After dinner, Rong Jing and Xie Xuanqing came out of the restaurant. It was already dark outside.

The yellowish street lights reflected the misty snowflakes. Just after coming out of the warm spring-like room, Rong Jing couldn't help but frown and hid his fingers deep in his pockets.

Seeing this, Xie Xuanqing frowned slightly, and then drove the car over.

The circulation system of top luxury cars reacts quickly, and the temperature inside the car rises almost at the moment it is started.

Rong Jing lowered his eyes and got into the car and sat in the passenger seat. When he fastened his seat belt, Xie Xuanqing saw that his fingertips were slightly red from the cold.

His eyes froze for a moment, then Xie Xuanqing retracted his gaze: "Captain Zhou just sent me a few messages saying that Zhang Jingyao's test results are out, and he is recovering very well. He may wake up tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Mrs. Zhang's injuries also required recuperation in the hospital, but she didn't know your contact information, so she left the hospital temporarily."

Mrs. Zhang still remembered the useful information that Rong Jing wanted.

Even though her wounds had not yet healed, she rushed back to the market without stopping, carefully packed out several large boxes of high-quality dry goods, and planned to hand them over to Rong Jing personally.

The messages Zhou Songyun sent also meant to ask if they were free.

Originally, Zhou Songyun sent a message to Rong Jing.

But in this weather, Rong Guoshi wanted to curl himself up in the quilt. If it wasn't for getting rid of the evil spirit in Zhang Jingyao, Rong Jing probably wouldn't have gone out, let alone taking out his phone to check his messages in this icy and snowy weather.

Xie Xuanqing recalled Zhou Songyun's question, then turned around and asked Rong Jing if he wanted to come over.

Frowning, Rong Jing said, "Go ahead."

He folded up his coat to cover his neck, and buried his chin inside. When he spoke, his voice was muffled by his coat, sounding a little vague, but also... a little inexplicably cute.

As soon as this thought appeared in his mind, Xie Xuanqing couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

Rong Jing frowned and glanced at him, Xie Xuanqing said solemnly: "Then I will take you there now."

“……” Nothing seemed to be wrong.

Rong Jing hummed lightly, then put his hands in his pockets, closed his eyes and pretended to take a nap.

The soft music echoed gently in the car, and along with the clear snow outside, there was actually a feeling of peace and tranquility.

Mrs. Zhang had been waiting in the market for a long time.

Her dry goods stall had not been open for the past two days, so she didn't make much money, but she just searched through everything and did find a few thousand yuan, which she stuffed into the dry goods gift box.

The black Cullinan slowly stopped outside the stall. Rong Jing got out of the car wearing a hat, and there were still a few flakes of snow on his silver-white hair.

Xie Xuan gently opened the umbrella and walked over with him.

"Master Rong, these are some dry goods I just picked up. I hope you don't mind."

Before coming over, Mrs. Zhang asked Zhou Songyun what Rong Jing's name was. Now that she knew the other person's name, she respectfully called him Master Rong Tian.

As for the dry goods she casually picked up, they didn’t look casual at all. There were several large gift boxes filled with scallops, abalone and mushrooms. You could feel the weight when you held them in your hands.

You should know that the reason why dry goods are called dry goods is because the moisture in these things has been dried out. Even if you hold a dozen of them in your hands, you may not be able to feel how heavy they are.

Mrs. Zhang was sincerely grateful to Rong Jing for helping her family. When she was cleaning up, she wanted to give the entire stall to Rong Jing.

It was only after Zhou Songyun reminded her that she became more restrained and only picked out the more precious ones to put in the gift box.

She was still injured, and Rong Jing didn't want to let her carry her for too long. He lowered his eyes and was about to take his hand out of his pocket when he saw Xie Xuanqing at the side reaching out to take it.

Mrs. Zhang was a little stunned by his behavior, but when she remembered that they came to the hospital together today, she suppressed the emotion in her eyes and bowed to the two of them again.

Zhou Songyun helped her up helplessly.

Rong Jing also shook his head at her and said, "The cause and effect have been resolved, no need to be polite."

