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

"What level is your sister at?"

Lin Ran had never known this before, and now she was quite curious.

Mu Shishuang glanced at Lin Ran with a puzzled look, but then seemed to remember something and dismissed her doubts, replying, "Saint Realm, if you successfully return from that trial, you'll become the new patriarch of the Spirit Clan..."

At this point, Mu Shishuang stared at Lin Ran with a very resentful look. If Lin Ran hadn't taken her sister away and her sister had taken over the Spirit Clan, the Spirit Clan wouldn't be in such a mess now.

"Ah this..."

Lin Ran was now embarrassed. He hadn't expected that his audacious act of taking a fancy to Mu Qiqin and bringing her home would cause such a stir among the Spirit Clan. He didn't know what to do.

"I didn't mean to, and your sister was seriously injured at the time. If I hadn't saved her, she would have died..." Lin Ran tried to explain.

But he forgot that Mu Shishuang, standing before him, had once explored his memories…

"It's true that your sister is seriously injured, but don't you have any thoughts on this?" Mu Shishuang suddenly said.

This made Lin Ran sweat profusely. She drank the tea in one gulp and was about to say something.

Mu Shishuang picked up the teapot and poured tea for Lin Ran, saying, "Clear your throat, then continue..."

"Are you subtly mocking me?" Lin Ran suddenly became agitated.

"No."

"I do not believe!"

"I believe it!"

Mu Shishuang spoke lightly, then looked up at Lin Ran, who had already stood up, and said, "So... you agree to let me teach Lin Chong?"

"Is this how you teach them?" Lin Ran asked.

"Ok!"

Mu Shishuang nodded and said, "If I recover my strength, I can help him activate his bloodline, but I know you won't agree, so I'm just teaching him some secret techniques related to the Spirit Clan."

"You can also help him activate his bloodline?"

Lin Ran was taken aback. Usually, activating bloodlines requires a unique magical artifact in some secret place within the clan.

Perhaps guessing Lin Ran's thoughts, Mu Shishuang explained, "I have various items in my spatial ring needed for the Spirit Race to activate their bloodlines, but activating the bloodline requires my bloodline power as an imprint... Right now... I really can't do it..."

"Let's teach Xiao Chong the secret techniques first!"

Lin Ran sighed and said.

He cannot remove the seal for Mu Shishuang at this stage. He doesn't think he has Mu Shishuang under his control now. Mu Shishuang's behavior has not been as erratic as before, but that doesn't mean that Mu Shishuang's illness is cured.

"it is good!"

Mu Shishuang nodded. She hadn't originally intended to have Lin Ran remove the seal. The current situation was fine. Perhaps she would remove the seal for Lin Ran once she could put Lin Ran at ease.

But what exactly are those reassuring conditions?

……

92. Perhaps I haven't read enough books.

Inside the inner courtyard of Linghua Academy, in a faculty and staff compound.

A woman's cry of pain echoed from inside the room.

Hearing this voice from outside, Wen Qianyi tightened her grip on Lin Ran's arm. Lin Ran, feeling the softness of her arm, gently pinched Wen Qianyi's pouty cheek and smiled, "Don't be nervous. You've gotten to know Shi Shuang's personality a bit from spending time with her. She's not that kind of person."

"I know...but..."

Wen Qianyi just wanted to know why Fu Yuemei was crying out in pain during the physical examination. What exactly was going on?

After a while, the cries of pain from inside finally stopped.

The tightly closed wooden door opened, and Mu Shishuang's slender figure appeared in the doorway. She waved to Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi, who were standing not far away, and then went inside.

Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi exchanged a glance, stepped into the house, and went into the bedroom. Lin Ran saw her future apprentice huddled in the corner of the bed, looking at Mu Shishuang standing to the side with a frightened expression.

On the table next to Mu Shishuang, a porcelain bowl held bright red blood, with some drops spilling over the edge, creating striking spots.

"Shishuang, what's going on?"

Lin Ran looked at Mu Shishuang with some confusion. So the cries of pain inside just now were Mu Shishuang bleeding. But a martial artist shouldn't have such a big reaction after bleeding out a bowl of blood, right?

Mu Shishuang shrugged, mimicking Lin Ran, and spread her hands, saying, "She seemed really afraid of blood. She kept screaming as they were being drawn. I told her to cover her eyes, but she said she had to overcome it, so..."

Lin Ran: "..."

He glanced at Fu Yuemei on the bed again. It seemed that the girl was afraid of the bowl of blood on the table, not Mu Shishuang. But Fu Yuemei's fear of blood was still a bit unexpected.

"Qianyi, go and comfort her!"

Lin Ran patted Wen Qianyi, who released Lin Ran's arm, went to the bedside, and hugged Fu Yuemei, gently comforting her, "Yuemei, it's alright, let's not look at those things..."

"Let's go outside and talk!"

Lin Ran glanced at Mu Shishuang, then led the way out of the house, and Mu Shishuang quickly followed.

The two entered the courtyard, and Lin Ran, looking at the spiritual flowers and plants growing there, couldn't help but ask, "How did it go?"

Mu Shishuang shook her head and replied, "I'm not quite sure yet. I'll have Qianyi help me condense that bowl of blood later, and then we'll see what the condensed essence blood looks like, and then we'll be sure!"

"Strong?"

Lin Ran turned around and looked at Mu Shishuang.

