Signing In: From Lowliest Laborer To Mightiest Master? - Chapter 22

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Outside the Skyfire Sect’s mountain gate, on the path down the mountain everyone passed through, Fang Jia was riding on a fire trample beast, moving speedily.

He had received Luo Cheng’s orders and was prepared to travel a thousand miles to capture the members of the Zheng Clan.

This person’s cultivation was only at the second layer of the Divine Sea, and he didn’t have a flying magic tool, so he wasn’t able to fly through the air for a long period. He could only borrow a fire trample beast from the Beast Control Prison.

Therefore, he had only just left the sect and had not gone far.

Jiang Chen flew out of the sect and unexpectedly found Fang Jia.

Immediately, he had another idea.

Jiang Chen landed on the ground, and a golden light flashed in his eyes.

Following that, a smile appeared on his face. Then, a ripple akin to flowing water appeared all over his body, causing his entire aura to change, and he transformed into Luo Cheng’s appearance.

His upper body was bare, revealing muscles that were as tough as steel. He looked exactly the same as Luo Cheng.

Moments later, the sound of horse hooves could be heard.

Fang Jia — Luo Cheng’s junior brother from the Forging Hall — was on his way to capture Zheng Yun’s family and was hurriedly riding on the fire trample beast when he suddenly saw a majestic figure standing in the middle of the road ahead. He quickly pulled the reins.

“Eldest Senior Brother, why are you here?!” asked Fang Jia.

Upon seeing that it was Chief Senior Brother “Luo Cheng”, he hurriedly dismounted from his horse to greet him.

“I wonder if Eldest Senior Brother has any other instructions for me.”

“Nothing much. I suddenly remembered that I forgot to tell you about something, so I’m waiting for you here.”

Jiang Chen imitated Luo Cheng’s tone and then took out from his storage bag a box identical to the one he had shown Luo Cheng.

“This box is for you to protect yourself. There is a mechanism inside, equivalent to a full-strength attack from a fifth-layer Divine Sea cultivator. Although there isn’t much danger on this trip, it’s better to bring it with you just to be safe. This way, we can make sure that nothing will go wrong.”

“Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother! I’ll definitely keep doing my best. I won’t disappoint you.”

Fang Jia’s face was filled with tears of gratitude. He had not expected Eldest Senior Brother, who had always been dignified and imposing, to actually care so much about him.

He was so touched that he almost fainted. He vowed to himself that he would swear his loyalty to his eldest senior brother.

“Alright, Junior Brother Fang, hurry up and go.”

Without waiting for an answer, Jiang Chen rode on a streak of fire and left.

The real Luo Cheng’s entire body was still wrapped in a fiery light as he chased after that familiar aura.

“He’s actually so fast. But now that his speed has decreased, it seems like he must have used some kind of secret technique to be so fast!”

Luo Cheng had chased after Jiang Chen all the way from the Skyfire Sect. At first, Jiang Chen’s speed was not much faster than his, but just now, the fugitive’s speed had suddenly increased.

He almost lost his trail, but he still didn’t give up. He chased in this direction for a while, and sure enough, he sensed that person’s aura again.

Luo Cheng felt that the demonic dao scoundrel must have used a secret technique to increase his speed because, at such a time, he had slowed down. He thought it was definitely because the time limit of the secret technique had passed. That demonic scoundrel should have fallen into a weakened state.

Soon, Luo Cheng saw Junior Brother Fang Jia riding on the fire trample beast.

“Hmph, he actually managed to find a fire trample beast from who knows where and transformed back into Fang Jia! Does he think he can fool me like this?!”

He sensed that the aura of the person below him was exactly the same as the aura of the person who fought with him earlier.

He immediately charged downwards!

The undisguised magic power fluctuations naturally woke Fang Jia up, feeling the strong sense of danger.

“Senior Brother Luo! You, what are you— doing—?”

Seeing Luo Cheng’s attack, he was so frightened that he rolled down from the fire trample beast.

Fear filled his heart. He didn’t know what madness had seized Luo Cheng to actually want to kill him!

“Hmm?”

