Time flowed on, and another two years passed in the blink of an eye.
Over these two years, Zhou Tong slowed the pace of his cultivation and instead devoted most of his energy to comprehending various secret arts and divine abilities.
Because during these two years, he completed many truly difficult missions and had even carried out cross-region "law enforcement," traveling to other commanderies to deal with opponents they could not handle. The merit he accumulated over these two years exceeded three million, greatly increasing both the grade and quantity of the secret arts he could exchange for.
Naturally, these things required even more time to study.
Coupled with the time spent on missions over the past two years, he had only broken through to the fifteenth level of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram and had failed to reach the Void Return Realm.
Yet after two years, Zhou Tong had already become well-known in the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range. During missions, he had slain genuine Celestial Immortals, and judging from their wounds, they had been killed instantly.
In just two short years, he had leaped from being a "newcomer" in everyone's eyes to becoming the number one expert among all the Yinglong Guard of Anchan Commandery.
Naturally, his status rose along with his strength.
Now, within this branch of the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, he was considered second only to one person. His status was inferior only to the branch commander—Immortal Gu Yue.
At that moment, Zhou Tong went directly to find Immortal Gu Yue.
He had come to request leave.
The Yinglong Inner Guard was indeed managed like the military, with little freedom, but after continuously completing several missions, one had the right to request leave. This leave was generally for Yinglong Inner Guards to cultivate in peace