The Emptiness Dragon System
CH.21ST. Purple Lotus City

In the afternoon Qin Shan flew quickly towards the Blue Wind Kingdom, he flew through the vast forests, while occasionally he saw a beautiful scene beneath him. Suddenly, Qin Shan felt there was a surge of energy in the depths of the forest, with curiosity, he descended trying to approach the origin of the energy radiance.

Qin Shan slowly walked closer and stopped not far from that energy, he saw that the energy radiance was an unstable dimensional crack, he said, the crack was not very large but had a strong energy wave.

Suddenly the dimensional crack shook violently and sucked the entire area hundreds of meters away, Qin Shan who was not far from the dimensional crack tried to hold on so as not to be sucked into the crack. Increasingly, the power of the dimensional crack suction increased to an incredible point, Qin Shan cried out in pain, his clothes shattered, his skin as if it was going to detach from his body. Qin Shan could not help his balance and was sucked into the dimensional crack.

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Immortal Realm, Xuan Continent.

A dimensional crack suddenly appeared above the sky dropping a pitiful-looking young man with many wounds all over his body.

The young man smashed into the large rocks, a thick smoke enveloping the entire area where the young man fell.

The young man was none other than Qin Shan, he tried to regulate his messy breathing while still lying down waiting for his body Regeneration back from his wounds. He looked up at the sky feeling the aura here was really rich, different in the place he was before.

Qin Shan felt the seal that had been holding his power all this time had disappeared. His run surged from a Third Level Saint directly to a Second Layer Origin King. Qin Shan thought if the seal on his body had already disappeared, meaning that he was now not in the Lower Realm anymore.

He slowly stood up and changed his shattered clothes while releasing his Dragon Sense.

"Where is this?" Qin Shan muttered to himself as he narrowed his eyes and looked ahead.

Qin Shan was surprised that there was an enormous city that was only a few kilometers from where it was, that city was extremely majestic. A city of this size could only be built and nurtured by an overwhelming force.

Qin Shan flew forward and landed then walked towards the towering city gate. The gate was like the stomach of a gigantic beast which was extremely frightening. The cultivators who came to this city for the first time would definitely be affected by this, feeling so shocked and humbled by the pressure from the city gates that they did not dare to act presumptuously.

The walls of this city were three hundred meters high and emitted a purple light. Qin Shan could not identify what materials were used to build this wall and only knew that it gave off a powerful barrier aura.

It was conceivable that if foreign enemies invaded, this city could easily activate this Defense Array to fight back.

However, Qin Shan felt it was impossible for anyone to dare come here to look for trouble.

There was a long queue outside the gate with many cultivators waiting to enter the city.

Qin Shan did not want to be too flashy, so he obediently lined up behind.

As time passed, the people on the frontlines would pay a certain amount of Gold Coins, receive special permits, and walk into the city.

Suddenly, a disgruntled shout came from ahead, "Master, why did you charge the person who just entered for only a hundred Gold Coins but now you charge me a thousand? Isn't this against the rules?"

"Rules?" A mockery replied, "I am the gatekeeper of the city, my words are the rule! Now hand over the Gold Coins or get rid of them!"

"You ..." The person who spoke earlier became angry. "Are all the cultivators of Purple Lotus City bullying people like this? I don't accept it!"

Most of the cultivators who were queuing to enter also showed a dissatisfied look, but in the end, this was not their domain, so even if they were unhappy, no one made a fuss.

Qin Shan raised his eyes and turned to the person who was arguing with the city gate guards. Qin Shan looked at a middle-aged man who was around thirty years old. This man was dressed simply, and after investigating the person with Dragon Sense, it turned out that he was only a Second Layer Saint King. It was astonishing why such a person caused trouble just because of a thousand Gold Coins.

Qin Shan shook his head, he felt this person's situation was worrying.

"Pressing others?" Suddenly a voice sounded. Everyone turned their heads towards the source of the voice, staring at an old man who was sitting at the side. The face of this old man was extremely wrinkled, he stood up and walked, the ground trembled under his feet as he rolled up his sleeves, seemingly preparing for a fight, he said, his eyes were cold which caused others to gulp involuntarily.

