My father is the main character, but the female leads want to kill me.

"Look how scared you've made this girl! She probably doesn't know that her senior's cultivation has problems, nor does she know the special nature of his technique. If you were to be serious, given her unwavering devotion to Lin Ran, she would definitely be willing to help!"

Wen Qianyi and Jingyue both turned to look at Fan Hua, and asked the same question in unison.

"what?"

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Chapter 172 Green Dragon Mountain

"So... you're here to help you solve your cultivation problems, senior? But what kind of cultivation problems could you have? Won't my blood harm you?" Wen Qianyi's expression suddenly became filled with worry. She had read many ancient books and searched for her symptoms. Basically, she concluded that the bloodline in her body pointed to a hybrid born from the union of a filthy and ugly snake-man and a human woman.

As for the Azure Dragon Clan, she had never seen them in ancient books, and she feared that Jingyue had misjudged and thus harmed Lin Ran.

Seeing Wen Qianyi's reaction, Jingyue realized that Wen Qianyi truly knew nothing about the Azure Dragon Clan, or rather, it would be more accurate to say that she had never heard of it.

That makes sense, though. Even back then, the Azure Dragon clan was extremely rare, and every Azure Dragon one could see was an exceptionally powerful being.

After that battle, the Azure Dragon clan was almost wiped out, and those who remained were barely surviving, passing on their lineage from generation to generation. Perhaps they gradually lost sight of their own Azure Dragon clan identity.

Jingyue casually cast a deep blue barrier over the pool, and instantly the painful screams from Lin Ran inside the pool were completely silenced.

Jingyue knew what Wen Qianyi wanted to say, and seeing the little girl looking over again, she quickly explained, "Don't worry, your senior is fine. As long as he gets through this body tempering pain, his strength will be able to reach a higher level. I just feel that if we are going to talk next, hearing this voice will still make me feel uneasy."

Wen Qianyi nodded. She also felt that hearing this sound would make her feel unbearable, and she would rush over to pull her senior out so that he wouldn't have to suffer like this.

Seeing that Wen Qianyi was calmed down, Jing Yue continued, "Next, I will tell you what you want to know, and also tell you about your senior's cultivation method."

Beside the pool in the main hall, Jingyue stood with her hands behind her back, surrounded by blooming flowers. Wen Qianyi stood in front of Jingyue, listening quietly as she told the story of the Azure Dragon Clan.

Wen Qianyi finally resolved the issue that had been troubling her for many years. She was not a hybrid born from the union of a snake-human and a human. In addition to human blood, she also had pure blood from the Azure Dragon clan of ancient times.

Moreover, she was incredibly lucky, awakening the Azure Dragon Heavenly Flame, a power that only the Azure Dragon clan could wield. The deep blue, glossy scales that once appeared on her body were actually a symbol of her bloodline awakening, but she managed to prevent it by all means.

"What will happen if I awaken my bloodline?" Wen Qianyi asked.

In fact, she was already thinking that if she would become very ugly and stay that way forever, unable to change back, she would rather never awaken her bloodline.

Jingyue guessed Wen Qianyi's thoughts, or rather, it was a woman's intuition. After all, a woman dresses up for the man she loves, and if she became ugly because of the awakening of her bloodline, she might not have the face to see her beloved again.

Looking at the pool, Jingyue explained, "As their strength increases, they will gradually transform into dragons. In their final, complete form, they will be comparable to a human saint and will have the qualifications to advance to an even higher level. Back then, the strongest member of the Azure Dragon Clan, along with me, stepped one foot into that legendary realm."

"Perhaps it's not very noticeable to you if I say it like this, so let me show you!"

After speaking, the deep blue Mirror Moon Holy Flame rose from Mirror Moon's hand and casually waved it in front of Wen Qianyi.

A flash of deep blue light appeared before Wen Qianyi's eyes, and she felt her soul falling rapidly, while the world around her suddenly changed!

"Roar!"

A terrifying and shocking roar made Wen Qianyi's soul tremble. She was floating in mid-air in a blue space, and a huge and blurry shadow suddenly appeared in front of her, covering an area of ​​almost a thousand miles.

