The Emptiness Dragon System
CH.26AM. Robbing the Purple Lotus Palace

Late at night, the moon is hidden behind a thick cloud layer.

In the backyard guest room of the Crow Claw Pavilion, Qin Shan who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, immediately he formed a hand seal, and disappeared.

A moment later, near the city, Qin Shan appeared in the darkness.

It had been two days since he had come to Purple Lotus City, although his plan was delayed due to the matter of the Crow Claw Pavilion, he had never forgotten his original purpose. So tonight, he would try to sneak into the Purple Lotus Palace to retrieve the shards of Empty Dragon power.

If he succeeds, he will hurry away. If anything bad happened he would bring the Crow Claw Pavilion with him. Qin Shan did not plan on leaving them to blame.

Within the city, once every three minutes there were three guards passing by and many watchtowers around every corner.

Despite that, this defense was useless in front of a powerful master like Qin Shan. He simply used the Ghost Steps to go deeper into the palace. Even if he passed near a guard, they would not be aware of his presence.

The average cultivation within the city was much higher than the ones outside, and when Qin Shan infiltrated, he was surprised to find more than one Origin King aura. Each of these Origin Kings were like sleeping lions, entrenched in their own territory. There were few signs of trouble, enough to wake these lions up.

Fortunately, Dragon Sense Qin Shan was extremely powerful, so he was able to avoid all dangers first while hiding himself perfectly.

Walking in the darkness, his body did not release any aura. Quickly, Qin Shan approached the large palace in the center of the city.

Purple Lotus Palace!

It was a symbol of the power of the Purple Lotus, a sacred place revered by the billions of cultivators living under the power of the Purple Lotus.

The entire palace was built from a type of purple jade, giving it an incredible beauty. From a distance, the Purple Lotus Palace was like an outpouring of purple flames stretching into the sky, almost as if the sun was about to rise to illuminate the world.

Qin Shan released his Dragon Sense slightly to observe the movements inside the Purple Lotus Palace as he muttered to himself, "Five, six, ten, twelve. good, here."

Moving along a certain path, Qin Shan quickly came to a certain location where the defensive barrier was weaker. Smiling satisfied, his body flickered and immediately entered.

Qin Shan entered the Purple Lotus Palace very smoothly thanks to the formation knowledge from the memories of the dragon ancestor.

The Purple Lotus Palace was huge, there were still many powerful barriers arranged using special tokens. Once anyone tried to force their way in, the barrier would react and warn everyone inside. However, everything was different from the memories of the dragon ancestor. The knowledge he used was an ancient formation, so he knew the weakness of this barrier very well.

The memories of the dragon ancestor were not only about fighting but also some defensive formations, assault, healing and making various high-level artifacts.

While observing the surroundings and dodging the various barriers and traps, Qin Shan quietly approached a dome in the middle of the Purple Lotus Palace.

This was where the dragon ancestor's shard aura was located, and where this vault had the strongest defense. However, for Qin Shan it was easy to open this vault.

As long as he could get close to the dome, his chances of success were high!

Time passed slowly as Qin Shan moved closer and closer to the dome.

With only a third of the distance left of his goal, Qin Shan suddenly stopped then his face sank. Back then, he felt that he had touched some kind of trap, which sent an energy tremor into his surroundings.

"Damn!" Qin Shan's face turned pale as he never expected that the barrier setting in Purple Lotus City would be so well hidden that even his Dragon Sense could not find it all.

Before long Qin Shan felt two powerful Spiritual Senses sweeping towards him.

These two Spiritual Senses had Origin Kings, so they were very clearly paying attention to the movements here.

Although Qin Shan was a powerful master, he could not withstand the cold sweat at the moment. Although he was proficient in Divine Techniques, this place was the center of another region, with countless masters and unfavorable terrain conditions. It was hard to tell if he could escape.

Without hesitation, Qin Shan rushed to escape quickly.

But at that moment, there appeared a powerful Domain that was pressing down from thin air, sealing the space around, so Qin Shan could not possibly leave.

"Who is the wild rat that infiltrated my Purple Lotus Palace!?" An angry shout came from afar, shaking the Purple Lotus Palace and a huge vortex suddenly emerged from above Qin Shan's head. From that vortex, a gigantic palm that seemed to cover the sky formed and shot downwards.

"Second Layer King Origins!" Qin Shan narrowed his eyes and immediately learned the cultivation of the person who attacked him.

His opponent attacked from afar. Such an ability was not something the First Layer Origin King could possess, only a master who had reached the Second Layer for many years had such a means.

The palms were formed from the concentration of energy while an irresistible suction force tried to pull Qin Shan into it and not let it break free.

Qin Shan straightened his body and rushed towards the gigantic palm.

In the air, Qin Shan stretched out his hand then took out hundreds of energy swords that shot forward and Qin Shan followed behind.

Booms!

With a loud explosion, the palace shook.

The sword energy light pierced through the gigantic palm, causing the gigantic hand to break apart and spread out. At the same time, the force that sealed the space around him collapsed.

