Fairy Meng Shang was strongly resistant to the idea that Kong Zhao might be a God Devouring Body. Deep down, she didn't want to accept it, so she refused to think along those lines and pushed back against Ling Tian's hints, firing question after question at him.
"Rou'er has told me more than once that she feels afraid when she sees your master. She even warned me to be on my guard around him, saying he was dangerous. And even after she broke through to the Near-God level, she still felt that way in his presence." Ling Tian revealed this to her.
"What does that prove..." Fairy Meng Shang started, then stopped. She murmured to herself, "That's right. It would be perfectly normal for us to feel afraid of Master when we were only Nine Heavens Profound Immortals. But Rou'er has already reached the Near-God level, and she has a God-Devouring Yao Body. Even without an Order Divine Artifact, she's at the Heavenly Lord level. She shouldn't feel afraid of Master. Unless... unless..."
"Unless your master is also a God Devouring Body, and his rank is even higher than Rou'er's, so she instinctively senses danger." Ling Tian picked up where she left off and pulled Fairy Meng Shang closer. "Meng Shang, you watched Xiao Lin grow up, so you should know how keen the instincts of a God-Devouring Yao Body are. That alone tells us a lot."
"Even if... even if Master is a God Devouring Body, so what? He wouldn't..." Fairy Meng Shang was flustered.
"If he doesn't devour others, how could his God Devouring Body grow stronger?" Po Qiong cut in, his voice grave. "I'm not telling you this to drive a wedge between you and your master. The main reason is that Ling Tian is worried about