Chapter 25. August
The cliff that was used in the shoot was a set, roughly five or six metres or as tall as a two story building. At this height, action scenes would generally employ the use of wire-fu[1].
However, considering that there were a few nonhuman people here, Director Yu hadn't used wires for the previous few scenes and even forgot about it until the unfortunate Devil Sect Sect Leader got hit flying. Only then did Director Yu suddenly remember this problem.
"Quickly call 120!"
At this time, Director Yu was terribly frazzled. What came over him? He could actually forget about such an important thing? Eh, come to think of it, Brother Kang (Sect Leader) didn't say anything about it either. His assistant also didn't bring up using wires. It was very strange.
- It was not strange at all. Having your head constantly muddled up by the sect, being able to maintain rational thought was already not bad.
That person from the sect boasted that the hypnosis wouldn't affect filming, that it would only let people unconsciously forget some common-sense things, forget that some things were unnatural and thus not take notice of any extraordinary occurrences. As for wire-fu…… forgive the sect and the demons, to them, something like wire-fu was simply unnecessary= =
Why was it unnecessary?
When Fei Ka, the Sect Leader and Feng Hui Xue fell for around a metre, a transparent membrane appeared below them; it was naturally Lord Jellyfish's head =v=
Hua Ji unconsciously used his hands to support his body when he landed on Lord Jellyfish's head. When his fingers touched Lord Jellyfish's slippery, soft, as well as bouncy head, he came crashing down again because the strength he exerted was insufficient.
However, Fei Ka and the Sect Leader continued falling straight down.
Fei Ka wailed, "Ah, ah! Lord Jellyfish aren't you showing too much favouritism? Your body even possesses the ability to go intangible?"
In the next second, a pair of immense wings erupted from Fei Ka's back and swiftly reduced his downward velocity. Holding onto the Sect Leader, he safely landed on the ground.
Hua Ji quickly climbed down from Lord Jellyfish's body. After all, Lord Jellyfish was transparent and he currently appeared to be floating in mid-air; it was just too eye-catching.
Lord Jellyfish extended a tentacle to pat Hua Ji's head before transforming into a stream of water that disappeared with a swish.
Director Yu rushed over and let out a long sigh of relief when he saw that everyone was unhurt. He was just about to say something when Li Shun Hua patted him. Director Yu swayed a bit, and the words that were about to leave his mouth had turned into, "The important thing is that everyone is unhurt. Let's continue filming the next scene!"
The Sect Leader was on the verge of tears. His action scenes were finally over, the ones remaining were all dialogue scenes. He could finally rest!!
The pitiful Yun Bie Shen still needed to continue struggling. He was the Male Lead after all, he had a lot more scenes ahead of him.
Hua Ji and Fei Ka's scenes were also over, the only thing left to do was film the dialogue scenes and retake some shots and everything would be OK.
"It's finally over." Fei Ka sighed. "When I initially heard Director Yu was directing this, I had some expectations towards the script. But now…… hehe[2]."
Hua Ji shrugged. "Don't say that. Actually, the script is pretty good. It's sufficiently dog-blooded[3], sufficiently nonsensical and sufficiently eye-catching. I daresay once the episode with the cliff-jumping is aired, the internet will surely go crazy."
"Right, the rotten girls' most obsessed CP[4]." Fei Ka's lips quirked. "I plan to take a rest for a period of time; temporarily, I won't accept any jobs. What about you?"
"You are too naïve. To promote the show, the cast will surely go on a few programs. The old tortoise will surely not let us escape this." Hua Ji thought of that fraudulent swim trunks commercial and the corners of his lips twitched. "He's a bloodsucker[5]."
Fei Ka was doubtful. "You're lacking in money?"
Hua Ji shook his head. "Lord Jellyfish is about start university. He previously invited me to his home to play."
"Lord Jellyfish……" Fei Ka smacked his lips. "He gives me a strange feeling. You have to be careful."
Hua Ji rolled his eyes, gloating, "Are you calling the grape sour because you can't have a taste[6]?"
Fei Ka unhappily said, "I'm wasting my time by bothering about you."
After filming a few days of dialogue scenes, Hua Ji officially left the production set, finally returning home.
Lord Jellyfish said, "You haven't answered me yet? Want to go to my house to play?"
Hua Ji's heart was in conflict. To go or not to go? The North Pole ah, Hua Ji was quite interested in touring around the North Pole. However, just going over to another old demon's home like this, isn't it a bit too casual?
Pushing open his house's front door, Hua Ji was stunned.
Zhu Mimi was lying collapsed on the sofa, one hand propping up her face, apparently having a rest.
…… That's right, he forgot that Zhu Mimi was at his house helping him edit the film.
Hua Ji said, "For the time being, I'm not going. Lord Jellyfish, did you forget you previously gave me your memory crystal ball? We still need to make a documentary film.
Lord Jellyfish suddenly regretted, why did he give his memories to the little fox for no reason= =
Zhu Mimi slowly sat upright. She indifferently shot a glance at Hua Ji. "Oh, you're back?"
