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

Lin Ran walked out quickly and entered another hall. Lin Ran immediately noticed the wet figure in white standing in the hall.

Meng Qing seemed to hear footsteps coming from behind him. He turned around and saw Lin Ran's figure. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes and he said, "How did you break through the door of life and death outside and get in?"

"I wanted to see an expression of surprise on your face, but you were so calm. I'm a little disappointed!" Lin Ran thought that Meng Qing's expression would fluctuate when he saw him catching up so quickly, but in the end, he still had that calm and indifferent expression.

"If you want me to be surprised, I can smile and pretend to be surprised!" Meng Qing smiled very stiffly, and then continued to ask: "How did you pass the Gate of Life and Death?"

For Meng Qing, she was not surprised that Lin Ran caught up with her. She would not believe that he had not done anything to her, so she wanted to know how he passed the gate of life and death.

Lin Ran felt that Meng Qing was a very funny woman and that she could tell more jokes to help reduce the greenhouse effect.

Pointing at Meng Qing's soaking wet body, he said, "You have disheveled hair and are soaked in water. I can follow your footprints... Hmm? It seems that you have also been injured by those water ghosts and vicious fish..."

Lin Ran noticed that there were many hideous wounds on Meng Qing's body, some of which were bleeding. It was amazing that this woman could stand here so calmly.

After hearing Lin Ran's words, Meng Qing noticed his appearance, nodded, and said, "So that's how it is. You've saved your life. Of the gates of life and death, only one is correct. The other doors are death doors. If you enter, you will be trapped inside. The patterns on the wall and the ground are puzzles. I thought you solved the puzzle and came in."

“It’s really dangerous!”

Lin Ran couldn't help but sigh. If he was the only one who came in, he probably wouldn't know how he died. He would probably wander around outside for a long time and finally return empty-handed.

The hall they were in now was much smaller than the previous one. It also had several passages, but they were all closed by heavy stone doors. In the middle was a large bronze door, and what Meng Qing had been looking at was a black stone tablet with ancient characters on it.

Lin Ran took a few bottles of healing elixirs and walked to Meng Qing's side. He looked at the stone tablet and stuffed the healing elixirs into Meng Qing's hand. He looked around and said, "This stone tablet is full of ancient characters. Can you understand it?"

"You watch it yourself, I'll go heal my wounds!"

Meng Qing walked to the corner and used the elixir that Lin Ran had just given her to heal her wounds, which made her understand this smiling tiger a little better in her heart.

Lin Ran looked at the black stone tablet in front of him. It was much taller than others, but he could not recognize many of the ancient characters on it. His knowledge reserve was indeed considered illiterate in this fantasy world. He had a wife who was very knowledgeable but ran away. If she was still there, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to decipher the ancient ruins?

Since he didn't know how to do it anyway, Lin Ran went to the stone doors again, including the bronze door, to see if he could push it.

But as soon as his hand touched the stone door, a strong energy wave erupted and directly bounced his hand away.

"Those stone doors and the bronze door have very strong energy protection. Although a lot of energy has been lost over the years, it is still at the level of Nirvana. It is a waste of time to crack them with brute force. We must solve the puzzle or use clever tricks to crack the mechanism set on the stone door." Meng Qing, who was healing his injuries, couldn't help but say when he saw Lin Ran's actions.

Meng Qing's words made Lin Ran understand all of a sudden that when the ruins appeared in the original book, there was very little energy left. This was equivalent to reducing the difficulty by several levels. But now he had to find the martial arts book for Lin Chong in advance, which made it difficult. Or maybe he thought too simply.

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PS: I have revised Chapter 25 and it should have passed the review. You can refresh it and have a look. Some of the problems mentioned will be gradually improved, and there will be explanations in the following chapters, so don’t worry.

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Chapter 28 The Secret of the Stone Chamber

Lin Ran did not find anything else in this hall, but this hall gave people a feeling of oppression, very much like the feeling of oppression given by a strong person, as if the residual power of the Qingling Sword Saint still shrouded this place.

