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

These words are for you; please pass them on to your children as well.

After saying this, Ye Qiu produced two jade scrolls and gave them to Lin Ran and Meng Qing respectively, explaining, "Meng Qing, the scroll in your hand contains part of my Azure Spirit Sword Technique, but more importantly, it contains my wife's legacy. I believe you will gain something from it."

"Thank you, senior!" Meng Qing bowed and thanked him, carefully storing the scroll in his spatial ring.

Ye Qiu looked at Lin Ran and smiled, "Jiang Ran, this scroll contains the culmination of my life's work. Whether it's the Azure Spirit Sword Technique or my insights and key points about the sword technique, it's all recorded here."

"Raise your child well, so that he may carry on my title as the Azure Spirit Sword Saint. Oh, and please pass on this sword that I wore in my youth to your child!"

A long sword appeared before Ye Qiu. Lin Ran took it and gently drew it from its ancient scabbard. A chill swept over him, and even looking at the sword made his eyes sting. The blade was sharp, and the body was decorated with simple yet exquisite patterns. The whole sword was bright silver, undoubtedly a peerless and sharp treasure.

"This is the sword I used when I was young, named Qingling. There should actually be a sword spirit inside, but the sword was severely damaged back then. Although the sword was reforged, the sword spirit has been dormant ever since. Perhaps your child will be able to awaken the sword spirit in the future. He will also be an old friend of mine." Ye Qiu thought about the past and couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

"Thank you, Senior Ye, I..."

But before Lin Ran could finish speaking, she saw Ye Qiu's body gradually becoming transparent and exclaimed in panic, "Senior Ye, why is your body becoming transparent!"

In front of Lin Ran, Ye Qiu's body was gradually becoming transparent, and his beard and hair were turning white at an alarming speed. Meng Qing was also looking at Ye Qiu with worried eyes.

Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, saying with emotion, "I am merely a avatar of my soul. After completing my mission here, I will naturally vanish into nothingness. However, the time I spent with you all has truly brought me joy."

"Senior Ye, will we meet again in the future?" Lin Ran stepped forward to hold Ye Qiu's hand, but found that she passed right through him. Only then did she realize that Ye Qiu's soul was no longer the physical body it had been before.

"Hahaha, when your child, or this girl, breaks through to the legendary Great Emperor realm, perhaps you'll meet me in the future," Ye Qiu laughed loudly.

Lin Ran hadn't expected to be betrayed again, and couldn't help but retort, "Can't I become an emperor?"

"puff!"

Meng Qing, who was standing to the side, laughed for the first time. When she saw Lin Ran looking over, she covered her mouth and turned her head to look at the other side, as if she were admiring the scenery, as if she wasn't the one who had just laughed.

"Alright, I'll be sending you out of this inheritance space now. Since the location is random, be careful, you might end up in a dangerous place. See you again in the future!"

After speaking, Ye Qiu flicked out two golden beams of light, which transformed into balls of light that enveloped Lin Ran and Meng Qing. With a gentle push forward, the balls of light emitted a dazzling light, surged with strong spatial fluctuations, and disappeared from their original location.

The inheritance space had already begun to collapse. The vast sea, the fine white sand beach, and the bamboo houses were all turning into golden light and gradually dissipating.

Ye Qiu couldn't help but reach the mountaintop, gazing at the gradually collapsing inheritance space with a hint of longing in his eyes. After a long while, he murmured, "Has my beloved wife been found? It's a pity that my avatar can't see her..."

With that murmur, Ye Qiu's soul transformed into specks of light, dissipating into the world along with the inheritance space...

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Chapter Thirty-Eight: Lin Ran, See You Next Time (Please Add to Favorites)

Deep in the Southern Wilderness Mountains, beside a certain stream.

A golden light suddenly appeared in mid-air, and when the light dissipated, two dark figures fell from the sky.

After a period of dizzying darkness, Lin Ran opened her eyes and saw the stream zooming in. After a flurry of activity, she managed to stop herself just before crashing into the stream.

They flew to the stream and Lin Ran plopped down on a smooth blue stone, while Meng Qing lightly touched the water's surface with her toes and gracefully landed in front of Lin Ran like a beautiful dancer.

Looking at the white-clad fairy before her, Lin Ran said with a complicated expression, "You're not really going to hunt me down after you come out, are you?"

Meng Qing gazed at Lin Ran and said softly, "I never break my word, but... you've saved my life several times, so take this!"

A delicate jade bracelet appeared in Meng Qing's hand, which she then handed to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran took the jade bracelet and immediately felt a chill as soon as she touched it. Moreover, the clear and bright jade bracelet seemed to contain some kind of profound rune pattern, and there was a small character "Qing" engraved on the inside of the bracelet.

"What is this for..." Lin Ran was a little confused. What was the purpose of giving him a jade bracelet?