Hua Ji nodded. He closed the door and turned on the light. The light shone on the black floorboards, making the puddle of water on the floor especially noticeable.
Hua Ji pointed at the floorboards. "This is the owner of the memories."
Zhu Mimi's expression underwent a great change; her whole body was suddenly spirited. She leapt up and her expression became respectful. "Paying respects to senior."
All this puddle of water did was slowly flow and flow, flowing into the toilet= =
Hua Ji suddenly recalled the toilet bowl that got destroyed when he was filming with the cast and crew and rushed into the toilet, just in time to see Lord Jellyfish head towards the toilet bowl.
Hua Ji took decisive action and immediately changed forms, transforming into a massive fiery-red fox and rolling around on the floor, gathering all the water onto his body.
Lord Jellyfish was perplexed. "What are you doing?"
Hua Ji said, "Lord Jellyfish, don't be unhappy."
Lord Jellyfish replied, "I'm not unhappy."
Hua Ji said, "…… Then why did you go to the toilet?"
Lord Jellyfish answered, "To receive an express delivery."
Hua Ji: …… Huh?
He then watched as Lord Jellyfish turned on the sink's tap. The water gushed out and very quickly, a familiar transparent object was spat out by the faucet.
It was a small jellyfish.
Lord Jellyfish suddenly changed into human form. He reached out both hands and brushed his wide sleeves against the sink. When they touched the water, the pale-coloured sleeves also changed its form, at times water, at times sleeve. The water had no regular form and had a great many changes.
Hua Ji was dazed.
Maybe it was because he was too used to Lord Jellyfish's soft, water-ball appearance but when Lord Jellyfish transformed into his human form once again, it left Hua Ji with a few degrees of unfamiliarity.
For no reason, he thought of the first time he saw Lord Jellyfish.
The colossal waves crashed and tumbled and the billowing waves ultimately converged into a transparent person suffused with an aqublue[7]. He silently stood in front of him, gaze calm and distant, yet also like an ancient king of the ocean, newly reawakened from a deep slumber, once again overlooking his territory.
Lord Jellyfish didn't notice Hua Ji's absentmindedness. He picked up the small jellyfish and just like opening a package, pulled apart the soft, milky-white outer layer to reveal the small pearl inside.
Only now did Hua Ji react. He asked, "What is this?"
Lord Jellyfish replied, "My admission notice."
"…… Huh? So early? Isn't that too fast?" Hua Ji said in shock. "The cut-off point to pass for each province just came out and you've already received your admission notice?”
Lord jellyfish said, "The student data that the Mystical Protection Department hands in has top admission priority so the processing speed is the fastest. For demons, as long as they fulfill their admission criteria, they can collect their admission notice ahead of time. Although my score isn't enough to be admitted to Fudan, entering East China Normal University is no problem."
Before he returned to S city, he left behind his method of contact at the Mystical Protection Department. The so-called method of contact was a pearl and a small jellyfish inside a fish tank. However, to the Smoking Bro, the different methods of communication between demons were both numerous and stranger than the last. He received the method of contact and upon getting the admission notice, immediately followed the instructions Lord Jellyfish left behind and shoved the admission notice into the pearl. The small jellyfish then swallowed that pearl and dove into the underground pipelines.
"Previously I was unfamiliar with S city's aqueduct. However, I've recently gotten a grasp on it; in the future, there won't be any need to pick up the delivery from the Huangpu River. Just turn on the tap, I will let the small jellyfish go to the waterworks. It's more convenient this way."
Hua Ji: ……
After a beat, he found his voice again and spoke, "Since Lord Jellyfish's admission notice arrived, then you should begin preparing for the start of university. I will work hard here with Zhu Mimi and attempt to finish the documentary film before you leave for school.”
Lord Jellyfish blanked out. "What kind of preparations do you need to make for university?"
Hua Ji sardonically said, "At the very least you need to become familiar with a human form. Don't go casually turning into a puddle of water on campus."
[1] – I’ve mentioned this before but in case you forgot, wire-fu is a combination of the words ‘wire work’ and ‘kung-fu’ and refers more specifically to the technique used in cinema where actors are suspended on wires when performing fight scenes to give the illusion of actual superhuman abilities such as qinggong.
[2] – This isn’t a happy laugh or an amused laugh, but more of a sardonic, ironic laugh, like the kind you have when someone’s giving you bullshit and you laugh to show that you don’t believe them at all.
[3] – Dog-blooded, aka melodramatic
[4] – CP or character pairing, is the term used in Chinese slang to refer to a pair of characters that the user likes as a romantic couple. You might be more familiar with the international version of this slang, ‘ship’.
[5] – Not a literal bloodsucker, but more like a boss that drains every bit of usefulness and profit from his employees, a slave-driver in a way.
[6] – It means that because you can’t get something, you instead talk poorly of it.
[7] – I might be wrong here, but with the help of some people on the BL discord, I managed to parse out that this probably means Lord Jellyfish is in the middle of transforming into a human so he’s stuck halfway and his body hasn’t got colour yet, thus it is shaped like a human but transparent like a jellyfish.