"She is worthy of being a powerful ancient figure. Her might is still there. I wonder if the Qingling Sword Saint in his prime could flatten mountains and seas with one sword." Lin Ran sighed, remembering that his clothes were still wet. After drying them with his spiritual power, he sat not far from Meng Qing, waiting for this woman to heal his wounds. Now, the solution to the mystery of the hall depends entirely on this woman.

It's obvious that this woman is a talent who has received higher education in the fantasy world. Although no one knows what force she comes from, she is from the Central Region's Xinzhou. What's more, the martial arts this woman practices are the same as his. This is definitely not simple. Could it really be Shangguan Mengqing?

But isn't Shangguan Mengqing's temperament and appearance stunning? The one in front of him is ordinary, and Shangguan Mengqing didn't come out to experience so early, right?

The original plot that he knew now could only be used for reference at most. There were too many things that could not be solved by foreknowledge, just like this ancient relic. If he had not met Meng Qing, even if he found it, he would probably only be able to stare blankly.

Meng Qing quickly treated his injuries, ignored Lin Ran, changed his clothes, and continued to sit in front of the black stone tablet to decipher the words on it.

"What does it say?" Lin Ran moved closer to Meng Qing and asked.

Meng Qing raised his head and glanced at Lin Ran. After a long silence, he said, "This Qingling Sword Tomb is used by the Qingling Sword Saint to select his successor. The gate of life and death outside is only the first test.

There are a total of six stone doors and one bronze door here, but those stone doors are not tests, but rewards. Whether you can get them depends on whether you have the strength to open the doors.

The bronze gate in the middle leads to the next trial site, but you need to be strong enough to open it."

"You know so much about these things, you must be able to unlock those stone doors, right? How about we cooperate?" To show his sincerity, Lin Ran showed a bright smile on his face, letting the other party feel his sincerity and kindness.

"Oh, cooperation?" Meng Qing exhaled twice, looked at Lin Ran calmly and said, "Is it the kind of fair cooperation where you have 99% and I have only a little left?"

"Hey, what Miss Meng Qing said makes me, Jiang, seem too harsh. How about this, we split it 70% to 30%, I get 70% and you get 30%. I should have the right of first choice. How about that?" This time, Lin Ran did not make it as exaggerated as 99%. It was really embarrassing that other people put in a lot of effort but only got such a small amount.

"Mr. Jiang is very generous this time, but I need spirit stones to unlock the stone door. I wonder if Mr. Jiang can support me?" Meng Qing bowed to Lin Ran and put some emphasis on the word "generous", obviously mocking him.

Lin Ran was as thick-skinned as a city wall, and he didn't care about being ridiculed. He took a few bags of spirit stones and stuffed them into Meng Qing's hand. He pointed to a stone door and said, "Thank you for your help, Miss Meng Qing. Don't worry about your work. I will definitely give you enough spirit stones!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Meng Qing took the spirit stone and walked straight to a stone door on the left. Lin Ran followed behind to see how Meng Qing would operate.

Standing in front of the stone gate, Meng Qing looked at it carefully for a while, then raised his fair and slender hand. The green spiritual power condensed in his palm, turning into a green energy beam that shot into the stone gate. He closed his eyes, as if he was controlling the spiritual power to attack the inside of the stone gate.

Lin Ran thought about it but decided not to ask and disturb Meng Qing. However, Meng Qing was doing two things at once and explained to Lin Ran: "These stone doors are sealed with spiritual formations with sealing effects. Fortunately, the erosion of time has weakened the seals of the stone doors. Otherwise, with my cultivation level, how can I try to remove this sealing formation?"

After about ten minutes, the stone door in front of him suddenly shook, and then slowly opened with a rumbling sound.

After the stone door opened, Lin Ran did not rush in. He felt a very strong chill coming towards him. He stepped aside and pulled Meng Qing behind him.

"After opening the stone door, be careful. If there is any danger, you might die." Lin Ran couldn't help but remind him. He immediately dodged the strong cold air that came at him just now, but when he saw Meng Qing still standing there, he was scared to death. This academic master cannot be gone. What should he do without his homework?

