Twenty-two-year-old Tang Xiaoni officially debuted two years ago.
Despite her short debut time, thanks to her strong background, exceptionally sweet looks, and talent in acting and singing, she became a top-tier celebrity of the new generation in just over two years.
Her Weibo followers numbered a massive seventy million.
However, Tang Xiaoni did not possess the bad habits of certain "traffic" stars.
Not only did she score over six hundred points in her college entrance examination, ensuring she wouldn't make the laughable mistake of saying Zhao Kuangyin was from the Tang Dynasty, but she also diligently memorized her lines when filming, never lip-synced when singing, and never threw tantrums on set. Furthermore, she never used a body double for dangerous stunts that she could perform herself.
Therefore.
When the ill-fated crew of Hanjiang was filming the final "sinking into the river" scene and asked if she wanted a body double, she refused.
First.
Avoiding body doubles whenever possible was one of Tang Xiaoni's principles of professionalism.
Second.
Ever since Brother Qianfan had held her a few times, Tang Xiaoni had inexplicably gained the "superpower" to hold her breath underwater for extended periods!
She had once filmed a swimming video of herself in her home pool.
When diving, she truly resembled a white frog, able to propel herself rapidly underwater with just kicks of her feet, no arm movement needed.
Tang Xiaoni found herself liking swimming more and more.
For an actress who loved swimming and possessed an incredible ability to hold her breath, wasn't it a waste to use a body double for the scene of sinking into the river?
The crew was deeply impressed by Tang Xiaoni's decision.
They proactively offered a subsidy for her decision to film the water scene without a body double.
"Heh, that poor child will soon realize how foolish her bravado is."
Lin Xiuyan let out a cold laugh after hearing her subordinate's report. "Then we must make proper arrangements and not let slip this golden opportunity that was created for us by that despicable Dongtu person who tried to seduce Cui Linzhi."
Her subordinate replied, "Tang Xiaoni's willingness to forgo a body double proves her excellent swimming skills. In case of an accident, she'll be able to hold on until the crew can rescue her."
"No matter how good her swimming is, can she survive underwater for ten minutes without any oxygen equipment?"
Lin Xiuyan said indifferently, "Once she's in the water, our divers who are already submerged will entangle her feet with a torn fishing net and drag her to the bottom of the river. As long as our people can keep her underwater for ten minutes, even if the crew rescues her, she'll be a corpse! Moreover, the deep waters of the Han River have strong currents and complex conditions. The rescue team hired by the crew will be lucky if they don't drown themselves."
"Madame, you are absolutely right."
Her subordinate replied respectfully, "Madame, I apologize for disturbing your rest. Goodnight."
"Mm."
Lin Xiuyan nodded and ended the call.
Originally.
She had intended to return to her room and continue her deep sleep after this call.
However, the thought of a certain impoverished female celebrity about to become a scapegoat for her revenge against Su Ziyu filled Lin Xiuyan with an indescribable excitement.
She murmured softly, "Su Ziyu, you think I'll only kill this Tang Xiaoni? In the future, I will find opportunities to harm more despicable Dongtu people. Anyway, every year countless such people come to our land for pilgrimage, study, or even to make money. What's the loss of thirty or fifty a year? Only this way can I get revenge on you, a despicable person who pretended to be noble in front of me and made me get slapped by my husband. Especially this humiliation."
The more she thought about it, the more energized she became.
Her blood boiled—
She couldn't help but rush into the bedroom, pull the blanket off Cui Linzhi, and plop down on him.
Cui Linzhi, who was in a deep sleep, was startled awake. He initially wanted to refuse.
After all, the timing was not right.
He was busy with his daily duties and needed sufficient sleep at night to have the energy for his work.
But seeing his wife's incessant moans and seductive writhing, Cui Linzhi found it difficult to dampen her enthusiasm.
After a long while, Cui Linzhi finally got into the mood.
A few minutes later—
Cui Linzhi let out a long sigh of relief.
Lin Xiuyan, who was in a state of partial satisfaction, rested in his arms.
Listening to her husband's rapid heartbeat, Lin Xiuyan instinctively thought again, "I wonder how long other husbands last? Do all women have such high-quality marital lives as I do? Probably not many women are as fortunate as me. Alas, those poor women."
"Sleep."
Cui Linzhi gently patted his wife's curves and closed his eyes. "Tomorrow morning, I still have to meet someone from the Xuanmen world."
Lin Xiuyan casually asked, "Why are you meeting someone from the Xuanmen?"
Cui Linzhi casually replied, "Park Sa-ryul, the sect leader of the Hanseong Xuan Sect, has through connections advised me. He says the Xuan Sect has recently observed a significant weakening of the dragon energy at Cheong Wa Dae."
Heh.
Lin Xiuyan sneered dismissively, "Those Xuanmen people just love to play mind games."
"Hey, isn't the Xuanmen, like the Huayin Sect you're so interested in now, of the same nature?"
Cui Linzhi said, "Oh, right. Didn't you say at dinner that you've already met the leader of the Huayin Sect?"
