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

"it is good!"

Wen Qianyi nodded, stood up, and a ball of bluish-red flame rose from her right hand. The flame danced incessantly, radiating an extremely hot yet vibrant aura.

"Is there Jade Amber Blood Flame inside this Heavenly Fire?" Mu Shishuang suddenly said.

"How did you know?"

Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi spoke in unison, their eyes immediately turning to Mu Shishuang. With just one glance, she could identify one of the two types of heavenly fire. Her eyesight... no wonder she was born into the Spirit Clan.

"Because of all the heavenly flames, if I remember correctly... only the Jade Tiger Blood Flame gives people a feeling of vitality, but I can't be sure about the blue one..." Mu Shishuang pondered.

"Shishuang, your eyesight is amazing!"

Wen Qianyi praised him without further explanation. She picked up the bowl of crimson blood on the table and poured it directly into the fireball in her right hand. As the crimson blood entered the circle of heavenly fire, it made a sound like firecrackers.

"Hmm, it actually withstood it?"

Wen Qianyi was somewhat surprised. She couldn't help but increase the heat to burn the blood. The cyan-red heavenly fire caused the temperature in the small pavilion to rise rapidly.

Mu Shishuang was struggling to hold on, sweating profusely. Just as she was about to leave the pavilion despite the pain, a large hand grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

The next moment, Mu Shishuang felt as if she had entered a cool pool from a scorching desert. Her whole body felt refreshed. She wiped her eyes, which were covered with sweat, and realized that she was behind Lin Ran. A thin golden light shield blocked the scorching temperature.

"Stop looking around. Observe the changes in the blood as it is burned. This will help you determine Yue Mei's constitution!" Lin Ran said in a low voice.

"knew…"

Mu Shishuang involuntarily pouted in response. She peeked out and watched the blood burning process intently, but her mind was still on what had just happened.

Even though she had just been beaten like a child, she felt little resentment; instead, she felt a sense of relief.

What's wrong with her? Perhaps reading more books will help her find the answer...

Her father once said, "Read more books and you'll find the answer." Perhaps she hasn't read enough books?

……

93. The Moon Clan

Within the blazing heavenly fire in Wen Qianyi's hand, the blood from Fu Yuemei had been scorched to about the size of a newborn baby's fist. Even through the bluish-red heavenly fire, that small clump of blood could be seen shining with a dazzling bright red light, like a diamond.

Mu Shishuang suddenly shouted, "It's ready!"

Wen Qianyi was taken aback. The heavenly fire rising in her right hand suddenly dissipated, and the bright red teardrop, as clear as a crystal diamond, fell into Wen Qianyi's palm. She was somewhat surprised to feel the coolness in her palm.

"Moon Plum can actually condense essence blood?!"

Wen Qianyi recalled that in the Mirror Moon Holy Emperor's secret realm, the Mirror Moon Holy Emperor had condensed the essence of the Azure Dragon bloodline from Lin Ran's body in order to enable Lin Ran to activate her cultivation technique.

"Yes, it's essence blood!"

Mu Shishuang nodded and continued to explain, "Before the bloodline is activated, this is one way to obtain essence blood."

"So, what can be gleaned from this essence blood?"

Lin Ran, who was standing nearby, also stepped forward and looked at the essence blood lying quietly in Wen Qianyi's palm. To be honest, it didn't feel like essence blood at all; it looked more like a teardrop-shaped ruby.

Mu Shishuang took the essence blood from Wen Qianyi's palm, walked outside into the sunlight, and looked at the "ruby" in the sunlight. After a while, she turned to look at Lin Ran and the other person, and said seriously, "It seems that my previous guess was correct. She is a member of the Moon Clan!"

"The Moon Clan?"

Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi looked at each other, completely bewildered by this unfamiliar term. Lin Ran, who had the added benefit of knowing the original work, was even more confused. Was this even mentioned in the original work?

"It's normal that you don't know this. Even I only saw related information by chance in an ancient book from our clan."

Mu Shishuang frowned, thought seriously for a moment, and said, "Even before the war between the Nine Provinces Continent and the Void Evil Clan began back then, the Moon Clan had almost disappeared."

