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

"Huh, wasn't it still just the seventh level of the Nirvana Realm? How did it become nine stars?!"

Li Qiushui was taken aback. When she heard Wen Qianyi say that Lin Ran had also had a fortuitous encounter in the secret realm, she looked up and changed the subject, saying, "I wonder if they've finished their interrogation. I'll go check!"

After saying that, Li Qiushui ran away in a flash.

Seeing Li Qiushui flee in panic, Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi couldn't help but laugh.

After the joy subsided, the two realized how close they had become. Lin Ran looked down at Wen Qianyi, who was nestled shyly in her arms, and asked softly, "Let's continue with the question we asked earlier. Qianyi, would you like to stay by my side?"

"Ok!"

Wen Qianyi nodded, her voice barely audible as she answered Lin Ran.

This answer delighted Lin Ran, who even wanted to bend down and kiss the incredibly cute Qianyi, but Qianyi shyly dodged away. Her pretty face flushed slightly, and she clutched her dress tightly behind her back, saying coquettishly, "Senior is always trying to do naughty things. If the older sisters see this, they might tease me when we get back to the academy!"

Lin Ran rubbed her nose and said awkwardly, "I couldn't help myself, I couldn't help myself!"

Seeing Lin Ran like this, Wen Qianyi couldn't help but chuckle. She tapped her toes lightly on the ground and said shyly, "Let's talk about it when we get back to the academy!"

Lin Ran suddenly began to look forward to returning to life at the academy, where she could also temporarily return to a period of peace.

Before long, Li Qiushui returned with a group of elders. The elders she had interrogated all reeked of blood, indicating that the interrogation had taken considerable effort.

Without beating around the bush, Lin Ran asked directly, "Any results?"

Li Qiushui shook her head and said, "None of them know. We've also searched their souls, and they really don't know."

However, they did learn one thing: leaders from almost every faction in the dangerous triangle region, all unknown to them, had come to negotiate deals, offering extremely generous rewards. Their aim was to target the alliance centered around the Sword Sect. Some of them were likely also targeting Tianli Academy and Songling Academy.

Lin Ran frowned. The other party's intentions were too obvious; wasn't it just for the inheritance? But the situation was complicated, and the other party was also clever. Finding the person behind it wouldn't be easy.

"Never mind that for now. Our primary goal is to return to the academy safely."

Remembering something, Lin Ran couldn't help but ask, "Have those guys been cleaned up?"

One of the elders responded to Lin Ran, "Vice Dean Lin, everything has been cleaned up. Their spatial rings are still here."

The elder took a small sheepskin bag and prepared to hand it to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran shook his head, refusing to accept the thing. He said, "You guys keep it. Take what you need. As for the rest, you can figure out how to deal with the useless or troublesome stuff."

Having just dealt with those two Nirvana Realm cultivators, Lin Ran didn't take their spatial rings. He left these treasures with the elders as a gesture of goodwill.

After all, they didn't get much in the secret realm. If you don't even let them get a little something out of it, how are you going to get their help in the future?

The elders were all smiles. After all, although this group of people wasn't rolling in money, they could at least replenish what they had lost in the secret realm. Their gazes toward Lin Ran softened, and even Wen Qianyi, who was standing next to Lin Ran, thought they were a perfect match.

As soon as Lin Ran and her team took off, they heard a whooshing sound coming from afar.

"Stay vigilant and don't make the first move!"

Lin Ran shouted, and the elders maintained their combat alert, focusing intently on the continuous mountain range.

Dozens of beams of light, each unique, emerged from the depths of the mountains. Within a few breaths, two beams of light rapidly approached Lin Ran's position. Just as Lin Ran thought they were coming to cause trouble, he sharply focused his gaze on the deep blue light and sensed a familiar aura.

But the deep blue light only paused for a moment not far from him, and then, under Lin Ran's gaze, it swept towards the sky at an even faster speed, leaving Lin Ran with only a beautiful but blurry back view. In just a few breaths, the deep blue light completely dissipated.

A voice also resounded in Lin Ran's mind:

"The Central Plains await you. Don't forget my 'Three Rules' because you're having fun!"

