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

"Well, what's wrong?" Lin Hongjia stopped and turned to look at Lin Chong. Seeing that Lin Chong didn't say anything and just stared at her, her eyes became even more strange, and she said softly: "Brother Lin Chong, what's wrong with you?"

"Ah? I... uh..." Lin Chong, who had just woken up, blushed and scratched his head awkwardly. After a while, he said, "Jia'er, do you... do you think we can still practice together and have dinner with father together in the future?"

"Of course you can, Brother Lin Chong, what are you talking about?" Lin Hongjia said softly.

"I mean... the future. I heard my father mention it before, are you going back?" Lin Chong had always wanted to ask this question in his heart, and he finally asked it today.

After hearing Lin Chong's words, Lin Hongjia stared at Lin Chong with eyes wide open. His face looked a little ugly. He pursed his rosy lips for a long time before sighing softly and saying, "My family has put pressure on me. I will go back before my coming-of-age ceremony."

When Lin Chong wanted to speak, Lin Hongjia looked at him with a serious expression and said earnestly: "Brother Lin Chong, there are some things that are not good for you to know too much now. When you become really strong, I will tell you."

"What is the real power?" Lin Chong clenched his fists, looked at Lin Hongjia with a determined look, and said, "Is it the Dragon Transformation Realm, the Immortal Realm, or the Sage Realm?"

Lin Hongjia did not answer this question. Instead, with a gentle and soft smile on his face, he stood on tiptoe and patted Lin Chong's head, saying with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's get over this topic. Don't mention these unhappy things in the future. Let's think about what to eat tonight, okay?"

Lin Chong felt a little discouraged, but he didn't show it and nodded.

Lin Hongjia walked into the yard, greeted Lin Chong, and then returned to the room. As soon as he closed the door, he couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Stinky Lin Ran, you are so hateful!"

Lin Hongjia had never expected such a thing. Lin Ran actually told Lin Chong about it. When he thought of Lin Chong's recent strange behavior and Lin Ran's sudden departure, Lin Hongjia suspected that this was planned by the father and son.

"I just treat Lin Chong as a brother, damn Lin Ran, how can I reject him?" Lin Hongjia pulled her hair in distress. She was not sure that Lin Chong liked her before, but after seeing Lin Chong's performance today, she could make a decision.

But she doesn't like Lin Chong, she likes...

"No, I have to talk to Lin Ran properly when he comes back. He has to solve the trouble he caused..." Lin Hongjia thought secretly, if it weren't for this abominable guy's love of matchmaking, would today's events have happened?

Lin Ran, who was suffering at the moment, couldn't help but sneeze a few times when he swung his sword, causing the sword energy to splash everywhere.

Meng Qing, who was watching not far away, could not help but hold his forehead with his hand and recite the mantra of meditation to avoid breaking the defense.

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Chapter 34: The First Test Failed (Please Collect)

"Forget it, let's just leave it at that. Take a break and then go in and try it later!" Meng Qing said with a straight face.

She felt that if she didn't do something ruthless, her sword practice would probably get stuck here. She might as well go in and get those puppets to practice her moves. She would be able to practice them in life-and-death situations, right?

"Shall we just go in and start fighting? But I..." Lin Ran knew that his talent and comprehension were rather worrying. He had actually been practicing very seriously, but after practicing for such a long time, his level was just barely reaching the edge of proficiency.

It is an improvement over before. Now there is damage, but not much, because he cannot control the sword energy to such a subtle degree and cannot concentrate it on one point.

Meng Qing held the Qiuyu Sword in his arms, glanced at Lin Ran, and said calmly: "Your comprehension is too poor, so I will use battle to force you to learn. Maybe it will be faster than me teaching you."

Lin Ran:......

This is a really high EQ statement. Doesn't this just mean that he is too stupid?

After almost recovering, Meng Qing walked straight towards the forest, and Lin Ran followed quickly behind him.

The moment the two men stepped into the forest, a chill came over their hearts. A black shadow suddenly flew out from a bush, aiming directly at them.

Lin Ran subconsciously gathered spiritual power in his right hand and wanted to use other martial arts, but Meng Qing saw it and couldn't help but scolded him: "Idiot, you can only use the sword here!"

