The cries of the Saint Rulers of Flame City basically rang through the entire city. Everyone heard about the destruction of the captain's statue and immediately fell into an uproar. A large number of mercenaries from the Flame Mercenaries leapt onto the walls, quickly making their way to the center of the city.
The headquarters of the Flame Mercenaries was located to the back of the city. It was a luxurious palace that had been constructed like an imperial palace. This was the core of the Flame Mercenaries' authority, where the leaders and managers of the mercenaries lived.
Currently, Bi Lian was gathered with the upper echelon of the mercenaries in a green dress. They were sternly discussing matters regarding the development of the mercenaries.
Suddenly, a shout pierced through the various obstructions and rang in from outside, interrupting Bi Lian and the others.
Bi Lian's face immediately became ugly when she heard that the statue of her brother, Jianchen, had been destroyed. Her eyes shone with a chilling light.
"Hmph, I'd like to see who it is that dares to destroy my brother's statue. I won't forgive them so easily," Bi Lian was furious. Bi Lian was infuriated beyond words. She slammed the table and stood up, no longer caring about the meeting. She strode out with a dark expression. Behind her, the higher-ups of the Flame Mercenaries followed closely behind her.
Jianchen hovered several hundred meters in the air in the center of the city. He calmly watched the Saint Rulers approach him with his arms crossed. Ruijin hovered beside Jianchen emotionlessly. He would glance at the crumbled statue from time to time as some doubt appeared on his face.
The Saint Rulers of Flame City surged with presences. They all drew their Saint Weapons and surrounded Jianchen and Ruijin. Surging energy pulsed wildly around them, causing the surrounding space to slightly distort. They were ready for battle at any time.
"Who are you? Why have you destroyed the statue of captain Jianchen? Why aren't you moving …" A Saint Ruler glared at Jianchen and yelled out. However, before he could finish speaking, he was immediately surprised. He stared at Jianchen in a daze as disbelief flooded his face.
The Saint Ruler stared at Jianchen for quite a while before asking with a trembling voice, "Y- y- you're captain Jianchen?"
"What? Captain Jianchen …"
The other four Saint Rulers were surprised when they heard that. They immediately studied Jianchen carefully. Although they had never seen Jianchen's true appearance, they had seen Jianchen's portrait and statue before, so they were familiar with Jianchen's appearance. They immediately discovered that the young man's appearance was exactly the same as captain Jianchen's.
Another tremendous presence appeared and rapidly approached Jianchen. It was the ancestor of the Bi family, Bi Hai. He flew over with Bi Lian with lightning-like speed.
Bi Hai and Bi Lian were both pale-faced. Flames of fury burned within them. The destruction of Jianchen's statue had crossed their bottom line. The two of them were still thinking about how they could viciously punish the people who had destroyed the statue.
However, when Bi Hai and Bi Lian saw Jianchen and Ruijin surrounded by the Saint Rulers, they became stunned. Their faces were filled with shock, and their flames of fury were completely extinguished as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over them.
"Brother, why is it you!" Bi Lian called out. She was both surprised and overjoyed.
Bi Hai also stared at Jianchen in shock before looking at the statue that had been reduced to dust. He was confused. Now, he knew that the person who had destroyed the statue was his great-grandson.
"Greetings to captain Jianchen!"
The Saint Rulers who had hurried over first finally confirmed Jianchen's identity. They dared not hesitate at all, immediately bowing to Jianchen politely. They were extremely emotional. The captain of the Flame Mercenaries, Jianchen, was a legendary figure on the Tian Yuan Continent. Even with their strength as Saint Rulers, they struggled to remain calm when they saw a legendary figure.
As for the anger on their bodies, they had long since restrained it.
Jianchen stared at Bi Lian's face that had clearly become much thinner, and the anger he felt from the statue vanished in a single moment. Tenderness rose up in his heart, and he took a step forward, arriving before Bi Lian in a single moment. He looked at Bi Lian lovingly and tenderly and gently said, "Lian 'er, I've really troubled you with the matters of the Flame Mercenaries."
Bi Lian could not help but smile sweetly when she heard Jianchen's concern and heartache. However, when she glanced past the empty statue in the center of the city, she became confused again. She asked, "Brother, did you destroy the statue?"
"Correct, I personally destroyed it," Jianchen looked at the dust that was still drifting down and indifferently replied.
"Big Brother, I hired over a hundred craftsmen and spent a lot of effort to carve this statue. Why did you destroy it? Could it be that the statue wasn't carved properly?" Bi Lian's face was full of grievance, and she looked very pitiful.
"Lian 'er, don't be angry. I'm not blaming you. It's just that you don't know anything about the origins of the Flame Mercenaries. The statue in the center of the city doesn't belong to me. It should belong to the first captain of the Flame Mercenaries," Jianchen gently explained. He gazed into the distance as he reminisced.
"The first captain? Don't tell me you're not the first captain of the Flame Mercenaries? "Bi Lian's face was filled with shock and disbelief.
Jianchen shook his head, "Lian 'er, I'm not the first captain. The first captain is called Kendall. I'm only the second captain."
The past flashed through Jianchen's head like a movie. It made Jianchen think back to the days when he and the other members of the Flame Mercenaries roamed the Magical Beast Mountains.
Even now, he could still clearly remember that the Flame Mercenaries had been hunted down by a Class 5 Golden Haired Tiger King in the Magical Beast Mountain Range many years ago. In the end, except for himself, all the members of the Flame Mercenaries had died in the mouth of the Golden Haired Tiger King, including the first leader of the Flame Mercenaries, Uncle Kendall.
Uncle Kendall's greatest wish was to develop the Flame Mercenaries into the largest mercenary group on the Tian Yuan Continent, the strongest mercenary group. As a result, Jianchen shouldered the great ambition of developing the Flame Mercenaries in order to complete uncle Kendall's final wish.
Back then, when Jian Chen had just become the second captain of the Flame Mercenaries, he was the only one in the entire group. Only after that did Ming Dong join. Now, so many years had passed. The Flame Mercenaries had developed from an unknown, small mercenary group to a peak mercenary group that could shake up the entire continent.
"Brother, who was the first captain of the Flame Mercenaries? Why don't I know anything about him after spending so much time with the mercenaries?" Bi Lian asked.
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