"I've led them through blood and battle in the outside world, and here you fuckers are tripping us up back home. Do you think I don't know about it? Every time I come back, Commander Zhang always seems like he wants to say more but stops himself. And this time, he didn't even start, do you really think I can't guess what he wanted to tell me?"

When Jiang Chen reached this point, he cursed aloud:

"You bunch of bastards! Do you think it's easy for us to enhance our strength out there? What do we enhance our strength for? They all wear military uniforms; they are all soldiers. Though I don't don a uniform, I know I'm a member of the Flame Dragon Kingdom! I am the chief instructor of Long Ya, an Intermediate Rank Officer of the Flame Dragon Kingdom!"

"We shed blood and sweat out in the field, for what? When you fuckers think about suppressing us, don't you fucking feel any twinge of conscience?"

Elder Qing and the others' faces changed completely.

They turned their heads in unison towards Shen Xiangtian and others, admiring the one hundred and eleven Long Ya warriors standing bare-armed and upright, the looks in their eyes filled with admiration, respect, and guilt.

Finally, their gazes settled on Jiang Chen's face.

Looking at that young, angry countenance, Elder Qing and the others simultaneously raised their hands, then spun around, and gave a military salute to Shen Xiangtian and the others.

Then, turning back around, they saluted Jiang Chen with a solemn military salute.

"Get dressed!" Jiang Chen barked.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Shen Xiangtian and the others hurriedly put on their shirts.

"Return the salute!" Jiang Chen commanded again.

Swish!

All of the Long Ya warriors, including Jiang Chen, solemnly saluted Elder Qing and the others with a military salute.

After the salute was completed,

"Young Jiang, let them go freshen up in their quarters first, then we can talk!" Elder Qing said with a complex look in his eyes as he watched Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen glanced at Elder Qing, turned to Shen Xiangtian and the others, and spoke loudly, "Now that you're here, we must obey their management, but remember, you are my soldiers, the iron-blooded warriors of the Long Ya elite company. Don't disgrace Long Ya!"

"Chief instructor, rest assured, we will guard the honor of Long Ya. We will carry on the chief instructor's glory!"

Shen Xiangtian and the others shouted in unison, "Long Ya will prevail! Long Ya will prevail!"

"Let's go," Jiang Chen turned to face Elder Qing.

Elder Qing nodded, turned, and walked toward the base's office building. Elder Hei and Jiang Chen stepped forward to follow. Qing Yan's four exchanged glances and followed suit. Long Wuhun's eyes darted, and he quickly trotted to catch up.

The remaining members of the five platoons were organized by the Flame Dragon's person in front of each platoon to go to their quarters. The one in charge of the Dongfang Zone was Li Feng.

The base office building, conference room.

People took their seats in order of rank, Elder Qing sat at the head, Elder Hei took the first seat to the right, followed by the four from Qing Yan. Jiang Chen was seated at the first seat on the left, with Long Wuhun sitting next to him.

"Young Jiang, can you share your intelligence with us?" Elder Qing asked eagerly as soon as he sat down.

Jiang Chen glanced at Elder Qing, his expression turned serious, and he spoke in a heavy tone, "I can share intelligence with you, but I have one condition."

"Speak!" Elder Qing said with a grave expression. Whatever was serious enough to make Jiang Chen take such an attitude was probably not a simple matter.

"I want the Dragon Soul Mercenary Group!" Jiang Chen stared straight into Elder Qing's eyes.

Elder Qing was momentarily stunned, struggling to respond, "The Dragon Soul Mercenary Group? Aren't you on good terms with them? Do you want to destroy them? Aren't they your Dongfang Zone's…"

"You mean to take the Dragon Soul Mercenary Group into your hands?" Elder Hei interjected, cutting off Elder Qing's words.

"Right!" Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

Elder Qing's expression changed slightly, frowning a bit, "Give me a reason."

"I've had quite a few dealings with the people from Dragon Soul, and I've found that the support they can get is limited. I understand why Flame Dragon only gives them that much support, but I don't want to see these iron-blooded men shed blood for Flame Dragon and then have to hide and lick their wounds."

Having said this, Jiang Chen paused for a moment, then continued earnestly,

"I want to give them some support, but if I just provide it like that, there will inevitably be voices of suspicion within the country. Plus, the future of Dragon Soul's warriors is a big problem. So, I might as well take them in directly!"

Elder Qing and the others were taken aback, complicated expressions flashing in their eyes.

They understood Jiang Chen's concerns. Although Dragon Soul was an international mercenary group, many in Flame Dragon knew that Dragon Soul was dispatched by the Dongfang Zone and was arranged by Flame Dragon's high-ranking officials.

If Jiang Chen were to provide support and help to them in his private capacity, it would inevitably lead to suspicion from those in the know, after all, convincing them that Jiang Chen would help Dragon Soul out of sheer sentiment, without expecting anything in return, was a bit too difficult.

Moreover, Jiang Chen had no obligation to help Dragon Soul without compensation.

On the other hand, as Jiang Chen mentioned, the future of the people in Dragon Soul was a big issue. They had already been labeled as mercenaries and absolutely could not return to retire in Flame Dragon.

What will happen to these men when they grow old? They can only stay abroad, unable to even return to their homeland.

After all, Flame Dragon is a forbidden zone for factional forces. If the people of Dragon Soul were allowed to retire peacefully in Flame Dragon, what would the other forces underneath think?

And this issue would be resolved once Dragon Soul transitioned from its current state to becoming Jiang Chen's private force. When the people of Dragon Soul wanted to retire, they could be re-employed under the pretext of hiring them into Yi Chen's security company.

Yi Chen's security company had been established for a long time but had not officially opened for business, precisely to leave a way out for Long Yan's people. This way out was also applicable to the people of Dragon Soul!

"Young Jiang, thank you!" Elder Qing instantly understood Jiang Chen's intentions, his eyes filled with gratitude as he looked at Jiang Chen.

They, the informed, felt guilty towards the warriors of Dragon Soul. Seeing that the issue weighing most heavily on their minds could be resolved, they all felt grateful to Jiang Chen.

They were also soldiers and were acutely aware of the feelings of the Dragon Soul warriors as they left their country, understanding full well how much patriotism and national responsibility it took to step out knowing they could never return.

These were true iron-blooded warriors, utterly loyal patriots.

Such lovable, respectable individuals who could not truly receive honor and couldn't even return to their native land after death — how desolate that was.

Now, Jiang Chen's intervention resolved this desolation, providing the Dragon Soul warriors with a foundation for the future. This was not about setting conditions; it was about helping them resolve the guilt in their hearts.

"Young Jiang, I agree to this!" Elder Qing's eyes reddened slightly as he nodded decisively.

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