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

This was a relatively unfamiliar continent for Lin Ran. It wasn't that it was unfamiliar in the original work, but rather that it was unfamiliar to Lin Ran.

The two major states in the Southern Region, Qianzhou and Xingzhou, have many extremely ancient ruins, especially Qianzhou, which contains various ancient battlefields and ancient ruins that have created death zones.

This continent-wide academy competition will be held in the Southern Region's Qianzhou, in a secret realm jointly discovered by the Holy Sky Academy and other academies in the Southern Region's Qianzhou. After investigation, it was found that the secret realm is of moderate difficulty and was created by a group of powerful individuals.

It contains numerous trials for powerful individuals. Based on our investigation, we tentatively speculate that if one can pass those trials, one can receive the inheritance of those ancient powerful beings.

This secret realm is now a certainty, mainly because it is not as dangerous as the Mirror Moon Saint Emperor's Secret Realm in the Death Mountains of Jiezhou. It does not have too many restrictions. The only danger might be the tests of those ancient powerhouses. The rest is just enough to allow the students of these academies to compete with each other.

Furthermore, if you wear a token in this secret realm, you can teleport out safely and without hindrance when there is danger, making it a very good secret realm arena.

It has now been basically confirmed that this is the secret realm, and for the time being, it will be called the Qianlong Secret Realm, because the mountain where the secret realm was discovered is called Qianlong Mountain.

Upon hearing this somewhat familiar term, Lin Ran already had a vague feeling that something was wrong. However, when he opened his notes, he discovered that the Qianlong Secret Realm was indeed an important milestone in his son's rise to prominence.

The most crucial thing is that it seems the Nirvana Realm cannot enter this secret realm!

"It's absolutely perfect!"

When Lin Ran heard that the Nirvana Realm was inaccessible, he clapped his hands in delight. At least he wouldn't have to compete with his son for the opportunity anymore. He would just lead the team to slack off this time.

There's an even more troublesome problem waiting for Lin Ran...

What should I do about my sister-in-law?

……

76. Refining the Ghostly Vengeance Pill

"Can we really not delay any longer?"

In the independent cultivation room outside the house, Lin Ran looked down at the semi-transparent coffin. Inside, Mu Shishuang was surrounded by a white mist. The extremely cold mist caused frost to appear on Mu Shishuang's body, and her delicate face turned ashen red, which was terrifying.

"It's really impossible!"

Wen Qianyi shook her head, walked to the side of the coffin, and laboriously pushed open the coffin lid a little, revealing Mu Shishuang's chest. Without any attempt to avoid suspicion, she directly lifted the cover, revealing her frighteningly dark chest.

"Senior, come over and listen to her heartbeat, it's almost stopped!" Wen Qianyi called Lin Ran over.

"what?"

Lin Ran pointed to herself and asked with a surprised expression.

Seriously? You're letting him do this? Men and women shouldn't touch each other!

Seeing Lin Ran like this, Wen Qianyi was furious. She stomped her foot angrily and shouted, "You stinky senior, what time is it? You're still thinking about those indecent things. What's so interesting about this dark place? Come over here and listen to this heartbeat!"

"oh oh!"

Lin Ran walked shyly to Wen Qianyi's side. Following Wen Qianyi's instructions, he bent down and slowly pressed his ear against her chest. After the initial coolness, it was extremely hot, like touching boiling water.

After using her spiritual power to slightly resist the scorching heat, Lin Ran listened carefully to Mu Shishuang's heartbeat. The heartbeat was very slow, almost nonexistent. If one did not listen very carefully, one might not even be able to hear it. However, when Lin Ran touched her, the heartbeat seemed to quicken a bit.

Lin Ran didn't think much of it. He assumed he was just too nervous and had misheard it as his own heartbeat. He quickly stood up straight and said without looking to the side, "My heartbeat is indeed very slow. If you don't listen carefully, you can hardly hear it!"

“Her pulse is also very weak, and I have checked her soul using some special methods. It is also weakening more and more, so we must start to remove the fire poison from her!” After checking that Mu Shishuang’s pulse was still the same, Wen Qianyi covered her with the quilt again and worked with Lin Ran to push the coffin lid back on.

"Crack!"

The coffin lid was closed again, and the two decided to go outside to talk.

The temperature here is extremely low. The mere chill emanating from the Immortal Coffin caused white frost to condense on the stone walls of the entire training room, demonstrating just how cold it is.

"bump!"

After the heavy stone door of the cultivation room closed again, Lin Ran felt the warm sunlight outside and couldn't help but sigh, "It's so comfortable outside!"

