Early the next day, Cecil Owen gathered the leaders of each faction to decide on the team for today's expedition.
Rachel tried her best to decline, which greatly annoyed Cecil Owen. He even used the pressure of the Sixth Great Realm to force the Lioyd Sect to join the expedition.
Rachel, a mere cultivator of the Fourth Great Realm, managed to stand firm against Cecil Owen! In the end, their confrontation almost escalated, as Rachel hinted at the true reason why the Lioyd Sect didn't want to go: they were afraid of being cannon fodder.
Cecil Owen must have considered that starting an internal strife before the battle was not a good idea, so he swallowed his anger and didn't punish the Lioyd Sect members on the spot.
