Three days after the defense battle of Wuyi City ended, Qin Ran finally arrived at Wuyi City.
He was in the corridor, watching his silly female apprentice running over from the other side to give him a hug, hanging on him. Her fondness for him was never concealed, just like the pure white snowflakes falling down from the sky outside the corridor.
Of course, he was also very fond of her, feeling very satisfied in his heart. Needless to say, who wouldn't want to have a girl like her showing undisguised affection for him, especially when this girl was also the one he was fond of. This was one of the happiest things in the world.
"Master, why did you come?" Li Shiyin asked in his ear.
He was worried about her, so he came. Qin Ran didn't say that. He said, "I came to take a look."
"Hehe!" Li Shiyin giggled, and then she seemed to remember something. She hurriedly got off Qin Ran, grabbed Qin Ran with one hand, and rushed into the study she had just come out of.
Li Shiyin pulled Qin Ran by the hand and stood in front of Li Zhan's bookcase. She proudly introduced to Li Zhan in a loud voice: "Dad, this is my master!"
What kind of situation can determine your position in the heart of the object? Look at how she introduces you to her friends and relatives. Li Shiyin's proud introduction could tell how satisfied she was with Qin Ran, and it could also tell that she was full of confidence that Qin Ran would satisfy her family.
However...how to put it?
At this moment, Qin Ran was stunned.
Yes, this Qin Ran was sinister, shameless, flexible moral baseline, his mind and schemes were deeper than the Mariana Trench, but...people are always more than one side.
He was also the master in Li Shiyin’s memory who was shy, innocent, gentle like the big brother next door.
In Li Shiyin’s perspective: On the day she worshipped him as her master, her master gently brushed away all her fears about the cultivation world with the gentlest smile; the first time she looked at the medical book, she fell asleep on the desk, and when she woke up, bright sunshine came in through the window, shining on her master as he quietly sat reading under the sunshine.
This was also Qin Ran, innocent, shy, gentle, delicate.
So when his sinister and shameless schemes against someone's daughter had gone on for four years, and now the girl's father was facing him, he felt the filth in his heart for the first time. He didn't dare to look the other person in the eye, and even wanted to turn around and run away.
He had imagined encountering such a scene before, but...how could a son-in-law's mentality be calm when meeting his father-in-law for the first time?
Upon hearing this, Li Zhan hurriedly put down what was in his hands, stood up from behind the desk. He carefully examined Li Shiyin’s so-called master, the legendary person like an immortal; the person who, according to his wife's analysis, had stolen his daughter's heart.
His first impression of Qin Ran was that he had delicate features. With black hair and white skin, gentle temperament, he looked like a well-read scholar. This was completely unrelated to the words he had imagined such as powerful, alchemy, scheming, immortal, etc.
As for calling him son-in-law...looking at his shy appearance now compared to his daughter's boldness, it was hard to say whether he was the apprentice or the master...
It would be better for his daughter to take him as a dependent son-in-law!
So Li Zhan's first reaction was to look down on this master a little. But fortunately he was no ordinary person and soon reacted. This was his daughter’s master. With his daughter being so powerful now, this master must be no ordinary man.
He did not rely on his identity as Li Shiyin's father, maintained a humble attitude, and saluted Qin Ran very politely, saying: “Greetings, Immortal Master!”
Hearing Li Zhan calling himself an immortal master, Qin Ran then suddenly remembered his identity as a cultivator, and his heart finally settled down. That’s right, he was a cultivator, and the other party was just a mortal.
"Cough!" Qin Ran coughed slightly, but he also did not rely on his identity as a cultivator. He saluted Li Zhan in return and said, "Greetings, General."
So by this point, the atmosphere of this first meeting between the "future father-in-law and son-in-law" seemed amiable.
Li Zhan walked out from behind the desk and smiled at Qin Ran: "I have long heard about the immortal master's name, and only today have I had the honor of seeing you in person... Immortal master please sit over here."
As he gestured for Qin Ran to sit down, he also asked someone to serve tea at the same time.
Qin Ran looked at Li Shiyin next to him, calmed himself down again, and sat down with Li Shiyin.
In front of her father, Li Shiyin still didn't dare to be too bold after all. But she was still proud and introduced to Li Zhan:
“Dad, Master is the chief of Dan Peak of the Dao Sword Sect! There are only four peaks in the Dao Sword Sect, and Master is the chief of Dan Peak, one of them. And Master is the first alchemist in Dao Sword Sect. Alchemy is very impressive. The elixirs we normally use are refined by Master. And...and, Master knows a lot of things, Master knows everything...”
Listening to Li Shiyin boasting about himself and saying good things about him in front of Li Zhan, Qin Ran still felt a little embarrassed, just smiling awkwardly but politely.
"I have seen the immortal master's elixirs before... Old Master Mo once said that the immortal master’s alchemy level is at least rank five." Li Zhan said with a smile.
Qin Ran smiled and humbly said, "I just have some knowledge about elixirs."
When the topic raised Old Master Mo, the cultivator who sacrificed himself in the city defense battle a few days ago, the atmosphere in the study gradually changed from awkward to somber.
Qin Ran looked at Li Zhan and said first: “The key to the victory or defeat between North Chu and Xuanqin actually lies not in North Chu and Xuanqin, but in Cloud Heaven Sect."
When Qin Ran started talking about the war, Li Zhan then asked accordingly: “What insights does the immortal master have?”
"The general does not need to call me the immortal master, just call me by my name." Qin Ran smiled.
Li Shiyin also nodded: "Dad, it’s very strange for you to call Master 'immortal master'. Master is actually only in his twenties, very young. "
"Haha." Li Zhan strategically laughed and said, "You also don't need to call me general, just call me uncle."
So Qin Ran then called Li Zhan “uncle Li”, and then went on to say: "The national powers of North Chu and Xuanqin were actually not that different originally. It’s just that Xuanqin's losses were smaller than those of North Chu when the Evil Spirit Willow Rioted. But this bit of damage to national power is still not enough for Xuanqin to develop ambitions to annex North Chu.
"It is the transaction that the emperor of Xuanqin somehow made with Cloud Heaven Sect that is the key point of the current war.
"Once the cultivators of Cloud Heaven Sect are dealt with, the current plight of North Chu can be solved."
“I understand the rationale, but what is the solution to dealing with the cultivators of Cloud Heaven Sect?” Li Zhan understood the rationale, but what about the solution?
"I am currently investigating what kind of transaction Xuanqin made with Cloud Heaven Sect..." Qin Ran said, "But rest assured uncle Li, matters between cultivators, just leave them all to me. You just need to be responsible for the military side.”
In front of the future father-in-law, this guy was still mentally imbalanced after all, promising elatedly to take everything upon himself, which was something his normal self would absolutely not do.
“My Healing Game”
If Qin Ran could solve the problem of the cultivators, Li Zhan would be willing to marry not only Li Shiyin to him, but also Li Shiwen.
He was very happy and said, “Then I’ll have to trouble you!”
“But Master...” At this moment, Li Shiyin suddenly raised her hand and said, "There's not only Cloud Heaven Sect on Xuanqin's side!"
"Hmm?" Qin Ran's expression changed. He hurriedly looked at Li Shiyin and asked, "Who else?"
"That night when I was fighting the Cloud Heaven Sect cultivators, I ran into people from Boundless Sword Sect." Li Shiyin said, "That is, the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators we met in the Land of Immortal Legacy during the Evil Spirit Willow Riots."
Hearing this, Qin Ran's face changed drastically. He instantly knew which two people Li Shiyin was talking about. And as smart as he was, he almost instantly understood that those two people were after him.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
