After the crowd stirred restlessly for a while, someone finally stepped forward.
With the first person leading the way, many more soon left the line. Before long, more than half had stepped out.
Lin Ran was not disappointed. He merely said calmly, "If you have no objections, you may leave."
Just then, a youth asked, "Can we spend the points we've accumulated before leaving?"
Lin Ran froze for a moment, then laughed. "Of course."
At that moment, someone in the crowd shouted, "Your Body Sect wasted a year of our time. Shouldn't you give us some compensation?"
His voice drifted unpredictably, as though he had used some special sound-transmission technique that made it difficult to pinpoint his location.
However, Lin Ran's Mental Power was formidable, and he quickly located the speaker.
A look of surprise appeared on Lin Ran's face.
He had originally assumed it was one of the people he had arranged, but he had not expected someone to genuinely dare raise such an opinion.
That was right—Lin Ran had arranged for people to deliberately cause trouble beforehand.
If he simply let these people leave, their resentment might fade with time. However, some people held grudges more deeply than others. Such people needed to be intimidated with overwhelming strength.
This was the perfect time to make an example out of a few, which was why he had deliberately arranged for people to stir things up and lure out a flock of "chickens."
"Zhang Dong, if you have an objection, you can state it directly. There's no need to hide," Lin Ran said flatly.
The man whose name had been called changed expression and could only walk to the front.
Lin Ran's expression remained unchanged, and he still wore a faint smile as he looked at the others. "Does anyone