I'm the protagonist's dad, but the heroines want to kill me

"I didn't think..."

Lin Ran was about to speak, but the innkeeper said to himself: "I understand, brother. Wait a minute... I have some 'magic tricks' here. If you need them, I can give them to you. I guarantee you will make the girl in Chunshui Tower scream!"

Lin Ran stopped talking. He looked at the boss who squatted down and seemed to be looking for something on the counter. After a while, he found a few small bottles and stuffed them into Lin Ran's hands mysteriously.

The boss looked around and whispered, "I see you have a connection, so I'll give these to you. There's a small note with the specific instructions. Brother, sometimes you shouldn't be so stubborn. You still have to use these tips and tricks. Don't let those women get the upper hand over you!"

Lin Ran: "..."

Boss, sometimes automatic transmission has its own unique flavor!

In short, as soon as Lin Ran returned to the hotel, he took a few bottles of "Tips" in a daze and went upstairs.

The innkeeper looked at Lin Ran and couldn't help but pick up the tea that had been brewed beside him. He smelled the faint medicinal fragrance and drank a few sips. After his whole body was warm, he sighed: "This brother really has a hard life. He was drained of his body by two lousy women. He can't even have fun when he goes out to play!"

When Lin Ran reached the corner of the stairs, he almost tripped and fell down. He held onto the wall and looked downstairs again. After thinking about it, he decided to let the boss go. After all, the boss had good intentions and there was no need to use a knife.

Lin Ran walked slowly to his room. Just as he took out the key and was about to open the door, the door on his left suddenly opened. A faint yellow light spilled out from inside, illuminating the dim corridor, and Xin Zhiqing, wearing a simple dress, walked out of the room.

This surprised Lin Ran a little. He couldn't help but ask, "I remember... Isn't this Qianqian's room? Boss Xin, what are you doing..."

"No... I just felt a little bored staying in the room alone, so I went to chat with Qianqian..." Xin Zhiqing closed the door, and the corridor suddenly became dim, with only a little moonlight falling on the blurry windowsill in the corridor.

The owner of this hotel has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, but he is a bit stingy when it comes to decorating the hotel. He even doesn't want to put some luminous pearls in the corridor for lighting.

Xin Zhiqing exchanged a few words of greeting and without saying anything else, she walked past Lin Ran and prepared to go back to her room. However, a gust of wind brought a strong smell of rouge and powder into Xin Zhiqing's nostrils. She couldn't help but take a closer look at Lin Ran and noticed some small bottles in Lin Ran's hands.

The styles of these bottles were somewhat different from those of regular medicine bottles, which made Xin Zhiqing feel a little familiar. It seemed that their Guangmingtang had also sold similar ones.

When Lin Ran saw Xin Zhiqing looking at the things in his hand, he couldn't help but put the bottles into his sleeves, took out the key to open the door, glanced at Xin Zhiqing and smiled, "Good night, Boss Xin!"

"OK, good night!"

Xin Zhiqing nodded, and then saw Lin Ran close the door with a "bang". Xin Zhiqing stood in front of Lin Ran's door and stared at the wooden door. After a while, she returned to her room.

After lighting the candles in the room, Xin Zhiqing became curious about the strange-shaped bottles and couldn't help rummaging through her space ring. Her original space ring had been emptied when she dealt with the Medicine King Sect, leaving only the explosive thunder and the Medicine King Sect map.

The rest were placed in the big box. When she left Dan City, she asked Lin Ran to dig out the box and take it away. On the way, Lin Ran also returned many things to her so that she would not end up as a pauper.

While searching in the space ring, Xin Zhiqing actually found something similar. She might have labeled each batch of pills. When she found these small medicine bottles, she took a look at the labels and their functions, and her face suddenly turned red.

"Meng... Why does Mr. Mengde need to use these things!"

Xin Zhiqing exclaimed in her heart, she just smelled the strong scent of rouge and powder, she was not an inexperienced girl, although it was only a few times before her husband left, but you tell me whether she has experience or not!

With her limited experience, she had no idea where Lin Ran had gone.

"With Miss Qianqian, Mr. Mengde still goes to that kind of place, it's really..."

Xin Zhiqing couldn't quite understand. Although Miss Qianqian wasn't stunningly beautiful, she wasn't bad either. Why bother going to those brothels to listen to music?

But this is someone else's business, and it is not appropriate for her to say much. But she can remind Qianqian a little bit and let Qianqian take the initiative to grasp Mr. Meng De. She also has a manual for Qianqian to study.

Lin Ran returned to the room and found a place to put the small medicine bottles in the room, leaving them for the next person who would stay there.

