The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Xie Liaochen leaned against the headboard, staring at the spirit stone array on the ground for a long time.

"My dear son-in-law, what's the meaning of this formation?"

"A Soul-Locking Array." Shen Yifei said without changing his expression. "It's specifically designed to lock away the divine consciousness. If your soul doesn't wander at night, you won't have dreams."

Xie Liaochen was skeptical. He had lived for over seven hundred years and had seen many arrays, but he had never heard of a soul-locking array that could be casually arranged with just a few dozen spirit stones.

But he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

"Who taught you this formation, son-in-law?"

"Ancient books that the sect leader specially found for me in the Hehuan Sect's library."

Having brought up Su Wuwang, Xie Liaochen couldn't press the matter further. Although the Hehuan Sect wasn't as large or powerful as the Qingyun Sect, it was normal for their library to contain some obscure texts.

"Okay, I'll try it tonight."

Shen Yifei stood up. "Then you should rest well. This disciple will go back first."

"Wait a minute." Xie Liaochen called out to him, "Son-in-law, bring me a few more bottles of that Suoyang Guyuan Pill. There are only two left."

Shen Yifei took out three bottles of medicine from his storage ring and placed them on the bedside table.

"Take one a day, don't take more. Eating too much will cause internal heat."

Xie Liaochen nodded.

Shen Yifei left the sleeping quarters, followed closely by a group of elders.

"How is the sect leader? Is he alright?" Elder Xu asked.

"It's nothing, just weakness. A few days of rest will do the trick." Shen Yifei sighed. "Elder Xu, as you know, the sect leader is over seven hundred years old, and his vital energy is already unstable. Add to that this strange illness lately, sigh..."

Elder Xu also sighed, and the others, deeply moved, also sighed along with him.

Elder Xu sighed, "Yes, the sect leader has worked hard for the sect all these years, and his health is indeed not as good as before."

Shen Yifei patted him on the shoulder, "Take care of yourself too. Take your medicine on time, and let me know when you're done."

"Good, good, good." Elder Xu nodded vigorously.

Shen Yifei returned to Tingzhu Peak and closed the door.

Liu Mengli floated out of the cauldron, laughing loudly, "A Soul-Locking Array? Hahaha... Master, you're quite the storyteller. Those few broken spirit stones weren't even connected in terms of spiritual energy, and you think arranging them in a circle constitutes an array?"

"As long as he believes it, that's fine."

"He doesn't believe a damn thing." Liu Mengli wiped away the tears of laughter. "Xie Chen's expression clearly showed he didn't believe it, but he has no evidence. Just you wait, he'll definitely investigate you."

"Let him investigate." Shen Yifei lay down on the bed. "What can he find out? You go out to work tonight, and I'll sleep in the room. I don't believe he can find anything. During the day, you stay quietly inside the cauldron and don't come out to show off."

"Master, do you dislike me?"

"No, I'm just afraid that old bastard Xie Chen will detect the demonic aura on you!"

"Master, don't worry. Right now, apart from you, no one else can sense it during dual cultivation. We Nightmare Demons are special beings."

"Then you'd better behave yourself!"

Liu Mengli floated down and lay down beside him. "Master, do you think Xie Liaochen will try to find someone to cure this strange illness?"

"Who will he contact?"

"Master, the Qingyun Sect has a wide circle of friends, so finding a few Nascent Soul stage helpers shouldn't be difficult."

Shen Yifei thought about it and agreed. Xie Liaochen would definitely not be so controlled by him and would eventually think of asking someone else for help.

"As long as no one's cultivation level is too abnormal, we're not afraid of even the Nascent Soul stage! Welcome to the Qingyun Sect, no... the Kidney Deficiency Sect!"

Xie Chen didn't take his medicine that night.

He moved the spirit stone array set up by Shen Yifei aside and began meditating and circulating his internal energy.

He wanted to verify something.

Is Shen Yifei behind this?

He took a few pills of Suoyang Dan and regained his strength.

Xie Liaochen closed his eyes, released his divine sense, and enveloped the entire main peak.

From the direction of Tingzhu Peak, Shen Yifei's courtyard was pitch black. Probing in with divine sense, Shen Yifei lay on the bed, breathing steadily, fast asleep.

There was no fluctuation of spiritual energy; it was just a Nascent Soul stage kid sleeping peacefully.

He searched Tingzhu Peak again with his divine sense, and only withdrew it after confirming that there was nothing unusual.

Am I just overthinking things?

Xie Chen relaxed, feeling sleepy. He had been tormented too much these past few days, and even his Nascent Soul stage consciousness couldn't hold up.

He lay down on the pillow and closed his eyes.

Little did he know, that night, Shen Yifei had Liu Mengli arrive at Xie Chen's place early. If she didn't obey, he'd add more "spice" to the evening!

Almost the instant Xie Liaochen lay down, the dream began.

This dream was even more fantastical than any dream; it was simply unbelievable.

Xie Liaochen also changed his identity. He stood on a towering palace, dressed like a king who looked down on the world.

The imperial harem, with its three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines, was nothing more than that.

This scene made him feel like a supreme ruler, a feeling of dominance over the world that he had never experienced when he was young!

That night, Xie Lechen was in great spirits!

The next day, Xie Liaochen lay in bed, unable to get up.

He stared at the canopy above his head, his mind filled with last night's dream.

He remembered the last one was a little fox spirit, whose appearance completely bewitched Xie Liaochen. In his dream, Xie Liaochen fought her for three hundred rounds, and in the end, he had to be carried off the palace.

Now, things have gotten worse; his dream of weak legs has become a reality, and he really can't move.

The disciple at the door heard the commotion and pushed the door open to enter. He saw the sect leader lying stiffly, his eyes darting around, his mouth opening and closing, but he was not moving at all.

"Sect Master? You...you're dreaming again?"

Xie Liaochen squeezed out a single word from his throat.

"help."

The disciple quickly stepped forward and helped him up from the bed. Xie Liaochen leaned against the headboard, panting for a long time, his face deathly pale.

"Zhao Xuan!"

The disciple understood and hurriedly went to fetch Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan jogged in and gasped when he saw Xie Lechen's appearance.

Xie Liaochen looks like a dried-up corpse now!

Xie Liaochen closed his eyes, then opened them again. He looked down at his hands, skin and bones, veins bulging. He was over seven hundred years old, and had never looked so disheveled.

He didn't believe that this was a mistake in his cultivation.

In over seven hundred years, what kind of mishaps haven't we seen? What kind of cultivation mishap involves dreaming every night of a group of women engaging in dual cultivation?

It must be Shen Yifei who's behind this!

But Xie Chen couldn't understand one thing.

How could Shen Yifei, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, manage to make hundreds of people in the entire Qingyun Sect simultaneously have erotic dreams? There was even a mid-stage Deity Transformation cultivator among them.

This technique is something that even a Nascent Soul cultivator or a peak Deity Transformation cultivator might not be able to achieve, let alone someone at the Nascent Soul stage.

Unless this kid has some special magic weapon.

Xie Liaochen paused for a long time, took a few Suoyang pills, and then whispered to Zhao Xuan, "Keep an eye on Shen Yifei. Keep an eye on him day and night. Record everything he meets, says, and goes."

Zhao Xuan responded.

"By the way, that kid's cultivation level is higher than yours, so keep a close eye on him and don't let him find out."

"Sect Master, rest assured, this disciple has a technique to conceal my aura, which will not be detected by a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"Oh, right, and there's one more crucial point: check if there's anything unusual around him!"