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

"I was cultivating, not trying to have a child. What was around when Lin Chong appeared?" Lin Ran pressed.

Mu Shishuang shook her head, took a sip of tea, and said, "It only appeared for a second or two, I didn't even see it clearly, and I was quite far away..."

"You brat, why can't you be more sharp-eyed when you should be!"

Lin Ran couldn't help but complain. He thought for a moment, then took out the telescope he had made from his spatial ring, placed it in front of Mu Shishuang, and said, "I'm giving you a task. Take this telescope and look at the pictures on that scroll. If you see Yuemei and Xiaochong, write them down and tell me what happened."

"I'm so tired, I'm not doing it!" Mu Shishuang said decisively.

"How can we do it?"

"Give me this telescope!" Mu Shishuang pointed to the small telescope and said with shining eyes.

Lin Ran knew it was getting harder and harder to get this girl to work, so he waved his hand helplessly and said, "Take it, take it, but be careful to keep it safe, don't break it!"

"I'll definitely keep it safe!"

Mu Shishuang took the binoculars, wiped the lens with her clothes, and then looked at the painting outside, having a great time.

"By the way, are you going hunting later? I saw a lot of people hunting monsters around here, and then sitting there roasting them to eat..." Mu Shi looked at Lin Ran with some anticipation in her eyes.

She was starving last night because these guys were grilling meat late at night, so she rushed over and knocked on the door asking for food when she saw Lin Ran come back.

Hearing Mu Shishuang say this, Lin Ran roughly guessed why Mu Shishuang had come over early in the morning asking for food. Now that she had lost her strength, she would get hungry if she didn't eat, and she had also been poisoned late last night.

"Have some time first. If you're hungry at noon, you can take these jerky pieces to tide you over..." Lin Ran placed a heavy sheepskin bag on the table, gently pulled the string at the top, and a fragrant aroma of jerky wafted out.

Mu Shishuang looked at Lin Ran with some suspicion and tentatively said, "You two don't even have enough time to make babies at night? You're even using them during the day? In the books, this kind of behavior is called 'daytime prostitution'..."

Lin Ran didn't let Mu Shishuang say the last word. He stuffed a piece of jerky into Mu Shishuang's mouth and flicked it against her smooth forehead. Seeing her clutch her forehead in pain, he said, "If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll take advantage of me again. I'm going to cultivate and try to find the opportunity to advance to the Dragon Transformation Realm as soon as possible. I don't want to be bullied all the time, understand?"

“If you unblock me, I’ll protect you!” Mu Shishuang said.

"Once I unseal you, you won't think that way anymore. I'm going to cultivate now. You can stay here. Remember the tasks I assigned you!" Lin Ran said hurriedly before pushing open the door and leaving.

Mu Shishuang's expression suddenly turned somewhat desolate. She glanced out the window and murmured softly, "If my power is unsealed, will they really retaliate?"

This is a question that even Mu Shishuang herself might not be able to answer.

……

In the stone house where Shangguan Mengqing was, Lin Ran sneakily pushed open the door and slipped inside.

Inside the room, Shangguan Mengqing leaned against the bed, holding an ancient book in one hand. When Lin Ran entered, she put the book on the bed, sat up straight, and said softly, "Have you made breakfast for your sister-in-law?"

"It's cooked!"

Lin Ran walked to the bedside and sat down, naturally pulling Shangguan Mengqing into her arms. This time, Shangguan Mengqing did not resist and obediently nestled in Lin Ran's arms.

Lin Ran, captivated by the delicate fragrance emanating from Shangguan Mengqing's hair, couldn't help but ask, "Why does your hair always smell so good?"

"Then congratulations, what you're smelling is the smell of my hair that hasn't been washed for days," Shangguan Mengqing said calmly.

Lin Ran was startled and leaned back slightly, but he quickly saw the smile in Shangguan Mengqing's eyes. He said angrily, "You lied to me again!"

“No, you said I’m a fairy, and fairies are untouched by worldly dust, so they are born with a pure and holy body. That’s why I’ve never taken a bath,” Shangguan Mengqing said calmly.

"You seem to be seriously talking nonsense?"

"You're only realizing this now? You old man!"

Lin Ran: "..."

The world must end soon, he doesn't want to live anymore!

"So what did you call me here to do?" Lin Ran asked, playing with Shangguan Mengqing's slender hands.