While lying on the simple wooden bed, Lin Ran suddenly remembered that Fanhua had mentioned to him some time ago, asking him to come to Liusu Palace when he had time. Now that he had this opportunity, Lin Ran summoned out a smaller version of Liusu Palace, and then turned into a golden light and entered Liusu Palace.

After walking through the long corridor and arriving at the main hall of Liusu Palace, Fanhua, who was lazily sitting on the throne, couldn't help but stand up and said to Lin Ran, "Are you back from listening to music in the brothel?"

"Don't make false accusations. I was just doing business there. You saw it!"

Lin Ran has lived an upright and honest life, how could he be slandered like this!

Fanhua rolled her eyes at Lin Ran and said, "Follow me!"

Fanhua led the way and took Lin Ran to the bottom of Liusu Palace, to the place where the sword of Saint Emperor Jingyue was originally stored.

Just as Lin Ran was curious, he saw an egg quietly placed on the stone platform in the center of the ancient hall. The egg was emerald green like a gem, with mysterious patterns on the surface, and a strong vitality emanating from it. Being next to it would make people feel very comfortable and refreshed.

Lin Ran suddenly remembered that this egg was the one he exchanged for his heavenly-level skills at the large-scale auction held by Jinling Chamber of Commerce after the academy selection competition last time. He and Li Yuhan went to view the auction items privately.

"Fanhua, do you know this thing?" Lin Ran asked in a deep voice as he looked at Fanhua beside him.

Fanhua shook her head, walked to the side of the egg, and explained with a frown: "I'm not sure what this thing is. Did it make any noise when you held it?"

"I felt a sudden pain in the palm of my hand, but there was no problem when I took it away, and I vaguely heard the sound of the egg's heart beating." Lin Ran said, recalling what happened at that time.

"Can you hear the sound of a beating heart?!"

Fanhua couldn't help but feel surprised, and murmured: "Is it a monster egg? It shouldn't be. Even if there are special means, the monster egg can't be sealed until now, and it still has such vitality... What else can it be?"

Lin Ran didn't disturb Fanhua from thinking. He walked to the egg and observed it.

After he got it back, he studied it for a while, but found nothing. It seemed that apart from the terrifying vitality, the egg only had the function of refreshing the air.

"If this egg can be made into air freshener and sold, it will definitely make a fortune. It can refresh the brain and help your son pass the imperial examination!"

Lin Ran couldn't help but have such a thought in his mind, and he even felt like laughing, but the egg seemed to be able to hear Lin Ran's thoughts. Under Lin Ran's gaze, it actually shook twice, as if venting its dissatisfaction.

Lin Ran: "?"

What did he see just now? Why did this egg move by itself?

Lin Ran felt a little creepy. She pulled over Fanhua, who was almost possessed, and pointed at the egg and said, "Fanhua, did you see it moving just now?"

"Did this egg move just now?" Fanhua was stunned. She even reached out to pick up the egg, weighed it, and threw it into the air: "I didn't feel the strange feeling you mentioned. Could it be your hallucination?"

"Hallucination? Impossible, let me try!"

Lin Ran didn't believe it was an illusion. When he took the egg from Fanhua, he felt pain in both his hands. He felt as if there was a cut in the palm of his hand, and the egg was constantly sucking the blood and spiritual power in his body through the cut.

This time he couldn't let go, the egg stuck to him like psoriasis.

"Fuck, this damn thing Fanhua is sucking my blood and spiritual power too fast!" Lin Ran shouted in panic.

"let me help you!"

When Fanhua stepped forward and tried to take the egg, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't separate the egg from Lin Ran's hand.

As he absorbed more and more blood and spiritual power, Lin Ran's figure became more and more haggard. His originally tight clothes became loose and almost fell off. The exposed skin showed that Lin Ran was visibly thin and old, and his black hair was rapidly turning snow-white.

Seeing Lin Ran so weak, Fanhua was also terrified. She even used the power of Liusu Palace to separate this thing from Lin Ran, but still failed.

She could only watch Lin Ran become skinny, while the pattern on the surface of the egg became more and more dazzling and mysterious. Mysterious runes jumped out from the pattern on the surface and surrounded Lin Ran. The emerald green light illuminated the surroundings, and the extremely rich vitality gradually permeated the entire hall.

Fanhua squinted her eyes and tried to look at the strange egg. She was wondering what she was going to do, but in the green light, she saw the egg, which should have been the size of a baby, actually made a cracking sound. She could vaguely see something coming out of the egg.

