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

Xin Zhiqing looked at Lin Ran with some annoyance. She immediately told Lin Ran the news reported by her subordinates, but this guy came to her room with a bowl of noodles, and now her whole room smelled of noodle soup.

"Since the Holy Sky Academy has already left the city, why don't you hurry up and follow them? What are you thinking about? Do you want to break the contract?" Xin Zhiqing said anxiously.

"What's the rush? I reckon the major powers in the city haven't made a move yet, so why should we?" Lin Ran poured herself a cup of tea to moisten her mouth. To be honest, the noodle soup this morning was a bit too salty. She should have known better than to ask the chef to add salt. He's usually so stingy, he's reluctant to add any salt at all, but today he practically poured the whole packet in.

"You mean, the Medicine King Sect won't make a move yet?" Xin Zhiqing asked hesitantly.

Lin Ran rolled her eyes at Xin Zhiqing helplessly and said, "Of course! Haven't you been in the dangerous triangle area for so many years? You've built up such a large business as Guangmingtang, and you can't even understand this little thing?"

“I…I…Guangmingtang was actually built up by my father. I’ve always focused on alchemy. Later, my husband and father helped build Guangmingtang. I was just helping out. I only officially took over Guangmingtang after they left…” Xin Zhiqing felt ashamed as she said this.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Upon hearing Xin Zhiqing's words, Lin Ran choked on the tea and began coughing violently to the side.

This startled Xin Zhiqin, who quickly went to Lin Ran's side, gently patted Lin Ran's back, and said softly, "Mr. Mengde, are you alright?"

"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing. I was just thinking about some unpleasant things!" Lin Ran waved her hand and said.

Lin Ran now understands why he felt that Boss Xin sometimes seemed unreliable. It turns out that this woman had only recently taken over the family business and was previously a "rich heiress." He suddenly wondered if it was really... a good idea to win over Boss Xin.

Of course, he could only try to comfort himself, at least this woman was a fifth-level alchemist and had connections, so it should still be okay.

"I'm going back to prepare now. If you're going to deal with the Medicine King Sect, I suggest you be extremely cautious and careful in your actions. Don't let your emotions control your mind," Lin Ran reminded her before leaving.

"understood!"

Xin Zhiqing looked away and gave a perfunctory reply.

Seeing Xin Zhiqing's appearance, Lin Ran thought to herself, "I hope this young lady doesn't get caught by the Medicine King Sect later, otherwise I'll have to go rescue her!"

Lin Ran nimbly moved through the alleyways and finally returned to the courtyard where they were temporarily staying. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Wen Qianyi sitting in the living room reading ancient books. She said directly, "The Holy Sky Academy has set off. Let's proceed according to plan!"

"Oh, so suddenly?"

Wen Qianyi was taken aback for a moment, then quickly came to Lin Ran's side, helping her straighten her clothes, and said worriedly, "Senior, don't be the first to act. Just follow from a distance and keep an eye on things!"

"Haha, you may not be good at anything else, but you're certainly good at being a coward!" Lin Ran joked about herself.

Hearing Lin Ran's words, Wen Qianyi rolled her eyes at Lin Ran, punched Lin Ran's chest, and said coquettishly, "Senior, you shouldn't say such things anymore. If others hear this, they will definitely say that you are not a man!"

"Whether I look like a man or not, Qianyi, aren't you the one who has the right to say?" Lin Ran said with a grin.

Lin Ran's words made Wen Qianyi blush deeply. She angrily shouted, "Senior is a lecherous scoundrel, a pervert! If you keep doing this... I... I won't help you refine pills anymore!"

Well, Lin Ran understood Qianyi's annoyed words perfectly. She wasn't really angry; he would definitely try harder next time...

……

After confirming that the token's voice transmission was correct, Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi split into two groups. Lin Ran headed straight for the north gate to follow the group from Shengqiong Academy, and it was estimated that quite a few people had the same idea.

As Lin Ran headed towards the North Gate, she sensed several familiar auras from the auction she had encountered that day.