Meng Qing glanced at Lin Ran out of the corner of his eye and remained silent.

After seeing that there was no danger, Lin Ran found a large luminous stone and pulled Meng Qing carefully inside. They entered the stone chamber, which was as big as a basketball court. There were tables made of ice-blue jade, and the concave surfaces were filled with neatly arranged white jade bottles. The stone chamber was actually filled with all kinds of elixirs.

"Oh my God, they are all elixirs, won't this make me rich?" Lin Ran was almost dazzled when he saw the neatly arranged rows of white jade bottles. If he moved them all away, he could even become an emperor by taking elixirs.

Seeing Lin Ran drooling, Meng Qing reminded him, "Most of the pills here are probably going to be scrapped. If you don't believe me, just pick up a bottle and have a look!"

"No way?" Lin Ran stuffed the luminous stone in his hand into Meng Qing's hand, hurriedly walked to the nearest platform, casually picked up a bottle of pills and poured it into the palm of his hand. What came out was a round and full pill. Before Lin Ran could feel happy, the pill quickly became rough and full of holes.

In just a few seconds, the pill became a useless pill. The medicinal power of the pill had been completely lost and it was useless.

“Will they all be like this?”

Lin Ran quickly picked up several bottles of pills next to him and poured them out. Just like the first bottle, they were also useless as soon as they were taken out. This made Lin Ran a little bit amused and helpless. As expected, there is no free lunch in the sky. But could all the pills in this stone room be useless?

Lin Ran, who didn't believe in evil, rushed to the other pills. He didn't believe that all the pills in this stone room were wasted.

Meng Qing, who was standing at the door, looked at Lin Ran who was already drunk, with a smile in her eyes. She quite liked to see this little thief get humiliated. Walking to the tables made of ice-blue jade, Meng Qing gently stroked the tables that emitted white cold air. The icy touch fed back to her, and it seemed to have a refreshing feeling. The most important thing was that the spiritual power in her body became a little more active when it touched the tables.

This is the extremely icy spiritual jade, which can be said to be the most yin and coldest thing in the world. Only in extremely cold areas can one find a small piece of it, but here it almost fills up half of the space.

This kind of spiritual jade is very suitable for her practice of martial arts. The martial arts she practices can easily lead to obsession. Sitting on this spiritual jade to practice can stabilize her mind and avoid going astray, and it can also accelerate the practice of spiritual power.

She was not in a hurry to collect these extremely icy jade tables. There were so many of them anyway. She would rather see the little thief's expression when he checked all the pills here and found that they were all useless.

Not long after, Lin Ran checked all the pills in the stone chamber. There were piles of waste pills on the ground, which was enough to prove that all the pills in the stone chamber were waste.

Lin Ran's expression was a bit like he was constipated and couldn't defecate, and he felt that his joy was in vain. He looked at Meng Qing who was standing at the door and leaning on the platform with resentment, and said helplessly: "You are right, they are indeed useless pills!"

Meng Qing joked: "Some people didn't believe me before..."

"Now I believe it, I believe it!" Lin Ran patted the medicine residue on his hands and looked at the cold spiritual jade in the stone chamber. Although he didn't know what it was, when he touched it just now, he found that these spiritual jades used to store elixirs were also good things. He couldn't help but move the spiritual jades into the space ring, glanced at Meng Qing and said, "These are the only valuable ones left. You should also move some of those platforms."

Meng Qing nodded. She didn’t move a lot. Just a few would be enough to make a bed where she could sit cross-legged and practice.

After Lin Ran emptied the stone chamber and was sure that there were no good things left, he retreated and continued to crack the next stone chamber.

The next stone chambers that were opened were still mostly scrapped. There was one that contained cultivation materials, and another that contained medicinal materials, but basically all of them were scrapped.

The only things that were not scrapped were the various stone-like materials for crafting, but there were many materials in there that even Meng Qing didn't recognize.

