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Undying demon gods were the counterparts of Immortals and Buddhas. Both were powerful beings who had mastered cultivation, broken through the limits of life, and were no longer troubled by birth, aging, sickness, or death.

If such a powerful being had been born human, they were one of the Immortals and Buddhas; if not, they were a Demon God.

Of course, Immortals and Buddhas could be villains, and Demon Gods could be good people. Most fell somewhere between good and evil. Immortals and Buddhas tended to stand apart from worldly affairs and care about nothing; Demon Gods tended to follow their whims, doing good or evil as the mood struck them. The difference could turn on a single thought.

If the mountain god of Mount Lu really was a Demon God, that changed everything!

Pan Long and the others could indeed hunt an ordinary Mountain Ogre if they prepared properly. But no matter how much they prepared, could they possibly hunt a Demon God?

You had to be joking...

After a moment, Li Qiang shook his head first. "Impossible! If that County Magistrate's Lineage really had a connection to a Demon God, he could at least have landed a post as Prefect of a commandery. Why would he be serving as County Magistrate of a mere Lubei County?"

Pan Long and Han Feng thought it over briefly, then nodded in agreement.

In this world, many things were plain to see. Strength and status, for instance, went hand in hand: the strength you possessed naturally determined the status you held. The weak might occupy high positions for all sorts of reasons, but the strong would never remain lowly.

More than that, social standing and personal connections could also be turned into tangible rewards. If the County Magistrate's Lineage really had a