Chapter 166: The Divine Bed 2.0, This Fox Shadow is Quite Alluring
Third Fortress of the Northern Territory, Special Class Barracks in Area A.
This luxurious barrack, which Lei Heng originally boasted could 'withstand even a nuclear bomb,' was now permeated with a strange fragrance.
This aroma was not as cloying as floral scents, nor as heavy as sandalwood, but rather a peculiar rhythm that carried a primitive wildness while being extremely calming.
As soon as Jiang Chen entered the room, he kicked the 'Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Bed' he had swiped from the Zhao family to the side.
"No, this bed is too hard; it's making my old waist ache."
Jiang Chen tossed the [star dream emperor pillow] he was holding onto the pile of miscellaneous loot and casually pulled out that package of nine golden down feathers he had just 'borrowed' from under the armpit of the Fox Ancestor... ahem, from the Fox Ancestor.
Once these down feathers appeared, the temperature of the entire room seemed to stabilize at a most comfortable 26 degrees.
"System, time to work." Jiang Chen muttered in his mind, his dead fish eyes revealing an extreme disdain for 'working overtime.' "This is the Fox Ancestor's bottom-of-the-box stash. If you sew it crookedly, I'll immediately give you a bad review."
[Ding! Detected top-tier divine material: Nine-Tailed Fox Ancestor's Natal Golden Down (Armpit Collector's Edition).]
[Detected auxiliary Materials: Sunken Silver Wood, Profound Ice Soul, and the Holy See's Divine Flag (Foot-binding Cloth Edition).]
[System evaluation: Good grief, host, with your level of procurement, the Pope would weep upon hearing it, and the Fox Ancestor would isolate themselves upon seeing it.]
[Upgrading 'myriad heavens formless bed' program... Progress 1%... 5%...]
As the System prompt sounded, a dark purple nightmare power surged out of his body, sweeping all those treasures capable of causing a world war into mid-air.
Jiang Chen's eyelids drooped, his body swayed, and he simply leaned against the corner of the wall, entering that 'half-dreaming, half-awake' AFK state.
But to the outside world, this was nothing short of a miracle.
The nine golden down feathers automatically wove themselves in the air, turning into warp and weft threads as thin as hair yet incredibly tough, densely wrapping around the originally rough Sunken Silver Wood bed frame.
The Profound Ice Soul was violently crushed into powder and evenly sprinkled into the gaps of the wood, while the Holy See's Divine Flag, which Jiang Chen had used as a foot-binding cloth, was forcibly reformatted by the System, turning into a silky bedsheet as thin as a cicada's wing, emitting a faint Holy Light.
"Hum—!"
Just as the bed was about to take shape, a sudden change occurred!
A dazzling golden light broke through the roof and shot straight into the firmament of the Northern Territory.
In the center of that golden light, a giant, snow-white phantom of a fox with nine golden tails slowly emerged.
The fox phantom was not only breathtakingly beautiful but also exuded a majesty that looked down upon all things.
What was even more deadly was that as the fox phantom swayed, a wispy, alluring Aura spread out—this was the Origin charm technique engraved in the Fox Clan's genes, mixed with a trace of the Abyssal Empress Ye Liuli's impatient Emperors Might.
This feeling was like a cold, aloof older sister blowing into your ear while simultaneously giving you a big slap—both alluring and domineering.
Inside the fortress, countless veterans who were dozing off woke up with a start, their faces flushed, feeling the Qi and blood in their bodies wildly coursing about.
"Good grief, this phenomenon... is a Sacred Artifact being born?" Lei Heng stood on the command tower, drooling. "This fragrance is even more intoxicating than the special spirit wine!"
In the shadows outside the barracks, several figures with gloomy Auras revealed greedy gazes.
Lin Yao, from a branch of the ancient martial arts family, the Lin family.
As a 'Genius' sent by the Lin family to the Northern Territory for training, Lin Yao was completely stunned at this moment.
He had originally wanted to see what kind of skills the rumored Jiang Chen possessed, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he caught this wave of a 'supreme treasure being born'.
