The incident at the Taiyuan Ice Dungeon blew up for various reasons.
It started with Qin Mian’s livestream, where Shen Yuan appeared, much to everyone’s surprise.
Just like what Shen Yuan expected, the public was quite scandalized to see a prized S-Class awakener working as a simple Dungeon Marshal. For them, an S-Class awakener like Shen Yuan should enjoy the perks and governnt subsidies and not work as the guardian angel of lower-class hunters.
Take Bai Tingfeng, for example. Shen Yuan’s husband only goes to a dungeon if a high-difficulty dungeon appears. Most of the ti, he’s working behind the scenes and is responsible for the overall operations of Baihu Clan.
Xia Jinhai is also a well-known personality despite his relatively low-key occupation. Being the head of the Intelligence Departnt, he’s more inclined to work on leadership and is a frequent face on TV interviews whenever a massive case occurs.
As for Chairman Mao Huanlong...
Well, he’s the chairman of the Hunter Association so he spent his ti doing what a boss’ boss’ boss should do.
In other words, S-Class awakeners are untouchable and the unreachable ones in this society of superpowers.
Thus, Shen Yuan worked as a friendly neighborhood dungeon marshal bound to steal everyone’s attention and raise so eyebrows. And it was evident in the place where everyone could post their thoughts freely.
Shen Yuan could read all of the netizens from Chairman Mao’s phone.
[Hold on, why is Shen Yuan working as a dungeon marshal? He’s an S-Class awakener! The first oga who touched the realm of S-Class, for Pete’s sake! The Hunter Association should treat him well! Even Xia Jinhai, a beta, started as Chairman Mao’s assistant! Why is my Shen Yuan receiving the short end of the stick?]
[ I could sll a conspiracy. Is Chairman Mao power-tripping an oga? What a disgusting old man!]
"You know what? I agree with them," Shen Yuan raised his head and looked lazily at Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao imdiately reacted to the heated glare of the oga, "What? We talked about it ahead of ti! You’re doing it as a cover to protect Qin Mian! You saw the man, right? Out of all the candidates, aside from you, he’s sporting a feature that would qualify him as a descendant of fox spirits!"
"Of course, I’m not talking about that. I’m referring to this part." Shen Yuan placed the phone in front of Chairman Mao’s face. The older alpha male has no choice but to read what is before him, and his expression can’t help but flip.
"Excuse , Yuan?! In what part of looks disgusting?! From head to toe, I am a certified GILF!"
The celestial fox spirit’s lips twisted hideously. What the hell is this old man talking about? All he heard was DILF and MILF. What on earth is GILF?
"Let tell you if you don’t know what it ans. It’s Grandpa I’d Love To Fu— Ouch! Shen Yuan! You naughty child! How could you throw your flas on my face!" The respectable Chairman Mao fell out of grace as he slumped on the table, fanning his bright red face.
"My goodness, Chairman Mao. Can’t you put a stopper? You’re in my abode; my son freely roams around this field. What would you do if he heard your obscenity? Bloody hell!" Shen Yuan maintained his apathetic face while animatedly controlling his voice— emulating how a naughty, rich brat would talk.
Knowing that Shen Yuan was just trolling him, Chairman Mao begrudgingly looked at the oga, "I thought that we were close enough to make those jokes... I guess I was wrong."
The celestial fox spirit only raised his perfectly shaped eyebrows. "The last ti I checked, we were close enough for not to be swayed by the hearsays, Chairman Mao. That is what our friendship ant to ."
After saying that, Shen Yuan carried on surfing the internet. He didn’t mind Chairman Mao looking at him as if he was face-to-face with the world’s most amusing clown.
"Wait, Yuan-boy! You- we, are we friends? You trust ?"
Shen Yuan slouched his back. Damn, he’s getting tired of this. Why can’t he see the respectable Chairman Mao everyone is talking about?
"Should I not?" The young oga was ruthless in subjecting the elderly oga to his judgy look. "Okay, I’m fairly easy to speak with. Since I have your phone with , I’ll ask Gu Jinpeng to check it thoroughly. Who knows? Maybe you’re a hidden boss of the Cardinals— Ptui! How dare you blow your winds at !"
"Your imagination knows no bounds, Shen Yuan," Chairman Mao sports a genuinely happy smile. His superiority age-wise may be hindering him from saying sothing too sentintal, but deep inside, he felt terrific.
It was lonely to be on the top, and he was alone on the summit all these years. The only solace was his dear beloved husband. He must admit that working in this isolated situation was quite tireso. He also wanted a colleague with whom he could joke and poke fun.
And it was a surprise that he found it on a cheeky youngster like Shen Yuan.
