Liyue Harbor, Yuehai Pavilion.
Hearing the familiar voice of the woman with red half-rim glasses perched on her nose, Li Qiuzhi suddenly realized who she was and looked at her in surprise.
"You're Cloud Retainer!"
She had actually rushed over from Mt. Aocang so eagerly, even though he had only gone to invite her that morning.
It seemed she had been longing to see her two disciples for quite some time.
"Why are you so surprised? Were you not the ones who invited me?" The woman in red half-rim glasses gave a cold huff.
"I just didn't expect you to come so soon, and in human form, at that..."
This was Li Qiuzhi's first time seeing Cloud Retainer's human form. The refined air she had when she was silent really did contrast somewhat with the impression her adeptal bird form gave.
When she wasn't speaking, he could only find her slightly familiar by sight alone.
Without thinking back carefully, he really wouldn't have been able to recognize her right away.
"Hmph, everyone in Liyue Harbor knows my illustrious name. Were I to come in my original form, never mind walking down the street-even a mere flight overhead would draw a great crowd.
"Then your Lantern Rite would become a festival for paying respects to me!"
Adjusting her half-rim glasses, the woman of distinguished bearing folded her arms, slightly lifting her breasts against their covering of sheer black fabric. Looking resigned, she continued:
"As it happens, I have never revealed my human form before this generation. I thought that by taking human form and adopting an alias, I ought to go unrecognized.
"Yet to my surprise, Ganyu and Shenhe recognized me as soon as I reached Liyue Harbor. Ganyu is one thing, but I recall that Shenhe has never seen this