Zhang Yuanqing sat up "with difficulty," gasping for breath. Sweat slid down his forehead and soaked his back as he panted, "Dream Master—the Heaven-Connecting Cult Leader is a Dream Master!"
He looked as though the lingering fear had yet to fade.
"I could tell!" Zhai Cai scratched his head, looking troubled. "Illusionists are rare in the First District. We're seriously unlucky. Sigh, if I'd known, I shouldn't have cared whether you lived or died. I should've just banned dream traversal. Then we could've captured the Heaven-Connecting Cult Leader alive today."
He had never expected to actually lure out the Heaven-Connecting Cult Leader, much less that he would turn out to be a Dream Master.
Among the three major professions of the Second District, Illusionists were the most cunning, mysterious, and difficult to track down.
But you chose to save me first. Zhang Yuanqing raised his eyes and stared seriously at Zhai Cai. "Don't worry, Mr. Knight. From now on, you'll never have to worry about not being able to find your enemies, because they'll chase you like sharks that have smelled blood."
Zhai Cai's heart sank. "What do you mean?"
Imitating Zhai Cai, Zhang Yuanqing curled his lips into a thoroughly punchable smirk. "In the dream just now, to save myself and buy time, I told the Heaven-Connecting Cult Leader that you're the sole inheritor of the Knight class, including the Holy Disk you carry."
"!!!" Zhai Cai's expression instantly froze.
Sorry. For the sake of the great undercover operation, I could only sell you out. Zhang Yuanqing analyzed the matter with a straight face. "I think that rather than searching for someone like a needle in a haystack, it's better to make yourself the center of attention and let the enemy come to you. Besides, you're a demigod. You