"This... Primordial Qi?!"
The first Guest Elder to come into contact with the mist initially only felt that it might possess some profound mystery, so he did not avoid it.
After all, this had been produced by the sect master who called himself an Immortal and had saved them from certain death. He had no reason to harm them. Besides, they had just personally witnessed Mysterious Root cosplay Jianmu. No one would believe this was merely ordinary mist.
Yet when that wisp of mist entered his body, the Guest Elder had to admit that he had been too careless. His Primordial Qi had actually grown by a trace!
What was Primordial Qi?
It was the life energy that existed from the moment a person was born, the foundation that formed the entire human body. It was precisely because Primordial Qi irreversibly diminished and drained away that people continuously aged and eventually died.
Under normal circumstances, Acquired Qi could be cultivated, refined, and guided through various methods, but there was truly no way to actively increase Primordial Qi. One could only slow its depletion through health-preserving practices.
But now, Primordial Qi could increase. Didn't that mean...
"Longevity and Agelessness?"
The Guest Elder uttered those words with trembling lips, then abruptly raised his head and looked toward Mysterious Root ahead.
What had entered his body just now was only the tiniest thread of milky-white mist that had naturally drifted before him. It could only be seen with the naked eye because its color was so pure and condensed.
But how much white mist surrounded Mysterious Root before them?
Around that main trunk, so massive that several hundred people might not have been able to encircle it, its crown plunging into the clouds, streams of black and yellow flowed like two great rivers.