116: Chapter 116 The Girl is Two Thousand Years Older

Mother Tang let out an awkward laugh, turned to look at Tang Yanran and Gu Yanxiao, and raised her voice: "Is this how you raise your children? There's absolutely no respect for elders! Is this how you speak to your grandfather?"

Gu Han glanced back at his parents.

Gu Yanxiao stood by the sofa, acting as if he hadn't heard a thing. Tang Yanran, meanwhile, stood with her arms crossed, watching the doorway coldly, without the slightest intention of stopping Gu Han.

Since his parents weren't intervening, there was no need to save face for these two old geezers.

The corners of Gu Han's mouth curled all the way up to his ears: "I'm very busy. Say one more word, and you'd better get out."

"You!" Father Tang pointed at Gu Han, his finger trembling. He took a few deep breaths, forcing down his anger: "Fine, I won't hold this against you. We came here today on behalf of the head of the Tang Family."

Father Tang cleared his throat and put on airs again: "The head of the family has spoken. He wants you to bring your sister and return with us to acknowledge your ancestors. Afterward, the Tang Family will arrange better living conditions for your family. A villa has already been purchased for you in Jiangcheng City. We are one family; with the Tang Family's resources directed toward you in the future, your Divine Kingdom will develop ten times faster than it does now."

Mother Tang chimed in from the side: "Exactly. Although you won the championship, without the foundation of a major family, you'll find it hard to move an inch in the Level 2 Divine Lord stage. If you return to the Tang Family, those…"

"Not interested." Gu Han raised his hand to interrupt: "You can get out now."

Father Tang was stunned: "Do you even know what you're refusing?"

Gu Han asked coldly in return: "When our family was at rock bottom, we didn't see the Tang Family come out to help. Now that I've won the championship, you come running over to act like our ancestors—have you no shame?"

Mother Tang panicked and pointed at Tang Yanran, scolding: "Look at the fine son you've raised! He doesn't know his place!"

Tang Yanran actually felt quite heartbroken. Back when Gu Han came out of the incubator, he remained weak and sickly. She had once begged her parents for help, only to have the door slammed in her face.

She let out a cold snort and took a step forward: "Xiaohan is right. We don't care for the Tang Family's handouts."

The couple had come today with orders from the head of the Tang Family, so they couldn't afford to make the situation any worse. They had to swallow their pride: "The Tang Family is busy, and it was our fault for not coming to see the children. We have found a legitimate Tang Family member for Xiaohan…"

These people really couldn't read the room. Even now, they were still trying to pull this marriage alliance nonsense.

Gu Han immediately interrupted: "A marriage alliance, is it? I heard your Tang Family has a two-thousand-year-old female deity. As long as she can marry into my family, I might consider establishing a relationship with the Tang Family."

Mother Tang opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Father Tang's eyes widened, his voice cracking: "Two thousand years old! You're insane! Do you want to turn the world upside down? That's the Tang Family's ancestor!"

Gu Xin poked her head out from behind Gu Han, lifted her face, and put her hands on her hips: "Yeah! Is there a problem? Two thousand years older, she'll be a heavenly immortal in broad daylight."

The air suddenly went quiet.

The black-clad bodyguards in the hallway lowered their heads one after another, their shoulders trembling slightly as they desperately tried to stifle their laughter.

Tang Yanran turned her head to glare at Gu Xin, but she couldn't help it and burst into laughter.

This finally pushed the Tang couple over the edge.

"How dare you! You absolute disgrace!" Father Tang was trembling with rage, pointing at Gu Han's nose: "You dare to insult the Tang Family's ancestor!"

"If she's not marrying, get out." Gu Han grabbed the doorknob and slammed the door shut with force.

The security door slammed shut, creating a gust of wind that slapped right into Father Tang's face.

After driving the Tang Family away, the atmosphere in the living room became very heavy. Mother Tang Yanran sat on the edge of the sofa with her head down, while Father comforted her.

"Xinxin, take Mom into the room for a while." Gu Han gestured with his chin toward his sister.

Gu Xin was usually careless, but she knew the gravity of the situation now and quickly took Tang Yanran's arm, leading her toward the master bedroom.

Once the master bedroom door was closed, Gu Han exchanged a look with Gu Yanxiao. Just as he was about to say something, the handheld device in his pocket suddenly buzzed twice.

