Chapter 142 Secret Technique: Healing Through a Nap! Don't move, I'm fixing my pillow.
The night was as dark as ink, and the nights in the Kunlun Secret Realm were always accompanied by biting cold winds and the roars of wild beasts in the distance.
However, in a hidden cave thirty miles away from the battlefield, it was warm as spring, and even... a bit sultry.
"Hmm... lighter..."
Su Qingyue let out a suppressed cry of pain, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.
She was currently sitting on the ground with her back against the rock wall, her clothes half-unbuttoned, revealing the left half of her skin, which looked like mutton-fat jade.
However, that originally perfect left arm was now covered in black poison lines; that was the "Nether Spider Poison" she had contracted earlier to block a sneak attack for Jiang Chen.
And in front of her, Jiang Chen still had his eyes closed.
But he wasn't lying down; instead, he was sitting cross-legged, his hands moving across Su Qingyue's arm in an extremely slow yet rhythmic motion.
This was no ordinary massage.
In his palms, a faint, milky-white halo was circulating. That was high-purity Mental Energy, which, after being converted by the System, turned into life energy with extremely strong restorative capabilities.
【System Prompt: Detected surface damage on "Exclusive body pillow No. A", internal filler (Meridians) damaged.】
【Initiating "Deep Sleep Repair" program.】
【Repair Plan: Mental Energy infiltration + physical massage + Dual Cultivation guidance.】
"Bear with it."
Jiang Chen muttered with his eyes closed, his voice hoarse and filled with heavy sleepiness, "The 'cotton' here is all clumped up; it needs to be kneaded out."
After speaking, his fingers suddenly applied force, pressing onto an Acupoint on Su Qingyue's shoulder.
"Ah—!"
Su Qingyue's body trembled violently, and tears almost burst out.
That wasn't just simple pain; it was a strange feeling mixed with excruciating pain, numbness, and soreness that shot straight up her spine to the top of her head.
"Bastard... are you healing me or killing me!"
She wanted to pull her hand back, only to find that Jiang Chen's palm was as immovable as an iron clamp.
"Don't move."
Jiang Chen frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied with the "body pillow" moving around.
He suddenly leaned forward, his entire body almost pressing against Su Qingyue.
A thick male scent instantly enveloped Su Qingyue.
"Smells so good..."
Jiang Chen twitched his nose and leaned into Su Qingyue's neck to take a deep breath. With this inhalation, the phoenix blood in Su Qingyue's body seemed to be drawn by something, starting to circulate wildly and resonating with the Pure Yang Qi in Jiang Chen's body.
"This... this is..."
Mu Qingxue, who was treating her own wounds nearby, saw this scene, and her pupils shrank slightly.
"Divine Sense resonance? He is using his own Mental Energy to guide the toxins out of your body?"
Sure enough.
With every breath and massage from Jiang Chen, the black lines on Su Qingyue's arm began to recede at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Drops of black poisonous blood dripped from her fingertips, making a "hissing" corrosive sound as they landed on the ground.
In contrast, Su Qingyue's complexion visibly became rosy, and her originally depleted True Qi was recovering rapidly, even becoming more refined than before she was injured!
"Is this... getting stronger while lying down?"
Su Qingyue felt like she was soaking in a hot spring; that warm, fuzzy feeling made her want to moan out loud.
She looked at Jiang Chen, who was close at hand, looking at that face that still carried a hint of handsomeness even in his sleep, and her heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat.
"This guy... when he's serious (even though he's not awake), he's actually quite charming."
"Alright, next one."
Just as Su Qingyue was letting her imagination run wild, Jiang Chen suddenly let go and fell backward, tipping directly onto Mu Qingxue nearby.
"The... air conditioner on this side is broken, it's leaking Freon..."
Before Mu Qingxue could react, she was fully embraced by Jiang Chen.
"Hey! You..."
She just wanted to push him away, but she felt a warm, large hand covering her injured shoulder.
That area had been pierced by a wind blade; although the bleeding had stopped, the cold energy had penetrated into her bones, and her Meridians were severely damaged.
"So cool... but it feels very comfortable."
Jiang Chen let out a sigh of satisfaction.
For Jiang Chen, whose Mental Energy was currently overflowing and burning like fire, Mu Qingxue's cold body temperature was simply the most perfect coolant in the world.
He subconsciously pressed his face against Mu Qingxue's collarbone and rubbed against it like a puppy.
【System Prompt: Detected cooling System failure on "Exclusive body pillow No. B".】
【Injecting thermal energy to neutralize and repair.】
Hum!
