The upper echelons of the Yan Emperor Divine Clan, represented by Mei Flame Emperor, were not unable to afford losing their positions in the Ancient Burning World Cluster. What they truly could not afford to lose was the immeasurable mountain of war supplies stockpiled in that war zone.
Mei Flame Emperor had appeared extremely generous when she agreed to give Saine and the others ten top-tier Rule Fires, but when the time came to actually pay, she would not even need to open the treasuries of her own family or the Yan Emperor Divine Clan's rear territories.
The Yan Emperor Divine Clan's strategic reserve warehouses in the Ancient Burning World Cluster alone contained no fewer than twenty top-tier Rule Fires of similar quality!
There were even more top-grade Yan Emperor Divine Clan materials of other kinds.
After all, the Ancient Burning World Cluster was the largest logistical supply base established by the Yan Emperor Divine Clan in the rear of the Endless Fire Territory Battlefield to support the Frontline Battlefield.
Moreover, Saine and the others did not need to worry too much that the Yan Emperor Divine Clan would set them up and ultimately fail to send other Yan Emperors to provide support.
Compared to Saine's Wizard Civilization Expeditionary Force, the Yan Emperor Divine Clan valued the logistical supplies of the Ancient Burning World Cluster even more.
They were more anxious than Saine and the others!
After a brief period of negotiation and haggling, Saine and the others ultimately signed a twenty-year contract with Mei Flame Emperor to garrison the central region of the Ancient Burning World Cluster.
As for the price paid by the Yan Emperor Divine Clan represented by Mei Flame Emperor, aside from the rare Rule Fires, incomplete Emperor-Level Cultivation Methods, and mid- and low-grade resource compensation