"First, I must correct you. The Xuanmen and the Huayin Sect that I'm interested in are not comparable at all. The Xuanmen are all about playing mind games, while the Huayin Sect allows me to genuinely feel my soul being sublimated through the leader's speeches and so on."
Lin Xiuyan continued, "I did meet the Huayin Sect leader. Guess how old the Huayin Sect leader is?"
Cui Linzhi, with his eyes closed, replied, "Didn't you say last night that the Huayin Sect leader is a woman in her sixties?"
Lin Xiuyan raised her head. "Can you believe that a woman in her sixties looks like she's in her forties? Especially her figure and skin are astonishingly good. The key is her face, with its undeniable allure, is absolutely unbelievably beautiful (After passing the full moon night, Zhuang Wujian will become more beautiful). I sincerely hope she can teach me the art of eternal youth! For that, I want to become her disciple."
"Alright, you decide for yourself."
Cui Linzhi said indistinctly, "As long as you're happy, I'll support you no matter what."
"You're so good."
Lin Xiuyan kissed her husband with genuine affection and fell asleep sweetly in his arms.
At ten o'clock the next morning.
Cui Linzhi, as scheduled by his secretary, met with Park Sa-ryul, the sect leader of the Hanseong Xuan Sect.
The scheduled meeting time was half an hour.
However, by eleven-thirty, the meeting had not yet concluded.
Park Sa-ryul presented ample evidence to explain how the current secret operations of the "Giant Dragon Xuanmen" would cause immeasurable damage to the dragon energy of Cheong Wa Dae.
After all, Hanseong, like Dongyang, were like orphaned sons.
The current orphaned father, desperately trying to curb the dragon's revival, would use these prodigal sons wandering abroad as the best weapons against the dragon.
Simply put.
They must never allow the prodigal sons to return to their mother's embrace!
Otherwise, the blockade would break, and the dragon would soar freely in the sky.
Park Sa-ryul advised Cui Linzhi that it would be best to immediately agree to the orphaned father's request to deploy a missile warning system in Hanseong again.
Only in this way could the vitality of the "Four Phoenixes Surrounding the Beam" formation be effectively curbed.
Park Sa-ryul also mentioned that Dongyang had already set up a plan on their northern four islands to curb the vitality of the "Four Phoenixes Surrounding the Beam" formation.
Island Province's Cai Wangzu, who had a direct stake in this formation, was currently acting with great urgency.
However, due to the island province's extremely limited territory, even if all the Xuan Sect masters from the island province were mobilized, the formation they set up could not counteract the "Four Phoenixes Surrounding the Beam."
Therefore, the most outstanding woman from the Cai Grand Tutor's family had agreed to activate the sleeper agent who had been lurking in Modu for many years!
Despite Park Sa-ryul's earnest persuasion, Cui Linzhi maintained an inscrutable calm.
Park Sa-ryul dared not seize this opportunity to examine Cui Linzhi's destiny to judge his inner thoughts and decisions.
Because Cui Linzhi was the master of Cheong Wa Dae—
Any Xuan Sect master who dared to pry into his destiny would suffer an unbearable fatal backlash!!
Some people's destinies absolutely must not be casually scrutinized by anyone.
Park Sa-ryul was not lying.
The very next day after his audience with Cui Linzhi, Ye Ruming, the closed-door disciple of Grand Tutor Cai, finally met the most crucial sleeper agent in Modu.
"Mr. Ma, Miss Cai has asked me to convey her message: please proceed as planned, as this is vital to the survival of the prodigal son."
Ye Ruming pushed a small USB drive towards Mr. Ma with both hands.
Mr. Ma did not immediately respond. Instead, he connected the USB drive to his phone and meticulously reviewed the plan.
A full half hour later.
Mr. Ma said faintly, "Mr. Ye, holding a four-region folk martial arts exchange event in Modu's night under the guise of 'four-region folk martial arts exchange' is not a problem. The problem is, can you guarantee the main target will appear? And once the main target appears, can the experts from the other three regions inflict the maximum damage? After all, the main target is the only son of the Lord of Dragon Ruins and the God of War Li Wujiang. No matter how useless he is, he's not someone ordinary people can harm."
Ye Ruming smiled, "Mr. Ma, we are aware of all these points. We are fully aware of them, yet we have formulated a detailed plan with at least a 60% chance of achieving our objective. Moreover, we are not aiming to take the main target's life. We only intend to inflict a certain degree of injury upon him to curb the vitality of a certain formation and alleviate the current pressure."
"Alright."
Mr. Ma pondered for a long time before slowly nodding.
It was now five-thirty in the evening.
More than a month after the Spring Festival, the days were getting longer.
In the cold winter, five-thirty meant darkness.
But now, five-thirty still meant bright daylight.
Hanseong!!
A yacht on the Han River was slowly departing the port.
Many high school students, over a hundred in total, happily boarded this super luxurious yacht.
Tang Xiaoni and other crew members from the ill-fated Hanjiang production then boarded the yacht.
Tonight—
To be precise, around two or three in the morning tomorrow, the most crucial and final highlight of this film would be shot.
The sinking of the yacht!