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

Xin Zhiqing also revealed what Lin Ran did that night, but to Xin Zhiqing's surprise, Wen Qianyi seemed to know everything. In fact, Wen Qianyi already knew that Lin Ran was going to Chunshui Tower. She only learned that Linghua Academy had such a secret department after Lin Ran told her.

Of course, she wouldn't stand on moral high ground to criticize such practices. She knew a little about Qiu Qingzi's background and what she had experienced in the past. She also knew how hard Qiu Qingzi and her sister worked to support the academy. Someone had to do the dirty work, otherwise how could Linghua Academy have a peaceful life?

Of course, Qiu Qingzi, whom Wen Qianyi respected and who was the vice dean of Linghua Academy, was looking at the intelligence that had just been sent to her.

When Qiu Qingzi saw some of the contents of the intelligence report, she couldn't help but laugh. She looked up at the "iceberg" sitting there drinking tea and teased him, "I did what you asked me to do. I didn't say what I should have said. As expected of a middle-aged man, you have quite the composure. Your scheme to sow discord is going to fail."

"Qingzi, don't say things carelessly!"

Wen Bixuan snorted coldly. How could she admit to this? If she did, she would be the bad older sister!

Qiu Qingzi didn't expose Wen Bixuan's little scheme; she just didn't want to let that old man Lin Ran get away with it so easily!

Isn't that simple? Just directly make things difficult, saying that you can't be with Qianyi because you don't have the strength of the Dragon Transformation Realm. Make some conditions that seem less demanding but are very difficult to fulfill. This will test you without seeming unreasonable.

If Lin Ran were to back down because of this, wouldn't that be exactly what she wanted?

However, Qiu Qingzi knew that given Wen Bixuan's doting on her younger sister and her own stubborn personality, she probably wouldn't do such a thing. Even this test was done by subtly getting her to do it.

After reading the scroll that was sent to her, Qiu Qingzi couldn't help but say, "This time, your good brother-in-law even brought a fifth-level alchemist from the dangerous triangle area. He was also the former head of Guangming Hall. I don't know how they managed to do that!"

"A fifth-tier alchemist?"

Wen Bixuan ignored some of the content in the conversation, but paid special attention to this "fifth-order alchemist".

"Hmm, the chief alchemist of Guangming Hall, that's a powerful force that specializes in the medicinal herb business in the dangerous triangle area. It seems that the Dan City incident is not so simple!" Qiu Qingzi said in a deep voice.

Although nearly a month has passed since the Dancheng incident, people can still be heard discussing it in various corners of Jiezhou. The discussion revolves around three main points: "Dancheng Auction", "Destruction of the Medicine King Sect Headquarters", and "Who will acquire the fragments of the Wisdom Tree Heart".

The destruction of the Medicine King Sect's headquarters sparked particularly heated discussions. After all, the Medicine King Sect was a leading force in the Danger Triangle, and it was a force composed of alchemists. It was no exaggeration to say that alchemists could recruit a large number of powerful individuals with a wave of their hand.

The Medicine King Sect usually recruits many guest elders, who are essentially thugs. A significant portion of these thugs are based in Dan City. Even so, the Medicine King Sect's home base was still robbed. It is said that all the warehouses were moved away before the base was bombed.

The Medicine King Sect is now targeting the Holy Sky Academy like mad, because the Holy Sky Academy is the only suspect. The two sides even fought in Dan City, resulting in countless deaths. In the end, they finally stopped after reaching some kind of agreement.

But these major events have become plenty of topics of conversation for many people in Jiezhou.

"It's good that they came back safely. As for that fifth-level alchemist, if there are no problems, do your best to recruit him!" Wen Bixuan said calmly.

Qiu Qingzi smiled upon hearing this, knowing Wen Bixuan's unspoken meaning. She continued, "According to what Lin Ran told us, this manager of Guangmingtang has a bad relationship with the Medicine King Sect."

They had already evacuated their entire staff from the danger zone, a large portion of them are in Linghua City. Lin Ran asked me to investigate this group; once I've confirmed they're safe, they can be put to our use!

