The words "Thieving Vein" had nearly become a knot in Feng Jun's heart. Those people moved like phantoms, yet they occasionally surfaced just to disgust others.
Qian Zhong, Qing Yao, and the others felt much the same. Xuanyuan Buqi, in particular, hated them so intensely that his teeth itched.
However, Yi Jue had a firm stance: whether they would be pardoned still depended on the nature of their crimes.
If they had once tortured Spirit Plant Path disciples to death, or killed through bullying the weak with strength or numbers, then no amount of pleading would help.
For less serious offenses, a measured pardon could be granted, but it would still be a case of "the death penalty may be spared, but punishment cannot be escaped."
As for that Spirit Wood Dao True Immortal's actions... how should it be put? During direct confrontations, he had killed Spirit Plant Sect disciples.
But during one expedition, he had originally only intended to seize an opportunity. Yet after learning that the other party belonged to the Spirit Plant Sect, he had struck to kill.
The latter incident was particularly vile, but considering the long-standing terrible relationship between the two Daos, it was not entirely unexpected.
Thus, Yi Jue stated that he could enter the Deathmatch Pavilion to atone. If he failed to advance to Spirit-Release Venerable, he would never be allowed to leave for the rest of his life.
Advancing to Spirit-Release Venerable was out of the question. He was nearly two thousand years old and only at the Fourth-Layer Nascent Soul, but it was still better than being erased on the spot.
That True Immortal was satisfied with this outcome, so he revealed what he knew about the Thieving Vein.
Just as Jiu Qing had said, the Thieving Vein's current main stronghold