When the shadow became clear, even though Wen Qianyi was in a spirit state, she still felt a sense of suffocation rising in her heart.

It was a colossal creature, its body a deep blue-green color, covered with dark blue scales that emitted a faint luster. Its body was coiled and twisted, exuding a powerful and primordial aura, along with a terrifying pressure, spreading out like the majesty of a god.

Despite its terrifyingly enormous size, Wen Qianyi felt a sense of familiarity with it, as if she and the creature shared the same origin.

"Is this... the Azure Dragon? Can I transform into this too?"

Wen Qianyi was a little lost in thought. She was afraid of Qinglong's powerful strength, but she also longed for it. If she could have such power, she wouldn't be weaker than Shangguan Mengqing, right?

Just as Wen Qianyi was lost in thought, she felt her soul quickly return to her body. When the scene before her eyes returned to Jingyue and Fanhua, she couldn't help but shake her head, clearly still immersed in the shocking scene just now.

Looking at Wen Qianyi's appearance, Jingyue continued, "You can also become a top expert like that, and you don't need to worry about not being able to transform back into a human. You can freely change your form. The Azure Dragon Clan only takes their complete form in battle; otherwise, they live and cultivate in human form."

After a long while, Jingyue finally raised her head and asked with a determined look, "Is there still a way for me to awaken my bloodline?"

"Of course!"

Jingyue nodded, but then said, "From your memories, I can see that you awakened your bloodline once when you were a child, but you did not fully awaken it. In addition to external human factors, the conditions for awakening were not sufficient."

The Azure Dragon clan's bloodline awakening requires being baptized by pure Azure Dragon energy in the Azure Dragon Transformation Pool to truly awaken. However, your situation is strange; it seems your bloodline is only partially awakened due to the Azure Dragon Heavenly Flame.

"This Azure Dragon Transformation Pool...it shouldn't be too hard to find, right?" Wen Qianyi couldn't help but ask.

She already had a premonition. How much of what existed in ancient times still exists in this era? Perhaps the Azure Dragon Pool had already been destroyed, and perhaps her bloodline would never awaken.

Jingyue looked at the flowers beside her and asked, "The Azure Dragon Transformation Pool, if I remember correctly, is hidden in the void?"

When asked the question, Fan Hua was taken aback and frowned in thought.

Wen Qianyi also looked at the beautiful woman, perhaps her hope of becoming stronger had not been completely lost.

After a while, Fan Hua finally remembered and said, "On Qinglong Mountain in the Central Region, in the ancient burial ground deep in Qinglong Mountain, there is a very powerful restriction that seems to be only accessible to the Qinglong clan. There is the Qingtian Dragon Transformation Pool inside."

"Girl, did you remember?" Jingyue said.

Wen Qianyi nodded, silently memorizing this important information. She would investigate further after leaving the secret realm to find out where this place would be in this era.

"Then what about you, senior? Is your cultivation technique related to the Azure Dragon Clan?" Wen Qianyi was very concerned about this question. The senior was still suffering from the pain of body tempering in the pool, which seemed to be due to the senior's own cultivation technique.

"The full name of the cultivation technique your senior practiced is the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique. Its founder, the Azure Emperor, had a very close relationship with the Azure Dragon Clan. The Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique is extremely difficult to cultivate, and your senior's aptitude was rather average to begin with."

"His aptitude seems good now, but it's only because of the miraculous medicine that defied fate, which forcibly boosted his aptitude," Jingyue said.

Although she couldn't see Lin Ran's strange ocean of souls very clearly, she still learned some of Lin Ran's past through the illusion.

The Azure Emperor didn't leave behind a proper legacy back then. Only the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique and some other treasures remained. He himself disappeared without a trace during that great battle.

Otherwise, the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique should have explained how to unleash the maximum power of this technique, but even if we knew that, meeting the activation conditions would still be too difficult.