One of them was responsible for opening the door, and the other was responsible for sweeping the place, with a clear division of labor. When the second to last stone chamber was opened, it was still the size of a basketball court, but the difference was that the items placed on the shelves were of different colors, emitting different levels of energy fluctuations, and inside were rolls of jade scrolls.

“It looks like a stone chamber that stores martial arts or skills, but I don’t know what its level is. However, the collection of Qingling Sword Saint should not be ordinary items.

Moreover, this collection level may be the kind that not only supports viewing, but also can be used multiple times and directly instilled. "When Meng Qing saw this style, he knew that the level of this stone chamber was not simple. This can be regarded as the most useful one among so many stone chambers.

"With so many martial arts techniques, we can probably set up our own school, right?" Lin Ran was a little greedy for the treasures here. If they could be used by the Lin family, the Lin family might not become extremely prosperous, but their strength would definitely be greatly improved.

Meng Qing glanced at Lin Ran and said sarcastically, "If you take out so many treasures, I will just spread the word and you will be hunted down all the time. Forget about founding a sect. It will be a problem whether you can survive."

"Since you said that, I will also tell others that you are my wife. You have a lot of treasures on you. If we die, we will die together!" Lin Ran said shamelessly.

"I'm afraid that if you tell such news, my master will come over with a knife and chop you up. You may not even be able to run away and will go to hell." Meng Qing walked into the stone chamber, checked the energy balls, and said indifferently.

Lin Ran:…..

This woman has such a bad character!

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Chapter 29: The Last Bronze Gate (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

Lin Ran found a place with stronger energy fluctuations and tried to put his hand in, but was immediately rebounded.

Meng Qing, who was standing by, watched Lin Ran being frustrated and couldn't help but explain, "These energy balls not only protect the scrolls inside, but are also used to test whether the person who takes them meets the conditions. The conditions are different, and some people who meet the conditions can get them easily. You can take the easier ones."

"Can't brute force break it?" Lin Ran frowned. If he could only take what suited him, wouldn't he be unable to sweep them all back?

"Of course you can, it just takes time and effort, but you can also wait for me to crack it, but you have to pay for the spiritual stones needed!" Meng Qing casually reached out to a light red ball of light in front of him, used his mental power to explore it, and then threw it to Lin Ran, saying, "It's useless, you take it!"

Lin Ran took the scroll and used his mental power to explore inside. This kind of scroll is like reading an e-book. There will be an introduction at the beginning, and you can see what kind of skills or martial arts it is.

"Earth-level advanced martial arts, Flame Dragon!"

Judging from the description above, it seems to be an advanced fire-controlling martial art, manipulating flames to transform into flaming dragons to attack. How many you can control depends on your ability. It says there is no limit. In theory, it can reach the heavenly level or even saint-level martial arts.

But unfortunately, for Lin Ran, it was also a useless martial art, because he didn't practice fire-attributed exercises at all. After throwing it into the space ring, Lin Ran went to look for those light balls that had some opportunities with him, that is, those that he could get without encountering resistance.

But unfortunately, many of them are of no use to him, but their levels are not low. The lowest is earth level, and there are also heaven level ones, but not many.

Meng Qing also got a lot of martial arts, but there was none that suited his taste, so he threw them all to Lin Ran. Judging from the fact that most of the things he took out were martial arts, this should be a place to store martial arts.

"Hey, this is interesting and suitable for your practice!" Meng Qing cracked a ball of light with strong energy fluctuations. After checking the contents of the scroll, he chuckled and threw it to Lin Ran.

"What's suitable for me to practice?" After Lin Ran took the scroll, he took a look at it. This martial art was not simple after he looked into it. It was shining with golden light and had a few big words written on it: "Heaven-level advanced martial art, Heaven-swallowing Skill!"

The name is very domineering, maybe if you practice it, you will have the ability to swallow the sky, but when Lin Ran saw the introduction, his face darkened, and he threw the thing to Meng Qing, angrily saying: "I'd better give this thing to you to practice!"

"I have nothing to cut!" Meng Qing took the scroll thrown by Lin Ran with an indifferent expression. Seeing Lin Ran with a grim face looking for other light balls, he couldn't help but find it interesting.