Meng Qing explained, "This is a jade bracelet that I always carry with me. It is also a spiritual artifact. If I charge it, it can withstand a full-force attack from a Nirvana Realm expert."

Furthermore, you can ask me for three things, and no matter how difficult, I will help you accomplish them. After three requests, we will be even.

Lin Ran was surprised when he heard Meng Qing's words. He did not expect that Meng Qing would make such a great sacrifice to repay the debt of saving his life. Not only did he give such a powerful spiritual artifact, but he also gave three people such a valuable favor.

"Really, I'll bring up anything?" Lin Ran asked again, clearly still not quite believing it.

Meng Qing nodded, her ears and neck slightly reddening as if she had thought of something, but she still said firmly, "Anything is fine with me!"

Lin Ran: "Then can I use one of these favors to make three more promises?"

Meng Qing was a little stunned by these words, her expression blank. Clearly, this was the first time she had ever seen such a shameless person.

When she came to her senses, Meng Qing added the rule in a cold voice: "If any of the things you propose to do are unreasonable, then they will be automatically invalidated!"

"Let's talk about it later!" Lin Ran wasn't in a hurry, because he couldn't think of anything he needed Meng Qing's help with right now. He'd deal with it later.

However, the bracelet that Meng Qing gave him was a good thing. He thought that if it could be recharged in the future, it would be a safety guarantee for his son when he went out to train!

But Meng Qing might be able to read Lin Ran's mind at a glance, and could tell what Lin Ran was thinking with just one look. He added, "The bracelet is like a token I'm giving you. You can only use it yourself. If you give it to someone else, I will assume you are dead. I will kill that person to avenge you, as a way of repaying your favor!"

Lin Ran:......

Thank you so much! You even helped me get revenge. I'm so happy for you!

"Then how am I supposed to contact you? It's impossible for me to have business to attend to and run all the way to the Central Region to look for you. That would be like looking for a needle in a haystack!" Lin Ran couldn't help but ask.

Meng Qing pointed to the bracelet and said calmly, "This bracelet can transmit messages to me. You can use the method of transmitting spiritual power to inject spiritual power into the bracelet. Of course, don't try it now. Wait until you really have something to say!"

"Thank you, Meng Qing!" Lin Ran put the bracelet into her spatial ring. Looking at Meng Qing, who was dressed in a simple white dress and appeared calm and composed, she felt a pang of reluctance and asked curiously, "What are your plans for the future?"

Meng Qing looked at him with a half-smile and said, "I've been out for so long, so naturally I have to go back to the Central Region's Heart State. What's wrong? Want to come with me?"

"Ah, let's talk about going there later!" Lin Ran said with a hint of regret. He actually wanted Meng Qing to stay, but he was too embarrassed to ask.

Having spent so much time together, the two of them practically spent the entire day cultivating together in the inheritance space. Now that they had to part ways, it was truly hard to say goodbye.

Meng Qing frowned, glanced at Lin Ran a few times, and slowly explained, "This training trip is almost over, and I have to go back. There are still many things waiting for me to do, otherwise my master will come looking for me in person."

"Oh, I see. Well, there's nothing we can do about it!" Lin Ran shook her head with a wry smile.

Suddenly, Lin Ran thought of something, took out a spatial ring, pulled Meng Qing's hand, placed it in her palm, looked into Meng Qing's cool eyes, and said, "I don't have any spirit stones, but I do have some gold coins. The gold coins, the spiritual herbs and cultivation materials I took from you are all in here. Consider it as a guarantee for your journey. You can take it!"

Meng Qing glanced at Lin Ran with some surprise, but did not refuse. Instead, she looked at Lin Ran and asked, "Why did you do this?"

"I don't know, you should go back quickly, otherwise your master will worry. I'll sit here for a while, don't bother me!" Lin Ran waved her hand impatiently, eager to clear the area and get rid of everyone.

"Don't slack off in your cultivation, I'll be waiting for you in the Central Region!"

Meng Qing took one last deep look at Lin Ran, as if trying to memorize her face. Her clear, cold voice echoed through the mountains, and a blue light surged around her. Then, under Lin Ran's gaze, she transformed into a blue streak of light and soared into the sky. Within a few breaths, she disappeared without a trace.

Gazing at the figure disappearing on the horizon, Lin Ran took a deep breath, lay down on the bluestone, spat to the side, and a bitter smile appeared on her face. She said, "I still don't know what Meng Qing is really like. I should have used a favor."

Of course, this was just Lin Ran joking around. How could he waste such a precious favor on something like this? One day, he would openly and honestly tear off Meng Qing's disguise and see what kind of monster was hidden beneath it.

"Alright, let's go home, I don't even know how much time has passed!" Lin Ran smiled, thinking of her two children at home, and couldn't wait to transform into a streak of light and fly towards Linshan City.