If Meng Qing hadn't said it, Lin Ran would have really forgotten about it. He quickly waved the Qiuyu Sword in his hand to block the sudden attack. The powerful force was transmitted to Lin Ran through the Qiuyu Sword, causing his palm holding the sword to go numb, and his body was knocked back a few steps.

Lin Ran looked at the black shadow in front of him and was stunned. He did not expect that the puppet that Senior Sword Saint mentioned was actually a humanoid puppet made of brown wood. The fingers and even the joints were made very finely, and there were profound rune patterns on the body. When it moved, it would emit a deep blue light.

"This is a spirit puppet driven by a spirit array. The standards for defining a spirit puppet are basically determined by the materials used to make it, the spirit array technology, and the production techniques. The spirit puppet in front of us, which is at the one or two-star level of the Spirit Pill Realm, may have ordinary-looking production materials, but the spirit array technology and techniques are far beyond our current era." Meng Qing said softly.

"Then where is this guy's weakness?" As soon as Lin Ran asked this, the spirit puppet in front of him bent slightly, and the whole person rushed towards Lin Ran like a mad bull.

Lin Ran, who could only deal with the attack with swordsmanship, hastily tried to block the attack with the Qiuyu Sword, but the spirit puppet seemed to see through Lin Ran's intention, and slammed the ground with its left hand, forcibly stopping its forward movement, and kicked Lin Ran's chassis with a whip kick.

The ferocious force caused Lin Ran, who had no time to defend himself, to feel severe pain in his left leg. Lin Ran could not help but howl and his whole body lost balance.

The spirit puppet seemed to know that this was a perfect opportunity. The dark blue patterns on the surface of its body shone brightly. It clenched its wooden fist and was about to smash down at Lin Ran with a surging fist wind. At this moment, a delicate cry was heard.

"call out!"

Meng Qing appeared above the spirit puppet. The powerful green sword energy, with the momentum of trampling mountains and rivers, chopped directly at the head of the spirit puppet. The body of the spirit puppet was instantly torn into pieces by the sword energy. The "Mountain Without Ridge" still crashed into the forest with terrifying momentum, and happened to hit another spirit puppet that came to chase it. At the moment of contact, it was torn into pieces by the sword energy.

Wherever the green sword energy passed, a deep groove was plowed into the ground, like a graceful straight line, and the surface of the groove was also smooth and flat.

"Are you okay?" After dealing with the spirit puppet and being temporarily safe, Meng Qing lowered his body and looked at Lin Ran lying on the ground.

"The power of that spirit puppet is so terrifying that it broke my leg!" Lin Ran infused spiritual power into his left leg. After stabilizing the injury with the spiritual power, he stood up with the help of Meng Qing, but he could only limp when walking.

"Although those spirit puppets are powerful, their weaknesses are also very obvious. Their bodies are fragile. If we use sword energy and Autumn Rain Sword Technique, they can be destroyed in an instant." Meng Qing lowered his head and thought for a while, then said.

She observed very carefully. Those spirit puppets were powerful and had a strong sense of battle, but their bodies were very fragile. She did not use her full strength in the "Shan Wu Ling" she used just now, but she destroyed two spirit puppets in the Lingdan realm to pieces. This was enough to show that the weakness of the spirit puppets lay in their fragile bodies.

"You're right, but what if the situation is like this? How should we deal with it?" Lin Ran pointed forward. Meng Qing raised his head and looked in the direction Lin Ran pointed. In the forest, wooden spirit puppets emerged one after another like mushrooms after a rain.

"Just use the Autumn Rain Sword Technique to deal with it. You go in the front and I'll look for opportunities on the side!" Meng Qing gave orders for the tactics to deal with the enemy. Lin Ran didn't expect that his mediocre skills would have to be used to deal with the enemy head-on. He had to pick up the Autumn Rain Sword and use the defensive sword move "Waterfall Under the Moon" in the Autumn Rain Sword Technique to resist the spiritual puppet that was eager to attack.

While the spirit puppets' attention was all on Lin Ran, Meng Qing used the sinister moves in the Autumn Rain Sword Technique to send away one spirit puppet after another with the Autumn Rain Sword in his hand.

But the large number of spirit puppets made it increasingly difficult for the two to resist. Just as they dealt with one wave, another wave came up. Lin Ran himself was not very proficient in the Qiuyu sword technique, and he was full of flaws in his flustered state. When the spirit puppets found an opportunity, he was beaten up by the group of spirit puppets in an instant.

