Upon reading just one line of text, Xiao Jing felt his blood rush to his head, as if something was stuck in his throat.

Su Yan stood to the side and saw him staring intently at his phone screen, as if trying to burn a hole through it. She asked softly, "Boss, are you alright?"

Xiao Jingyi snorted coldly, said nothing, put away his phone and looked up indifferently, "Did those extras hit her hard? Where did they hit her?"

Why didn't he notice any sign of distress when this girl left? He called her, intending to ridicule and warn her, but the little girl remained so stubborn! As if she had never been beaten.

Su Yan's eyes flickered slightly, her lips moved, and she tentatively asked, "Boss, do you really have no impression of Miss An at all? Do you really... have to treat Miss An like this?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jing frowned and looked at him, "Su Yan, what are you trying to say?"

After a moment of silence, Su Yan shook his head and sighed inwardly.

After the opening ceremony, the crew of "Tian Sheng Hu Ge" has been working hard to catch up on the filming schedule.

After filming at the film and television base, the crew booked plane tickets to a remote ancient town in the south for more filming.

The daytime scenes were alright; although it was hot, I could manage. But the night scenes were a bit difficult, as there were many mosquitoes on the mountain, and no amount of mosquito repellent worked.

At this point, the plot of "The Celestial Fox Song" has progressed to the halfway point. Fei Niang avenged the 56 members of the Qingtian Official's family who had taken her in, killed the eldest son of the Yuwen family, who was also Yuwen Qianyu's elder brother, and overheard the secret of the Celestial Fox Incense.

If the deaths in the earlier parts of the story were just a prelude, then the death of the eldest son of the Yuwen family completely ignited the fuse.

Those who had been secretly colluding with the eldest son of the Yuwen family became fully alert and all wanted to kill Fei Niang, this potential threat.

Fei Niang was also furious about the "Heavenly Fox Incense". She originally wanted to take Hong Ou back to the deep mountains to cultivate after avenging her benefactor and never ask about worldly affairs again. However, the "Heavenly Fox Incense" was made from the essence blood of the fox clan. Its strange fragrance was intoxicating and bewitching. As long as this fragrance was not extinguished, the fox clan would not be at peace.

Furthermore, Fei Niang learned from Hong Ou that her mother had been drugged by her father, her blood was used to make incense, and then she was taken away by a group of mysterious people and her whereabouts were unknown. These truths made it impossible for Fei Niang to ignore everything and return to the deep mountains.

Around 8 p.m., the crew members and actors gathered at a flat area on the mountain.

The script supervisor was explaining to Zhang Jingchu and a man, mainly addressing the actor playing the demonic Taoist priest, "After Teacher Zhang finishes reciting her lines, you don't need to answer, just start the fight..."

The actor nodded. He held a whisk, had a white mustache, and two tufts of white eyebrows. Behind him, the stylist and makeup artist were still touching up his makeup and styling.

He wasn't a big star, but the character of the demon Taoist had lines, and a group of extras watched with envy.

This scene depicts Fei Niang being attacked by a demon and fleeing into the deep mountains after being injured.

Bi Xie scratched his arm, then smeared some saliva on his bag.

She attracted a lot of mosquitoes. She sat on a small plastic stool for more than an hour, and the mosquitoes around her were so full that they couldn't move. She swatted several of them to death.

If it weren't for the reshoots of the scene where she was chased and attacked after receiving a thousand taels of silver, and the scene where she first revealed her "fox face" and was chased and attacked before hiding in the He mansion, she probably wouldn't have come to suffer today.

"Action, let's try it once!" the director gestured.

Zhang Shu did not come tonight; instead, an executive director was present.

Upon seeing the instructions, the script supervisor snapped the clapperboard and quickly jogged to the other side.

Zhang Jingchu, who plays Fei Niang, quickly got into character. Looking at the evil Taoist priest opposite her, who was emanating demonic energy, she recited her lines, "Who are you? Who sent you to kill me!"

