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

“I’m sure, the person who guided us there told me himself!” Lin Ran said.

"That's strange!"

Mulan scratched her head, looked at the map in her hand, and gazed at the ancient battlefield, frowning in deep thought.

Lin Ran didn't disturb Mulan. He sat back down next to Mu Shishuang, took out a ring from his spatial ring, and placed it in Mu Shishuang's palm. When Mu Shishuang looked over, he explained, "This is a ring that can withstand one attack from a Nirvana Realm cultivator. I don't have much money, so someone else gave it to me."

This thing was taken out of the warehouse by Li Yuhan when we set off. Lin Ran hadn't been able to use it until now, but Mu Shishuang can take it with her.

"Thank you!"

Mu Shishuang didn't make a fuss. She knew the journey ahead was dangerous, and Lin Ran probably gave her this because she was worried about her safety.

She remembered that her sister had also worn a ring, and she couldn't help but follow her sister's example and put the ring on the ring finger of her left hand.

Seeing how Mu Shishuang wore the ring, Lin Ran's eyelids twitched, but he didn't know what to say for the moment. He figured Mu Shishuang probably just wore it casually, since people in the Nine Provinces Continent didn't really care where they wore their rings.

During the break, Lin Chong also came over.

"Father!"

Lin Chong, dressed in a black outfit, looked exceptionally energetic, and looked at Lin Ran with a bright smile.

"I think you're not looking for me, but for Yuemei!"

Lin Ran still remembered the scene of waving goodbye in the carriage when they set off, and she brought it up to tease him.

"master!"

Fu Yuemei immediately poked her head out of the carriage, pouting as she looked at Lin Ran, but soon her face lit up with a smile as she called out to Lin Chong, "Brother Lin Chong!"

"Hello, Brother Lin Chong!"

The women inside the carriage all poked their heads out and shouted in unison.

This immediately made Lin Chong and Fu Yuemei blush deeply. Lin Chong scratched his head and stood there grinning foolishly, while Fu Yuemei shyly waved her pink fists and punched each of her good friends: "You guys are so annoying!"

After some playful banter, the atmosphere became more harmonious and joyful. After chatting with Fu Yuemei for a while, Lin Chong's expression turned serious when the topic of the upcoming ancient battlefield came up. He came to Lin Ran's side and whispered, "Father, the Dean told me that you mustn't fall behind later. They want to shake you off, but we'll leave marks along the way!"

"Please tell Dean Wenling how much I appreciate it!" Lin Ran rubbed Lin Chong's head and said with a smile.

Just then, people from Tianli Academy came to call Lin Chong, so Lin Chong could only say goodbye to Lin Ran and Fu Yuemei and hurry back to his own group.

After Lin Chong returned, Lin Ran shook her head, pinched Mu Shishuang's cheek, and laughed, "With this level of strength, he's still playing these little tricks. It's really interesting."

Mu Shishuang glanced at Lin Ran, rubbed her cheek, then pulled Lin Ran's hand and wrote:

"You old man, you're already this age, and you still like to pinch little girls' cheeks!"

Lin Ran: "..."

What you're saying makes me sound like a pervert! Besides, you're just a little girl. The Spirit Clan's age is probably a whole size older than his!

……

129. Mu Shishuang's method

After hesitating for a long time at the entrance of this ancient battlefield, the group finally set off. The five academies all left their carriages and horses in this place and walked across the ancient battlefield.

The Qin family's guide led the way, with Lin Ran and the others following behind Tianli Academy. Of course, Lin Ran also told Songling Academy that she might follow Mulan's route instead of completely following the Qin family's route.

The result was somewhat unexpected: Yue Lei from Songling Academy chose to follow them.

When asked, Yue Lei said, "Following you, you little rascal, I'll definitely be safe and sound. But if I follow those guys over there, I'm afraid I'll fall into a pit and no one will be there to save me!"

Despite his burly and stout appearance, Yue Lei is surprisingly sharp and intelligent, which is probably why Songling Academy chose him to lead the team.

The route that Mulan and the Qin family's guide had taken was the same, which was probably a recognized safe route.

