Master Bai! This Celestial Fox Spirit Is Asking For Divorce
Chapter 276: Episode 25.7 Bai Tingfeng’s Side

Chapter 276: Episode 25.7 Bai Tingfeng’s Side

While Shen Yuan is butting heads with Rin, the Cardinal of Envy, Bai Tingfeng is on the roll slaying B-class monsters, Lizardman.

The Baihu Guild’s dungeon, known as the Newtian Marsh, has a tricky topography. The entire place is surrounded by deep bodies of water and abnormally large mangrove trees native to the said dungeon. Its sprawling roots, normally as thick as an adult alpha man’s waist, create a maze-like cover for the vicious and intelligent humanoid lizard monsters.

It’s difficult for most hunters to navigate and fight in this kind of tricky dungeon as there is no stable ground for them to stand on, and the monsters are smart enough to use the advantageous environment to stage an ambush.

However, with Bai Tingfeng, this common knowledge was utterly subverted.

The alpha could jump and run on the randomly sticking out roots and slippery trunk of the mangroves with such ease he could make those models of sports shoes fall on their knees and call him father.

The elaborate ambush staged by the lizardmen was useless in the face of Bai Tingfeng’s aura sword. They pop out of the water, and before they can even breathe the air, they unknowingly turn into lizard sushi, thanks to the swift swordsmanship of Bai Tingfeng.

Bai Tingfeng’s powerful Perpetual Light aura is seen leaving overwhelming afterimages everywhere. The hunters who came with him could only stare at it with awe.

Bai Tingfeng’s performance for today’s dungeon dive could only be said to be handsome and powerful.

This is why the team members couldn’t help but ask: Are we still needed here?

One hour into the dive, the slimy bugs hiding in the mangrove bark used to make aphrodisiac lubricant were the most they managed to hunt! The hunters even resorted to collecting the corpses of the slayed lizardmen to make themselves feel a little productive.

Their guild’s logistics workers had no work to do for today’s hunt.

"Did something good happen?" The supposed leader of the hunting team couldn’t control his curiosity and asked Assistant Su.

With all honesty, Assistant Su, despite his awakened ability and strong mobility, is also having problems keeping up with Bai Tingfeng.

He’s been serving as the guild master’s support during dungeon dive for years, but this is the only time he’s having trouble moving the same breath as his boss.

Is this the irreversible effect of aging? No! He’s two years younger than Bai Tingfeng, so there’s no way he will show signs of age before his boss.

Lack of training? Absolutely not. He’s never missed his regular training, and each training intensifies every session.

There’s only one explanation for Bai Tingfeng’s sudden boost in performance, and that is the only answer Assistant Su could think of: Motivation.

"The Guild Master scheduled a family dinner after this," Assistant Su told the nosy hunters of their guild, and the latter couldn’t help but be confused.

Dinner? Who doesn’t eat dinner with their family? If you have family and live with them, eating dinner together happens naturally! There’s nothing special about it.

Well, not unless it seldom happens due to conflicting schedules or the couples’ problems.

"Why? Is our guild master’s marriage on the rocks? The last time I heard, they were very in love with each other."

The nosy hunters, who had no work to do, looked at Assistant Su.

"Absolutely not!" Assistant Su’s eyebrows are punching each other. Why on earth did he answer that question anyway? Now he’s regretting it! "He’s having dinner with THE Shen Yuan and their son, okay? You understand what I mean?"

"Ohhh!" The alphas, betas, and omegas around him made an "o" shape with their mouth, expressing their understanding.

Their sound, although inconspicuous in this wild environment, managed to attract the attention of the busy alpha tiger.

Bai Tingfeng sharply turned his head and went to Assistant Su’s side in just two impressive leaps.

Upon seeing Bai Tingfeng’s intense golden eyes, the group respectfully tucked their head down.

"Assistant Su, I remembered just now that my husband had to kiss you in the cheeks when you pretended to be me to fool the watchful eyes of the Cardinals."

The hunters whose nosiness had activated earlier couldn’t help but whip their heads upwards, their eyes round like they were about to pop out. What? Assistant Su experienced what it’s like to be kissed by the international top model and the S-class omega, Shen Yuan! Holy shit! What made a bastard like him so lucky?

"I didn’t say anything about it because I trust you, but now, I feel like I must ask you. Do you have a crush on my husband?" Bai Tingfeng asked straightforwardly. His domineering eyes turned into thin slits as he looked at his assistant.

Although not everyone in the group is an alpha, all of them could swear that they could sense the aggressive pheromones alphas secrete to show their territorial instincts.

"Eh? Guild Master?" Assistant Su is receiving the most pressure. He’s sweating bullets. "I never had such sordid thoughts towards Master Shen!"

