Lan Xichen stops in his tracks at this bit of news.

"This has happened to you before...?"

He thinks he should probably follow that up with maybe a question about ways back. That's probably something he should want, no? He has duties back home, to his Sect, to his family, to the elders...

(No he doesn't want to go back.)

"Of course I have questions. Was your last transmigration similar to this one? Or are they different every time?"

Does everyone turn into a squid when they go to another world? Is that just what squids are?