Spring passed and autumn came—ah, no, that wasn't right!
It had only been about a week when the withered old man returned.
His expression was extremely unpleasant.
Clearly, he had not gotten the result he wanted from this trip.
And when he saw Li Su diligently practicing qi, his expression immediately darkened even further. The finest material was right before his eyes, yet because of that special bloodline, he had no way to use it. That only made him more infuriated.
Of course, it was not as though he had not considered giving Li Hao a vast amount of food, satisfying his body's nutritional needs and reducing its plundering of true qi.
Unfortunately, it could not be done.
Because Li Hao's talent was simply too good—good to an excessive degree.
Although the Return-to-Origin Pill was merely a Foundation Establishment-stage pill and not much of a treasure to a Golden Core old demon—
That depended on who was taking it. For someone who had only just begun refining qi, it was obviously another matter altogether. An ordinary person would certainly take a month to fully digest a single pill.
But what about Li Hao?
Just while he had been unconscious, merely recovering his body, he had absorbed more than half of its medicinal power.
After he woke up, less than half a day later, he had digested seven or eight tenths of what remained.
In truth, that alone would not have been impossible to accept.
But according to Li Zhan, Li Hao had begun awakening not long after he was born. His first awakening had lasted a full five years and still had not ended.
When he first heard this news, the withered old man had undoubtedly been somewhat astonished, but he quickly regained his calm.
After all, an infant could