At this moment, even Luo Cheng felt that something was wrong.

The person in front of him was actually such a coward. He was like a completely different person from the person who had brazenly attacked him earlier.

“Are you really Junior Brother Fang Jia?”

Luo Cheng didn’t dare to confirm, but the other party’s performance caused doubt to arise in his heart.

Come to think of it, in such a short period of time, that demonic scoundrel would definitely not be able to obtain a fire trample beast, a beast unique to the Skyfire Sect. Furthermore, from the looks of it, there were no signs of battle on his body.

Luo Cheng thought that perhaps he had really gone in the wrong direction and had mistaken Fang Jia for that demonic scoundrel.

“Senior Brother Luo, why… are you here again? Is there… something else you need to tell me?!”

When Fang Jia saw that Luo Cheng’s movements had slowed down, as if he had mistaken him for someone else, he could not help but carefully speak.

“Again? What do you mean?”

“Eldest Senior Brother, didn’t you just give me a box? We just met a moment ago.”

Fang Jia hurriedly took out the metal box from his storage bag and was about to pass it to Luo Cheng.

“Wait! Stop!”

Little did Fang Jia know that Luo Cheng had been plotted against by this box. Although he hadn’t suffered any injuries due to his physique, when Luo Cheng saw this box, he suddenly thought of that demonic scoundrel.

“Ah!”

However, at this moment, the metal box suddenly exploded, and a jet-black light flew out from within, heading straight for Luo Cheng’s face.

“You scoundrel! How dare you do me dirty like this?!”

Luo Cheng was enraged, and the flames of his Nether Orchid Fire shot out.

Who did this demonic scoundrel think he was to have humiliated him again and again? His actions deserved death!

Luo Cheng attacked in anger, and in his rage, vigorous flames covered half the sky. His vital true fire and nether earth fire suddenly exploded.

He used the powerful Escaping Fire Palm to instantly destroy the black light. Then, it engulfed Junior Brother Fang Jia and the fire trample beast; getting rid of them now would be as easy as burning rotten wood.

The Escaping Fire Palm instantly swept up the “demonic scoundrel”. Luo Cheng clearly did not expect it to turn out like this. Despite having some doubts, he had still attacked because he was angry. At this moment, he could no longer retreat.

“Ah, Senior Brother Luo… you’re… too vicious—”

Boom!

Blazing flames engulfed Fang Jia. Before he could finish his sentence, all the defensive magic power in his body was easily torn apart. He was burned to ashes by the raging flames.

“Mm? So weak? He really died!”

At this moment, how could Luo Cheng not know that he had fallen into the trap of that demonic scoundrel?

“You bastard! You deserve to die! I’ll kill you!”

That person’s cultivation was on the same level as his, so it was impossible for his opponent to be killed so easily. That was why it was clear that he had killed the wrong person, killing the real Junior Brother Fang.

At the same time, flames lit up. Following this, numerous law-enforcement disciples dressed in black robes landed near Luo Cheng.

Their leader was Lu Qingtian of the Law Enforcement Hall, the Chief Senior Brother of this term’s inner sect disciples.

Lu Qingtian cupped his fists and asked, “Senior Brother Luo, what happened? Why did you kill Junior Brother Fang Jia?”

Demonic qi fluctuations were detected in the sect, and the aftermath of Luo Cheng’s battle with the demonic dao scoundrel was also witnessed by many people.

With another demonic cultivator infiltrating the sect, the Law Enforcement Hall had immediately made their move, and several groups of law-enforcement disciples moved out.

The team led by Lu Qingtian arrived first because they were closer.

Who would have thought that they would actually see Luo Cheng brazenly attack from afar, directly killing Fang Jia from the Forging Hall?

“Hmph, that demonic scoundrel disguised himself as Junior Brother Fang Jia. I was fooled by that evil scoundrel.”

Luo Cheng glanced at Lu Qingtian, somewhat annoyed.

The two of them were not from the same generation. Lu Qingtian was one generation younger, but his talent was too high, and his cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds. Thus, he was able to catch up and become Luo Cheng’s equal.