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

Lin Ran dared not think any further. He felt like this was a ticking time bomb that would explode someday. But at least for now, he could close his eyes, be a coward, and pretend he didn't see it!

He couldn't even imagine how terrifying the day of the explosion would be...

Even Cheng Ge probably isn't as miserable as him!

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Chapter 191 The Secret Beneath the Sealed Land

Lin Ran reluctantly agreed to Shangguan Mengqing's "three rules," leaving the potential trouble to her future self to deal with.

"Next, I'll take you to see Qianyi, and then I'll see you both out!"

Shangguan Mengqing broke free from Lin Ran's embrace. As she stood up and straightened her slightly disheveled clothes, she couldn't help but snort coldly, giving Lin Ran a cold look.

She had just lost control of herself and listened to Lin Ran's persistent pleading, allowing Lin Ran to take advantage of her again.

The promise not to get physical is just a man's lie!

Lin Ran shamelessly explained, "You're so beautiful, I couldn't control myself when I held you in my arms!"

"All you do is flatter. Don't forget our three rules, or else I'll..."

Shangguan Mengqing's face was icy cold as she made a scissor gesture towards Lin Ran.

Sure enough, upon seeing this gesture, Lin Ran immediately felt a mental attack and began to sweat profusely…

Shangguan Mengqing and Lin Ran had just descended the mountain side by side, intending to find Fan Hua, but they didn't expect that Fan Hua was right halfway up the mountain.

A faint blush rose to Shangguan Mengqing's face. What she and Lin Ran had just done must have been seen by Fan Hua, but with the veil covering her face, no one could tell anything.

She approached Fan Hua and said as calmly as possible, "Sister Fan Hua, I'm entrusting Lin Ran to you from now on. If he does anything like that, please be sure to tell me..."

Lin Ran: "..."

Give me a mobile surveillance system too! If Fan Hua tells Shangguan Mengqing about the other two, he'll be in big trouble.

"No, I have to find a chance to win over Fan Hua!" Lin Ran had already started planning how to turn Fan Hua against him, otherwise he would never be able to eat or sleep peacefully with a little mole by his side every day!

Fan Hua glanced at Lin Ran, then nodded and said, "I will keep an eye on Lin Ran for Meng Qing, so he won't have any opportunity to take advantage of me!"

"Then thank you, Fan Hua!" Shangguan Mengqing said.

……

Shangguan Mengqing brought Lin Ran to the place where the flowers were sealed once again.

Here, fiery red magma flows slowly through the underground world, with occasional bubbles rising from it and eventually bursting into the air.

Fiery red specks of light drifted in the air, and the intense heat caused clothes to become extremely dry. If they were to come into contact with even the slightest spark, ordinary clothes would likely burst into flames.

Before Lin Ran could use his spiritual power to isolate the terrifying temperature and fire poison, a soft, deep blue light enveloped him, keeping out the fire poison and high temperature hidden in the air.

"Thanks!" Lin Ran said with a smile.

Shangguan Mengqing replied calmly, "I'm afraid some guys aren't very smart and might end up with a body full of fire poison. Then no one will be able to save you!"

"That's because you're here!"

"Who are you, uncle?" Shangguan Mengqing asked in confusion.

"I'm your man!"

Lin Ran, shameless and grinning, squeezed next to Shangguan Mengqing, put her arm around Shangguan Mengqing's slender waist, and said proudly.

Shangguan Mengqing glanced at Lin Ran, but didn't pull her hand away. She said indifferently, "Really? My taste shouldn't be that bad. To be attracted to someone like you, Uncle, wouldn't that be blind?"

"What happened to me?" Lin Ran asked angrily.

"Don't you know that yourself?" Shangguan Mengqing said in surprise, "I thought you would have some self-awareness, you perverted old man!"

Shangguan Mengqing deliberately dragged out the last few words.

Lin Ran: "..."

"So what if I'm a pervert? You still want me to hold you, don't you? You don't struggle... Looks like you're a pervert too!" Lin Ran thought, turning the tables on him.

"I also want to refuse the pervert's harassment, but I am just a weak woman with no power to even kill a chicken. How can I refuse the pervert's forceful demands?"

Lin Ran's brain went blank for a moment. When did the Dragon Transformation Realm become a weak woman with no power to even kill a chicken? Shangguan Mengqing could easily subdue him with a few moves, and she was called a weak woman? Then what was he, a greyhound?

