Ji Yuan took the seashell from the thin, small man, looking somewhat dazed.
How long had it been since he had last heard from Qiu Qianhai?
Over a year now.
Since they had parted outside Jingde Ward, Ji Yuan had asked after him several times, but had never learned anything more. At first, Ba Zi Li had come to ask as well.
But after several fruitless visits, he had stopped coming.
Besides, the Qin Household had grown increasingly cautious lately. Rumors that Qin Old Blind Man had passed away in meditation were already quietly circulating through Zengtou City. Ji Yuan reckoned that under these circumstances, the Qin Household would have even less attention to spare for dealing with Qiu Qianhai.
So Ji Yuan had even stopped asking around.
He figured Qiu Qianhai had simply found somewhere to enter seclusion and break through to late Qi Refining. Once he succeeded, he would come back to find him.
And sure enough, he had finally returned!
But on second thought, if he really had broken through to late Qi Refining, he could have returned openly. Failing that, he could have done what he had last time and left a seashell outside Ji Yuan's door himself.
Why have someone else deliver it?
"Who sent you with this?"
Ji Yuan looked up at the thin, small man and asked in a low voice, frowning.
The thin man shuddered in fright and hurriedly answered, "Senior, someone left this seashell with me two years ago."
"Two years ago?!"
Ji Yuan sensed that something was wrong. He had seen Qiu Qianhai a year ago. Two years ago, Qiu Qianhai had only just left Zengtou City, apparently for Blackwater Ward.
"Are you from Blackwater Ward?"
"Yes."
The thin man had no idea how this senior at late Qi Refining