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

Seeing Fu Yuemei and the others like this, Mu Shishuang became even more furious. She rushed towards the ruins, determined to climb over them herself and see what had happened to Lin Ran inside!

Fu Yuemei and the others had been keeping their heads down, but Chi Sinian reacted quickly. Seeing Mu Shishuang rushing towards the ruins, she hurriedly shouted, "Hurry! Go and stop Sister Mu! She's injured!"

Upon hearing this, everyone realized what was happening. Several girls rushed forward and grabbed Mu Shishuang with both hands and feet. However, Mu Shishuang resisted fiercely. In the end, Chi Sinian was bold enough to use her skill to deliver a chop to the back of Mu Shishuang's neck, causing Mu Shishuang to collapse limply and lose consciousness.

When everyone saw Chi Sinian's chop, their jaws nearly dropped in shock. Xiao Zhuang pointed tremblingly at Mu Shishuang, then at Sinian, his eyes wide as he exclaimed, "Sinian, you really dare to do that?!"

"What else can we do if we don't take action!"

Chi Sinian rolled her eyes at Xiao Zhuang, then held the unconscious Mu Shishuang in her arms, pointed to the carriage, and said, "Let's go back and wait. I believe Master will be back soon."

"But there's one thing I hope you can help me with!"

Chi Sinian suddenly stopped and looked at Fu Yuemei and the others, her eyes filled with tears, and said, "Let's all take responsibility for knocking out Sister Mu, okay? I'll treat you to a barbecue later. I have some high-grade monster meat sent from my family!"

"Pfft!"

The team atmosphere, which had been somewhat dull, was lifted by Chi Sinian's words, making everyone laugh and lightening the mood.

"I'm really serious about what I'm saying, I'm not joking!"

Chi Sinian stomped her foot, her face puffed up with anger. She was genuinely scared. If she knocked Sister Mu unconscious, Sister Mu would cry to Lin Ran when she woke up, and Lin Ran would have to find out who the culprit was. She didn't want to be punished!

"Okay, okay, I promise I'll stick with you. We're a team!"

Xiaoqian ran over to Chi Sinian with a grin, then whispered in Chi Sinian's ear, "On the condition that your barbecue tastes good, otherwise I won't help you carry it!"

"I agree!"

Fu Yuemei chuckled and echoed her.

She couldn't help but turn back for another glance at the grand hall hidden behind the ruins in the distance. Her worry hadn't dissipated, and she silently prayed, "Master, please come out soon!"

……

Lin Ran had a terrifying dream in which he was being punished in the eighteenth level of hell. The reason was that he had been caught cheating on several women, and the female protagonists teamed up to send him to the eighteenth level of hell for reformation.

Even Qianyi, who always listened to him the most, was among them.

Lin Ran was soon awakened by this terrifying dream.

"Ha... Ah... Ha..."

Lin Ran suddenly opened his eyes, sat up immediately, and gasped for breath. He subconsciously touched his face and found it was covered in sweat. His clothes were also soaked as if they had been in water.

"This is where?"

Lin Ran looked around in confusion, but he quickly realized where he was: the central hall of the Liusu Palace. So where was Fan Hua?

"bump!"

A strange noise came from the main gate. Fan Hua, eating pastries, walked towards Lin Ran in the center of the hall: "How are you feeling?"

"It feels... a little scary..."

Lin Ran subconsciously spoke out about his feelings in the dream. It was even more painful than Cheng Ge's beheading. He was going down to the eighteenth level of hell and suffering all kinds of punishments... At least Cheng Ge died and was done with it.

Fan Hua rolled her eyes in exasperation, dusted off the crumbs on her hands, stepped forward and poked Lin Ran's forehead, raising her voice to shout, "I'm not asking about how you felt about your dream. In your dream, you were constantly yelling and screaming about not letting anyone torture you. I don't want to hear your nonsense. What I want to know is how your body is right now?"

"How are you feeling? I'm fine, just sweating a bit too much..."

Lin Ran touched his chest, and even more cautiously, he looked inside his body. He quickly realized something was wrong, because he saw that there was also a heart on his right chest.

Lin Ran was so shocked that she immediately stood up and looked at Fan Hua in horror, saying, "Holy crap, Fan Hua, do you know what?! I have two hearts?! This is just too much!"

Hearing Lin Ran's incredibly risqué words, even the usually well-mannered Fan Hua couldn't hold back. She put her hands on her hips and explained to Lin Ran, "Don't pretend to be innocent after getting a good deal. This is a tremendous opportunity. Do you know what it is?"

"What is it?" Lin Ran asked.

