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

"If the Spirit Clan has the guts, let them come and argue. We'll turn the tables and accuse them of attacking our Celestial Clan. We'll make them cough up resources, and if they don't give us their due, I'll beat up your Spirit Clan every day..."

Lin Hongjia spoke with great force, but his words sounded strangely off, like those of a thug shouting for a fight.

This left Old Wang's brain a bit blank. Was this still the young lady he knew? How could she speak so rudely and roguishly? Wasn't she always elegant, quiet, knowledgeable, and as serene as a lotus flower?

But what the young lady said does make some sense. With the current strength of their Celestial Clan, the Spirit Clan certainly wouldn't dare to confront them.

Because of Mu Qiuen's seclusion, the Spirit Clan was in chaos due to internal power struggles, and their combat strength was greatly reduced.

"Miss, I will do as you ask!" Old Wang understood the young lady's anger. The clan chief Lin Ran, who had raised him for many years, had been captured by the Spirit Clan, so it was understandable that the young lady was angry. However, he still didn't quite understand why the Spirit Clan could be associated with Lin Ran.

But the young lady didn't say anything, so he didn't ask any further questions.

After saying this, Old Wang withdrew.

At the highest point of this floating island, Lin Hongjia was once again alone. She looked down at the dragon and phoenix jade pendant in her palm. Every time she saw the dim soul light, her heart ached as if being cut by a knife, making it hard to breathe. Clutching the pendant tightly in her hand, she held it to her chest, her eyes flashing with golden-red light, and filled with rage as she looked up at the horizon, shouting angrily:

"Mu Shishuang, is that it? Even if you are Mu Qiqin's sister and the patriarch of the Spirit Clan, so what? You made him look like this. When I find you, I will repay you tenfold!"

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Chapter Eighty: I'm determined to pass this test, I said it.

On the snow-capped mountains of the far north, silver, sharp spatial blades, in a dense formation, tore the enormous, dragon-like monster in front of them to pieces.

The dark red blood flowed out like a babbling brook, staining the snow-white ice and snow. The dark red blood seemed to have a strong corrosive effect, and when it touched the stone slab, it hissed and emitted white smoke.

Mu Shishuang's eyes twitched when she saw this, and she thought to herself, "This Black Prison Poison Dragon, which is only recorded in ancient books, has really poisonous blood. It can even corrode this kind of bluestone floor like this."

During the battle with the venomous dragon, Mu Shishuang was almost "bathed" by its venom. When some strands of her hair touched it, the venom actually spread upwards, which scared her so much that she had to cut off her hair to ensure her safety.

Her once beautiful long hair now only reaches just to her shoulders.

Mu Shishuang gazed at the endless blue stone steps. There was still a long way to go to the summit of the snow mountain. Fearing that she might encounter powerful enemies later, Mu Shishuang could only rest here to replenish her energy.

Taking advantage of the recovery time, Mu Shishuang sat on the stone steps, hugging her knees, staring blankly at the clear white sky, muttering to herself, "I wonder how much time has passed now. It seems that the rules of time in this space have also changed. I haven't been back to the Spirit Clan for so long, will those guys find out that I left the Spirit Clan...?"

"No...no, those guys only want to seize all of Father's power. The excuse I made was that I was in seclusion for cultivation. Those guys will probably be even happier to know that I'm leaving. They can finally tear off the mask of civility."

Mu Shishuang shook her head. Over the years, she had gradually come to understand that those guys were wolves in sheep's clothing. She couldn't fight them, so she could only be eaten up step by step. She was not acting like a clan leader. Her trip here was also partly an escape.

"If I send Lin Ran and his son back, will those guys agree to let me release my sister?"

This seems to be the first time she has thought about this issue. Before, she had always acted on her emotions, thinking that bringing Lin Ran and his son back for trial would save her sister.

But if you really think about it, it seems that even if she sent Lin Ran and his son back to the clan, given their ugly power struggles, they probably wouldn't agree to release her sister.

