Chapter 3947 — The Cross-Pavilion Challenge
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Pavilion Master Hu Yunfeng took in the expressions of all the newcomers, and a cold, triumphant laugh rose in his heart: So you newcomers clamored for fairness, did you? Well, a golden opportunity now lies right here before you. This Pavilion Master is rather eager to see just what you will bring to bear against this fairness you have dreamed of!
Faced with such a disparity in strength, the newcomers of the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion and the Azure Cloud Pavilion, who had been so full of ambition moments before, all fell silent at once.
True, these newcomers of the Skyward Pavilion were powerful, but that did not mean every one of them was a skilled hand at the early Foundation Establishment stage. Of the fifteen, at least five were merely at the Great Perfection of the Heaven Rank—hardly what one would call formidable.
The problem was this: if only a scant few stepped forward to challenge, then even if they succeeded, what their situation would be once they set foot on the Skyward Pavilion's territory—any fool could figure that out with his toes.
They would not merely become the target of universal attack; they might well be blacklisted by the many Skyward Pavilion disciples, hounded at every turn thereafter, every step a struggle. Such consequences were not something an ordinary newcomer could withstand!
In the end, the psychology of cultivators was not so very different from that of ordinary people. When one's strength was not outstanding enough, everyone tended to follow the herd.
Had everyone been launching challenges at the Skyward Pavilion newcomers, then perhaps many would have been eager to try. But now, with everyone nursing misgivings, the scene could not help but fall into a cold deadlock.
In the minds of the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion newcomers, the mountaintop caves of the Skyward Pavilion were fine indeed, but their own caves were not so shabby either. A gap of only this much was not enough to make them take such a risk.
As for the Azure Cloud Pavilion newcomers, they did truly covet those mountaintop caves. Yet most of them were still only at the Great Perfection of the Heaven Rank. Even against the weakest newcomer of the Skyward Pavilion, they might not stand a chance of victory. Were they to leap out and challenge in earnest, they would only make themselves laughingstocks.
"What's this? Was this not what you so vehemently demanded? Now that the moment has come, why has every one of you fallen silent?" Hu Yunfeng, high above, deliberately swept his gaze over the Azure Cloud Pavilion newcomers and raised an eyebrow with undisguised contempt.
All the newcomers were struck dumb, and one after another they unconsciously shrank their necks. At a time like this, none of them dared to stick their heads out rashly.
"The cross-pavilion challenge—this was granted by the higher-ups at my special request, and only because you demanded it so vehemently. Yet in the end, you do not even dare let out a fart. So timid, so irresponsible—how will you ever accomplish anything great in the future?" As Hu Yunfeng lectured the newcomers, his gaze finally came to rest on Qiao Hongcai. He still remembered clearly that this fellow had been the loudest of them all.
Under Hu Yunfeng's stare, Qiao Hongcai's composure began to crack. His temper was fiery to begin with—how could he endure such provocation from a hypocrite like Hu Yunfeng?
What was more, with his current strength, unless he faced a peak early Foundation Establishment expert like Meng Zhou or Murong Zhen, he ought in theory to have some chance of victory against any skilled hand of the Skyward Pavilion—at the very least, enough force to put up a fight.