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

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Chapter 104 The Location of the Inner Courtyard

In a spacious open area of ​​Linghua Academy, Lin Ran, Wen Qianyi, and many other academy elders were gathered. Lin Ran was talking with Wen Qianyi and asked curiously, "You've made the location of the inner courtyard so mysterious. Is there some kind of treasure inside that can accelerate cultivation?"

The group of academy elders were all taken aback when they heard Lin Ran's words.

Wen Qianyi looked at Lin Ran in surprise and asked, "Senior Lin, how did you know?"

"Ah, there really is! I guessed it. How so? Can I also use that to cultivate?" Lin Ran didn't expect that her guess was right, and quickly asked.

If there were any good things that could help him cultivate, his progress in the Nirvana Realm would be much faster. At worst, he would suffer more hardships, but he could handle it!

Seeing Lin Ran's eagerness, one of the gentle and beautiful women in a blue dress advised, "Vice Dean Lin, if you knew the dangers of that thing, you wouldn't be thinking of using it for cultivation. In the past, when Linghua Academy had many powerful individuals, they were all cultivated using that thing, but later..."

"Isn't it?"

Seeing that all the elders had serious expressions and were advising her not to touch that thing, Lin Ran became a little scared.

Looking at Wen Qianyi, he cautiously asked, "Is that thing really that terrifying?"

Wen Qianyi smiled and said, "You'll see when I take you inside, Senior Lin!"

Lin Ran's curiosity was piqued, and he was itching to know immediately, but the students were also arriving one after another, and he had to start fulfilling his duties as the vice dean.

In each inner court selection competition, only the top fifty students can enter the inner court. When fifty students gathered on the field and none of them were absent, Lin Ran stepped forward, gave a motivational speech, and then handed the rest over to Wen Qianyi.

Wen Qianyi picked up the jade flute and began to play a melodious tune. Soon, two dark shadows appeared in the azure sky and flew towards them. After a while, the shadows gradually grew larger. They were two huge flying demonic beasts, and they were even combat-type demonic beasts.

When Wen Qianyi saw the flying monsters flying over, she waved her hand, and the monsters immediately circled and landed in an open space on the ground. Lin Ran glanced around and saw that there were people riding on the flying monsters.

"Alright, students, let's go up in batches!" Wen Qianyi said with a smile, pointing at the two flying monsters.

Hearing Wen Qianyi's words, the students on the open ground all went up one after another. There were seats on the monsters, and they could sit steadily. There were no problems in the process of boarding the monsters, and the girls sat steadily on the seats.

Seeing that the students had all taken their seats, Wen Qianyi spoke a few words to the two beast tamers who were piloting the flying beast, and the flying beast flapped its huge wings and flew back into the blue sky.

Lin Ran and her group of academy leaders also took to the air, following the flying monsters. Wen Qianyi explained loudly, "Students, we will personally escort you along the way!"

The female students cheered and jumped for joy, their eyes full of curiosity. Among them, the silver-haired girl, Fu Yuemei, looked at Lin Ran, who was flying to the right of the monster and talking to Elder Wen. Lin Ran was the only male student in the entire academy at present.

There was a hint of melancholy in her eyes. Her melancholy stemmed from the fact that she had ultimately lost to Chi Sinian in the inner court selection competition, who had crushed all her opponents from the very beginning.

She didn't hate the other person; she just hated herself for not being strong enough. If she were stronger, she could have gotten first place and become the vice dean's apprentice.

In the azure sky, two enormous flying demonic beasts flapped their wings and swept towards the seemingly endless back mountain of the academy. Lin Ran and the others protected the flying formation on the left and right sides of the demonic beasts, their powerful spiritual energy faintly emerging on their bodies, blocking all the gales.

"I'm getting more and more curious about where the inner courtyard is. It's so well hidden!" Lin Ran's curiosity grew stronger as they flew for a while.

"You'll find out then, senior. By the way, senior, have you taken Chi Sinian, who came in first place in the selection competition, as your apprentice?" Wen Qianyi, who was next to Lin Ran, couldn't help but ask when she thought of this.

