Chapter 522: Greed (2/2)

What a waste! To have one of these treasures, but allowing it to release the energy without absorbing it was simply too wasteful.

Looking at the Hell Court Lotus in Xue Wei's hands, she could not help but try to calculate her chances of gaining it for her own purposes. While she was being paid handsomely, she still wanted to improve much more rapidly.

She was aware that if she wanted to stand out in this branch of the Whispering Oak Inn, she needed a domineering strength.

Unfortunately, she had struggled at the beginning, when she was a soul and had almost been consumed time and time again.

Now that she had managed to join the Whispering Oak Inn, she understood that she was below a few, but above the masses.

However, she also understood that if she took this treasure for herself, she would not be able to answer to the branch leader, and thus she hesitated.

She gritted her teeth and stared at Xue Wei. But while he had guessed her thoughts, he did not say anything but smiled slightly; however, there was a bit of disdain and mockery hidden within.

These high ranked ghosts in the Regional Capital were very sensitive to changes in the energy. They would have definitely sensed it the moment he took out the herb, but they had not shown up yet.

It was clear that they were testing this receptionist.

Since she had acted so arrogantly earlier, he had no intention of warning her, but smiled mockingly at her.

”Can I meet the branch leader now that I have taken out this treasure?” he asked curiously, while glancing around with feigned anticipation.

While Xue Wei was no longer the young and innocent man he had been back when he just started cultivating, he had found that he was a rather good actor.

Since this receptionist was rushing to her death, then who was he to stop her?

The receptionist was still hesitating before the greed took over. The yin energy coming out of this treasure was simply too overwhelming. If she hid somewhere secure and consumed it all, would she not also become a hegemon in the Ghost Realm.

A cunning light flashed across her eyes as she put on a friendly smile and asked, ”Why don't you give it to me first?”