"There are certain things that only need a small trigger. Do you know how many people are waiting to prey on my Seed Garden? All four of the ruling powers. None of them are easy to deal with, especially the Celestial Frost Sect. They’ve long wanted to move against my Nong family. Over the years, my Seed Garden has done its best to clean house internally, and I do not want to give the Celestial Frost Sect, or any other outsider, any excuse to intervene in my Seed Garden’s matters," Nong Ya explained.

Lu Yin felt surprised. "Isn’t Seed Garden in the same situation as the Liu family and the Virtue Archives? If the Celestial Frost Sect tries to do anything to the Nong family, won’t they have to worry about the other three ruling powers making a move? There’s still the White Dragon Clan, the Wang family, and Shenwu's Sky to keep the Celestial Frost Sect in check."

Nong Ya looked at Lu Yin with a bit of surprise. "I had thought that all you were thinking about was catching traitors, but your words show that you have a very clear picture of the situation in the Perennial World."

Lu Yin scolded himself for saying more than Long Qi should know. "I’ve just heard the rumors."

"Have you ever heard the phrase, slowly warm the water to boil a frog? The Celestial Frost Sect is slowly warming the water...