Ash Holy Tower.
Twenty years had passed since they established stable commercial trade channels with the Zerg.
Over those twenty years, the wealth of Saine's Ash Holy Tower began to grow rapidly once more.
After spending enormous sums of Magic Coins over the past several centuries, Saine could finally "recover some blood."
However, the matters Goddess of Wealth Wojin had mentioned—secretly cooperating with Immortal Domain Rogue Cultivators, Heretical Cultivators, and Demon Race creatures—had yet to begin due to the short time available.
Wojin had, however, already sent people to handle those matters.
Following Wojin's advice, it would not do to have experienced hands handle such things. It was best to send unfamiliar faces.
As for the God of Black Mist, God of Evening Drool, and other dependents Saine had recruited from the Divine Descendant World Battlefield, Saine had already submitted their applications to join the Wizard Alliance. At the same time, the Wizard Civilization had exceptionally approved these outstanding foreign gods.
Thus, the "gray trades" Wojin proposed were best left to those foreign gods.
The God of Evening Drool should be able to carry out Saine's assignment quite well. Saine had discovered that this fellow possessed a remarkable talent for business.
When they first began economic trade with the Zerg, it had been the God of Evening Drool who handled it. Saine had even rewarded him with quite a few benefits for it.
As the economic situation gradually improved, the preliminary preparations for Saine's Staff of Ashes experiment had also basically been completed.
The only slight imperfection was that Saine had never managed to find the most perfect vessel for the Staff of Ashes' shaft.
Mages might all have a touch of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Saine could have taken a section of a Level-6 Creature's spine from his collection and refined