Rereading Phoenix Mountain kiss and you realize how lonely WWX must have been in that period of time. The implication of the approaching person being brave for coming near him with no ill intent or fear which excites WWX. Someone that appears to want to speak to him
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💧 ok didnt think of that before now these thoughts will be haunting me in my next reread of that section
Then you're reminded that almost all – if not all – disciples that were close to WWX in lotus pier died in the ransacking. The new disciples don't know the old him, just this 'demonic cultivator', so they're probably weary of him.