"Don't want to go? Heh heh, who said that?" The two Foundation Establishment cultivators' faces turned grim as they asked with cold sneers.
The many disciples immediately fell silent, exchanging glances, none daring to speak. But after a few breaths, that timid, hesitant voice sounded again.
"I... I don't want to go." A somewhat frail male disciple raised his hand from within the crowd, his face slightly pale.
Chen Fan glanced at him and found that he was only at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer. He had not even taken one of the mission bamboo slips. These people had likely dragged him along to Tianyun City merely to throw dust in others' eyes and make up the numbers.
"Shu Mountain's creed is to vanquish demons and defend the righteous path. As a Shu Mountain disciple, you actually dare harbor cowardice?" The Foundation Establishment male cultivator's expression immediately darkened as he shouted.
Yet the moment his words fell, they stirred up unrest among the disciples present. One disciple who had taken a mission bamboo slip stepped forward and gathered his courage to say:
"Shu Mountain disciples are people too. This mission is clearly sending us to our deaths. Why can't we feel afraid?"
Once someone dared to become the first to resist and step forward to speak, the others no longer shrank back. At last, they began voicing their opposition as well:
"No, we're fighting for our own lives. Going means certain death, while refusing means we might live."
"That's right. Since this beast tide is so dangerous, why aren't you Foundation Establishment experts going? Why insist on sending us Qi Refining disciples to our deaths? Could it be that only your lives are precious?"
The crowd spoke heatedly, but the two Foundation Establishment cultivators remained utterly calm. Looking at