Chapter 1005 - Jiao Fang, An a.s.sa.s.sin?

Learning about the existence of an a.s.sa.s.sin like this was surprising to Lin Mu. One might think that this was beneficial to their side, but in reality, it could be far more problematic instead.

"This a.s.sa.s.sin… you said that he didn"t hide his face?" Lin Mu asked.

"Yes, he didn"t." Wu Hei replied.

"Do you perhaps have a portrait of him or something?" Lin Mu questioned.

"Of course! We made several of them and even spread them around in case he was found somewhere." Wu Hei answered before taking out a roll of paper from his spatial storage ring.

He unrolled it on the table and allowed Lin Mu to take a look. And when he didn"t his brows furrowed.

"This guy… how can it be him?" Lin Mu was shocked.

"You know him?!" Wu Hei said with surprise.

"I do indeed… I even had a cooperation with him back at the Tri Cauldron Peony sect." Lin Mu replied.

"What!?" Wu Hei was even more shocked now.

"His name is Jiao Fang. He is one of the disciples of the Tri Cauldron Peony sect." Lin Mu revealed.

"He"s from the Tri Cauldron Peony sect? No wonder… no wonder the Gu Legion didn"t find anything since they didn"t even look at their own people." Wu Hei muttered.

"Let me check in more." Wu Hei said before he took out a communication jade slip and sent out a message. 

Five minutes later, he got a response and furrowed his brows even more.

"What did you find?" Lin Mu questioned.

"The information I got is conflicting… this Jiao Fang… he"s supposed to be dead." Wu Hei answered.

"What? How"s that possible?" Lin Mu asked.

"From the information I got, Jiao Fang and several other disciples of the Tri Cauldron peony sect along with several elders, were dispatched on a mission. The mission was to unearth a certain inheritance that had been found.

But some sort of an accident happen, and most of the people that were dispatched died. Only a single elder and two disciples survived from the thirty that were sent. This Jiao Fang was one of them." Wu Hei replied.

Hearing this, Lin Mu found it to be suspicious.

"Considering his past actions… Could it be he faked it?" Lin Mu thought.

"And this report is verified at the end of the Gu Legion as well. After all, it is the order from the Gu legion which initiated the mission. Since the Tri Cauldron Peony sect lost a lot of their resources, they were asked to take on more missions and gather them.

Targeting potential inheritance sites and areas filled with natural treasures was another one." Wu Hei explained.

"Looks like he managed to hoodwink the sect and the Gu Legion. Won"t be his first time, anyway." Lin Mu replied. 

"What do you mean?" Wu Hei inquired.

Lin Mu then went on to tell Wu Hei about all that he had done in the past. How he gained an inheritance by chance and killed his companions to hide that. And how he continued to steal from the sect while also fooling them at the same time.

There was a significant amount of wealth that Jiao Fang had looted and Lin Mu had seen it all clearly in his residence. 

Lin Mu also told Wu Hei about Yulong, who was supposedly an elder of the Zither Wind sect and how his inheritance was what propelled Jiao Fang forward. 

"Wait Yulong? I think I"ve heard of him." Wu Hei spoke.

"You have?" Lin Mu asked with interest.

"Hang on, let me check." Wu Hei said before he took out a scroll.

He looked through the large quant.i.ty of information and names written on it before his gaze finally settled on a certain line.

"There it is, no doubt about it." Wu Hei said.

Lin Mu peered into the scroll and saw that the scroll actually contained the names and information about the spies of the Northern Tribes! 

"This Yulong was a spy!?" Lin Mu was shocked.

"Indeed. This is the list of spies that the Northern Tribes sent out over the years. Though most of them have died by now." Wu Hei answered.

"This… did Jiao Fang know this?" Lin Mu couldn"t help but wonder.

"I doubt. The spies of the Northern Tribes won"t leave behind any concrete destination for their ident.i.ty, even if they are dying. Even in an inheritance ground, I highly doubt they would leave something like this." Wu Hei stated.

"Hmm… guess we"ll have to learn it from Jiao Fang." Lin Mu muttered.

"Though this doesn"t make complete sense. The inheritance he got from Yulong was supposedly at the Nascent soul realm and yet he managed to reach the Dao Sh.e.l.l realm?" Wu Hei wondered.

"It is probably the other inheritances he took as well. Though Jiao Fang himself is talented. Even if not cultivation wise, he is certainly very clever. I don"t doubt him finding some way to boost his cultivation base." Lin Mu stated.

Wu Hei rubbed his chin while his beard got a bit crooked. 

"This Jiao Fang character is certainly interesting. Though he is also volatile and might cause us problems." Wu Hei spoke.

"That"s true. We don"t even know why he is targeting the Gu Legion, either." Lin Mu spoke.

"Yes. And seeing what you told me till now, I doubt it is a specific enmity." Wu Hei replied.

"Considering his history, he might just be killing to get more resources. Was there anything missing when his victims died?" Lin Mu asked.

"There were several things, but that was something they didn"t really check much. After all, killing those influential people was not worth the resources that were stolen." Wu Hei replied.

Lin Mu found that to be valid and yet he couldn"t feel that there was something missing that they didn"t know.

"Looks like we"ll have to be on the lookout for Jiao Fang now. I"ll inform the Long Cloud alliance about him. Perhaps they know more.." Lin Mu said.