My older sister is much stronger than her. If it were my older sister, those guys would definitely not have gotten the better of her. Moreover, my older sister's strength and realm are also stronger than hers. If my older sister hadn't separated the Taiqing Spirit Body, she wouldn't have suffered such a great loss of strength and energy. In fact, the reason why the clan punished my older sister so severely is basically because of this.

Moreover, that promise was only a verbal one, and it was made by her father. If those guys in the clan don't acknowledge it when the time comes, and her father is in seclusion, she can't do anything about them. After all, without the key in their hands, how can she release her sister?

The seal at the bottom of that Ghostly Pool was originally set up by many powerful members of the Spirit Clan. How could she possibly do it?

"Let's save Lin Ran first. No matter what, we can't let my sister be sad..." For Mu Shishuang, her sister was the most important person. She hoped her sister wouldn't have to suffer, but she was also afraid that if her sister knew how she treated Lin Ran, the sisters would become enemies. At least after saving her, she wouldn't be too ashamed to face her sister in the future, and she could at least be a little bit more assertive...

"My Qi and blood have almost recovered, let's continue!" Mu Shishuang stood up, looked up at the endless white snow, and continued climbing the stone steps.

……

Although the snow-capped mountain is beautiful, it is also too desolate, and almost everything in sight is a vast expanse of white, which can easily become tiresome after a while.

Mu Shishuang walked and stopped, killing many demonic beasts, and finally climbed to the top of the mountain. There was also a wide stone platform covered with snow, but this time a long-haired man wearing a dark blue Taoist robe was standing in the center of the arena.

When he sensed Mu Shishuang's arrival, he opened his eyes. His eyes were a deep blue, and his appearance was exceptionally handsome, comparable to the readers of this book.

His eyes turned to Mu Shishuang, and he spoke through telepathy, "In all these years, you are the first person to come here and solve the first mystery. Very good!"

"The first one? What puzzle did I solve?" Mu Shishuang was stunned. She had no idea what puzzle she had solved. She had only known that she had been fighting monsters all the way up.

The man smiled broadly and continued to explain telepathically: "You've chosen the correct order to solve the puzzles. You must first go to the snow mountain called Nine Heavens and find the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus; that's the first puzzle. And this is the second puzzle..."

"And what about the second riddle?"

Mu Shishuang had a bad feeling; would this second riddle be too difficult?

"The second puzzle..."

The man suddenly placed his hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist and abruptly drew it. It was a long, translucent, ice-blue sword that refracted a dazzling light under the sunlight. He declared in a high-pitched voice, "Tell me your purpose for coming here, and defeat me. This is the second test!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the long sword in the Taoist robe danced with astonishing speed, leaving a trail of afterimages.

When Mu Shishuang saw the man's display of skill, her heart was filled with turmoil. The sword she had just seen was so fast that she couldn't even see it clearly. What kind of sword was that?

The man, perhaps sensing Mu Shishuang's hesitation, held his sword to his chest and laughed loudly, "Little girl, if you're scared, you can leave. But you can't have the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus or the Twin Magnolia Lotus behind me!"

Behind the man, the path led to the highest point, where, against the fierce, cold wind of the mountaintop, something tenaciously grew. Green vines and white petals shimmered with a lustrous sheen, and on the branches, two snow lotus-like flowers bloomed. The two snow lotuses grew side by side, like a pair of lovers reluctant to part, standing proudly in the wind. The fragrance they emitted shimmered with a crystalline pale green light, and with a gentle sniff, one's blood and energy seemed to stir and become very active.

"Is that the Twin Magnolia Lotus?"

Mu Shishuang looked at the two twin magnolia lotuses growing on the same branch. It was the first time she had seen them in person, and they were indeed very beautiful medicinal plants.

"is it beautiful?"

