The old man seemed somewhat flustered. It took Zhu Yu and Yan Daoxin quite some time to calm him down so that they could properly inquire about his situation.
Upon questioning, they learned that although the old man was from Lan Country, he was not from the area around the Immortal Castle. Originally, he was traveling with his wife, two sons, and daughters-in-law, all six of them in their family carriage, to celebrate a relative's birthday in the area.
He vaguely remembered that something might have tripped the carriage halfway, or they accidentally fell into a large water pit and got stuck. In any case, something went wrong, and he couldn't remember anything after that.
His mind had been poisoned by the Fake Castle Master's concoction for a long time, often leaving him dazed and unable to distinguish between dreams and reality. His memories were jumbled and sometimes contradictory.