"Senior, you still haven't told me what to do next!"

Wen Qianyi shielded her eyes from the glaring sunlight with her hand and continued, "Or should we follow the original plan and refine the Ghostly Vengeance Pill first? I remember you said you had already obtained the Ghostly Vengeance Flower!"

"I did get that flower!"

Lin Ran nodded, then pulled Wen Qianyi to sit in the pavilion in the courtyard. He poured her some tea and said, "Qianyi, are you confident in refining this kind of seventh-grade pill?"

"grasp…"

Wen Qianyi lowered her head and thought for a moment. She hesitated and said, "It's not very high. I don't know if I can succeed, but I can't practice with seventh-grade pills. The price is too high."

Seventh-grade pills are different from other grades of pills. It can be said that seventh-grade pills are a threshold, a threshold for true alchemy masters. You should know that there is not a single seventh-grade alchemist in Liezhou or Jiezhou. If Wen Qianyi becomes a seventh-grade alchemist, she will immediately receive congratulatory gifts from all the high-level forces in the entire Jiezhou.

The threshold of Linghua Academy might be worn down in an instant; that's the allure of a seventh-level alchemist!

"As for alchemy, I don't know how I can help. If you need anything, just ask. As long as it's within my power, I will go through fire and water for you!" Lin Ran patted his chest and shouted.

Seeing Lin Ran like this, Wen Qianyi covered her mouth and chuckled. A breeze ruffled her hair, and she tucked a strand behind her ear. As if remembering something, her face flushed with shyness, and she said, "Senior, I really do have something to ask of you!"

"What is it?" Lin Ran asked.

The wind was rather noisy today, making the flowers planted in the yard sway in the breeze. The fragrant scent of the flowers rode on the wind and entered Lin Ran's nostrils, making her feel refreshed and relaxed.

What's more, there was a pretty woman across from him with a slightly rosy face. The woman was as beautiful as a painting, the scenery was as picturesque as a painting, and there was even tea to drink. This life really made Lin Ran feel a little smug.

"Um... what I wanted to say is... I need to adjust and recover recently, and I discovered... discovered..."

Wen Qianyi hesitated to say what she wanted to say.

Lin Ran rarely saw Wen Qianyi so hesitant, so he encouraged her, "Speak up! I won't blame you for anything. What kind of relationship do we have?"

"Then I'll tell you?" Wen Qianyi asked tentatively.

"Speak, speak freely!"

Lin Ran waved her hand dismissively.

Wen Qianyi took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and the next moment, a loud yet slightly shy voice rang out in the courtyard.

"Senior, I need you to cultivate with me to adjust my state!"

……

And so, Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi returned to their dual cultivation state, mainly because Wen Qianyi said that dual cultivation was very beneficial to her condition adjustment.

Previously, after each dual cultivation session to refine pills, her essence, energy, and spirit were highly unified and concentrated, and she was in excellent condition. Therefore, Wen Qianyi wanted to use that state to refine her first seventh-order pill.

However, since the seventh-grade pills they were refining this time were not good pills, and only Wen Qianyi and Lin Ran knew about refining such vicious pills, the two planned to go deep into the mountains and hide in the Liusu Palace to refine them.

They dared not let anyone know that they were concocting such immoral and unethical elixirs, so they could only proceed with extreme caution.

On the surface of the lake in a corner deep within the Ice Spirit Spring, two heads emerged from the water. Upon closer inspection, they were Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi. The auras of both of them flowed harmoniously, and one could sense it with a slight touch. Wen Qianyi, whose hair was tied in a bun, was experiencing a steadily rising aura…

An invisible force emanated from Wen Qianyi and pressed down on the surrounding lake surface, creating ripples. Wen Qianyi, who had her eyes tightly closed, suddenly opened them, and her deep, black gem-like eyes ignited with bluish-red flames, flashing with a sharp light.

Lin Ran opened her eyes as well, and happened to meet Wen Qianyi's piercing gaze, which startled her so much that she leaned back slightly.

After a while, the flame in Wen Qianyi's eyes disappeared. She excitedly rushed to Lin Ran and said happily, "Senior, I've adjusted my state and can start refining medicine now!"

"Okay, okay, I'm in the right mindset now!"

Lin Ran's expression showed slight pain, and he added in his mind, "Darling, your future happiness was almost ruined..."

……

In a cave deep within the rolling mountains behind Linghua Academy, a golden ball of light floated in mid-air. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an exquisite palace. If one had a microscope to examine the palace, one could see that in the central hall of the Liusu Palace, a section had been completely cleared out, and a huge, blue-green medicine cauldron engraved with ancient patterns stood there.