He came here just to end this cause and effect, not really for a few boxes of dry goods.

But although he said so, Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to think so. After moving her mouth, Mrs. Zhang finally said: "... Anyway, thank you very much, Master Rong Tian."

Rong Jing glanced at her and said "hmm" lightly.

After carrying three or four gift boxes of dry goods and putting them in the back seat, Xie Xuanqing sent Rong Jing home. When he was about to leave, he was stopped by a cold and pleasant voice.

"Take these two back with you." Back in the heated house, Rong Jing took off his coat, revealing a white long-haired sweater underneath.

Looks soft and clean.

In his hands were two gift boxes of dry goods that Xie Xuanqing had just brought up. Xie Xuanqing lowered his head to take a look, then reached out to take them: "Thank you, Mr. Rong, for your kindness."

There was a slight smile on his lips when he spoke. Rong Jing looked at him for a moment, then looked away: "...Nothing. Sorry to bother you today."

Xie Xuanqing's smile deepened.

After saying goodbye, he went downstairs carrying the two gift boxes of dry goods, which were not very valuable to the Xie family, and put them on the back seat of the car.

When they returned to the old house, the housekeeper had been waiting at the door since early morning. When he saw Xie Xuanqing, he hurriedly came up to him and said, "Master."

Then his eyes fell on the two big red gift boxes held by Patriarch Xie: "......?"

What's this?

He reached out to take it, and a fresh smell emanated from the box.

Xie Xuanqing took off his coat and strode into the villa: "Take some to the kitchen and ask the chef to make chicken soup tomorrow."

The butler bowed his head: "Okay, Master."

A few days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the fifth day of the new year, the day when "The Legend of Heavenly Master" was first broadcast.

The TV station that bought the first broadcast rights for "The Legend of Heavenly Master" is the wealthy Fruit Channel. As soon as it was scheduled to be broadcast on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, the Fruit Channel launched a series of publicity and promotion in advance to create a sense of anticipation.

However, this kind of overwhelming publicity can only attract a part of the interested people to watch the first broadcast. The reputation of the show still depends on the quality of the show itself.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, "Records of the Heavenly Master" was officially broadcast.

Wen Xiaoxiao has a cousin who works as a stagehand, and she often hears her family talk about his experiences in the entertainment industry.

Recently, because of the Chinese New Year, my cousin who had been running around with the group outside also came home. Wen Xiaoxiao followed her mother to her grandmother's house to visit the New Year, and happened to meet this cousin at home.

At that time, the promotion of "The Legend of Heavenly Master" was very popular. Wen Xiaoxiao turned on the TV and took a casual look. Just as she was about to change the channel, she heard her cousin casually mention to her aunt: "...well, I was in this crew before. The director and actors were all very good."

Wen Xiaoxiao didn't notice that her cousin's expression looked a little strange when he said this. She only remembered that he mentioned that the drama should be good. It just so happened that she would be staying at her grandmother's house for a while and couldn't play with her phone much, so she decided to watch the drama.

Thinking of this, Wen Xiaoxiao hugged the pillow and looked at the TV.

The opening song just ended on the screen, and then a "Zheng" sound of a piano rang out, and a pair of extremely beautiful and white hands appeared in Wen Xiaoxiao's eyes.

The slender fingertips gently plucked the strings, and the sound of the zither came out like a stream of water. Wen Xiaoxiao had learned the guqin for a period of time before, and she was a little surprised when she saw the fingering of the person on the screen.

Because in her opinion, the person playing the piano had correct fingering techniques, so maybe the song was really played by the actor himself?

But it's hard to say. Now only a pair of hands are shown. It's possible that the actor himself can't do it, so he hired a stand-in.

However, as soon as this thought flashed through Wen Xiaoxiao's mind, the camera slowly moved upwards.

The black robe was draped and winding, with mountains and rivers embroidered on it. Wen Xiaoxiao actually felt that the design of this dress was a bit picky, but when the camera moved in front of the actor, the silver hair emitting a faint starlight was already dazzlingly beautiful——

However, when that face was fully revealed, Wen Xiaoxiao had no thoughts in her mind.

