A Strong Opponent
The youngster had moved his eyes away from Xue Wei. There was unmeasurable greed in his eyes as he looked at Lan who was resting on his shoulder.
While it was customary for some ghosts to create mechanical companions, none of these had their own intelligence, nor did they have the ability to speak.
The more he looked at Lan, the more certain he became that this thing was the treasure that the branch leader would not want to let go.
However, if he genuinely wanted this treasure, why had he not killed Xue Wei and taken it by force? Even this ghost could sense that Xue Wei was not able to pose a threat to him, so how could he pose a threat to the branch leader?
Was it because he wanted this young man to create more of these outstanding machines? Did he plan to make use of his invention to take over more control of the ghost realm?