The assembled cultivators kept their heads bowed in the face of the preceptor’s criticism. However, many of them looked in the direction of Duke Heaven Zenith. Truth be told, none of these cultivators were convinced that Xu Qing and the Captain were really Nightshades. However, the divine likeness had indeed kowtowed, and the aura blessings were real. Because of that, none of them were really sure what to believe.7

“Furthermore, Duke, regarding that blessing given to your son, I did some checking, and I believe it to be a diversionary tactic, nothing more. I don’t believe it’s even real. In fact, we should send your son to the royal dynasty above and have him checked.” The preceptor once again looked in the direction of the palace complex.2

“Most laughable of all is that though their methods fooled you people, the biggest hole in their story... is the ridiculous claim about being a godchild. Hmph! I’ve studied the Nightshades for years, and have many fellow daoists among them. Yet I’ve never heard anything about some sort of godchild!4

“Remember, that Nightshade divine likeness isn’t alive. Given that none of you have ever been to Nightshade lands, you probably haven’t heard that things like this have happened...6