Moreover, Lin Ran's aptitude is quite average. At such an advanced age, he is only at the Nirvana Realm, which is so low that Jing Yue finds it hard to understand.

Of course, the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique might be a factor, but other techniques probably wouldn't have been much better.

Jingyue continued, "To truly activate the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique, one must first use the Azure Dragon Qi as a foundation. This is the basis for Azure Dragon cultivation, and ordinary humans find it difficult to absorb and refine it. However, if one has the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique, there is an opportunity to refine, absorb, and utilize it. The next step is to comprehend the 'Dao'!"

In this respect, Jingyue had to admire Shangguan Mengqing. At such a young age, she had grasped the Dao, and although it involved some shortcuts, it also demonstrated her exceptional talent. This comparison made the difference all the more apparent...

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Chapter 173 What is "Tao"?

"So, senior is absorbing and refining my Azure Dragon Qi, which is difficult for ordinary humans to absorb. What if it fails?" Wen Qianyi's expression changed, and she couldn't help but look into the pool, trying to see Lin Ran's figure through the dazzling azure light emanating from it.

Jingyue stated bluntly, "The Azure Dragon Qi is a double-edged sword. For human powerhouses, it is something they dream of. The Azure Dragon Qi has an extremely exaggerated effect on physical strength. However, because it is unique to the Azure Dragon clan, if humans want to refine and absorb it with their weak bodies, they must pay the price of serious injury if they fail."

Upon hearing Jingyue's words, Wen Qianyi's face turned even paler, but it was too late now. All she could do was pray that Lin Ran could successfully refine the Azure Dragon Qi and overcome this ordeal.

"but…"

Jingyue continued, "Refining the body with the Azure Dragon Qi is only one of the conditions. The most difficult thing is the power of 'Dao,' which not everyone can possess. Some people may never even touch that power in their entire lives."

But I've done everything I could. If you weren't a member of the Azure Dragon clan and hadn't happened to enter the inheritance space, he would have had to go to Azure Dragon Mountain to obtain the Azure Dragon Qi. As for the power of the 'Dao,' that would depend on him alone.

In truth, Jingyue didn't have high hopes that Lin Ran could successfully cultivate the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique. At his age and with his aptitude, he was cultivating the extremely difficult Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique. But from another perspective, being able to cultivate to the Nirvana Realm level was really quite impressive.

"Senior Jingyue, what exactly is this 'power of the Dao' that you keep talking about?" Wen Qianyi was very curious about this. It seemed that it had never been recorded in ancient books. So what exactly is the power of the 'Dao'?

"To put it simply, that is the power of heaven and earth, or the power that creates the rules of this world. But the power of the Dao, and the realm of the Dao, also have varying degrees of strength. You will understand these things when you reach the Immortal Realm."

The Azure Emperor, who created the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique, possessed a profound understanding of the Dao back then—or, in other words, he was the Dao itself!

That's why he was able to reach that legendary realm, while I'm just half a step away, but that half step feels like an insurmountable chasm... If your senior wanted to unleash the power of this technique, his level of comprehension of the Dao couldn't be too low..."

As Jingyue spoke of these things, her expression turned melancholy. If she had been able to take that step back then, perhaps that catastrophe wouldn't have been so devastating.

Although she was still a little confused, Wen Qianyi did understand one thing: for the senior to truly unleash the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique, it would probably require his ancestral graves to emit auspicious smoke.

However, if Lin Ran heard Jing Yue's words, he might say, "Auspicious smoke rising from the ancestral grave is not enough; even an explosion of the ancestral grave might not be enough."

……

In the pool, Lin Ran struggled fiercely in the center, with violent fluctuations emanating from his body.

Lin Ran's body was torn to shreds by the rampaging Azure Dragon energy, turning her into a bloody mess. The inhuman pain drove Lin Ran almost insane.

He felt as if he had returned to the time when he was tormented by his sister-in-law Mu Shishuang, but this time the torment was ten or a hundred times more intense. He no longer had time to think about who wanted to kill him. If he didn't put up a fight, he would really be killed by the roaring, violently fluctuating aura of the Azure Dragon.

