The silvery-white light of the blade reflected on Xiao Fengque's brows. At the same time, the wine flag fluttered down with a whoosh, and a huge "wine" character swayed between Xie An and Xiao Fengque.
The two stared at each other, their eyes burning with a cold flame. Neither was willing to back down.
A bead of sweat slid down Xiao Fengque's forehead ribbon, winding its way to his chin. After hesitating a few times, it finally fell.
"despair".
With a barely audible sound, a transparent droplet of water landed on the gleaming Kunwu knife at Xiao Fengque's neck, leaving a watermark.
The only sound in the world was the rustling of the wind.
"Cut!"
It wasn't until Yi Tianzhao's voice rang out that everyone present snapped out of their daze. Unconsciously, everyone held their breath, watching the two people in the arena intently.
Yi Tianzhao, beaming with excitement, grabbed the megaphone and exclaimed, "Good, good, very good! Pass!"
It's over.
Despite this, the two remained in a hostile stance, as if they hadn't heard that this point had already passed.
The assistant director stepped forward, trying to pull Li Yi's hand away, and said with a cheerful expression, "Oh dear, that's too much, Li, go touch up your makeup, you're all sweaty."
Li Yi was very strong, and the assistant director was taken aback when he tried to pull them apart several times.
Seeing the assistant director's chubby face gradually reveal a hint of doubt, Li Yi suddenly pursed her lips and let her hands fall limply.
Shang Yechu also put down the bamboo pole.
The script only had four words for this scene: "a major fight." Although He Yuan had given some pointers beforehand, it wasn't perfect. Unexpectedly, Shang Yechu and Li Yi performed so well!
During this phase of the book, Xie An and Xiao Fengque disagreed on their ideals and went their separate ways. In their covert struggle, they inadvertently let the notorious bandit "Tiger of Shu" escape. Both genuinely felt that the other was entirely responsible for letting the bandit go, and they argued their points even before the Master of Tianji Pavilion, refusing to back down.
The host severely reprimanded and ridiculed the two of them, punishing each with fifty lashes, which were recorded in the book, and they would be dealt with together three days later.
Xiao Fengque believed that the Master of Tianji Tower was biased towards Xie An, who had joined the tower earlier than her. Even though the matter was not her fault, she was being dragged into the punishment along with Xie An. Although she outwardly accepted the punishment, she was extremely resentful. Xie An, while knowing he was wrong, felt that Xiao Fengque's fault was greater, and that fifty lashes were far too lenient. Moreover, ever since Xiao Fengque's escape from Shu, he had been relentlessly mocking him with his sharp tongue, and his heart was filled with anger.
The vivid disgust, contempt, shame, and mockery displayed by Shang Yechu, and the humiliation, forbearance, anger, and resentment displayed by Li Yi... were just like Xiao Fengque and Xie An who stepped out of the book!
Both of them performed exceptionally well today. However, Shang Yechu went from 85 to 90 points, while Li Yi went from 0 to 80 points. Although Shang Yechu performed better, Li Yi brought Yi Tianzhao a greater surprise.
Yi Tianzhao even began to fantasize: Could it be that his luck had finally turned around? Had Li Yi finally seen the light? Had Shang Yechu enlightened him?
Yi Tianzhao said with satisfaction, "You two go down and touch up your makeup first, and then we'll shoot some more scenes later."
As for the subtle hostility between the two, Yi Tianzhao selectively ignored it. She was a director, not a matchmaker; as long as the actors' relationship didn't affect filming, she couldn't be bothered with it.
Li Yi glanced at Shang Yechu, but the latter didn't look at him for even a second before quickly leaving the venue.
Li Yi frowned and left as well.
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