Chapter 1833 - Change of Plans (2) (1/2)

Dyon's confusion was warranted. While the Mist Clan's Faith was partially tied to the Sect, it seemed obvious that they had strong power centers irrelevant of the Sect. So shouldn't…?

'Wait. This young man. I've never seen him before, nor have I ever heard of the Mist Clan having such a genius… Why are they hiding him?'

The more Dyon thought, the more he realized that his hopes at an 'easy' takeover of the Water Mist Quadrant was slipping further and further away from him.

'I can't kill Grand Elder Mist… I was wrong. If I do that, they'll definitely react in a manner I can't control.'

Dyon was uncertain, but he felt that if Grand Elder Mist died, the Mist Clan might not deem their patience and low-profile worth it anymore. In that case, they might directly sweep the Water Mist Sect away. If that happened, Dyon would have no choice but to abandon his foothold in this quadrant.

Of course, he still had the Dark Ocean now, and he also had a newfound appreciation for just how hard it must have been on Jasmine to distract the Mist Clan for so long. But, his path toward an easy victory would be gone.

Dyon sighed. 'I don't have time… Jade said I needed to grow quickly. I can't just leave…'

Dyon was facing a major dilemma. If he left the Water Mist Sect alone due to this hiccup, then he'd have to conquer it in a more straight forward way in the future. That would waste valuable time and resources.

'But it's already impossible to use that method… With the Mist Clan here, Ri's rise to power won't be smooth. And, if the Mist Clan begins to feel that Ri is taking over too smoothly, they might just forget all about their original plans and force her out. I don't know if I have the skill to keep that delicate balance.'

'I need information. I need more information.'

Dyon thought of the Shadows Faction once more, but it only filled him with depression. He had been working on it for more than a hundred years already, but he had yet to succeed. It really was too depressing.

'If the Shadows Faction won't work for now… I'll have to become the Shadows Faction myself.'

Dyon immediately got to work. Thanks to the Mortal Network, the process was far easier. He created multiple monitoring arrays. They'd record sound and visuals. Then, he gave them to Little Yang to place them in strategic places around the Mist Clan's grounds.

He wasn't worried about the Mist Clan finding his arrays. He was going all out. Each and every array was of the Moon grade. In addition, because he was relying on the Mortal Network, even if they somehow sensed odd fluctuations, it would be mistaken for the work of the Network.

The choice to make the arrays moon grade made the process take an incredibly long time, but Dyon had to be meticulous.