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

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Chapter 159: The spirit of the Liusu Palace?

"Do you want it? Take it if you want. I have the Qiuyu Sword, which is enough for you!" Shangguan Mengqing saw that Lin Ran didn't speak for a long time, so she spoke in a voice transmission.

She was not too interested in this mythical weapon, not to mention that it would take a huge amount of resources to restore it to its former glory.

Under the guidance of the Qingling Sword Saint, she also understood that over-reliance on external objects would hinder her swordsmanship.

Lin Ran looked at Shangguan Mengqing with a little surprise. He obviously didn't expect Shangguan Mengqing to be willing to give up the Water Moon Sword, but he didn't want to take this thing. Kendo itself was not his major, not to mention, could he really afford the Water Moon Sword?

In the end, Lin Ran told Fanhua and the others that he would give up the Shuiyue Sword and choose to accept the reward of Liusu Palace.

This also made Fanhua feel relieved, and asked Shuiyue to recognize Shangguan Mengqing as the master and complete the contract process, while Fanhua took Lin Ran and prepared to return to the top of the hall: "Let's go, Lin Ran, I will take you to the core of this tassel palace and let you refine and recognize the master!"

Lin Ran followed Fanhua and prepared to go up. Seeing Shangguan Mengqing looking over, he couldn't help but give her a thumbs up and said in a voice transmission: "Refine this Water Moon Sword with a promising future!"

"Do you want this tassel palace so that you can hide your mistress in the future?" Shangguan Mengqing said abruptly.

"Cough cough..."

Lin Ran suddenly coughed violently, which immediately attracted the attention of Fanhua who was walking in front. Fanhua turned her head and looked at Lin Ran curiously, "Lin Ran, what's wrong with you?"

"The air here is bad and there's too much dust. I choked just now!" Lin Ran made up an excuse.

Fanhua looked at Lin Ran with strange eyes. It took a lot of imagination for him to come up with such a lame excuse. She couldn't help but look at Shangguan Mengqing and saw that Shangguan Mengqing and Shuiyue were communicating and preparing to establish a connection.

She felt that Lin Ran and Shangguan Mengqing seemed to have some tricks up their sleeves. Could it be soul transmission? But she should be able to feel the fluctuations of souls, right?

Fanhua didn't think much about it and took Lin Ran back to the place where they dealt with the stone statue. She stopped and looked at Lin Ran and said, "Lin Ran, close your eyes for a while!"

"Close your eyes?"

Lin Ran was stunned, but felt that Fanhua would not harm him, so he closed his eyes. Fanhua made complicated hand seals with her hands, and a deep blue light shone from her body.

This soft light, like water waves, surrounded Lin Ran. Many fine deep blue beams extended from the flowers and poured into Lin Ran's body. Lin Ran felt as if he was deep in the slightly cool sea water. The little man sitting cross-legged in the spiritual ocean seemed to have some deep-rooted connection.

When Lin Ran opened his eyes again and saw Fanhua standing in front of him, he felt as if he had some kind of mysterious connection with the beautiful woman in front of him, giving him a feeling that he could command and control Fanhua.

"Fanhua, raise your hands!"

Lin Ran suddenly shouted this, and the graceful and beautiful woman in front of him actually raised her hands.

This really shocked Lin Ran, and for a moment he was unable to react to what was happening.

Fanhua was a little embarrassed. When she raised her hand like this, the mountains stood out. She quickly put her hand down and came to Lin Ran and said angrily, "Lin Ran, are you teasing me on purpose?"

Sister, what you said is very ambiguous!

Lin Ran thought about it for a moment and understood something. Looking at the flowers in front of him, he asked in surprise, "Are you the spirit of this Liusu Palace?"

"if not?"

Fanhua's face showed a bit of bitterness, and she said slowly: "Only a spirit can live so long with the help of this legendary magic weapon. An ordinary soul body, whose strength is not at the high level of the saint realm, will dissipate sooner or later without a good treasure to store the soul.

When I was alive, I was just the sister of Saint Emperor Jingyue. How could I be as advanced as she is? But in order to allow her legacy to continue and give future generations a powerful weapon to deal with the Void Evil Clan, I can only take this last resort. "

Lin Ran was silent. In fact, these ancient powerful men really paid a lot for the Jiuzhou Continent. From Hua Qianqian before, in order to seal the Void Evil Clan, the entire Hua Sect was buried with her. And Senior Dongfang Yue, in order to deal with the Void Evil Clan, the last of his souls also dissipated in this world.

