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

Your son Lin Chong must have had some good fortune to produce such high-grade pills, pills that can boost the strength of those in the Spirit Pill Realm and Nirvana Realm, even to the point of madness, and there are quite a few of them.

Moreover, the fact that your son was able to bring out an item that pleased that alchemist is quite remarkable. Although we don't know what it is, what the alchemist wanted to find through the auction must not be a simple thing. The fact that your son has it is also quite extraordinary.

"If our bartering hadn't been kept completely secret, we might have even committed murder and robbery if we'd known your son had so many treasures."

"Hahaha, he truly is my son!" Lin Ran couldn't help but laugh.

Even though his son had deviated from his original path, his son's great fortune still made him envious. He hoped that with the Chaos Pill and the Wisdom Tree Spring, his son could go further and grow into a strong person faster.

As for murder and robbery, he wasn't too worried. Lin Ran appreciated his son's cautiousness, especially since the boy would be going to the academy to cultivate. As long as he acted carefully there, there shouldn't be any problems.

Lin Ran suddenly remembered what happened that day, looked at Li Yuhan, and asked cautiously, "What happened that day? How was it handled afterwards?"

"What else can be done?" Li Yuhan raised her head, slammed the teacup on the table, and sighed softly, "My mother has already locked her up in the highest-security prison and is keeping her under strict guard."

This incident has caused quite a stir, and it even involves the Demon Artifact Sect, with whom we have a deep-seated grudge. This makes it even more complicated. Our Royal Guard has actually been secretly infiltrated by the Demon Artifact Sect. This is even more terrifying…”

After saying that, Li Yuhan glanced at Lin Ran, lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "Why didn't you ask me about my father, Wu Chou?"

Several days had passed since the last incident, and Li Yuhan was ready to tell Lin Ran everything, but Lin Ran hadn't asked. This made her both happy and scared, her feelings as complicated as a tangled rope, which only became more chaotic and solid the more she tried to untangle it.

……

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Yuhan's Reward

Lin Ran hadn't expected Li Yuhan to hold a grudge about this matter. In his opinion, asking about such a thing was like reopening old wounds. Although he was very curious, he suppressed his curiosity.

After a moment of silence, Lin Ran slowly said, "If you're willing to talk about it, I'm willing to listen. If you don't want to talk about it, I won't force you. Everyone has a painful past!"

Even Lin Ran himself has an embarrassing past, both in his previous world and here.

It takes immense courage to reopen wounds that have already healed in one's heart.

Li Yuhan took a few deep breaths, then stood up, raised her fair neck, and took a few big gulps of wine. A charming blush rose on her fair and beautiful face, as if she wanted to use the wine to embolden herself.

After doing all this, he plopped down on the recliner next to Lin Ran, let out a hiccup, his eyes slightly glazed, and reminisced about the past, saying:

"My mother once held a martial arts contest to find a husband, and Wu Chou stood out from it and then passed many tests by my mother."

I finally accepted Wu Chou, but my mother was a very controlling and shrewish woman. Basically, Wu Chou was always suppressed by my mother, and she completely dominated in terms of sex. After she became pregnant, she forbade Wu Chou from touching her.

The consequences of constantly suppressing a man like this are quite easy to predict.

At this point, Li Yuhan sighed softly, clearly speechless at what she was about to say, and said, "So under these circumstances, Wu Chou touched other women. If he touched prostitutes or other women outside, as long as he didn't make a big deal out of it, it wouldn't be a big deal."

At most, her mother wouldn't let her touch him, and gradually distanced herself from that guy, but Wu Chou just couldn't control that thing. You saw it that day too, this man has gone so mad that he even wanted to sleep with his own daughter... He's always been incredibly audacious, even sleeping with the current emperor's concubines..."

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

Lin Ran was so shocked that she exclaimed, "I never expected this to be such a huge scandal! He slept with the emperor's concubines! Is this a fantasy world version of Lao Ai?!"

