Therefore, during the subsequent trip to the Northern Blue Sea, Hao Qi encountered almost no resistance from the aristocratic clans he intended to settle accounts with. Of course, lack of resistance did not mean they did nothing; it was just that their actions exceeded Hao Qi's initial expectations. First, they came en masse before Hao Qi to kneel and confess their wrongs. Those who had committed heinous crimes confessed in the hope that Hao Qi would spare their families from implication. Others, whose crimes involved taking human lives but were not excessively grievous, petitioned to spare their lives. In addition to donating massive amounts of wealth and land to assist and compensate the innocent, they even proposed to redeem themselves by partially joining the Watchers organization...
In short, their posture was truly as low as it could possibly get. After deliberating on the crimes they had committed, Hao Qi could only finally let out a sigh...
He was not a mass-murdering madman; he would never let go of those whose execution was non-negotiable. If they resisted or stubbornly refused to admit guilt, he would certainly show no mercy. However, even his previous life had the legal principle of receiving a lighter sentence for confessing and submitting to the law—a concept he was well aware of. Furthermore, for those with somewhat lesser offenses, if they truly joined the Watchers organization halfway—even if only nominally and through intelligence sharing—they might in the…
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