Sima You Yue smiled apologetically, saying, "Little Sister Bi Lian, Great Grandfather, please forgive Yue 'er for hiding this from you. This is because this matter is too shocking. Even when I found out about Little Golden's true identity from my Master, I felt like it was a fantasy story. It was hard to accept. That is why Yue' er did not tell you about Little Golden's true identity immediately."
Jianchen could not help but think of the metallic spirit's origin energy buried deep within the tungsten alloy mine after hearing You Yue's explanation. The sword spirits had discovered the existence of the metallic spirit long ago, but it had not matured back then, and it was hidden deep within the tough tungsten alloy mine. Even the grand elder of Mercenary City, Tian Jian, was unable to pierce through that location, so they could only leave it there in the end.
However, he had never thought that the metallic spirit's origin energy would have completely matured when he returned to Flame City. At the same time, it had undergone the heavenly tribulation and taken human form, possessing extremely great strength.
For a moment, Jianchen's gaze toward Xiao Jin became rather strange after learning of his identity. He could obviously see Xiao Jin's naive side. He was just like a child who had not grown up yet. Jianchen found it rather hard to believe that such a harmless and powerless little boy was actually an Origin realm expert.
He had heard from the sword spirits just how impressive the metallic spirit's origin energy was and how limitless its future was. However, he had not expected Xiao Jin to be an Origin realm expert as soon as he was born.
After all, even in ancient times, only five Origin realm experts had appeared. If the person from the Ice Goddess Hall was not included, there were only the humans, the Sea race, the Magical Beasts, and the Hundred Races in the world.
This was more than enough to demonstrate just how rare Origin realm experts were.
Even now, there were only two or three Origin realm experts on the Tian Yuan Continent.
However, what confused Jianchen even more was why Xiao Jin had appeared in Flame City as soon as he had taken human form. He could clearly sense from Xiao Jin's gaze that Xiao Jin was very reliant on him. He did not reject Bi Lian and the others, which puzzled him no matter how hard he thought about it.
"The Tian Yuan Continent is about to face a crisis. The World of Forsaken Saints is about to invade our world. We need great strength at such a crucial time, so Xiao Jin's sudden appearance is just far too important for us. However, Xiao Jin seems to lack a lot of knowledge right now, so we need to teach him a lot in the next few days, especially when it comes to battle," said Jianchen.
Soon after, everyone's topic shifted from Xiao Jin to other topics.
"Brother, brother Ming Dong is currently cultivating in a secret room specially prepared for him in Flame City. Brother Ming Dong has become a Saint Ruler long ago, but who knows what level of cultivation he has reached. However, brother Ming Dong's talent is even greater than great-grandfather Bi Hai's. Even great-grandfather Bi Hai sighed in amazement at his rate of cultivation."
With that, Jian Chen scanned the area with the senses of his soul. As expected, he found Ming Dong cultivating in a secret room a thousand meters underground. Ming Dong's strength had indeed improved extremely quickly compared to before. He had reached the Eighth Heavenly Layer of Saint Ruler now.
Jianchen then looked at the silent Dugu Feng. Dugu Feng was one of the earliest people to follow him. He had become friends with Ming Dong in a miniature world during the tournament in Mercenary City.
Dugu Feng's strength was not as great as Ming Dong's in the miniature world of Mercenary City, but the difference between them was not great. Now, Ming Dong had become an Eighth Heavenly Layer Saint Ruler while Dugu Feng remained a Heaven Saint Master.
"Dugu Feng is a good child. While he was the disciplinary elder of the Flame Mercenaries, he made great contributions to the Flame Mercenaries, even delaying his own cultivation time. Dugu Feng's contributions to the stability of the Flame Mercenaries cannot go unnoticed," Bi Hai said from one side as he looked at Dugu Feng with a gaze filled with love.
"Yeah. I don't want Dugu Feng to become too exhausted from the matters of the Flame Mercenaries and delay his own cultivation. I've tried to persuade Dugu Feng to return to the clan and cultivate properly, but Dugu Feng didn't stay for long before coming back," Bi Lian chimed in as well. Dugu Feng had indeed contributed greatly to the development of Flame City in the past few years.
"My talent is nowhere near as great as Ming Dong's. I won't be able to catch up to you no matter how much I cultivate. If that's the case, I might as well do some meaningful things," Dugu Feng said emotionlessly. Dugu Feng said expressionlessly. It was as if a smile would never appear on his resolute face.
"Dugu Feng, you don't have to worry about cultivation. I have a way for you to undergo a complete transformation and become a Holy Emperor in the shortest amount of time possible. You will definitely become a Holy Emperor in the future." Jianchen sternly said to Dugu Feng. He did not have a lot of friends that he truly trusted, and Dugu Feng happened to be one of them.
Afterward, Jianchen asked about the whereabouts of Little Fatty and the others.
"Little Fatty, Senior An, Yun Zheng, Wang Yifeng, and the others haven't returned ever since they went to the Tian Yuan Continent to train. We've only received news about them from time to time. They seem to be doing quite well in the past few years," said Bi Lian.
"Lian 'er, pass down my orders. Get the people of the Flame Mercenaries scattered across the Tian Yuan Continent to search for Little Fatty and the others as soon as possible so that they can return to Flame City as soon as possible," Jian Chen said. Now that the crisis was imminent, he needed to use all the resources on hand to increase the strength of the people around him.
Three days later, Bi Lian, You Yue, Dugu Feng, Bi Hai, Huang Luan, and Ming Dong were taken to the mountain range that produced the tungsten alloy by Jianchen. However, the vast mountain range had become ordinary now. It was no longer as famous as it used to be. Ever since something had happened to the metallic spirit, it had absorbed all the metallic essence in the mountain range, reducing the tough tungsten alloy to extremely ordinary rock.
"Jianchen, why have you brought us here?" Ming Dong looked around and asked in confusion. He had just emerged from seclusion.
"This place is spacious enough. It's a good place. I plan on letting all of you break through here," said Jianchen.
"Letting all of us break through? Jianchen, have you obtained some heaven-defying heavenly resource? "Ming Dong's eyes lit up as he immediately became interested.
Jianchen nodded, "That's right. I have indeed obtained an extremely heaven-defying heavenly resource. It can allow your strength to skyrocket. Ming Dong, you're already a Seventh Heavenly Layer Saint Ruler, and your talent is pretty good. You can use this opportunity to break through and become a Holy Emperor. You might even have the slightest chance of directly becoming a Saint Emperor."
"What?" Ming Dong was shocked. He stared at Jianchen in disbelief. Even You Yue, Huang Luan, Bi Hai, and Dugu Feng revealed the same expression.
Jianchen did not waste any more time and immediately began to move. He first used the blood of the Hall Master Dragon God Temple to strengthen their bodies before using the holy water of the spirit sea to change their constitutions. Finally, he took out the Heaven-connecting Flowers, Violet Cloud Peaches, and Comprehension Tea Leaves from the artifact space to increase their strength.
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