Among them, he saw a group he recognized, a group from Tianli Academy. It seemed that there was another group of people from other forces among them. When he saw one of the chubby guys, even though he was disguised, Lin Ran knew where that group came from.

"I didn't expect Songling Academy to come too. Now that these two academies are mixed together, their strength is not weak!" Lin Ran thought to herself.

But perhaps because he had been staring at that group of people for too long, several auras suddenly locked onto him, one of which was his son.

"This kid, he even dares to target his own father..."

Lin Ran couldn't help but smile. He wasn't thinking of revealing his identity to join forces with Tianli Academy and others for the time being, since sometimes it's not easy to do bad things when there are too many people.

Lin Ran asked Fan Hua to help him conceal his presence, and then he disappeared into the dense crowd.

On the Tianli Academy side, Wen Ling, who was in charge, frowned and said in a low voice, "It seems that someone has already noticed us..."

“That person is so cunning. I had just locked onto him when I was bounced back by a strange force, and then I couldn’t find him anywhere…” Lin Chong added.

Hearing Lin Chong's words, Old Chen couldn't help but scold him, "Lin Chong, what you did was extremely dangerous. If the opponent had been skilled in soul attacks, you would have been in trouble just now. Do you want my disciple to live a life of widowhood?"

"what?"

Lin Chong scratched his head and said in a low voice, "It's not that serious, is it? I feel... they don't seem to have any ill intentions towards us..."

"Whether there is malice or not is not for you to decide. Stop acting recklessly!" When Old Chen gets angry, he can be quite frightening.

Lin Chong didn't dare to say anything more for a moment, and Wen Ling, who was standing next to him, also helped Lin Chong by saying, "Old Chen, Xiao Chong is still young. It's normal for a newborn calf to be unafraid of a tiger. He will learn his lesson in the future... But that person just now should not have any ill intentions towards us for the time being."

On the other side, at Songling Academy, the leader this time was no longer Yue Lei, but Yue Jinling, the dean of Songling Academy. He was a tall, strong man with a full beard and was also the most powerful fighter in Songling Academy, possessing the strength of a fifth-level Dragon Transformation Realm cultivator.

At this moment, he was wearing a huge black cloak, which made him quite conspicuous in the crowd. Listening to the conversation from Tianli Academy, Yue Jinling also said, "We don't need to pay any more attention to those rats following behind. If we don't speed up our pace to get out of the city, Shengqiong Academy may be gone."

"Hey, Dean Yue, there's no need to worry. That guy Lü Tiancheng from Shengqiong Academy, I don't know what tricks he's playing. Although he's running pretty fast, he hasn't concealed his whereabouts at all. Quite a few guys in the danger triangle have already gone to intercept him," Wen Ling said in a low voice.

"That Lu Tiancheng is no pushover!"

Yue Jinling couldn't help but sigh softly. He clearly knew what kind of person Lü Tiancheng of the Holy Sky Academy was. With him escorting the heart fragment of the Tree of Wisdom, it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to snatch it!

"Let's take a look first. This time, all the veteran powerhouses in the entire Danger Triangle have been alerted, including many of our old acquaintances."

Wen Ling smiled and said in a low voice, "Let them fight it out first. We'll make our move when we find an opportunity. If the Linghua Academy comes, that would be great. Then the three of us can have three Dragon Transformation Realm experts. No matter which force we face, we'll be fully confident."

"That blonde girl only knows how to bury herself in cultivation, what good is she anyway!"

Yue Jinling clearly looked down on Wen Bixuan, the dean of Linghua Academy. Wen Ling wisely didn't respond, but Lin Chong, being mischievous, thought to himself, "The dean of Linghua Academy seems to be Qianyi's sister. Qianyi is my father's woman, so what should I call the dean?"

……

Outside the city, in a dense forest, Lin Ran hid atop a tree, using binoculars to observe the road in the distance. A caravan of carriages was speeding along the road, followed by numerous figures and a series of rapidly moving carriages. Their eyes gleamed with greed, and they even shouted, "Brothers, the heart fragment of the Tree of Wisdom is just ahead! If we get it, we'll be Saints!"

"Whoa whoa!"

