The old man stared intensely at the mark on Li Qiye’s forehead. When they crossed each other’s path, his eyes suddenly lit up.

　　“A sinkin!” He stopped, showing aggression.

　　The group also halted; their eyes fixed on Li Qiye. In the beginning, the majority of the group didn’t pay any attention to someone like Li Qiye.

　　“Senior, what’s a sinkin?” A young one heard this word for the first time and asked while staring at Li Qiye. [1]

　　“A sinkin is a banished tribe. Rumor has it that the ancestor of this tribe was a terrible evildoer, even the great progenitor of our academy couldn’t enlighten this person. Thus, this ancestor was banished. Their posterity, later on, is known as sinkins.” A middle-aged cultivator explained.

　　He had a high forehead and looked dignified. He carefully examined Li Qiye and couldn’t see anything evil.

　　“Senior, are you sure this young brother is from that tribe?” He asked.

　　“Absolutely!” The old man stared at the mark on Li Qiye’s forehead and said: “According to the ancient text, these sinkins have a mark on their forehead. That mark right there is exactly like the text description, so I’m certain that he’s one of them.”

　　“I’ve never heard of this sinkin tribe.” Li Qiye smiled and shook his head: “This mark is from an unexpected wound, not a symbol.”

　　“Excuses are useless.” The old man became serious: “When the great progenitor banished your kind to Repentance City, he hoped that your future generations would be able to change. However, they disappeared later on into the wild, no longer showing themselves to the outside world. Looks like this is true with you here.”

　　All eyes were on Li Qiye. Some of them had a glimpse of animosity.

　　After all, they came from the Academy of Light and instinctively viewed a member from a banished tribe as an enemy.

　　“I heard the ancestors of this tribe are all evil with darkness in their heart, some might be devils from the darkness. Their future generations probably belong to this evil affinity as well.” A relatively older youth has heard rumors about this tribe before.

　　“From the darkness?” Some youths staggered backward while their aggression intensified.

　　“How shallow. Let’s say that my ancestors are indeed sinkins, does that make me evil too?” Li Qiye shook his head.

　　“Hmph, hard to say, a dog can’t stop eating feces. You might be just like your ancestor.” A person glowing with holy light coldly uttered.

　　“Sinkins haven’t shown up for a long time so this is very surprising. This wildland had some changes in the last several days with darkness turning the land evil. Perhaps this is related.” “An old man became cautious.

　　“Maybe this is the work of their tribe.” Another suspected Li Qiye right away.

　　They began to crowd around him while slowly taking out their weapons.

　　“What do you want?” Li Qiye glanced at the group.

　　“Speak, did your kind do this?!” A youth shouted: “You must be scheming against our academy, or maybe your ancestors are still holding a grudge about being banished back then and want to return.”

　　“You have a rich imagination.” Li Qiye chuckled in response: “You’re wasting your talent by cultivating instead of becoming a storyteller.”

　　“Don’t run your mouth and surrender or we’ll let you have it.” The youth barked back.

　　“Senior, is this accurate?” The middle-aged man with the high forehead said with uncertainty. He found Li Qiye to be an ordinary person, not a big schemer with ties to the darkness.

　　“It’s better to be prudent.” The old man said: “A scout said that the situation deeper in there is extremely grave with rampaging darkness, worse than our expectation.”

　　“What should we do?” The man looked at Li Qiye.

　　After all, Li Qiye hasn’t done anything evil yet. They shouldn’t capture him just because he is a sinkin.