After a while, Lin Ran saw some movement in the lava below, so she released Shangguan Mengqing.

Although it smelled nice and was soft to hold, the words that came out of that little mouth always had a bit of a sharp edge, which felt a little prickly. Besides, it wouldn't be good if Qianyi saw it, so Lin Ran didn't want to upset the silly girl too much.

Shangguan Mengqing turned to look at Lin Ran with a puzzled expression and said, "Not going to keep taking advantage of me? That's not like you!"

At this moment, Lin Ran suddenly became righteous and shamelessly said, "Hey, young lady, don't say such things. I, Lin Ran, am a gentleman. Besides, I don't know you well. How can a man and a woman hug and kiss? It would damage our reputations!"

Shangguan Mengqing smiled but remained silent.

Before long, the slowly flowing magma below suddenly shot out several huge, scorching pillars of fire into the sky. At the center of this magma world, a vortex began to form, seemingly revealing a surging and powerful energy aura.

The vortex was getting faster and faster, and Lin Ran could clearly see that there seemed to be a viscous liquid like blood plasma under the magma. It was also dark red and looked extremely creepy.

Lin Ran was a little curious, so she tried to see if her soul power could penetrate in and see how Wen Qianyi was doing.

However, the soul power that Lin Ran sent out was like a mud ox sinking into the sea; once it was trapped, it could never come out again, which made Lin Ran a little alarmed.

Shangguan Mengqing, standing to the side, explained, "Just wait patiently. Your little girlfriend is refining the Heavenly Fire down there, and it looks like she'll be successful soon."

"Ah, heavenly fire, there's heavenly fire down here?" Lin Ran was taken aback and looked down at the magma world beneath her feet. Why didn't the original story mention that there was heavenly fire in this place?

Shangguan Mengqing rolled her eyes at Lin Ran, feeling worried about Lin Ran's stupidity, but this was the man she had chosen, so she could only put up with it.

She said helplessly, "Think about it carefully. Without the Heavenly Fire to protect you, can an ordinary volcano suppress a king like Feng Lian from the Void Evil Clan?"

"That seems to be true, but can one possess two kinds of heavenly fire at the same time? Won't the two conflict and cause one to lose control, leading to self-immolation?" Lin Ran said worriedly.

He was more concerned about this issue because, just like the famous fire, one must have the corresponding cultivation method, various preparations and protections, and suffer inhuman pain to obtain a kind of heavenly fire. Does Wen Qianyi have a way to fuse two kinds of heavenly fire?

Shangguan Mengqing was a little surprised that Lin Ran actually thought of this question. It seems that her uncle wasn't that stupid.

“Jingyue intended to leave this Heavenly Fire to me. Among the inheritance left by Jingyue is a very special secret technique.”

"This secret technique can fuse various kinds of heavenly fire and completely refine the enormous and exaggerated energy of heaven and earth that the heavenly fire has accumulated over the years, in order to enhance one's own strength. Although the process will be extremely torturous, it is a good opportunity," Shangguan Mengqing said casually.

But Lin Ran sensed something was wrong from those words; it seemed Shangguan Mengqing had said something terrifying.

After a while, when Lin Ran finally understood, he looked at Shangguan Mengqing in disbelief and said, "You gave Qianyi the Heavenly Fire and the secret technique that originally belonged to you?"

"Are you surprised?"

Shangguan Mengqing turned to look at Lin Ran, who was staring at her in surprise, with a smile in her eyes, and said softly, "Judging from your expression, you seem very unwilling for me to give it to Qianyi?"

"No, that's not what I meant!"

Lin Ran asked, puzzled, "You don't need to do this! This is your opportunity!"

"No!"

Shangguan Mengqing immediately rejected the idea, turned to look at Lin Ran, and said very seriously, "This was your opportunity, but I snatched it away. I have to give something back, but there's nothing suitable for you."

"It just so happens that the celestial fire below is actually quite suitable for Qianyi to use for alchemy, but not so suitable for me. Since Qianyi will be your right-hand woman in the future, I've taken the liberty of letting Qianyi refine this celestial fire!"

Shangguan Mengqing clearly understood that without the bronze cube in Lin Ran's hands, even if she was the most suitable successor, it would be useless. That was the key to the inheritance of this secret realm, but it fell into Lin Ran's hands by some twist of fate and made her successful.