After Lin Ran's figure disappeared into the horizon, Meng Qing, who had originally left, suddenly returned to the stone stream where Lin Ran had been.

With her eyes closed as if sensing something, Meng Qing smiled faintly and flew in a certain direction—the very direction Lin Ran had left earlier…

.....

Lin Ran quickly arrived at Linshan City, but instead of going straight home, she found a well-informed place in Linshan City to learn about the situation there.

It has been almost half a year since he left and returned.

The past six months have been relatively peaceful. The only noteworthy events were the auctions and dance parties organized by the Jinling Chamber of Commerce. Otherwise, Linshan City has remained calm and no major incidents have occurred, which has put Lin Ran at ease.

Indeed, the kind of novel protagonists who, shortly after leaving, have their homes ransacked and their entire family executed, is still too abstract.

Lin Ran chose to enter directly from the main gate of the Lin family. As soon as she walked a short distance from the gate, the sharp-eyed guards spotted her at a glance and immediately stood up straight and shouted, "Greetings, Clan Leader!"

This shout immediately attracted everyone around. When they saw it was Lin Ran, they didn't dare to look at her for long, and even quickened their pace, afraid that if they displeased Lin Ran, she would confiscate their assets like the Murong family did.

"Alright, alright, you don't need to shout so loudly when you see me in the future!" Lin Ran waved his hand. After these kids shouted like that, the street in front of his Lin family's house suddenly became eerily quiet, and no one dared to speak.

Lin Ran put her hands behind her back and was about to walk in when she suddenly remembered something and called over a guard, saying, "Go and call the Grand Elder and all the Lin family's high-ranking members to the clan council hall. Tell them the clan leader summoned them, and I'll wait for them over there!"

"Yes, patriarch!"

Upon receiving the order, the young guard handed his weapon to his companion and even used his fighting spirit to speed up his pace and call for help, disappearing in a flash.

Lin Ran smiled and slowly walked towards the clan's council hall.

……

On the street near the Lin family's gate, on the second floor of a teahouse diagonally opposite, a woman in a plain white dress was sitting alone by the window, sipping a drink.

A moment later, a man dressed in coarse linen clothes with shifty eyes approached the woman in white and whispered, "Sir, I heard you're the one who wants information about Clan Chief Lin Ran?"

"Is there a problem?" The woman in white glanced at her coldly.

The cold gaze and terrifying atmosphere made the man tremble with fear. He hurriedly and respectfully said, "No problem, no problem! Sir, this is the information about Chief Lin, but it's only the surface information; there are no specific details."

The man quickly took out a thin book and placed it on the table. The woman in white threw a small bag of gold coins onto the table. The shifty-eyed man quickly took the bag of gold coins, weighed it briefly, said something, and then left. He didn't dare to stay there for even a moment longer.

The woman in white took the booklet and began to browse through it carefully. It contained many stories about Lin Ran in Linshan City.

Upon seeing that Lin Ran was considered a genius in Linshan City when he was young, the woman in white couldn't help but laugh. She looked up and glanced around before looking down again.

After reading the booklet, the woman in white smiled faintly, her eyes looking towards the entrance of the Lin family across the street. She murmured, "A son and a daughter, both now dazzling geniuses. Wife unknown... There were also several years of training away from home... When she returned, she brought back her son, and later a daughter named Lin Hongjia."

Over the years, he hasn't had any dealings with any women, focusing solely on family development and raising his children… Jiang Ran? Lin Ran, see you next time!

When the tea in the pot was almost empty, the woman in white went downstairs to pay the bill. She watched the Lin family's gate for a while amidst the crowds on the street, and then, in the next moment, the ethereal figure in white disappeared from the street, as if she had never been there at all.

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Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Arrogant Lin Hongjia

Upon learning that Lin Ran had returned, Lin Hongjia disregarded his disheveled appearance and rushed to the outside of the clan's council hall. Standing by the window, he waved to Lin Ran, who was sitting at the head of the table inside.

Lin Ran was listening to the report from the clan's management when she suddenly noticed the silly girl standing by the window waving vigorously.

It was already evening, and the sun was almost setting when Lin Ran returned. After listening to the report for a while and confirming that there was nothing seriously wrong, Lin Ran nodded and said, "That's all for today. Thank you all for your hard work these past few days."

Oh, and remember to keep a close eye on the younger generation. Their coming-of-age ceremony isn't far off, so make sure they train hard. If they perform well, I'll give them an extra reward. Alright, you may all leave now!

The executives were puzzled as to why things were going so well and suddenly they were going to break up. However, when they saw Lin Hongjia as soon as they went outside, they immediately understood and greeted her one by one: "Good evening, Ms. Hongjia!"

Good evening!

Lin Hongjia nodded slightly, feeling somewhat eager. After these guys disappeared, Lin Hongjia rushed into the council hall.