"This isn't a very large race. The people there are probably like an ordinary small family. Besides cultivating their bloodline system, they also cultivate their spiritual power system. What's special is that they can use the power of the moon for cultivation and combat, and they all have silver hair..."

"Is this how you determine Yue Mei's constitution?" Lin Ran asked.

"That's not true!"

Mu Shishuang placed the essence blood in her hand into Lin Ran's hand, pointed to the sun, and said, "Try to see what you can see through the sun?"

Lin Ran glanced at Mu Shishuang. When the girl saw him looking over, she blinked, which made his heart skip a beat. He thought to himself, "What is this girl up to now?"

However, this time he misunderstood Mu Shishuang. When he held up the blood essence under the sunlight, he could see a silver light in it.

"Is it so magical?"

Lin Ran couldn't help but gasp as she took the blood essence back. No matter how you looked at it, it was bright red, but once placed under the sunlight, the blood turned into a bright, silvery-white light like the moon.

Seeing Lin Ran like this, Wen Qianyi became curious and moved closer to Lin Ran, putting her hands behind her back like a little girl asking for candy, and said sweetly, "Senior, can I take a look?"

"Hey, honey... come on, stretch out your hand and catch it!"

Lin Ran was still thinking of taking advantage of the situation, but when she saw Mu Shishuang, who was like a giant third wheel, she took back the sweet words she usually said when she was with Wen Qianyi.

Wen Qianyi gave Lin Ran a shy glare. She knew Lin Ran's thoughts perfectly well. If Mu Shishuang weren't there, she might have been more compliant with her senior, but with someone around, it was just too embarrassing.

After showing the blood essence to Wen Qianyi, Lin Ran walked back to the pavilion. When she reached Mu Shishuang's side, a deliberately lowered voice sounded from the side: "Don't worry about me. Kiss me if you want. I'm quite curious to see what kissing is like."

Upon hearing Mu Shishuang's words, Lin Ran retorted irritably, "Just look at my memories with your sister; there's plenty of that there!"

"I can record how wonderful it was there and show it to my sister later!"

Mu Shishuang looked like she was enjoying the show, which made Lin Ran's hands itch. He shouldn't have held back earlier; he wouldn't listen unless he taught this brat a lesson.

He shoved the shove into Mu Shishuang's ear and said through gritted teeth, "Don't sleep too soundly tonight!"

"I've always been a light sleeper!"

Mu Shishuang said very sincerely.

"Senior, it really does have a silvery glow!"

Wen Qianyi jogged back to the pavilion, holding the essence blood, and looked at Mu Shishuang in surprise, asking, "Shishuang, is this the characteristic of the essence blood of the Moon Clan?"

"Ok!"

Mu Shishuang nodded, stepped forward, took Qianyi's hand, pointed to the essence blood, and explained, "The essence blood of the Moon Clan is very special. Their essence blood is like crystal, and it emits a silver light when it is exposed to sunlight."

"You saw some strange marks on the child's back just now, right? And those marks seemed to have a faint crescent shape, and they were silver."

"Uh-huh!"

When Wen Qianyi recalled the examination, she was immediately startled to see the strange marks covering Yue Mei's entire back. She was genuinely frightened when she asked Yue Mei, only to learn that she had been there since birth.

Therefore, Yuemei dared not bathe in the public bathhouse, fearing that people would see her back and call her a monster. However, things improved considerably after Linghua Academy vigorously rectified this unhealthy trend within the academy.

“That mark actually indicates that this child’s bloodline is already in a semi-awakened state. Perhaps we can ask her family; we might be able to find more information about the Moon Clan,” Mu Shishuang suggested.

"Find her family?!"

Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi exchanged a glance, both seeing the difficulty in each other's eyes. According to the information the academy had, Fu Yuemei was an orphan. She was taken in and raised by a kind family in Linghua City and entered Linghua Academy, but her adoptive parents died during an outing.

After I told Mu Shishuang about the situation, even Mu Shishuang showed a rare look of astonishment on her face, as if her tragic life was nothing in comparison.

