He should have said is, but at it stands, he has no idea what A-Xian's current status is. They'd been on a boat and ordered to go find Yanli the last time he'd seen them and he looks away for a moment.

"He's alive. I just...He and my son should be on their way to find my daughter. Ziyuan and I were dealing with a problem at Lotus Pier before I arrived here."