The fact that she could manifest in the form of a shadow cast by a thought truly caught me off guard. I knitted my brows and looked at the woman, but the sense of familiarity made it impossible for me to determine her identity for a moment.
"It hasn't been long since we parted, yet the Immortal Venerable has already forgotten Jieyuhua. Haoxi is truly disappointed." Her voice was elegant. It was still somewhat different from Immortal Maiden Haoxi's liveliness and gentleness, but if one listened closely, the two voices could more or less be overlapped.
"Haoxi is Haoxi, and Jieyuhua is Jieyuhua. Please distinguish them clearly before speaking. Besides, how did you attach yourself to the shadow of this body of mine? I'm rather curious. As I recall, I never gave any other Immortal Venerable the chance to possess my shadow." I spoke indifferently.
"Within your thoughts, there was a wisp of remnant intent that Jieyuhua deliberately left behind. What difficulty could there be in borrowing it for a while? I said I was Haoxi, yet you still refuse to believe me. What, then, could I say that you would believe, Creation Immortal Venerable?" the woman said merrily.
"You're really Jieyuhua?!" I was instantly stunned, but I quickly suppressed my curiosity. After all, whoever this woman claimed to be, she was Haoxi, but she was no longer Jieyuhua.
"I am." Borrowing my shadow, the woman displayed a sincere expression. Though this was merely a shadow, the golden proportions of her figure were enough to make anyone feel that she was a graceful and enchanting immortal maiden.
"You're no longer her. When that thought of Jieyuhua returned to you, Immortal Maiden Haoxi, you were no longer purely Jieyuhua. So you needn't use these words to test me, or try to