"I want to delve into the mind of an older man..."

"See how sincere my love for you is?" Lin Ran asked in surprise.

Shangguan Mengqing shook her head, her eyes smiling, and said, "I want to see what your heart is like. Such a special and interesting heart is very rare!"

Lin Ran clutched his heart and took a few steps back. He realized that this woman wanted to dig out his heart. Damn it, Meng Qing, does she also want to be the "world"?

"Don't look so scared!"

Shangguan Mengqing stood up, her eyes smiling as she approached Lin Ran. Her slender fingers traced circles on Lin Ran's chest as she said, "Didn't you say you wanted to know what that mysterious power that burrowed into your heart was? So I plan to use my soul power to probe in and learn more, so I can have more information to check the ancient books."

"Oh, so that's what it is! You should have said so sooner!"

After hearing this, Lin Ran opened his heart with relief and said fearlessly, "Meng Qing, my heart has long been open to you..."

"Always so glib!"

Shangguan Mengqing said that it was not safe to explore here, and she pulled Lin Ran into her own space.

When Lin Ran saw Shangguan Mengqing leading him back to the lotus platform where the two of them had done *that*, he scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, glancing at Shangguan Mengqing out of the corner of his eye. But instead, he was glared at by Shangguan Mengqing, who said coldly, "What are you looking at me for? Go over there, close your eyes, and lie down on it!"

"Oh!"

Lin Ran nodded, lay down on the lotus platform, and obediently closed her eyes. Shangguan Mengqing took out several long incense sticks, placed them around, and lit them with flames. Soon, a floral fragrance filled the space.

Lin Ran was unaware that this was Shangguan Mengqing's doing. He only felt that it smelled quite nice, and as he smelled it, he fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing that Lin Ran had fallen asleep, Shangguan Mengqing breathed a sigh of relief. She removed her veil, revealing a beautiful face still flushed. She gently kicked Lin Ran and muttered, "Old man, you lecherous bastard, you're thinking about all those things again now that you're here..."

After calming down, Shangguan Mengqing stepped forward and removed the clothes covering Lin Ran's chest. Looking at Lin Ran's firm chest, her thoughts drifted again. She took a deep breath and gently placed her hand on Lin Ran's left chest. A deep blue light flashed in Shangguan Mengqing's palm and then merged into Lin Ran's body.

The deep blue light, accompanied by Shangguan Mengqing's consciousness, swiftly moved towards Lin Ran's left chest. Looking at Lin Ran's powerfully beating left heart, a vibrant green light flashed with each beat, surging with extremely surging life force.

"What exactly is that thing?"

As Shangguan Mengqing pondered this, she channeled the deep blue light toward the heart. Just as her consciousness drew closer, the left heart seemed to have a mind of its own, and a green light, along with the runes, rushed out, surrounding the left heart and preventing Shangguan Mengqing's consciousness from getting any closer.

Shangguan Mengqing tentatively tried, but her strength was gently bounced back as if hitting a sponge.

"This power can actually protect its master's heart, as if it were conscious..." Shangguan Mengqing thought to herself in surprise.

She had never seen such a mysterious power before. It was said that Lin Ran obtained it from a mysterious egg, which had once drained his blood, but then returned it all and strengthened Lin Ran's body before settling in his heart.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Shangguan Mengqing decided to try calling out to the power within with her consciousness, if it truly possessed consciousness.

"Um... I meant no harm. I just wanted to find out what you are for him. Can you answer me?" Shangguan Mengqing conveyed what she wanted to say, but as time passed, she received no response.

This made Shangguan Mengqing chuckle at herself. Was she overthinking things? How could she believe that power could be sentient...?

But just as she was about to leave, a soft, sweet voice came back clearly.

"I am...the spirit of life..."

……

155. Being missed by others

"The spirit of life?!"

Upon hearing this one word, Shangguan Mengqing's consciousness, which had entered Lin Ran's body, became unstable. After a while, she recovered and hurriedly asked, "You are the Dao of Life left behind in the legacy of the Azure Emperor?!"

"Yes, it awakened me, so I followed it... but it... doesn't seem very smart... doesn't know how to use my power..." the Spirit of Life said somewhat unhappily.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Mengqing was both amused and exasperated. This old man was incredibly stupid. She was the one who passed on the "Dao" to him. How could he expect him to know how to utilize the power of your life spirit?

