The moment Jiang Yixing opened her eyes, a blinding light flashed before her, and she blinked rapidly to adjust to the intense glare. A cacophony of noise surrounded her; Jiang Yixing's mind was foggy, and she couldn't tell what day it was.
She glanced around; there were many people and a lot of equipment around her. Jiang Yixing pulled the names of these machines from her distant memory—cameras.
What's the situation now?
Jiang Yixing raised her hand and realized she was still holding her phone. She hadn't seen this thing in almost three hundred years; how did it appear today?
The people around her were all dressed very lightly, in short sleeves and shorts, and the girls were all wearing short skirts with their hair tied up in high ponytails. Jiang Yixing touched her hair and found that her hair, which had been tied up for hundreds of years, had now fallen down and was tied into a high ponytail at the back of her head.
Is it an illusion? Or a demon in one's heart?
Could it be the inner demon tribulation of someone newly ascending to the Nascent Soul stage? Is that why she unknowingly fell for it and dreamt of memories from a hundred years ago?
Jiang Yixing cautiously observed the people around him, his expression remaining unchanged.
The people around him were gathered together, talking about something.
Jiang Yixing leaned closer and overheard their conversation:
"Hey, do you know how much the lead actor will get today?" a boy in a white short-sleeved shirt with slicked-back hair whispered.
"How much?" The people around him were also very supportive, looking at him with curiosity.
"I've heard there's such a number!" The boy held up two fingers, looking mysterious.
"Hiss—" Someone in the crowd gasped.
"Twenty thousand?"
"Don't you have any sense of the world! Two hundred thousand!" the boy laughed.
Jiang Yixing had been away for many years and had long lost his concept of money. Although he didn't know whether 200,000 was a lot or a little, he could tell from the crowd's reaction.
"Hey, the lead actors! They must earn a lot, unlike us extras."
The crowd responded enthusiastically. Jiang Yixing glanced around and realized that he was clearly one of them, so he was also an extra.
A young girl next to Jiang Yixing suddenly patted him on the shoulder, "Hey, do you want to take a taxi back later? How about we share a ride? Don't you also live on West Road?"
Memories suddenly flooded back.
Jiefang West Road, extras.
It was the day before she traveled through time.
That was the year she graduated from university. Jiang Yixing, a film academy graduate, was scouted by an entertainment company while still in school, signed a contract right after graduation, and confidently stepped into the entertainment industry. Today was her first advertisement, and although she was just playing a background role as an extra, she was still very happy.
Before she could even start filming, everything went black, and she found herself in the Spirit Realm.
The sudden change in the world was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Jiang Yixing. The Spirit Immortal Realm had no national rule, no borders, and numerous sects. The entire realm revered strength above all else; in short, power was everything. When Jiang Yixing first arrived in the Spirit Immortal Realm, he felt like dying. But he persevered, diligently cultivating for hundreds of years, only to open his eyes again and find himself back in modern times.
Jiang Yixing had no intention of replying to the girl next to him. He gave her a few perfunctory words and then sat down to the side.
Although his body was devoid of spiritual energy, Jiang Yixing was fortunate to have cultivated for a hundred years, and his powerful soul was not for nothing. He carefully sensed the surrounding atmosphere and found it to be very real, with people appearing as if they were living beings, not illusions. The presence of spiritual energy circulating in the air indicated that cultivation was indeed possible here.
After calming down, Jiang Yixing had to admit that he seemed to have really come back.
The director didn't give Jiang Yixing much time to think and quickly called the extras onto the stage.
Jiang Yixing followed the flow of people to the stage. Although he couldn't remember what he was supposed to act out, he remained calm and quietly observed the people around him.
The director, dressed all in black and wearing a black hat, waved his hand and shouted, "Action!"
The two lead actors, a man and a woman, ran towards them from the opposite direction, their faces beaming with youthful smiles. Among the extras, some raised their arms and waved, while others shouted, "Hey! Over here!"
Everyone was smiling. Jiang Yixing glanced around, then quickly put on a smile and waved to the people who came, just like the girl next to her.
When Jiang Yixing was 22, she was still as thin as a willow in the wind. Now, with her hair tied up in a ponytail, her face looks even smaller, and her phoenix eyes are bright and spirited, forming an arc when she smiles.
The director, standing behind the screen, couldn't help but exclaim, "Beautiful!"
The two lead actors ran to the center and were surrounded by all the extras. Everyone laughed and chatted around them. A boy pulled the male lead aside and whispered something, playfully punching him on the shoulder. The girls surrounded the female lead, laughing, and she shyly covered her mouth.
In short, it was a very clichéd scene of teasing the male and female protagonists in love. Jiang Yixing quickly guessed the plot and smoothly integrated into the group.
The extras have very few scenes, and soon they will be off the set, leaving the main characters to take center stage.
Jiang Yixing breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes fixed on the camera lens. He glanced at it briefly before looking away. He was clearly not used to modern equipment; after a hundred years in the Spirit Immortal Realm, it had been a long time since he had been so openly scrutinized.
The photographer, upon reaching the end, suddenly tensed up, feeling a sense of pressure for some reason.
The director noticed Jiang Yixing's exquisite face on camera. The cameraman had just given this extra a shot for some reason, but in that instant, the director felt his heart was moved by this extra.
The director snapped out of his daze and was about to yell "cut," but before he could even move, one of the actors started to move.
The female lead suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Yixing for some unknown reason, then tripped over her own feet, shifted her center of gravity, and was about to fall to the ground in the next second.
Jiang Yixing instinctively reached out to catch her. Supported by her powerful spiritual energy, her reaction speed was incredibly fast, and in an instant, she had already wrapped her arms around the female lead's waist. However, her body was not strong enough to catch a woman who weighed about the same as Jiang Yixing herself, and Jiang Yixing was pulled forward as well.
Jiang Yixing quickly adjusted his posture, bracing his falling body with his knees and catching the female lead steadily with his arms, assuming a kneeling position.
A gasp rippled through the crowd. In such a short time, no one had time to react before they saw Jiang Yixing had already grabbed the person. Jiang Yixing's knee slammed heavily onto the ground, and everyone present heard the impact.
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