Lin Ran didn't even have a chance to resist before he was beaten unconscious by the spirit puppet. After losing Lin Ran, Meng Qing felt a sudden surge of pressure, and because his spiritual power was exhausted, he could no longer perform sword moves and was also beaten unconscious by the spirit puppet until he vomited blood.

After both of them fell into coma, the Spirit Puppet did not attack again, and the Green Spirit Sword Saint appeared in the forest and threw the two people into the pool full of vitality. After filling the pool with liquid medicine, the Green Spirit Sword Saint looked at the two embarrassed people and couldn't help shaking his head, saying softly: "Double Sword Skill, you two beat them like a split family."

Sighing quietly, the Qingling Sword Master planned to wait until they woke up before giving them some proper instructions. They had been beaten so badly at the forest entrance, and if he didn't give them more instructions, it was estimated that in a few more years, neither of them would be able to make it.

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After Lin Ran woke up, he found himself in the pool with rich vitality again. The horrific injuries on his body were completely healed, and even his strength improved a little. However, the terrible pain of being beaten by the spirit puppets made Lin Ran shudder when he recalled it.

He was looking for Meng Qing and found that Meng Qing was lying next to him, but her face was now on his thighs.

Lin Ran shook Meng Qing and shouted, "Meng Qing, wake up!"

"Hmm~" A long and lazy moan came from Meng Qing's rosy little mouth. She sat up straight and stretched. Her clothes were wet with water and stuck tightly to her skin, showing her proud and plump curves to the fullest.

Meng Qing rubbed his eyes and asked vaguely, "Where is this place?"

"We just arrived at this space!" Lin Ran had just said this when he heard the voice of the Green Spirit Sword Saint: "You two, change your clothes and come to the bamboo house to find me."

Meng Qing obviously also heard the voice. After saying something to Lin Ran, he came out of the pool and changed his clothes on his own.

After the two of them quickly changed their clothes, they came to the bamboo house below. Qingling Sword Saint sat in front of the bamboo house, looking at the two people coming side by side, and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Do you know why you failed?"

Lin Ran and Meng Qing looked at each other and said in sync: "My question!"

"You are so eager to admit your mistakes. Come on, kid, tell me your problem first!" Qingling Sword Saint pointed at Lin Ran and said.

"My talent is as stubborn as a rock. I am not proficient in swordsmanship, and I am not calm enough when facing the enemy. I am a drag on her!" Lin Ran felt that he had bigger problems in the previous attempt. Not long after he entered, he was beaten half to death by the spirit puppet. Later, he was in a panic using sword moves to defend himself, and was directly beaten out by the group.

"What about you, girl?" Qingling Sword Saint looked at Meng Qing again and asked.

As Meng Qing spoke, he glanced at Lin Ran and said calmly, "There is something wrong with what I taught."

Qingling Sword Saint said, "Alas, you two idiots, these are not the key points of the problem. Double swordsmanship requires coordination. How well do you coordinate? How much have you comprehended the mysteries of swordsmanship? You only know how to use the swordsmanship according to the board, and you are rigid and inflexible. You don't even understand the two people in the double swordsmanship, how can you pass the test?"

Lin Ran reacted quickly, and immediately bowed 90 degrees and said, "I hope Senior Sword Saint can give me some advice!"

Meng Qing on the side reacted differently from Lin Ran. She stared at the Qingling Sword Saint and asked stubbornly, "What's wrong with my swordsmanship?"

The Qingling Sword Saint glanced at Meng Qing and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "The girl who practices the Pure and Tranquil Sutra seems to be a troublemaker!"

"Bring me the sword!"

Lin Ran was very smart. He quickly handed the sword in his hand to Qingling Sword Saint. He looked at Lin Ran and the others seriously and said, "Now you will see what kind of Qiuyu Sword Skill I will perform."

"First, the first move, Shan Wu Ling, just watch!"

