"People are obsessed with appearances..."
Fu Hua shook her head, not paying it much mind.
"But a pretty appearance is the key to attracting others! Sure enough, being good-looking is what matters most. Though you're a bit old-fashioned, blockhead, plenty of people still like you!"
"..."
Fu Hua ignored her and continued onward...
But her next remark nearly made even Fu Hua, the Immortal Phoenix, lose her composure.
"But if they found out... that the fairy maiden in their eyes is already over fifty thousand years old, and they're still hundreds of times short of even a fraction of her age, would they feel so miserable they'd want to cry?"
"Cang... Xuan!"
Fu Hua restrained the urge to give the armed puppet beside her a sky-splitting blow, but the force of her grip on the girl's hand involuntarily increased quite a bit.
However, the Immortal Phoenix was not as petty as ordinary people imagined. Or rather, whether in breadth of mind or generosity, the Immortal Phoenix surpassed the vast majority of people.
Having lived to an age so ancient... that even the Golden-Hooped Staff would no longer want to love, the Immortal Phoenix had long since learned to let go of anything and see through everything.
So... under the influence of Cloud Ink Crimson Heart, Fu Hua ultimately did not do anything to the Book of Cangxuan.
However...
"I'll call you Cang Xiaoxuan from now on!"
Though it sounded very similar to Cang Xuan, the Book of Cangxuan was not Cang Xuan after all. Calling her Cang Xuan... somehow felt wrong to Fu Hua.
"Okay!"
The Book of Cangxuan did not object to Fu Hua's words.
To her, a name was merely a designation. Besides, the meaning behind her creation and existence was simply to accompany Fu Hua.