After returning to Zhenwu Hall, Yang Cheng began preparations to take action against the major martial arts sects and collect their martial arts techniques.
After summoning all the members of Zhenwu Hall, Yang Cheng said to them, "The White Lotus Sect has been destroyed, the Thirty-Six Great Bandits have been wiped out, and even Dugu Cheng has been executed."
At present, there are not many forces in the Central Plains that can threaten the imperial court.
Therefore, I also need to prepare to fulfill the true responsibilities of the Zhenwu Hall.
Everyone was taken aback. The true duty of the Zhenwu Hall? Wasn't what they had been doing recently their duty?
Chen Da scratched his head and asked, "Boss, what is the real responsibility of our Zhenwu Hall?"
"Zhenwu Zhenwu, of course, means to suppress the entire martial arts world."
The crisis in the Central Plains has been resolved; now, the greatest military threat to the Central Plains comes from the powerful martial arts sects.
Everyone present was immediately shocked. Wei Lingyun asked incredulously, "My lord, do you intend to wipe out the entire martial arts world?"
Yang Cheng shook his head and said, "I'm not that crazy. There are too many martial artists in the world. Where there are martial artists, there is a martial arts world. Even if my Zhenwu Hall mobilizes 100,000 troops, it will not be able to wipe them out."
What I want is to suppress the entire martial arts world and take control of the martial arts world of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This time, our Zhenwu Hall will collect all the top martial arts techniques from various sects and register them in the Great Zhou Scripture Pavilion.
They can learn martial arts, they can develop their skills, but everything must be under the control of my Zhenwu Hall.
Wei Lingyun hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Sir, if you intend to do this, I doubt any sect will agree."
For them, the martial arts technique is the inheritance of a sect, the lifeblood of a sect!
Handing over the martial arts technique is not only humiliating, but also tantamount to handing over one's life to someone else.
If someone were to spread their techniques indiscriminately, or carefully study them to find weaknesses that could counter them, it would be a fatal blow to that major sect.
Therefore, if you decide to do this, you will almost certainly become a public enemy of the martial arts world.
Although the major sects in the Great Zhou Jianghu do not have a large number of members, some of the top sects have quite a few powerful figures.
Some of these beings were even ones that Zuo Yuan wouldn't have wanted to provoke before. In short, sir, you should still proceed with caution.
Yang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I've thought about all of this beforehand."
This time, Zhenwu Hall is venturing out of the capital and into the martial arts world, and I don't plan to bring too many people with me.
Wuxie Meiniang, you two come with me.
Wei Lingyun and Chu Qiu, you two come with me too.
The rest of the people were responsible for guarding the Jingcheng Martial Arts Hall and repairing the previously damaged hall as soon as possible.
At the same time, each of you four should select your most elite men, about a thousand in number.
"We're not aiming to wipe out the entire martial arts world this time, so we don't need that many people; just the elite will suffice."
Martial arts conflicts are not the same as battlefield battles; the circumstances under which they occur are different.
Bringing too many people along can be conspicuous and sometimes it can backfire.
With over a thousand elite soldiers from the Zhenwu Hall, the combined strength they could unleash far exceeded that of tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers.
"Yes, sir!"
Wei Lingyun and Chu Qiu immediately stood up to accept the order.
Yang Cheng suddenly turned his gaze to Yin Wuxie and asked, "Wuxie, do you remember having a grudge against the Dajiang Gang?"
Yin Wuxie was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "There is a grudge, and it is the grudge of killing one's father, a life-and-death feud!"
My mother died when I was young. My father was originally a fisherman on the river, but because the Dajiang Gang wanted to seize the river dock for transporting grain, they drove out the local fishermen.
My father, dissatisfied and defiant, led the fishermen of our village to confront the Dajiang Gang. However, he was stabbed to death by the Dajiang Gang with harpoons, his body was exposed to the sun on the dock for three days as a public spectacle, and then he was thrown into the river to feed the fish.
If it weren't for the elders of my village secretly taking me away, I might have died at the hands of the Great River Gang.
Ye Meiniang's eyes widened immediately: "Why didn't you say these things sooner?"
Chen Da also shouted, "That's right! If we had known those bastards from the Dajiang Gang would go so far, we would have stormed up the Dajiang Gang long ago and avenged you!"
Yin Wuxie forced a smile, but didn't say anything.
He certainly trusted his brothers and Yang Cheng.
But he didn't want to cause trouble for Yang Cheng and the others because of his own affairs, especially since it had happened before.
Back then, they were just penniless nobodys, struggling to make a living in the capital. How could they possibly be a match for the Dajiang Gang, one of the six major gangs?
So he kept these things to himself for so many years without ever uttering a word.
Yang Cheng said in a deep voice, "Since that's the case, then our first stop will be the Great River Gang, where we can demand justice for you!"
Once the order was given, the entire Zhenwu Hall immediately sprang into action.
Everyone knows that working for the Grand Commander must be incredibly enjoyable, and you can also reap great rewards.
Therefore, even the black-clad guards in the Zhenwu Hall began to compete and fight among themselves, resulting in extremely fierce battles.
Fortunately, Yin Wuxie and the others were watching over them, which prevented a real fight from breaking out.
The thousand or so elites selected in the end were indeed the real elites, including over a hundred captains from the Zhenwu Hall.
When Yang Cheng arrived at the gates of the capital, he found Grand Tutor Cai and Yuwen Du waiting for him there.
Grand Tutor Cai, with a smile on his face, cupped his hands and said, "I wish the Grand Commander a smooth journey and have waited here to see you off."
Yang Cheng dismounted and said, "Grand Tutor Cai, you are too kind. If you, at your age, were to get sick from being exposed to the wind at the city gate, I would become a sinner of the Great Zhou."
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