After listening, Wen Bixuan said calmly, "You can handle these things. I'm going to start cultivating. I feel like I'm about to break through."

After saying that, Wen Bixuan stood up, and instead of going through the main door, she jumped out of the window and disappeared.

Looking at the open window and the slightly dented wooden threshold, Qiu Qingzi couldn't help but smile helplessly. She then picked up the scroll and began to examine it carefully. The more she looked, the more delighted she became, as if she could see the future of Linghua Academy in it.

Everything at Linghua Academy is now developing in a positive direction, all thanks to the first man at Linghua Academy.

"I really hope they come back soon. They've been sitting back for so long, it's time for them to take over..."

.....

33. Arrive at Ayaka Castle

Linghua City, an ancient city with a history of over a thousand years in Jiezhou, has experienced many upheavals, but it has always been one of the pure lands symbolizing peace in Jiezhou. The city walls, full of history, and the plaques hanging on the walls, with their powerful characters, shimmer with the light of peace under the sunlight.

As Lin Ran and the other two drove the carriage and saw the ancient city at the end of the road, the tension in their hearts seemed to slowly ease at that moment. The escape along the way had been quite tiring.

"I heard that there is a sixth-level alchemist in Linghua City who is known as the youngest alchemist in Jiezhou. I wonder if we can meet him at Linghua Academy." Xin Zhiqing lowered the curtain that was looking out of the carriage window and said to Wen Qianyi.

Hearing this, Wen Qianyi looked a little uncomfortable. She had been thinking about revealing her identity the whole way, but hadn't found a suitable opportunity. Her senior hadn't said whether or not she should reveal her identity, so she could only reply, "I should be able to see him!"

"I hope so too. Usually, sixth-level alchemists are very busy. I've seen those two sixth-level alchemists from the Medicine King Sect always busy and never get involved." Xin Zhiqing recalled some things. When dealing with the Medicine King Sect, she collected a lot of information. It seemed that the sect leader of the Medicine King Sect had gone to some mysterious place to cultivate in seclusion and try to become a seventh-level alchemist.

Otherwise, the other party should have come out to stop them when they were preparing to blow up Wang Zong.

Lin Ran drove the carriage, not participating in the conversation between the two women. He followed the procession into the city, observing the procession as it entered.

The flow of people was much greater than before, which meant that the previous plan had been quite effective. Moreover, Lin Ran noticed that there were many hidden guards, and even the guards at the city gates had been strengthened.

"Qingzi is doing her job better and better!"

Lin Ran thought to himself that when he got back, he would praise Qiu Qingzi lavishly, make grand promises to her, and then encourage her to keep up the good work and continue to expand and strengthen the business.

Upon entering the city gate, Lin Ran directly presented the elder's token. After the guard captain took it and checked it, he was about to salute and shout when he saw Lin Ran shake his head, so he gave up.

After entering Linghua City, Lin Ran pretended to ask Xin Zhiqing, "Boss Xin, where are your men?"

"I have an address here, you can ask someone in the city!"

Xin Zhiqing handed a slip of paper out from behind the curtain. Lin Ran took it and saw that it was an address in the central urban area. Many of the shops there belonged directly to Linghua Academy, and of course, many were rented out. It could be said that this was one of the important sources of income for Linghua Academy.

Lin Ran transmitted her voice to Wen Qianyi, saying, "Qianyi, I'm going to find Qiu Qingzi. Take this opportunity to confess to her!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Qianyi almost rushed out to find Lin Ran. She pretended to look at the shops outside the window and sent a telepathic message to Lin Ran: "Senior, how can I be honest about this? It's so embarrassing!"

Wen Qianyi wasn't exactly a social butterfly. Usually, when she chatted with Xin Zhiqing, Xin Zhiqing did most of the talking, and she would occasionally chime in. She would talk more when the topic turned to alchemy. Now, she couldn't imagine what it would be like to tell Xin Zhiqing that they had been deceiving each other and hadn't revealed their true identities.

"Qianyi, you can do it!"

