Asier's father and older brother had once made a living washing goldware for the temples. Using chemical methods, they extracted the gold from some of the temples' goldware and gold paint, then refined it back into gold ingots.
For them, this might have been the best business available. All they had to do was pay the workers a very low wage and allow them to take home whatever food they could not finish for their families.
The workers could then risk their bodies by handling all kinds of chemical reagents without any protection, even touching them directly with their rotting hands.
When Asier first returned and saw those scenes, he had been furious and heartbroken. Lin Qi had thought he might become "Akumali."
Unfortunately, wealth's ability to corrupt a person's mind exceeded anyone's imagination. Before long, Asier silently accepted reality and began enjoying the income these businesses brought in.
Especially during the previous period, when large numbers of temple priests sent all kinds of gold items to them to be liquidated, they had kept the prices low and made a fortune.
But the situation was no longer so optimistic. The Federation's de-religionization campaign was affecting their income.
The Federation had banned some local religious festivals and disgusting religious practices, such as selecting a Holy Maiden.
As a result, the temples could no longer plunder large quantities of goldware from the people at regular intervals as they had in previous years.
Without goldware, Asier's father and older brother had no income, which had made them start wondering whether they should change careers.
If they did not, their current savings would not last long enough to support their extravagance. They had to find a new source of income as soon as possible. Fortunately, Lin Qi had come and brought some information about