Her hair was white like snow, her eyebrows were like paintings, and her amber eyes seemed to contain a piece of ice that had not melted for a thousand years, and her beauty was accompanied by a bit of indescribable coldness.

It was the first time that Wen Xiaoxiao saw a Chinese person dye his hair silver and it didn't look weird. She couldn't help but hold her breath and stared at the screen.

Only then did she realize that the piano music just now was actually played by the actor himself!

Those extremely beautiful hands gently plucked the strings, coupled with his handsome face like the distant mountains and the clear moon, it was simply an ultimate audio-visual experience.

She grabbed her phone and wanted to Baidu the actor's name, but she was afraid that she would miss the plot if she lowered her head, so she had to endure it.

"Yue Zhiyin, the daughter of the Yue family of Dulian Mountain, wants to see the Heavenly Master Mingyuan for an important matter." A soft but firm female voice sounded, and Wen Xiaoxiao thought, so this character's name is Mingyuan.

But just as she began to feel a little fond of Ming Yuan, she saw a hint of mockery in his eyes as he looked at Yue Zhiyin.

It's just that this emotion appeared and disappeared too quickly. Wen Xiaoxiao thought she was dazzled at first. She frowned and looked for a while. Then she found that this Master Mingyuan really didn't seem to be a simple, lonely and aloof hermit like a crescent moon as she had previously guessed?

But inexplicably, he doesn't make people hate him. Instead, he makes people think, "Oh, he will definitely change later."

Touching his chin, Wen Xiaoxiao continued reading.

However, this Mingyuan Tianshi did not seem to have many roles, and only appeared in the first ten minutes or so. But the plot of the TV series itself was pretty good, and Wen Xiaoxiao was somewhat interested in metaphysics, so she kept watching it.

Two hours passed in a flash.

The ending song sounded, and Wen Xiaoxiao came back to her senses from the plot with an unsatisfied feeling. As soon as she opened her phone, she saw a popular topic.

"Have you watched "Record of the Heavenly Master" today? Who plays the Heavenly Master Ming Yuan in it? I like him, little brother!"

Main post: To be honest, I didn’t watch TV dramas much before, but today was a holiday and I didn’t have to go to New Year’s greetings, so I had time to relax at home, so I turned on a TV drama to use as background music to liven things up. As a result! As soon as I turned on the TV, I was instantly attracted by the little brother on the screen!

1L: I looked at the cast list and it seems her name is Rong Jing? It sounds familiar.

2L: Of course it sounds familiar. The greatest state teacher in history was called this name...

9L: I remember this character is also a Heavenly Master? Did the crew specifically find someone with this name to play the role or did the actor change the name himself? Is there any buff to it?

15L: I think there might be. Don’t you think that Mingyuan Tianshi really fits the image of a Tianshi in our imagination? When the camera was focused on his face, I really had a very strange feeling for a moment, as if he saw through me at a glance, and I felt a little nervous.

21L: It seems a bit... And the actor looks so good with silver hair. I really think he looks super mysterious and cool with this silver hair.

30L: But I think he is definitely not a cold and aloof character, because when he was looking at the hero and heroine, did you notice that micro-expression? It was super sadistic...

36L: I found it, I like it very much (.) But his role is a bit small, less than ten minutes in two episodes... Of course the plot is also good, but I prefer to watch the pretty brother

…

Wen Xiaoxiao watched and joined the discussion. When they were chatting happily, a group of viewers suddenly poured into the post... speaking incoherently?

98L: Damn, I only knew that lonely rich people would choose to sell roast duck rice, but I didn’t expect that there are also dream-chasing masters who stay up late every day and eat boxed lunches in order to act…

107L:? I don’t understand what the person above is talking about.

109L: I think she probably saw this post... [Link: Li Tao, have you seen the donation list released by the company today? Who is that Rong Jing...]

Everyone thought this was a post exposing the rich second generation, so they clicked in to take a look, and then clicked "???" at the same time.

