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

Over the next few days, Lin Chong quietly cultivated himself, waiting for the Ye sisters' notification.

Just three days after joining the Ye family's temporary guard team, Hun Sen came to inform him that he would officially set off for Nanshan Pass that day.

Lin Chong followed Hong Sen to the outskirts of the small town in the southern wilderness. In addition to the two young ladies of the Ye family and their maids, there were also many fully armed Ye family guards and some mercenaries.

Of course, Lin Chong also saw a very strange person, a man dressed in all black and wearing a wide-brimmed hat in broad daylight. When the man turned his head, a hideous scar came into view, which made Lin Chong's heart skip a beat.

"This is the man I saw outside the shop that night!"

Lin Chong quickly remembered when he had seen this man before, and at the same time became secretly wary. How could such a sinister-looking man have been recruited?

Finding an opportunity, Lin Chong asked Hun Sen a few questions.

Speaking of this, Hun Sen put his arm around Lin Chong's shoulder and said helplessly, "Brother Jiang, there's nothing we can do. We just can't recruit anyone. And just the next day, that man came."

He's quite strong, at the Dao Yuan Realm, but I don't know his exact level. Although he has a cold expression, he hasn't caused any trouble. Just stay away from him. Our team needs another Dao Yuan Realm expert for peace of mind.

"I see, thanks, Brother Hong!" Lin Chong nodded, then looked curiously at the Ye family members reinforcing the carriage and its supplies, and asked, "Brother Hong, are we going to take all these supplies with us when we run away? Won't they be easily destroyed if we encounter monsters?"

Lin Chong was a little confused. The Ye family was once a great family. Even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse. Why don't they make more spatial rings?

Hong Sen was a little unsure how to explain, but Ye Wanxi, after instructing the guards on what to do, came over and smiled slightly: "Young Master Lin Jiang, our Ye family is indeed facing some difficulties right now. We have already spent a lot to procure these necessary supplies, and our few spatial rings are already full. The rest can only be transported by carriage."

"Ah, sorry!"

Lin Chong knew he was being presumptuous. Every time the Lin family bought supplies, they would pack them in a large bag of spatial rings. He thought that even if the Ye family was in such a state of decline, they were still a prominent family. But he never expected that the Ye family was so poor.

"It's alright, Young Master Lin Jiang, we're about to set off. You can come with Hong Sen!" Ye Wanxi said with a smile.

"Brother Hong, what are you doing..." Lin Chong looked at Hong Sen beside him with some confusion. Hong Sen had a hearty smile on his face, patted Lin Chong's shoulder and said, "I'm Miss's coachman. You and I will protect Miss together!"

Lin Chong himself did not expect that the young lady of the Ye family would value him so much and ask him to accompany Hong Sen for protection. He thought that the guy in the Dao Yuan Realm would be chosen. But then again, that guy seemed too sinister and scary.

The convoy quickly became fully armed and set off for Nanshan Pass.

Lin Ran was assigned to the very back of the caravan, and unfortunately, he was the only one driving the carriage. It was his own carriage from just a few days ago, and it didn't seem to fit the caravan at all.

Lin Ran wasn't particularly surprised. Given her intimidating appearance, it was already a favor that they were willing to let her join, let alone allow her to get too close to those two young ladies.

Although he was driving the carriage, his attention was focused on the middle vehicle, watching how Xiao Chong was picking up girls. Watching his son woo girls was quite a pleasure for him.

However, judging from the situation, it seems that it wasn't Xiao Chong who went to pick up girls, but rather Ye Wanxi who took the initiative to talk to Xiao Chong. Lin Chong would occasionally chime in, and if the conversation turned to something he was interested in, he would say more.

Even Hun Sen was somewhat surprised, as his young lady rarely took the initiative to chat with a young man like this. This made him wonder if his young lady had a good impression of this young man, Lin Jiang.

The road to Nanshan Pass is very long, and the most dangerous part is the latter half of the Nanhuang Mountain Range, where many low-level monsters have been appearing one after another.

Lin Chong saw a small, snarling monkey, possibly only at the Body Refinement Realm, rushing towards the carriage. He immediately took out his ordinary longsword, infused it with sword energy, and cleaved the monkey in two as it leaped through the air, its crimson blood splattering in the air.