Therefore, Lin Ran activated the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique with all his might, mobilizing all the spiritual power in his body to trap and attack that azure dragon energy. He was determined to get rid of this damned thing.

While enduring intense pain, Lin Ran discovered the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Technique, which seemed to allow him to absorb and refine the Azure Dragon Qi. His confidence soared, and he gritted his teeth, exerting all his strength to refine the Azure Dragon Qi. At the same time, Lin Ran's body gradually began to change; his bloodied flesh began to be enveloped in a deep azure light…

Jingyue had actually been keeping a close eye on Lin Ran's changes and was prepared to revive her if Lin Ran failed to recover from her serious injuries. She wasn't a heartless person; she would naturally take care of the successor of the Azure Emperor, after all, her relationship with the Azure Emperor was...not bad...

When Jingyue noticed Lin Ran's condition, she couldn't help but laugh. She stepped forward and patted the nervous Wen Qianyi, saying with a smile, "Although your senior is a bit old, his inherent ruthlessness helped him overcome this difficulty. Now we just need to wait for him to come out of seclusion. I'll go check on that girl's progress in receiving the inheritance. Fan Hua, you watch over things here..."

Before Wen Qianyi could react, Jingyue had already run away. When Wen Qianyi finally came to her senses, she stared blankly at Fanhua beside her. Fanhua smiled and said, "Your senior has already passed the most dangerous period. Now you just need to wait for him to come out."

"Ah, really?"

Wen Qianyi approached Fan Hua in surprise and said in disbelief.

"What Jingyue just said is probably true, so relax. You won't look pretty if you keep frowning!" Fanhua said softly.

She was also relieved that Lin Ran had successfully overcome the dangerous juncture of the Azure Dragon Qi Body Refinement. Although Lin Ran was indeed a bit old, since she had acknowledged him as her master, she naturally hoped that Lin Ran could go further and further. Perhaps Lin Ran was a late bloomer and could reach the Immortal Realm or even the Saint Realm in the future. After all, who can say for sure what the future holds...

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Meanwhile, in the city outside the land of inheritance, at the city gate, as the demonic beasts charged in, countless powerful spiritual energy techniques immediately appeared on the city walls, blasting the demonic beasts that rushed up to the city gate into mincemeat. If this were not done, the demonic beasts would be entangled by the black and red mist, and then revive to charge again.

Even though the defense was fairly good, the horde of monsters surged on relentlessly. One monster after another crashed into the city walls and the magic array, the deep, resounding crashes seeming to strike people's hearts, making it difficult to breathe.

When the daytime everyone had been waiting for never arrived, the people in the city realized that something had changed in the secret realm. They had no way out and had to join the defense of the city, otherwise where could they escape to? Someone had infiltrated the north gate and caused a commotion, leaving them with nowhere to retreat.

Now there's only one way out: hold out and wait for a chance to escape...

Near the city gate, Lin Chong and his troops were relieved. They were all exhausted. After arriving at the nearby encampment, the Ye sisters brought a group of alchemists to heal them.

Ye Wanxi came to Lin Chong's side, handed him several bottles of pills to restore his spiritual energy, and glanced at the exhausted group, asking, "Was the monster tide very fierce?"

"It was so intense, it left me breathless..."

Lin Chong tilted his head back and swallowed the entire bottle of pills. As he refined the medicinal power, he looked at Ye Wanxi and couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any news about Sister Wen or Father?"

Ye Wanxi looked around, shook her head, and whispered, "Sister Wen should have gone into that place with Uncle Lin. With Uncle Lin there, Sister Wen should be fine."

On the contrary, we should be worried. If the monster tide continues to surge like this, we'll eventually run out of supplies and ammunition. And once we run out of pills to restore our spiritual energy, will we still be able to hold out?

Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, Lin Chong's face also showed a hint of bitterness. He said, "We can only do our best. The defense and command of the city are too chaotic. They haven't been able to exert their fighting power at all. Several times just now, if our troops hadn't stepped in, the city gate would have fallen long ago..."