He sends a soft flow of cooling qi through Shen Yuan's meridians, just to help the process along. He certainly feels weaker (not that he's going to say that aloud), but he still has the power of an above-average cultivator.

It seems Shen Yuan barely has that.

The smile and then the laughter throw him for a bit of a loop. It's... very strange to see Shen Qingqiu's face make those expressions (he's surprised the muscles for them hadn't atrophied, to be honest) and knowing that it's another person in that man's body just makes the whole thing very surreal.

He can't help his curiosity.

"...What did you look like before?"