The Qingling Sword Saint roared angrily, and the Qiuyu Sword in his hand vibrated with a buzzing sound. The Sword Saint swung the sword using the same big opening and closing move that Shan Wuling used, but the difference from Meng Qing's performance was that the Sword Saint swung the sword with an upward thrust first and then a heavy and powerful chopped move. Without waiting for the sword move to become old, he quickly followed up with Shan Wuling's sinister move, stabbing straight with the sword diagonally, but this stab contained a hundred changes. In an instant, the Qingling Sword Saint stabbed out countless times, and the sword energy was hidden in the previous move. At the same time as a gully was cut in the sea, there were several explosions, and water splashed all over the sky.

But this was only the first move. The next move that the Green Spirit Sword Saint performed was the following: Heaven and Earth Unite, Under the Moon Before Flowers, Waterfall Under the Moon, Drinking in the Bamboo Pavilion, Chrysanthemums in the Small Garden, Eyebrows Painted with Colored Pens, and Eyebrows Raised Together...

In order, Qingling Sword Saint performed each move of Qiuyu Sword Technique, which was seamlessly connected and contained a hundred changes in between, making people feel intuitively comfortable and graceful, and dumbfounded.

After performing a full set of Qiuyu Sword Technique, Qingling Sword Saint looked at Meng Qing and said with a smile: "Girl, are you dissatisfied?"

Meng Qing knew that she was too arrogant this time, so she quickly bowed and said, "I'm sorry, Senior Sword Saint, I was too arrogant."

"It doesn't matter. You are much more intelligent than that kid, and you have learned very well!" Qingling Sword Saint said with a smile.

Lin Ran didn't expect that he would be @ed. He saw the right moment, moved closer to the Qingling Sword Saint, rubbed his hands and said, "Sword Saint Senior, can you give me some pointers? I have some good wine here that can quench your thirst."

Lin Ran had a pot of fruit wine in his hand. He gently opened the cork, and the fragrant wine aroma filled his nose. The eyes of the Qingling Sword Saint also lit up. He looked at Lin Ran with a smile and scolded him, "You clever little ghost, your flattery skills are much better than your swordsmanship. Go ahead and practice swordsmanship with that girl. I will be there to guide you!"

"Okay, thank you, Senior Sword Saint!" After handing the fruit wine to the Qingling Sword Saint, Lin Ran took back the Qiuyu Sword and returned to Meng Qing.

As soon as he came back, he heard Meng Qing's voice transmission: "Flatterer!"

Lin Ran raised his eyebrows, leaned close to Meng Qing's ear, and whispered, "Then do you want to learn it or not?"

Meng Qing glanced at Lin Ran, then turned his head away and put some distance between them. However, Lin Ran did hear the words transmitted by the spiritual power: "Learn!"

Lin Ran couldn't help but smile. It seemed that although Comrade Meng Qing was tough in words, he was very honest in body.

Concentrating his mind, Lin Ran also devoted himself to the practice. He must master the sword skills as soon as possible and then pass the test. If the two children at home saw that he had not returned for too long, they might get worried.

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Chapter 35: How to be at peace when you encounter love (Please collect)

With the guidance of the Green Spirit Sword Saint, the two of them had made much better progress than when they were practicing on their own. With the Green Spirit Sword Saint's experienced eyes, he naturally understood Lin Ran's problem. Lin Ran's skill in using spiritual power was too poor, which caused the sword energy to fly around and his sword moves to have no lethality.

To practice Kendo, one must control the sword energy extremely precisely and sharply. Sword energy is actually a skill in using spiritual power, but it requires higher standards. It is transformed into sword energy through mantras and mental methods according to the operation of specific meridians, and then displayed.

The Qingling Sword Technique also falls into the category of martial arts, but there is one thing that makes it different from other martial arts. It contains methods on how to convert spiritual power into sword energy. Each school has different methods, but they are generally the same, the only difference is the efficiency and direction.

After mastering the method of converting spiritual power into sword energy, the more difficult part is how to apply it in actual combat and unleash sword moves, which all require extremely powerful skills in using spiritual power.

This is also the reason why many people do not choose to use the sword. It is quite handsome, but it requires a high level of talent and understanding. When practicing to a high level, one must comprehend one's own sword art in order to have room for further improvement and development.

Meng Qing herself was a sword practitioner, had a good foundation, and was also very knowledgeable. For her, the most difficult thing was how to practice the Qiuyu sword technique to a high level.

For Lin Ran, passing the test and learning something is enough, and the most important thing is participation.