Walking on this land, your feet tread on scorched black earth that has long lost its vitality, where even weeds cannot survive. Your eyes can see the swords, spears, and halberds stuck in the scorched earth all around, all decayed. You can even witness a gust of wind and sand blowing by, turning the decayed swords and spears into dust and merging into the earth.

An invisible sense of pressure suddenly increased upon entering the ancient battlefield. Those above the Nirvana Realm fared relatively well, but the juniors at the Spirit Pill Realm and Spirit Transformation Realm suffered greatly. Mulan, who was leading the way, handled the situation much more calmly than the juniors.

"Mulan, you're amazing!"

Walking beside Mulan, Lin Ran couldn't help but praise, "My students aren't as good as you in this respect!"

"Hey, Mr. Lin is just joking with me. They're just not used to the environment here!"

Mulan wiped the sweat from her face with her sleeve and said, "Mr. Lin, let's stop the group for a moment. I may need to reassess the route!"

"Of course that's no problem!"

Lin Ran made a gesture to stop, and the teams from both academies came to a halt.

Mulan wiped her sweaty hands on her trousers, took out a map, and then a strange disc, squatting down to determine the location.

Lin Ran wasn't in a hurry to move forward; the safety of the team was still her top priority.

He told Fu Yuemei and the other kids to rest for a bit. After Lin Ran said that, Fu Yuemei and the others sat down on the ground without any regard for their image and took out the pills to restore their spiritual energy.

Looking at these guys, Lin Ran couldn't help but put her hands on her hips and tease, "If you guys keep acting like this, what are you going to do in the secret realm?"

The skinny, dark-skinned Xiao Zhuang took a big gulp of water from his water bottle, pointed to the blazing sun in the sky, and complained, "Mr. Lin, the sun in Qianzhou is too scorching! I feel like I've walked around a volcano. I'm going to get even darker!"

"Hahaha!"

Xiao Zhuang's words drew laughter from everyone.

Xiaoxi retorted mercilessly, "You're already as black as charcoal, there's no difference if you get any darker!"

Xiao Zhuang's brothers were laughing with their arms around his shoulders. Xiao Zhuang blushed, stood up angrily, and said, "If I were fair-skinned, I would be incredibly handsome. You just wait and see!"

But Xiao Zhuang's words only drew more laughter, and even Mu Shishuang couldn't help but smile when she saw this.

Seeing Mu Shishuang smile, Lin Ran couldn't help but say, "That's right, she looks so beautiful when she smiles. Why does she always have such a serious face?"

Mu Shishuang immediately wiped the smile off her face, grabbed Lin Ran's hand, and wrote: "Mind your own business!"

"If I hadn't meddled, you would have died from the heat and the pressure of that spiritual energy by now!" Lin Ran said, vigorously rubbing Mu Shishuang's head.

Upon entering this ancient battlefield, Lin Ran had Mu Shishuang stay by his side. He could continuously mobilize his spiritual power to help Mu Shishuang withstand the spiritual pressure and the abnormally high, furnace-like temperature.

Mu Shishuang thought for a moment, then pulled Lin Ran's hand and continued writing: "Unseal me, and I'll take you to get revenge!"

"do not want!"

After whispering something in Mu Shishuang's ear, Lin Ran pulled Mu Shishuang to Mulan's side.

Seeing Mulan crouching on the ground, drenched in sweat, Lin Ran handed her some pills to restore her spiritual energy and said, "Any results yet? Mulan, if we don't leave soon, we'll probably fall behind the people ahead!"

Lin Ran glanced at the three academies ahead, which were already quite far away, and could only watch the dark figures from afar.

"Give me a little more time. I need to confirm the changes in the ancient battlefield!"

Mulan said in a deep voice. She would stand up and touch the soil around her, and then turn the strange disc around.

Seeing this, Lin Ran didn't disturb him. Just as he was about to rest, Yue Lei walked over and he couldn't help but say, "Brother Yue Lei, have you been waiting anxiously?"

"No, I just came here to check on things!"

As Yue Lei spoke, he was thinking of chatting with Lin Ran, but when he saw the beautiful woman standing next to Lin Ran, his eyes looked a little strange.