Today, Fanhua is willing to become a spirit of the artifact in order to pass on the heritage, and stays here alone. It’s a blessing that she has not gone crazy and can endure such loneliness.

"Sister Fanhua, it's okay. Just follow me from now on. Then watch me and Mengqing defeat those evil people of the Void. I will kill Feng Lian for you too, okay?" Lin Ran patted Fanhua's shoulder and comforted her.

Fanhua was amused by Lin Ran's words. She rubbed her sore eyes and said, "I'll just take this as your comforting gesture. You don't understand Feng Lian. That female evil god is simply a lunatic. Moreover, the intensity of the attack on the seal is getting higher and higher, so you and Meng Qing have to set off quickly!"

After a while, Shangguan Mengqing and Shuiyue walked out side by side. Shangguan Mengqing was not surprised to see Lin Ran and Fanhua here. Apparently, he had already known from Shuiyue that Fanhua was the spirit of the Liusu Palace.

When Shuiyue saw Lin Ran, she pouted and said, "Don't bully Sister Fanhua, or I'll let Sister Mengqing beat you up!"

"well!"

Lin Ran couldn't help but move forward and pinch Shuiyue's cheek. Although she was a sword spirit, the cold and soft feeling was almost the same as that of a human. Suddenly, he had some thoughts about weapons. This was not advisable...

Shuiyue, who was unable to resist, could only cry and sob. After Lin Ran let go, she immediately hid behind Shangguan Mengqing and cried to him.

Shangguan Mengqing rubbed Shuiyue's head, glared at Lin Ran, and didn't say much.

Seeing this, Lin Ran couldn't help but laugh. Shuiyue was indeed a funny guy. Maybe she would become more interesting later.

After completing the side quests here, the next step is to tackle the main quests. However, while doing the main quests, Lin Ran and Shangguan Mengqing have to go back to see Wen Qianyi and the others. They can't let them worry.

The two of them once again returned to the ancient city wall in front of the space barrier. Looking back at the ancient city wall that had become a ruin, Lin Ran felt a little emotional. Although the process was full of dangers, they still gained a lot.

At this time, in his spiritual ocean, next to the little man, there was a small and exquisite palace floating there. As a spirit of the weapon, Fanhua could also communicate directly with Lin Ran, but she could not move freely like Shuiyue. Shuiyue could even fight independently, which Fanhua could not do.

However, Shangguan Mengqing did not let Shuiyue out. This girl made a little noise, which affected the next action.

Looking up, I saw that the sun was hanging high in the sky. Right now was the hottest time of the day. The scorching sun seemed to set people on fire, and the earth was baking hot.

Lin Ran narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Shangguan Mengqing who had put on her veil again, and said, "Where are you going?"

"Just follow me..."

Shangguan Mengqing turned into a shadow and disappeared on the spot. Seeing this, Lin Ran hurriedly followed.

During the day, with no tide of monsters blocking their way, the two men traveled at full speed, and it took them nearly an hour to reach the huge platinum-colored city deep in the mountains.

When Lin Ran and Shangguan Mengqing arrived at the nearby woods, they already saw a number of people wearing clothes from different forces gathering around.

The two looked at each other, then restrained their breath, hid their bodies, avoided these people, found a place with an excellent view, quietly climbed up a big tree, and got into the dense branches and leaves. Because the space was a bit narrow, Shangguan Mengqing could only lean on Lin Ran's arms, which made Lin Ran a little restless.

Lin Ran pushed Shangguan Mengqing aside a little, handed the telescope to her, and said in a voice transmission: "Mengqing, use the telescope to see what's going on over there. Why are there so many people suddenly?"

Shangguan Mengqing glanced to the side, sat up a little, and looked at the situation in the city with the help of the telescope in his hand.

Lin Ran also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise he would not be able to control himself and would make a fool of himself. Shangguan Mengqing might not care, but he did.

After a while, Shangguan Mengqing transmitted his voice: "There are a lot of people gathered. Maybe most of the people who entered the secret realm this time are here. Should we go in and take a look?"

"Go in!" Lin Ran nodded.

The two men came down from the tree, changed their appearance, and walked side by side towards the huge city.

As he approached this huge city, Lin Ran also felt the ancient and solid atmosphere revealed by the thick platinum-colored city walls. He couldn't help but ask the flowers in his mind: "What is the purpose of building this city?"

