in the martial arts world are disgusting and evil; they can kill whomever they want.

They showed no regard for the lives of others, nor did they care about the rules and laws of the imperial court.

This is absolutely unacceptable. The Ming Dynasty can now rule the entire world; surely it can't control a mere martial arts world?

Upon hearing Zhu Yunwen's resounding words, many martial arts figures present fell silent.

They didn't even know what to say; at least they felt guilty and couldn't refute it.

At this moment, a member of a second-rate faction stood up and said:

"Even so, the imperial court can't control us, nor can it manage us. We people of the martial arts world are not so easy to control. In the end, the imperial court will only have more headaches and will not be able to do anything."

Zhu Yunwen glanced at the one who had spoken, then sneered:

"In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, everything should be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. If you people in the martial arts world are really just forming your own faction within your small group, then that's fine."

But in reality, you often do bad things outside. For example, some recent events have happened. Every time your sects go to towns and counties, they act arrogantly and recklessly. Shouldn't the imperial court do something about it?

Zhu Yunwen's words left the martial arts practitioners present speechless. They were actually very clear about what they had done. Bad people don't need others to remind them of the bad things they have done; they know better than anyone else what they have done.

However, they didn't want their right to do bad things to be prevented, so some members of the underworld spoke up:

"Even if the martial world is indeed in chaos, we will not allow the imperial court to restrain us. The imperial court will never be able to control us through any means or methods."

Furthermore, the imperial court doesn't have the power to control us. Don't think we martial arts practitioners are so easily manipulated. Leaving aside everything else, how could the imperial court arbitrarily strike and kill any of the martial arts practitioners present here?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled, then slowly raised his hand. No one present knew what he meant. Then he fired a shot into the sky.

With a bang, after the gunshot rang out, before anyone could even understand what was happening, a number of Imperial Guards with various weapons surrounded them from all directions.

They were all carrying rifles, pointing them at everyone present, and completely surrounded them.

Although five hundred people are not many, the guns they wield are extremely lethal.

In the past, it wasn't unheard of for a few people to deal with tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of people.

Now it's not a problem, even if these people are江湖人士 (jianghu figures).

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