"Third Layer Return Origin!" Qin Shan's brows rose slightly as he felt the reputation of the Purple Lotus City was striking. Even the gates to enter the city were guarded by Third Layer Origin Returning cultivators!

The old man walked a few steps forward while looking at the troublemaker coldly and said loudly, "Alright, this old master will tell you today what it means to be oppressive!"

As soon as his words were done, the figure of the old man suddenly flickered and appeared right in front of the middle-aged man and under a horrified gaze, the old man extended his hand towards his head.

The middle-aged man was only a Second Layer Saint King, how could he withstand the surprise attack of a Third Layer Origin Returning master?

The middle-aged man shouted and tried to retreat.

But the old man's hand seemed to be emitting a powerful suction force, a stream of energy visible to the naked eye was sucked out from the middle-aged man's head and flowed into the old man.

Outside the city gates, everyone took a few steps back in surprise as they stared at this scene in horror.

"Please have mercy, Senior! I'll pay for the Gold Coins! ” The middle-aged man shouted.

"Now I'm sorry? Why don't you regret it sooner?" The old man remained unmoved and instead pushed his Qi Energy even harder.

In just three breaths, the middle-aged man was drained until he grew old and withered before falling to the ground. There was no aura of vitality coming from him anymore and instead the old man's complexion became slightly brighter, like he had become a dozen years younger.

Outside the city gate was silent, as every cultivator felt a chill on their backs.

After the old man settled the matter, he walked back to where he had been sitting before, as if nothing had happened and started meditating with his eyes closed.

"Thank you very much, Elder Min," The gatekeeper bowed to the old man with a flattering smile on his face then turned around and put on an imposing aura as he shouted. "This man was a spy sent by the enemy forces to infiltrate Purple Lotus City but he was caught by Elder Min and killed on the spot to serve as a warning. Take this body and dump him."

Two Purple Lotus City cultivators rushed out quickly carrying the withered corpse.

However, the cultivators in line felt their skin a little pale and they rushed forward to pay the Gold Coins needed to enter the city, as if there was a great danger lurking outside.

Although the death of the middle-aged man made some people feel pity. Just because of the matter of a thousand Gold Coins, the man dared to act brashly here, which was nothing but a death-seeking.

The city guards did not seem to have any special criteria for collecting Gold Coins, they mentioned the price carelessly. Often, when a beautiful woman walks, they tease the woman then let her pass for free.

Occasionally, if there was a man that the guards thought was unpleasant to their eyes would be charged several thousand Gold Coins.

But no one dared to complain.

Soon, it was Qin Shan's turn.

The city guard looked at Qin Shan and coldly snorted, "Five thousand!"

Qin Shan frowned as this figure was the highest he had heard so far. He did not know what it was because he disliked this guard, or because he was too handsome, but despite being dissatisfied, he did not want to make a fuss here, either, so he simply wiped his Storage Ring and threw away the necessary Gold Coins in front of the guards.

The guard looked at Qin Shan with a surprised look, as if he did not expect the other party to be so cooperative.

Fiddling with the Gold Coins in his hands, the guard grinned meaningfully, "Friends, five thousand is only the price of admission, but if you want to stay in the city for a long time, it's a good idea, you will have to pay ten thousand more Gold Coins."

"Heh .." Qin Shan could not help but laugh, what this guard thought was a fool.

"Is something funny?" The gatekeeper also looked at Qin Shan with a smile on his face.

"You just said a joke, didn't you?" Qin Shan narrowed his eyes when he saw the other party still looking at him fearlessly.

These five thousand or ten thousand Gold Coins meant nothing to Qin Shan. With the system on his back and all the masters he had killed and robbed, the number of Gold Coins in his Storage Ring was at least a hundred million.

But the other party grabbing a page after taking an inch made Qin Shan extremely unhappy.

"Do you think I'm making a joke? Well, are you also a spy sent by the enemy to infiltrate Purple Lotus City?" The city guard snorted coldly as he casually threatened Qin Shan.

As soon as this statement came out, the faces of the cultivators lining up to enter the city changed drastically.

They had witnessed with their own eyes what the middle-aged man had experienced before. Was this young man planning to follow in the footsteps of the middle-aged man?

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were filled with mercy as they looked at Qin Shan.