The introduction to the Heaven-Swallowing Skill that she had just thrown over said that one had to "castrate oneself" to master this martial art. But after mastering it, one could swallow anything, including human spiritual power and the energy in human blood. It was a very evil martial art.

Meng Qing put it in the space ring, and felt that he could study some of the ideas in it in the future and create a new martial art.

The two of them worked together to quickly clear out the stone chamber where the martial arts were stored. Meng Qing only took a little, but he only kept it out of curiosity for research, and most of it went into Lin Ran's bag.

After cracking the last stone chamber, it turned out to be the stone chamber where the skills were stored, as expected.

The energy light balls storing the skills here are much smaller than those in the stone chamber storing martial arts, and the sweeping speed is also much faster.

Lin Ran could see that Meng Qing must have practiced a very good martial art, otherwise he would not have looked down upon any of these collections and given them all to him. Just now, there was a high-level heavenly martial art in there, and he took a look at it and just threw it to him. Are people so rich?

If this were thrown outside, people would rush to grab it, fights would break out, and rivers of blood would flow.

The doors of all the stone chambers were opened, and the only one left was the bronze door with heavy ancient patterns on it.

"This last bronze door is more difficult to crack. I need to recover to a better condition before I can start to crack it!" While Meng Qing was speaking, he stretched out his fair and slender hand towards Lin Ran. The meaning was very clear: this job cannot be done without money!

After taking more than a dozen bags of spirit stones, Meng Qing stopped, found a place, sat cross-legged and practiced.

Lin Ran looked at Meng Qing with a painful expression as he absorbed the spiritual power from the spirit stone. There were not many of the spirit stones he had extorted left.

He himself did not have this kind of hard currency from the mainland, and he had to give it away after extorting some with great difficulty. However, he gained a lot of skills and martial arts in return. If he could get the inheritance in the end, this trip would not only make up for his losses but also bring him a great harvest.

After waiting for a long time, Meng Qing converted all the spirit stones into spiritual power, and the spiritual power in his body also became full.

Standing up and rubbing the bronze door to investigate, Meng Qing's expression became a little solemn, with his brows furrowed. After a while, he came to Lin Ran and said, "This door is more difficult than I thought. It may require more spirit stones to replenish spiritual power, and it cannot be interrupted, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted."

"Again!"

Lin Ran couldn't help but burst into tears when he thought about his property continuing to shrink. However, for the sake of the inheritance of the Green Spirit Sword Saint, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and take out all the remaining things. Looking at the spiritual stones piled up like a small mountain on the ground, Lin Ran smiled bitterly and said, "All the things I took from you are here. They are really gone!"

"Maybe it's not enough here. Don't you have spirit stones yourself?" Meng Qing was a little confused. How could anyone not have this kind of hard currency on the continent?

Isn’t this equivalent to going out without a wallet or even a mobile phone to make mobile payments?

Lin Ran also understood this truth, but the reality was cruel. The Lin family had made a lot of money over the years, but that was gold coins. Spirit stones were a harder currency than gold coins, and mainstream transactions on the mainland also used spirit stones.

The mainstream international currency in reality is the knife, and what he earns is RMB, which can be exchanged, but it is very expensive.

The various spirit stone mines in the Li Dynasty were strictly controlled, and those spirit stones were basically supplied directly to the royal family or the three major families.

Lin Ran also asked Li Yuhan if he could use her channels to exchange the coins, but the exchange rate was quite high, so high that Lin Ran was reluctant to exchange it. In addition, if he did not need to travel around for training, the gold coins would actually be enough.

Seeing Lin Ran's expression, Meng Qing understood. She suddenly understood why Lin Ran took out all the spirit stones in her space ring when he saved her. Her spirit stones and feelings were like a mountain of gold to Lin Ran!

A smile flashed across Meng Qing's eyes. He looked at Lin Ran calmly and indifferently, then thought of a way and said, "There is another way. Can you let me use your spiritual power? If I need it, you can pass it to me!"