Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In the Inferno Prison, a figure dressed in green robes continuously passed through the flames and thick smoke.
This person was the supervisor of the Firesmith Hall, Wang Feng.
Initially, he did not take Jiang Chen seriously. After all, he was just a laborer destined to not live long.
But as time passed, he gradually realized that something was really off.
Therefore, during this period of time, he had been secretly following Jiang Chen.
However, he didn’t expect that after following the other party so many times, he actually didn’t find any abnormalities.
However, Wang Feng believed that no matter how cunning his “prey” was, Jiang Chen could not win against a good hunter like him, and he finally found some clues the day before yesterday.
Wang Feng was already certain that Jiang Chen had embarked on the path of cultivation. He also knew that his cultivation was already somewhat strong. It was the only way to explain the things that had happened to this laborer disciple.
However, Wang Feng thought that even if he had gotten stronger, Jiang Chen was still an ant when compared to himself. Even if Jiang Chen had a trump card, Wang Feng believed he could still easily suppress him.
After all, Wang Feng was at the Divine Sea realm. No matter how powerful Jiang Chen was, his cultivation was at most at the Dao Initiation level.
It only took one finger for a Divine Sea cultivator to crush a Dao Initiation cultivator to death.
The fact that Jiang Chen had gone from someone who couldn’t cultivate to someone who was now on the path of cultivation was enough to prove that he must be hiding a huge secret!
“He’s actually this alert? But dream on, the difference in our cultivation cannot be made up for!”
From his behavior, Wang Feng could tell that Jiang Chen was on guard against anyone following him.
Not only had Jiang Chen deliberately taken a detour, but he had also left behind many misleading traces. If it weren’t for the fact that Wang Feng had already left a mark on Jiang Chen’s body, wanting to find a person within the poisonous smoke and raging flames of the Hell of Melting Flame was simply too difficult.
The more this was the case, the more he valued Jiang Chen’s secrets.
“Hmph, I really want to see what secrets you’re hiding!”
Wang Feng flung his sleeves, and spiritual energy gushed out to extinguish the flames.
Meanwhile, in the depths of the Magma Domain…
Jiang Chen finally finished cultivating. He suddenly opened his eyes, and a golden divine light shot out more than a meter.
Immediately after, the golden-red flames on his body were retracted.
“I had just advanced to the fourth level of the Divine Sea realm, and now I’ve already awakened the Fiery Eyes Divine Ability. Not bad. As expected of the Authentic Solar Fire.”
This heaven-grade spirit fire was really powerful; not only was it able to awaken a strong cultivation foundation and could be cultivated all the way to the Profound Connection realm, but it also bestowed the cultivator with the power of a divine ability in the process.
Jiang Chen got the Fiery Eyes Divine Ability from the Authentic Solar Fire after his first transformation of the Divine Sea realm, along with his advancement to the fourth layer of that realm.
Even though it wasn’t a divine ability that could increase one’s combat strength, it still allowed Jiang Chen to look past illusions and to see reality for up to a distance of three thousand meters.
It was a pretty good support ability considering that it allowed him to see through the other party’s disguise and whatever was fake.
As his strength increased, the power of this divine ability would also continue to increase.
“It’s about time. He should have taken the bait by now.”
Jiang Chen felt the magic power he left behind being triggered. It was clear that someone was coming here.
Golden light flickered in his eyes. His gaze pierced through the endless flames and thick poisonous smoke, seeing the green-robed figure that was currently heading over.
It was precisely the steward of the Firesmith Hall, Wang Feng!
Jiang Chen had already noticed the tracker set on his body by the other party.
The reason why he had not gotten rid of it was because he was waiting for this fellow to walk right into his trap.
After all, he had to be careful, remembering the saying, when trying to protect oneself from thieves, one is always bound to slip up.
Jiang Chen naturally wouldn’t allow anyone to scheme against him in the dark. Since he knew, he naturally had to find an opportunity to eliminate the danger at its source.
Especially after what he saw at the Demon Subduing Prison the day before, it made him wary that a demonic cultivator had secretly infiltrated the Skyfire Sect.
Instantly, a thought arose in his mind. He wanted to lure Wang Feng over, kill him, and shift the blame to the demonic cultivator.
Later on, even if it was investigated, Jiang Chen would have nothing to be afraid of. After all, no one would suspect a mere labor disciple like him.
After calculating the time the other party would arrive, he then cast a wisp of Authentic Solar Fire. The golden source of the Fire emitted a pure and warm glow.
After Wang Feng had just seen this wisp of flame, Jiang Chen immediately withdrew it.
“What—?!”
The Authentic Solar Fire’s penetrative power was extremely great, despite it only appearing for a short moment.
Additionally, Jiang Chen had intentionally revealed it so that Wang Feng would immediately notice the abnormality. Jiang Chen had made it look like there was a treasure there.
Wang Feng quickened his pace and soon arrived at Jiang Chen’s seclusion chamber.
“You sure hid well. You made me look for you.” Wang Feng walked through the mountain rocks and smiled at Jiang Chen.
He stared at Jiang Chen as if he was looking at a peerless beauty, his eyes filled with fervent desire.
“You must have tried really hard to actually be able to find this place!” Jiang Chen’s expression was calm.
Gazing at Wang Feng, he slowly said, “May I ask why Steward Wang has come to find me? I thought that as long as laborers complete their task, they can spend the rest of the time as they wish.”
Wang Feng said coldly, “If you don’t want others to find out about something, then just don’t do it. Jiang Chen, your secret has been exposed. Hurry up and hand over your treasures, or else, I won’t be polite to you.”
Wang Feng took two steps forward, and a yellow flame ignited on his hand.
“Sure enough, you’re blinded by greed. I wonder how you found out?” Jiang Chen’s tone was low. In the past year or so, he had been very careful and never showed any unusual behavior. How did this person find out?
If Jiang Chen did not get this problem sorted out, he might be exposed again.
“Hehe, you hid it very well. There weren’t many giveaways either, but that was exactly your biggest flaw. It’s been almost two years, yet you don’t seem to have been corroded by the fire poison at all, and that’s impossible! The fact that there weren’t any problems was your biggest giveaway,” Wang Feng said proudly.
In his opinion, he had already grasped the situation here. Jiang Chen was like a piece of meat on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered as he pleased.
“I see. In that case, you can die.”
Jiang Chen had also come to a realization. Thinking about it, it made sense. How could an ordinary fire laborer be fine for such a long time?!
It seemed like he had to find a way to resolve this problem as soon as possible after dealing with Wang Feng.
“Do you really think you can act so arrogantly in front of me just because you found a fortunate encounter?!” Wang Feng laughed heartily.
He decided to teach this brat who didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson and let him know how big the gap between a cultivator who had just initiated into the Dao and someone who had gone beyond.
However, before Wang Feng could make a move, his laughter came to an abrupt halt, as if he were a male duck suddenly being strangled.
His savage expression was completely replaced by fear.
In his view, a shred of black fire grew brighter and brighter, quickly occupying his entire vision.
“Impossible, this is impossible!
“A demonic cultivator? I can’t believe you’re a demonic cultivator— AHHH!”
Amidst a panicked scream, black flames ignited on Wang Feng’s body.
With such a huge difference in cultivation, any struggle was futile. Soon, only a charred corpse was left.