The Tong siblings were actually quite bold. They had been together since childhood and worked together seamlessly; both of them even dared to stand up to Golden Crow Sect retainers.
But the Chess Dao's subsidiary mountain gate was still something neither of them wished to touch. Not only was it one of the Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths, it was also one of the Old Four Daos.
There was, fundamentally, some difference between the Old Four Daos and the later Fourteen Paths. The Old Four Daos emphasized interest and talent, and they possessed extensive foundations and connections throughout the Heavenly Zither Plane—something the later Fourteen Paths could not compare to.
The siblings felt that entering the subsidiary mountain gate openly and aboveboard would basically pose no problem. This place was indeed not overly aggressive, but if they used underhanded methods to infiltrate it and triggered some consequences, that would be truly terrifying.
Thus, the Tong sister felt there was nothing wrong with her request—if the risk was high, shouldn't they be paid more?
But True Immortal Yi Jue refused. She had always believed that Feng Jun's use of these two bounty hunters to enter various sectors was a brilliant move. Ever since she began cultivating, she had developed step by step according to convention and had never dealt with these wandering factions.
Of course, if she truly wanted to find people like that to help her, she could do so.
However, anyone capable of crossing paths with her could easily be noticed by the Chess Dao through karmic threads, making them unsuitable. Though she was an expert in Divination, only genuine experts in Divination understood just how terrifying the Chess Dao lineage's divinatory abilities were.
Thus, she felt it was quite good to have these siblings infiltrate the various sectors.