They chatted for a long time, and the wine kept flowing!
One wine jar after another, each the size of a lake, stood empty. Only then did Ren realize how much the Heavenly Wu Clan had drunk in such a short time. Yet for them, all that wine had merely wet their throats!
By then, Ren and the old man had turned to the subject of Fiendish Qi.
Ren said casually, "The Primordial World is now blanketed in Fiendish Qi. It covers the sky and blocks the sun! It's become a problem the Primordial World can hardly solve—and one it has no wish to solve!"
"Fiendish Qi?" The old man took it in stride. "That's no problem for the Heavenly Wu Clan. We can refine and purify it! To us, it's actually nourishing. After all, its true nature isn't what outsiders say it is!"
"Oh? What do you mean? Isn't Fiendish Qi a higher form of energy formed from condensed Killing Qi? It's hard to absorb, and doing so harms the Divine Soul! That's why, apart from the Wu Clan, who don't cultivate Primordial Spirits, and a few special creatures, nobody in the Primordial World dares use it for cultivation," Ren said.
Chapter 3073: The True Nature of Fiendish Qi
"Fiendish Qi is dangerous, and only a handful of races can absorb it for cultivation. Most races regard it as a scourge!"
Ren calmly described the prevailing view in the Primordial World. Only the Wu Clan, the Undead Clan, and a few members of the Demon Clan could cultivate with Fiendish Qi. Everyone else feared it would taint their Divine Souls.
The old man disagreed. "You only think Fiendish Qi taints the Primordial Spirit because you misunderstand it! How did the Primordial World develop so many misconceptions, even