Root Organization had many experts, and with his star envoy cultivation, Cheng Li was already considered high-ranking within it. The two men ahead of him—the handsome man and the old woman—were both star envoys who had spent years in Root Organization, fighting in the Lower Realm. The old woman, however, was from the Cold Immortal Sect.
They were heading to the lair of a certain creature, where the handsome man had arranged to meet Adventure King.
The handsome man and Adventure King were close, and they often joined forces to clear out creatures that damaged the Mother Tree's roots. This time, too, he had invited Adventure King to help. But their true purpose wasn't to clear out those creatures. It was to kill him. The handsome man had been bought off by the Cold Immortal Sect and was luring Adventure King into a trap.
And it all began with Lu Yin.
Back when Lu Yin had gone by the alias Long Qi and fled to the Zhongping Realm after being exposed at Dragon Mountain, Adventure King had helped him. Adventure King had remained undiscovered, but by chance he later told the handsome man about it. The man promptly betrayed him to the Cold Immortal Sect in exchange for their favor.
The Cold Immortal Sect had long known that Adventure King had been close to the Lu family and was one of the Lu Family Remnants. They had forced him to complete Root Organization's missions every year, which was as good as sending him to his death. Yet Adventure King had somehow survived, and his contributions to Root Organization made it difficult for the Four Sides Heavenly Balance to openly move against him. But the handsome man's information had planted the seeds of disaster, giving the Cold Immortal Sect an excuse