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Shen Mu felt a shiver travel up his spine when he saw that smile.

"Is there really something wrong with that river?" he wondered. 

Even though he asked himself that, the warning from his mother and Song Ba's reaction already answered the question.

There was no way the Order would be so lenient as to let go of cultivators who engaged in taboo matters. If they did, they would be drowned with criticism and public outcry for being corrupt or inept in their duties. 

Cultivating pill slaves and human cauldrons was considered a sinful act, commonly associated with fiendish cultivators. Even before the Order was created, those harboring human cauldrons were considered a public enemy to the entire continent.

If it was known that the Order was letting go of those found guilty of such acts, what would the continent's reaction be like?