Chapter 355: Standing Up the Fate Card

"What? A Martial Commander? Are you seeing things?"

"No, there really is a Martial Commander there! Look, it's him!"

"……"

Everyone searched for a bit, and their gazes gradually converged on Su Lang.

"Holy cow, it really is a Martial Commander!"

"Tsk tsk, I wonder what the academy is up to, to actually let a Martial Commander in!"

"Exactly, what's the use of a Martial Commander coming here? He probably won't understand anything even if he attends lectures in the Grand Hall of Teachings."

"Not only that, a mere Martial Commander can't even pass the first level of the Training Pagoda. Is he planning to stay here for over a hundred years, advance to Martial Emperor, and then challenge the Training Pagoda?"

"Don't think that way, everyone. For a Martial Commander to be able to come to the Heaven-Treading Outpost, he must have some special skill. Don't just look at his cultivation."

"That seems to be true, but I wonder what's so special about this junior."

"No, no, no, in my opinion, for him to reach this level at such a young age, his talent must be extraordinary. So the academy decided to send him to the Heaven-Treading Outpost to shorten his growth period."

"Hahaha, shorten his growth period? How much can it be shortened? I'm afraid it won't be enough before the great war between our human race and the Wind Spirit race."

"……"

A group of old students looked at Su Lang curiously, pointing and discussing amongst themselves.

And the news spread like wildfire, and soon, the fact that there was a Martial Commander among the new students spread throughout the entire Heaven-Treading Outpost.

He even became more famous than a Martial Venerable genius like Li Qiming.

At this moment,

Under Zhou Jun'ai's lead, Su Lang and the others entered the Heaven-Treading Hall.

The Heaven-Treading Hall was divided into many rooms, like different departments, responsible for different matters.

Zhou Jun'ai led the students forward until they reached the door of one of the large rooms.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Zhou Jun'ai knocked on the door and said, "Fellow Daoist Li, it's me. This year's new students have arrived."

"Mentor Zhou Jun'ai!"

The door opened, and a scrawny old man walked out, cupping his hands in greeting to Zhou Jun'ai.

The old man looked gaunt, his hair was dry and yellow, and his eyes were dull.

Su Lang glanced at him and quietly brought up the old man's attribute panel, discovering that this person was named Li Yuanju, an intermediate Martial Venerable expert.

"Come in, everyone!"

Zhou Jun'ai waved to Su Lang and the others, then walked into the room, conversing with Li Yuanju.

The students followed closely behind, entering the room.

"Is this where students register and set up their life tokens?"

Su Lang looked around and saw many wooden cabinets in the room, like bookshelves, with white jade tokens placed on them.

Some of these jade tokens glowed brightly, as if infused with life energy, while others were dim, like lifeless objects.

"These are life tokens, I'm seeing them for the first time!"

Xiao Ning also looked curiously at the surrounding wooden cabinets. "It is said that life tokens are used to determine whether students who go out for training have died.

It can sense its owner, and if the owner dies, the jade token will lose its light.

Moreover, the life token can also determine the owner's distance from this place. The farther away, the dimmer the light, but it will not extinguish."

"Mhm, mhm."

Su Lang nodded and said, "It can be considered a strange treasure."

Through his 'Weapon Identification' ability, he had already seen through the details of these life tokens, and there were no hidden means to control people.

At this time, after Zhou Jun'ai and Li Yuanju exchanged a few words, they began to make life tokens for the students.

The first one to go up was still Li Qiming.

"Ancestor, junior Li Qiming!"

Li Qiming stepped forward and bowed to Li Yuanju.

When everyone heard his address to Li Yuanju, they were surprised. It turned out that Li Yuanju and Li Qiming were actually family!

In that case, Li Yuanju was also from the reclusive ancient Li family!

"As expected of a reclusive ancient family, full of experts!"

This thought flashed through everyone's minds simultaneously.

"Li Qiming, you are very good!"

Li Yuanju smiled and nodded, clearly very satisfied with this junior from his family.

Immediately, Li Yuanju registered Li Qiming and made a life token for him.

The materials for making it were very simple: a piece of obedient jade, Li Qiming's fresh blood, and a trace of spiritual power.

After special refining, a brightly glowing life token appeared.

Because Li Qiming was very close to the life token, this jade token was super bright, almost comparable to an LED light bulb.