Chapter 528: The Guests (1/2)
While Lan and Xue Wei were fully focused on cultivation, the branch leader was seated in his office, deep in thought. He knew that he had to contact the woman first, the one whom they called Li Zhiqing, but he knew as Mo Lian.
In the painting, which Xue Wei had drawn, he could see her gentleness, and her soft temperament. She was indeed a beauty made from water, with a lovable disposition.
If not for the remarkably similar facial features, the branch leader would never have connected this gentle woman with Mo Lian.
Mo Lian was the leader of another region. To reach this top spot within the Ghost Realm, one had to be ruthless and calculating. How were the two going to react when the person they had searched for happened to be so different from the one they had known?
The branch leader could not help but sigh in regret. The Ghost Realm truly changed everyone who came inside. You lost your memories, and along with it, your humanity as well.
He wished for so much more than to be caught in this dreadful and gloomy world where he never knew how long he would have to suffer, and he could imagine that Mo Lian would wish for precisely the same.
He shook his head and began writing a letter. The letter was quickly written before he put it in a scroll, and sealed it with his energy. Only Mo Lian would be capable of opening it now.
He then found one of his servants and sent him to the transportation array, with the purpose of personally handing the letter over to her. He did not trust that others would do a decent job.
Now that the letter had been sent, there was nothing more to do than wait. The branch leader wished to forge a good relationship with Xue Wei and Lan, but he soon found that these two were so focused on cultivating that they rarely stepped outside of the room.
He wished to talk with them about the chances of leaving the Ghost Realm, but he was not willing to be abrupt, and he also did not want to be annoying. Hence he held back, feeling more and more depressed.
The entire regional capital had spread the news of these guests staying at the branch leader's mansion, and many ghosts were full of curiosity. While the branch leader was the strongest expert in the regional capital, there were others who were almost at the same level, and they were extremely curious as to who these figures were.
If these ghosts put their hands together, they would be able to get rid of the branch leader; however, they never considered doing so, as they feared the Whispering Oak Inn behind him.