Thank you. It is due to my skills as a cultivator that I am able to look so young. [ Don't just fucking drop vocab words on someone like they're aware of what that means. ] Essentially, I am immortal and gained it by controlling the energy within my body. [ Yup. Shen Qingqiu wonders if that helps at all with understanding, but he decides to toss all that out the window as worry gets ahead of good sense. ]

Ah, is your back all right? [ He reaches to lightly pat Ardyn's shoulder. Joke or not, it can cause a lot of hurt to suddenly be in cold water and crawl out of a well. He can't help but be a little worried -- and given all the care he received when he arrived, the only right thing to do is pay it forward. ]

If you like, I could attempt to heal it some. You can't keep collecting rocks if you hurt bending over, ah? [ Shen Qingqiu smiles warmly at his associate in his scale collecting. It also seems like he's found a fellow that agrees with him with the idea of making sure old men look after the young. A senior citizen friend, too! Radical! ]

And that's right. We just need to be patient and when patience runs out, that is when action takes over.