"No take-backs, you’re my friend now! Shen Yuan!" The handso alpha rrily raised his voice for several octaves.
"Seriously, is this alpha really an old man? He’s got a lot of weirdness because of his age!" The celestial fox spirit thought. Thinking that he officially made this human who could use the power of the Azure Dragon, he couldn’t help but rember his old great spirit friend.
For sure, his strict friend Qinglong would kick Chairman Mao in the ass once he saw how childish he was. That old friend of his has a lot of pride in his powers and identity as a dragon.
Shen Yuan rolled his eyes, focused again on reading, and specifically jumped at the malicious comnts made toward Chairman Mao. He didn’t bother to read it since, with how things between them are, there’s no way that Chairman Mao is purposely a jerk to him.
There are also snide remarks towards him, saying he only does it for clout.
[What else would you expect from a model? He’s trained in show business to create waves to stay relevant, and this stunt is just one of his many ways to appeal to the public. What a poor oga! He must have realized late that the competition between S-Class awakeners is fierce!]
"There’s a competition going on among the S-Class awakeners?" Shen Yuan asked.
The old alpha seed still over the moon that he’d got his first friend, "Yes, it’s the world ranking of S-Class awakeners. You don’t need to be bothered since you’ll be on everyone’s radar after the incident."
Chairman Mao noticed Shen Yuan’s still clueless look. "You still haven’t read it yet?!"
"How am I supposed to finish it when you’re yapping whenever you feel like it? You’re distracting !" Shen Yuan reasoned out.
There’s truth in what the youngster said, so Chairman Mao could only laugh. He took his phone and scrolled through it.
"This child! Why don’t you get your own phone and use it for research?" He complained, but in the end, he still handed his phone to Shen Yuan.
"Don’t wanna. It’s so tiring to go back and forth from the pavilion to our main building," Shen Yuan lazily answered.
He no longer added more on that because if he spoke so more, he was afraid they would talk to each other nonstop.
When he checked the phone, he saw a short news clip showing what he believed was the inside of Taiyuan Ice Dungeon— post-incident.
"Is it just , or I’m getting that the reversal will happen shortly?"
"See for yourself," That’s the only response from Chairman Mao.
Shen Yuan focused on watching it.
"We are here at the very site where Shen Yuan and the currently unidentified S-Class snow and ice mage are. Based on the remnants of that we can see here, the battle must be an intense one. That snowy mountain over there that seed natural in Taiyuan Ice Dungeon is actually the product of the S-Class extremist! One-eighth! That is the area of the Taiyuan Ice Dungeon that was swiped by that S-Class awakener just to build that structure with his power!" The reporter with eye-catching wings recited his report mid-air while overlooking the familiar mountain.
"That is where I fell," Shen Yuan thought. That obnoxious mass of snow occupied a special place in his heart. That mountain is the symbol of his first failure.
Shen Yuan gripped his fist hard. He’s looking forward to eting that snow weasel. He’ll make sure to lt him from skin to bones.
"He would be unstoppable if only Shem Yuan weren’t there. According to the eyewitness accounts, Shen Yuan, with his powerful flas, lted a huge amount of snow that was transford into icicle spears and saved the helpless hunters who got stuck in the extremist’s elaborate plan!"
The clip shifted to a different yet familiar face it was Qin Mian. "I thought I was a goner, but Leader Shen tried to keep safe. When the army of angry yetis ca to attack us, he helped deal with them even though he’s still fighting a powerful foe."
"What Hunter Qin Mian is referring to is the impressive wall of fire that encircles the entire territory of the Yetis! And because of that! It effectively stopped the Yeti’s from—"
Shen Yuan could no longer watch the biased news report. He looked at Chairman Mao and asked, "Chairman Mao, did you ask the dia to make appear as the hero?!"
"What?! That’s not ! I do have the connection, but I was too occupied during that ti, so I couldn’t even spare a bit of attention to you!" Chairman Mao didn’t bother to mince his words.
If this were a typical situation, then he would be strangling Chairman Mao.
"The information is accurate, but it is apparent that they are selling as the hero!"
Chairman Mao stopped, pondered the news again, and realized that what Shen Yuan said made sense. Initially, he was simply happy that Shen Yuan’s heroism elevated the Hunter Association in the public’s eyes. But now, it could be a smartly conceived plan to dress Shen Yuan as the attention-seeking eyesore.
The public hated it when the dia sold soone as a PR stunt. They’ll feel forced. Hence, they will hate them instead of love them.-
"This isn’t on . I swear!"
Shen Yuan believed it before Chairman Mao even said anything. "Then who is it?"
"It was , Yuan," It ca from an unfamiliar voice.
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