The leaders of the various factions began discussing the matter. Some proposed forming a powerful team to head straight into the heart of the Corrupted Region, while others suggested using immortal arts or magic treasures to attack from a distance. But these proposals were rejected one after another, because the demonic beasts were so powerful and their defenses so strong that ordinary attacks could not harm them at all.
Just then, Zhang Yue, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke. "Perhaps we could try using some special immortal arts or magic treasures to locate the source of the demonic beasts."
Everyone turned to Zhang Yue at his words, and he continued, "Could we ask the patriarch of one of the sects to perform a divination? Or would the Heavenly Secret Palace's Divination Art work? Another option would be to gather immortal artifacts with special functions to locate the source of the demonic beasts."
Everyone turned to Nangong Chaoyang, the palace master of the Heavenly Secret Palace.
Having been singled out by Zhang Yue, Nangong Chaoyang glanced at everyone somewhat awkwardly and said, "When this special region-the Corrupted Region-had expanded to only half its current size,
"I personally performed a divination, but I saw nothing. I even suffered a backlash and was injured, and it took more than ten days of recuperation before I recovered.
"As for our sect's patriarch, he has been in seclusion for many years and will not emerge unless the sect faces a crisis of life and death. I'm afraid we will disappoint everyone this time."
After hearing Nangong Chaoyang's explanation, everyone fell into thought. That approach was currently unworkable, so they racked their brains, trying to think of any immortal artifact that could counter this dense black fog.
After a long while, no one