Hearing that crisp yet somewhat cold voice, Lin Ran knew that she wouldn't see that "ice block girl" for a long time, and she felt a little nostalgic.

"Let's go. Since we're not the target, let's hurry back to Linghua Academy to avoid any unforeseen complications!" Lin Ran smiled, waved her hand, and transformed into a golden and a deep blue stream of light, flying off in another direction.

The encounters between people are perhaps always just encounters, followed by partings...

"I parted from my beloved so easily then, but now the mountains and rivers are so far, I know not where she is."

……

The beautiful woman who had been following Shangguan Mengqing had originally intended to stop and greet the people from Linghua Academy, but she had no choice but to give up when Shangguan Mengqing sped away.

When the beautiful woman caught up with Shangguan Mengqing again, Shangguan Mengqing had slowed down considerably. She would occasionally look back in one direction, as if trying to see someone. The emotion in her eyes was something she had never seen before in all the years she had followed Shangguan Mengqing… It seemed to be the longing and yearning of a woman for her beloved.

It seems her master has already found someone he loves.

The beautiful woman approached Shangguan Mengqing. She rarely overstepped the rules, but today she made a rare exception and boldly said, "Why don't you stop and say hello before you leave?"

"We've already said goodbye, there's no need anymore..."

Shangguan Mengqing withdrew her gaze, the emotions in her eyes deeply buried, returning to her icy demeanor. She looked at the beautiful woman coldly and said, "Sister Bai, some things are best left between you and me. Let's not let anyone else know, okay?"

The beautiful woman, known as Sister Bai, knelt on one knee and said with utmost seriousness, "I, Bai Yi, swear to serve my master to the death."

"You better do that. If I hear any rumors, you'll be the first one I deal with!"

At this point, a deep blue flame seemed to ignite in Shangguan Mengqing's eyes, and her icy words made the man in white dare not say anything more.

Seeing that the people from the Sword Sect had followed, Shangguan Mengqing said, "Get up first, and don't let this happen again!"

"Yes!"

The woman in white stood up, her conviction growing stronger, but she was determined not to report these things to her superiors.

If the master has someone he loves, he won't be too lonely, right?

……

(End of Volume 1)

1.Return

"Finally home!"

Lin Ran stood on a slightly open hillside, looking at the mountain city of Linghua, which was built in the middle of the mountains and took advantage of the terrain.

Returning to the place where he had finally settled in Jiezhou still filled Lin Ran with deep emotion.

When I first came to Linghua City, I was only around the second level of the Nirvana Realm, but now I'm at the peak of the Nirvana Realm.

While there's still a significant gap between them and true geniuses, it's quite impressive for someone with Lin Ran's mediocre talent.

They came out of the forbidden zone of the wild mountains of Jiezhou and had been on their way. They did encounter some obstacles along the way, but Lin Ran later ordered the whole team to disguise themselves and boldly take a shortcut through the danger triangle.

This naturally caused concern among the elders, but Wen Qianyi and Li Qiushui both thought it was a good idea, and the other elders also chose to give it a try.

And as it turned out, they passed through the danger triangle with fewer obstacles and even faster time, making them almost doubt whether they were actually walking through the infamous "danger triangle" of Jiezhou.

Lin Ran sighed for a moment, then turned to look at Wen Qianyi and the others behind her, and couldn't help but smile, "How's it going? Have you managed to contact the dean and Vice Dean Qiu?"

Wen Qianyi took the communication token, nodded, and said in a light tone, "Senior, my sister and Sister Qiu said they will come out to greet us together later, and we can just wait nearby."

"Should we come out to greet them? Wouldn't that be too conspicuous?"

Lin Ran was surprised that Wen Bixuan and Qiu Qingzi would come out to greet them together. The fact that these two influential figures from Linghua Academy came out to greet them would more or less cause a sensation in the city.

We don't know if there are any spies from the Sun Moon Sect or other people in the Danger Triangle in Linghua City. If news of their return gets back to these guys quickly, they might come looking for trouble again.

Especially the Sun Moon Sect, the Jade Sword Couple they killed were considered core figures within the sect.

