28 Chapter 28

Fortunately, their confusion didn't last long. Liu Pianpian, leaning her head against the wall and unable to hold back a yawn, spoke weakly, "Elder Zixiao, a whole day has already passed, and we still haven't decided on the content of the performance?"

The captain of the other group was Su Ping'er, who ranked fifth in popularity and was also a skilled dancer. She now frowned in annoyance, her pretty face filled with distress.

"I just passed by the next room, and it seems like the other groups have already started rehearsing..."

Zixiao had clearly also been up all night. Although there were no dark circles under his eyes, a bitter expression filled his face. "What can I do? Every performance I could come up with was rejected by the Young Sect Master."

The audience in front of the screen were full of questions: Why?

As if responding to the audience's doubts, several cute colorful subtitles appeared on the screen:

What happened? Time goes back...

Then the scene in the camera changed, and it was midnight on the day when the recording ended. Several instructors were sitting together in a meeting. Because there were only seven days from preparation to performance, neither the students nor the instructors had any rest. Fortunately, the cultivators had strong physiques, so not sleeping for a night or two was no problem.

"Well, Sister Bai Xuan's conception of the stage is amazing. I'm looking forward to your students' performances." Ning Shu nodded and stamped a red stamp of approval on the paper in her hand. Then she looked at Zi Xiao expectantly: "Sister Zi Xiao, what about you? What are you planning to perform?"

"I have a wealth of performance experience, and the results I present will surely astound the audience!" Zi Xiao confidently handed over his proposal. Ning Shu took it and examined it expectantly. It consisted mostly of dance moves, accompanied by a lyric:

A night of drinking... several times...

Willow waist swaying gracefully... Flower heart □□...

Spring arrives, the world is in full bloom, gently unbuttoning... plum blossom dew, rouge-red lips... both playing in the water... beads of sweat... so charming, my lover's heart is full of...＊

Those frames were mosaics added by Ning Shu later on, otherwise this erotic poem would never have passed the review.

Ning Shu was shocked: ...

"You, you're planning to perform this in public? Are you okay?" Ning Shu put a big cross on Zi Xiao's plan without hesitation.

"No! This is not allowed! I've told you so many times that this is a positive, all-ages program! You're not allowed to do this!"

"Why?" Zixiao argued, "Didn't you say that the theme should be beauty? Isn't my design beautiful enough?"

"How would I know?" Ning Shu's face flushed red with embarrassment when she thought of that obscene poem. She slammed the table and said, "No, that's no! Can you at least consider the feelings of those students? Don't drag them into this with you!"

"I've thought about it. This is the performance we all came up with. Look at this dance move. We spent half an hour discussing it together before coming up with it!" Zixiao waved the crossed-out paper in his hand unconvinced. "Everyone thinks this stage is beautiful!"

Ning Shu: "Ah? Is that true? No one objects?"

Bai Xuan suppressed her laughter and quietly moved over: "Young Sect Master, the two teams of Zixiao are mostly made up of prostitutes. This kind of performance is already very subtle."

Ning Shu: ...

Tsk, what a mistake. Why did they have to be assigned to Zixiao's team?

"No," she sighed tiredly, "You can't do such a revealing performance. After all, our theme is beauty, not sex."

Zixiao stood up and argued, "We women are inherently beautiful! No matter how slim or plump we are, we are a hundred times, a thousand times more beautiful than any flowers, herbs, poetry, tea, sunrise or sunset!"

"Then try a less explicit performance."

"Where's the explicitness? Explain clearly! Beep? I said beep, not beep!"

"Whether it's a beep or a beep, what difference does it make? No means no! Beep, beep, or any kind of beep is not allowed!"

The audience, who were confused and felt their ears buzzing, couldn't help but cover their ears and reveal their masks of pain.

Even so, although Zixiao tried very hard, even at the cost of a big quarrel with Ning Shu, the review of the program was in the hands of the young sect leader after all, so if it wasn't possible, it was not possible, and he had to be sent back to start over.

The audience who saw the inside story through the replay: ...

This was the first time they had come into contact with Mosaic in their lives. Although they had a general understanding of Zixiao's proposal, they were still confused overall.

"Ahem! So, what are those things covered up by the boxes and the weird beeping noises?"

"That... I don't know either, but judging by their behavior and the conversation, it might be... uh... something... not very decent, right?"

"Then why can't they act? Aren't they from the Hehuan Sect?"

"How should I know? Weren't they allowed to do such indecent performances during the auditions?"

"Could it be that we misunderstood them before? It turns out that the Hehuan Sect is not such a dissolute sect?"

"That's definitely not the case! Look, they've clearly forbidden it!"

Not only did the audience's impression of the Hehuan Sect change subtly, they even started to discuss the mentors on the show with a laugh.

