Master Bai! This Celestial Fox Spirit Is Asking For Divorce
Chapter 290: Episode 27.1 The Boy’s Potential

Chapter 290: Episode 27.1 The Boy’s Potential

Silence followed as the machine glowed and chirped a whirring sound.

Shen Yuan’s attention alternates between his son’s direction and the control panel screen.

"The numbers are normal. Everything is stable," The awakened physician commented steadfastly. Shen Yuan and Bai Tingfeng’s eyes are aimed solely at the dizzying string of numbers on screen.

After the first beep was done, the second one followed. Nothing noteworthy appeared at that point.

However, the doctor sighed deeply once the second scan’s result appeared on the screen.

"What is it?" Bai Tingfeng asked in a snap, worried that an undetected illness suddenly resurfaced. Meanwhile, Shen Yuan doesn’t look a little worried or confused. He’s pretty laid-back.

He knew the tone of the doctor’s sigh; certainly, it was not due to bad news. She sounded in awe as if he had seen something fantastic in Yanyan’s results.

"Yanyan is in great health, Master Bai. And it seems like his exposure to the dungeon doesn’t harm his body." The doctor explained, eyes wide and staring, not tearing away from the screen. "No... There wouldn’t be any harmful effects if Yanyan were exposed to strong mana."

She whipped her head towards the couple, and a fanatical look replaced her professional demeanor. "Your son has a very gifted body. If he gets awakened in the future, then there’s no doubt that he will have a talent like his parents!"

Her eyes are even more shiny when she’s looking at them in the same frame.

’Ah, so she is a fan of one of us,’ Shen Yuan commented in his heart. A part of him feels weird and familiar from this doctor, but in the end, he shrugs the feelings off.

"I appreciate the compliments, but I’m sorry. Can you explain that for me in a way we can understand?" The celestial fox spirit asked.

At that moment, the third scan kicked off.

Doctor Gong cleared her throat. She’s slightly embarrassed that her professional mask slipped off.

"Ehem. I apologize about that," She said, blushing. "Well, I am trying to say that based on the test results, your son has an innate gift for mana. Suppose you would look at the diagram of the first scan. The shaded part of Yanyan’s body occupies about 90 percent. It means that 90 percent of the mana that the machine released successfully entered Yanyan’s body. Was that high? Well, average non-awakened human scores about 10-15 percent."

"That’s astronomically high." Bai Tingfeng gasped.

The doctor nodded, "Indeed, and it’s not necessarily bad. Let’s take a look at the second scan."

She pointed at the table full of numbers. "Second results give the detailed report of how much of that mana was absorbed by Yanyan’s body or, in other words, how much of the machine’s released mana had failed to reach the mana sensors installed on the bed."

"As you know, mana permeates everything tangible, which means that the mana that entered Yanyan’s skin will still be able to come out of his body. However, there are cases where the mana inside the body will stay. This is called mana absorption, and awakeners rely heavily on this process to recharge the energy they expended."

Doctor Gong then pointed at the table again. "People with 30 to 50 in each row are commonly mid-level awakeners. On the other hand, 0-29 are often non-awakened or low-level awakeners."

The doctor paused and unwittingly gulped her saliva. "People whose mana sensors detected 51-100 percent returned mana are often high-level awakeners. Most of the numbers that appear in Yanyan’s result are within that range, and if we make an average of it all, Yanyan absorbed about 93 percent of the mana released by the machine."

"And the boy is still non-awakened." The awakened physician delivered it heavily.

Shen Yuan and Bai Tingfeng exchanged looks. Their expressions varied and alike all at the same time. The former looked genuinely calm, while the latter may have looked calm underneath, but nervousness was waving silently deep in those dark eyes.

The doctor then moved on to the result of the last test.

"The third scan, on the other side, shows a rather normal and very healthy mana map— even to standards of non-awakened. The absorbed mana circulates all over the body, it converges in focal body parts such as the area behind the eyes, heart, abdomen, arms, legs, and feet."

Doctor Gong traced her finger on the thin lines that ran through the human diagram. "The weak lines all over the body are normal since Yanyan still hasn’t awakened his powers. His mana reserves and pathways aren’t fully formed yet."