"There is no shortage of reasons to incriminate people unilaterally!" Qin Shan had already reached his boiling point, but someone suddenly appeared and gently pushed him to the side then hurriedly smiled and greeted the guard, "This master must be joking. He's not a spy, he's with our Crow Claw Pavilion."

As soon as this statement came out, the city gate guards were shocked, and even Qin Shan was shocked.

Qin Shan glanced towards the person standing in front of him and turned out to be a woman, but since the woman's back was facing him, he couldn't see her face clearly. However, her long black hair was neatly shouldered and exposed her white neck while her long dress unraveled on a slender waist with a beautiful butt.

Why would this woman defend him?

Qin Shan was quite surprised but that did not stop him from making a good impression on this woman.

"Shut up!" The woman turned her head and glared at the person who was talking.

The woman seemed to have a high prestige among her group because with just a few words, the man instantly fell silent. However, the man was still glaring at Qin Shan while the other female friend also gave him an ugly look.

"Master should know that our Crow Claw Pavilion frequently travels out of town to trade, so how could one of our members possibly be a spy? This kid is a bit grumpy and unintentionally offended. Ru Meng hoped this small reward would be enough to settle this unfortunate dispute." After saying that, he took out the bag from his Storage Ring and placed it in the hands of the guard.

"Child .." Qin Shan touched his nose hearing this.

The guard weighed the bag in his hand with shining eyes, and grinned happily, "The Crow Claw Pavilion? I've heard of it. If I'm not mistaken, the Claw Crow Pavilion Chairman is called Hua Ru Meng? Right?"

The woman smiled lightly and said, "I didn't expect this petty name to reach your ears. This madam is truly honored."

"Why not?" The guard looked at Hua Ru Meng with a lewd expression on his face, "Since Chairman Hua has testified and paid the Gold Coins, this Master will not prolong this anymore."

"Thank you." Hua Ru Meng was overjoyed.

"But ..." The tone of the guard's voice suddenly dropped as he stared coldly at Qin Shan, "If Chairman Hua can promise me two terms, I will let this matter end here, I will let it end here, if not .. hmph!"

Hua Ru Meng smiled stiffly and softly asked, "Please mention it, Master."

"I don't like the look in the little boy's eyes. Before, he dared to talk to me, so he had to apologize." The guard looked at Qin Shan coldly then turned his gaze to Hua Ru Meng and grinned. "Secondly, Chairman Hua must have just returned from afar, this King just happened to be free and wanted Chairman Hua to accompany me to dinner. I wonder if Chairman Hua is willing to accept this invitation? Orchid Moon Restaurant in the eastern city seemed like fun."

He spoke his words as a question, but his tone showed he would not tolerate Hua Ru Meng's refusal.

Hua Ru Meng's face changed slightly but she forced to keep smiling, "This... is it okay to talk about this the next day? I'll let this kid apologize to you first."

After he said so, he turned his head and gestured to Qin Shan.

Only now did Qin Shan see his real face.

Qin Shan's eyes brightened slightly as he saw that, although this Hua Ru Meng was not a Heaven-defying beauty, she remained extremely beautiful and had mature charm in her. His entire body exuded an aura of calmness and confidence, probably from running around all year to defend his Crow Claw Pavilion and his own body giving off an alluring scent.

This fragrance is not an exotic fragrance, but a dazzling natural fragrance.

It was understandable why the city guards could not take their eyes off him.

At this moment, Hua Ru Meng blinked his eyes, the people from the Crow Claw Pavilion also glared at Qin Shan.

Qin Shan smiled helplessly.

He had not expected just wanting to enter the city would cause a commotion like this.

But he did not blame Hua Ru Meng. After all, he stepped forward out of goodwill to help her.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Shan cupped his hands to Hua Ru Meng and said, "Thank you for Chairman Hua's kindness."

Hua Ru Meng frowned slightly, a bad premonition appearing in his heart.

Sure enough, Qin Shan continued, "But this is all happening because of me and has nothing to do with you, so I ask Chairman Hua to step down."

Hua Ru Meng was astonished, Qin Shan smiled at the gatekeeper and sneered, "You want me to apologize to you?"

