Master Bai! This Celestial Fox Spirit Is Asking For Divorce
Chapter 195: Episode 18.2 Papa, Don’t Make It So Complicated!

Chapter 195: Episode 18.2 Papa, Don’t Make It So Complicated!

"The bamboo forest? But nothing much could be seen there," Bai Tingfeng told his son after Yanyan told him he wanted to explore there.

Bamboo forests are often used as the setting in kung fu cartoons he liked to watch. As a cartoon lover, will he pass the chance to visit and experience a real one? Of course not!

However, it seems like his father isn’t kin at the idea.

"Guests use the bamboo forest for mental training, so it is nothing but an empty space where you could—at least run around."

"Wait. Mental training?" Shen Yuan interjected, now no longer distracted. Hearing the activities cited by his husband, he couldn’t help but find it weird. Did people change their idea of having fun on a vacation?

Despite the seemingly isolated location, he heard that there are still a lot of activities available aside from soaking in a piping-hot spring. There’s an infinity pool for those who want to experience a novel feeling of swimming in the middle of the forest. There are in-house massage therapists who can offer a wide array of massages.

And if the guests want some adrenaline rush, they can rent the quadbikes for offroad fun through the jungle.

The guests who visit the place are here for vacation, to escape the stress and pressure of what they left in the city.

That’s why he couldn’t help but ask: why mental training?

Shen Yuan finds it hard to guess why people would spend tens of thousands of yuan to train in the middle of a bamboo forest.

’Why do you care?’ the bitchy side of him told off his thoughtful self. ’It’s not up to you how people spend their money, and we all have different ways of having fun. Didn’t you enjoy inflicting pain and receiving it? That is why you are a fan of those manhwas with scummy seme, right? That is weird on so many levels!’

At this point, it was clear to Shen Yuan that he was overthinking. So, instead of quietly stressing and contradicting himself, he paused and internally cleared his mind.

’Let me look at that chest again...’ He said in his mind as he found solace by looking at Bai Tingfeng’s chest for the nth time.

On the other hand, Bai Tingfeng could clearly see that his dear celestial fox spirit husband was confused, and he couldn’t help but smile. He was always in awe at his husband’s exceptional senses, but when he saw Shen Yuan as clueless as this, all he could think of was how cute his husband was.

"Yeah, mental training." He answered and then explained to Shen Yuan, "You must have noticed that the air in this place was special. It has a rare property that lessens your tiredness. But did you know that it not only cures physical fatigue but mental fatigue also? This was all thanks to the perfect merging of the earth’s natural energy and the foreign mana from an exploded dungeon, Yuan."

"No way! You mean all this land was formerly a dungeon? A ground zero?" Shen Yuan exclaimed in utter disbelief. That explains why he felt that the mana around here was denser compared to that of the city! Lucky him!

"What is ground zero, Daddy?" Yanyan curiously asked, making the celestial fox spirit realize that he had quite a big reaction, so he pulled back his excitement.

Shen Yuan only encountered the term when reading the papers from the Hunter Association, but he was familiar with it. Therefore, he answered.

"Ground zero is what Grandpa Mao calls to the places or lands where a dungeon break happened. Do you know what a dungeon break means?" He asks his son, who only tilts his head innocently.

"Do you know what a dungeon is?"

Yanyan nodded this time. "The place where Papa sometimes goes to kill dangerous monsters. Dada said that it’s an entirely new and different world that happened to get connected to ours through those black swirling gates I’ve seen in the news."

Shen Yuan rubbed his son’s head, satisfied that he was well-learned at such a young age. That’s his son!

"Correct, that black energy is called the dungeon gate. It serves as a connection and a wall that divides our world and the small world behind that gate. But there are times when the energy inside gets too heavy or too violent that it comes to the point where these black gates get broken, releasing the mana, monsters, and even the geographical features of the dungeon to the outside world." Shen Yuan explained. He didn’t include that outside interference could also initiate the collapse since adding this information could complicate his explanation for the child.

"Was it a bad thing?"

"Of course, it’s a bad thing because not only will the escaped monsters run havoc on our side, but the surroundings will encounter a drastic change. The animals and plants that once lived in the area may die due to the sudden change in temperature, topography, and ecosystem." Bai Tingfeng chimed in to help his husband. "That is why the hunters regularly visit the dungeons. They needed to lessen the monsters and other occurring materials inside it because it contributes to the rising energy level of the dungeon."

