Lin Changsheng's words were half true, half false.
Yet Xiang Yang believed most of them.
The anomaly at Chaos Mountain was indeed related to the power of the Great Dao cultivated there.
"Your guess is correct."
"That is why we forbade the disciples of the sect from going to Chaos Mountain."
"Guarding the Chaos Passage is also meant to prevent the other Chaos realms from being contaminated by this substance."
"When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. Only by completely strangling these strange things within Taisu Chaos can we hope to eradicate them all."
Xiang Yang sighed.
"Forgive my bluntness."
"Anyone contaminated by this substance shows no detectable abnormalities at all."
"Simply guarding the Chaos Passage will have no effect whatsoever."
"And the longer this drags on, the more cultivators in Taisu Chaos will be assimilated."
Lin Changsheng shook his head.
At least half of those sent to guard the Chaos Passage had already been contaminated.
They could not guard it at all.
It was only a matter of time before this substance spread into the other Chaos realms.
"Sigh."
"We can only delay it for as long as possible."
Xiang Yang let out a heavy sigh.
"Deputy Sect Master, to be frank."
"I have some talent in Artifact Refining and formations."
"I can try refining formation disks that can sense and distinguish contaminated people."
Lin Changsheng revealed his purpose.
Only this could draw the attention of the Dao Sect's upper ranks.
And only by refining such a thing could he earn a Merit reward from the Great Dao.
"How certain are you?"
Xiang Yang's eyes lit up.
The greatest problem now was the difficulty of distinguishing those who had been contaminated.
Once they could be identified, this calamity could be contained within controllable limits.
"Sixty percent."
"But