The woman did not fail to notice from the look on his face that he was seemingly debating whether or not this information was worth the price in his mind.
If he had a lot of these top-grade essence stones, he would not have bat an eyelid, but his behavior made it seem like he was stuck on a difficult problem, making it reportedly evident that he both needed the information and found the price punishing to his coffers.
The truth was that he had quite a few top-grade essence stones. The storage ring he had taken from the Moon Prince’s dead body contained a pile of them, but he had learned that showcasing too much wealth invited danger.
Although his pride told him to never back down, there was no need for him to go out of his way to invite trouble.
Taking out five top-grade essence stones, Xue Wei reluctantly handed them over to the woman. “I will only pay half to begin with,” he said seriously. This was his best offer.