She was also a little curious: would the top student from the Foreign Languages ​​Department this time catch the eye of the seniors?

Lin Ran stroked her chin and said, "That child is not suitable for the inheritance I give her. I can only teach her about cultivation and combat. I haven't accepted her as a disciple, but I will teach her for a period of time."

"So that's how it is. It seems you have very high standards, senior!" Wen Qianyi said with a smile, covering her mouth.

"Where can I find it!"

Lin Ran was looking for successors according to the requirements of the Flower Sect. The conditions were really harsh. The Flower Sect's cultivation methods required the person to have an extremely strong affinity for flowers, which was also related to physical constitution, making it very difficult to find. In addition, it also required temperament. The task given by Hua Qianqian was not simple!

The journey ahead wouldn't allow Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi to chat comfortably any longer. Many high-level demonic beasts emerged, unleashing their ferocious auras. Some of the weaker ones were even frightened into shrinking back by the combined might of Lin Ran and the others, not daring to make any rash moves.

Some incredibly powerful beings, however, were not swayed by this tactic and directly attacked their group. But Lin Ran didn't even need to lift a finger; several elders skillfully unleashed their martial arts techniques, their powerful spiritual energy transforming into a formidable offensive that blasted the demonic beasts into fragments, exploding into a shower of scalding blood that rained down from the sky.

The strong stench of blood attracted more and more demonic beasts, and Lin Ran joined them, preventing these beasts from breaking through the blockade set up by the group of academy leaders.

As they flew, the air was thick with the stench of blood. Lin Ran finally understood why so many elders were needed, and why he had to be brought along. It turned out that along the way, there were quite a few high-level demonic beasts, and some rather foolish, restless Spirit Core Realm demonic beasts had also come to join the fun. They were all blasted away by Lin Ran with a single punch. This overwhelming strength caused screams and cheers from the students, who gained a deeper understanding of this new vice dean.

After flying for nearly an hour, some buildings finally appeared in the forest below, and the flying beast slowly landed.

Lin Ran then realized that what was below was actually an ordinary small town. Outside the town, a group of elders dressed in Linghua Academy training uniforms were already waiting there, including Li Qiushui, who had fought fiercely with Lin Ran.

Lin Ran and the other elders were the first to land there. When Li Qiushui saw Lin Ran, she strode up to her, looked at her with burning eyes, and said, "Lin Ran, when are you free? Let's have a passionate battle!"

Lin Ran leaned back slightly, moved her feet a little behind Wen Qianyi, and said with a stiff smile, "Elder Li, why don't you think carefully about the defeat in the last battle? That way, our next battle will be more meaningful!"

"Too!"

Li Qiushui thought about it seriously for a while before nodding and saying, "Once I find your weakness, I'll definitely make you suffer a crushing defeat next time!"

"Next time, definitely next time!"

After Li Qiushui and the others went to hand over the students, Wen Qianyi looked at Lin Ran, who seemed relieved, and couldn't help but smile and say, "If you have time, Senior, you could really spar with Elder Li. Maybe you can improve your strength even faster."

"Let's do it next time then!"

Lin Ran wiped the sweat from her forehead and watched as the students who had disembarked from the flying beasts were taken away by the elders from the inner court. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are the elders from the inner court going to do next?"

Standing to the side, Wen Qianyi also explained with a smile: "Being a student in the inner academy isn't that easy. You still have to go through the tests set by the elders of the inner academy. We elders can go directly to the inner academy now. They have to pass the tests before they can enter the inner academy."

“So cool!”

Looking at the group of students, Lin Ran felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

It's a bit like the torment I experienced during my student days, and then when I grew up and became a teacher, I started tormenting today's students. My sense of morality is a bit lacking, but when I see their smiles gradually disappear and appear on my own face, I feel a surge of joy.

Some of the outer dean elders flew back, while Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi greeted Li Qiushui and the other inner dean elders. Then, led by Wen Qianyi, Lin Ran arrived at a mountain stream.

Lin Ran could feel strong spatial fluctuations here, suggesting that there might be something like a spatial array in front of him.

