12: Chapter 12 The Mad Saintess Transforms into a Sweet Wife: Husband, You're So Naughty, But I Love You So Much!

One second.

Two seconds.

On the screen, Ji Linglong's hand, gripping the hilt of her sword, froze.

Her phoenix eyes, which had originally been filled with murderous intent, were now slightly widened, and a glow named "shock" flickered in her pupils.

Immediately after.

That layer of icy murderous intent melted rapidly like snow under a scorching sun.

Replacing it was a flush of crimson, like a young maiden in love, spreading from her neck all the way to her earlobes.

"Husband..."

Her voice softened, softening until it was like a pool of water.

"You... you're so bad."

"But..."

She lowered her head, twisting the corner of her clothes with her fingers, and said coyly, "I like it so much."

"Whew—"

In the command room, dozens of people let out a synchronized sigh of relief.

Lei Keming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and gave a thumbs-up to the writing team.

This tactic of "walking the path of the madman, leaving the madman with nowhere to go" was brilliant!

"Since Husband is so angry..."

Ji Linglong lifted her head again, her eyes filled with fawning.

"Then I won't kill him. After all, skinning him to make a lantern is too bloody, and it wouldn't be good if it scared Husband."

"I'll just cripple his cultivation, break his legs, and throw him down the mountain. What does Husband think?"

Jiang Chen was already exhausted, but he had to force himself to maintain his "domineering CEO" persona, so he gave a cold snort: "Consider him lucky. It's only because there's a world separating us, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Ji Linglong blinked expectantly.

"Otherwise... hmph!"

Jiang Chen didn't know what else to make up, so he could only end it with a meaningful cold snort.

"Husband is truly mighty."

Ji Linglong looked at him with adoration, as if Jiang Chen were not a college student who couldn't even truss a chicken, but a Demon Lord who ruled over all the heavens.

"Oh, right."

As if she had suddenly remembered something, she turned around and started rummaging through her messy cave dwelling.

"I heard that Husband's voice sounded a bit weak just now; you must have been truly angry, which hurt your liver. I have a little trinket here, just right to give to Husband to soothe his anger."

As she spoke, she dragged out a dusty, dirty round cushion from that pile of clutter—it was truly clutter, with several empty bottles of happy water tossed to the side—.

The cushion looked like it was woven from some kind of dried grass; its edges were frayed, and it was stained with some unknown substance (it could have been blood splattered from killing people in the past, or maybe spicy strips oil).

"This is the 'enlightenment cushion' I use for meditation daily."

Ji Linglong patted the dust off it with disdain.

"It was a gift from my master when I first joined the sect. She said it was woven from some ancient divine grass and could calm the mind and spirit, and enhance enlightenment. But I found it too hard to sit on; it hurt my butt, and I've wanted to throw it away for a long time."

"Now that I have this lounge chair that Husband gave me..." She touched the leather massage chair she was sitting on, unable to put it down.

"This broken cushion is even more useless. If Husband doesn't mind, just take it as a seat cushion. Although it's a bit ugly, your mind is indeed clearer when sitting on it, which is just right for a scholar like Husband."

enlightenment cushion.

Ancient divine grass.

Enhance enlightenment.

As soon as these three keywords came out, Professor Chen Shuhua and Academician Li Zhenbang, who were sitting in the second row, had their eyes instantly turn green.

That look was more affectionate than seeing their own grandchildren.

"Accept it! Quickly, accept it!" Academician Li rushed to the microphone, disregarding his image, and roared in a low voice.

"Don't care whether it's dirty or not! That is a quantum computer from the cultivation world! That is a brain accelerator!"

Jiang Chen followed instructions, pretending to be reluctant: "Alright, although it looks a bit dirty, since it's something my wife has used, I'll keep it as a memento."

"I'm glad Husband doesn't mind." Ji Linglong smiled sweetly, "Then I'll send it over to you. Oh, right, Husband, is there any more of that thing called spicy strips? I was too engrossed in watching the show just now and accidentally finished them all..."

"Yes! There's plenty!" Jiang Chen waved his hand grandly.

"As long as you behave and listen to me, I'll get you whatever you want to eat in the future!"

"Thank you, Husband! Husband is the best! Then I won't disturb Husband's rest; I'm going to continue watching how that Zhen Huan defeated the Empress!"

The video call ended.

Before Jiang Chen could even catch his breath, his phone screen vibrated again.

[Ding! Female party gifts item: Old enlightenment cushion x1.]

[Item Description: Token of the Taichu Holy Land Sect Leader, woven from ten-thousand-year "Clear Heart Grass," containing a trace of "Heavenly Dao Laws." If a mortal sits on it, their spiritual platform can become clear, thinking speed will increase a hundredfold, and there is a slight chance of having an epiphany about the truths of heaven and earth.]

[Extract?]

"Extract!" Lei Keming practically lunged at it.

A flash of light.

That dirty, dusty grass cushion, which looked like it had been picked up from a trash heap, appeared out of thin air on the interrogation table.

A faint, fresh scent of grass and wood instantly masked the suffocating tension that had been there just a moment ago.

Just by smelling this scent, the chubby screenwriter, who had pulled two all-nighters and whose eye bags were about to drop to the floor, suddenly felt his mind clear up.

"Holy crap?" The chubby screenwriter exclaimed.

"I suddenly thought of the script for the second part of 'The Temptation of Going Home'! And it has sci-fi elements! The logic is closed-loop!"

Academician Li Zhenbang rushed up like a madman, not caring that it was dirty, and buried his face directly into the cushion to take a deep breath.

"Ah..." The old Academician let out a moan that made people's imaginations run wild.

"It's clear... it's clear! That particle equation that has plagued me for half a year... it's clear! I see the answer! The answer is floating right there!"

"Everyone move!" Although Lei Keming was also eager, he was even more aware of the strategic value of this item.

He pushed everyone aside, put on gloves, and carefully lifted the enlightenment cushion.

"This thing is even more important than that nuclear bomb stone!" Lei Keming's eyes were filled with fanaticism.

"Nuclear bombs can only destroy, but this thing can create! If our frontline scientists could sit on this to conduct research..."

He didn't dare to think any further. The image was too beautiful.

A mathematician sitting on the enlightenment cushion solving the Goldbach Conjecture in ten minutes?

A materials scientist sitting on the enlightenment cushion spinning the cable for a space elevator in one hour?

"Quick!" Lei Keming turned and roared.

"Notify the Chinese Academy of Sciences! Drag every project leader who is currently tackling critical bottleneck technologies over here! I don't care what they are doing! Even if they are in the bathroom, they have to come over while pulling up their pants!"

"We need to make an enlightenment schedule!"

"Everyone can only sit for fifteen minutes! If anyone dares to sit for one second longer, I will arrest them on charges of 'endangering national security'!"

Watching the command room fall into chaos and revelry, Jiang Chen curled up in his chair and rubbed his face, which was stiff from smiling.

He glanced at his phone.

It showed that Ji Linglong had sent another message: [Husband, can you send the super spicy version of those spicy strips? The mild ones aren't satisfying enough to eat.]

Jiang Chen gave a bitter smile.

Who could have imagined?

The starting point for the takeoff of Chinese technology was actually a broken cushion used to trade for spicy strips?

This soft rice tastes really good.