Hearing Lan Yan say that, Paimon grew even more frightened and edged farther behind the Traveler.
"Sir, do you know who used the Soul-Seizing Art on you?"
"What nonsense are you spouting, youngster? Who in Liyue could possibly use the Soul-Seizing Art on me?
Undo whatever you've done at once. I still have an appointment to keep at the Moonchase Festival. Wait, the Moonchase Festival shouldn't be like this."
Seeing him like this, Paimon actually stopped being afraid.
"Ah, it looks like we won't get anywhere by talking."
"A soul remnant's memories are bound to be incomplete. It seems we'll have to undo the spell first. As long as we can return this soul remnant to the Ley Lines, there shouldn't be any major problems."
Lan Yan tried to undo the Soul-Seizing Art on the man, but failed outright.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"A very powerful restriction has been placed on his spell. I can't undo it. I'm afraid we'll have to ask the clan chief to handle this.
But the clan chief just left to work with the Millelith on dealing with the Evil Spirits causing trouble. He won't be back anytime soon. If we leave it too long, this soul remnant..."
"Youngster, don't panic. Whatever you did just now seems to have restored some of my memories.
But all I remember is waking from sleep a few days ago. I can't recall anything before that."
"It's not that I'm panicking, sir. Your current condition really isn't good.
This is a serious matter. I still need to find a way to contact the clan chief as soon as possible and ask him to spare the time to come back.
The Soul-Seizing Art was originally passed down through our Lan family. He won't stand idly by."
"The head of the Lan