The old man was indeed Venerated Pill, the lord of the Pill Island.
The old man did not feel strange when Ning Fan figured out his identity. There were only a few Sixth Revolution Pill Masters in the Rain World. After he displayed his Sixth Revolution medicine soul, it wasn't strange for others to guess his identity.
Although he had just returned from his travels, he had heard about Ning Fan in different places of the Rain World.
Only when he met him in person today did he feel that seeing it for himself was much more convincing than hearing it from others.
As a Sixth Revolution Pill Master, Venerated Pill could be considered to be extremely well-known in the Rain World.