Fanhua quickly responded, "A large part of this secret realm was once part of the Jiuzhou Continent, but Saint Emperor Jingyue used his great power to move it to the secret realm. This city was once where Saint Emperor Jingyue and his clan lived."

"Oh, that's why!" Lin Ran nodded.

In front of the open city gate, troops from all directions were rushing in from time to time, all wanting to enter the city. Lin Ran could faintly feel the powerful aura of these people.

Although they are much worse than him, they are also in the Lingdan realm after all. Obviously, they are all from various forces participating in the secret realm this time.

But what surprised Lin Ran and Shangguan Mengqing the most was that there were dozens of figures blocking the city gate, and there were words engraved on the wooden sign in front of the city gate.

Shangguan Mengqing looked at the words on the sign, and then saw the group of people standing at the door in familiar clothes. He frowned and said, "It seems that this city was later discovered by the eight super sects. The eight super sects united to occupy the city and then collected protection fees."

"Charging protection money?"

Lin Ran looked ahead thoughtfully. Some who tried to break through were beaten back harshly. Some who were stubborn were even turned into corpses and thrown away at will.

It seems that whoever has the bigger fist is the master here, and he can be effective anywhere!

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Chapter 160 Situation in the City

Lin Ran and Shangguan Mengqing followed the team and did not do anything out of the ordinary. After Shangguan Mengqing paid some spirit stones as protection fee, the two of them entered the city smoothly.

In the city, most of the buildings are built with huge stones, and mysterious totems are carved on the walls of the buildings, especially the thick and solid city walls, which seem to have faint energy surging in them, revealing a mysterious flavor.

Fanhua also explained in Lin Ran's mind at the right time: "This place is very close to the inheritance site, and it is also located in the core of the entire secret realm. Jingyue has made many arrangements here. Ordinary monsters will not rush to this area, unless it is a huge monster tide controlled by Fenglian. But this city is enough to resist the monster tide that is rushing over."

"That's it..."

Lin Ran nodded, but thought silently in his heart: "Usually places like this will be destroyed by the villain boss in the end..."

Lin Ran and Shangguan Mengqing had already disguised themselves. Shangguan Mengqing had changed back to the way she looked in the secret realm. Lin Ran looked at this familiar face and couldn't help but joked, "I still like it this way!"

"Oh?"

Shangguan Mengqing was originally looking at the situation in the city. When she heard Lin Ran's words, a strange color flashed in her eyes and she said, "Then I will show this face when I face you in the future."

"Ah... isn't that too good?!"

Although this face is pleasing to the eye, Lin Ran still prefers the cold and beautiful Shangguan Mengqing.

"What's wrong with it? Didn't you say you prefer it this way? Anyway, you don't like my real face..." Shangguan Mengqing said lightly.

"Who said they don't like it? I like it very much..."

Lin Ran's voice suddenly became louder, which immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.

Most of those who can enter the secret realm are young talents. During their youth and frivolity, there are always some people who speak without restraint.

Just near this street, there were two men wearing the clothing of the Holy Land of Beiming. When they saw Lin Ran confessing his love to such an ordinary woman who was only good in her manners, they couldn't help but sneer and said arrogantly to their companions, "I don't want this kind of stuff even if you give it to me, and there are actually people who are rushing to get it."

Shangguan Mengqing, who was originally quite happy to have gotten Lin Ran to talk to her, smoothed her hair and was about to say something, when her eyes suddenly stared sharply at the two disciples of the Beiming Holy Land.

Lin Ran also looked over to see who was talking so mean, but when he saw it was someone from Bei Ming Holy Land, he was a little stunned. Was he going to let himself be killed?

"What are you looking at? Do you want to be killed by us from Bei Ming Holy Land? Have some knowledge and get away from us with that piece of shit in your arms!" The tall and thin disciple from Bei Ming Holy Land spit out a few more words with his foul mouth.

Lin Ran didn't want to kill him at first, but now he really couldn't stand it anymore. Just as he was about to do it, Shangguan Mengqing grabbed Lin Ran's hand and said teasingly, "I told you to get out of here with this vulgar thing of mine. Besides, you are too old to get impulsive over such a small matter. Wait until you understand the situation in the city first."

"Too!"

Lin Ran also understood that this place was not far from the city gate, and it would be too risky to take action.

