The Emptiness Dragon System
CH.37S. The Fire Valley

Lou Wu led Qin Shan to the palace he had visited before and escorted him to a certain room.

Inside this room, there were luxurious and elegant furniture everywhere, clearly this female-owned workroom.

Xue Ran lay languidly on the sofa, looking at her beautiful curves, she placed her cheeks in one hand, her eyes closed, her posture seductive and dazzling.

The sofa itself was made of monster leather and beside it, there were several thin-robed young women. These servants fanned Xue Ran and peeled the fruit like wine and fed it to Xue Ran's lips. The others gently massaged Xue Ran's beautiful legs.

When Qin Shan entered this room, the first thought that appeared in his mind was 'wasting'.

As usual, Lou Wu lowered her head and looked straight at her toes while cupping her hands and said, "Mistress Protector, I brought the little boy you asked for."

"Greetings, Protective Madam!" Qin Shan, unlike Lou Wu, looked straight ahead, his eyes clear, without the slightest lewd expression.

Since he knew that a woman like Xue Ran was definitely not someone he could socialize with right now, he removed the disturbance in his heart, lest this woman punish him unnaturally.

Hearing Qin Shan's voice, Xue Ran opened his eyes. From his phoenix eyes, a sharp light flashed, Qin Shan felt uneasy looking into those eyes, he was as if he was staring at a bottomless vortex that was trying to take out his Soul and consume it.

Qin Shan was startled and hurriedly bit his tongue to regain his consciousness.

When he looked again, Xue Ran's eyes had returned to their original state.

"Well, your courage is not small. Just a few days after entering the Sect, you actually caused trouble for this Queen!" Xue Ran's voice was sweet and sounded pleasant to the ears, but her tone was quite cold and sharp.

"Miss Protector, please understand," Qin Shan held back the uncomfortable feeling in his face and quickly said. "It's not that I'm causing trouble, I just fight back when bullied."

"Against being intimidated? Haha, I heard you beat Senior Brother into a pulp and it took at least three months to recover. Is that your definition of 'resistance'?" Xue Ran looked at Qin Shan.

"I might be a little rude, but I acted to make sure that others did not dare to underestimate the Nyoya Protector faction. If I make such a disgrace, the others start to think that our faction is weak and easy to oppress!"

"Oh?" Xue Ran raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile, "If so, from what you said, should this Queen gather all the disciples and praise you in public, and make you an example?"

"I'm just doing what I have to do, Protective Madam doesn't need to care about it!"

"Please!" Xue Ran flinched and with a wave of his hand released a powerful energy which sent Qin Shan flying into the back wall.

"Mrs, please calm yourself!" Lou Wu tried to calm Xue Ran down.

A moment later, Xue Ran giggled happily, making it impossible for Lou Wu to understand what he was thinking.

Qin Shan had never made contact with Xue Ran other than his last meeting while out of the Earth Prison.

When he saw Xue Ran the first time, Qin Shan felt that this woman was extremely strong, he was also at the Third Level Dao Source Realm, but Qin Shan did not know her temperament.

However, in this second meeting, Qin Shan realized that she was a mood-changing woman!

Not someone to be underestimated!

The punch usually did not use much force, but it could not be overcome by Qin Shan. After crashing into the wall, he felt his blood turbulent and his bones creak.

As he stood up, he only heard a sweet laugh from Xue Ran.

Qin Shan grabbed his chest trying to calm his turbulent blood and looked at Xue Ran.

The woman also stared back at Qin Shan with her pair of beautiful eyes, a hint of approval appearing in their eyes, as she nodded lightly, "This queen likes men to have hard bones. You've done well, after all, you haven't lost face in front of this Queen!"

Qin Shan frowned but did not reply.

"However.." Xue Ran continued. "Today's problems can be big, it can be small, and this Queen doesn't want to give Bian Jun a reason to cause trouble. After all, you only entered the Sect a month ago but dared to take such an action. This could also mean that this Queen is inadequate in her supervision, so as a punishment, you must be imprisoned in the Fire Gorge for three months. That's all."

While he was speaking casually, Qin Shan could not help but feel bad and asked, "Can I ask, Protective Madam, what is the Fire Gorge?"

He had only been in the Star Axis Sect for a month and had yet to hear of the existence of this Flame Gorge.

"The pit of fire is.." Xue Ran smiled faintly, "That's the place where the disciples who made mistakes are punished, and the environment there..hehe, you'll know when you get there.”.

Qin Shan's expression sank.

Lou Wu also glanced at him, his eyes full of sympathy, as if this 'Gulf of Fire' was really a bad place.

"Take him away!" Xue Ran waved her hand then closed her beautiful eyes.

"Good!" Lou Wu respectfully stepped back then pulled Qin Shan away with him.

Qin Shan had many questions, but seeing Xue Ran's attitude, he knew it was impossible to ask any more so he could only turn to Lou Wu.

Once outside the palace, Lou Wu heaved a sigh of relief. Every time he met Xue Ran, he felt tremendous pressure.

"Senior sister Lou .." Qin Shan turned his head towards Lou Wu.

"Ha... Brother Qin!" Lou Wu sighed and patted Qin Shan on the shoulder as he spoke solemnly, "Don't ask. You'll know when you get there. Senior Brother just said ... Nyoya the Protector has shown great kindness this time. After all, three months is not a long time.Just cultivate and your punishment will end in an instant. When the time comes, Senior Brother will come straight to pick you up."

Hearing what he said, Qin Shan felt worse and became convinced that the Fire Gorge was a terrifying place.

Evaluating his strength, Qin Shan could only suppress his depression and he had no choice but to follow Lou Wu.

