It was three months later when Li Qiu finally returned to the Qingmu Sect.
He could have made it back much sooner, but he realized that if a Qi Condensation disciple were to make a round trip and manage to capture Golden-Footed Black Leeches in just four or five months, it would be far too conspicuous. Consequently, he and Qingqing lingered in the vast mountain forests of the Southern Border for another two months.
His intention had been to see if he might stumble upon any other spiritual herbs, magical instruments, or exotic beasts. Magical instruments, of course, were out of the question—the furnace he held was nothing more than scrap metal. It had clearly been scrap for a long time; otherwise, it would have been snatched up by some expert long ago, never reaching his hands.
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