You told me that the actor who plays the Taoist priest is actually an awesome Taoist priest. This sounds too much like something the crew made up just to attract traffic.

Many netizens followed suit and raised questions. However, this post was originally posted in an internal forum of a company and did not have much exposure. If the person who just posted the link had not happened to browse the homepage of that area and saw this post, no one would have discovered it.

In addition, some people who were interested in this matter checked the company's business dealings during this period last year and found that it seemed that something happened at the Ji's High-tech Base at that time, so many businesses were suspended?

It is also consistent with the records in the post. According to the company's previous donation list, there was actually a person named Rong Jing who donated 20 million yuan.

208L: ??? My mom is shocked. Why does it feel more and more real the more I dig it up? Is the dream of a Taoist priest so advanced and fashionable now? [Sweating like soybeans]

234L: But he really acted well... Even though he was acting himself, the performance felt right and he didn't go out of character at all.

256L: No way, no way, someone really believed it? This is obviously a plot point that was prepared by the production team in advance, otherwise it would not have been revealed earlier or later, but at this time. If you go out and look around now, you will see how many posts have been opened to hype this. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, "The Legend of the Heavenly Master" was hyped up on the hot search. How much publicity fees must have been saved by this? Haha

288L: OK, I'm awake now. But it still seems a little strange...

Metaphysics is prevalent today, so the topic of the Heavenly Master has also attracted special attention among ordinary people. After the initial excitement, most netizens tend to think that the drama production team is laying the groundwork for hype in advance, while a small number of people think that the whole thing is too coincidental. Maybe the real identity of this actor named Rong Jing is the Heavenly Master?

——Look at his name, he definitely sounds like a Taoist priest!

300L: Thanks for the invitation. It looks more like a fabrication than a hype:)

After reading the two posts, Wen Xiaoxiao also felt that this series of events seemed too coincidental.

But she remembered that when she saw Ming Yuan appear just now, she could clearly feel that mysterious aura from him even through the screen.

It was as if he was born with an elegant yet contradictory temperament.

Wen Xiaoxiaogang was embarrassed to say it in the post, but she actually felt for a moment that the other person was the Heavenly Master.

After fiddling with his phone for a while, Wen Xiaoxiao noted the time when the next episode would be broadcast and decided to continue watching it tomorrow.

"Xiaoxiao, why aren't you asleep yet?" Grandma asked, sticking her head out from the stairwell.

Wen Xiaoxiao saw that it was already 11 o'clock in the evening, and quickly responded: "Let's go to bed now!"

She got up and turned off the TV. After washing up, she was about to go upstairs when she saw her cousin yawning and coming downstairs to get some water.

For some unknown reason, Wen Xiaoxiao asked, "Cousin, after the Chinese New Year, can I go to the film and television base with you?"

When she was browsing the posts just now, she saw that Rong Jing had joined another film crew recently. Wen Xiaoxiao vaguely felt that the filming location was a little familiar. It seemed to be the place where her cousin was currently working in the crew?

My cousin seemed to have just woken up from a nap. He was confused for a while before coming to his senses: "It's not impossible... but the film and television base is full of good and bad people. If you want to go, you have to follow me closely, and ask my aunt first."

Wen Xiaoxiao had originally asked this question, and after hearing what her cousin said, she was really interested: "Okay, I'll ask my mom tomorrow."

After saying that, Wen Xiaoxiao happily went back to her room to sleep.

The crew of "The Legend of Heavenly Master" finally learned about the controversy on the Internet.

Looking at the netizens who were arguing fiercely in the post about whether Rong Jing was the Heavenly Master, Director Liu seemed to see his former self, and sneered in his heart with a disdainful look: There was once a sincere answer in front of you, but you found so many reasons to refute it. One day, you will be like me, shouting that I must be blind!

——But we still have to take advantage of the popularity.

The ratings for the first broadcast of "The Celestial Master" came out as early as the moment the ending song ended. During the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the ratings for "The Celestial Master" were unexpectedly good.

Unlike other TV shows which generally have a fluctuating downward trend in their first broadcast ratings, the ratings for the first two episodes of "The Legend of the Heavenly Master" actually showed a fluctuating upward trend.

