บท 2316: Rich

In the past year, Emery had poured relentless effort into expanding his apothecary enterprise, with five shops opening across major cities, generating over one and a half billion spirit stones in profits. Golden City alone accounted for more than a third of that staggering sum, while the remaining four—Centauri City, Zodiac City, Utopia City, and Terra City—combined to make up the rest.

Yet, the business of running an empire wasn't cheap. Nearly one-third of those profits were immediately funneled back into further development. Significant investments were also made in Terra and Earth's forces and infrastructure, as well as bolstering the newly formed Lower Realm alliance. Emery also made sure to support his Earth magus companions, allocating funds to help them develop stronger.

After all that, he was left with a healthy 700 million spirit stones.