Chapter 60 Slaying the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon

The golden dragon raised its head and let out a long roar, its sharp claws sweeping toward Zong Wu.

Boom!

Both figures were thrown back by the impact.

Neither side gained the upper hand in this probing attack.

Regaining his footing, Zong Wu charged forward once more, this time unleashing his ultimate technique directly.

Nirvana Slash!

Swish!

The golden dragon's claw was sliced open, droplets of dragon blood the size of eggs tumbling toward the ground.

Qin Tian felt a pang of heartache at the sight; these were exceptionally precious treasures.

Injured, the golden dragon grew somewhat wary.

Yet, driven by the pride of the dragon race, it refused to accept defeat. How could it possibly fail to defeat a human of the same cultivation realm?

Tossing and turning violently in the air, a ferocious expression twisted its features.

It activated its only drop of ancestral dragon blood, cultivated over a millennium.

Instantly, the might of the dragon surged dramatically. Under the oppressive pressure of this dragon aura, the cultivators on the ground found themselves unable to fight.

Many practitioners and demon beasts were forced to bend at the waist.

Roar!

The five-clawed golden dragon violently lunged at Zong Wu.

Zong Wu's expression turned grave as his aura shifted continuously.

At one moment ancient and vicissitudinous, at the next surging with vibrant vitality, he was preparing to unleash the third form of the Heaven-Breaking Blade.

Samsara Slash!

A formidable power of samsara crashed toward the golden dragon.

Boom!

Zong Wu and the five-clawed golden dragon simultaneously spat out mouthfuls of blood.

The two engaged in a brutal, unrestrained exchange of blows, and before long, both were covered in wounds.

However, human physical bodies could never truly match those of the dragon race, leaving Zong Wu at a disadvantage.

Qin Tian decided to intervene.

He pushed his Eternal Indestructible Body to its absolute peak, drew his kitchen knife, and hurled it fiercely at the five-clawed golden dragon.

Sensing the incoming attack, the five-clawed golden dragon cast a disdainful glance at Qin Tian and the flying kitchen knife, swatting at it dismissively with a claw.

What Qin Tian was betting on was precisely this arrogance and contempt.

By the time the golden dragon realized something was amiss with the kitchen knife, it was already too late.

Swish!

The kitchen knife pierced directly into the dragon's claw, and blood instantly sprayed wildly.

Roar!

The golden dragon let out a cry of agony.

This turn of events left Lin Zhou, the City Lord, and the others utterly stunned. With a single remote attack across the air, Qin Tian had easily inflicted heavy injuries on the five-clawed golden dragon.

The surviving practitioners finally understood who truly wielded the supreme power in Qingyun City.

Among them was Niu Shan, the very first person Qin Tian had met upon arriving in the Central State.

Had he known earlier that the person who saved him was so terrifyingly powerful, he would have frequently visited to curry favor.

No sooner had the five-clawed golden dragon taken the blow than Zong Wu's Samsara Slash arrived.

Clearly, Zong Wu had been prepared.

The five-clawed golden dragon's instinctive reaction was to block with its claw, but that limb had already been crippled by Qin Tian.

In that fraction of a second of hesitation, it took the full force of the slash head-on.

The massive dragon body plummeted to the earth, its eyes fluttering a few times before closing in reluctant resignation.

Realizing the general trend was lost, the surviving demon saints scattered in all directions, though a few were intercepted and slain.

Qingyun City had triumphed.

Zong Wu retrieved the kitchen knife, gathered the corpse of the five-clawed golden dragon, placed it into a vacant spatial ring, and handed the ring over to Qin Tian.

As for the corpses of the remaining demon kings, demon emperors, and demon saints, Lin Zhou, the City Lord, and others collected them.

Qin Tian directly claimed seventy percent of the spoils, telling Lin Zhou to use them for the development of the commercial chamber.

The remainder would be distributed among those who had participated in the battle.

This amounted to an astronomical fortune.

Night fell.

Upon receiving the news, Qing Hongming of the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce hurried back to Qingyun City.

After all, his entire foundation was rooted here; he could not simply abandon it. Upon returning to the chamber, he heard that the city was distributing battle spoils.

