Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, ten years had passed since Zhou Yang, under the alias "Han Mu'er," infiltrated the Zi Yao Tribe of the Yan Jing Clan.
During those ten years, he kept a low profile in both conduct and affairs, rarely even leaving his place of cultivation.
Everything about his behavior matched the circumstances of someone wanted by a major tribe.
You could not eat hot tofu in a hurry; Zhou Yang understood that very well.
Moreover, Dongzhen Immortal Court had not set any deadline by which he had to complete the mission. As long as he finished it before that eighth-rank Saint of the Zi Yao Tribe attempted to break through to the ninth rank, it would not count as a failure.
Under those circumstances, no amount of caution on Zhou Yang's part could be considered excessive.
After ten years of lurking, Zhou Yang had also gained a deeper understanding of the Zi Yao Tribe. At the very least, he had learned the names of every seventh-rank Sage and eighth-rank Saint in the tribe, and had gathered relatively detailed public information on most of them.
Through analyzing that intelligence, Zhou Yang also knew where he should direct his efforts next.
He decided to find himself a new backer—a backer with greater cultivation and a more powerful background.
Chidar, that Sage of the Zi Yao Tribe, was merely comparable to a Human Race loose immortal of the Immortal Domain and held little real presence within the Zi Yao Tribe.
Trying to pry into information through him was undoubtedly impossible.
Thus, Zhou Yang could only use him as a stepping stone, one that would allow him to enter the higher echelons of the Zi Yao Tribe in a reasonable and legitimate manner.
If he had