Yue Wen searched his memory and recalled the Four Wood Team's background.
They were an established powerhouse in the Ascendant Dragon Assembly. Their strength and resources gave them the confidence to make such arrogant declarations.
Four Wood City was near Ten Thousand Leaves Mountain. The Spirit Pivot Sect on Ten Thousand Leaves Mountain was a first-rate immortal sect second only to the Five Great Immortal Sects. With the long-renowned Yin Wood Dao Lord presiding over the sect, they had always acted with overbearing arrogance.
Their disciples specialized in wood-path supernatural powers. They had reached the Ascendant Dragon Assembly's Secret Realm Tournament many times, and had even made the quarterfinals once.
The people below frowned as they listened. The Four Wood Team's captain had a point: their supernatural powers did give them a considerable advantage in Ancient Wood Mountain's forests. But there were only ten public missions here. If every strong team monopolized one, the nearly hundred remaining teams would have no choice but to take exclusive missions.
A monopolized public mission would inevitably pay more than any exclusive mission. That went without saying, since a public mission's reward was originally meant to be split among several teams.
The strong teams were all planning to go up and claim one themselves shortly, so none objected.
The weaker teams were unhappy and did not want this to happen, but no one dared to be the first to speak against it.
What if they offended the Four Wood Team here and were targeted after leaving the city?
Just as no one dared to speak, Xing'er muttered irritably, "Every stray dog and cat gets to hog a mission now? Might as well let them play by themselves."
Her voice was just loud enough. It was not particularly loud, but in the silent courtyard, everyone