Li Yuhan was clearly speechless as well, and continued, "It's fine if they went to bed with her, but those concubines in the harem hadn't been favored by anyone for many years, and besides, my mother actually lived in the palace at that time."

Besides the emperor, Wu Chou was the only man in the harem. Over time, he started having affairs with the concubines. And that wasn't all; they went further and further, until several concubines were caught by the emperor in bed with Wu Chou.

The emperor was furious and had all the concubines killed. Wu Chou was originally going to be killed, but his mother pleaded for him and spared his life. So he was only thrown into prison and tortured in every way possible. Later, he was released at a later time and allowed to run as far away as possible.

But this guy held a grudge and after escaping, he joined the Demon Artifact Sect, where he committed all sorts of evil deeds within the Li Dynasty. This time, he caused an even bigger mess and is now being interrogated in prison by his mother and others.

So, what do you think? Having a father like this, don't you think I...?

Li Yuhan still didn't have much courage to say what she was going to say next. She was afraid that Lin Ran would really think she was a lowly woman with a lowly father and doing lowly things.

From their first meeting, she kept seducing Lin Ran, even desperately hoping to keep him by using her innocence and asking him to help her break off the engagement. Now, when she thinks back to that first meeting, she just wants to crawl into a hole and disappear.

The time Lin Ran took the initiative to kiss her afterwards made her even more confused. She had originally thought that she would just give herself to him, since she had given her body to him anyway, and Lin Ran had helped a lot in breaking off the engagement. The atmosphere that was about to take things further was interrupted by her own behavior at that time.

But afterwards, she couldn't help but worry about Lin Ran and want to know what was going on with him. The great battle in Linshan City had left her on tenterhooks. She wanted to see Lin Ran more often and be closer to him, but her heart was filled with complex emotions. She always said all sorts of risqué things, making Lin Ran think she was bold and fiery, but her actions...

She herself didn't understand what she wanted to do, or what she wanted in return.

Seeing Li Yuhan looking downcast with her head hanging low, Lin Ran couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke Li Yuhan's head, saying softly, "Your father is your father, and you are you. You are both independent individuals. I will not deny you as a person because of your father."

The Li Yuhan I know is a woman with great business acumen, a very resilient personality, a wide social circle, and speaks eloquently in public while showing genuine feelings to her friends.

Some people might say you're a promiscuous woman, or a shameless woman, but don't take those words to heart. I don't care what others think, but I, Lin Ran, think Li Yuhan is a smart, lovely, and strong woman.

On the contrary, I'm not good enough for you. I'm not a good person either…”

Lin Ran's words came from the bottom of his heart. Only after getting to know Li Yuhan could he truly understand her. She was indeed a good girl, and Lin Ran himself felt somewhat unworthy of such an outstanding and beautiful girl.

Hearing Lin Ran's earlier words, Li Yuhan's low spirits vanished, and a bright smile appeared on her face. However, when she heard Lin Ran's last words, she became a little angry and said angrily, "What makes you unworthy of me? Before I met you, I was just an ordinary person."

Although I hold a small position, I can't even control my own marriage. If it weren't for you, I might have married someone I didn't love and become someone else's plaything.

"Lin Ran, you just wait and see!" Li Yuhan stood up, looking down at Lin Ran, and said in a strong voice, "You are the best man in the world. I'm going to stick with you for the rest of my life, you know? I don't want any titles, I just want you to have me in your heart, okay?!"

Li Yuhan practically used all the oxygen in her lungs to shout out the last "Can I?" After she finished, her pretty face was burning hot, but she didn't hear Lin Ran's voice for a long time, and the disappointment in her heart couldn't help but surge up again.

Just as tears were about to spill from the corners of her eyes, she was embraced in a warm and broad embrace. The voice, as warm and mellow as hot tea, and the breath she exhaled made her whole body go limp and melt.

"Why are you so silly, always coming towards me? Don't you know I can't control myself? I'm a lecherous old man!"