Shangguan Mengqing is the treasure of the Sword Sect, but Lin Ran is not. If that happens, they will create a feud with the Beiming Holy Land, and then Linghua Academy will suffer. So they can kill him, but they must not let the Beiming Holy Land know that it was them who killed him.

When the two were about to leave, two long needles as thin as hair suddenly appeared in Shangguan Mengqing's right hand. He threw them with skillful force, and they went towards the back of the neck of the two disciples of Beiming Holy Land.

The two people who left felt a chill on the back of their necks, and they touched their necks, but they didn't feel anything, and there was nothing unusual in their bodies, so they didn't take it seriously...

After this little episode, the two began to collect information in the city, but Shangguan Mengqing seemed to be very concerned about the previous episode and asked a question that directly silenced Lin Ran: "That person said that I am a vulgar thing, so do you want to eat me? Do you like to eat me?"

This is simply murderous! It's too much!

Lin Ran really wanted to turn around and kill those two foul-mouthed guys. Why did they have to come over and show off their bad manners when they could just walk away?

How to answer this question? He must be greedy for Meng Qing's body!

But if you are greedy for the body, it means that you are not only cheap, but also like to eat X.

After holding it in for a long time, Lin Ran could only reply: "I don't know!"

But Shangguan Mengqing already knew the answer from Lin Ran's face. Seeing Lin Ran like this, she couldn't help but smile, but holding back the smile was very tiring, so she could only smile secretly when Lin Ran wasn't paying attention, so as not to ruin her image.

After going around in circles, the two finally figured out the current situation in the city.

Sure enough, where there are people, there is the underworld. Where there is the underworld, if you use money to pave the way, everything will go smoothly.

Relying on the wealthy woman Shangguan Mengqing and using spirit stones to clear the way, he encountered no obstacles on his way to gather information.

Currently, the city is divided into two areas, inner and outer areas. The eight super sects and the forces of the alliance with the eight super sects are stationed in the inner city, and the eight super sects guard the entrance to the deeper areas, which is the place where the final inheritance is located. The road leading there is heavily guarded and cannot be passed at all.

Everyone who enters the city has to pay a protection fee, which is then divided equally among the eight super sects in proportion. There is a temporary order in the city, and there is also an area for bartering. The eight super sects have even recently proposed to set up a bounty mechanism similar to mercenaries, with rewards for taking on missions.

It can be said that the people from the eight super sects have made this area well organized. In addition, there has been no wave of monsters attacking this place so far. When there is no external threat, internal struggles will naturally arise. To be more precise, it should be an infighting.

The most intense struggle right now is among the eight super sects, all of which intend to exclude the Sword Sect and its alliance.

The Sword Sect was the first to discover this place, and did not charge protection fees, helping many people. But more and more people came later, and other super sects also came here. Seeing that the Sword Sect was weak, they even wanted to join forces to swallow up the Sword Sect's people.

When the Sword Sect Alliance in the city was unable to hold on alone, the Sword Sect Alliance from the coast came here in a strong force, bringing with them many Lingdan Realm elders from Linghua Academy, and even people from Tianli Academy, Songling Academy, Sword Sect, and Nirvana Realm powerhouses. The Sword Sect and its alliance suddenly became the most powerful force in the entire city.

Of course, the other eight super sects were not stupid either. After their people arrived, they hurried to unite with those they had a good relationship with to counter the power of the Sword Sect.

The backbone of the Sword Sect's entry into the secret realm this time is Shangguan Mengqing, but Shangguan Mengqing is currently missing.

The new disciples of the Sword Sect, including those with the strength of Nirvana, were all arrogant and unwilling to listen to the orders of the other three academies. This led to a split relationship within the Sword Sect alliance.

Even if other alliances have their own ulterior motives, they can't stand the internal strife in your place, so they will naturally suppress you, the weakest one, and cause you trouble from time to time to disgust you.

If you are unhappy, then go outside the city, no one will stop you, but are you confident that you can survive the violent tide of monsters at night?

Anyway, you just need to suppress the Sword Sect and its alliance as much as possible, and keep taking advantage of them. If the Sword Sect finally becomes desperate, it will give everyone a sufficient excuse to unite and annex the Sword Sect. This is an open conspiracy.

After getting a preliminary understanding of the situation, Lin Ran leaned against the wall of the alley, looked at Shangguan Mengqing who was in deep thought, and said, "How about it, have you thought it through? Do you want to go back and take charge, and then break their tricks!"

"What a boring bunch of people!"