"Chairman Hua, what does this mean? Why did it sound like this little brat was not part of the Crow Claw Pavilion? Is Chairman Hua trying to trick me? You know what the consequences of such a crime are?" He did not stare at Qin Shan and instead shouted at Hua Ru Meng.

Hua Ru Meng did not expect her good intentions to be rejected like this, cold sweat started dripping from her forehead, she quickly waved her hand, "Master, let me explain to you, this child, she…"

"Nothing to explain! Chief Hua, you are in big trouble this time. If you can't give a reasonable explanation for this matter, don't even think of escaping punishment!" The city gatekeeper shouted, without giving Hua Ru Meng the slightest face.

"Right, there's nothing to explain," Qin Shan sneered then stepped forward and swept his hand towards the guard.

Plaque!

With a loud slap, the city guard was thrown into the air then fell several tens of meters away and half his teeth were gone.

"Is this a sufficient explanation?" Qin Shan stared coldly ahead.

"Huh?" Hua Ru Meng was astonished, her instincts saying that she was in big trouble this time, and for a moment did not know what to do next.

"You... You dare hit me?" The city gatekeeper staggered from the ground, covered his cheeks with his hands, and shouted in a hoarse voice, a cruel look was seen in his eyes, "I am the guardian of Purple Lotus City! How dare you hit me…"

Before he continued his words, Qin Shan slapped him again.

Plaque!

The guard screamed as the rest of his teeth flew.

"How dare!" Elder Min who had been closing his eyes all this time, finally made a move, he jumped up and flew towards Qin Shan like an eagle attacking from the sky. The energy from the Third Layer Origin Returning master exploded and enveloped a ten meter radius around Qin Shan. Elder Min pushed his palm forward.

Hua Ru Meng and the few cultivators of the Crow Claw Pavilion were all jolted because under this great pressure, their knees were bent and their Qi Energy circulation was interrupted. The lowest powers fared even worse, they coughed up blood on the spot.

"Dare to attack my people in Purple Lotus City, don't you put this old master in your eyes?" Elder Min shouted, he was emitting killing intent towards Qin Shan.

"Do you need to put you in my eyes?" Qin Shan sneered, "I don't want to cause trouble for no reason, but you're the one who insists on seeking death."

At the same time, Qin Shan swung his palm.

Booms!

When the two palms came into contact, a powerful shockwave ensued and Elder Min's anger and killing intent suddenly turned into a pitiful expression as he was thrown like an old sack.

Cracks!

The sound of broken bones rang out as Elder Min flew through the air, spitting out a lot of blood from the wounds all over his body.

The conflict between Qin Shan and the city guards, as well as the intervention of Hua Ru Meng, was seen by everyone. They all thought Qin Shan was looking for disaster, but it was actually the city guards and Elder Min who were suffering.

With just one palm, Elder Min was sent flying, not knowing for sure he was alive or dead.

Everyone looked at Qin Shan like a monster.

Although the status of Elder Min in Purple Lotus City was not high, his identity remained that of an Elder. Being able to hold such a position in Purple Lotus City proved he was at least a Third Level Origin Returning master.

A Third Layer Origin Returning cultivator was flown in with just one palm, so how strong was this young man? Could he be an Origin King cultivator?

When this thought appeared, everyone was shocked and could no longer calm down.

After all, the Origin King was among the strongest cultivators in the entire Xuan Continent (Natural Immortal), and even a power as strong as Purple Lotus City would not provoke the Origin King for no reason.

Everything happened so fast. Hua Ru Meng's jaw gaped as she stared at the scene before her eyes.

At the city gate, there were originally a dozen guards who would join forces with Elder Min to capture Qin Shan and the members of the Crow Claw Pavilion, but after seeing the half-dead Elder Min, the, they all froze on the spot while exchanging glances nervously, worried that Qin Shan would suddenly attack and slaughter them.

Qin Shan stretched out his hand and called back all the Gold Coins he had paid for earlier, as well as the bag that Hua Ru Meng had handed over, then gave a cold snort, "It seems like you don't want my five thousand Gold Coins, either, so I'll take it back. Chief Hua, I'm sure it's yours."

After saying that, he threw the bag towards Hua Ru Meng.

Hua Ru Meng reflexively caught the bag but she felt a bit of heat in her hand.

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