Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 540: Miss, where did you get this Magical Treasure from?
"Qingqing has already been scorned as a person who has brought shame to the family; should she marry again, it would only add to our family’s ridicule. Qingqing swears an oath to follow in the footsteps of Ancestor Qingxue and remain in the Gu Family; I hope the Ancestor will grant this wish!"
Gu Qingqing came to the Ancestor Pavilion and knelt there, pleading.
Gu Feng himself did not appear, only his voice echoed in the Ancestor Pavilion. After a long reflection, he no longer tried to persuade the child.
"Go then."
Gu Qingqing turned joyful and kowtowed, "Thank you, Ancestor."
Although she was exceptionally allowed to practice the family’s secret techniques, as the Gu Family Patriarch, Gu Weiting still punished Gu Qingqing in front of the entire family after he came out from seclusion.
After all, she had indeed broken the rules by entering the Ancestor Pavilion without permission, and even though the Ancestor agreed, if the Patriarch did not punish her today, in the future all clan members might follow her example.
In the end, Gu Qingqing was sentenced to face the wall on the family’s planet for ten years without leaving.
Gu Qingqing readily accepted this punishment.
Meanwhile, the annual National War arrived as scheduled.
All the great families, even those cultivators from the realms as high as the nineteen layers of heaven, descended to prepare for it.
Given the current global population of 100 billion, if you can ensure a smooth passage into the top four, the reward in Spirit Stones will definitely be at least several tens of billions!
This amount holds great attraction for any major family at the current stage.
At the present stage in the Cultivation World, Spirit Stones can only be sought in the Outer Universe.
The Spirit Stones in the Original World have almost been exhausted; only the various treasures left by the ancient Great Experts remain.
For those families that cannot venture far into the Outer Universe, the National War is a rare channel through which they can obtain a large number of Spirit Stones.
Even if you now go to the Outer Universe to search for other Spirit Mines, an entire planet might not have as many Spirit Stone resources.
Take the Gu Family’s Level 10 Cultivation Planet, which supports thousands of cultivators, as an example: they need to spend 60 million Spirit Stones a year.
The consumption of the Emperor-sealing families of the 20th Layer Heaven is a hundred times that, almost 6 billion stones a year.
And the tens of billions of Spirit Stones from the National War can almost supply these top-level families for 5 to 10 years!
Thus, the Spirit Stones awarded each year in the National War are an essential resource that all the major families strive for.
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In the end, Gu Feng did not enter the competition with Jiang Ruolin.
If it had been before, Jiang Ruolin might have felt disappointed due to her insufficient combat power.
But since she had successfully cultivated the first layer of the Emperor Jun Technique given to her by Gu Feng recently, she realized the profound strength of this secret technique.
Originally at the early stage of Core Formation, just through the first layer of this secret technique, she soared to the late stage of Core Formation.
This rapid progress astonished Jiang Ruolin.
"The secret technique you gave me, it isn’t really an Emperor-level one, is it?"
After opening her eyes, Jiang Ruolin looked at Gu Feng, who was guarding her retreat, and exclaimed in amazement, "I even feel that, after the National War ends, as long as I stabilize the first layer of this secret technique through seclusion, I could advance to Nascent Soul!"
Gu Feng gave her a strange look: "I never said this technique was solely for furnace cultivation, it’s all in your own imagination every day."
Jiang Ruolin’s eyes widened in shock: "It really is an Emperor-level secret technique? Where did you get it from?"
Gu Feng replied, "You don’t need to worry about that, just rest assured and cultivate it."
Jiang Ruolin struggled to quell her inner doubts: "Recently, the Gu Family has been on the rise, and I’ve heard several of their elders’ combat power has not been restricted by Earth’s limitations, a phenomenon that only the Taoist Ancestor’s Wife had back in the day, and even then, it was because of the Taoist Ancestor’s deep love that she was not restricted. Many people are speculating whether the Taoist Ancestor might not have perished and has always been around?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Ruolin seemed to have discovered a new continent, her beautiful eyes looking at Gu Feng, sparkling with increasing brightness.