A group of people were howling and wailing. The three words "Saint Realm" represented so much. Everyone wanted to obtain such power, so that money, women, and everything else in the world could be obtained at will.

"These guys should be careful who they target! There are Dragon Transformation Realm experts here at Holy Sky Academy!" Lin Ran observed the group. The highest level among them was only around the third or fourth star of Nirvana Realm. How dare they rob Holy Sky Academy, which has Dragon Transformation Realm experts in charge?

As the surrounding auras grew stronger, including several strange and mysterious ones, possibly from the Dragon Transformation Realm, and with so many auras focused on the Holy Sky Academy's convoy, what exactly was the Holy Sky Academy up to?

……

24. I was fooled.

The danger triangle is full of ruthless people willing to risk everything for profit, and this group chasing after Holy Sky Academy like mad dogs is undoubtedly a bunch of animals whose reason and brains have been burned away by greed, leaving only the most basic predatory instincts in their minds.

This group of guys caused many people to stop and watch, wanting to see what benefits these greedy fellows could gain from the Holy Sky Academy.

The leader of the team was the only Nirvana Realm cultivator that Lin Ran sensed through his soul power. He led his subordinates, some at the Spirit Core Realm and some at the Spirit Transformation Realm. Their overall strength was actually among the best in the Danger Triangle.

The leader, a man at the Nirvana Realm, looked somewhat old, with numerous large and small scars on his bare upper body. His eyes were fixed on the Holy Sky Academy ahead. Everyone knew that the Holy Sky Academy's delegation included a Dragon Transformation Realm expert, but the greed inherent in human nature is hard to suppress.

In the danger triangle, people's base nature never needs to be concealed. They wantonly display their despicable desires and even take pride in it, because only in this way can they truly integrate into the danger triangle, which is a paradise for the despicable!

"Do it!"

The scarred man at the head of the group took out a pair of halberds. He brought them together, and the two halberds made a crisp metallic clang in the air. This signal made the already prepared team move instantly.

Several men rode their horses at high speed to the sides of the Holy Vault Academy carriage, their tripwires drawing graceful curves in the air as they smoothly tripped the galloping horses to the ground.

"roar~"

The horses let out pitiful howls, causing the carriage to overturn. Just before the carriage overturned, dark figures emerged from it, unleashing the auras of those at the Spirit Pill and Nirvana Realm levels, and confronted the scarred man's group.

In the valley, a massive battle instantly erupted between the two sides, with astonishing energy fluctuations spreading in all directions. At the level of Spirit Pill and Nirvana, one can draw upon the energy of heaven and earth to fight. The battle between them is like Ultraman fighting monsters, with great destructive power to the enemy, but also great destructive power to the surrounding area.

Kyushu Continent: "Stop fighting!"

The mountains crumbled and the earth split open, billowing smoke and dust. The astonishing energy unleashed by the various spiritual techniques in the arena caused thunderous explosions to resound throughout the valley. Corpses fell one after another, and the gushing, scalding blood, carrying a pungent stench, spread throughout the area.

The ensuing chaotic battle was more accurately described as a one-sided massacre by the Holy Dome Academy, as the strength of the two sides was quite disparate.

The Holy Sky Academy had more Nirvana Realm experts here, and they were stronger. They clearly had a plan in mind and faced the attack of these desperate people in an orderly manner. The people of the Holy Sky Academy were not injured, but the desperate people were almost all dead.

Lin Ran looked at the scene below through binoculars and felt a little strange. The group of people from Holy Sky Academy below seemed to be putting on a show. They wished more people would come to intercept them. And why didn't the mysterious aura that Lin Ran had sensed at the auction make a move, hiding in a carriage?

Even if there are unwritten agreements among experts at the Dragon Transformation Realm, they can't just stand by and do nothing when someone comes knocking on their door.

Killing these Spirit Transformation and Core Formation Realm guys is as easy as chopping vegetables for you, isn't it? Dealing with Nirvana Realm guys would take a little more effort!

The team from Holy Dome Academy is stuck here. These guys aren't even thinking of running away. They're just killing whoever comes near, like harvesting leeks, one crop after another.