Lou Wu summoned his flight-type artifact, and after the two boarded, the ship flew in a certain direction at high speed.

As they traveled, Qin Shan began to feel the stinging hot air.

Lou Wu did not finish his words, but Qin Shan understood what he meant. But powerless to resist, he simply nodded and looked ahead.

Somewhere ahead, hidden within the veil of red clouds, Qin Shan could see a majestic mountain that was split in two. The path to this mountain was smooth and clean, like a valley in the middle of the sky, a frightening sight to behold.

As the ship approached, the scorching heat became clearer, and Qin Shan could feel a sensation in his skin even through the shield.

Moreover, this heat seemed to mix with another type of aura, which was unusual for Qin Shan.

"Yu'er do you know what kind of aura this is?" Qin Shan sent his voice to his System World.

"It's Emperor Pressure, Shan-gege. This pressure was once caused by the battle energy between Emperor realm cultivators. Shan-gege could absorb this Emperor Pressure to know the principles of the world," Yu'er explained.

Qin Shan immediately understood and muttered loudly, "Pressure Emperor?"

Lou Wu turned to Qin Shan in surprise and asked, "Brother Qin can detect the Pressure Emperor here? Have you met an Emperor cultivator before?"

If one had not met an Emperor realm master yet, it was impossible to know what this Emperor Pressure was like. When Lou Wu first came to this place, he only felt the heat here was extremely uncomfortable, as if it had a suppressive effect on his cultivation, he said, but he did not understand why it had happened and he asked Xue Ran.

Qin Shan was merely a Third Level Origin King of the lower realms, but he quickly realized the hot Emperor Pressure in this place. The only possibility was that Qin Shan had experienced an Emperor Pressure before.

"There's a Forbidden Area in the Deathly Forest area, there's a faint Emperor Pressure, that's where I felt it before!" Qin Shan is lying.

"So so!” Lou Wu did not doubt it.

"But why can there be an Emperor Pressure here?" Qin Shan asked.

Lou Wu smiled lightly, "It's related to the origin of the Fire Gorge. It is rumored that the Abyss was created by an Emperor who controlled the Fire Principle. With a single swing of his sword, the Emperor split the Gorge, which caused the Emperor Pressure to remain attached. It happened thousands of years ago, but the Emperor Pressure has not disappeared yet."

"So this place was created by the Emperor cultivator's sword swing?" Qin Shan's eyes twinkled as he listened.

"That's what everyone in the Sect said, but whether this story is true or not," Lou Wu chuckled, "Brother Qin, when we arrive, stay at the top of the valley. Whatever you do, don't go down into the valley. The more you go down, the stronger the Emperor Pressure will be. Even the Sect Master and the four Protectors could not reach the bottom of the valley, so with your strength, you would definitely be crushed by the Pressure Emperor if you acted recklessly here."

"I understand. Thank you so much for the reminder, Senior Lou! ” Qin Shan nodded.

"In addition, the Protective Lady locked you up here not just to punish you. Even though the environment in the Fire Gorge was very bad and people could not stay here for long, if they could understand something from this place, they would benefit infinitely! Don't disappoint the protective Madam's goodwill," Lou Wu said solemnly.

"Is that really so?" Qin Shan smirked, "If that's the case, why isn't Senior Brother coming down with me and we can spy on Martial Dao together?"

"No, thank you!" Lou Wu trembled, a terrified light flashed in his eyes, "I've been stuck in this cursed place for a month, and I can barely return."

"What was Senior Brother's cultivation back then?"

“Origin King Third Level!” Lou Wu replied while tapping her feet and stopping the ship. Turn to Qin Shan, and say, "I'll get you here, do the rest myself. I'll be back in three months to bring you back!"

Qin Shan nodded and jumped off the ship, then rushed towards the top of the Flame Gorge.

After Qin Shan left, Lou Wu immediately turned his ship around and flew at high speed, as if trying to escape from this cursed place.

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The biting hot air seemed to be able to penetrate into one's soul, giving an illusion to their mind like it was being burned.

Qin Shan exhaled his mist-exuding breath as he landed at the top of the Flame Gorge and subconsciously circulated his Qi Energy to ward off the heat.

The expanse above the Fire Gorge was vast, like flat ground, and near the stone walls were several large and small caves.

Clearly, this was a cave that had been dug up by the disciples of the Star Axis Sect who had been locked up here for many years.

Qin Shan stood there and looked around.

There was not a single strand of grass growing here, the scenery was very quiet. Even rocks like melt.

Although there was indeed a faint Emperor Pressure in the air, containing an extremely profound Fire Principle, it was relatively easy for Qin Shan to resist with his current strength.

"If Ji Yao was here ..." The beautiful portrait of Ji Yao suddenly appeared in Qin Shan's mind.

If he was here, then this Flame Gorge was not a Restricted Area, but rather a cultivation heaven. This place contained the Emperor's understanding of the Fire Principle, which allowed Ji Yao to cultivate at an incredible speed. As long as he could understand something from the aura here, it would definitely be of great help to his growth.

Unfortunately, Ji Yao was still in the Mortal Realm at the moment.

Shaking his head, Qin Shan dispelled these disturbing thoughts then began to observe the quiet surroundings. The first thing Qin Shan did was to go to the stone walls and inspect the cave houses.

Since he was going to stay here for three months, he needed to find out if there was anyone else living here. If there was anyone else in this place, before meditation, Qin Shan should at least greet him.

After some investigation, not a single person lived here except her!

However, there were a dozen corpses.

These people had all died within the different cave houses in meditation postures, their expressions all very peaceful, as if they had not experienced pain or suffering when they died, he said, just lost all their vitality.

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