"Hahaha, this Zixiao, with his group of contestants who came from brothels, is going against the Young Sect Master, hahaha!"

"She seems to have a very bold and daring personality. I quite like this type of person."

"I'm still a little curious, what are they going to do now?"

"That's not good. There are seven days in total, and this is almost a whole day wasted."

"It really makes me anxious just watching this!" Zhang Daoquan, who likes Liu Pianpian, also became anxious and angry: "Other groups have already started rehearsing. If this continues, won't we be too late?"

The contestants on the screen also had worried expressions on their faces. Su Ping'er looked over the crossed-out plan again and again, and finally tried to suggest, "How about we practice some of the dances we used to practice first..."

"No!" Zi Xiao rejected it without a second thought: "The other teams will definitely try their best to win the competition. If we just prepare perfunctorily like this, we will definitely suffer!"

Liu Pianpian also sighed: "What should we do? There are only six days left."

Zixiao's face showed a bit of struggle when he heard this, but he finally made a decisive decision: "Just practice according to what we agreed on! Every dance move and movement design has been fully considered the stage effect and everyone's strengths and specialties before being decided. Changing it again and again is simply superfluous!"

"Eh?" Liu Pianpian and Su Ping'er exchanged glances. "Then the Young Sect Master..."

"I'll talk to the Young Sect Master!" Zixiao stood up again, holding the plan. "You guys go practice first. Liu Pianpian's rehearsal room is in Room A, and Su Ping'er's is in Room B. You're responsible for teaching your respective team members. If there's any moves you don't understand, come to me tomorrow. I'll go take care of the Young Master now!"

Then she left without hesitation, and the camera only had time to capture her resolute back.

The audience couldn't help but prick up their ears with great curiosity. Audience members like Zhang Daoquan, who had their favorite contestants in the show, were even more eager to know the outcome of the battle.

Unexpectedly, the program kept the audience in suspense at this time, and the camera turned to film Shangguan Huaijin rehearsing in the dance studio.

Audience: Damn it! Who taught you to edit a video like that? Tell us what happened next!

Although Shangguan Huaijin's group decided on the content of their stage performance early on because of their mentor Bai Xuan's more steady attitude, this does not mean that everything will go smoothly for them.

"One, two, three, go!" The dance studio is a spacious room with an entire wall covered with mirrors. Miss Die'er, wearing a dance costume that allows her to move easily, stands at the front. While shouting the beat, she makes a light kicking motion with her hands, and the girls behind her follow suit.

"Raise your legs high, bend your waist, and smile!" The girls reluctantly made a unified movement under her guidance. Dier tiptoed and turned around, then looked at Shangguan Huaijin who was standing in the middle: "Huaijin, raise your hands, turn!"

Shangguan Huaijin listened to her command and gently lifted the floating zither. He was about to make a flying fairy move, but he stumbled on his right foot and fell to the ground. "Ah!"

"Are you okay?"

"Huaijin, are you okay?"

"Is everything alright?"

The teammates all rushed over. Dier squatted down and tentatively touched her ankle: "Is it sprained? Do you need some medicine?"

After all, the elixir of immortal cultivators is different from ordinary ointments. Once applied, the disease will be cured immediately, and there is no need to worry about delaying the progress. It is better to tell others about any injuries as soon as possible.

"It's nothing, I didn't sprain my ankle, I just didn't stand firmly." Shangguan Huaijin's face showed no pain, but he frowned and looked quite distressed. "It's just that I haven't mastered a dance move yet. I'm sorry for delaying everyone's progress."

As everyone knows, Shangguan Huaijin was a lady from a noble family who was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was quiet and elegant most of the time, so dancing was... not very good at it.

However, the plan Bai Xuan made for them for this stage was to give full play to music, singing and dancing, and to develop them in an all-round way in order to present the most perfect stage effect.

As the "musician" and C position in the team, Shangguan Huaijin's burden is even heavier. Not only is she responsible for playing the piano, but she also has to perform the most elegant, beautiful... and also the most difficult dance moves while playing the piano.

And she only had seven days.

Seeing Shangguan Huaijin's solemn expression, Die'er couldn't find any words to comfort him. After hesitating for a while, she finally sighed: "It doesn't matter. This is only the first day. Don't worry, we will learn slowly. If it really doesn't work..."

"It's okay, I can do it." Shangguan Huaijin interrupted her, clenching his fist under his sleeve: "I can learn it, no matter how long I practice."

I don't want to be a weak woman who is disciplined. I want to be the proud female immortal of the Hehuan Sect! I want to be stronger than all the men who have bullied me!

【Author’s words】

*Selected from poems such as "Flower Heart Beating", "Romance of the Western Chamber", and "Lang Tao Sha". The ancients really knew how to have fun... [dog head]