Gu Han pulled out the handheld device, and an encrypted message from the Abyss Arena app popped up on the screen.

It was the bounty mission he had posted earlier; the status showed it was completed.

He opened the compressed file in the attachment, and over a dozen pages of dense information popped up.

The life story, assets, and industrial structure of that old guy Zhao Kun, along with how many mistresses he had kept, had all been thoroughly investigated.

Gu Han flipped through the pages one by one.

When he saw the list of companies under Zhao Kun's control, he stopped. Qiankun Large Loan.

Gu Han stared at these five words for a full half-minute, then laughed in frustration. Wasn't this one of the places he had borrowed money from before?

He continued scrolling down to find Zhao Kun's social network. The Divine Lord he was currently attached to was actually surnamed Tang.

The data showed that the several core industries the Zhao family had expanded into over the past decade all had the shadow of Tang Family capital behind them.

Not only that, but in the last month, Zhao Kun had been frantically selling off his peripheral industries, withdrawing a large amount of liquid capital, and dumping it all into one project. He was actually investing heavily in Six-Winged Beasts.

That old guy must have found out from Dad that I was raising Six-Winged Beasts, so he couldn't hold it together anymore. Finally, I've flushed you out.

Gu Han shut off the handheld device and rubbed his face with both hands. He didn't plan to tell his father, Gu Yanxiao, about this.

His father had been schemed against by Zhao Kun for eighteen years and had been conditioned into learned helplessness; it wouldn't be clear if he tried to explain it to him. Eighteen years. A full eighteen years.

All these disgusting, rotten matters were entirely Zhao Kun's doing behind the scenes. Gu Han had expected this for a long time, but now it was confirmed.

As for what role the Tang Family played in this process, Gu Han couldn't quite figure it out yet, but they were definitely involved.

These petty squabbles of major families were truly disgusting. He didn't care for the Tang Family's recruitment at all, nor was he afraid of offending them.

In fact, from the moment he accepted that ten-thousand-square-kilometer Divine Source card from President Du Fanghai on the podium, his feud with the Tang Family had already deepened.

Since he had already offended them to death, what difference did it make to offend them one more time?

Instead, after he absorbed that Divine Source, combined with the natural expansion brought by his breakthrough to Level 2 Extraordinary, the area of his Divine Kingdom had expanded to 11,100 square kilometers. That was larger than 15 million soccer fields put together.

As for whether to kill Zhao Kun or not. Gu Han's finger tapped back and forth on the assassination bounty. If he just let him die like this, it would be letting him off too easily.

Gu Han took a few deep breaths, suppressing the urge to post the assassination bounty. Didn't Zhao Kun like playing dirty? It was perfect to use him to test the Tang Family. Gu Han knew very well that the people in the Tang Family would definitely not swallow this insult.

Perhaps he wouldn't even need to bait them; they would take the hook sooner or later, but Gu Han still intended to give them a nudge.

"Dad, you don't need to worry about the Tang Family matters; just leave it to me to handle," Gu Han said, breaking the silence.

"I've crossbred a mutant plant in my Divine Kingdom. This thing doesn't eat anything; it specializes in absorbing all kinds of toxic gas."

Gu Yanxiao's hands began to tremble: "Re-really?"

"Why would I joke with you about this? I'll transfer them to you in a bit; just clear a spot in your Divine Kingdom and plant them."

Gu Yanxiao's eyes turned slightly red. How could he not have thought about restoring his Divine Kingdom?

"How long will it take to raise them?" Gu Yanxiao's voice trembled.

"Not long. Time flows faster in the Divine Kingdom, and this grass has an amazing reproductive rate. It should be able to absorb the toxic gas in your Divine Kingdom in one day. Just remember to destroy the grass after you're done so it doesn't recur."

Gu Han stood up and stretched: "Once your Divine Kingdom is cleaned up, you can raise whatever you want. When the time comes, if you really want to get into Reproduction, you can go find Uncle Zhao. He's a tycoon in the Life Class with a very sharp eye. You can let him advise you and plan out your development path."

"Good… good!" Gu Yanxiao nodded heavily, a light rekindling in his eyes.

"Uncle Zhao has always helped us so much. If his son wants to learn about crossbreeding plants, I can teach him. I'll give you a one-time Divine Kingdom coordinate first; if he's interested, you can give it to him."