Lin Ran smiled, then made a lame excuse and ran to the entrance of an alley, disappearing from sight. Wen Qianyi watched Lin Ran's disappearing figure, feeling furious.

"You stinky senior, don't even think about getting close to me next time!" Wen Qianyi thought angrily to herself.

……

After a while, Lin Ran arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. He took off his mask, showed his elder's token, and arrived at Qiu Qingzi's office without any hindrance. He knocked on the door and opened it when he heard the word "come in".

Qiu Qingzi, who had just been cursing Lin Ran, thought she was hallucinating when she saw Lin Ran appear at the door. She rubbed her eyes and exclaimed when she saw Lin Ran was still there, "Lin Ran, when did you get back?"

"I just got back today, and you don't seem very welcoming. Did you just yell at me?" Lin Ran said casually as she closed the door.

"How could I scold you? You are a great contributor to our Linghua Academy. I would love to give you my position as vice dean!" Qiu Qingzi said without batting an eye, with a fawning smile on her face.

Lin Ran went to the tea table, poured herself a sip of tea, and said, "I think you want to give me all those matters, don't you? Didn't I send a letter back? Hasn't the person from the Li Dynasty arrived yet?"

“I haven’t seen a single person. I think you need to go and see if something has gone wrong over there. The previous group of people helped me a lot and trained some cadres, but now that the business is expanding, we are short of capable people in all aspects,” Qiu Qingzi said helplessly.

"Something went wrong?"

Lin Ran frowned, put down his teacup, and said, "Alright, I'll ask around and find out later."

"That fifth-tier alchemist is here too. Are you free now? If so, come with me to greet her. That would show our sincere desire to welcome and treat talented people well!"

Qiu Qingzi stood up, picked up her coat from the coat rack, and said, "Go quickly, go quickly. When you come back, help me with my affairs. I still have a lot to do. My cultivation has been stalled!"

"Hasn't your cultivation stagnated for many years?" Lin Ran asked.

"None of your business!" Qiu Qingzi snorted.

As Lin Ran arrived at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, the token lit up. Upon answering, she heard Wen Qianyi's resentful voice on the other end: "Senior, go directly to the entrance of Lichun Hall. I have already revealed my identity to Xin Zhiqing and am here!"

"Alright, alright, I'm on my way. And girl, don't be sullen, I'll make it up to you properly later!"

Lin Ran replied, then, seeing Qiu Qingzi standing to the side with her ears perked up, said, "Stop eavesdropping. You can find a man to experience it yourself when you have time. And I haven't even said anything to you, yet you deliberately had someone test me. What are you trying to do?"

"Ahem... The sun is shining so brightly today. Is this Lichun Hall? Let's hurry up and not keep them waiting!" Qiu Qingzi's pretty face flushed slightly. She coughed a few times to cover up her embarrassment and strode forward with her slender and tall figure.

Lin Ran looked in the direction Qiu Qingzi had gone and said helplessly, "Girl, you've gone the wrong way. We should go to the right."

Haruko Oka: "..."

She suddenly had a strong urge to beat Wen Bixuan up. If it weren't for that woman, she wouldn't have been in such an awkward situation. But... she couldn't beat her... She had to work hard on her cultivation from now on!

……

Wen Qianyi hadn't expected that when she revealed her true identity and faced Xin Zhiqing in her natural form, the woman would tilt her head.

Then, with an innocent expression, she uttered a question, and like a child, covered her mouth with her little hand and exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, Qianqian, are you really an elder of Linghua Academy? You're also an alchemist, you wouldn't happen to be that genius alchemist, would you?"

Then, on the way to Lichun Hall, Xin Zhiqing kept asking questions, one after another, making Wen Qianyi's head spin. She finally understood why her senior said that Xin Zhiqing was very naive. She was indeed quite naive, like a little girl.

She could only answer selectively, but the beautiful woman didn't seem to care much. After seeing Wen Qianyi's current appearance and identity, she became even more intimate with her.

