Beyond dark willows, flowers bloomed: [Mist Spreading] transformed; deep bonds and loyalty brought calamity upon [Great Shun]
Yuanshan Kingdom, at [Narrowcliff Market Ward], not far from the border with Yue Kingdom.
None of the shopkeepers, the Law Enforcement Team, or the cultivators entering the market realized that a terrifyingly powerful divine sense had enveloped them all.
Everything they did was reflected in another's mind! Yet they sensed nothing!
Still, ignorance brought fearlessness. Had they discovered such an existence, they would only have been overwhelmed by terror, their hearts filled with inexpressible dread.
A shop called [Tailwind Spirit Materials Pavilion] bore the emblem of the [Great Shun Merchant Association], though it did not share the association's name.
It was evidently one of its subsidiary shops.
Customers came and went inside, and three shop assistants were busy serving them.
A middle-aged cultivator in a black jacket sat behind the counter. His aura was impressive, his cultivation roughly at the foundation establishment middle stage.
He was likely the manager.
The middle-aged manager looked down at the ledger in his hands, continually marking and checking entries. Occasionally, he glanced around the shop and moved his lips slightly to transmit instructions to an assistant. The assistant would look enlightened and hurriedly explain something to a customer, as though having received some useful guidance.
Quietly using his divine sense to observe the customers' subsequent reactions, the middle-aged manager nodded in satisfaction, then lowered his head to continue working on the ledger.
Just then, a trace of astonishing power suddenly flashed from the rear courtyard.
"What was that?"
The middle-aged manager sensed it immediately. His heart pounded, his hairs stood on end, and he felt as though he had fallen into a vast ocean, drowning and unable to breathe!
Horror instantly spread across his face!
Though it lasted only an instant, it seemed to have been directed at him alone. The other assistants and