Wiping the blood off his longsword, Lin Chong frowned, his expression growing increasingly serious. He found it rather strange that so many low-level demonic beasts kept appearing on this not-so-wide forest path.

Before they could think any further, many colorful snakes emerged from the forest and began to bite at the people in the convoy.

While dealing with other annoying little monsters, some mercenaries were caught off guard and bitten hard by the snake. The potent venom quickly turned the mercenary's face purple, and he died from the poison, falling off the vehicle.

Lin Ran, who was at the very back of the caravan, casually killed a group of small demonic beasts with her blast. She was pondering why there were suddenly so many low-level demonic beasts in this area. There were a few possible reasons. One possibility was that their original habitat had been occupied by someone. Another possibility was that these small demonic beasts were driven by demonic beasts or people to attack the caravan that was passing by.

When Lin Ran saw that the convoy ahead was about to be surrounded by a dense swarm of small snakes, she took out more than a dozen packets of snake repellent powder from her spatial ring and used her spiritual power to detonate them in the air above the convoy. The pale yellow powder fell from the sky, and some of the small snakes turned away immediately after smelling it.

The entire convoy was originally surrounded by colorful snakes; just looking at the scene was enough to trigger trypophobia.

Now, the small snakes are flying away from the convoy, and even some small monsters dare not approach.

This brought a sigh of relief to everyone, and they quickly drove the carriage away, hoping to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.

Hun Sen was also quite puzzled, scratching his head and saying, "Why did these little snakes suddenly leave?"

Ye Wanxi lifted the carriage curtain and peeked out. At Hong Sen's request, she had been hiding inside the carriage. Her nose quickly caught the strange smell in the air. Seeing that Lin Chong was also covered in some pale yellow powder, she hurriedly called out, "Young Master Lin Jiang, don't move!"

Lin Chong, who was looking around warily at his surroundings, couldn't help but turn around when he heard Ye Wanxi's words. He immediately saw Ye Wanxi, who was so close that he could see the tiny white downy hairs on her flawless face. This made his heart beat faster.

Ye Wanxi, with clear eyes, focused intently on Lin Chong. She gently wiped some pale yellow powder from Lin Chong's hair with her fingers, sniffed it, and said, "It's a high-grade snake repellent powder. Who put this in?"

"Snake repellent powder?"

Lin Chong was also taken aback, and after a while, he slapped his forehead and said, "That's right, I was just thinking about how to kill those snakes, but all we need to do is sprinkle some snake repellent powder!"

The Ye family's guards, including the mercenaries they had hired, were all flustered by what they had just witnessed. They forgot that if they had simply sprinkled snake-repelling powder and beast-repelling powder beforehand, they could have avoided being attacked by these monsters.

Only when this was mentioned did the members of the caravan's escort team realize what was happening. They quickly took out various powders and sprinkled them on the vehicles and supplies before continuing on their way. They even sprinkled some powder on the vehicles along the roadside to prevent the scent from becoming too weak due to wear and tear during the journey, which could attract attacks from monsters.

Seeing that these guys had finally come to their senses, Lin Ran couldn't help but shake her head. These guys were really too unprofessional. If they had scattered the beast-repelling and snake-repelling powder beforehand, this wouldn't have happened. Several people even died, and they weren't even halfway there yet.

He himself couldn't imagine what would have happened to Lin Chong if he hadn't been there. Seriously, he still couldn't think straight in situations like this.

Inside the carriage, Ye Wanxi frowned, deep in thought. Ye Qingyi, standing beside her, asked curiously, "Sister, what are you thinking about?"

“I’m wondering who sprinkled that snake repellent powder just now. If it weren’t for that person’s reminder and help, we probably would have suffered even greater losses,” Ye Wanxi said.

"Could it be that strange man at the very back of the convoy?" Xiao Qi was very quick-witted; the man at the very back of the convoy was the strangest one.

"Hmm, that's possible, but this is... never mind, just tell everyone in the convoy to be careful, stay alert, and not drive too fast!" Ye Wanxi was actually more curious about how they managed to spread the powder all over their entire convoy. Dao Yuan realm cultivators don't have such methods, do they? Could they be hiding their strength?