"Oh..." Yanyan blinked twice, speechless.

Papa, that sounded so complex for a five-year-old like me...

Shen Yuan gave a reproaching look at Bai Tingfeng. "You’re talking to a child. Can’t you simplify that?"

"No, Daddy," Yanyan assured his daddy before his papa even replied. "I think I can understand that... ugh, once I grow up."

The child said that assurance was out of goodwill. However, the changes in his tone from confident to depressed in such a short time speak the truth. His papa’s explanation was too big to digest.

Poor Yanyan.

"Ugh," Bai Tingfeng was choked. He just wanted to help! Can’t he do that?

"Okay," Shen Yuan came to the rescue. "Just think that a dungeon exploded here. Boom! Like a bomb, the dungeon break will cause immediate destruction to the surroundings. The trees will be crushed due to the strong energy. The soil will be poisoned by foreign matters that’s not native to our world. The animals will be hunted by the monsters. Imagine the dungeon break as a disease-causing germ entering the world’s body. It will get sick just like Yanyan gets sick when he eat without washing his hands."

"Oh no! That’s bad!" Yanyan exclaimed, mouth is wide while holding his cheeks.

"Yes, it is bad. Thankfully, the world has a strong regenerative and adaptive ability so Yanyan doesn’t need to worry. The destroyed nature will revitalize with time. And once it completely healed, it will show off some new and beautiful features. Take this place as example."

Meanwhile, the poor animals that was desperate to live will later on awaken a cool powers in the form of mutation. Just like Papa, they are no longer a simple dog. They will be come a dog who breathes fire or possibly a dog with horn— a horndog."

Bai Tingfeng got choked. Seriously?!

"Do horn dogs exist, Daddy?"

"I don’t know but I know for sure mutation is like a lottery. It’s super random. Maybe they exist somewhere. Who knows. Do you understand now?"

Mincing the information and using colorful descriptions were effective for Yanyan.

The little boy had a clear look as he nodded, "Um! Dungeon break causes good and bad effects!"

"And what is a ground zero?"

"It’s a land that is turned into an ugly duckling by the dungeon break but it will slowly turn into a beautiful swan!"

"Very good, Yanyan!"

Shen Yuan felt proud of himself. He gave Bai Tingfeng a mischievous smirk as if saying: See that? That is how you talk to a child! Bai Tingfeng only conceded without a noise.

"By the way, considering that there are resorts in the area, the danger must be significantly lessened. No monsters crawling around, I assume?"

Yanyan followed his daddy’s questioning eyes and looked at his dear father.

Yanyan silently prays that his Papa will not say something beyond his young mind. Well, no matter what, he will still love his papa.

Bai Tingfeng pouted his lips and nodded, "It’s been decades since the dungeon break happened, and the original monsters that came from the dungeon are now hunted to extinction. We must only be mindful of the mutated animals still crawling around the woods. Some of them are aggressive towards humans."

"But no worries, since Dad stationed some of his tamed beasts as guards in the property’s periphery."

"Dada left his furry friends here, Papa?! I wanna see it! I wanna see!" Yanyan clamored. He was really delighted to hear that they have big kitties here. He loves hugging their fluffy body!

Yanyan jumped from his Daddy to his Papa and coquettishly hugged the big man in the leg.

"But it’s already dark..." Bai Tingfeng looked at the distance where the bamboo forest was situated. There, he could see through his enhanced vision that it was still moderately lit with some white lanterns.

Naturally, Shen Yuan also saw this thanks to his foxy eyes. Out of curiosity and the blossoming idea of solving his mana reserve problems, the celestial fox spirit voted yes to Yanyan’s request.

Majority wins.

The big alpha father had no choice but to go with the flow. Now that he thinks about it, this choice also works since the bamboo forest is adjacent to the open-air hot spring where he planned to soak in.

’Just fifteen to thirty minutes, and they will go.’ He told himself. His eyes are silently surveying Shen Yuan in a loose hanfu.

From the flower garden, Bai Tingfeng guided his husband and son toward the bamboo forest. It was supposedly a fifteen-minute walk before they reached the bamboo forest entrance, but since they were S-class awakeners sprinting, it only took them three minutes at most.

Yanyan is the one who enjoyed it the most because the feeling of zooming forward and the cold night wind slapping on his face gives him thrills.

In his imagination, they are like ninjas flying through the darkness of the night!