Lin Ran saw that those guys, whose weapons were almost dull from hacking, were still craning their necks and launching a group attack on those around them, which stirred up the emotions of the onlookers, who also rushed in and joined the chaotic battle.

Seeing the increasingly chaotic and bloody scene, Lin Ran shook her head, took out her token, and called out to Wen Qianyi, "Qianyi, is there any movement on your end?"

At this moment, Wen Qianyi was in a dark alley near the Medicine King Sect. Sensing the movement of the token, she quickly shrank into the deserted, dusty, cobweb-covered house, came to the dilapidated window, looked at the movement of the street outside, and listened to Lin Ran's words while holding the token in her hand.

A moment later, Wen Qianyi sent a telepathic message back, saying, "Senior, there's no movement from the Medicine King Sect..."

Just as Wen Qianyi finished speaking, a large group of powerful members of the Medicine King Sect, led by Mei Su, suddenly surged out of the main gate like a spring. Following closely behind were the leaders of the Star Cloud Pavilion and the Spirit Treasure Sect and their subordinates. They all rushed towards the south gate. This grand commotion attracted many passersby to stop and watch.

"Didn't these forces send a group of people to the north gate before? How come another group has come out?"

"Perhaps they're going to support the people over there. It looks like the fighting is fierce!"

"But this group of people seems to have headed towards the south gate?"

The onlookers were buzzing with discussion. Although they couldn't participate in the battle outside the city, their gossipy nature still compelled them to closely follow this bloody struggle.

Upon seeing this, Wen Qianyi's expression changed, and she quickly said, "Senior, the situation has changed. Mei Su from the Medicine King Sect, along with the leaders of the Nebula Pavilion and the Spirit Treasure Sect, just left together with their people, but they left in the direction of the South Gate..."

"South Gate?"

Lin Ran was taken aback, then glanced at the chaotic battle below and immediately understood.

He wondered why the Dragon Transformation Realm expert from the Holy Sky Academy hadn't made a move and had been hiding in the carriage. He had initially thought the expert was cultivating his mind and not killing indiscriminately, but it turned out that the aura was fake. The real Dragon Transformation Realm expert from the Holy Sky Academy had probably already fled far away from the South Gate.

No wonder the group sent by the Medicine King Sect wasn't led by Mei Su. It turns out that the Medicine King Sect guessed that the Holy Sky Academy was planning to lure all the small fry here. The Medicine King Sect knew this, but they still sent a group of people as well. The Star Cloud Pavilion and the Spirit Treasure Sect also sent people.

The fact that all these parties sent people here made it seem like the Holy Sky Academy was the real deal, attracting other major forces in the dangerous triangle area.

"Qianyi, those guys from Holy Sky Academy are too cunning! I fell for their trick! The North Gate is just for attracting small fry; the real big fish are at the South Gate!"

Lin Ran stopped watching the chaotic battle below and immediately ran towards the south gate. Little did he expect to become a mere foot soldier.

On her way back, Lin Ran happened to see the trails of the groups from Tianli Academy and Songling Academy. It seemed that these two groups had not yet noticed the strange aura of the Dragon Transformation Realm from Shengqiong Academy, and thought that the other party was adhering to the rules of the Dragon Transformation Realm and not making a move easily.

"It seems that many powerful forces in the dangerous triangle area have also fallen for the trap..." Lin Ran thought to himself.

Recalling the mysterious aura he sensed, there were about three or four experts at the Dragon Transformation Realm here, and the rest were mostly at the Nirvana Realm. Some of them even had a Nirvana Realm aura that was in no way inferior to his, which meant they were probably at the peak of the Nirvana Realm.

He stopped in his tracks. He was here to stir up trouble, not for the Tree Heart fragments. Why not add fuel to the fire and lead the large group of forces here back on track?

Thinking of this, a cunning smile appeared on Lin Ran's face. He disguised himself and followed the crowd that had joined the chaotic battle, blending into the battlefield.

In the midst of the chaotic battlefield, Lin Ran made his way to the carriage that exuded the aura of a Dragon Transformation Realm expert. His action was witnessed by many powerful figures, who couldn't help but sneer.