Regardless, if she has the chance later, she wants to test that strange scarred man. If she doesn't know more about him, she won't feel at ease. She has to be responsible for the many Ye family members in the convoy.

The convoy made frequent stops and starts, but having learned from the previous experience, and with Ye Wanxi's reminders and instructions, the convoy did not encounter any dangers on its subsequent journey.

However, sometimes things don't go as planned; what you don't want to happen, happens.

"Roar!"

A sharp roar echoed from both sides of the forest, as if calling out to something.

This time, dark figures darted swiftly through the woods on both sides. Lin Ran, who was behind the convoy, looked at the figures moving through the forest with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

Those dark shadows were actually agile and extremely fast white apes with sharp claws. Their long and sharp claws were the most powerful weapons of these monsters.

"One of them even has the strength of the Dao Yuan Realm. When did this road become so dangerous?" Lin Ran also felt a bit strange. These dozen or so white apes with sharp claws were basically all at the Dao Realm, and the leader's ape was even at the Dao Yuan Realm. What happened in the Southern Wilderness Mountains?

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Chapter 55 Who Can Withstand This Test?

"It's a Clawed White Ape! Everyone be careful!" When Hun Sen recognized it as a Clawed White Ape, his face turned extremely ugly. This kind of monster was very annoying, like a stubborn pest that you can't get rid of. Once it sets its sights on you, it will keep harassing you with its amazing speed and then strike when you are at your weakest.

"call out!"

A rock the size of a fist flew out of the forest and slammed into the horses of the convoy ahead. The horses cried out in pain, thrashing about wildly and completely out of control. The supplies on the vehicles also shook violently on the road, and a lot of the supplies fell off.

One stone after another came flying from both sides of the forest, throwing the caravan into chaos. The Ye family's carriage in the middle was also hit by stones from both sides, one of which even crashed into the carriage and hit the maid Xiaoqi on the head, causing her to bleed profusely from the back of her head.

Ye Wanxi reacted quickly, immediately telling Ye Qingyi to lower herself so she could quickly take out some healing medicine and give Xiao Qi an emergency bandage.

After a series of long-range stone-throwing attacks, the white apes brandished their sharp claws and charged at the people in the slowed-down caravan, and a fierce battle was about to break out.

While Lin Ran was idly fishing, he was also observing Lin Chong and his group.

To be honest, this team was really subpar. Their command was chaotic, and everyone was basically fighting on their own. They didn't know how to deal with the clawed white apes. The mercenaries they recruited did have some fighting ability, but due to coordination problems, they were also being pushed back by the clawed white apes' attacks.

These clawed white apes are very clever. They'll come over and hit you a few times, then slip away. If they see a weakness in your teammate, they'll immediately attack that teammate. They coordinate very well.

"Brother, please help me out!"

One of the mercenaries closest to Lin Ran used his double axes to firmly wed the claws of the white ape, hoping that Lin Ran could come quickly to help kill the monster.

Lin Ran didn't hesitate either. She quickly picked up a steel longsword and swiftly and accurately pierced the head of the white ape with its claws.

This relieved the mercenary, who patted Lin Ran on the shoulder and said, "Thanks, brother. I'll treat you to a drink sometime!"

"Whether we drink or not is another matter. Let's deal with those clawed white apes first!" Lin Ran said coldly, raising his longsword and heading towards the other clawed white apes, while also keeping his attention on his son Lin Chong.

At this moment, Lin Chong had successfully killed a white ape with sharp claws that had attacked the carriage. He leaned against the carriage curtain, panting heavily. He had just expended a lot of his fighting spirit to kill this white ape with sharp claws that was far stronger than him.

Just then, a delicate fragrance wafted over, and Lin Chong happened to turn his head and saw Ye Wanxi peeking out from the carriage. Ye Wanxi looked at Lin Chong with concern and said, "Young Master Lin... are you alright?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I've used up a lot of energy!" Lin Chong shook his head and was about to pick up his sword to help the others in the team when Ye Wanxi stopped him.

