"It's just my mind playing tricks on me," Zhen Jun Yao told himself. "Nothing more."
Evidently, the man wasn't trained in how to sweep an area with his aether, otherwise he would've notice that someone was hiding and watching him.
Well, barely hiding.
'Oh crap...that message wasn't a trick. What do I do now?!'
Hiding behind a closed stall, one meant to sell octopi, Zhen Li found himself in a rather precarious situation.
Hours ago, he received a missive from that mysterious Overlord that he had struck a deal with not too long ago. One where he would function as his spy in exchange for power and fortune. This deal would be considered closed once the branch clan had ended their trip to the main clan's estate.