"The test result that we need to note is the accumulation of mana in the eye area and legs. This could be interpreted as Yanyan, despite being non-awakened, having eyes sharper than children his age and legs stronger than the average adults."

"Wow..." Shen Yuan exclaimed before he even realized it. Is it this world’s way of explaining how Yanyan would see his tails despite the illusion he cast? He couldn’t help but recall the times when Yanyan pulled outlandish feats.

"Bai Tingfeng," he called his husband. "Do you remember what happened in the Rong Shen Villa? When Yanyan suddenly ran ahead to spare Yangyang from your pummeling? He managed to outrun Assistant Su, an awakener whose mobility even I appreciated!"

Bai Tingfeng was silent for a moment. "Well, it’s comforting to know that Yanyan doesn’t have any illness, and it is a happy thing to hear that our son has great potential. However, I cannot help but worry."

The alpha threw a firm look at the doctor. "What are the implications of Yanyan’s high absorption rate to his future? Will it guarantee he will awaken his power? Is there a way to know when he will awaken? What comes first? His differentiation or awakening?"

Shen Yuan gave Bai Tingfeng a knowing look. Of course, Bai Tingfeng will be worried about that. Especially now that he just won over his past trauma.

The doctor was caught off guard by the barrage of questions. Which one should she answer first?

"Well, based on Yanyan’s current condition. He will certainly become an awakener in the future. As for when... I really don’t know how to pinpoint the exact date. In our circle, we described awakening as a phenomenon powered by the soul and mana. It could happen whenever, wherever, as long as Yanyan was deemed fit."

Bai Tingfeng took a deep breath. "I see. Pardon my strong reaction. I’m just afraid that he will awaken his powers early and accidentally hurt himself because his powers are too much for him to handle."

The doctor smiled kindly. "Excuse me if I sound like I am overstepping my boundaries, but as a doctor and researcher specializing in awakened powers, I honestly think there’s no such thing as "awakened powers are too much for the user to handle. We get this power because this is what perfectly fits us."

Bai Tingfeng internally nodded. He remembered his quest to gain control of the complete powers of Baihu. The doctor’s statement touches on the lesson he picked up in that experience.

"Besides, a new study exposes the new trend among new awakeners. Their ages become younger and younger. I heard the Hunter Association is formulating plans to address the growing number of young awakeners. Master Bai and Master Shen shouldn’t worry about Yanyan’s future."

Even though Shen Yuan is not as nervous as Bai Tingfeng, Doctor Gong’s words comfort him. Bai Tingfeng also felt the same. At that point, the alpha let go of all his worries.

"Thank you for those words. They helped a lot." Shen Yuan said smilingly. Wanting to diffuse the somber atmosphere, the sly fox asked a light-hearted question.

"You’re quite good in words. Your lines are very effective. Are you a writer or something?"

"Huh?" Flustered, Doctor Gong choked on her own saliva. "Master Shen, why—I mean, I wrote some pieces before, but I am not exactly what people call a full-fledged writer. I work on a few fanfictions."

’Were there standards in being a real writer?’ Shen Yuan wondered.

Well, whatever.

"Oh, really?" Shen Yuan’s eyes lit up. It was just an off-handed statement to stir a conversation, but who would have guessed that he would find something interesting?

Doctor Gong evasively turned away from Shen Yuan’s scorching eyes. "Test is done. Good work, Yanyan."

"What genre are your works?" Shen Yuan asked again. At this point, Bai Tingfeng could sense that Shen Yuan was up to something, and he just let his husband be.

"Nothing serious, Master Shen. Just romance... Adult ones."

Shen Yuan’s eyes almost became torches. His smile became more meaningful. "Adult romance, I see. What kind?"

Of course, Doctor Gong knows that smile. Weirdly, he could sense a feeling of belonging from the S-class omega. "Master Shen... It’s not that... I write stories based on stories I love to read... Like friendly stories between two friendly men."

She tried to downplay, but at that point, Shen Yuan was already persecuting her through his stares; thus, she relented. "I write BL, Master Shen."

Shen Yuan let out a bellowing laugh. "It’s nice to meet you, comrade-in-arms." He then shook his son’s physician, and the other accepted it, half-shy and half-dying inside.

Thus, Yanyan’s medical exam ended with a new discovery of Yanyan’s great potential and Shen Yuan’s discovery of a comrade in arms.

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