Although all the people who came were killed, if the other side knew that they had returned to Linghua City, they would probably also know that all the people they sent were dead, and they would definitely harass Linghua Academy like crazy.

Their strategy is to relentlessly attack your students and the people of Linghua City, without engaging in much conflict with the powerful figures of Linghua Academy. As long as Linghua City is no longer safe in the eyes of ordinary people, their plan will succeed.

If there's no one in your Linghua City, it's just like an empty city. Without so many sources of income, how can your academy continue to operate?

Moreover, your students are getting into trouble every day. Students from your Linghua Academy are being taken to dangerous areas to become the lowest and most despicable prostitutes. Does your Linghua Academy still have a reputation? Will any students still come here?

This is an open scheme, and Linghua Academy has been targeted in this way many times before.

When Lin Ran became the vice dean, she had dealt with many similar cases. People in the danger triangle were like mosquitoes, annoying and troublesome, and impossible to kill completely.

"Qianyi, send a message to tell the dean and vice dean Qiu that they don't need to come. Let's sneak into the city and try not to attract the attention of anyone with ulterior motives." After thinking it over, Lin Ran still thought it was better to sneak into the city, so he asked Qianyi to relay his words.

A moment later, Qianyi said, "Senior, my sister and Sister Qiu have both agreed and said they will wait for us in the City Lord's Mansion conference room."

"Let's go to the city!"

Lin Ran waved his hand and led the group of elders quietly into the city. They didn't use the special passage; they went in through the main gate in a proper manner.

As for those pills that require sensing and activating spiritual power, with Qianyi, a master alchemist, there are plenty of antidotes. Each person can easily solve the problem by taking one antidote.

They dispersed and walked towards the city lord's mansion like ordinary people entering the city.

……

In the city lord's conference room, the alluring Qiu Qingzi stood by the window, her charming eyes fixed on the pedestrians passing by on the street below. After watching for a while, she drew the curtains.

Looking at Wen Bixuan, who sat at the head of the table, as aloof as a snow lotus on a high mountain, Qiu Qingzi couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you in a hurry to see Qianyi?"

"They'll be here soon, why should I be in such a hurry?" Wen Bixuan said calmly, taking a sip of tea.

Qiu Qingzi sat down at the conference table, her ample breasts, hidden beneath her cheongsam, bulging outwards as if the fabric were groaning. She giggled and said, "Who was it that rushed here as soon as I got the news, wanting to drag me out to greet them?"

"Shut up, you vixen!" Wen Bixuan's ears turned red as she coldly cursed.

Having known Wen Bixuan for so long, Qiu Qingzi already knew Wen Bixuan's personality. Her eyes couldn't help but glance at Wen Bixuan's fair ears, and when she saw a faint pink blush, she smiled even more happily.

Hearing Qiu Qingzi's unrestrained laughter, Wen Bixuan was a little annoyed and was thinking of using her authority as dean to teach this girl a lesson when there was a sudden knock on the conference room door.

Qiu Qingzi, who had been laughing heartily, suddenly became dignified and serious. She stepped down from the conference table and called out towards the door, "Come in!"

The person who entered was a staff member of the City Lord's Mansion wearing the Linghua Academy badge. She looked at Qiu Qingzi and reported, "A group of people have come to the lobby downstairs. They say they are here to see the Dean and the Vice Dean."

“Bring them over!” Qiu Qingzi said.

"Yes!"

The staff member responded and then left, closing the door behind him.

After a short wait, footsteps were heard outside the conference room door, and then the door was opened, and a group of people rushed in. The staff member wisely closed the door and left.

When Wen Bixuan and Qiu Qingzi saw this group of people come in, they were met with unfamiliar faces and were momentarily stunned.

Wen Bixuan, however, was more skilled and saw through the disguises. She said, "Take off all your masks. You're all back here now, why are you all fully armed?"

The group then removed their masks, revealing their true faces. Lin Ran, who was in the lead, said with a smile, "Dean, it's always better to be safe than sorry. I was afraid there were spies in Linghua City, so I had everyone do this. If anyone's to blame, just blame me."

"If I were to blame them, it would make me seem too heartless."