Chapter 53 A Tale of Two Extremes: Teacher, Your Air Conditioner is Leaking!

Dean of Students' Office.

"Click."

The door was locked from the inside. Immediately after, a Soundproof Barrier and an Ice Barrier rose simultaneously, turning the place into a sealed "ice cellar."

Mu Qingxue threw Jiang Chen onto the soft couch in her office used for her afternoon naps. She was panting, and fine beads of sweat seeped from her forehead.

"Hot... so hot... why did the air conditioner stop..."

As soon as he hit the bed, Jiang Chen, having lost his "cooling source," began to uncomfortably tear at his pajamas, revealing his lean and strong chest while mumbling incoherently. At this moment, his consciousness had completely sunk into a nightmare, and his body was relying entirely on instinct to find a source of comfort.

"Damn that Su Manyu! Just how many tonics did she force down his throat? Is she trying to make him explode?"

Mu Qingxue cursed inwardly as she looked at Jiang Chen's flushed skin and pained expression. If his temperature wasn't lowered in time, not only would Jiang Chen's Meridians be damaged, but his brain might even be fried, turning him into an idiot.

"I have no choice but to use my Profound Yin Qi as a guide... lucky you, you little rascal."

Mu Qingxue took a deep breath and took off her cumbersome professional suit jacket, leaving her in only a thin white silk shirt that outlined her breathtaking curves.

She sat by the bed and reached out with her slender, cool fingers, pressing them against the center of Jiang Chen's brow, attempting to inject True Qi.

However, the moment her fingers touched him.

Jiang Chen was like a traveler about to die of thirst in a desert seeing an icy spring.

"Ice... such a big block of ice..."

In his sleep, he suddenly reached out, grabbed Mu Qingxue's wrist, and yanked hard.

"Ah!"

Mu Qingxue cried out in surprise. Losing her balance, she fell directly onto Jiang Chen.

In the next second, she felt herself being tightly hugged by a scorching furnace.

Jiang Chen's arms were like iron hoops, locking her firmly in his embrace. His burning cheek unceremoniously pressed against the cool side of her neck, and he even went as far as to nuzzle against it.

[Ding! Detected that the host is in a "High-Temperature Overload" state.]

[Detected "Top-tier Humanoid Air Conditioner": Mu Qingxue (Ice Phoenix Dao Body).]

[Automatically activating "Energy-Saving Complementary" mode: Extracting cold air...]

"Don't move... so comfortable... don't turn off..."

Jiang Chen let out a satisfied sigh, clinging to Mu Qingxue like a koala, wishing he could melt into that cool embrace.

"Jiang... Jiang Chen! Let go!"

Mu Qingxue's mind went blank, her face turning so red it looked like it might bleed.

In all her years, let alone being hugged by a man, her hand had barely been held a few times. This extremely ambiguous posture and the uniquely masculine scorching aura surrounding her left her feeling overwhelmed with shame and anger.

She was just about to circulate her True Qi to shake Jiang Chen off.

But then, an extremely pure and overbearing surge of Pure Yang Qi flowed into her body through their skin-to-skin contact.

"Mmh~"

Mu Qingxue couldn't help but let out a suppressed soft moan.

It was absolute physiological submission.

Possessing the "Ice Phoenix Dao Body," she was constantly eroded by Cold Poison, and every night, her bone marrow felt like it was being pierced by needles.

To her, Jiang Chen's lava-like Pure Yang Qi was like the warmest sunlight in winter, instantly dispelling that bone-deep chill.

So warm...

So comfortable...

Her body's instinct betrayed her reason. Mu Qingxue's hands, which were originally pushing him away, unknowingly became weak, and she even... subconsciously grabbed the corner of Jiang Chen's clothes.

"Just... just this once..."

Mu Qingxue bit her red lips, her eyes hazy as she found a perfect excuse for herself. "I'm doing this to save my student. Yes, this is a serious medical procedure. If I don't let him hold me, he won't be able to absorb my Profound Yin Qi..."

She stopped struggling and instead took the initiative to circulate her Cultivation Technique, guiding the Profound Yin Qi within her body to continuously flow into Jiang Chen to cool him down. At the same time, she greedily absorbed the heat from his body.

Time passed minute by minute.

The office was so quiet that only the sound of their breathing and the occasional rustle of clothing could be heard.

The heat inside Jiang Chen's body gradually subsided, the pain between his brows vanished, replaced by a look of complete comfort.

In his dream, he imagined he was hugging a giant, top-tier ice cream that smelled of mint. It was soft, cool, and could even automatically adjust its temperature.

"Hmm... this body pillow... why does it have a heartbeat..."

Jiang Chen mumbled groggily, his palm subconsciously squeezing along the curves of the "body pillow."

"This part... is a bit soft... good quality..."

Mu Qingxue's body suddenly trembled as if she had been struck by lightning, a mist of shame and anger flashing in her eyes.

"This bastard! That's... that's..."

But seeing Jiang Chen's peaceful sleeping face and feeling the long-lost warmth and the loosening of her Bottleneck, she ultimately didn't lash out. She only blushed and allowed that mischievous hand to remain where it was.

"Once you wake up, see if I don't make you run a hundred laps around the Gravity Tower!"

Thus, in a strange yet harmonious atmosphere, the two maintained this embracing posture until the sun began to set.

The aura within Jiang Chen's body finally stabilized completely. Not only did he turn misfortune into a blessing by refining Su Manyu's Charm Fire, but he also fused with Mu Qingxue's Profound Yin Qi. With Yin and Yang harmonized, his Mental Energy limit skyrocketed.

Seventh level of the Organ Refining Realm!

Mu Qingxue also benefited from the situation; the Cold Poison in her body was suppressed to its lowest point, and her long-stagnant Grandmaster Realm Bottleneck actually began to crack.

"Phew..."

Jiang Chen exhaled a long breath of turbid air, his eyelashes fluttering as he slowly opened his eyes.

What met his eyes was a patch of snowy white, delicate skin, with a faint, elegant fragrance lingering around his nose.

And... his own "sinful hand" currently placed on a certain indescribable location.

What was even more critical was that Mu Qingxue was currently closing her eyes, her cheeks flushed, her clothes disheveled, looking like she was ripe for the taking.

Jiang Chen: "..."

It's over.

This time, it seems I really did treat the teacher as a body pillow. And this feel... isn't it a bit too good?

While she's still asleep...

Jiang Chen was just about to quietly pull his hand back.

Those originally closed ice-blue eyes suddenly snapped open.

Her gaze was cold, yet it carried a trace of lingering haziness and... Killing Intent.

"Have you felt enough?" Mu Qingxue's voice was frighteningly calm.

Jiang Chen swallowed hard and forced a smile that looked worse than crying:

"Um... Teacher, if I said I was sleepwalking and doing Radio Calisthenics, specifically Chest Expansion Exercises... would you believe me?"

"GET OUT!!!"

A delicate shout echoed through the office building, followed by a figure being kicked flying out, accompanied by a flurry of ice shards.

Jiang Chen stood in the corridor rubbing his butt. Although he had been kicked, a reminiscent smile hung on his face.

"This wasn't a loss; it was a total gain. It's just... Teacher's air conditioner seems to be leaking a bit; my clothes are all wet."