After Randeng signed the loan agreement, Lin Tian handed him ten billion.
Randeng immediately tossed the Spirit Stones to Zhulong. Zhulong had emerged this time merely to fight a battle and establish his fearsome reputation; he had no real intention of making an enemy of Buddhism.
Zhulong also knew he could never get the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl out of Randeng. It had merely been a pretext. Once he had secured a tangible benefit, it was time to withdraw.
Everyone else watching the battle was dumbfounded.
Just like that, he had pocketed ten billion?
Wasn't that money far too easy to earn?
In an instant, countless people were tempted. Extorting ten billion from Buddhism just like that-it could hardly have been easier.
Of course, anyone without the strength to back it up would never succeed at such extortion.
After obtaining ten billion, Zhulong left with Yinglong and Coiling Dragon to take a look at Spirit Vine City. From this day onward, the Dragon Clan had officially emerged from seclusion.
The Dragon Clan would also take part in carving up the spheres of influence in the Three Realms and claim its slice of the pie.
Of course, its first priority was to obtain Spirit Stones, exchange them for merit, and use that merit to settle the karma of the primordial era. Otherwise, cultivation would remain fraught with countless hardships for the Dragon Clan's descendants.
Naturally, they also had to inventory the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas' treasure vaults and take back control of the Four Seas.
The Four Seas would become the Dragon Clan's home base. Those vast waters held countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, which would bring the Dragon Clan a glorious future.
It was precisely this that Lin Tian had seen, leading him to conclude that the Dragon