[The jar gets little more than a glance and a smile of recognition. Ah, Wei Wuxian's favourite. Well, he was welcome to drink the stuff like water; Xichen would stick to the safety of tea.

Drunken Lans were dangerous Lans.]

If possible, I would like to gauge the situation of what Cultivation is like here. What are the sects, their territories and their dynamics, for starters.

[Because he apparently cannot conceive of a world where cultivators just aren't in charge.]