Wen Qianyi took out a jade spatial token with the school emblem of Linghua Academy on it. When she took it out, Wen Qianyi explained, "This is something that only elders or teachers who teach in the inner academy can have. With this, teachers and elders can leave the inner academy at any time, while students need to get approval before they can leave the inner academy."

"You'll soon have a token too, senior, that will allow you to come and go freely!"

Next, Wen Qianyi infused the token with spiritual power and placed it in the space in front of her. Suddenly, a silver gate appeared, and waves of silver energy spread out. Inside the silver gate was a different scene; Lin Ran saw that it was actually the city gate.

"Let's go!"

Wen Qianyi went in first, and Lin Ran quickly followed.

After the two entered the silver gate, the gate slowly closed. When the last ring of silver spatial energy dissipated, the silver gate seemed to have never existed, and the place returned to being an ordinary mountain stream.

When Lin Ran was momentarily disoriented, she saw a huge city gate with an ancient plaque bearing the name of Linghua Academy. The gate was guarded by a team of guards dressed in Linghua Academy uniforms. When they saw Lin Ran and Wen Qianyi pass through the spatial gate, they quickly called out, "Greetings, elders!"

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Chapter 105 Ice Spirit Jade Lake

After Lin Ran entered the city gate, she discovered that the inner courtyard was actually built around a high mountain. The mountain was covered with dense buildings, and she could see many figures flashing and leaping between the buildings. The streets were also bustling with people, who were dressed in all kinds of clothing.

"I never imagined that the inner courtyard would be even larger and more prosperous than the outer courtyard!" Lin Ran exclaimed.

“It was even better before. Come on, senior, I'll take you to that cultivation paradise!” Wen Qianyi smiled and led the way.

Along the way, Wen Qianyi introduced Lin Ran to various aspects of the inner courtyard, including how Wen Qianyi usually stayed in the inner courtyard, but she would also frequently go to the outer courtyard and Linghua City, basically running between the two.

The inner courtyard has more and more advanced facilities than the outer courtyard, such as spirit-gathering arrays that can accelerate cultivation. The two advanced spirit-gathering arrays that Wen Qianyi and her group escorted last time were purchased together with Songling Academy. Although they lost a lot of manpower, they still managed to use the advanced spirit-gathering array in the inner courtyard, which greatly improved the students' strength.

There are no cultivation courses in this inner courtyard. Students divide up territory and compete for resources. There are arenas where students can earn credits, which can then be exchanged for martial arts techniques, cultivation methods, and precious cultivation materials. It's like a small society. However, compared to other academies, Linghua Academy's inner courtyard doesn't have much to offer. Other academies have precious cultivation grounds that can greatly improve students' cultivation speed.

Linghua Academy does exist, but it's difficult to develop it for students. If someone wanted to cultivate there, they'd probably die before their strength improved much. There simply aren't many students who can cultivate in such a place.

Lin Ran felt like he had entered a land of women, where he, as a man, was an anomaly. As he followed Wen Qianyi, he was met with many strange looks. Some bold female students even came up to him and asked who he was, and some even boldly declared their love for him, which almost scared Lin Ran.

Sure enough, when a large group of women stay together for too long, things start to go wrong. Reform of Linghua Academy is indeed urgently needed.

Fights were much more frequent in the inner courtyard than in the outer courtyard. Once someone started fighting over a disagreement, it would immediately attract a lot of onlookers. Seeing this scene, Lin Ran couldn't help but marvel.

Wen Qianyi, however, was not surprised and said, "These things are normal in the inner courtyard. If you don't spar and fight often, don't improve your strength, and don't have the courage to fight, you are destined to be bullied when you go outside."

"The inner courtyard's strength is still too weak. Are there so few people at the Spirit Transformation Realm?" Lin Ran looked around and found that there weren't many at the Spirit Transformation Realm.

This earned her a glare from Wen Qianyi, who said helplessly, "Senior, if you could see that our academy is full of people at the Spirit Transformation Realm, then our academy wouldn't need to reform. The cultivation resources in our academy are worlds apart from those of other academies. We'd be praying to the gods if we could even find someone at the Spirit Transformation Realm, let alone the Spirit Pill Realm."

