Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 501: Things are not the same; goodbye to the reincarnated Lin Yue

Chapter 501: 501: Things are not the same; goodbye to the reincarnated Lin Yue

Over ten thousand years ago,

the scale of urban development on Earth was limited to the original 100 million square kilometers.

Today, having expanded a hundredfold, Earth’s area has reached 10 billion square kilometers, with a population of over 50 billion.

Modern cities with densely packed skyscrapers can be found all over the globe, lighting up every corner of the planet at night.

The architectural wealth gap between different regions globally no longer exists as it once did.

Even those nations that were once lagging, due to the emergence of a prodigious family dynasty, briefly led and left behind a flourishing historical imprint over these ten thousand years.

Gu Feng, dressed in a simple robe, walked through the streets of Shencheng City.

This place remained the busiest and most bustling city in the world.

For tens of thousands of years, no other city had replaced Shencheng City as the premier location for Cave Mansions.

Because the array set up by the planet above had still not been broken by anyone to this day.

Thus, the restrictions on Earth had always existed.

This meant that no Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator could create a Cave Mansion on Earth, because upon entering, they would revert to the Middle-Stage of Core Formation!

Here, there still existed the most dense population flows in the world. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

It was also the city of choice for the world’s wealthiest top-tier families to live in.

But!

Gu Feng could no longer sense the presence of any people from the past.

Those people from generations ago, over the past more than ten thousand years, had long since passed, turning history into nothing more than memories.

He was grateful that he had set up a protective restriction on his wife, Lin Yue, allowing her to reincarnate.

Gu Feng’s Life-bound Compass was destroyed, now controlled in fragments by the heads of the top-tier families after being divided among the major forces.

As a Divine Artifact, even though it was in countless pieces, it could still unleash powers that contained the Laws.

Each fragment could control one kind of natural Law.

Some pieces of the Laws might be fragmented, depending on the size of the piece—the greater the inscriptions on a large fragment, the more powerful the Law would be.

These Laws included wind, rain, thunder, lightning, time, space, elements, poison, spirit, among other domain abilities.

Every family that obtained a fragment of the Compass could become a dominant power in their region.

Whenever there was news of Compass fragments, it would ignite a struggle for power among the major families, truly a situation of bloodshed.

Without the Compass, Gu Feng had lost the "management" capabilities of a creator.

But his strength remained, even stronger than before it was sealed!

Because Earth’s Cultivators had now ventured beyond the Galaxy, spreading across other higher-dimensional Dimension Planets in the universe.

They gained strength from entering uninhabited "Original Worlds," scavenging top-tier Secret Techniques and Magical Treasures from various ruins.

Then, continually strengthening himself, he migrated through the universe monopolizing distant and superior spirit stone mines.

At present, the most powerful families at the pinnacle of the pyramid had opened up 28 cultivation planets in the depths of the universe.

These cultivators were like the cells within Gu Feng’s body, spreading and also enlarging Gu Feng’s Divine Sense world.

But now, Gu Feng only wanted to find the person he cared about most: Lin Yue.

Though he didn’t know Lin Yue’s background or name in this lifetime, he could sense her presence in this city through the Divine Sense mark left on her.

Moreover, he was already very close to her.

Gu Feng walked to the end of the street corner, and inside a bustling café on a commercial street, he saw from afar a beautiful young woman, just 18 years old, sitting by the window corner, her face full of collagen.

She quietly supported her cheek with her hand, her head lowered, gently brushing her hair behind her ear while drinking coffee from a straw and reading a book.

Before long, a female university student approached her, frustrated, "Jiang Ruolin, how can you still sit here drinking coffee and reading? Aunt called me, she must have guessed you’d come to me, what should I do?"

So in this lifetime, she was called Jiang Ruolin.

Jiang Ruolin, without even looking up, said, "Just tell her you haven’t seen me; isn’t that simple enough?"

Her childhood friend retorted, "But dodging like this isn’t the solution either. With your exceptional Spirit Root talent, only by marrying into those families can you obtain more cultivation resources, which would help your family to ascend. I think your uncle and auntie are right."

Jiang Ruolin responded with a forced smile, "I’m not against getting married; I just feel that if I’m to sacrifice myself in a marriage alliance for my family, why couldn’t they find me a better family? To be honest, the groom’s family only has some power in our local district, but looking at the global influence of families, they wouldn’t even rank in the fourth camp. Moreover, his talents and gifts are even inferior to mine; I find that hard to accept."

"Their inferior Spirit Roots decide their future limit; he might not hold any power in his family later on. I might as well just strive by myself."

Her friend snorted, "Strive? How far can you, a female cultivator without any background, possibly get? In the cultivation world, which female Loose Cultivator isn’t miserable? Apart from clan daughters, female cultivators in the cultivation world, especially those with some looks, all end up being captured by more powerful high-level cultivators to become Furnace Tripods or concubines for Dual Cultivation. Your uncle and auntie fear that you might end up the same way, so they found a husband for you in advance to avoid misfortune."

Jiang Ruolin shifted her gaze from the book and sighed, "I am well aware of my parents’ intentions; they did their best finding the Bai Family for me. But... never mind, I don’t want to think about these things anymore. Since I’ve left home, I’ll just try my luck living in Shencheng City. I’ve heard it’s filled with elites from affluent families worldwide, who knows if I might encounter a scion of one of those families."

Her friend gave a weak, helpless smile, "This world is already a transparent era of informationalization. The grand families have long arranged marriage alliances. When they look for partners for their children, they first consider whether there are any ancestor-level powers outside the planet or star domain. If there’s none, then reluctantly, they’ll accept someone within the Star System. If there’s no background in the Star System, then don’t hold out hope for a good match; many encountered are just for fun, and their families wouldn’t agree to marry them."

"Now, the marriage model is such that male heirs of the Direct Lineage would only marry women from higher Plane families to seek upward developmental opportunities."

"So, give up that dream; there simply aren’t any stories of family men marrying Cinderellas from lower planes."

Jiang Ruolin humphed, "Then I’ll just find someone I like and live a happy and fulfilling life on Earth for three or four hundred years without striving for stellar development."

Her friend rolled her eyes, "Quit dreaming and let’s be realistic; where do you plan to stay? I should tell you ahead of time, I live in the university dormitory, and my living expenses are regularly provided by my family, so I still need to work to support myself. I definitely don’t have enough money to help you rent an apartment, and you know Shencheng City has the highest housing and living costs in the world."

Jiang Ruolin admitted, "I ran away with barely any money on me."

Her friend said, "Then I’ll find a hotel for you that’s only good for three days; after that, you’ll need to find a job that includes room and board."

"Alright," Jiang Ruolin sighed.

Her friend, Chen Ke, nudged her with her mouth, "Let’s go."

Jiang Ruolin stood up, and on the way out, packed up her leftover bread into a bag and carried it along.

Gu Feng was just outside the café when they passed by him.

Jiang Ruolin had only walked a few steps when, mistaking the plainly-clothed Gu Feng for a homeless person, she suddenly realized and handed him the bread in her bag, "I ordered too much and didn’t eat it; if you don’t mind, you can have it."

Gu Feng reached out to take the bag, a slight smile appearing on his face covered by his cloak.