Fan Hua stared at Lin Ran and said, "The Immortal Heart is the supreme treasure of the Demon Dragon Clan and the source of their strength. As long as the Immortal Heart is not destroyed, they can continuously generate Immortal Blood."

"By harnessing the powerful life force of the immortal blood, you can recover from your injuries. Even if your head is chopped off, as long as your heart remains, your head can grow back!"

Lin Ran couldn't help but lean back strategically, her eyes gleaming with slyness, and excitedly shouted, "Am I invincible now?"

Seeing Lin Ran's excitement, Fan Hua asked with a sly glint in her eyes, "Unfortunately, you can't use the power of the Undying Heart right now. Do you want to guess why?"

"why?"

Lin Ran felt that the small flame that had just risen was extinguished almost immediately, and upon hearing Fan Hua's next words, the flame was completely dead.

Fan Hua took out an ancient book she had prepared beforehand and explained, "First of all, the most powerful ability of the Undying Heart is the Undying Blood produced within it. However, you can only begin to condense the Undying Blood after you reach the Dragon Transformation Realm. By condensing, I mean condensing the essence blood."

"Another point is that your physical strength is not high enough at present, so you cannot discover more of the wonders of the Undying Heart. Because with the Undying Heart, you are equivalent to having half of the Demon Dragon bloodline, and you even have the opportunity to use the Demon Dragon bloodline talent."

After hearing Fan Hua's words, Lin Ran weakly raised her hand and said, "So, it's because I'm too weak that I can't use this Undying Heart?"

Fan Hua tossed the ancient book onto the ground and nodded, saying, "To take care of you, Gu Zige even sealed the Heart of Immortality, so you wouldn't be overwhelmed by its power."

Fan Hua never expected that Gu Zige would make such a great sacrifice to repay the Green Emperor, even making the Green Emperor owe someone a favor. That undying heart was clearly something Gu Zige wanted to leave to his descendants, but he chose to give it to Lin Ran.

It's important to know that not every member of the Demon Dragon Clan possesses an immortal heart; this is actually a bloodline talent of the Demon Dragon Clan.

Therefore, in order to ensure that their descendants possess the Heart of Immortality, the Dragon Clan preserves the Heart of Immortality of the previous generation through secret methods, allowing the next generation to possess it and thus inherit the bloodline talent related to the Heart of Immortality.

This was information that Fan Hua had frantically searched through ancient books to find out. It was because of this that Fan Hua was impressed by Gu Zige's generosity. She didn't know why Gu Zige had suddenly changed his mind. Originally, Gu Zige seemed to have only wanted to improve Lin Ran's physique.

Could it be that mysterious girl in blue residing in Lin Ran's heart? Does Gu Zige know her?

Fan Hua suddenly regretted not asking Gu Zige about the origin of the egg. If she had known, she would have had more information to find ancient records and help Lin Ran make the right choice.

Fortunately, the girl in green seemed to have been helping Lin Ran strengthen her body and even saved her life in critical moments. Otherwise, it would have been quite frightening to have a bomb hidden in a vital part of her body.

Lin Ran examined the Undying Heart internally and found that it was almost identical to his original heart, except that it was slightly larger and more vibrant red, occasionally shimmering with a dark red light.

Having finished her research, Lin Ran remembered the situation outside and quickly looked at Fan Hua, asking, "By the way, how is the situation outside, Fan Hua?"

“I don’t know much about what’s happening outside. I just took you to a quiet place; we didn’t stay in that mysterious place below,” Fan Hua said.

"Then I have to go back right away!"

Thinking of Mu Shishuang and her group of children from Linghua Academy, Lin Ran couldn't care less about her research anymore. She quickly tidied herself up and hurried out.

When Lin Ran returned outside and climbed out of the hole, she found Yue Lei waiting outside and couldn't help but call out, "Brother Yue, what are you doing here?"

"Hey, Brother Lin, you've finally come out! Let's get out of here quickly, you've caused quite a commotion!"

When Yue Lei saw Lin Ran finally come out, he was overjoyed and went up to her, pulling her along as they walked outside.

Lin Ran looked at Yue Lei with some curiosity as Yue Lei pulled him along, and asked, "Why don't you come down and find me?"

"This is an opportunity you discovered, why would I go down and join in the fun?" Yue Lei said casually.

But this seemingly casual remark made Lin Ran understand immediately. He patted Yue Lei on the shoulder and said with emotion, "Brother Yue, I owe you a favor!"

"No, no, just buy me a drink!" Yue Lei quickly waved his hand and said.

"How was that wine last time?" Lin Ran asked with a smile.

