It takes him a brief moment to register that the Song Zichen standing in front of him is alive, which means that XingChen had yet to be tricked into killing him. Her returns the bow with a smile, just as respectfully as was given to him.

"It is nice to see you Daozhang." Alive, that is, but he doesn't add that verbally. "Do you mean seeing me again after the other me had disappeared from this place?"

This time placing his words a little more carefully instead of carelessness from prior conversations.