On the other hand, it must be said that Lin Ran is really lucky. According to what she knows, this Path of Life should be in the inheritance of the Azure Emperor, and it was left by the Azure Emperor to his successor.

Lin Ran herself said that she had never seen this thing when she participated in the battle for the ruins, which means that the Path of Life had already been lost at that time, but it came back to Lin Ran's hands after going around in circles.

"The old man may not be very strong, but he's very lucky!"

Shangguan Mengqing sighed, thinking that the old man must have accumulated a lot of good fortune in his past life to have met her; otherwise, not many women would be foolish enough to fall for him.

Now that she knew what was inside Lin Ran's heart, Shangguan Mengqing's mission was perfectly accomplished. The next step was to review a large amount of relevant information, compile it in detail, and hand it over to Lin Ran.

With this Spirit of Life, Lin Ran no longer needs to find anything else to lay the foundation for the Dragon Transformation Realm. He can lay a solid foundation for the Dragon Transformation Realm just by relying on the Spirit of Life.

You must know that is the Dao of Life, which is on the same level as the "Dao" she passed on to Lin Ran. Only the successor of the Azure Emperor can do this, using the Dao of Life as the foundation of the Dragon Transformation Realm. The potential is limitless, but how far she can go depends on Lin Ran herself.

……

After Lin Ran groggily woke up from his deep sleep, before he could even rub his eyes a few times, Shangguan Mengqing ruthlessly kicked him out of the secret realm and also kicked him out of the stone house.

When Lin Ran finally came to his senses at the door, he angrily sent a telepathic message demanding to know what had happened. Fairy replied coldly, "Nothing, I just suddenly don't want to see you, you old man, anymore. You're so useless!"

He was truly furious and trembling with cold. When would these old men ever stand up again? These young girls, after they've had their fun and satisfied them, would they just ignore the lives of these old men? He wanted to speak up for the old men!

Well, he just symbolically waved his right fist and then slunk away from Shangguan Mengqing's door. He still had his pride. If he really went to confront the young fairy, how could he possibly be a match for her sharp tongue? It was better to avoid trouble, so he would just suffer in silence.

"I'm really curious about what exactly they did!"

As Lin Ran walked back to her own house, she touched her chest and pondered to herself.

"bump!"

Lin Ran pushed open the door to her room and immediately saw Mu Shishuang, who was comfortably leaning back in a recliner, resting with her eyes closed. The window was only slightly ajar, and the binoculars were in her arms, which she was holding tightly even while sleeping.

"We caught someone slacking off..."

Lin Ran smiled. He didn't wake Mu Shishuang. He took out a thin blanket and covered Mu Shishuang with it. He then sat opposite Mu Shishuang, poured himself a cup of tea and drank it. He slightly widened the crack in the window and looked at the scene on the scroll.

Unfortunately, after watching for a while, all I saw were insignificant people fighting and vying for things.

"It seems the competition in this secret realm is fierce. I hope they all remember what I taught them!" Lin Ran thought to herself.

After watching the scene of the secret realm for only a short while, he couldn't help but think about the children he was teaching. It seemed that he was really not suited to be a teacher. He felt that he had too many worries and would eventually exhaust himself.

Lin Ran's gaze was gradually drawn to Mu Shishuang, who was fast asleep. Although it wasn't the first time she had seen this girl sleeping, she always seemed to find something new to attract attention. This time, the girl had drool at the corner of her mouth, and sometimes she even smacked her lips.

"This brat seems to want some barbecue. I'll go ask Mulan about the surrounding area!" Lin Ran thought for a moment, then stood up and quietly slipped out.

……

Outside the secret realm, the sky was still bright and sunny, but inside the Qianlong Secret Realm, it was already late at night.

For those outside the secret realm, only two or three days have passed, but for those inside, a full seven days have gone by; the flow of time is completely different on both sides.

Of course, for all the participants in the secret realm, the most urgent task is to seize the time to find something that can make them stronger.

In a dilapidated village, a faint light shines from a stone house.

If you move your gaze inside the house, you will find five or six people inside, three men and three women. Two of them have a close relationship with Lin Ran: Lin Ran's son, Lin Chong, and her apprentice, Fu Yuemei. The two people next to Yuemei are Chi Sinian and Xiao Qian.

The two men on Lin Chong's side were friends from Tianli Academy, so it's clear that the two groups came together by chance.