As for the time periods with the largest upward fluctuations, it can almost be confirmed that these are the time periods when the character Ming Yuan appears.

Director Liu Zheng: “…”

In short, while the mood is complicated, there seems to be a little subtle happiness.

After editing the Weibo to take advantage of the popularity of his male lead, Liu Zheng lit a cigarette melancholy, and then his uncle said coldly: "Don't smoke indoors."

"Okay." Liu Zheng put out the cigarette obediently, and turned around to see his uncle sitting on the sofa with a tablet in his hand, repeatedly watching the clips he had recorded of Ming Yuan's appearances.

A question mark slowly appeared above his head, and Liu Zheng couldn't help but ask.

Liu Tingxuan: "The techniques that Master Rong Tian used just now look very exquisite, as if they were inherited from that ancient family. I am carefully trying to figure out the meaning behind them."

Liu Zheng simply translated it, meaning that Rong Jing used his real skills in his performance, and they were really amazing skills. His uncle was now learning from him by watching videos.

Liu Zheng: “…” I never expected it to be this reason.

Of course, this kind of magic formula usually needs to be combined with a certain mental method or spell to be effective. Liu Tingxuan only vaguely felt that the few finger gestures used by Rong Jing looked extremely familiar, and seemed to be somewhat similar to the magic formula in a certain book passed down in the mountain gate.

However, the practice of exterminating metaphysics in the past two dynasties caused great damage to the inheritance of the metaphysical community. The mountain gate book that Liu Tingxuan had seen was actually just a fragment, and it was impossible to tell what kind of magic it was.

But he vaguely felt that if the magic formula in the classics was completed, perhaps the appearance of the entire technique... would be similar to what Rong Jing was using at this time.

After a moment of distraction, Liu Tingxuan collected his thoughts and clicked to replay the video that he had already watched to the end.

With the addition of the crew, netizens became more excited about the discussion.

Almost overnight, the name of "The Legend of Heavenly Master" spread throughout the streets and alleys. Whether you have seen it before or not, you have heard the rumor that the actor playing the second male lead is actually a super powerful heavenly master.

Of course, most people still believed that this was hype from the crew, but a few people were really a little skeptical and quickly looked through Rong Jing's previous resume.

Then I discovered that Rong Jing seemed to have played many roles before, but there didn’t seem to be many signs related to metaphysics?

As more and more information was uncovered, the discussion about whether Rong Jing was a real Heavenly Master gradually subsided.

Many people turned their attention back to the development of the plot and the actors' performances, and instead fell in love with the drama and the characters in it more sincerely.

Among them, "Mingyuan Tianshi" is the most mysterious character with the most tragic ending, which has attracted the attention of many people.

The New Year holiday passed quietly, and Rong Jing's fans on Weibo almost doubled.

It’s just that he had returned to the crew of “Who is the Third Person” from home on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, so he didn’t know much about the situation outside.

"Okay, this one's passed!" The director watched the clip recorded on the monitor twice, and finally nodded and said, "Get ready for the next one!"

The stage staff and props team came up quickly to rearrange the venue. Rong Jing casually took off the white gloves on his hands, and saw Mu Yunzhou sitting next to his seat, looking at him with a flickering look.

"Your acting skills have improved a lot." Mu Yunzhou touched his chin and spoke, seeming to feel that his performance just now was a bit strange.

He had just received a script some time ago, and the studio rented by the crew was right next to Rong Jing and his team. When he came over to work during the day, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Rong Jing and shamelessly came over to "observe".

Fortunately, he had a lot of experience and was a famous actor. The director had worked with him before, so when he heard about his purpose, he didn't say anything. Instead, he hoped that he could guide other actors in the group.

Mu Yunzhou was easy to talk to, and he would share his experience with anyone who asked him. But throughout the day, the person he looked at the most was Rong Jing.

"Yeah." Rong Jing responded lightly and put the gloves he took off into his pocket.

Mu Yunzhou couldn't help but take a look at his exposed fingers.

Some of them look good.