Volume One, Chapter 164
However, this entire region lay within the jurisdiction of that sect. Zhao Fu headed to a nearby city, only to discover that the sect was wanted him. If he went around the sect, it would cost him several more days.
After thinking it over, Zhao Fu decided to go around the sect anyway. Staying to get entangled with them would only waste even more time.
Just as Zhao Fu was about to leave, he sensed a disturbance somewhere in the city.
A cloaked figure suddenly appeared behind two youths. The dagger on his arm stabbed toward them. One youth was pierced through the heart and died at once, while the other saw this and fled in terror.
The cloaked figure immediately caught up to the youth and killed him. Just as he was about to leave, another person in a black cloak appeared before him. That person was naturally Zhao Fu.
Zhao Fu looked at the person before him. This should be the one who had been assassinating sect disciples all along. Seeing that he too wore a cloak, Zhao Fu understood why that old man had suspected him. He had been taking the blame for this person entirely.
Seeing Zhao Fu block his path, the man coldly stared at him and spoke in a young boy's voice. "Who are you?"
"Who am I?" Zhao Fu said. "I'm the one taking the blame for you."
Hearing this, the youth's expression changed. He had also heard that Zhao Fu was extremely powerful and had defeated several elders in one stroke.
"What do you want?" the youth asked nervously.
Zhao Fu thought for a moment. "I don't want anything. I merely came to take a look. Though I took the blame for you, I already severely wounded several