With the alliance leader of the Twelve Linked Rings Dock arriving in person, everyone's expression turned extraordinarily grave.
A heavy atmosphere hung over the residence.
Lu Xiaofeng looked at the black-clad man before him and said gravely, "I never imagined that even the illustrious Twelve Linked Reaches Alliance Leader would be stirred into action. It seems the proclamation our Ming issued this time really has made a great many people restless."
The black-clad man said indifferently, "It cannot be helped. Compared with a unified Divine Land, I prefer a little more freedom."
"Yu Huatian's ambitions are too great."
"I hear that ever since he rose to power, every martial sect in Ming territory has had to obey the Imperial Court's commands. That is not the outcome I want."
"Besides, there is something I do not understand. How can you martial artists of Ming accept the Imperial Court's rule? Isn't it better to be free and unfettered?"
Lu Xiaofeng shook his head. "Keeping martial artists under regulation is a good thing for the common people."
"Besides, as long as we obey the Imperial Court's laws and do not harm innocent commoners, the court does not actually interfere in the affairs of people like us in the Jianghu. We are people of Ming, but not people of the Imperial Court."
"Is that so?" The black-clad man chuckled. "Then why, for this western expedition, have you accepted the Ming Imperial Court's orders to form this Jianghu Alliance and invade our Great Song?"
At those words, everyone fell silent.
Indeed.
Although joining the Jianghu Alliance the Imperial Court had ordered established this time was voluntary.
Yu Huatian's actions over the years had already cowed the entire Jianghu into submission. Once his order went out, hardly any martial sects dared refuse to join this Western