Xu Qingtong took out his Deputy Commander Token and handed it to the man.
"So you are the newly appointed Deputy Commander! I did not recognize you, sir. Please forgive me!"
Xu Qingtong waved a hand and said, "You were doing your duty. It was only right to question me!"
"May I ask what brings you here, Deputy Commander?"
"Nothing in particular! The Commander instructed me to inspect each garrison camp!" Xu Qingtong said. "Well? Has anything unusual happened?"
"Rest assured, sir. Nothing unusual!"
"Do not let your guard down. Send word immediately if there is danger!"
With that, Xu Qingtong headed to the next camp.
When he reached the Eleventh Squad, Xu Qingtong discovered that there were only three men in the squad.
"Who is the squad leader?" Xu Qingtong asked.
"Who are you?" asked a man of about thirty in a long blue robe.
Xu Qingtong displayed his Deputy Commander Token and said, "I am the newly appointed Deputy Commander, here on an inspection! Who is the squad leader?"
The blue-robed man glanced at Xu Qingtong and said languidly, "The squad leader went on patrol!"
Xu Qingtong closed his eyes, sweeping his powerful divine sense through the surroundings. He saw no one within a thirty-li radius.
He opened his eyes and asked sternly, "Where did your squad leader go on patrol?"
"How would I know? He didn't tell me!"
"Go and bring him back!" Xu Qingtong said.
"The squad leader ordered me to guard this place and not go anywhere!" the blue-robed man said.
Holding back his anger, Xu Qingtong held the Deputy Commander Token before the blue-robed man and said, "Do you know that this Token gives me authority over everyone stationed here?"
"Who knows whether that token of yours is real or fake?"
Hearing this, Xu