Perhaps it was cold of him, but he hadn't been too terribly worried about his donkey. Lil'Apple was wily enough to keep himself well fed on dewy grass without his help. But it is something of a small relief. One less thing to worry about back home. Even if the thought of a braying donkey in the quiet hills of Cloud Recesses sounds like something he'd very much like to see.

"Mm," he nods once. He can see the logic in it, and he'd even planned to hold onto his other name for as long as he could where he'd come from. There were just too many places where his name was still a bitter tasting word.

"Probably wise," he agrees, "I was almost caught by Jiang Cheng just for using a paper talisman! Wei Wuxian was never the only one to use those!"

He leaves out that it was to subdue and perhaps tease Jin Ling, before he'd any idea who the boy was.

"But yes, I'm sure the fewer people who know the dreaded Yiling Laozu has been revive, the better."

The concern in Lan Zhan's voice is comforting, but only serves to remind him of his rather humiliating first experience here.

"I-I thought we weren't going to speak of that!" he sputters, "it didn't happen! Please erase it from your memories!"