Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 517: When I reach Nascent Soul, you take me to run dungeons.
"My parents asked me when I’m going to bring you home for a visit," Jiang Ruolin said to Gu Feng while they strolled down the Medicinal Materials auction street.
She was trying to whisk away her bargain of a boyfriend.
Putting aside what Gu Feng’s abilities were like, at least in the eyes of Jiang’s parents, Gu Feng was certainly someone who didn’t lack Spirit Stones.
One shouldn’t be too greedy—they felt it was quite good for their daughter to find someone who either had wealth or power.
The casual way Gu Feng had spent over two million Spirit Stones on a meal of beast meat left an impression on Jiang’s parents akin to having already paid their daughter’s dowry.
They were simply waiting for their daughter to bring their son-in-law home more often for a few looks.
To be precise, it was to show him off to those relatives.
In earlier years, the Jiang Family had held a higher position among their relatives. Since Jiang Ruolin’s great-grandfather encountered setbacks, their family had gradually fallen from grace and never managed to raise their heads high again.
When the Jiang Family became connected to the Bai Family, the other relatives were somewhat envious.
Unexpectedly, the news that Jiang Ruolin was dating a mortal seemed to have been spread by family members who worked in Shencheng.
It led to a frenzy of mockery back home, poking fun at Jiang Dad’s claim of having introduced ’Young Master Bai’ to Ruolin.
They came at them with hindsight, saying that Young Master Bai wouldn’t even take a second look at Jiang Ruolin.
And they also repeatedly urged Jiang Ruolin to bring her boyfriend home to show, claiming it was to encourage having a mortal boyfriend. In reality, they were just waiting to ridicule and belittle the Jiang Family.
While helping Jiang Ruolin select Medicinal Materials, Gu Feng said, "You let me know when you’re going back, and I’ll follow."
"Remember what you said, don’t stand me up," Jiang Ruolin replied with a sweet, faintly flushed smile, grateful that Gu Feng was busy picking Medicinal Materials and didn’t see it.
She didn’t forget to secretly text her parents, telling them that Gu Feng wasn’t averse to visiting their home when he had time.
Jiang Dad and Liu Mei, enjoying their weekend off, were in even better spirits after receiving their daughter’s text.
Liu Mei gossiped to her husband like a neighborly woman, "What kind of family background do you think this Gu Feng has?"
Jiang Dad was brewing tea and said, "I don’t know, but I think, to spend money so lavishly, his family must be quite significant. Anyway, that young master of the Bai Family wouldn’t dare to eat such an expensive meal."
With this, Jiang Dad asked his wife in astonishment, "Don’t you think this kid is too brazen? I’m not talking about his character, but I feel his parents were really arrogant, daring to name him the same as a Taoist Ancestor. Aren’t they afraid that the kid might deplete their family’s Qi Fortune with that name?"
Liu Mei agreed, saying, "When he first introduced himself to me, I was also stunned for a moment. But then I remembered our daughter saying he was a mortal, so I didn’t take it seriously. If it were in the Cultivator circles, it would be quite taboo."
Jiang Dad toyed with his tea set: "It’s just that the descendants of the Taoist Ancestor with the surname Gu have disappeared from the Outer Regions for a thousand years. Otherwise, if there were any Cultivators brazen enough to flaunt such a taboo name, they would likely be executed!"
Liu Mei frowned. "Husband, do you think he could be a con artist?"
Jiang Dad replied, "What makes you say that?"
Liu Mei said, "Although I’ve never seen what the Taoist Ancestor looks like, and no cultivator in this world would dare to risk depleting all their Qi Fortune to draw his portrait, there are some vague images of him from the past that resemble this man a bit. I suspect this Gu Feng has deliberately altered his appearance to look like the Taoist Ancestor and even adopted the same name, then he goes around scamming people for money."
"Do you remember the Emperor-level Secret Technique our daughter sent us? I think this person might be impersonating the Taoist Ancestor and then using these fake High-level Secret Techniques to scam people out of their money."
"Are you overthinking it?" Jiang Dad was surprised. "What do you think he’s trying to swindle from our daughter? He even treated us to such an expensive meal that advanced us both to the Late stage of Core Formation."
"Uh." That left Liu Mei speechless. "That doesn’t make sense either, but I just feel like if he could prove himself with money, why would he expose his hypocritical vanity by giving our daughter that fake Secret Technique that couldn’t be more fake?"
Jiang Dad asked, "Do you think that Secret Technique might be real?"
"You’re even more imaginative than I am!" Liu Mei glared at him. "An Emperor-level Secret Technique? Anything that comes out of the Original World would create a star war among all the extraterrestrial families before the person could even warm up to it!"
"Is that possible? A thing that can turn a family into the dominant power of outer realms just given away to our daughter like that? Are you still not sober from the tens of thousands of Spirit Stones spent on floral tea that day?"
Jiang Dad just smiled sheepishly. "Just let me daydream a bit."
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"My parents say thank you for the meal you treated them to the other day," Jiang Ruolin put down her phone, and while Gu Feng carried a bag, she thanked him. "My dad was in the Mid stage of Core Formation, and my mom was in the Initial stage, but after eating the meal you treated them to, they both advanced to the Late stage."
"If they could enter the Fourth Layer Heaven, they would be able to join the uncles in the community to go to the Original World to farm dungeons for treasures or even hunt for beast meat. It’s definitely better than working a job."
Jiang Ruolin fantasized, "The Original World is a chance for many grassroot cultivators to turn their fortunes around. Many who can obtain High-level Secret Techniques or Magical Treasures in that world can become powerful and change their fates."
Saying this, Jiang Ruolin playfully begged Gu Feng, "When I make it to the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer Heaven, will you take me treasure hunting? I’ve heard that even the Wild Beasts of the same level there are stronger than cultivators. If you don’t have good Secret Techniques and Magical Treasures, it’s very difficult to defend against them."
Gu Feng asked, "It’s been thousands of years; could all the treasures inside have already been looted?"
Gu Feng was no longer connected to that place, so without going in to check, he wouldn’t know the details.
Jiang Ruolin said, "It’s been opened up for tens of thousands of years, but there are still numerous dangerous secret realms unexplored, and instead, many cultivators who collected treasures from inside died in high-level dangerous secret realms, dropping countless treasures."
"You can search online; there are still several hundred or even a thousand instances that are hard to conquer, guarded by all kinds of spiritual beasts and Divine Beasts, causing even the big shots of the 28th Layer Heaven to have a hard time making it out intact."
At this point, Jiang Ruolin looked at Gu Feng curiously, "Shouldn’t you know more about this than I do? You’re a high-level cultivator, and generally, you would like to farm dungeons in the Original World to strengthen yourself."
"Not interested in going anymore," Gu Feng said.
"How could that not be exciting? Just the instances I’ve mentioned, if you could successfully farm them, who knows how many treasures inside could support so many talents to become lords of their domain. Even if you can’t solo them, you could still take on the joint pioneering missions launched by those families. If you could help them clear the instance, you could also share the loot." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
Gu Feng replied, "Once you reach the Fourth Layer Heaven, I can take you dungeon farming."
