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Chapter 1097: Photos can ward off evil spirits! (Please subscribe!)

Hua Shier had also acted in movies before, having even played the role of Wong Fei-hung. He thought that he would be able to play the role of his own ancestor easily and with ease. However, after performing several times, he thought he had acted very well, but he did not expect that director Yang Jie was still somewhat dissatisfied.

"Teacher Qiao, I can't say your performance is bad, I can only say that it's too operatic and a little unnatural. Also, the Erlang Shen you played is powerful and has good fighting effects, but our play also needs to humanize the gods. He must have inner expressions and his eyes must have layers of meaning!"

"And the scene in Erlangshen Temple. On the surface, you are Erlangshen, but in fact, you are Monkey King in disguise. You need to look like a monkey. You are not good enough here!"

"How about this, you take a day off first, we'll shoot other people's scenes first, you can adjust yourself!"

Hua Shier returned to the hotel and spent a long time adjusting himself in front of the mirror.

When he was learning acting in the world of "Farewell My Concubine", he also learned monkey performances to lay the foundation. However, he hadn't performed them for a long time and was a little rusty. After practicing in front of the mirror, he regained the feeling of those years.

Combining his memory of the old version of Journey to the West with that of the original actors, and making some adjustments based on the performances of the original actors, he felt that the scene of the 'fake Erlang and real Wukong' in the Erlang Temple should be okay.

But it’s still a little unnatural for him to play the orthodox Erlang Zushi.

Thinking that the filming would start tomorrow, Hua Shier was afraid that he would not be able to adjust well, and finally he came up with a crooked idea. When he was in the "Dragon Snake World", he once got a book called "The Secret Art of Divine Fighting" from a Taoist priest named Jia Yefeng from the Qingcheng Sect. It was a method of inviting gods to possess one's body. He thought that he could ask the ancestor to possess his body and let the ancestor play himself.

Teacher Xiaoliu: Have you considered whether I have done this or not? If not, can you help me get another monkey down?

The more Hua Shier thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him. Even if he couldn't let the master play himself, it would be good for him, as the master's direct disciple, to have close contact with the master.

Moreover, having come into contact with it, one will naturally have a deep understanding of the ancestors, and will be able to have a method when performing.

He Qing took the other children to the set to shoot, and he was the only one left in the hotel, which was a good opportunity for him to engage in feudal superstition.

However, he had never summoned gods before, and he didn't know how big a noise would be, so he simply used the magic door and opened it to go to the African grasslands. The area was vast and sparsely populated, and some places were uninhabited for thousands of miles, so no one would notice what he did.

Coming out of the any door is the African savannah. There are no people, but there are a group of lions.

Seeing a human suddenly appear, the lions were startled at first, and then tried to launch an attack.

Hua Twelve glared and the lions immediately fled in all directions.

After finding a clean place, Hua Shier took out the Statue of Erlang Zhenjun from the Song Dynasty that he got from the Zhenxian Temple in the Double Pupil World. This statue was very spiritual and no one knew how much worship it had received.

After bringing in the statue and setting up the incense table, Hua Twelve first burned incense using the etiquette of Qingcheng disciples worshipping their ancestors, then made hand gestures and chanted:

"The sky is clear and the earth is holy. Disciple Hua Twelve invites you, the True Lord of the Pure Source Wonderful Dao, the King of Protecting the Country, the Emperor of Sichuan, the Great Emperor of Huimin, the Heroic and Martyred Zhaohui Lingxian Weiji King, the Heroic and Martyred Zhaohui Lingxian Renyou King, the Holy and Martyred Wenzhao Xuanling Zhongren King, the True Lord of the Pure Source Wonderful Dao Fuyou Taiyi Huimin Rensheng Great Emperor. Please protect my Dharma body. The heavens are holy, the earth is holy, please hurry up and obey the command! Disciple respectfully welcomes the ancestor."

Hua Shier chanted many honorific titles of Master Erlang in one breath. This was a little trick for summoning gods recorded in "The Secret Art of Divine Strike". The more names you chanted, the higher the success rate of summoning gods. After success, the divine power bestowed by the gods would be more vast.

His hand seals kept changing, one foot supported the ground, and his right foot continued to stomp, constantly hitting the ground:

"Disciple Hua Twelve, I respectfully invite the True Lord of Patriarch Erlang to ascend to my body. I respectfully invite the True Lord of Patriarch Erlang to ascend to my body!"