"That's possible..."

Mu Shishuang raised her head to meet Lin Ran's gaze. She watched as Lin Ran avoided her eyes, a strange light flashing in her calm eyes.

She suddenly smiled and said teasingly, "I have to say, you're quite popular with women. If you win that girl over now, you'll have another powerful ally in the future!"

"Hey, you can't just say things like that!"

Lin Ran glanced at the house and quickly carried Mu Shishuang to the pavilion. She then activated the soundproofing array inside the pavilion, creating a faint yellow barrier around them.

Lin Ran sat down and looked at Mu Shishuang, warning her, "You're not allowed to say things like that. I have no designs on that child; I just took him in as my disciple!"

"I do not believe!"

Mu Shi raised her eyebrows and stretched lazily, making her clothes suddenly feel tighter. She noticed that Lin Ran's gaze had unconsciously moved to her chest, so she deliberately made it more prominent. After she had done that, she stopped.

Lin Ran realized that his gaze had been a bit inappropriate, and he could only hope that Mu Shishuang wouldn't notice. He deliberately put on a serious face and said, "So what exactly is Yue Mei's constitution?"

Seeing Lin Ran's serious and gentlemanly demeanor, Mu Shishuang couldn't help but secretly complain about Lin Ran's "pretentiousness." This was a new word she had learned from reading, and she felt that it was very fitting to use it at this moment.

"Hard to say!"

Mu Shishuang said it in a calm tone.

"Is it that it's hard to say, or that you're unwilling to say?"

Lin Ran felt that communicating with this brat was becoming more and more difficult. She wouldn't even give him a guess, and was just playing the riddle game, right? And just now when he asked this brat to do something, she was still subtly mocking him. Did she really think that he wouldn't dare to do anything, so she was fearless?

Upon hearing Lin Ran's words, Mu Shishuang looked up at Lin Ran, but without saying a word, she suddenly turned her head away and went to the side.

Being ignored like this made Lin Ran's temper flare up instantly. She thought, "Won't they learn their lesson if I don't resort to violence?"

"You said it or not!"

Lin Ran couldn't help but ask again: if Mu Shishuang were willing to lower her stance now, he might consider not taking action.

As a result, Mu Shishuang remained the same. Lin Ran stood up abruptly, looked at Mu Shishuang angrily without saying a word, grabbed Mu Shishuang's wrist and pulled her forcefully. He raised his hand as if to swing it at Mu Shishuang's face.

But just as he was about to swing his sword, Lin Ran stopped. He looked into Mu Shishuang's eyes and, for some reason, saw a resemblance to his wife.

He couldn't bear to keep hitting him like that; slapping someone is too humiliating for both men and women.

But his hand was frozen in place, which was somewhat awkward. How to handle the situation next was a test for Lin Ran.

"Why don't you fight?"

Mu Shi raised her eyebrows and even reached out to touch Lin Ran's hand, which was frozen in mid-air, looking very expectant.

"Am I about to be scammed?!"

Lin Ran thought to himself, but he felt it would be too embarrassing for him to end things so slunk away like this.

"Hehe, who said I don't play? Doing it like this is too boring!"

Lin Ran sat back down in her chair and roughly pulled Mu Shishuang onto her lap so she could lie face down.

Then Lin Ran rolled up his sleeves, preparing to use his ancestral kung fu to teach the child a lesson. Lin Chong had suffered a lot from this kung fu when he was a child. His kung fu was very profound; it could make people feel pain but leave no injuries.

However, when it came time to make a move, Lin Ran hesitated again. Looking at the full moon hidden under the light blue dress, he wondered if it would be okay for a brother-in-law to hit his sister-in-law.

"Hurry up and do it, or the people will be here soon. You won't be able to vent your anger then, won't you feel even worse?" Mu Shishuang said, turning her head away.

For some reason, those calm words always made Lin Ran feel extremely angry.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound rang out in the pavilion, causing a ripple through the soundproof barrier. The sound didn't travel outwards, but looking at the pavilion from afar, the waving gesture never stopped...

……

"Senior, senior!"

Wen Qianyi came out of the house and searched around the yard before finally finding Lin Ran and Mu Shishuang in the pavilion.

Wen Qianyi walked over and saw Mu Shishuang standing by the pavilion like a maid. She asked curiously, "Shishuang, why are you standing there? Why don't you sit down and have some tea?"

"I've been sitting for a while, so I want to stand up and move around. Don't worry about me!"

Mu Shishuang said calmly as she walked slowly through the pavilion, seemingly just looking at the scenery in the courtyard and stretching her legs.

Lin Ran glanced at Mu Shishuang, suppressing a smile, poured tea for Wen Qianyi, and asked with concern, "How is Yuemei doing now?"

"The girl is alright, but she's having a strong reaction to blood. I've already let her rest for a bit," Wen Qianyi said.

"Where's that bowl of blood? Did you take it out?" Lin Ran asked.

"Of course I took it. If it were still there, and that girl saw it, who knows what kind of trouble would arise." Wen Qianyi took the bowl of blood out of her spatial ring and looked at Mu Shishuang strangely, "Shishuang, what do you want Yuemei's blood for?"

Mu Shishuang was about to walk over, but the pain from the full moon made her frown slightly. She could only stand there and say, "Qianyi, use your Heavenly Fire to temper this bowl of blood and see if you can condense essence blood!"