But the other academies, especially the top three, have top-tier experts at the Spirit Core Realm, some at even higher levels. The gap between us is too large!

"Come on!"

Lin Ran smiled, stomped her foot, and leaped into the air, flying alongside Wen Qianyi. After traveling for more than ten minutes, a vast mountain range appeared before Lin Ran's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Wen Qianyi lowered her body and led Lin Ran into the mountains. They traveled quickly through the forest, running east and west, until finally Wen Qianyi led Lin Ran to a tightly closed stone gate.

The stone door was covered in moss, and there was a terrifying energy surging on it, indicating that there was an extremely powerful restriction here.

Wen Qianyi took out her token once again, forming a strange hand seal. The token, surging with cyan spiritual power, floated into the air, and the space in front of her rippled with silver waves. A silver door slowly opened, revealing the true appearance of the stone gate inside.

"This is truly a grand gesture! This is a more advanced application of spatial power!" Lin Ran thought to himself. He was quite worldly-wise, after all, he had a capable and wonderful wife who had shown him many amazing things.

Although there is also a spatial barrier in the inner courtyard, it is obviously not as advanced as this one. The spaces here are constantly overlapping, with imperceptible spatial folds. This is a method of using spatial power called "spatial lock," which protects this area.

Such a grand gesture is no simple feat; only someone at the Immortal Realm like Mu Shishuang could truly master the power of space.

This kind of spatial barrier requires a special token and special techniques to open, and it can also protect this cultivation treasure land very well. After all, even a Dragon Transformation Realm cultivator might not be able to break such a spatial barrier even with their full power.

This made Lin Ran even more curious about what this cultivation treasure land was, that Linghua Academy would go to such great lengths to protect it, it must be extraordinary.

"Let's go in!"

Wen Qianyi smiled at Lin Ran, took the token back into her hand, and led the way inside. After Lin Ran and the others went in, the silver spatial gate disappeared instantly.

Before Lin Ran could even react with surprise, Wen Qianyi formed a hand seal, and a beam of azure spiritual energy shot into the stone door in front of her. With a muffled thud, the stone door slowly opened to both sides, and a bone-chilling cold air rushed out, causing Lin Ran to shiver involuntarily. She rubbed her hands together and said, "Why is it suddenly so cold!"

"Senior, it will get colder and colder from here on out. Remember to activate your spiritual energy shield to protect yourself!" Wen Qianyi reminded her before leading the way through the stone gate.

Lin Ran followed behind and discovered a long staircase leading all the way down into the ground. Entering the stone gate, she could feel the bone-chilling cold even more. If it was like this here, Lin Ran couldn't even imagine what lay below.

As Wen Qianyi walked ahead, she would casually wave a flame to light the lampstands on both sides, allowing Lin Ran to clearly see the white frost appearing on the walls and steps as they went deeper.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, a slightly brighter exit appeared before Lin Ran. Wen Qianyi was standing at the exit, waving to Lin Ran. When Lin Ran came to Wen Qianyi's side, Wen Qianyi pointed to the dark and vast space and said, "Senior, please light up this place so we can see!"

"Ok?"

Lin Ran was stunned for a moment, then without further doubt, she threw a golden ball of spiritual energy into the air. The dazzling golden light illuminated the space, and Lin Ran could clearly see the scene before her. It was actually a vast, dark blue lake. The liquid in the lake was almost solidified, like a smooth mirror.

But that wasn't what surprised Lin Ran the most. What surprised her the most was that her spiritual perception returned information about an extremely terrifying amount of energy here. It was so dense that she felt that anyone with weaker strength would be burst by the extremely dense energy if they just took a breath.

"It's fucking cold here!"

Lin Ran was surprised for a moment, then was awakened by the biting cold. She quickly strengthened the spiritual energy shield and was able to resist the terrifying cold here.

Seeing Lin Ran shivering, Wen Qianyi covered her mouth and laughed, "Senior, I warned you, be careful here, this is Dark Spirit Jade Lake!"

"What the hell is Ice Spirit Jade Lake?" Lin Ran was stunned and couldn't help but ask.