Chapter 522: Greed

Xue Wei was patiently waiting for her while maintaining the same gentle smile on his face, but upon closer inspection, the receptionist noticed that the smile did not reach his eyes.

While he was not overbearing, he did not seem humble either. The receptionist began scolding herself and felt a bit fearful, but she still tried to calm herself. She was, after all, a staff member of the Whispering Oak Inn, they would not rebut her just because of some unknown figure.

As a member of the Whispering Oak Inn, she had already been given illustrations of all the high ranked members of their faction, and she had never seen this guy, so she slowly began to calm down.

In fact, a sneer appeared on her lips. She could not help but think that Xue Wei was extremely presumptuous, appearing at their building and thinking that he was important.

She planned on making him wait for a bit longer, but upon careful consideration, she could not be too much, or she might still be punished.

"Well, how may I help you?" The receptionist did not greet them, nor was she polite. She was acting condescending as she looked at the three of them with mockery in her eyes.

Xue Wei seemed to have expected this, so he did not get angry. Instead, he chuckled slightly. Such a brainless woman was the receptionist in such an important faction? Were the leaders as blind as their subordinates? If so, he had no interest in working together with them.

However, Xue Wei also understood that the leaders were not likely to know about someone as unimportant as a small receptionist. In this dog eat dog world, arrogance was the norm.

"I need to meet with the branch leader," Xue Wei said unhurriedly, as if it was the easiest thing to do, but by now the secretary was utterly convinced that Xue Wei was not worthy enough to meet anyone important.

One has to know that the branch leaders of each Whispering Oak Inn were the strongest expert in that city, and this was a regional capital. The branch leader here was extremely illustrious, and almost a legendary figure.

He thought that he could meet with him by merely showing up?

Xue Wei noticed the disdain in her eyes, and he flipped his hand. A Hell Court Lotus appeared in his palm. This was a herb that was known to have the strongest yin energy in the entire world of the living, and the energy was so dense that it billowed from the herb in a black mist.

Although it was constantly releasing a strange black Yin Qi, it was as if the dense Qi within it could not be extinct, and it continued to release the fragrance which was the most tempting and alluring to the ghosts.

The receptionist stared at the herb in Xue Wei's eyes with a frown. What was this?

She knew what yin energy was. Although this energy was scarce in the Ghost Realm, it could be found from time to time in various locations, but due to the rarity, they were occupied by the strongest experts.

However, herbs had never existed in the Ghost Realm before, and thus she did not know what the Hell Court Lotus was; however, the sheer amount of yin energy which was being released into the air was enough to make her gulp.

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?"