Just when Hua Twelve had recited for the eighth time, the African savannah, which was so hot and stuffy that there was not a breath of wind, suddenly became windy. Cool wind came from all directions and began to gather around the statue of Erlang Shen.

On the grassland, within a radius of a hundred miles, lions, tigers, elephants, and bison all prostrated themselves on the ground at this moment.

Those breezes, in the eyes of ordinary people, are just the movement of wind, but in the eyes of Hua Shier's Erlang Shen, they are rays of light golden divine light.

The divine light gathered on the statue, making the statue emit a pale golden light. As more and more pale golden divine light gathered on the statue, the pale golden light on the statue turned into a dazzling golden color.

Of course, only Hua Twelve, who possesses divine eyes, can see all of this.

When the light of the statue became extremely bright, a golden figure separated from the statue.

I saw a figure with a handsome appearance, ears hanging down to his shoulders and bright eyes. He wore a three-mountain flying phoenix hat, a light goose yellow collar, golden boots and dragon socks, a jade belt with round flowers and eight treasures, a crescent-shaped slingshot on his waist, and a three-pointed, double-edged spear in his hand.

It was none other than the golden image of Lord Erlang.

"Disciple Hua Twelve, I pay my respects to Grandmaster Erlang!"

Hua Twelve bowed with both hands, sang a yes, and was about to pay homage to the master according to the etiquette of a disciple.

But at this moment, the golden light statue did not wait for him to bow, but rushed towards him. The golden light statue was originally fifteen feet tall, but when it got close, it shrank to the same height as Hua Twelve and directly sank into his body.

The next moment, countless wishes of heaven and earth, power of faith, and power of incense belonging to Erlang Zhenjun gathered into a vast divine power and exploded in Hua Twelve's body.

This divine power did not harm Hua Twelve, but instead enhanced his strength in a way that mortals could not imagine.

Hua Twelve's body was like he picked up Thor's hammer in the Marvel world. Divine armor grew on its own. He raised his right hand, and the divine power condensed into a three-pointed, double-edged sword. A gash appeared between his eyebrows, and a pupil broke through the flesh, and Erlang Shen's Eye returned to his forehead.

According to the records in 'The Secret Art of Divine Strike', the first time Hua Shier performed the Secret Art of Divine Strike and asked the gods to possess him, he reached the second level of indestructibility and immunity to swords and spears.

At this moment, Hua Twelve felt the mysteries of heaven and earth, the wonders of the sun and the moon, and his Taoism level increased by three points. At this moment, the injuries in his body healed rapidly, and the healing speed was more than twice that of being exposed to the sun.

Half an hour later, a convoy of cars came from afar, waking up Hua Twelve who was immersed in his meditation.

He clasped his hands together and slapped the statue with one palm. The golden body in his body instantly transferred to the statue of Erlang Shen. Without waiting for the golden light to dissipate, Hua Shier directly put the statue and the incense table into the storage space, then opened the door and left.

Ten minutes after he left, the convoy finally arrived at where Hua Twelve had been. Seeing that there was nothing there, someone in the convoy picked up the radio and said in English:

"We have arrived at the location marked on the satellite, but there is nothing here"

Hua Twelve doesn't know yet that the vision he had prayed to God was detected as abnormal by the satellite. Of course, even if he knew, it wouldn't be a big deal. Outside of China, he is invincible. Within China, ahem, he is a good comrade who abides by the law.

Back at the hotel, Hua Shier was still experiencing the feeling just now.

Just now, when Hua Twelve invited the god to possess him, he did not invite the real Erlang Zhenjun. Instead, he attracted the power of wishes, faith, and incense that had been left between heaven and earth by the believers of Erlang Zhenjun for thousands of years.

But even if it was just this, Hua Shier also benefited a lot, because in the minds of believers throughout the ages, what Erlang Shen is like, and these wishes will give rise to what kind of insights.

These insights have greatly improved Hua Twelve's Taoism. Standing in front of the mirror again, without any extra movements, he just glanced at it calmly, and his majesty was as great as the abyss!

His expression is exactly the same as that on the golden statue. He cannot be said to be the real Erlang Shen, but he is more in line with the image of Erlang Shen in the minds of all believers throughout the ages.

Crack, the mirror cracked in the middle and then shattered into a spider web shape again.

