Lady Xia indeed did not deceive me.
Although the source of the illness was found, as Good Doctor Leytin, Fu Qian didn't step forward to examine it.
Because it was clear that his own digestion issues were also severe.
Or to be precise, it should be called an absorption issue.
The Bronze Ring Fish consumed, under the effect of Insight, still dissolved rapidly.
However, what followed wasn't a new gain, but rather a sudden intensification of the previously acquired negative effects.
The feeling of a front-wheel drive turning into a four-wheel drive.
Fu Qian's sense of self immediately dispersed, merging with the sensation of being wrapped by his stomach.
In the eerie tug-of-war, there was a faint appearance of Nirvana.
And the degree of losing control over his body was unwaveringly increasing — even with the activation of Pseudo-Divine Being.