Chapter 133 A Tale of Two Extremes, This Damn Healing Posture

The road to the heart of Kunlun was far more difficult than imagined.

As the altitude rose, the air became thin, and the temperature plummeted to minus sixty degrees. Fierce winds whipped snowflakes like ice blades, lashing wildly against their faces. Even with True Qi protecting their bodies, they felt waves of bone-chilling cold.

"It's no good... Ahead is the 'Spirit-Severing Ice Valley', where the consumption rate of True Qi is ten times that of the outside world. We must find a place to shelter from the wind and snow."

Mu Qingxue looked at the compass in her hand, her face pale. Although she possessed the Ice Phoenix Dao Body, in this extreme cold, the Cold Poison within her body was stimulated by the environment, beginning to stir and backfire on her Meridians.

"Hmm... There is an ice crevice ahead; we can take shelter there temporarily."

Jiang Chen's Mental Energy scanned a wind-sheltered harbor ahead. He was also freezing cold at this moment. Although he had the "Nightmare Golden Body", this extreme cold environment severely affected his sleep quality.

"Everyone, get in!"

The group filed into the narrow ice crevice. The internal space of this crevice was not large, just enough to accommodate a few people.

Although it blocked the fierce winds, the temperature here was even lower than outside. The four walls were made entirely of eternal profound ice that never melted, emitting a sinister chill.

"Cough, cough..." As soon as she sat down, Mu Qingxue started coughing violently, a trace of fresh blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Her eyebrows and hair were covered in white frost; if she didn't move, she looked just like an ice sculpture.

"Sister Qingxue!" Su Qingyue anxiously held her, wanting to transmit fire-attribute True Qi, but found that as soon as her hand touched Mu Qingxue, she had to pull it back, frozen.

"Don't touch me... the Cold Poison... has erupted..." Mu Qingxue said, trembling, her eyes already beginning to lose focus, "My Meridians... have been frozen..."

Meanwhile, Su Qingyue was not faring well either. In this extreme cold environment, the Heavenly Phoenix Bloodline within her began to burn frantically by instinct to resist the cold. Her skin became scorching hot and red, steam rising from her forehead; she was like a boiler about to explode.

"I'm also... so hot..." Su Qingyue tugged at her neckline, her eyes unfocused, "So uncomfortable..."

One was about to freeze to death, and the other was about to burn up. This was the terror of the Kunlun forbidden area—Yin and Yang in chaos, life and death hanging by a thread.

"This is troublesome." Jiang Chen looked at this scene, his brows locked tightly. His Mental Energy was also greatly depleted due to maintaining the shield for a long time, and at this moment, a warning from the System came to his mind.

【Warning: Mental Energy remaining 15%.】

【Suggestion: Immediately enter deep sleep to recover.】

【Warning: Abnormal vital signs detected in partner units (Mu Qingxue/Su Qingyue). If not treated in time, it will lead to permanent damage.】

"This damn System, do you want me to sleep myself to death, or watch them die?" Jiang Chen cursed. He glanced at the shivering Iliya (this fox had already curled into a ball), she was not to be relied upon.

"No choice, I have to use that move." Jiang Chen took a deep breath, his eyes becoming resolute (actually, more helpless). "Come here, both of you."

Jiang Chen pulled Su Qingyue into his arms, and then forcibly dragged the already stiff Mu Qingxue over.

"Jiang Chen... what are you doing..." Mu Qingxue still had a sliver of consciousness and instinctively resisted.

"Shut up! If you don't want to die, listen to me!" Jiang Chen domineeringly shouted at her to stop, and then directly... unbuttoned his pajamas.

"Hiss—" His warm chest was exposed to the air, and Jiang Chen shivered, but he did not stop his actions.

"Su Qingyue, you are on the left, hold me tight! Channel your fire Qi to me!"

"Teacher Mu, you are on the right, press against me! Give me your cold Qi too!"

"We must... perform Triple Cultivation!"