She wanted to give Lin Ran something in return, so when she thought about helping Lin Ran activate her cultivation technique, another thing she wanted to do was help Wen Qianyi improve her strength.

She knew Wen Qianyi, and putting everything else aside, you had to admit that Wen Qianyi's alchemy skills were extraordinary. She was even a little younger than her, but she was already a sixth-level alchemist. In the future, she might even reach the legendary realm. Anyone would be willing to invest in such a promising alchemist.

Furthermore, given that Wen Qianyi is from the Azure Dragon Clan and genuinely likes and loves Lin Ran, she is... well... a successor to Sister Qiqin in some respects.

Although she disliked Lin Ran's womanizing ways, she personally liked Qianyi's personality, putting aside emotional factors. So she decided to let this perverted old man enjoy the blessing of having multiple wives.

Hopefully, Qianyi can help this stupid and perverted uncle more in the future, so that he won't be left behind by his woman.

In fact, during this time, Shangguan Mengqing had been asking herself why she was doing this. Helping women who liked Lin Ran was tantamount to helping others take away her man, wasn't it?

But she still couldn't give up that feeling. If she could, she might only go to hell to be reborn as a human.

Hearing Shangguan Mengqing's words, Lin Ran felt a mix of emotions. He felt increasingly guilty, wondering what he had done to deserve such devotion from Shangguan Mengqing, while he himself had accumulated many emotional debts outside...

Please, future self!

Lin Ran shouted this in his heart. Even if there were time machines in this world, and his future self rushed over and beat him up, he would still have to be a coward for once.

I'm really afraid he'll be even worse off than Makoto!

Just as the two fell silent, the commotion below grew louder and louder. Then, a huge fire dragon, tinged with a faint dragon's might, burst out of the vortex. Its enormous form almost filled the entire space.

The two stared in astonishment at the scene before them, both wondering, "Is this... Qianyi's true form or her soul?"

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Chapter 192 Jade Amber Blood Flame and Secret Technique

“This should be Qianyi’s soul body. She is about to undergo the baptism of Nirvana Karmic Fire.” Shangguan Mengqing had sharp eyes and quickly saw the golden-red flames swirling around the dragon. That was the highest level of Nirvana Karmic Fire, the Other Shore Karmic Fire.

The karmic fire on the other side spread like wildfire, rapidly engulfing the entire dragon. The golden-red karmic fire also seemed somewhat ethereal, as if it were not a physical entity.

Even so, the aura emanating from the karmic fire on the other side still makes one's soul tremble with fear.

The azure dragon roared deafeningly, struggling and howling amidst the karmic flames. Finally, a brilliant azure light shone from its body, and countless rune-like powers appeared on the luminous scales of its massive form, spreading the dragon might of the azure dragon clan.

In that instant, the malevolent karmic fire of the other shore was completely dispelled by the powerful azure light. The Azure Dragon seemed to find the place too cramped and charged straight toward the restriction set up by Shangguan Mengqing.

The Azure Dragon bared its sharp fangs and bit into the deep blue barrier. In just a moment, the barrier was torn open, and the Azure Dragon, carrying immense energy and an unstoppable soaring momentum, broke through layers of obstacles and finally burst out from the volcanic mouth of the island.

Its winding, steel-like body, with its azure scales shimmering with dazzling azure light under the sunlight, sent a beam of azure light soaring into the sky. This was followed by a continuous, resounding dragon roar that echoed through the heavens, while the azure dragon's aura surged continuously, eventually reaching the level of the eighth star of the Nirvana Realm before finally stopping.

The enormous azure dragon circled the sky above the island for a while before transforming into a beam of azure light and crashing into the magma.

The vortex slowly came to a halt, and rubble continued to fall from the ceiling of the great hall, which had been brutally blasted through, falling into the lava and being slowly swallowed by the scalding water.

The lava world calmed down again, but Wen Qianyi was nowhere to be seen. The two exchanged a glance. Lin Ran was a little worried about Wen Qianyi and was about to go down to check on her.

But the next moment, as the fiery red magma subsided, a figure leaped out of the magma and into the air like a lotus emerging from the water.

When Lin Ran's gaze focused on that figure, she was immediately captivated.

Her black hair was loose and flowing, her skin as white as snow and as smooth as jade. Her face was as beautiful as a lotus blossom, her movements as graceful as a startled swan, as elegant as a swimming dragon.