To be honest, he didn't quite understand why Lin Ran brought a woman with no real strength along with her team. Although she was knowledgeable, she was no match for Wen Qianyi, the sixth-level alchemist and Dean Wen's sister.

Lin Ran noticed Yue Lei's gaze and couldn't help but punch him, saying, "Yue Lei, you little rascal, just say what you want to say. Stop beating around the bush like a woman."

"You have a really strong grip!"

Yue Lei rubbed his arm. Lin Ran hadn't used any spiritual power or exerted any force, yet she could still make him hurt. No wonder her physical body could withstand Jin Qiusheng's oppressive aura.

Yue Lei glanced at the group of people who had become tiny black dots in the distance and said, "Do you think they might run into something?"

"What?" Lin Ran asked back.

Yue Lei stroked his chin, looking at Lin Ran with some surprise, and said, "Don't you know? The space of this ancient battlefield is extremely unstable. If you don't take a safe path, you might accidentally stumble into another space. Those spaces are full of unexpected dangers, and almost no one can come back alive."

"Is that so?" Lin Ran exclaimed in surprise.

He couldn't help but look at Mulan, who was walking back with the disc, and asked, "Mulan, is there really such a thing as the ancient battlefield?"

Mulan naturally heard Yue Lei and Lin Ran's words. Since the two of them didn't lower their voices, Mulan said with a bitter expression, "That's what I'm worried about. Not long ago, a mercenary team from our area was going to Qianlong Mountain, and they were almost completely wiped out in the ancient battlefield. Only one person was lucky enough not to be caught up in that mysterious space."

"What's giving me a headache right now is that there's a fork in the road a few hundred meters ahead, and the people ahead of us have chosen the northwest direction."

"But that path is from the previous cycle, and now the ancient battlefield has changed. The northeast and southwest directions seem to be viable again, so I'm a little unsure..."

Mulan's tone was somewhat dejected. She had been doing this job for many years and could be said to have completed her missions safely every time. But this time, she was stumped by this ancient battlefield. If she took the wrong turn at the fork in the road, then every step she took from there would be a mistake.

Hearing Mulan's words, Lin Ran and Yue Lei both fell silent. Just as Lin Ran was about to say something, his hand was taken, and Mu Shishuang wrote on it: "I can help you make a judgment, trust me, okay?"

At the same time, Lin Ran recalled Fan Hua's words: "Hey, Lin Ran, have you forgotten me? If I'm here, even if you get caught up in those spaces, I can get you out."

Furthermore, I can help you determine which areas are dangerous; you just need to use the abilities of the Tassel Palace!

"Thank you!"

After thanking Fan Hua, Lin Ran whispered in Mu Shishuang's ear, "Thank you!"

After saying that, Lin Ran rubbed Mu Shishuang's head and then made a decisive decision: "Mulan, let's continue. When we get to the fork in the road, I know how to tell which road will be safer."

"I understand, Mr. Lin!"

Mulan nodded and continued to lead the way.

After resting for a while, the group set off again. When they arrived at the fork in the road that Mulan had mentioned, the area was surrounded by several ring mountains, with a small path leading to it in the northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast directions.

Of course, if you accidentally slip into that pit, who knows what might happen.

Don't be fooled by the fact that those pits may seem harmless; many people have fallen into them and ended up as skeletons.

Upon reaching the center, Mulan pointed northwest and looked at Lin Ran, saying, "Mr. Lin, if we want to be on the safe side, we can actually follow the northwest route. We've now entered a completely new cycle of the ancient battlefield. Although the northwest direction isn't necessarily safe either, it's definitely safer than other routes."

"Let me think about it!" Lin Ran said.

He looked down at Mu Shishuang beside him. Mu Shishuang moved slightly away from Lin Ran, and suddenly a purple light shone on her body. Her expression became extremely painful, and numerous writhing runes like insects emerged from Mu Shishuang's body.

"Shi Shuang, stop!"

Lin Ran was shocked. He hadn't expected that Mu Shishuang's method was to forcibly mobilize his own power. Didn't she know that this would cause her great pain?

This sudden turn of events left everyone in the group momentarily stunned.