She is beautiful as a heavenly fairy, and, though the shade of a departed soul, Nie Xiaoqian appears not in the least spooky or menacing. At a desk, she begins writing a poem: "A ten-mile wide placid lake surface, covered with mist / I contemplate my long hair, and in my youthful beauty I worry / Standing alone gazing at the moon, hoping someone will take care of me.
美若天仙、不沾一絲鬼氣的聶小倩在案前提筆做詩，「十里平湖霜滿天、寸寸青絲愁華年；對月形單望相護」，小倩停筆思索著最後一句，卻被姥姥打斷、喚她前去伺候。