Wen Qianyi was sitting there warming the medicine cauldron. Next to her were all kinds of jade boxes, each with a label and prepared in the order of refining.

Everything was just waiting for Wen Qianyi to begin the refining process…

……

77. Dan Lei Xian

Wen Qianyi began the refining process.

From the small openings of the turquoise cauldron, one could glimpse the rising crimson and blue flames inside. Wen Qianyi, dressed in an alchemist's robe, waved her sleeves, and the jade boxes that had been arranged there instantly opened. One by one, medicinal herbs floated out and were thrown into the cauldron to be refined by the heavenly fire.

Lin Ran watched Wen Qianyi's fluid refining technique from a distance, his eyes filled with astonishment. He used his mind and the Blooming Flowers to say, "What level is my Qianyi at?"

"not bad!"

Fan Hua nodded and continued, "But compared to those alchemy masters, there is still a long way to go. I don't know how the development of alchemists is in the Nine Provinces Continent now. In our time, seventh-level alchemists were not as common as they are now."

"Perhaps it's because the great battle back then also affected the inheritance of alchemists!" Lin Ran was familiar with the original work and knew that many inheritances were almost lost during the battle between the Nine Provinces Continent and the Void Evil Clan. There are not many left now.

Just as Fan Hua and Lin Ran were talking, Wen Qianyi's alchemy had entered a critical stage. When it came to refining the Ghostly Resentful Face Flower, as soon as the flower was put into the pot, it emitted a piercing scream, sharp as needles stabbing into everyone present.

Lin Ran was only affected for a moment before the blooming flowers helped to remove the effect, but Wen Qianyi couldn't do that.

This made Lin Ran very worried about Wen Qianyi. Fortunately, Wen Qianyi's expression was serious and firm, and the flame in the medicine cauldron remained stable. Even though the ghostly resentful face flower released extremely powerful energy fluctuations and kept impacting the medicine cauldron, causing the cauldron to emit loud and clear sound waves that echoed in the hall.

The heavy medicine cauldron trembled violently a few times. Fortunately, Wen Qianyi's medicine cauldron was no ordinary object; if it were an ordinary medicine cauldron, it would probably have been shattered!

clang! clang!

The loud sound still echoed in the main hall, sending chills down everyone's spine.

Lin Ran stared seriously at Wen Qianyi, noticing the sweat trickling down Wen Qianyi's cheek as she seemed to be struggling. Suddenly, she turned to Fan Hua and asked, "Is there any solution we can come up with?"

Fan Hua rolled her eyes at Lin Ran and retorted, "This isn't a fight. When an alchemist is making medicine, it's a battle that belongs to her alone. No one can help her, unless... you're an alchemist even more skilled than Qian Yi!"

Okay, let's just pretend Lin Ran never said that. If he were a high-level alchemist, would he need to wait for his son to become an emperor? He would just become the Fire Emperor!

However, Lin Ran's worries were perhaps unnecessary. After a while, the medicine cauldron stopped making strange noises.

If you look closely inside the medicine cauldron, you can see that the ghostly, resentful flower has turned into a ball of purple, amber-like liquid, indicating that it has been successfully refined.

The subsequent main treatment proceeded smoothly and without any issues like the ghostly, vengeful face discoloration; everything went very smoothly and orderly…

However, to Lin Ran's surprise, he waited for a whole week. Sometimes he got so tired of waiting that he tiptoed out of the main hall, went for a stroll outside, and came back to find Wen Qianyi still sitting there motionless, like an old monk meditating with his eyes closed.

Seeing how laborious and complicated it was to refine a seventh-grade pill, requiring so much time and effort, Lin Ran understood even more why such a seventh-grade pill was so precious.

One day, Fan Hua suddenly mentioned Wen Qianyi's current condition: "Qianyi's condition was unexpectedly good this time during the alchemy process. It seems she has entered a mysterious state that all alchemists yearn for, and her soul power has been greatly amplified. It seems that your Ghostly Vengeance Pill has a chance!"

Lin Ran didn't quite understand, but when he heard Fan Hua's last sentence, he understood. As long as the success rate was high, that was good. Without the Ghostly Resentment Pill, and if he didn't want Mu Shi Shuang to die, he could only bite the bullet and send it out, and then think of other ways.

.......

"Boom!"

Suddenly, dark clouds appeared in the sky above the back mountain of Linghua Academy, and an astonishing roar echoed across the sky.