The man turned to look at the twin magnolias, his eyes filled with memories. After a while, he turned back to Mu Shishuang and asked, "Do you want to fight? Don't worry, I can relax the conditions a bit. You can challenge me as many times as you want. After all, you're the only one who's come here all these years. I can't let you run away in fear!"

Mu Shishuang: ...

It would have been better if you hadn't said that; now that you've said it, I'm even more scared.

The man's swordsmanship was incredibly fast; she felt that even with her bloodline talent, she might not be able to keep up.

But if she doesn't participate in the challenge, the guy still inside the Coffin of Immortality can't just ignore her, can he?

The thought of creating such a huge problem terrifies me; I can't possibly keep it a secret forever.

She had a vague feeling that a higher-level expert was probing her. Although she managed to shield herself from it in time, if she had leaked even a little bit of her aura, she might have been captured immediately.

She didn't know if it was this guy who caused it, but he seemed to have had contact with high-level experts in his memories, so the possibility was still very high. She didn't even want to imagine what other trouble would come if the other person came looking for her and found out that she had done this to someone.

She couldn't help but start to regret it again. Was she stupid? She had done this to him without even considering the many unforeseen consequences.

"I want to challenge you!"

Faced with mounting pressure, Mu Shishuang finally accepted the challenge. If she could take on any challenge, she could surely overcome it, right?

"Alright, then take this!" The man's face lit up with a hearty smile, but his figure vanished like a ghost. Even though Mu Shishuang was already prepared and had activated her bloodline talent "Eye of True Sight," which could see through any illusion, she was certainly able to see through this kind of speed as well. However, after the man moved, she only saw a blur.

"Oops!"

Mu Shishuang felt a strange wind blow past and subconsciously tried to manipulate spatial energy as a defensive measure, but she felt a chill in her throat. Before she knew it, the man's ice-blue longsword had stopped only an inch away from her neck.

The chilling aura made Mu Shishuang feel as if her throat would be mercilessly cut open at any moment, gushing out hot, crimson blood. The man's voice echoing in her mind made it even harder for Mu Shishuang to accept.

"you lose!"

The man sheathed his longsword and looked at Mu Shishuang with interest, saying, "Come challenge me when you're ready, or do you need me to give you a hint... I didn't expect I'm still as sharp as ever, hahaha!"

The man was clearly a chatterbox, talking non-stop. Mu Shishuang knew that there was a significant gap in strength between herself and this man, and if she didn't ask for his guidance soon, she might not be able to pass this test for a long time.

"Senior, please give me some pointers!" Mu Shishuang bowed and asked for guidance.

"It's actually very simple, just do this first... then this... then this... do you understand?" The man talked on and on, very excited about having a living person come to visit.

On the contrary, Mu Shishuang could only look at the senior in front of her with clear yet foolish eyes. Her brain CPU was about to overload. The senior had just said a bunch of repetitive things, but it seemed like he had said something, but it also seemed like he hadn't said anything. So did he say something or not?

"It's alright, practice makes perfect, you can try again!" the man comforted him.

Mu Shishuang was still in high spirits, but she was also holding a grudge. As a dignified Undying Realm cultivator, she was considered a genius in the Spirit Clan, right? Although she was not as good as her sister, how could she keep falling in the same place? She was determined to pass this test today, and she would also save Lin Ran. No one could stop her, she said!

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Chapter 81 Dongfang Yue

What does it feel like for a cat to catch a mouse?

Mu Shishuang suddenly understood the feeling of Lin Ran desperately trying to escape but always being caught by her in despair. Just like now, no matter how she fought, she could not break through the strange man's ghostly speed and his unpredictable fast sword.

Even if she could withstand a few moves, it was only because this strange man deliberately held back a bit. If he really wanted to fight, he could kill her in one move.

Despite numerous attempts and even with the man's guidance, Mu Shishuang still found it difficult to contend with him. In this space where spiritual energy was sealed, Mu Shishuang lacked many of her methods, and it was simply too difficult to defeat him based solely on her bloodline talent.

