Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 511: Denied

Gu Feng: "So, even though you have money now, you can’t buy a house in Shencheng?"

Jiang Ruolin nodded and said, "It’s based on the evaluation of your family’s overall strength. Only families that reach a certain level can choose to live in first-tier cities."

"In a global metropolis like Shencheng, every brick comes from a prominent clan. With such competition, how can other insignificant families and the public possibly buy a house here?"

Gu Feng: "Then, is participating in the National War the only way to improve a family’s rating?"

"The National War is the best opportunity for families like ours, who don’t have ancestral powers from outside the star system," Jiang Ruolin explained. "If you have ancestral power either from outside the star system or another domain, then you can also buy a house in Shencheng."

Gu Feng nodded: "Let’s talk about it later."

His rejection did not lower Jiang Ruolin’s happy mood for the day, so she said to Gu Feng, "Come on, I’ll treat you to a big meal. We have money now; you can choose any high-end restaurant in Shencheng."

Since it had been over ten thousand years, Gu Feng was unfamiliar with the changes in Shencheng, so eventually, Jiang Ruolin chose a fancy restaurant that she had always wanted to visit.

Before that, Jiang Ruolin had gone home to take a bath and then changed into an especially elegant dress.

For a moment, Gu Feng felt as if he had returned to attending banquets with Lin Yue.

During the meal, Jiang Ruolin didn’t know what to talk about with Gu Feng and just played with her phone, checking information related to the secret technique Gu Feng had given her.

She wanted to confirm whether the secret technique was one of those forbidden techniques that required human sacrifices.

She could also look into the ranking of the technique; if it really was at the "Profound Level" or above, she could plan to repay Gu Feng in Spirit Stones later and not take advantage of him.

However, when she scanned the keywords related to the "Emperor Jun Technique" on an online shopping platform, she found no equivalent items.

This shouldn’t be happening.

Given the transparency reached in the Cultivation World today, any material or secret technique could generally be found by simply taking a photo of an item, and the AI-driven search would scan and display a series of other sellers offering similar items.

Then she would have known its market price or rarity!

Even items only recorded in ancient archives as legendary could be found by searching keywords, popping up relevant content information.

Yet, Jiang Ruolin discovered that there were no sellers selling or seeking to buy the secret technique book Gu Feng gave her.

This made it difficult for her to assess what the secret technique might be worth.

Regretfully, she clicked on the search recommendation from the intelligent guide, "Are you searching for other secret techniques with the ’Emperor’ keyword?"

Then, a list of similar secret techniques appeared, each name containing the "Emperor" character.

"Mystic Emperor Demon Skill," "Emperor Yan’s Taoist Scripture," "Cang Emperor Divine Technique"...

Jiang Ruolin then successively opened the data sources for these related search results, finding it somewhat difficult to proceed. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Emperor Seal Magic Skill": Originating from the "Original World Fourth Plate Realm" site, now a secret technique of the Guo Family from an extra-terrestrial 23rd-layer Cultivation Planet!

"Emperor Yan’s Taoist Scripture": Originating from the "Original World Fourth Plate Realm" site, now a secret technique of the Rockefeller family from an extra-terrestrial 21st-layer Cultivation Planet!

"Cang Emperor Divine Technique": Originating from the "Original World Fourth Plate Realm" site, now a secret technique of the Ye Family from an extra-terrestrial 24th-layer Cultivation Planet!

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Jiang Ruolin gave up on continuing her search for the "Emperor Jun Technique."

She still sent the picture to her mother, though.

Perhaps she knew better or had ways to inquire.

After receiving the pictures from her daughter, Liu Mei didn’t take it seriously.

She casually asked her, "What’s up?"

Jiang Ruolin: "Mom, this is a secret technique given to me by a friend—can you help me see if I can learn it? Can you help me see what level it is?"

Liu Mei: "It’s fake, probably just to make you happy."

Jiang Ruolin: "Won’t you ask Dad?"

Liu Mei: "The moment I saw the word ’Emperor’ in the title, I knew it was fake."

Jiang Ruolin: "Is there a reason?"

Liu Mei: "You can search it up online yourself."

Jiang Ruolin: "I searched already, nothing came up, only other secret techniques with ’Emperor’."

Liu Mei: "Then didn’t you notice one thing? Are all the secret techniques with ’Emperor’ traceable to their origins? And aren’t the insignificant ones all family secret techniques from the Cultivation Country of the 20th Layer Heaven?"

Jiang Ruolin: "Yes, I noticed that too."

Liu Mei: "Silly girl, you’re too easily fooled. Since the ancestor Qingxue from the Cold Moon Sect nearly reached the Emperor-Sealing of the 20th Layer Heaven in the 19th Layer Heaven, the Realm of the 20th Layer Heaven has been classified in the Cultivation World for Emperor-level cultivators. All the secret techniques and Cultivation techniques created by such supreme beings above this level bear the word ’Emperor’ to reflect the utmost reverence for these beings!"

Liu Mei: "In other words, do you think your friend is someone capable of cultivating an Emperor-level secret technique? Or do you think someone would give you an ’Emperor-level’ secret technique? A single book like this could trigger a Star Domain war; how could it possibly appear on Earth?"

Jiang Ruolin suddenly understood: "Thank you, Mom, I got it."

She looked up but did not expose the fact that the secret technique book Gu Feng gave her was fake.

Just then, their meal arrived.

She said, "The dishes are here, let’s eat."

Gu Feng nodded, seeing that the luxurious open-air restaurant was packed, and asked, "Is it always this busy here?"

"With the National War coming up, many high-level Cultivators from various Star Systems and families from beyond have come down, probably to prepare for the National War." Seeing Gu Feng glancing around at others, Jiang Ruolin quickly warned him in a low voice, "Don’t look around carelessly; be careful as they could be ancestors or high-rankers from other Star Domains. On Earth, late-stage Core Formation isn’t scary, but the Mid-Period is, because what’s called Late Period here is truly Late Period, but Mid-Period could be high-tier bigshots from higher planes!"

After Gu Feng turned his gaze back, he noticed Jiang Ruolin touching her long hair and asked, "How do I look in this outfit? Pretty?"

"Pretty." Gu Feng, aware that those around might be the descendants of those celestial families Jiang Ruolin mentioned, asked further, "Did you dress up like this to fish?"

Jiang Ruolin paused, realizing Gu Feng misunderstood, and asked a bit shyly, "Don’t you like it?"

"I like it," Gu Feng nodded.

"That’s good," Jiang Ruolin then relaxed and began dining with an air of confidence and elegance.

Meanwhile, she secretly thought: I’m fishing you!

At that moment, a waiter came over and placed a glass of fruit wine on Jiang Ruolin’s table.

He also handed her a business card and said, "Miss, would a young master from the Chen Family of a sixth-level Cultivation Country like to buy you a drink?"

Jiang Ruolin’s expression changed slightly, she glanced at Gu Feng quickly, biting her lip and grappling with her thoughts.

This was a form of flirtation.

Usually, when one’s background and identity are unclear, the other party indicates their status by inviting you for a drink.

If the woman is single or interested in networking with the other party, she could drink the glass, and then the person would come over to invite her.

If the woman minds, or her partner minds, she can also refuse to drink and explicitly state her status.

But that assumes you have the means to refuse.

If your status is influential enough, the other party would come over to toast and apologize.

Right then, Jiang Ruolin didn’t want her refusal to cause trouble for Gu Feng.

So just as she was about to reach for the drink, Gu Feng gave a look, and the glass shattered!