At the same time, Lin Ran was about to be sucked into a skeleton, his eyelids felt so heavy that he seemed like he was going to fall down at any time.

Just when Fanhua thought that Lin Ran was about to die, the egg actually shattered completely. She saw a figure with a green light rushing towards Lin Ran.

The rich vitality in the air and the jumping green runes were quickly recovered, and then poured into Lin Ran's body, rapidly repairing Lin Ran's body.

In just a few moments, the skinny Lin Ran returned to his previous appearance, and even seemed younger than before.

Such a scene made Fanhua, who was sitting on the ground, confused.

"What exactly is going on?"

……

32. Mysterious Girl

For Lin Ran, in just a few minutes, he could be said to have walked back and forth from the gates of hell several times. If it were not for his relatively strong will holding him up, he would probably have fainted in the middle of it and would never have woken up again.

But fortunately, the changes that took place in his body made him extremely grateful for his persistence. His broken body was soaked in the extremely rich vitality, and the dried blood in his body was quickly replenished. Moreover, this new blood seemed to be more active than before. His body became more resilient and indestructible after this tempering.

What was even more surprising to Lin Ran was that when he looked inward at his heart, an important part of his body, there seemed to be a surge of emerald green light in the center of his heart, with runes flashing above it. Every beat of his heart became stronger, and the blood that was output nourished his body with abundant vitality.

It can be said that his entire person has undergone a tremendous change at this moment. The threshold to the Dragon Transformation Realm that was once unattainable for him now seems to be within reach.

Lin Ran opened his eyes. Although he had a premonition, when he saw his own flawless white hands, he seemed to see himself when he was fifteen or sixteen years old. As a genius who emerged out of nowhere in the Lin family, he was full of vigor and youthfulness.

His attention shifted from his hands to his chest, because Lin Ran saw a pair of arms as slender as lotus roots, crossed in front of his chest. He couldn't help but turn his head to the left, and saw a beautiful face entering his eyes.

It was a face that belonged to a young girl, flawlessly beautiful. Her beauty was no less than that of the teenage Lin Hongjia, or the cold Shangguan Mengqing. If I had to describe her in one word, she was like an elf, an elf in charge of life. Of course, she didn't have those pointy ears...

This face had a jade-green glow, and her hair was emerald green like a waterfall. Her eyes were as calm as an ancient well as she stared at Lin Ran. Just when Lin Ran wanted to speak, she turned into green light spots all over the sky and merged into Lin Ran's heart.

If it weren't for the strong beating of his heart and the surging vitality in his blood telling him that this was not an illusion, Lin Ran might have felt that he was in some kind of illusion and that everything he had just seen was a lie.

Lin Ran stood up and stretched himself. He turned his head and saw Fanhua slumped on the ground. He asked quickly, "Did you see the girl leaning on me just now? What was that?"

"If... I'm not mistaken, then it could be... uh..."

Fanhua thought for a long time, and finally spread her hands and said helplessly: "Okay, I have to admit that I am old. I can't tell what this is. She gives me a sense of déjà vu. Judging from your condition, it should not be a bad thing for you. So let it be!"

"So casual?"

Seeing that Fanhua had just started to display her works, Lin Ran immediately asked, "Can you at least tell me a little about the origin of this?"

"Or... ask your girlfriend Meng Qing? She must know, she has the inheritance of Saint Emperor Jingyue!" Fanhua thought of this suggestion.

But it was Lin Ran's turn to be distressed. He scratched his head and said, "I don't know if Meng Qing thinks I'm too annoying. I sent messages to her recently, but they all fell into the sea and she didn't respond to me."

"Well, do you think they are as idle as you? They also have things to do. But you are like a dog, saying good morning and good night all day long. Isn't it annoying?" Fanhua couldn't help but complain.

Lin Ran: "..."

Why do the flowers nowadays speak in such a "forest-like" way? They even learned how to use the term "suck-up". It's true that birds of a feather flock together... no, birds of a feather flock together!

People are always afraid of unknown things. Lin Ran is also quite afraid. Although it felt a bit painful at the beginning and now it is like rebirth, but if you don't get to the bottom of it and understand it clearly, you will always feel uneasy.

"Forget it, let's leave it for later. Maybe Meng Qing will be free someday!"

Lin Ran did not continue to dwell on this issue. After he came out of the Liusu Palace, he found that his body was very dirty. He had just been impacted by the huge vitality, which cleared out the few impurities in his body.