A surge of scorching Pure Yang Qi poured into Mu Qingxue's body through Jiang Chen's palm.
"Ugh!"
Mu Qingxue's body stiffened; that momentary alternation of cold and heat gave her the illusion of her Soul Emergence.
Her Ice Phoenix Dao Body was naturally extremely Yin and cold. Encountering Jiang Chen's overbearing Pure Yang Mental Energy at this moment was like dry wood meeting a raging fire, instantly triggering a violent chemical reaction.
The temperature inside the cave began to change drastically.
On one side was the fiery phoenix power radiating from Su Qingyue, and on the other was the frosty cold air permeating from Mu Qingxue.
And in the middle of the two, Jiang Chen was like a perfect harmonizer, fusing these two diametrically opposed forces together, forming a strange and harmonious Taiji diagram.
"Sister Su Qingyue... your face is so red."
After Su Qingyue finished dealing with the poisonous blood, she turned her head and saw Mu Qingxue's appearance, and couldn't help but tease, "Aren't you known as the 'Iceberg Goddess'? Why do you look like a ripe apple now?"
"Shut up!"
Mu Qingxue bit her lower lip, ashamed and angry enough to die.
She could feel that Jiang Chen's hand was not only healing her but also... taking advantage of her!
After healing her shoulder, that hand actually slid all the way down along her collarbone and finally stopped on the soft flesh of her waist, pinching it gently.
"The filler here... feels pretty good."
Jiang Chen muttered in evaluation.
"I'll kill you!"
Mu Qingxue was so shy that she raised her ice sword, but looking at Jiang Chen's defenseless sleeping face, the tip of the sword hovered in the air for a long time before finally lowering powerlessly.
"Forget it... for the sake of you saving us."
She sighed and let Jiang Chen hold her as a body pillow.
Actually, she knew in her heart that this level of intimate contact was indeed necessary for healing. And... the feeling of being held by him really made one feel very at ease.
There was silence all night.
That night, the cave was filled with beautiful scenery, yet it was pure and incomparable.
Except for the occasional snoring and the shy whispers of the two women, there was nothing else.
The next morning.
When the first ray of sunlight shone into the cave, Jiang Chen finally woke up... halfway.
He opened one eye groggily and stretched.
"Ah... that was a really comfortable sleep."
At this moment, his Mental Energy was not only fully restored, but because of the "Dual Cultivation therapy" last night, his Realm had directly broken through a small stage.
【host: Jiang Chen】
【Martial Dao Realm: Grandmaster Realm Early Stage (Disguised)】
【Mental Energy Realm: Peak of Great Mentalist (Actual)】
【Current Status: Fully revived, Waking Up Anger charge 0%.】
He looked left and right.
On the left, Su Qingyue was curled up in his arms, sleeping soundly like a kitten, her arm as white as before, without even a scar left.
On the right, Mu Qingxue was leaning on his shoulder, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, her breathing steady, her originally pale complexion now rosy and glowing.
"Is this... the legendary 'one on each arm'?"
Jiang Chen scratched his head, a mischievous smile curling the corners of his mouth.
"It seems that I have already mastered the highest Realm of 'eating soft rice hard'."
Just then, a violent energy fluctuation suddenly came from the entrance of the cave.
A golden sound transmission talisman flew in, exploded in the air, and turned into a dignified voice:
"The core area of Kunlun is open! The Empress's ruins have appeared!"
"All trial-takers, come to pay respects immediately!"
"Those who violate, will be killed without mercy!"
This voice was incomparably overbearing, carrying the sound of a Dragon roar.
Mu Qingxue and Su Qingyue woke up instantly.
"It's the people from the True Dragon Nest!"
Su Qingyue's expression changed, "Listening to this voice, it seems to be that legendary 'Dragon Clan Crown Prince' Ao Tian? He actually came in too?"
"Dragon Clan Crown Prince?"
Jiang Chen yawned, stood up slowly, and helped the two women tidy up their messy clothes.
"Forget about whatever Prince or no Prince."
"Since the ruins are open, let's go."
"Exactly, my mattress is a bit hard. I heard that if you peel off dragon skin to make a mattress... it's warm in winter and cool in summer, and it even comes with a massage function?"
The two women looked at each other, seeing deep sympathy in each other's eyes.
Sympathy for that Dragon Clan Crown Prince they hadn't met yet.
Who else would you want to provoke, but you had to provoke this star of calamity who had just slept well and was just preparing to find a place to continue sleeping?