"A Sacred Artifact! This is definitely a treasure above the Sacred tier!" Lin Yao's eyes turned red with excitement, his hand trembling as he gripped the sword hilt.
In his view, how could a Trash like Jiang Chen, who only knew how to sleep, deserve to possess such a divine object? This was clearly a stroke of fortune sent by the heavens because it saw how hard he, Lin Yao, had been working lately!
"Boss, that's Jiang Chen's room." The subordinate beside him shrank his neck. "I heard that kid's Waking Up Anger is strong enough to slap a Grandmaster to death..."
"Bullshit Waking Up Anger! He's just bluffing with mental secret arts!" Lin Yao snorted coldly, his Half-step Grandmaster Aura fully erupting. "While the Sacred Artifact hasn't fully formed yet, we'll storm in! Once we get the treasure, we'll return to the Lin family immediately. Who the hell would want to keep blowing in the cold wind in this ghost place of the Northern Territory?"
At this moment, inside the room.
[Ding! Upgrade successful!]
[myriad heavens formless bed · Elementary form.]
[Attributes: Softness +9999; Calming effect: Forced deep sleep; Passive defense: Anyone below the rank of Grandmaster approaching will be forced into a state of 'senile dementia'.]
[Comfort evaluation: Even the Empress said it was good after sleeping on it.]
Jiang Chen looked at the divine bed before him, which emitted a faint golden light and felt even smoother to the touch than a young girl's skin. A look of satisfaction finally lit up his dead fish eyes.
"Finally, I can get a decent sleep."
Without another word, Jiang Chen pounced onto it.
The feeling of being enveloped by warmth, softness, and coolness all at once made him let out a Soul-stirring moan.
He casually grabbed Iliya, who was still dazed, wrapped her nine tails around his neck like a scarf, rested his head on the black jade pillow, and fell asleep in a second.
However, just as he entered dreamland and was preparing to discuss the 'interest' issue with the Empress...
"Boom!"
The door of the barracks was violently blasted open.
Lin Yao, along with four black-clad death soldiers, stormed in aggressively, with 'I am the villain and I am the toughest' written all over their faces.
"Jiang Chen! Hand over the heavy treasure in your hands! Such a divine object is not something a Trash like you can protect..."
Lin Yao's clamoring came to an abrupt halt.
What did he see?
In the center of the hall, a youth wearing spongebob pajamas was sleeping on that radiant bed, holding the Beast Clan Saintess who haunted his dreams in his arms.
The most ridiculous part was that the youth hadn't even moved an eyelash; only the sound of rhythmic snoring echoed in the spacious room.
"Damn it... you're still sleeping when death is at your doorstep?" Lin Yao felt his intelligence had been insulted to the extreme. "Get him! Grab the bed first! If he dares to resist, hack him to death with swords!"
The four death soldiers exchanged glances, grinned, drew their weapons, and lunged toward the bed.
Just then, Mu Qingxue, who was standing by the bed, had her gaze instantly turn as cold as absolute zero.
She held the pink rope in one hand (the other end tied to Iliya's collar) and slowly gripped the ice sword at her waist with the other.
"I'll give you three seconds to get out." Mu Qingxue's voice had no fluctuations. "Don't wake him up, otherwise... even I won't be able to save you."
"Hahaha! The number one beautiful instructor of Great Xia? You're nothing but a sleeping partner!" Lin Yao laughed wildly. "Brothers, don't be afraid of her! She just broke through to Great Grandmaster, her Foundation is unstable, let's join forces..."
"One." Mu Qingxue closed her eyes.
"Two."
"Three."
As Mu Qingxue spat out the last word, Jiang Chen's fingers on the bed moved slightly.
A suffocating, terrifying low pressure, as if the abyss had descended, instantly filled the entire space.
Lin Yao's laughter came to an abrupt halt. He discovered that his True Qi... was actually trembling.
That was the primitive fear of 'Waking Up Anger' from the deepest part of his Soul.