After washing, I looked at myself in the mirror. The outer layer of my skin, after being showered with cold water, had a healthy pink luster. I didn't look skinny, nor did I look rough and clumsy. The distribution of muscles and bones throughout my body was perfect and reasonable, as if it was carved by God with the most sophisticated instruments.

However, there is usually no God in the fantasy world.

"The more I look at myself, the more I look like a pretty boy. But I'm going to be the father of the emperor!" Lin Ran fiddled with things in front of the mirror, saying some nonsensical words.

After showing off for a while, he put on his shorts, fell directly on the bed, and fell asleep. As for cultivation... he would take a rest today!

……

After resting for a few days in Daofu City, Lin Ran and the other two continued to head towards Linghua City. They bought a carriage, and with Lin Ran as the driver, they smoothly entered the territory of Linghua Academy.

During the journey, Xin Zhiqing and Wen Qianyi became good friends. Both of them are alchemists and both are women. Of these two conditions, the latter is obviously more important.

After all, sometimes women's friendships are built like a winter vacation homework that is completed overnight, so fast that you can't even imagine how you did it.

Xin Zhiqing also revealed what Lin Ran did that night, but what Xin Zhiqing didn't expect was that Wen Qianyi seemed to know everything. In fact, Wen Qianyi had known that Lin Ran was going to Chunshui Tower a long time ago. It was only after Lin Ran told her that she knew that there was such a secret department in Linghua Academy.

Of course, she would not stand on the moral high ground to criticize such practices. She knew more or less about Qiu Qingzi's background and past experiences. She also knew how hard it was for Qiu Qingzi and her sister to support this academy. Someone had to do the dirty and tiring work, otherwise how could Linghua Academy have a peaceful life.

Of course, Qiu Qingzi, the vice-president of Linghua Academy, whom Wen Qianyi respected, was looking at the information that had just been passed to her.

Qiu Qingzi couldn't help laughing when she saw some of the information. She looked up at the "Iceberg" who was drinking tea over there and said jokingly, "I did what you asked me to test you. You are a middle-aged man, and you have good self-control. Your plan to sow discord will fail."

"Qiu Qingzi, don't say certain things carelessly!"

Wen Bixuan snorted coldly. How could she admit this? If she admitted it, she would be a bad sister!

Qiu Qingzi did not expose Wen Bixuan's little thoughts. She just didn't want to give the old man Lin Ran such an easy opportunity!

Isn't this simple? He directly made things difficult for Qianyi by saying that you are not strong enough to be with Qianyi, and proposed some conditions that seemed not so harsh but were difficult to complete, which could be a test without being unreasonable.

If Lin Ran gave up because of this, wouldn't that be what I wanted?

However, Qiu Qingzi knew that with Wen Bixuan's doting on her sister and her own twisted personality, she would probably not do such a thing. Even this test was done by insinuating her to do it.

After reading the scroll, Qiu Qingzi couldn't help but say, "This time, your good brother-in-law brought a fifth-level alchemist from the dangerous triangle area. He was once the leader of Guangming Hall. I don't know how they did it!"

"Fifth-level alchemist?"

Wen Bixuan automatically ignored some of the content in the conversation and paid special attention to this "fifth-level alchemist".

"Well, Guangmingtang's chief alchemist is a big force specializing in medicinal materials business in the dangerous triangle area. It seems that the Dancheng incident this time is not that simple!" Qiu Qingzi said in a deep voice.

Although it has been nearly a month since the Dancheng incident, one can still hear people discussing this incident in every street corner of Jiezhou. The hot topics are almost all around the "Dancheng auction", "the destruction of the Yaowang Sect's headquarters", and "who will get the fragments of the heart of the Wisdom God Tree".

In particular, the discussion about the destruction of the Medicine King Sect's headquarters was particularly heated. After all, the Medicine King Sect was considered to be the leading force in the Dangerous Triangle, and it was a force composed of alchemists. It was no exaggeration to say that with the alchemists' connections, they could recruit a large number of powerful people with just a wave of their hand.

Yaowang Sect usually recruits many guest elders, who are actually thugs, and a considerable number of these thugs are in Dancheng. Even so, Yaowang Sect’s hometown was robbed. It is said that all the contents in the warehouse were moved away and then it was blown up.

Now the Yaowang Sect is targeting the Shengqiong Academy like crazy, because Shengqiong Academy is the only suspect. The two sides even fought in Dan City, and countless people died. In the end, no one knew what agreement they reached before they calmed down.

But these major events are enough to become the topic of conversation for many people in Jiezhou after dinner.

"As long as they come back safely, as for the fifth-rank alchemist, if there is no problem, you should do your best to recruit him!" Wen Bixuan said calmly.