He began his journey to becoming a true immortal by causing others to fail their tribulations.

Outside Qingcao Village, Mu Qingrou, having composed herself, asked, "Senior Brother Xun Yan, what do we do next?"

Xun Yan lightly stomped on the soil and said:

"There should be a formation here that affects people's dreams, but because the formation covers a large area..."

Therefore, the effect is not particularly strong. It works well against ordinary people, but it becomes less effective once we have defenses in place.

However, just to be on the safe side, we still need to find the core of this formation and destroy it.

Otherwise, the ordinary people in the village cannot withstand prolonged harm.

"Okay, Senior Brother Xun Yan, shall we split up to search for the array's core?" Mu Qingrou asked.

Xun Yan shook his head and said:

"No need. While you were adjusting your breathing, I already roughly figured out the pattern of this formation."

"Let's go together, so we can look out for each other and avoid being picked off one by one by those who have set up the formation if we separate."

"Senior Brother Xun Yan, you're amazing! You found a solution so quickly." Mu Qingrou's eyes widened slightly, her tone full of admiration.

"It just so happens that I had some knowledge in this area; it was a lucky coincidence," Xun Yan said modestly.

He couldn't very well say that he knew it was a formation from the Hehuan Sect!

Wouldn't that expose one's "identity"?

Most importantly, the original owner was the undercover agent; he was just an innocent transmigrator.

Injustice has its head, and debt has its owner.

Although he has taken over the original owner's body, Xun Yan will not acknowledge or repay the original owner's "debts".

"Senior Brother Xun Yan, you are too modest."

"Alright, let's take care of the formation first!"

Xun Yan decisively ended the topic and led Mu Qingrou to the location of the Dream Array's eye.

A moment later, the two arrived at the village well.

The villagers probably never imagined that the well they used for daily water supply contained the reason for their listlessness.

"Senior Brother Xun Yan, shall we go down into the well?" Mu Qingrou asked.

Xun Yan went to the well and observed it carefully.

This well is about ten meters deep, and because of the water, ordinary people cannot see what is at the bottom.

However, Xun Yan was at the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, and his eyesight far surpassed that of ordinary people.

With his knowledge of the Desire Dream Array, Xun Yan quickly discovered the array's core hidden at the bottom of the well.

It was a moon-white spherical stone. With the help of the original owner's memories, Xun Yan recognized it at a glance as the "Desire Stone".

The Dream Array absorbed all the seven emotions and six desires, sealing them within the Desire Stone.

If the Desire Stone is broken or removed, the Desire Dream Array will soon disintegrate on its own.

He took out a copper coin, and as Xun Yan circulated his spiritual energy, arcs of electricity began to dance on the coin.

A cultivator in the Qi Refining stage primarily uses their spiritual power to temper themselves and cannot easily let it leave their body.

When performing spells, external objects such as magical implements are often needed for assistance.

Although Xun Yan did not possess any magical artifacts, the strength of the Desire Stone was not high.

Even an ordinary copper coin imbued with spiritual power would be enough to shatter it.

Just as Xun Yan was about to make his move, he suddenly raised his hand, and the copper coin wrapped in electric arcs flew off in another direction.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of copper coins shattering and an electric arc exploding like fireworks.

Not only Xun Yan, but Mu Qingrou, who was standing next to him, could also see a person shrouded in a black robe dozens of meters away.

Seeing the other person's ashamed expression, Xun Yan asked directly, "Did you set up this magic array?"

"Hehehe... As fellow members of the Joyful Union Sect, don't play dumb. This formation? Can't you tell it's the Dream of Desire Formation?"

Xun Yan's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, but his mind began to race:

"The other party is also from the Hehuan Sect and knows the original owner's identity. Could they be the original owner's superior?"

No, since the original owner infiltrated the Misty Sect, he hasn't received any messages or missions from the online community.

It's unclear whether the creature is dead or simply doesn't care about the original owner, leaving the original owner with a sense of abandonment and helplessness.

He was also very worried that if his undercover identity was discovered, he would have no way to redeem himself, and no one would come to his rescue.

The invisible pressure made the original owner live in fear every day, so when Pan Qie came to her door as a colleague,

That's why the original owner was so excited, as if she had found her tribe, and let down all her guard against Pan Qie, which led to her being killed by the sandalwood Pan Qie gave her.

Furthermore, if they were online, they certainly wouldn't speak in such a hostile tone, which means...

The guy in front of me is one of Pan Qie's men. It seems the Hehuan Sect isn't a monolithic entity after all.

Although I thought about it a lot, reality only lasted a moment.

Before Xun Yan could speak, Mu Qingrou beside him scolded, "You cowardly coward! Don't even think about using such petty tricks to frame anyone!"

"Hehehe..."

After a few strange laughs, the man in black robes said, "As expected of a fellow disciple of the Joyful Union Sect, you've already bewitched people in such a short time."

"Junior Sister Mu, no need to waste words with him, let's attack together." As soon as Xun Yan finished speaking, he took out a sword from his storage bag.

This is just a low-grade magic weapon longsword, which was uniformly assigned by the sect when someone successfully joined the outer sect of the Misty Sect.

Even so, many rogue cultivators of the same level find it difficult to obtain magic artifacts of this quality.

This is the foundation of a sect, and one of the reasons why so many people are desperate to join one.

"Yes, Senior Brother Xun Yan!" Mu Qingrou also summoned her magic weapon, a longsword, and stared intently at the man in black robes.

If gazes had a killing power, the man in black robes would already be riddled with holes by Mu Qingrou's piercing gaze.

Not only that, she was also making a hand gesture and chanting incantations.

"Hehehe... I dare to appear before you because I am fully prepared to deal with you."

As soon as the man in black finished speaking, he took out a stone from his robes, which was exactly the same Desire Stone as the one at the bottom of the well.

"You are clearly not skilled enough. Don't you know that a Dream Array can charge multiple Desire Stones?"

Before the man in black could finish speaking, he crushed the Desire Stone in his hand.

Immediately, a shockwave of mottled color and resembling a venomous snake rushed towards the two of them.

Xun Yan's pupils contracted slightly. If the Desire Stone was merely shattered...

The seven emotions and six desires stored inside will quickly dissipate into the world and transform into ordinary spiritual energy.

However, if combined with the techniques of the Hehuan Sect, then the complex seven emotions and six desires can directly strike the target's soul.

If you can't resist, you'll become a walking corpse completely dominated by your desires!

This move is not very effective against cultivators with high cultivation levels, but it is still very powerful against those in the Qi Refining stage.

"Senior Brother Xun Yan, be careful!" Mu Qingrou shouted as she drew her sword and stood in front of Xun Yan.

Although Xun Yan considered himself not a good person and even a scoundrel, he wasn't so scoundrel as to use his junior sister as a shield.

Besides, Mu Qingrou is his next target, so he can't afford to lose her here.

Besides, it's not like he's without means to deal with these complex emotions and desires!

At the critical moment, Xun Yan grabbed Mu Qingrou's arm and pulled her hard before she could react.

The moment he pulled Mu Qingrou behind him, the mottled "venomous snake" almost completely burrowed into Xun Yan's body.