"Tri... Triple Cultivation?!" Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue widened their eyes simultaneously, their faces full of shame and anger.

This posture... these words... it was too shameless!

"Less nonsense! This is to save lives! And also for... physics!" Jiang Chen spoke nonsense with a straight face, "Do you understand the Second Law of Thermodynamics? Do you understand heat transfer? I am the conductor right now! Hurry up!"

No longer giving them a chance to hesitate, Jiang Chen took action directly, forcefully pressing the two women into his arms.

On the left, Su Qingyue's scorching body pressed tightly against his ribs, that intense heat instantly spreading through his whole body. On the right, Mu Qingxue's cold, delicate body pressed tightly against his chest, that bone-chilling cold rushing straight to his brain.

In an instant, Jiang Chen felt as if he had been thrown into the Pill Furnace of Laozi, and also as if he had been tossed into an ice hole in the Northern Sea. Ice and Fire! Pain! Yet happy!

"Ugh..." Jiang Chen gritted his teeth and circulated the "Nightmare Nerve Sutra", forcibly guiding these two diametrically opposed powers to converge within his body.

Su Qingyue's Phoenix fire and Mu Qingxue's Cold Poison collided and neutralized within his body. Gradually, a wondrous balance was established.

Su Qingyue no longer felt feverish, but instead felt a sense of coolness; Mu Qingxue no longer felt cold, but instead felt a warm current.

And Jiang Chen, as the "conductor", was now in an extremely bizarre state. Under this extreme stimulation of cold and heat, his Mental Energy actually began to recover rapidly, and even... underwent a qualitative change. The originally transparent Mental Energy gradually became tinged with a hint of fiery red and icy blue.

【System Prompt: High-intensity energy circulation detected.】

【Mental Energy recovery speed: +500%!】

【Obtained temporary Buff: Ice-Fire Demon Body.】

【Congratulations to the host: Unlocked prerequisite for "Dream Dual Cultivation".】

"Phew..." Jiang Chen hummed comfortably.

The posture was now extremely ambiguous. In this narrow ice crevice, the three of them were tightly embraced. Their clothes were disheveled, their skin touching.

Su Qingyue's leg was draped over Jiang Chen's waist, her face buried in the crook of his neck. Mu Qingxue was curled up entirely in his arms, her hands gripping his back tightly.

And Jiang Chen, with one arm around each of them, had an expression of enjoyment (actually, it was sleepiness) on his face.

"This mattress... although a bit crowded, the constant temperature effect is not bad." Jiang Chen muttered, his eyelids becoming heavier and heavier. "Don't move... let me sleep for a while..."

In this frozen world, in this desperate situation of life and death, this man actually... really fell asleep.

Listening to that steady breathing, Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue looked at each other, both seeing the shyness, helplessness, and yet a trace of peace in each other's eyes.

"This wretch..." The two sighed in their hearts simultaneously, and then... hugged him even tighter.

Just then, "Rumble—" A more violent vibration suddenly came from outside. This vibration did not come from an avalanche, nor did it come from a beast tide. It came from deep underground.

At the end of the ice crevice, on that seemingly indestructible wall of eternal profound ice, a crack suddenly opened. A ghostly blue light shot out from the gap, illuminating the entire ice crevice. An ancient, vicissitudinous, and divine aura rushed towards them.

"That is..." Iliya, who had been huddled in the corner, suddenly raised her head, a trace of shock flashing in her purple eyes. "The Kunlun Ancient Void... the entrance to the Secret Realm?!"

No one expected that the ice crevice Jiang Chen had randomly crawled into just to find a place to sleep was actually the true entrance to the legendary Kunlun Secret Realm! This luck... was simply Heaven-Defying!

But at the same time, several powerful auras were rapidly approaching this direction. "It's right ahead! The energy fluctuation is right ahead!" "Hurry! Don't let that Jiang Chen get there first!" "The Divine Son has ordered, kill without mercy!"

That was... the pursuers from the Tianli Research Institute, and... the remnants of the Western Church! Trouble had arrived.