Everyone gets a share!

Those were the corpses of beings above the Demon King realm, making them immensely tempting. Thus, he instructed his subordinates to go and claim their portion.

Consequently, members of the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce joined the queue.

When it was the turn of a manager from the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce, he was immediately recognized by the crowd.

Instant fury erupted among the masses!

"Holy crap! These are people from the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce! How do you have the shamelessness to come and claim battle spoils?"

"Indeed, where is your shame?"

"Where were you when we were fighting the demon beasts to the death?"

"My father and brother both died because of this battle, and you come here to reap the rewards without effort?"

Sweating profusely, the manager of the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce stammered, "Our master said everyone gets a share, which is why he sent us."

These words sparked another wave of condemnation.

"You've made plenty of money off us in ordinary times, yet you run the moment trouble strikes. Our Qingyun City has no need for such a chamber of commerce!"

Spontaneously, the crowd surrounded the premises of the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce.

"Get out of Qingyun City!"

"Get out of Qingyun City!"

Meanwhile, upon receiving the news, the City Lord and the Lin Chamber of Commerce went to share the good news with Qin Tian.

Filled with disgust upon hearing what the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce had done, Qin Tian issued a command.

"Go find Zong Wu and have him accompany you on a trip."

"The Qingmu Chamber of Commerce no longer has any reason to exist."

"Understood, this subordinate will handle it immediately." Ecstatic, Lin Zhou hurried off to invite Zong Wu.

The Qingmu Chamber of Commerce had stood for thousands of years; it undoubtedly possessed countless hidden treasures.

Before long, Lin Zhou and Zong Wu, leading a massive crowd, arrived at the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce.

Qing Hongming summoned all the experts of the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce to confront them.

In terms of sheer numbers, Qing Hongming's side vastly outnumbered the Lin Chamber of Commerce, as many of the Lin family's members had perished in the recent fierce battle.

"Just you few think you can attack my Qingmu Chamber of Commerce?"

"Have your brains broken down?" Qing Hongming sneered derisively.

At that moment, ambitions to annex the Lin family stirred within him.

"Since you've come to throw away your lives, I won't stand on ceremony. I'll take good care of your daughter."

With that, Qing Hongming led his pack of followers in a murderous charge.

Zong Wu stepped forward, casting a disdainful gaze upon the motley crew before him.

All-Directions Slash!

As his blade struck the ground, countless strands of sword qi scattered outward like cannonballs.

Ah! Ah!

A chorus of miserable screams rang out, leaving the ground littered with corpses.

Of all the experts of the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce, only Qing Hongming remained, trembling with fear—spared intentionally by Zong Wu.

"I'll leave the rest to you to handle," Zong Wu remarked before turning away.

The next day, Lin Zhou arrived before Qin Tian with a beaming smile to report the victory; he had completely taken over the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce.

He presented Qin Tian with a ten-thousand-year-old medicinal herb and a batch of lower-grade imperial-tier weapon-refining materials found in the Qingmu vault.

Accepting them, Qin Tian rewarded him with several imperial-tier pills.

Combined with his previous gains, these resources were more than enough for Lin Zhou to expand his chamber of commerce across the entire Haotian Empire.

Qingyun City finally regained its peace.

Qin Tian patiently awaited the emergence of the Azure Dragon Vein.

When that day arrived, not only would his spiritual power be unsealed, but he should also reap bountiful rewards.

As time passed, the spiritual energy of the Qingyun Mountains grew even denser, leading everyone to believe that a supreme treasure was about to be born.

Consequently, numerous individuals flocked to the Qingyun Mountain Range in search of treasures.

Deeming the time ripe, Qin Tian brought An Miaoqing and Zong Wu into the mountains.

As for Bai Xiaoru, she decided to stay behind; with so many people around, she risked exposing her identity, and she wished to avoid bringing trouble to Qin Tian.

Upon entering the mountain range, Qin Tian began searching for the place with the densest spiritual energy.

Such a location was the most likely birthplace of the dragon vein.

His search eventually led him deep into the mountain range, inside a tranquil valley.

The valley resembled an idyllic paradise on earth, surrounded by lush green hills and clear waters.