"You don't know our rules?"
Three Dreams Romance shot back.
"What rules? The customer is king?"
"In our line of work, we can die, but we cannot betray our employer. Before accepting a job, we swear an oath upon the Great Dao—betray the employer, and the Dao will backlash, leaving us dead and annihilated. What would be the point of telling you?"
Three Dreams Romance retorted.
As an assassin cultivator with a sterling reputation in the trade, she was doomed either way. What could matter more than her reputation?
"I never asked you to tell me who hired you. I only asked whether someone from Mystic Capital City sent you."
Tang Yu smiled and cursed, "I don't like killing. What I love most in life is seeing lovers end up together. Don't force me to beat you to death and leave you separated from your two Dao companions by life and death. I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight."
"..."
After hearing Tang Yu put it that way, Three Dreams Romance actually felt that it made some fucking sense.
She snorted, turned her head away, and said nothing.
"Then it wasn't them. I've always been kind to others and rarely offended anyone. I have friends all over the world and only two or three enemies. The only ones willing to spend this much must be from Kyoto."
Tang Yu clicked his tongue. "Not many people in Kyoto knew my itinerary. To specifically arrange for you to ambush me along this route... I'd guess it was Liu Yirui. No one else would be willing to hire several Mahayana-stage cultivators like you to kill me."
A flicker of surprise crossed Three Dreams Romance's eyes. She lowered her head and remained silent.
"Not saying anything means I got it right. You're truly awful.