"Card!"

The executive director picked up a megaphone from the side, his expression slightly complicated. He seemed to want to reprimand her but dared not be too direct because of her status. He forced himself to say, "Jingchu, Fei Niang's tone was indeed very cold when she read this line, but you're still missing something. Think about how it's written in the script."

Bi Xie read Lu Ming's script over and over again.

Zhang Jingchu didn't immediately grasp what the executive director was trying to say, but Bi Xie did.

In the script, Lu Ming describes this scene as follows: She suddenly felt very tired and terrified, finding herself ridiculous and the world ridiculous. What kind of world is this! Humans are neither human nor demons; humans need demon blood, and demons want humans to die…

Not long after Fei Niang discovered the "Heavenly Fox Incense," she was attacked by a demonic cultivator seeking her life. The speed of their reaction chilled Fei Niang, but it also strengthened her resolve.

She wants to change this world, even if it means risking her own life!

Those who make "Heavenly Fox Incense" and those who use "Heavenly Fox Incense" deserve to die!

Kill them all, leave no one alive!

Zhang Jingchu readjusted her mindset, but twice in a row, she still failed to grasp the executive director's meaning and was forced to "cut".

Time passed second by second, and Bi Xie had several bite marks on her finger joints. Unfortunately, the bites were on the bone, making them difficult to remove, which frustrated her greatly.

The mountain wind at night was a bit cold, and it felt eerie and sinister.

Although there were many people in the crew, after repeated takes, everyone became a little impatient and started gossiping among themselves.

"At this rate, when will we finish filming? Are we going to have to work through the night?"

"If I were in the role, I would definitely act better than her."

"Come on, you're just a featured extra, earning 100 yuan more a day than a regular extra. She's a TV Queen, she's won the Magnolia Award and the Golden Eagle Award. How can you compare to her?"

Just as the atmosphere was tense, the script supervisor ran over, sweating profusely, and said to Zhang Jingchu with a forced smile, "Ms. Zhang, why don't you take a break, study the script, and then we'll shoot the next scene?"

The clapperboard has been replaced with a new one, and new reel numbers, scene numbers, and shot numbers have been written on it.

After repeated takes, Zhang Jingchu looked tired and her condition was much worse than before. She nodded and was helped by her assistant to a beach chair to rest.

Bi Xie followed a group of extras to a makeshift makeup booth to put on makeup and change into costumes.

"Extras, get in position, all in your places, get set."

When it was Bi Xie's turn, the script supervisor spoke much more casually, giving a few instructions before running off.

The first half of the film is about being ambushed and robbed, and getting beaten up for no reason; Bi Xie doesn't have a single line.

The camera landed on the dusty little man, and Bi Xie ran wildly along the drawn camera track.

Behind her was a group of people more ferocious than wild beasts, about a dozen in number. Some of them were beggars who had kicked her earlier, and others were thugs and ruffians from the street.

"Damn, that's fast!"

"Wasn't he just run over by the carriage and almost died? He bled so much, how come he's running so fast now?" The speaker felt a chill run down his spine, but his greedy desires suppressed his fear.

One of them laughed and said, "She's lost so much blood, she can't have gone far. A thousand taels of silver! I've never seen so much money in my life!"

"Red Lotus" was indeed too tired to run anymore. Her eyelids were starting to droop and her vision was becoming increasingly blurry. She seemed to see her mother, who was beckoning to her, "Lotus Baby, come here, come into Mother's arms."

Her eyes instantly welled up with tears, and she murmured a hoarse, incoherent sound, "Mother..."

In an instant, her mother collapsed to the ground. Her father, holding a wood-chopping knife, stood in the doorway, his eyes sinister, a hint of excitement lurking beneath the surface. The knife gleamed coldly, frightening the young girl. She ran to him, grabbed his leg, and shook him, trusting him completely. "Father, Mother has fainted..."