NOVPUB"It’s about time they arrived," mused Manager Liu of the trade association in secret.
As a manager, he did not need to stand at the front desk, but today was special anduld not be taken lightly. n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖
He had a privatellaboration with the Four Thieves of Juxuan Island. Although his cultivation level was low, his identity with the Land Money Trade Association gave him standing here. Coupled with the leverage he had over the Four Thieves of Juxuan Island, they dared not treat him lightly, making their relationship one of equal partnership.
Ofurse, the Four Thieves of Juxuan Island also had leverage over him.
Arding to the plan, today the Four Thieves of Juxuan Island wouldme to the association to store theffin.
Generally, the trade association did not offer a service for storingffins—it was not a funeral home, after all. That’s why he had stayed here all day, waiting for the Four Thieves of Juxuan Island tome so heuld personally receive them.
"Old Liu, the chairman has called for a brief meeting of all members at the manager level and above," another manager called out to Manager Liu.
Manager Liu frowned. He hadn’t expected the chairman to call a meeting at such a critical moment. He wanted to refuse, but feared giving himself away, as the chairman’s biggest pet peeve was people not attending meetings.
What a pain, he thought. Just wait until I get hold of the Dragon clan’s treasure and then I’ll resign.
It looked like he had to delegate this task to a subordinate, but heuldn’t openly say that they needed to receive affin—that would be too blatant, too suspicious at first hearing.
He turned to a delicate-looking woman and instructed, "Su Yu, remember, the principle of our trade association is to serve the customers. Regardless of their requests, we must do our utmost to satisfy them. Do you understand?"
Su Yu had not expected the usually aloof Manager Liu to give her guidance and was deeply moved. She quickly responded, "Manager Liu, I’ve got it."
Manager Liu nodded, "Good, as long as you remember."
"Come on, Old Liu, we need to hurry," a friend urged him.
"They’re here."
Half a quarter of an hour later, the meetingncluded, and he didn’t ask Su Yu but went to the warehouse for a look instead.
"There’s noffin in the warehouse yet; it seems they haven’t arrived."
Manager Liu went to the front desk and dismissed Su Yu. "That’s enough, Su Yu. I’m here, you can go back and rest."
After all, Su Yu was an outsider; heuldn’t let her see the Four Thieves of Juxuan Island and risk introducing unpredictable elements.
Manager Liu stood at the front desk and, in less than two minutes, saw Lu Yang and his group enter the trade association with theffin.
"Excuse me, do you storeffins here?" asked Meng Jingzhou. He was the most familiar with the association and was in charge of liaising.
Manager Liu thought to himself, an unfamiliar face, they must haveme in disguise, being quite cautious.
He displayed an understanding smile, pretending not to rgnize Lu Yang and hismpanions, and treated them like ordinary customers. "Ofurse," he replied, "our trade association provides all services within our power. You wish to store affin? That can be arranged."
Meng Jingzhou was slightly surprised; he hadn’t expected the Sea City branch of the trade association to be so service-oriented and thought his request might be politely declined.
He had prepared to look for an inn to store theffin, even though the inn might not agree, but he planned to try offering more Spirit Stones.
If that failed, they would have no choice but to keep carrying theffin. He didn’t care about worldly views; it was mainly because Man Gu was thin-skinned.
"How many days do the four honored guests wish to store it for?"
"We plan on three days, but it’s hard to say, we might extend the duration depending on the situation. After all, we don’t know what it’s like at the Long Clan’s end. How many Spirit Stones will it be?" Meng Jingzhou asked offhandedly, still uncertain how long it would take tomplete the Dragon’s Blood task.
Manager Liu understood, it seemed they also didn’t know when things would die down.
Upon hearing Meng Jingzhou inquiring about thest in Spirit Stones, Manager Liu jolted. Taking Spirit Stones would be rrded in the ledger, wait a moment—the Four Thieves of Juxuan Island were not ignorant of rules;uld it be that they intended to hint that everyone was on the same boat, warning him not to entertain thoughts of secretly moving the treasure?
"Three hundred Spirit Stones."
Meng Jingzhou casually took out three middle-grade Spirit Stones.
"Hey, be gentle with theffin, it’s not a dead person inside." Lu Yang reminded Manager Liu as he moved theffin.
Manager Liu was not surprised and smiled indifferently, his movements gentle, "Howuld I not know that theffinntains the Long Clan’s treasure? This thing is worth more than my life."
After sending off Lu Yang and his group, someone called out to Manager Liu.
"Old Liu, the vice-chairman says that all the managers and above are to attend a meeting to go over the spirit of the earliernference."
"I’m on my way, Su Yu, keep an eye on the front desk."
"Alright, Manager Liu."
A few minutes later, the four thieves of Juxuan Island sneaked in carrying theffin into the trade association.
"Strange, where’s Old Liu? Didn’t he say he would wait here for us?" The eldest brother was puzzled as to why there was only a young girl at the front desk.
"May I ask what the four guests are here for?" Su Yu posed with a greeting gesture.
Wondering if this was an arrangement by Old Liu, the eldest brother asked with some doubt, "We’re here to store affin, is that possible?"
As Su Yu was about to refuse, she suddenly remembered Manager Liu’s instruction to be service-minded and to fulfill the guests’ needs as much as possible, so she put on a smile, naturally sweet, "Ofurse, that’s possible."
The elder brother thought to himself that it really must be an arrangement by Old Liu, otherwise the association wouldn’t have agreed so readily.
Letting this young girl deal with them, he was cautious about the Long Clan tracing it back to him.
"How many days do the four of you plan to store it?"
"Let’s start with three days, and then we’ll see if we need to extend it," the eldest brother guessed that the Long Clanuld only search for about three to four days. During that time, if theyuldn’t find it, they would surely suspect that the treasure had been taken elsewhere, making Sea City a lot safer.
Ofurse, if the Long Clan was suspicious, it was no trouble to store it for a few more days. Heuld afford to wait.
"Alright, that will be three hundred Spirit Stones," Su Yu said with a polite smile,llecting three hundred Spirit Stones first. If they went beyond three days, it’d be an extra hundred per day, which was the rule.
"You’re charging money?" The elder brother thought: what kind of arrangement was this, charging money for such a secretive deal?
Then the elder brother understood—it was Manager Liu warning them through the mouth of the young girl; theyuldn’t shortchange the promised benefits when everything was settled.
The elder brother pulled out three hundred Spirit Stones and handed them to the young girl, "We won’t forget you."
"And remember to handle it carefully and quietly. After all, it’s something that shouldn’t be seen in the light." The elder brother reminded Su Yu to be careful, feeling that the young girl’s movements were too large anduld easily attract the attention of others around.
"Understood."
Su Yu, seemingly delicate but surprisingly strong, carried theffin to the warehouse, handling it gently. Recalling the words of the Juxuan Island thieves, she took out a black cloth andvered theffin.
"Since it should not see the light, then let’sver it."
Upon leaving the trade association, the youngest brother secretly asked, "Elder brother, isn’t this medicine too potent? We’re only in the Divinity Transformation Stage now."
He had thought they would only drop one realm.
The eldest brother was unaware that the elixirs sold on the black market were discarded pills from the Seek Dao Sect’s Elixir Cauldron Peak, whichuld be either weak or exceptionally potent.
"It’s all part of the plan; this way, the Long Clan will definitely not suspect us."
An hour later, Manager Liu’s meeting ended, but he did not return to the front desk.
Since theffin was now stored here, today’s task wasmplete.
"Next, we just wait for this to blow over. Hopefully, everything goes smoothly," Manager Liu muttered to himself.
