The words of Saint Ancestor Hai Yi left Qin Fengming speechless for a time.
Saint Ancestor Hai Yi's illness was complicated and had not been caused by a single condition. His sea of consciousness had once been eroded by a kind of Soul Poison.
If Qin Fengming's guess was correct, that Soul Poison had most likely infected Saint Ancestor Hai Yi and Lian Taiqing when they had been trapped by that terrifying insect tide.
Although no terrifying poison was visible within Saint Ancestor Hai Yi's physical body now, the damage that poison had done to his sea of consciousness was obvious. Moreover, that damage could not be repaired with pills.
Even a Dao injury pill, which possessed powerful restorative effects specifically for injuries and illnesses of the sea of consciousness, was completely ineffective. Qin Fengming was certain that given Saint Ancestor Hai Yi's abilities, he had definitely obtained and taken Dao injury pills before.
Furthermore, Saint Ancestor Hai Yi's sea of consciousness now lacked the ability that cultivators ought to possess—the ability to absorb and refine soul energy. It was as if the walls of his sea of consciousness had lost their permeability, making it impossible to absorb and refine soul energy from outside.
The reason this situation had formed might not have been solely due to the erosion of poison. If Qin Fengming's judgment was correct, Saint Ancestor Hai Yi should have fought a powerful existence while he was already injured and ill, suffering further injuries that had led to his current state.
Saint Ancestor Hai Yi's Pill Sea was still connected to his sea of consciousness, but he could not use his Pill Sea to absorb and replenish the energy of his sea of consciousness. The consequence of this was that once the soul energy in his sea