Hearing Lin Ran's voice, Li Yuhan suddenly mustered her courage, grabbed Lin Ran's collar, brought her face close, and said in a commanding tone, "Kiss me!"

"I just ate something, will it still smell?"

"You look down on me, don't you?"

"No, not at all!" Lin Ran obediently leaned over and kissed Li Yuhan's moist lips.

But Li Yuhan was very unhappy with Lin Ran's perfunctory attitude and said angrily, "Stick out your tongue!"

"Is it that exciting? I'm a pig, I'm afraid I'll get swollen from sucking!" Lin Ran joked.

"So much nonsense!"

Li Yuhan angrily bit Lin Ran's lip and offered her little tongue.

In this quiet study, so quiet that the two could feel their own heartbeats and hear the strange sounds of their contact, they were both immersed in it, as if they were melting into it.

"Come with me!"

Li Yuhan suddenly parted her lips, the crystalline thread stretching and then breaking. Li Yuhan took Lin Ran's hand and led her to a small room inside the study, where there was a small bed where Li Yuhan would rest after working hard.

She asked Lin Ran to sit on the bed while she went out, which puzzled Lin Ran. She became even more curious when she saw Li Yuhan bring in some ice and hot water.

Li Yuhan sat next to Lin Ran, nibbled on Lin Ran's ear, and said seductively, "Leave the rest to me. Relax, you'll definitely like this reward!"

Lin Ran recalled the reward Li Yuhan had mentioned to him, which made him look forward to it. In fact, the reward was no ordinary one. Even Lin Ran had never had such an exciting experience before. If it weren't for this feeling, this experience, which was indescribable in words, he would have written several chapters about it.

After a long while, Li Yuhan mumbled something, then took a glass of water from the bedside and rinsed her mouth, with a trace of milk still on the corner of her lips.

After rinsing her mouth, Li Yuhan couldn't help but hug Lin Ran again, lying on Lin Ran's chest and smiling sweetly: "How is it? Do you like it? I learned this from a book, but because of the cultivation method, I can't give it to you yet... Um, when my cultivation reaches a certain level, I'll give it to you as soon as possible, hehe~"

Li Yuhan smiled like a fool, which made Lin Ran unable to resist ruffling the silly woman's head and saying, "I'm already very happy and satisfied that you've gone to this lengths for me!"

"Hmph, it's good that you know!" Li Yuhan seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but ask, "When are you leaving the Li Dynasty?"

"When?" Lin Ran was taken aback. When he saw the expectant look in Li Yuhan's eyes, he patted her head and smiled, "In a few days. I'll spend some time with you these next few days! I plan to go to Jiezhou in the Eastern Region. I made a promise to a senior, and I want to fulfill it!"

Lin Ran still remembered the request made by Hua Qianqian, the senior of Hua Sect. Since his son was going to study in Jiezhou, he could go to the five major academies in Jiezhou to find a successor who could inherit the Hua Sect's legacy. There must be many young geniuses in the five major academies. Surely there must be someone suitable to inherit the Hua Sect.

Li Yuhan didn't ask any more questions. Her eyes suddenly dimmed a little, but then she became full of energy and said arrogantly, "Since that's the case, then you'd better be prepared to be drained dry these next few days!"

"No, Yuhan~"

"It's no use refusing, hehe~"

……

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Donghua Pass and the Ji Dynasty

A week later, outside the eastern city gate of the capital Anling, under a large tree, there were two carriages, and next to the carriages were a man and a woman.

At this moment, Lin Ran took off his mask and looked at Li Yuhan, who was slightly shorter than him. With a smile, he ruffled Li Yuhan's soft black hair. Seeing Li Yuhan's downcast expression, he couldn't help but laugh and say, "It's not like I'm never coming back. Why are you looking so sad? Cheer up!"

"Pah! Don't you dare say you're never coming back!" Li Yuhan punched Lin Ran hard in the chest when she heard him say that, and said angrily, "I'm not crying. You can leave if you want. I'm already full, and I don't need a stinky man like you anymore!"

