Fishing in Troubled Waters
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.