What followed was basically boring practice. Lin Ran felt like he had returned to the hard practice he hated the most in the past. He didn't even need to sleep. After practicing until he was almost done, he went straight to the test to see how the two of them weighed. He was knocked unconscious by the cruel reality and waited in the pool for resurrection.

Neither of them was aware of the passage of time. They were just concentrating on practicing their swordsmanship, hoping to pass the test as soon as possible.

Although the two had just started using the Autumn Rain Sword Technique and had not yet grasped the mysteries of the sword technique, as they continued to practice, they seemed to gradually understand the double sword technique, and the meaning of the word "double". During the battle, they could immediately understand each other's thoughts just by looking at each other, and they were no longer bound by the original fixed moves of the Autumn Rain Sword Technique, but were creative and coordinated freely.

He thoroughly comprehended the eight-character golden words taught by the Qingling Sword Saint, "flowing like clouds and running water, going wherever you want", and his study of the Qiuyu sword technique became more profound.

The double swordsmanship they were now using already vaguely resembled that used by the Sword Saint and his wife back then. They were in perfect harmony with each other, dancing gracefully in battle, their graceful sword moves concealing murderous intent.

From being unable to get out of the house in the beginning, now I can reach the depths of the forest. Although there is still a long distance to the exit, it is already a huge improvement.

During this hard training, Meng Qing also reached the critical point of the Spiritual Transformation Realm and could break through to the Spiritual Pill Realm at any time.

Outside a secret room, Lin Ran and Qingling Sword Saint were drinking and chatting. There were a lot of food in front of them. For a mortal like Lin Ran, he had to prepare some food in his space ring to satisfy his cravings.

After becoming familiar with the Qingling Sword Saint, Lin Ran also knew his name, Ye Qiu.

This name sounds very protagonist-like, and the life experience of Qingling Sword Saint is also very protagonist-like. He defeated all the enemies along the way, killed everyone, and finally became the emperor. However, I still like the title of Sword Saint. After all, Sword Emperor doesn't sound good.

"Senior Ye, if I had met you earlier and you had taught me a few tricks, I wouldn't be in the Lingdan realm now. People who are so much younger than me are about to advance to the Lingdan realm. I feel really ashamed." Lin Ran took a bite of jerky and said while looking at the tightly closed door of the secret room.

"It is a kind of chance that you can come here with this girl. Chance is something that cannot be forced. Our meeting now is the most appropriate time. It may not be possible if it is a minute earlier or a minute later." Ye Qiu took a big sip of wine and couldn't help but smile.

"That's true!"

Lin Ran nodded, and agreed with what Senior Ye said. If it weren't for the academic master Meng Qing, he wouldn't even be able to find the door to the inheritance. But why didn't such a powerful person seem to be described in the original plot?

Ye Qiu felt the strong fluctuations coming from the secret room and couldn't help but say, "That girl is about to break through. She is really steady. She adjusts to the best condition before breaking through to the Spiritual Pill Realm. She won't allow herself to fail because of a small mistake."

Lin Ran echoed, "After all, the probability of failure in breaking through the Spiritual Pill Realm is still very high. Many people failed to condense a Spiritual Pill in the end, and suffered backlash from their spiritual power, causing their realm to regress. There are also many such people!"

"Didn't you fail before?" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

"Fortunately, I have a good wife who helped me reach the Lingdan realm smoothly!" When Lin Ran thought of this, he had to admit that he was really lucky. Back then, he had the big boss Mu Qiqin to protect him. He had taken into account any elements of failure for him, so he just did as he was told.

Ye Qiu glanced at the secret room and said meaningfully, "It seems your wife is quite capable. How dare you mess around with other girls outside? Aren't you afraid of being beaten by your wife?"

"Senior Ye, my wife... passed away more than ten years ago. Of course, she didn't die. When I was with her, we had a child not long after. I think I violated the rules of the forces behind her.

Then she scolded me, told me to take good care of the child and left. Now I don’t know where she is. She just asked me to raise the child and let the child find her later. It has been more than ten years, and there is no reply. "Lin Ran smiled bitterly.

Ye Qiu was a little surprised and said, "I see. It's just as you said. The power behind your wife is not simple. You are lucky in love. You can get in touch with people who are like successors cultivated by these big forces. Do you know the origin of that girl?"