"Why would disciples of the Sword Domain become spies?" Yun Xuange looked at the three, his gaze deep and shadowed.
The man surnamed Chen drew a heavy breath and said coldly, "Heh. Sword Lord, why waste words? Just do it. When we carried out this assassination, we already expected this day would come. Do it, and we die; refuse, and we die just the same. What would telling you change?"
"I won't hide it from you either, Sword Lord. My younger sister is a personal disciple of the peak master at Shadowed Serenity Peak in the Yellow Springs Sacred Domain. She's far more impressive than a mere true disciple like me! Her life is worth more than this cheap life of mine! What am I? In the Sword Domain, my master dislikes me, my fellow disciples can't stand me—I grew tired of living long ago." The woman snorted lightly.
"And you? You're so young, and a pill master besides. Your future should have been boundless, shouldn't it?" Yun Xuange looked at the youngest disciple at the peak of the Mountain-Moving Realm.
He did not kill them immediately. Perhaps, as the Sword Lord of the Sword Domain, he was deeply indignant that so many spies had emerged from within the Sword Domain.
As though he had found an opening, the young man hurriedly said, "I... I was dragged into this by them. At first, I only helped pass along a few messages, but afterward I couldn't get out. They had leverage over me. I didn't want to do it at first."
Yun Xuange looked at him, then pressed after a moment, "What leverage could make betraying the Sword Domain worth it?"
"My Dao companion... my senior brother stole my Dao companion from me. They said they would help me get revenge,