Cultivators were all people with hearts as hard as stone. If their will was not strong, how could they cultivate? Any cultivator would be positive and would never be dispirited. Once a cultivator had a dispirited aura, it meant that he was useless.
Was Jia daoyi an ordinary cultivator? Obviously not. If he was just an ordinary cultivator, he wouldn't have been able to become the sect master of the Jia Ying sect. A sect master must have a heart as hard as iron and a calm expression. It was impossible for such a cultivator to have a dispirited aura.
Upon seeing Jia daoyi in this state, Ma Zhong immediately realized that Jia daoyi must have encountered something. Furthermore, this matter had dealt a devastating blow to him, otherwise, Jia daoyi's body wouldn't have such an aura.