Lan Wangji absorbs this, quiet as is his way for a thoughtful moment and allowing the tea to warm his hands. He is not bothering to use the handle of the cup.

"I have investigated as best I can," he says. "My cultivation is high and when I played Inquiry, any extant spirits should have been compelled to answer. I received only a single laugh and then no more. My cultivation partner is exceptionally clever with talismans, and he has invented several new ones since arrival, but has had no better luck."