Even though Chen Jie and she were betrothed, she couldn't allow the ancient cultivation techniques of the Gu family to fall into Chen Jie's hands.
She didn't believe Chen Jie's inheritance was better than her own family's.
Moreover, the Gu family was extremely strict about protecting their ancient cultivation techniques and absolutely forbade outsiders from practicing them.
"Chen Jie..."
Gu Yue was about to speak when Chen Jie suddenly interrupted her, "Sorry, I refuse!"
"What? You actually refused? Do you know how amazing the ancient cultivation techniques we obtained from the Gu family are? Don't you want..."
Gu Yue's face darkened.
She was being bribed with her own family's ancient cultivation techniques right in front of her.
It was as if she didn't exist.
But Chen Jie shook his head faintly, indicating he wasn't interested.
"I'm going all out!"
Fei Fei slapped her thigh. "How about this! As long as you let us live here for free, I'll be your mistress! Will that do?"
Fei Fei was truly desperate.
She was very beautiful, a true stunner.
For anyone to have such a woman would be immense fortune, let alone her offering to be Chen Jie's mistress.
This was tantamount to agreeing to let Chen Jie have his way with her while openly engaging with others!
The temptation of a beauty plus a set of ancient cultivation techniques, anyone would know how to choose.
But Chen Jie was different.
He already had a hard time dealing with women.
And now, things were unclear with Lin Shuang, so how could he possibly get involved with Fei Fei?
Gu Yue's expression changed again.
This offer made her feel a sense of impending crisis.
Chen Jie immediately said, "You misunderstand me. I'm not interested in you, nor am I interested in the Gu family's ancient cultivation techniques. Three million per night, and I won't change it."
"You..."
Fei Fei was so angry she was panting.
"Fine! You two are ganging up to bully my father and me, right? Three million it is, three million. Don't regret it! You brought this upon yourselves!"
Fei Fei turned to Ding Qing and said, "Dad, it's just three million, isn't it? Then let's implement Plan B!"
Ding Qing nodded heavily. "Alright!"
He then looked back at Chen Jie. "Three million. We'll pay right now and stay for ten days!"
"Okay!"
Seeing that they accepted, Chen Jie nodded to Man Niu.
The two immediately led them to pay the money.
"Chen Jie..."
Just as Chen Jie was about to leave, Gu Yue called out to him.
"I suspect these two, Ding Qing and his daughter, might resort to desperate measures if pushed to the brink."
"It's fine. They won't be able to stir up much trouble here," Chen Jie replied.
"I'm not worried about that! I'm worried about you!"
Gu Yue said, "I suspect they might publicize our Gu family's ancient cultivation techniques."
"You must stop them! Otherwise, you won't be able to bear the consequences, and neither will I!"
Chen Jie frowned.
Although Ding Qing was staying here and what he did was his own business, if they spread the Gu family's ancient cultivation techniques, the Gu family might go into a frenzy because of it.
While he wasn't afraid of the Gu family's retaliation, it was indeed a troublesome issue.
Thinking about this, he said to Gu Yue, "This is indeed a problem. I will have someone monitor their actions!"
"You'd better be sure. If they spread our Gu family's ancient cultivation techniques online, the Gu family will launch a purge. It won't just be aimed at you, but you will be the first!" Gu Yue warned.
"If it comes to that, I advise your Gu family not to do so. You can leave now."
Gu Yue nodded and then departed.
Chen Jie also returned to the villa and, after thinking for a moment, called Xiao Ding.
"Master Chen, you're looking for me?"
Xiao Ding, who was in Pingcheng, clearly hadn't expected Chen Jie to contact him.
He immediately became excited. "Is there something you need?"
"I do have something I need your help with. I need some rare profound iron and various precious stones. Do you have any?"
"Rare profound iron, various precious stones?"
Chen Jie added, "Extremely rare!"
"I do have some. I'll send them to you now to see!"
Xiao Ding ran an auction house, and people with rare items would auction them through their establishment.
Naturally, he came into contact with many things.
Chen Jie sought his help because he had promised Lin Shuang that he would craft a storage ring for her.
The materials needed to craft a storage ring were abundant. Although Chen Jie now had the ability to craft one, the materials were hard to find.
Xiao Ding acknowledged and quickly asked Chen Jie to wait while he checked the items registered at the auction house.
Meanwhile, Chen Jie contacted Luo Nan again.
He asked him to monitor the movements of Ding Qing and his daughter online.
He believed that with Luo Nan's abilities, he could intercept any attempt by Ding Qing and his daughter to publicize the Gu family's ancient cultivation techniques.
Luo Nan patted his chest and guaranteed the task would be completed.
Then he said to Chen Jie, "Ancient cultivation techniques, huh? Chen Jie, letting them stay at He Ping Villa must be a bit difficult, right? Why don't I use my abilities to drive that woman away? I've already infiltrated their villa and taken a look. That woman is so beautiful!"
When Chen Jie gave him the task, Luo Nan had already used his dream-controlling abilities to enter Villa No. 2.
He caught a glimpse of Fei Fei and was stunned by her beauty, feeling a strong desire.
It seemed they weren't particularly skilled. If he used his abilities, how wonderful would it be to have a wild time with Fei Fei in his dreams?
Thinking about this, Luo Nan let out a sigh of longing.
However, this was Chen Jie's territory, and before doing anything, he needed to seek Chen Jie's opinion.
He was clear about this.
Chen Jie frowned. "Don't mess around, or don't blame me for taking back your abilities!"
"Ah! If you don't agree, then forget it!"
Luo Nan quickly said.
At the same time, he muttered to himself that if Chen Jie didn't want him to do this, he probably had his own intentions regarding this woman.
However, it was understandable. For someone like Chen Jie, it was normal to be surrounded by beautiful women.
It wasn't strange that he would consider Fei Fei part of his harem.
Thinking this, he said, "Although I can't make a move on that woman, I can make a move on that man! That would also force them to leave!"
Chen Jie was speechless.
Then he said, "They are guests. Guests should be treated as guests, understand?"
Luo Nan was greatly disappointed.
He had planned to take advantage of Ding Qing's sleep and let him experience the treatment Zhao Zilong had once received.
He believed that with his current strength, Ding Qing would be completely unable to resist him in his dreams and would be at his mercy.
"Alright, I'll do as you've instructed!" Luo Nan said.
Not long after, Chen Jie had just hung up the phone when Xiao Ding sent him various auction items.
Most of these auction items were confidential. To maintain an air of mystery, the auction house would release a small number of items to cause a stir.
Other items were not publicly disclosed.
By doing this, Xiao Ding broke the rules.
But for Chen Jie, Xiao Ding felt that it didn't matter how many rules he broke.