"So, just how strong is the Moon Clan?"

Lin Ran was most curious about this point, mainly because she had never heard of the Moon Clan before, and it sounded mysterious, perhaps some kind of hidden race.

"The Moon Clan? I don't know either!"

Mu Shishuang frowned, recalling the few words in her ancient book, and said helplessly, "Because its existence is too mysterious. All we know is that there are many powerful beings there, and it seems to exist to protect something. We don't know much else, so don't expect me to help that child activate his bloodline."

Mu Shishuang's words effectively put an end to Lin Ran's hopes.

It seems that all he knows about Yue Mei is that she has an extraordinary background; the rest is unknown. But it doesn't really matter, since he intends to use the Flower Sect's heritage to nurture her anyway. Whether she has the blood of the Moon Clan or not doesn't matter.

.....

94. Seize the Future

After learning about Fu Yuemei's situation, Lin Ran held an apprenticeship ceremony for her after she woke up, and even set up a table for a feast.

After all, this was his first apprentice, so the occasion naturally had to be high-class, representing his own reputation. Sometimes he even found it funny that he had learned all those "leadership skills" from before.

Just like a little boy who always likes to wear his father's suit and hopes to grow up quickly, but when he grows up, he hopes to return to his carefree youth, Lin Ran has now become the old man he used to hate, but at least his heart is still young, isn't it?

After Lin Chong finished his daily cultivation, Mu Shishuang would go over to teach him various secret techniques of the spirit races and also explain the mysteries of using the Taiqing Spirit Body.

Lin Ran also took a look when he had some free time. At first, he was not very at ease with Mu Shishuang, but when he saw that Mu Shishuang was really teaching very seriously and pointing out many problems and drawbacks in Lin Chong's current cultivation.

After observing for a while, Lin Ran felt relieved and went back to continue disciplining those brats. He was now somewhat addicted to it and finally understood why some people liked being instructors. Anyone who's been one knows!

After Lin Ran left from the shadows, Mu Shishuang glanced at the eaves of a courtyard wall behind her, and the feeling of being watched just now disappeared.

"he left?"

Mu Shishuang thought to herself.

She knew Lin Ran might not feel comfortable letting her teach Lin Chong like this, but leaving so soon—did he really trust her that much? She didn't quite understand…

"Sister Mu, Sister Mu!"

Several shouts rang in Mu Shishuang's ears, forcing her to come back to her senses. She looked at Lin Chong, who was wearing a light blue training uniform, and gently smoothed the hair that had been ruffled by the wind from her forehead. She asked softly, "What's wrong, Xiao Chong?"

Lin Chong touched his nose sheepishly, looking slightly embarrassed, and said, "I...can't sense the mysterious power you mentioned..."

"Huh~"

A strong wind blew in, making the fallen leaves in the yard rustle.

Seeing that the wind was too strong, Mu Shishuang picked up the hair tie and, while tying her hair up, explained to Lin Chong, "The power of time is not so easy to grasp. If you could immediately comprehend the mysteries of time after just learning this sensing technique, then I, who have cultivated for many years to sense it, would be ashamed!"

"Is there any way to speed up my sensory processing?"

Lin Chong gritted his teeth and asked such a short-sighted question.

This surprised Mu Shishuang, because in her understanding, Lin Chong was not the kind of person who was so eager for quick success and instant benefits. But if it were his father, he would definitely be thinking of taking shortcuts at the first moment.

"Can you tell me why?"

Mu Shishuang looked calmly at Lin Chong, waiting for his answer.

"I... mainly because the All-Continent Academy Tournament is coming up soon, and I thought that if I could master this power before the tournament, I could strive for a better ranking."

Lin Chong desperately wanted to improve his strength. He wanted to go to the Central Region, to the heart of the continent, to write his own legendary deeds in the Sword Sect, in the heart of the continent, and at the same time, to fulfill his father's wish and rescue his mother!

Although his father didn't tell him much about his mother, and even Sister Mu seemed to have been warned that she wouldn't tell him no matter how he asked, he wasn't stupid. He knew that his father and the others wanted to protect him and just let him focus on his cultivation.