Li Yuhan waved her hand dismissively, looking like a villain, but the more she acted like that, the cuter Lin Ran found her. Recalling the scene from this morning, she couldn't help but tease, "Indeed, someone must have had enough milk this morning!"

Hearing Lin Ran's words, Li Yuhan's face flushed bright red. She stammered, unsure of what to say in rebuttal. After stammering for a while, she pointed at Lin Ran and said, "I worked so hard for so long, but wasn't it you who had the best time? You stinky man!"

"I tried my best too, hahaha!" Lin Ran deliberately stuck out her tongue and made a licking motion. If it were the old Li Yuhan, she definitely wouldn't understand, but now that she's been influenced by bad company and has become a girl with impure thoughts, she understood immediately.

"Get out of here! Get out of here!" Li Yuhan angrily waved her small fists and punched Lin Ran, cursing as she hit her.

Lin Ran let Li Yuhan hit her for a while, then suddenly hugged Li Yuhan tightly and whispered in her ear, "Alright, you little vixen, I have to go now. When I come back, if I see that you haven't washed your little bottom and are waiting for me, I'll punish you severely!"

After saying that, Lin Ran nibbled on Li Yuhan's earlobe. He knew that this was one of Li Yuhan's most sensitive spots. Sure enough, with a strange sound, Li Yuhan collapsed into Lin Ran's arms like a lump of soft mud.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Ran gave Li Yuhan's pert little bottom a few pats, feeling its roundness and elasticity. He then laughed a few times, quickly boarded one of the carriages, brandished his whip, and drove away.

Lin Ran then turned to Li Yuhan, who was still in a daze, and laughed loudly, "Goodbye! When I come back, we'll beat the drum again as a signal!"

"That bastard, where did he learn so many foul words!"

Li Yuhan rubbed her slightly sore buttocks, leaned against the carriage, and watched the carriage's shadow recede into the distance until it disappeared at the end of the road. Only then did she turn her gaze away, though she did feel a little lonely. Although that guy was annoying, she felt very happy when he was around.

Suddenly, a high-pitched eagle cry resounded through the sky. Li Yuhan couldn't help but look up and saw a huge eagle burst out of the forest, flap its wings, and soar into the azure sky.

"Soaring like an eagle in the sky?"

Li Yuhan watched this scene and couldn't help but murmur to herself.

After a while, she smiled and shook her head, boarded the carriage, and drove it back into the city. After traveling for a while, she couldn't help but look back at the direction Lin Ran had gone, silently wishing him well: "I hope you can also soar through the sky like an eagle. If you come back next time without undergoing a nirvana, no, without transforming into a dragon, you'll be utterly humiliated!"

"drive!"

Li Yuhan brandished her long whip, spurring it on the horse, increasing the carriage's speed and raising a cloud of dust...

……

To reach Gyeju, one must first go to Donghwa Pass, a key eastern border town of the Joseon Dynasty.

At Donghua Pass, one can ride a long-distance flying demon beast, and Lin Ran intends to ride that flying demon beast to the border of Liezhou, where the largest dynasty in Liezhou, the Ji Dynasty, resides.

The flying monsters at Donghua Pass were also deployed here by the merchant guilds of the Ji Dynasty, specifically to serve those traveling to Jiezhou, or rather, those traveling to the Five Great Academies.

This speaks volumes about the power of the Ji Dynasty. Not only did it establish good relations with the five great academies, but it also possessed a space tunnel leading to Jiezhou. Every year, it earned a huge profit from this space tunnel. Furthermore, it cleverly deployed flying monsters throughout the province, providing a one-stop service. It even offered discounts to students from the five great academies who wanted to travel there, thus attracting many students from the five great academies to join the dynasty.

This is why the Suoji Dynasty is the largest dynasty in Liezhou. It may not be the strongest, but it is definitely one of the top powers in Liezhou.