"That wine is great, it's really good. I wish there were girls with it!"

"Look at you!"

Lin Ran and Yue Lei walked back to the camp arm in arm.

Although he didn't say anything, it was as if he said everything.

......

126. Exploration

Lin Ran and Yue Lei walked back to the convoy arm in arm. He was still wondering where Mu Shi and the other woman had gone, given the commotion. It was rather unusual that they hadn't come looking for him.

Upon asking, Lin Ran learned that it was his own group of students from the academy who had knocked Mu Shishuang unconscious to stop her from going to him. She was now lying in the carriage, which left Lin Ran both amused and exasperated.

"Please punish us, sir; it was our idea!"

Fu Yuemei and her group bowed deeply in unison, their extremely sincere apologies leaving Lin Ran at a loss for what to do.

Finally, after giving the group a mild punishment, he sent them back to the convoy, telling them they needed to hurry on their way.

After all, because of him, they had lingered in the Ancient Dragon Gate for so long and caused such a commotion. If someone with ulterior motives were to investigate later, it would be easy to catch them. It would be better to leave now.

The children at Linghua Academy certainly wouldn't say anything out of line, and Yue Lei shouldn't have any problems either. Lin Ran trusted her friendship with Yue Lei, but there was still one…

Lin Ran looked at Mulan, who was sitting upright in the driver's seat, gesturing to the front of the carriage. He couldn't help but tentatively ask, "Mulan, the Ancient Dragon Gate..."

"Mr. Lin, what just happened at the Ancient Dragon Gate?"

Mulan turned to look at Lin Ran and said calmly, "Mr. Lin, actually there's not much to see at that ancient Dragon Gate. It's just some murals with unclear meanings. The useful ones have already been found..."

Seeing Mulan feigning ignorance, Lin Ran understood perfectly. It seemed Mulan was also a master of playing dumb. Lin Ran followed Mulan's words and said, "Yes, I also think that ancient dragon gate is not interesting. Going there would be a waste of time!"

“That’s right, Mr. Lin, if we had started our journey earlier, we might have been able to get past that troublesome swamp sooner…” Mulan said with a smile.

Her face, with its hideous scars, looked rather frightening when she smiled.

Lin Ran smiled but didn't say anything. He turned around and opened the curtain. Fu Yuemei, Chi Sinian and several other girls were in the carriage. Lin Ran's gaze quickly fell on Mu Shishuang, who was lying on Chi Sinian's lap.

After watching for a while, Lin Ran said softly:

"If your Sister Mu wakes up, remember to call me!"

"Yes!"

……

After a long time, outside the ancient Dragon Gate, a large convoy arrived. The leading convoy carried the Qin family's banner, while the banners on the carriages of the following convoys were quite varied and each had its own characteristics.

A middle-aged man dressed in a black robe with gold trim stepped out of the Qin family's carriage. If Lin Ran and the others were there, they would probably recognize this imposing middle-aged man at a glance as Qin Tianying, the head of the Qin family.

At this moment, the head of the Qin family sent his men to inform the people in the carriages. The men who went to inform them were extremely humble and respectful, something rarely seen when the five academies came.

Even the five great academies couldn't get the Qin family head to lead the way, but these caravans from different forces were able to get the Qin family head to lead the way so attentively and respectfully. Their identities may have already been revealed.

From a carriage bearing two banners with longsword symbols right behind the Qin family residence, a veiled woman in white alighted first, followed by a handsome and robust young man.

When Qin Tianying, the head of the Qin family, saw the mysterious woman in white, he cupped his hands and said, "Sword Sect Fairy, you can continue to stay in the carriage. I have already sent people to investigate what is happening at the ruins ahead."

After returning the courtesy, Shangguan Mengqing said softly, "Patriarch Qin, it makes me a little uneasy to address me like that. Patriarch Qin, just call me Shangguan."

"I'm so sorry, I just started calling you that because I heard everyone calling you that. I hope you don't mind, Miss Shangguan!" Qin Tianying, who was usually stern and unsmiling, smiled for the first time, which was a rare occurrence. It was clear that he treated Shangguan Mengqing differently than he treated others.

While waiting at the entrance, Qin Tianying called his son Qin Yi over. Qin Yi was a handsome man who was no less handsome than Huang Shishi, who was beside Shangguan Mengqing. In fact, Qin Yi had a more sinister aura than Huang Shishi.

Qin Tianying patted Qin Yi and said to Shangguan Mengqing, "Miss Shangguan, this is my child, Qin Yi. He is at the peak of the Spirit Core Realm and is also a sword cultivator. I wonder if there is an opportunity for him to join the Sword Sect?"