Li Shi did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Commandant Lei, there's no need to be so hasty."
But by the time he said this, Lei Xiao was already nowhere to be seen.
Li Shi could only explain to Gu Huai and the others, whose eyes were filled with confusion:
"Elders, Commandant Lei is merely a little impatient by nature. He's reliable in his work. You can rest assured leaving Brother Taiping with him."
Gu Huai was clearly not entirely reassured.
Still, he said nothing more, merely looking toward the entrance to the drill ground.
"Commandant Li, let's hurry after them."
Inside the drill ground.
"Is that the Demon-Suppressing Stele?"
Dragged into the drill ground by Lei Xiao, Xu Taiping immediately spotted the enormous stone stele towering over a hundred zhang high in its center.
"The aura of this Demon-Suppressing Stele is so powerful!"
More startling to Xu Taiping than its appearance was the aura it gave off. It resembled that of a living cultivator, yet was even more terrifying than a Half-Immortal Realm cultivator's.
Even with most of that aura sealed away, it still sent an inexplicable tremor of dread through Xu Taiping's heart.
It was as though the Demon-Suppressing Stele could crush him to death here at any moment, if it so wished.
This was the first time Xu Taiping had ever felt fear toward a treasure.
"Make way! Make way! Don't block the path!"
At that moment, Lei Xiao, who practically had Xu Taiping tucked under his arm, swiftly swept the crowd aside with his burly arm. Amid disgruntled protests and curses, he shoved Xu Taiping straight up to a registration table.
Behind the table sat an old man, his brush flying across the page.
"Elder Wu, register this kid's name!"
Lei Xiao planted a