After introducing Shen Mo and the others' identities and origins, Wang Tie took a sip of cloudy wine brewed from wild fruit. Once he had steadied his breathing, he continued, "Since they have won our god's favor, they presumably are not disciples of the Ear Wisdom God. By the rules, whether they are outsiders or not, they are qualified to become elders and senior disciples..."
"Not necessarily!"
Elder Qian Gui interrupted Wang Tie. Narrowing his eyes, he looked Shen Mo's group of three up and down.
"Not long ago, I used the Wind-Listening Pearl and heard an extraordinary piece of news from the outside world... Three hundred years ago, the divine war at the end of the Cataclysm of Fallen Gods was stirred up by two extraterrestrial fiends disguised as disciples of the Cang Hai God and the Blood Shadow God. That battle caused the deaths of over ten thousand gods and claimed the lives of tens of millions of their disciples! These three not only have suspicious origins, but also appeared at a far too coincidental time—just shortly after this Cataclysm of Fallen Gods began. Since fiends can steal divine power, how can you be certain, Uncle Wang, that they are not extraterrestrial fiends?"
The moment those words fell, the Long-Eared God Temple erupted in uproar.
"Elder Qian Gui oversees the Wind-Listening Pearl. The information he gathered should not be wrong. The identities of these three outsiders truly need to be verified!"
"I heard extraterrestrial fiends are best at disguise. Their appearances are not much different from ours, but their blood and qi are abnormally abundant, and their bodies are extraordinarily powerful. Even the weakest fiend can fight a hundred alone, easily slaughtering over a hundred disciples who serve Orthodox Gods of martial arts. They possess such dense divine