Gu Feng thought this woman was not too stupid, had she already guessed his identity?
Just when he was about to smile without needing to explain himself, waiting for Jiang Ruolin to figure out who he was,
Jiang Ruolin said, "This secret technique must have been bestowed upon you by the Taoist Ancestor, right?"
Gu Feng: "..."
Jiang Ruolin went on to justify her discovery: "You are a distant descendant of the Taoist Ancestor’s Gu Family. If the Taoist Ancestor hasn’t fallen, then you would definitely have your portion, so this secret technique must have been given to you by him."
Having said this, Jiang Ruolin excitedly trotted over and took Gu Feng’s hand, pleading with a coquettish wave, "Can you take me to meet your Taoist Ancestor from the Gu Family? I’ve never seen what he looks like. The videos from over ten thousand years ago are all exploded and blurry; you can’t make out his actual appearance."
Gu Feng chuckled, "You want to see him?"
Jiang Ruolin nodded frantically like a woodpecker.
Pointing at himself, Gu Feng said, "I am the Taoist Ancestor, and also the Ancestor of the Gu Family."
"People aren’t joking with you," Jiang Ruolin glared at him a bit crossly.
Gu Feng: "I’m not joking with you either."
Jiang Ruolin: "Give it a rest, even though I’ve never seen the Taoist Ancestor and don’t know much about him, I know for sure he must have deeply loved his partner. I’ve read some beautiful tales about the Taoist Ancestor and his wife, where the Taoist Ancestor’s Wife searched for him tirelessly for three thousand years, only to have her lifespan run out and vanish from the world of the living and the dead. So I’m positive if the Taoist Ancestor were still alive and hadn’t fallen, he would certainly feel guilty toward his wife. He definitely wouldn’t easily move on from that relationship. He would choose to reminisce about the past."
After hearing her words, Gu Feng’s previously relaxed face lost some of its smile.
He sighed, "Yes, he never wanted to move on."
"So," Jiang Ruolin said, as a matter-of-fact, "If you were the Taoist Ancestor, would you easily fall for another woman? Let alone someone like me."
Gu Feng: "Have you never thought that you might be the reincarnation of the Taoist Ancestor’s Wife?"
Jiang Ruolin gazed intensely at Gu Feng, stepped forward, and kissed him, saying, "Are you looking for a woman like the Taoist Ancestor’s Wife, who would stay loyal for a thousand years for love? Then you’ve found the right one. As long as you don’t let me down, I’ll never let you down."
Gu Feng was at a loss for words, amused and exasperated at the same time.
He no longer wanted to explain who he really was.
Sometimes, people don’t believe you even when you tell the truth.
Just let it be.
"Get ready. It’s about time. I’ll take you to the Arena," Gu Feng could only hastily neaten up this woman’s clothes.
Jiang Ruolin nodded, "There’s nothing for me to prepare. Are you really not coming with me?"
Gu Feng was about to say: Forget it, the National War Spirit Stones are all tallied up for the people by me. It makes no difference whether I attend or not. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
But as the words reached his lips, he figured this woman wouldn’t believe him anyway, and chose to remain silent.
However, in Jiang Ruolin’s first battle in the National War, she encountered an opponent from a western country.
And in the crowd, there happened to be a mid-stage Core Formation Great Expert who had descended to the mortal realm.
This person happened to be the president of the Artifact Refiner’s Guild, Gu He from the Eleventh Layer Heaven.
He was about to take down Jiang Ruolin when he saw Jiang Ruolin’s God-Shocking Whip and was practically blinded by its brilliance.
Wasn’t this the weapon he had made for the Grandmaster?
This was the one and only, crafted from his lifelong efforts.
"Miss, where did you get this magical treasure from?" Gu He asked, furrowing his brows.
