Chapter 220 Five-Incense Wood (1/2)

”I'm not a spy. The head of the Zi Clan killed my father!” Zachary didn't want to explain too much. So he gave Elva a straight answer. His eyes brimmed with anger as he spoke.

”He killed your father? How come?” Elva replied. She was visibly shocked.

”I can't say too much now. But I'll explain everything to you later. Bruce probably wanted to frame me by fabricating evidence against me. He wanted to drive a wedge between you and me. Just ignore whatever he tells you,” Zachary said with a frown. He knew that Bruce wanted to discredit him. However, Bruce didn't have any evidence to support his lie.

”Okay. I believe what you have said,” Elva answered. She became calmer now. Compared to Bruce, she believed in Zachary's words more. When she heard that the head of the Zi Clan killed his father, she was convinced that he wasn't lying to her because his face looked so sad and angry.

”Let's go.” As soon as Zachary finished his words, he turned around and was about to leave with Elva. But he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance. A mere moment after he smelt the strange fragrance, the circulation of martial energy in his body suddenly slowed down and then stopped.

At the same time, Zachary heard Elva behind him suddenly shrieking slightly. He immediately turned towards her as she pressed her chest hard with a look of extreme pain.

”Damn it!” Zachary immediately knew that something was wrong. But when he was about to carry her away, a masked man showed up and stood behind her. He held a dagger against her neck.

Zachary stared at the masked man and he immediately knew that it was Bruce. Bruce drew him and Elva here deliberately into his trap.

”If you want her to live, hand over the letter written in blood,” Bruce screamed in a threatening tone.

”How do you know about the letter? Is it...?” Zachary asked as his eyes suddenly reflected the anger that he felt within him. He remembered that he met Bruce at Lewis' place, and he might have known about the existence of the letter during that time.

”What is done by night appears by day. You are a spy for the Zi Clan! How dare you sneak into our Welkin Sect and do everything in secret with