Chapter 180: A Sensual Treasure Hunt in the Underground Palace, and the "Tempting Hook" Left Behind by the Empress
The Lin family underground palace is located five hundred meters beneath the ruins.
This place was originally the Lin family's most secretive treasure vault. The surrounding walls were all built with "Divine-Blocking Stone," capable of shielding against all Divine Sense detection.
But unfortunately, in front of Jiang Chen's "Dream Scan," this place was as good as completely naked.
Jiang Chen was currently lying in Iliya's embrace, her nine fox tails acting like layers of thick down cushions, wrapping him up tightly.
"It's right ahead... turn left..." Jiang Chen closed his eyes, his fingers pointing aimlessly in the air. "I smell something... very Advanced, a scent that makes my Divine Soul tremble... hurry..."
Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue exchanged a glance, both women having their own little thoughts. Anything that could make a "Sleep God" like Jiang Chen react was definitely not simple.
Passing through several Formation gates that had been violently dismantled, the group arrived in a secret chamber made of purple crystal.
Inside the secret chamber, there were no mountains of gold and silver, nor any Sharp Weapon.
There was only a small jade platform, and hovering above it was a... silk object, thin as a cicada's wing and flowing with seven-colored divine light.
That was a bodice.
To be precise, it was an ancient women's bodice embroidered with the pattern of a Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix, exuding a faint aura of oracle.
The moment he saw this item, the System, which had been hiding deep within Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness, suddenly emitted a sharp explosion sound:
【Ding!! Epic-level mission item detected: Abyssal Empress's personal sacred item — "oracle red silk"!】
【System evaluation: This is not just a piece of equipment; it is a 'body temperature recorder' left in the mortal world by the Abyssal Empress! Sleeping with it for a long time can unlock 5% of the 'Abyssal Empress's True Form Descends' progress bar!】
【host note: It retains the lingering boudoir scent of the Abyssal Empress from back then; it is the world's top-tier sedative tonic!】
"Holy crap..."
Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes; it was the widest he had ever opened them in his life.
He flashed forward (even while wearing slippers), his movements so fast that Mu Qingxue didn't even react, and he threw himself directly in front of the jade platform.
With trembling hands, he grabbed the red silk.
The moment it touched his hand, a warm, smooth, yet supremely dignified sensation rushed from his fingertips straight to his brain.
Jiang Chen took a deep breath of the scent on it.
"Boom!"
Inside his Sea of Consciousness, the originally calm purple lake instantly surged with waves reaching the heavens.
Vaguely, he saw a stunningly beautiful back profile with purple hair flying, facing away from all living beings. The moment that woman glanced back, Jiang Chen felt as if his Soul was about to be sucked in.
"This scent... this aura..." Jiang Chen muttered to himself, a rare hint of passion appearing in his eyes. "This is... the ultimate pillow material!"
"Jiang Chen! What... what are you doing with that thing!" Su Qingyue's face flushed red enough to bleed, pointing at the red silk in Jiang Chen's hand. "That's a woman's... and you actually sniffed it!"
Mu Qingxue also had a cold face, her ice sword faintly showing signs of being unsheathed: "Jiang Chen, if you like this kind of thing, I can buy you a dozen when we return to the Imperial Capital. Why bother taking this antique from who knows how many years ago?"
"You don't understand."
Jiang Chen looked serious, carefully folding the red silk and tucking it into his chest as if it were an extreme treasure. "This has the coordinates to the 'Northern Ancient Ruins.' It is the second half of the Divine Secret Key, and also... the key to the Abyssal Empress's true sleeping quarters."
When mentioning the words "sleeping quarters," Jiang Chen's gaze became profound.
He could feel that this bodice was calling to him. Beyond the distant Northern Great Wall, there was a palace frozen for ten thousand years, where a bed capable of holding the Heavens was waiting for his arrival.
"Northern Ruins?" Mu Qingxue's expression shifted; she had indeed heard legends about that place. "Are you sure that thing is a signpost?"
"One hundred percent sure."
Jiang Chen yawned. The momentary clarity just now had consumed too much of his energy, and now that overwhelming sleepiness was washing over him again.
He staggered back to Su Qingyue's side, fell over, and his head accurately plunged into Su Qingyue's embrace.
"Alright... treasure obtained... I'm going to have a big sleep..."
"Qingyue, remember to move those remaining boxes of 'Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron' in the underground palace. Take them back to reinforce my bed legs... That place in the North... it's windy, and it's easy to blow the bed over..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Chen was already snoring happily.
Alisa squatted nearby, looking at the corner of the red silk peeking out from Jiang Chen's chest, and then at Jiang Chen's peaceful sleeping face. For some reason, a strong sense of crisis welled up in her heart.
"The North?" Alisa murmured softly, "What kind of person is that Abyssal Empress... that she could make Master miss her even while sleeping?"
The experts of the Jiang Mansion quickly cleared out the underground palace.
Meanwhile, in the distant North, deep within the land of extreme cold, on an altar guarded by a Dragon of ice, the divine fire that had been silent for ten thousand years suddenly flickered gently due to some resonance.
【System notification: Demon Capital clues processed.】
【Current objective: Northern Ruins — Find the Abyssal Empress's bed partner (mist).】
【Warning: High-energy mature female beast-kin ahead, host please protect your kidneys.】
Jiang Chen: 【Shut up, sleeping.】