"Senior, this space is sealed by spiritual power. I can hardly defeat you with my meager strength. Could we try a different test?" After trying more than a hundred times, Mu Shishuang decided to admit defeat and see if she could pass the test in another way. Otherwise, how could she get the two spiritual medicines to save Lin Ran? She might not be able to pass the test even if she lost a thousand times.

"Hmm, what kind of spiritual energy sealing?" the man asked curiously.

This actually caught Mu Shishuang off guard, and she couldn't help but say, "As soon as I entered this place, I sensed a powerful spiritual energy sealing formation. All spiritual energy cultivators were unable to use their spiritual energy. I only managed to get here by relying on my blood energy and bloodline talent."

"This place has been... sealed with a spiritual energy array?" The man's expression suddenly became uncertain, and he fell into a long silence. Seeing this, Mu Shishuang did not dare to disturb him. She had a feeling that he had inexplicably caused some big trouble again. Could he be a troublemaker? It seemed that he was always causing trouble whenever he went out.

Suddenly, the man drew his longsword and swung it fiercely across an open area, unleashing a powerful sword aura that shook the entire snow-capped mountain and triggered another thunderous avalanche.

Mu Shishuang had already fled far away in fear. The power of that man's sword aura was truly terrifying. She felt that even someone at the Undying Realm wouldn't last long there. What kind of powerful being could do that?

After venting his anger, the man sighed deeply, looked at Mu Shishuang who was hiding far away, and said, "Little girl, come here!"

Mu Shishuang cautiously approached the man. Facing this powerful figure whose strength far surpassed hers, she respectfully asked, "What are your orders, senior?"

The man pointed to the twin magnolia lotuses, then to another snow-capped mountain, and said, “I can make the decision to let you take these two treasures, but you have to do me a favor: help me exorcise the evil spirits in this place. I am currently just a soul avatar and have no power to exorcise the evil spirits.”

I see you must be a descendant of the Spirit Clan. With the methods passed down through your Spirit Clan bloodline, you should have quite a few ways to fight against the Evil Clan. You should be able to complete this. Consider this your test. Are you willing to accept?

"An evil race?!"

As a member of the Spirit Clan, Mu Shishuang was certainly familiar with the Evil Clan. However, she did not expect that there was an Evil Clan here. When did the Evil Clan extend its reach so far that it even has a presence in the far north of Jiezhou? Doesn't this mean that the passage they jointly guarded with various forces has encountered a problem?

The man saw through Mu Shishuang's thoughts, sighed helplessly, and said, "This method of sealing spiritual power is something I left behind back then."

The primary purpose is to restrict the Void Evil Clan that I sealed. If this spiritual energy seal takes effect, it means that the seal I left behind is not far from being completely broken.

"That evil race has been sealed away by me for so many years, its strength should be difficult to recover, but it's not something an ordinary person can kill. With your strength, you should be able to handle it, but if you want to eradicate it completely, it would be great to have the abilities of the Azure Emperor."

At this point, the man couldn't help but sigh. Even though his swordsmanship was superb back then, and no one could stop his fast sword, he still lacked the means to deal with those demons and monsters. He could only use sealing to wear down the power of those evil creatures.

"A descendant of the Azure Emperor? Then wouldn't that mean..."

Mu Shishuang murmured softly. If she remembered correctly, that guy seemed to be practicing the Azure Emperor's technique. It was her sister who taught him to practice it back then. After so many years, he had only managed to cultivate it to this extent. It was truly a pity that he didn't have the talent.

Seeing Mu Shishuang's thoughtful expression, the man couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you know the successor of the Azure Emperor? You can quickly bring him over and ask him to help you. The Azure Emperor's technique is so unique that it's incredibly effective against evil spirits in the void."

In their era, the Azure Emperor was a role model for leading the human race against the Void Evils. He was powerful and led the people of all races across the Nine Provinces to fight against the Void Evils.