Ye Wanxi took out several bottles of spiritual herbs and handed them to Lin Chong, saying, "These are some pills that I refined myself to restore your battle qi. Take them first before you go help!"

"it is good!"

Lin Chong nodded, took the elixir, and devoured the entire small bottle like candy. Ye Wanxi was dumbfounded, and after a moment of stunned silence, she hurriedly said, "Young Master, you can't take these elixirs that restore your fighting spirit like this. Otherwise, the sudden surge of fighting spirit will burst your meridians and cause you serious internal injuries."

"It's okay, I'm tough!"

Lin Chong casually said, "Don't pick up your longsword, go help the mercenaries at the front of the caravan."

Lin Ran also noticed Xiao Chong's situation, but speaking of which, it seems that it might not be so easy to kill him. The amount of battle qi that Xiao Chong's Taiqing Spirit Body can contain far exceeds that of others of the same level, and the quality is also very high. Is this what is called bloodline? He really did give Xiao Chong a good mother.

Lin Ran wondered how that silly Mu Qiqin was doing. She probably separated her spirit body and gave it to Lin Chong. She would be punished to death by the clan this time. But where was the Spirit Clan? Lin Ran couldn't help but think wildly.

After a fierce battle, their convoy finally managed to kill all of the dozen or so white apes with sharp claws, but at a great cost, with many casualties.

However, they could not linger in the forest road and had to leave as soon as possible. Before the convoy set off again, Ye Wanxi distributed a lot of healing medicines to everyone. When she gave some to Lin Ran, Ye Wanxi chatted with her for a few more minutes.

Lin Ran naturally knew that Ye Wanxi wanted to test him, but this girl's skills were still too shallow. Lin Ran dismissed her with a few words. Anyway, he had just contributed a lot in the battle. Without his command and the secret attacks on the Dao Yuan Realm White Claw Ape, Hong Sen's injuries would probably be more serious.

Having been attacked by two waves of monsters, and with the vehicles damaged to varying degrees, the convoy's progress slowed considerably. Fortunately, there were not many more monster attacks afterward. The convoy, now frightened, drove out of the strange forest and, instead of continuing towards Nanshan Pass at night, found a relatively safe place to camp.

There is still a long stretch of desert and Gobi before you reach Nanshan Pass. After passing through this area, you will arrive at Nanshan Pass.

But before, it was far from dangerous; it was a desolate desert, and recently, there had been frequent, inexplicable sandstorms and all sorts of strange monsters, both in the sky and on the ground. Many people had fallen victim to these monsters and were brutally killed.

Knowing this information, Ye Wanxi decided not to take the risk of entering this strange desert at night. Instead, she had the convoy camp in a canyon cave not far from the desert, where they could also be sheltered from the wind and sand.

Moreover, having learned from today's painful lesson, the convoy members know that animal repellent powder is still very important in the wild, so they deliberately sprinkled it around their encampment.

Night enveloped the vast desert, and the bright moon hung high in the sky, casting its cool light upon the barren landscape, making it appear extremely desolate.

The desert is sparsely populated, but fortunately, the caravan had a relatively large number of people. They camped inside the cave entrance, lit a campfire, and filled the air with lively chatter, which somewhat alleviated the cold and desolate atmosphere of the desert.

"Come on, brother, let me toast you. If it weren't for you, I might be dead today!" A thin man with a full beard put his arm around Lin Ran's shoulder and said enthusiastically.

Lin Ran raised her wine jug and clinked her cup with the man's, making a crisp sound. The two drank heartily, the fiery sensation rising from their stomachs and spreading throughout their bodies, which chased away some of the desert chill.

"Come on, let me toast you too. Without your reminder, I might be hanging there with this sleazy guy today." A rather short and slightly fat man walked over, holding a wine jug.

The thin man who spoke cursed, "What kind of pervert are you? Watch your mouth, you little fatso."

"What little fatso? You want to fight, huh? You pervert!" The man called "little fatso" also got angry and retorted angrily.

Seeing the two suddenly start arguing, Lin Ran looked at the man next to her who seemed more composed and had a scholarly air about him, and asked, "Do they do this every day?"