Lu Changsheng nodded. Chen Ping's work gave him no cause for worry. Would the ministry truly send a half-demon? Maybe even a demon king? He was genuinely curious. A demon king stood level with his own Fourth Growth. How strong would they be?

In Shanan Prefecture, the half-demon Gu Luo had kept off the main roads and was threading his way through the woods, with nothing but country scenery the whole way. He had already crossed into the prefecture, and the moment he did, he noticed that something was off.

"Hm? The aura on these people is off. Could these be the blood descendants the reports describe?"

He looked around at the villagers with real surprise. They were villagers and nothing more.

They were not like the poor villagers one usually met. Nobody was weak or thin. Every one of them was muscular from top to bottom with a healthy flush in their face. The...