If anything, he’s genuinely afraid of Shen Yuan! Goodness! He’s still having nightmares, remembering how Shen Yuan tortured Gu Jinpeng!

"I don’t think I’ll ever like an omega in this life, Guild master!" Assistant Su said at the top of his lungs. No one has seen the alpha man so desperate to explain himself until now!

From admiration and envy, the crowd’s gaze towards Assistant Su turned into pity. They wonder what horrible trauma the assistant experienced to give up being with omegas. That’s just so sad for alphas.

Bai Tingfeng seemed to realize his mistake. His threatening air dissipated, and he said, "I see. I apologize for asking such a personal question."

Assistant Su Yifan is internally crying. "It’s okay, Guild Master. It’s not like I keep that part of me a secret."

"If you have any help finding partners, my family is connected to the best matchmakers in the country. You can ask me to introduce them to you," Bai Tingfeng said as a last sign of goodwill before returning to slaying humanoid lizard monsters.

"Thank you so much, Guild Master. You are as kind as always." Assistant Su silently wiped his tears. Gosh! He thought that he’d be losing his job back there!

It’s all because of these nosy hunters!

Assistant Su adjusted his eyeglasses and gave each hunter of their guild a glare.

"This will be the last time dawdling! Hurry and search for signs of the mana-diffusing device the Hunter Association told us about! That is the key to stabilizing this dungeon! Don’t slack off!"

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Two hours of hard work later, the entire Baihu Guild noticed something very grave.

They still haven’t found the mana-diffusing device. Not a part, a shadow, or a clue where it could be hiding.

It is bad news since it means that even if Bai Tingfeng managed to clear every monster in the dungeon. It is almost a certainty that the dungeon’s mana concentration will happen again later.

"Have you searched the area where the lizardmen spawn? Since the mana-diffusing device aims to boost the monster’s spawn rate, it is probably near those special zones," Bai Tingfeng asked his hunters.

He’s on a break and has already cleared almost half of the dungeon. Half within two hours is a staggering achievement, considering the dungeon’s difficulty is relatively high.

However, that feat meant nothing for Bai Tingfeng, as slaying all monsters was not the point of this dive. It is to spot the problem that caused the dungeon’s mana concentration to spike and to stabilize the dungeon.

Besides, he is more focused on fulfilling his promise to Shen Yuan that he will handle the matters here swiftly and without problems.

"We checked the Lizardmen’s territory under the water, but even there, the device was still out of sight," Assistant Su said. He went to the details of the parts they checked and almost ran out of breath in explaining it.

The waters of the Newtian Marsh are deep and cloudy, making it hard to search for the awakeners capable of going underwater.

"What do the agents from the Dungeon Management Department have to say about it?" He then turned to the agent in charge of assisting them.

"We received reports from the outside that Leader Shen Yuan from the combat team responsible for handling the dungeons in City B has successfully retrieved more sets of mana-diffusing devices in the Goblin’s Cave dungeon. There were also reports of discovery of the device in the cities besides City B, like City S and C, so this incident is presently confirmed to be a sabotage and possibly, a terror act of radical groups," The agent told Bai Tingfeng.

No reports have yet been made about Shen Yuan and his current fight with the cardinal. That’s why the agent failed to inform Bai Tingfeng about it.

He’s clueless that, at this very moment, Shen Yuan is thinking about him while he’s exchanging fireballs and taunting Cardinal Rin.

Hearing his husband’s name, Bai Tingfeng closed his eyes with a small smile. Of course, Shen Yuan does his job pretty fast. That’s his husband.

"So, we really need to look for these devices to stabilize the dungeon," Bai Tingfeng said in conclusion.

The agent added, "Indeed, Guild Master. However, since we haven’t seen anything suspicious besides the unusually high number of the Lizardmen, we must also look for possible natural causes."

As a veteran hunter, he knows the possible causes of the raised mana concentration of the dungeon, and honestly, all of them are bad omens. They all result in the dungeon’s rise in difficulty and a step closer to impending dungeon break.

Bai Tingfeng nodded his head, his face a little grim. "Like the dungeon naturally spawning or secretly holding an evolved monster and its unnatural shift in its entire environment."

Assist Su and the agent shut their mouth, hoping for the best to happen for them.

Bai Tingfeng, Assistant Su, and the agent discussed their plans for their next assault. They were in the middle of it when suddenly yells erupted from the group of hunters away from them.

"Watch out! There’s a new monster coming~!"

"Attack it! Kill it!"

Bai Tingfeng and Assistant Su alertly run toward the commotion and are stunned.

In the middle of the attacking hunters, a weird little animal with flaming blue fur is angrily baring its little fangs at its attackers.

"Huh? Isn’t that Master Shen’s?" Assistant Su exclaimed in surprise.