The proprietress was quite surprised as well. Brother Jiu had actually failed to notice the goods had arrived right away. "Aren't you watching the warehouse?"
"How would I dare watch the warehouse?" Brother Jiu answered honestly. "All right, I'm going to check my warehouse!"
He opened the underground storeroom and saw it packed full of Energy Stones. Instantly delighted, he immediately sent a coded signal to his clansmen, notifying them that it was time to get to work.
The people from the Clan Kinship Association had been pestering Brother Jiu quite a bit lately. They had even suspected that he had acquired more Energy Stones and sold them off at a high price to someone else—times like these truly tested people's hearts.
However, they could not ask Brother Jiu directly. If that guy went mad, there was no telling what he might do.
So lately, some people had been probing indirectly, trying to get closer to Brother Jiu and obtain a little more Energy Stone from him.
This was also what irritated Brother Jiu. Not only had the other party delayed picking up the goods, but there were also people constantly buzzing around him. He knew very well that his clansmen had begun to harbor some unfavorable suspicions about him, yet he had no way to explain—he could not even contact that charity-minded fellow.
Now that there were finally Energy Stones, he arranged for some trustworthy clansmen to convert them. These people certainly would not reveal the specifics, but there was no problem with hinting to the others that Brother Jiu had gotten hold of some more Energy Stones.
Brother Jiu also hoped that such rumors would give the clansmen in the Clan Kinship Association a little more confidence.
At the same time, however, he stressed, "This location absolutely must