Qin Shan immediately used his Ghost Steps and disappeared.

A moment later, three figures arrived at the scene one by one. The first to arrive was an old man with a beard dangling down to his chest, gray hair, and a cold face. He scanned the surrounding area, a clear expression of shock flashed across his eyes.

After that, a man and a woman appeared, but before they knew what was happening, they saw the old man standing in the air and immediately put on a look of respect, cupping their hands, he said, and shouted, "Great Elder!"

Second Layer Origin King Master and one of the strongest masters in the Xuan Continent.

"Great Chief, what ..." The female Origin King asked hesitantly.

"Someone entered without permission to the Purple Lotus Palace!" Liang Sun shouted with a grim face.

"What?" Another male Origin King said, "Who is so daring to enter here Elder?"

"I don't know!" Liang Sun shook his head and narrowed his eyes, "Whoever it is, he is strong, able to pierce through this old master's s.p.a.ce Palms, a feat that no ordinary person can accomplish."

The two Origin Kings exchanged glances and both of them saw shock on each other's faces.

In a certain courtyard within the Purple Lotus Palace, Qin Shan hid himself while moving from the shadow of one soldier to another.

Qin Shan continued to flee towards the Crow Claw Pavilion. He had traveled in vain today.

...***...

For the next few days, everything was calm.

After sneaking into the Purple Lotus Palace that night, Qin Shan did not act rashly anymore. He believed that the level of vigilance in the Purple Lotus Palace had been raised to an extreme level now, and even with his abilities, he was not sure he could sneak in again.

Hua Ru Meng made use of her connections to investigate the situation in Purple Lotus City for the past few times and reported everything she learned to Qin Shan.

Time passed, and half a month later, Qin Shan wanted to try entering the Purple Lotus Palace back. Now he would not be slacking off like before, but would disguise himself as a Purple Lotus Great Elder using the Ghost Art.

The current Qin Shan had already arrived at the palace and was walking along the corridor leisurely, many of the guards around the palace were respectful to Qin Shan, "Older Li" the guards said.

Qin Shan only gave a small nod in response and continued walking towards the safe inside the palace.

for half an hour he finally arrived inside the palace safely. It seemed that the huge door built from unknown materials looked extremely sturdy and had many barriers and defenses around it.

However, there were no cultivators guarding this place, obviously everything had been moved.

Qin Shan made the key of his Qi energy, before long appeared the golden key looked alive from his palm and turned into a small dragon with two horns with a faint purple circle. The little dragon spun several times in the air, then flew to the iron safe door.

A heavy door that seemed impenetrable suddenly flickered and waves of wind emerged from its surface. The door was wide open displaying the contents of the safe.

Qin Shan stepped inside and saw the myriad precious treasures of the Purple Lotus Palace. He looked around the room that was not too spacious, and there were not many items in it, but it still made his eyes glow.

There were not many Gold Coins here, but many large and small jade bottles then various types of artifacts and various Secret Technique scrolls. The jade bottle contained an Origin King grade Spirit Pill, as well as an artifact with an Origin King grade.

There was also the Secret Technique that Purple Lotus had accumulated over the years. Qin Shan was thinking of giving this Secret Technique to the Crow Claw Pavilion in order to increase their strength or save it if he made the Sect later.

Without even investigating it, Qin Shan knew that everything here was a treasure.

Qin Shan stood on the spot grinning meaningfully, then without hesitation he immediately stretched out his hand and sucked everything inside the vault into his inventory.

Qin Shan did not have the slightest good impression towards this Purple Lotus City, so acting cruel towards them was not a burden to him.

Qin Shan had a great harvest, but still had not found what he was looking for.

He turned his gaze around the room and stopped at the large box that was in the corner of the room. If he had not misjudged, the shards of the dragon ancestor's strength were inside this huge box.

When he arrived, Qin Shan checked slightly to make sure there was no barrier in this box then slowly opened the large box.

Inside the large box was a kind of round-shaped energy crystal and there was a dragon pattern coiling around it. The crystal gave off an extremely powerful dragon aura. The dragon roar sounded from the Dragon Emptiness Tattoo. Suddenly Qin Shan's heartbeat skipped a beat.

Qin Shan slowly stretched out his hand and tightly grasped the energy crystal and in sensed a wave of extremely familiar energy coming from the crystal ball, it was as if Qin Shan was greeting an old friend.

Qin Shan's eyes shone brightly as his heart filled with excitement.

Unexpectedly a powerful energy erupted from the dragon crystal then bombarded his body, that energy enveloped his entire body and exerted a terrifying pressure and made his bones crack.

Qin Shan snorted then retorted by emitting the aura of the Empty Dragon.

The instant the aura of the Empty Dragon collided with the aura from the dragon crystal made the golden red glow grow thicker and sounded the roar of the dragon echoing in the air.

Before long, the energy from the dragon crystal that enveloped him collapsed, re-entering the crystal ball.

Qin Shan smiled as he observed the dragon crystal for a moment and put it into the inventory.

The safe room was now completely empty leaving only dust floating.

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