Chapter 1240: Not Bad at Pretending

The two elders replied quickly.

Xiao Qin Tian said, "Yo, didn't you bring me a main god artifact with no level restriction?"

Mother also replied, "I've had it ready for you for a while, dozens of sets—come home quickly to get it."

The two had already returned to Xiao Zhai and were waiting for him.

Xiao Feng replied, "Alright, I'll be there right away!"

He immediately used the Xiao Zhai family token to teleport back home.

Having not returned for a long time, the Xiao Zhai now had been renovated by his parents; the various training facilities from before were basically gone, leaving only a close-combat training ground.

Other areas were basically turned into ancient-style pavilions, towers, halls, gardens and ponds, the scenery being exceedingly beautiful.

When Xiao Feng returned, Xiao Qin Tian and Su Yuxia were waiting for him near the door.

"You little brat, why are you dressed in rags? Where's the outfit your mom made for you?" Upon seeing his mismatched getup, Xiao Qin Tian instantly forgot what he had intended to say.

Facing his own family, Xiao Feng's mood was unprecedentedly relaxed; he grinned and said, "This isn't rags, Dad—look at these stats, aren't they strong?"

Saying that, he directly sent over the stats of the Myriad Beast Robe, Diamond Bracelet, Item, and New Bixie Boots.

Xiao Qin Tian stared with widened eyes.

"So many zeros—this one piece of clothing adds 300 million HP? Damn, even the Abyssal Demon King only has two or three hundred million HP!"

"Good grief, you don't even see what status our son has now? He's the top figure in the whole server, far more promising than your half-baked great hero!" Su Yuxia showed contempt for her husband's reaction, patted her son's shoulder, and wore a proud expression.

Xiao Qin Tian burst out laughing: "No matter how promising you get, you still have to call me Dad! Come on, let's go inside—I recently learned the cooking skill from the game, I'll whip up a feast for you two!"

The family of three walked down the long shaded path toward the residence behind the manor.

They chatted as they walked.

The two elders didn't ask Xiao Feng about his strength or forces; they didn't care about those, only caring whether anything interesting had recently happened to their son, how his girlfriend was doing, and incidentally probing whether he had done a good job with insurance work.

Xiao Feng answered fluently, handling it with ease.

Regarding insurance work, he slapped his chest and promised: "Definitely no casualties!"

The cooking skill in the game has similarities and differences with the real world.

Xiao Qin Tian cooked dishes using the ingredients he brought back from hunting wild monsters.

Xiao Feng recalled that his backpack still held plenty of ingredients gathered from slaying main god‑level beings on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, so he took out a large amount and gave it to his father.

Upon seeing the main god‑level ingredients, Xiao Qin Tian's jaw nearly dropped; he helplessly said his cooking level wasn't enough to handle such high‑grade ingredients, for which his wife gave him a round of contempt.

After cooking a dozen or so dishes, the family of three sat together to enjoy the meal, meanwhile discussing some serious matters.

Mother said, "Xiao Feng, lately if anyone from the mortal realm or the Shen Jie tries to add you as a friend, you just reject them—don't bother with them."

Xiao Feng understood the implication and asked back, "Is it from your uncle's family, or those neighbors who want to mooch off me?"

The server-wide event caused too big a stir, and his performance was so outstanding that it was hard not to attract attention.

Now on Blue Star, his fame even surpasses that of many countries' bigwigs; he can be called a national idol.

Knowing how formidable he is, the neighbors surely envy him and would love to come to his house to mooch off some glory and gain some benefits.

Xiao Qin Tian nodded and said, "Exactly. These guys never wished us well in daily life, but now that you've made a name for yourself, they're all being overly attentive—even remembering the incident when you, at seven, stole a peach from someone else, and openly and secretly demanding I compensate them with a main god artifact."

Xiao Feng's mouth twitched.

Wanting to mooch is understandable, but demanding a main god artifact is a bit excessive—even if he didn't use it himself, selling it would fetch at least several hundred million, more than the liquid funds of some companies.

An ordinary civilian, merely seeing the neighbors prosper and wanting such a benefit, is simply daydreaming.

He asked, "Then how did you respond? Do you need me to give you something?"

If it were up to him, he'd at most casually give a divine artifact to get rid of the matter, or even not bother at all.

But the matter came into contact with his parents; if the two elders had made any concession, as their son he would certainly support them and not let them lose face.

Xiao Qin Tian spat, "Give me a break—what's the big deal about a kid being greedy and snatching a fruit? It's not like we gave him the whole tree to strip bare. His son even stole and roasted our rabbit to eat, and I didn't bother him; I already gave him face!"

Xiao Feng couldn't help but chuckle.

As for verbal sparring, the old man yields to no one; when faced with this sort of thing he definitely wouldn't let the other side gain an advantage—now he's just venting to himself.

He replied, "I'll still leave you some divine artifacts and scrolls, etc.; if there are better‑connected neighbors or relatives, I can send one or two items so they won't go around talking. Heck, mainly I don't have many divine artifacts left—I can't cover everyone, but giving each person one wouldn't be a problem either."

Su Yuxia upon hearing this hurriedly said, "Silly son, you hardly have any stock left—why would you give anything away? Hold onto it well, don't learn your dad's wasteful ways!"

"How am I being wasteful?" Xiao Qin Tian weakly said.

Xiao Feng laughed and explained, "No, Mom, you misunderstood—I said divine artifacts aren't many because, to me, they're trash; I'm too lazy to carry them and take up slots. If you asked me for main god artifacts, I could actually produce a hundred or eighty of them—just that the equipment requirements are high, so others couldn't use them even if I gave them away."

Su Yuxia: ……

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qin Tian instantly laughed, gave a thumbs‑up, and said, "This act of putting on a show is not bad—you've truly inherited your father's true teachings!"

"Not bad, not bad—thanks to Father's instruction."

"Come on, let's have a drink, just the two of us!"

Father and son raised their cups and drank, eating the food that wouldn't get cold, the atmosphere harmonious.

After a while, Xiao Feng took out all his unbound divine artifacts from his inventory and placed them to one side.

Everywhere in the house can be used as a warehouse; randomly tossing things doesn't matter.

Besides divine artifacts, there are many scrolls and divine medicines of rank three or below; he doesn't need them, and they provide little benefit for Shen Jie territory wars, so he likewise left them for his father to use as consumables in fights.

Rank four and above are relatively powerful; using them in territory wars can cause large‑scale damage, so he keeps them, planning to use them as strategic supplies in the territory war half a month later.

"Your stuff, added together, could probably sell for a few hundred million..."

Xiao Qin Tian plays the game relatively seriously; seeing these items, he understood their value and couldn't help sighing.

Xiao Feng laughed, "It's just a drizzle—if I sold all my valuable stuff, the whole‑server market might not even be able to absorb it. Money is just something you need enough of; we're not in business, so we don't need to exchange that much capital."

This isn't bragging—his current main god artifacts, divine stones, scrolls and such add up to a minimum price tag of several hundred billion or more.

What's more, he is the monarch of the Heavenly Dao Divine Kingdom; its treasury holds over 300 billion divine stones and over a hundred million divine artifacts—truly inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

Xiao Qin Tian couldn't help but sigh, "In just over a month, you kid have reached this point. If it were before, I wouldn't even dare dream of being this bold."

"It will get better in the future." Xiao Feng said with a smile.

He originally wanted to tell his parents the news that he would transform himself into a transcendent being.

But after thinking it over, he realized the matter was too shocking, and it also related to the negative impact that he might be unable to have children in the short term; saying it out would likely worry his parents, so he held back again.