Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 528: The once-thriving unions have now declined.

Chapter 528: 528: The once-thriving unions have now declined.

Jiang Ruolin braced herself and once again took out the "Emperor Jun Technique," deciding to cultivate diligently to prepare for the upcoming National War.

Meanwhile, Gu Feng led her to the Star System, "Let’s go."

Jiang Ruolin, "Where are we going?"

Gu Feng, "To the auction house, see if there’s any Magical Treasure you like."

Currently, Jiang Ruolin was using the most basic Precious Device, a first-grade flying sword, which was quite shabby.

Hearing that she could attend the grand exhibition of Magical Treasures, her eyes lit up. Whether she bought anything or not was irrelevant; she was delighted by the prospect of just having a look.

Gu Feng took her to a planet within the trading centers of the Galaxy, which they had visited before.

Since it was a market exhibition in the Galaxy, most of the treasures available for sale ranged from Treasures to Spiritual Artifacts.

Suitable for Cultivators from the Fifth to the Sixth Layer Heaven.

Gu Feng didn’t care much for these treasures and said to the staff member, "Do you have any higher-grade, rarer treasures? Let’s take a look at those."

The staff member, part of a guild, said with some difficulty, "For higher-grade items, we need to verify identity backgrounds."

Gu Feng frowned, "Identity verification is necessary?"

"You didn’t know?" Jiang Ruolin was surprised and gently tugged on Gu Feng, explaining in a low voice, "While the guilds claim neutrality, high-tier Magical Treasures require identity background verification and registration before they can sell them to you. Loose Cultivators can’t buy them because the guilds fear that if someone strengthens themselves and then causes trouble, the guilds will be implicated."

Gu Feng, "Would the guild’s extensive camp really fear being implicated?"

Jiang Ruolin, "They are strong within the lower-tier Cultivation circles, but their influence is quite weak among high-level cultivators, especially those above the Tenth Layer Heaven."

Gu Feng, "They’re declining?"

"Not exactly declining," Jiang Ruolin said. "Whether it’s the Artifact Refining Guild, the Elixir Guild, or the Formation Guild, they actually have a continuous flow of exceptional talents. Below the Tenth Layer Heaven, they are the most influential guilds. However, since the Taoist Ancestor left them with only half of the professional Secret Techniques, guild members, no matter how capable, can only cultivate up to the Tenth Layer Heaven. The Elixir Guild, for example, due to having only half of the Secret Techniques, can only control a few Fire Sources. Forging Masters are similar, only able to forge up to the level of Spiritual Treasures."

"This means that many high-level Cultivators above the Tenth Layer Realm do not take the guilds seriously, not to mention other Emperor-Level powers. No matter how numerous your guild is, with such a vast power disparity, if you anger these powerhouses, they can squash you like an ant and eradicate your lineage. So, the guilds are now in an awkward position within the Cultivation World."

Her explanation left Gu Feng somewhat mortified.

At the beginning, he hadn’t anticipated being sealed.

So indeed, the core life’s professional Secret Skill provided to the guild was not complete.

He had figured it would take them a hundred years to cultivate to the peak of the Tenth Layer Heaven, so there was no rush to give it.

Unexpectedly, it had led to delays.

"Are you really from the Gu Family?" Jiang Ruolin looked at Gu Feng with perplexity. "The Gu Family should know this best since their decline is related to the inability of these guilds to help. Given the gratitude due to the Taoist Ancestor’s legacy, if even one of the four guilds had been strong, the Gu Family wouldn’t have fallen."

"Many talents from these guilds wouldn’t necessarily backstab and then join other families for higher pursuits."

Jiang Ruolin sighed.

"Now, the guilds are at best a platform, with Tenth Layer above Elixirs and Ancient Treasure-level Magical Treasures only obtainable by high-level Cultivators from the Original World before circulating. Then these high-level Cultivators use the platform to liquidate the resources in their hands. The reason for the identity registration is that all high-tier Elixirs and Magical Treasure resources belong to major families; the guild platform simply has no say."

"Resourceful major families let the guild platform investigate buyer identities; they have to make sure not to sell resources to enemies or those adverse to their own alliance."

The staff member, who could hear what Jiang Ruolin was saying, explained with good intentions, "Indeed, that’s the case. Could you perhaps provide some information, sir? If we can register and verify it, we might be able to fetch some items for you from the Outer Domain Market, as we don’t have the authority otherwise."

Gu Feng, understanding, said, "I am from the Gu Family, the Taoist Ancestor’s Gu Family."

"Uh," the staff member hastily conducted a check in the computer system, then showed a troubled expression.

Jiang Ruolin chimed in, "He’s not wrong; I can attest to that."

The staff member gave a wry smile, "Sir, I’m sorry, but the Gu Family has been blacklisted by our guild. I am indeed sorry; it’s out of my hands as I’m just following procedures."

This was even more awkward.

Jiang Ruolin, holding Gu Feng’s arm, tried to save face for him with a happy tone, "It’s alright, we can still randomly pick from these other Magical Treasures that aren’t part of the high-end resources."

Of course, Gu Feng wasn’t going to trouble a mere employee.

However, he hadn’t expected the guild he founded to have come to such a state.

After leaving the Magical Treasure exhibition, Gu Feng asked Jiang Ruolin, "Do you know where the current headquarters of the Artifact Refining Guild is?"

Jiang Ruolin, "On a Tenth Level Cultivation Planet in the Outer Domain."

Gu Feng, "Which specific planet?"

Jiang Ruolin smiled wryly, "The Outer Domain doesn’t have Galaxy Teleportation Arrays, and the higher the dimensional level of the planet, the harder to find it is because any high-tier Dimension Planet is built within the deep interlayers of the previous dimension’s world!"

"A Fourth Layer Heaven Cultivator simply cannot open up the dimension of the Fifth Layer Heaven. The universe is so vast, a Tenth Level Cultivation Planet is equivalent to being within a world on the tenth-dimensional level. I, at the Core Formation Stage, have no way to enter these interlayers."

Gu Feng, "I know, just tell me who the current head of the Artifact Refining Guild is."

Jiang Ruolin, "Gu He."

"Good." Gu Feng took Jiang Ruolin’s hand, waved, and brought her back to their Earth residence.

Jiang Ruolin, seeing that he seemed intent on heading to the Outer Domain, grasped his hand anxiously, "Don’t go to the Outer Domain; it’s very dangerous. You need a spaceship there, and it can take dozens or hundreds of years just to find the planet you want to reach. Besides, many Loose Cultivators like to ambush in those areas, looking to seize opportunities."

"Don’t worry, I’ll be back in half a day; nothing will happen," reassured Gu Feng, patting her hand.

He was merely without a Compass, the navigational tool, but knowing the other person’s name, he could still search for their Divine Sense and Instant Teleport there.

Anywhere on Earth where Cultivators resided, he could Instant Teleport to.

Including the 28th Layer Dimension World opened by Zhang Ruokai in the Twenty-Eighth Layer Heaven, which was inaccessible and unfindable by others, but he could freely come and go as he pleased.

"Then I’ll prepare the meal; you have to come back and eat with me, do not miss it," Jiang Ruolin said, afraid that Gu Feng would not return, a hint of sorrow in her eyes.

"Sure," Gu Feng smiled lightly and left.