Entering Orchid Pavilion Temple, the Five Senses Distorted

Li Qing looked at the phantom, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.

He sat cross-legged and inhaled the Divine Spirit Incense.

A strange wisp of smoke entered his body and instantly spread through every part of it.

Then he felt his consciousness connect to something.

With a thought, an illusory figure stepped out of his body.

Two fields of vision appeared before Li Qing. He saw himself.

The figure bore Wang Mingde's face. Looking back from his own body, Li Qing saw the phantom bore that same face.

Li Qing could control both his body and the phantom at once. It felt different from controlling the Dream Projection.

The Dream Projection possessed advanced intelligence. Even without his control, it could act naturally; he only needed to give it orders.

Beside him, Wu De swept a hand through the air, and a formation disc appeared in his palm.

It was round, with three command flags planted in it.

At its center was a hollow. Wu De took out a baleful-grade Essence Stone and set it into place.

As soon as the Essence Stone was secured, the formation stirred.

The three command flags rose silently and spread out to cover the area within a yard of them.

Faint ripples spread outward, and the two men vanished into an illusion.

The formation seemed to blend into its surroundings, leaving no visible trace of any change.

Two illusory figures stood outside the formation, looking toward the withered forest.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, let's go!"

"We're bound to find something valuable this time!"

Wu De beamed and spoke with confidence, patting his chest.

Li Qing followed him into the woods.

The moment they stepped among the trees, an inexplicable chill swept over them.

Both men shuddered instinctively, as though they had entered an unknown world