Chapter 529: Fishing in Troubled Waters (1/2)

The branch leader was surprised. He had thought that Xue Wei would do anything to increase his sphere of influence; however, when he looked at the younger man, he quickly found that he genuinely had no interest in these other leaders of the regional capital.

After thinking about it for some time, he began to understand why. Xue Wei was from the world of the living. Even if he curried favor with these ghosts, he would get nothing from it. Even so, he, the branch leader, had helped him previously, and thus he was willing to help him chase away these annoying bugs.

The other ghosts were instantly shocked upon hearing Xue Wei declining their hospitality. They had thought that since he was relatively weak, he would not dare to deny them, but they soon found that they had overestimated themselves.

Lan, who was resting on Xue Wei's shoulder, could not help but smile mockingly at these ghosts. While he was still not their opponent, as his seal was very far from being unraveled, he had a good understanding of the personality of these ghosts.

While they dared to cause problems here, they were still very apprehensive. They clearly feared the branch leader. They were still behaving courteous and friendly, something you did not often see in the Ghost Realm.

Since they feared the branch leader, there was no reason for the two of them to fear these newcomers.

The branch leader glanced at Xue Wei. He understood this young man's thoughts and felt quite satisfied. He nodded his head, and while his expression did not change, one could still sense his gloating as he opened his mouth and spoke.

”As you heard, my guest is very good here. No need for you guys to go out of your way to take over.”

Seeing that both the guest and the host were so adamant about not letting them in on what was happening, their expressions turned ugly, and the greed in their eyes turned more profound.

They could not help but feel that the more these two acted like this, the more important this was.

They were unwilling to let go of something, which would cause even the branch leader to be so alert. While they understood that this was connected with interests, dangers, and risks, they were more than willing to fish in troubled waters.

The branch leader was aware of their mindset. Usually, he would not mind, as he would have to exert quite an overwhelming amount of energy to defeat them, and even if he could beat them, it was not certain that he could absorb their energy, so fighting them was a losing battle.

However, the situation was different now. If he could leave this realm, then he was willing to even start from scratch as he exited. So why would it matter if he had to use all his energy now?

The intruding ghosts had not expected that the branch leader would take such a strong stance. Incomprehension flashed in their eyes as they narrowed.

They did not understand what could have such a great temptation to this branch leader, that he was willing to suffer through something that might result in his cultivation base declining.