When Lin Ran brought Qiu Qingzi to see the two of them, seeing Xin Zhiqing intimately holding Wen Qianyi's hand with a beaming smile, Lin Ran suddenly wondered if she had been cheated on. Was Xin Zhiqing going to lead a romance trend in the fantasy world?

After revealing her true identity, everything went surprisingly smoothly. Xin Zhiqing immediately agreed to join Linghua Academy and was even willing to merge Lichun Hall into Linghua Academy. Lin Ran didn't even need to rack her brains about how to bring it up; she was full of initiative on her own.

Xin Zhiqing didn't make any unreasonable demands. Besides wanting to work with Wen Qianyi, she asked that Linghua Academy treat the elderly people in Lichun Hall who used to belong to Guangming Hall well and hoped to give them a formal identity in Linghua City.

The negotiations were very quick, and both sides were happy. Qiu Qingzi even wanted to hold a welcome banquet to celebrate the return of Lin Ran and others, as well as the addition of Xin Zhiqing and the old employees of Guangmingtang.

The next morning, Qiu Qingzi arrived on time and took Lin Ran to her study. Don't get the wrong idea, Qiu Qingzi simply settled Lin Ran in her seat and changed the name on the sign outside the study door from Qiu Qingzi to Lin Ran.

After finishing all this, Qiu Qingzi looked at Lin Ran sitting at her desk, waved her hand and teased, "I'm going to cultivate now. I'll leave the daily affairs of Linghua Academy to you from now on, Vice Dean Lin!"

Lin Ran watched Qiu Qingzi leave, and looking at the mountain of documents on the table, he leaned back in his chair, almost fainting.

"I have reasonable grounds to suspect that this woman has never worked before and has been slacking off!"

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34. The Situation of the Joseon Dynasty

After returning from the dangerous triangle area, Lin Ran was also busy. After finishing the affairs of Linghua Academy every day, he could only cultivate at night. He had no chance to go to Qianyi to deepen their relationship. After Qianyi returned, she had been in seclusion to refine medicine, looking for an opportunity to break through to the seventh-level alchemist.

Xin Zhiqing replaced Qianyi as the chief alchemist representative of the alchemy department, and students came to consult her every day.

Although he is a fifth-level alchemist, he doesn't seem as powerful as Qianyi and others, but there are only a few sixth-level alchemists in Jiezhou.

Previously, apart from Wen Qianyi, a sixth-level alchemist, the highest-ranking alchemist at Linghua Academy was only fourth-level, and there were no fifth-level alchemists. Now, Xin Zhiqing's arrival has filled this gap, and with the large batch of medicinal materials obtained from the Medicine King Sect, it can be said that Linghua Academy's alchemy department has provided practice materials.

Perhaps with just a little time, Linghua Academy will soon have more high-level alchemists. With the pills provided by these high-level alchemists feeding back into the cultivation department, the cultivation department of Linghua Academy will become stronger, which will also benefit the upcoming Continental Academy Tournament.

Lin Ran took some free time to inspect the alchemy department of the academy, hoping to run into Qianyi, but unfortunately his wish was not fulfilled. He could do something else instead.

However, he did see Xin Zhiqing lecturing in class. He stood by the window, looking into the classroom, and listened for a short while. Just then, the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class, but not a single student rushed out of the classroom. On the contrary, they enthusiastically shouted:

"Can the teacher continue?"

"Teacher, I still don't know what to pay attention to when refining this Mighty Grass?"

One by one, the students chattered and asked Xin Zhiqing questions. Xin Zhiqing smiled gently and patiently said, "Students, it's important to balance work and rest. The vice dean just came to see me about something, so you can leave get out of class now and I'll explain it to you in class later, okay?"

"Hello, Vice President!"

The students in the alchemy department then noticed Lin Ran standing outside the window, and greeted her as they left the classroom.

After the students had all left the classroom, Lin Ran walked into the classroom and saw Xin Zhiqing tidying up her lesson plans. She couldn't help but praise her, "You haven't been at the academy for long, but you've already won the hearts of so many students. They don't even want to leave after class. You're born to be a teacher."