This is an ordinary mirror and cannot withstand the power of God.

"pass!"

Hua Twelve touched his hair and said, "My damn charm is so overwhelming that even the mirror can't handle it. I have to control myself, or else the camera won't be able to capture it!"

He took out a few more mirrors from the storage space and began to practice how to control and release the divine power state freely, and he kept practicing until the mirrors were safe.

The next day when we arrived at the set, Director Yang Jie asked with concern: "Teacher Qiao, how are your preparations going? If you are not ready, you can take another day off to get a feel for it!"

Hua Twelve smiled confidently and said, "Director Yang, don't worry, I'm ready!"

Yang Jie was actually worried, but Hua Twelve was in a different position. He was both a master of opera and the investor of this play. It was difficult to refuse him, so he nodded and said:

"Then let's try one!"

She quickly asked all the groups to get ready and start by filming a scene where Erlang Zhenjun appears to fight the monkey monster.

Hua Shier appeared on stage as required by the script, and with just one look, everyone gasped.

Then, he stared at Sun Wukong, pointed his finger, and began to speak:

"I am the nephew of the Jade Emperor, Lord Erlang Xiansheng, and I have been ordered to capture you!"

In just a few words, unlike the gentle and elegant original version, Hua Shier's lines are spoken with the sound of metal and stone, showing the power of destroying demons and full of domineering.

Next, it was supposed to be Teacher Xiaoliu, who was playing the role of Sun Wukong, who said some sarcastic words, but Teacher Xiaoliu's legs were shaking and he was speechless. After a while, he turned around and ran away:

"Director, I need to go to the bathroom!"

I was almost scared to death by Hua Twelve's look.

If this had happened at any other time, Director Yang Jie would have started scolding, but this time, Director Yang Jie did not say anything because she had just recovered from the shock. The other cameramen, lighting staff, stagehands, as well as the staff and other actors who were watching the filming, all breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

If those bystanders were like this, it was no wonder that Teacher Xiaoliu was almost frightened to death when he faced Hua Twelve's gaze and the finger.

After Yang Jie recovered, his eyes were full of brilliance:

"Great, really great. Teacher Qiao, how did you achieve that look? It's better than the Erlang Shen I imagined. If I didn't know you, and you put on all that outfit and that look just now, and someone told me you were the real Erlang Shen, I would believe it!"

Hua Twelve laughed. He was very satisfied that Director Yang Jie was satisfied with his performance and said, "So I will shoot it like this?"

Director Yang Jie clapped his hands and said, "Just shoot it like this!"

What the two didn't expect was that the plan didn't work as fast as the changes. Hua Shier found the feeling, but Teacher Xiaoliu, who was acting opposite him, couldn't get into the role several times.

When Director Yang Jie criticized Teacher Xiaoliu, the latter said aggrievedly:

"Director, it's not that I didn't act well. It's just that when I saw the look in Teacher Qiao's eyes, I was shocked. If you don't believe me, try acting opposite him yourself."

Before Director Yang Jie spoke, Wang Yuli, who played the role of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, refused to believe in it:

"I'll act with Teacher Qiao!"

As he spoke, he walked over and stood opposite Hua Twelve, and said to Director Yang Jie, "Director, we won't start the filming this time. Teacher Qiao and I will give it a try. Please, please yell start!"

Director Yang Jie nodded, and when he was ready, he shouted, "Begin!"

Hua Twelve still said the same line: "I am the nephew of the Jade Emperor, Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun, and I have been ordered to capture you!"

The divine power emanated again. Teacher Wang remained silent for a long time. After a while, he turned around and left with a red face:

"I'm going to the bathroom too!"

If only Teacher Xiaoliu was like this, then that was Teacher Xiaoliu's problem. But if an old actor also acted like this, then we have to explain the problem.

Director Yang Jie thought for a long time but could not find a good solution, so he had to ask Hua Twelve to close the camera again. They shot until dark before they finally captured a satisfactory shot.

With a good grasp of the scale, Hua Shier had no problem shooting. As for the action, no matter how fanciful the action designed by Yuan Jiaban was, he could ensure it was passed in one take. However, Teacher Xiaoliu was a little unfamiliar with the newly learned monkey stick and kept messing up, so he had to reshoot several takes.

In one summer vacation, the crew of Journey to the West finished filming the scenes for Hua Twelve, He Qing, and Qiao Simei. One week before the new semester started, Hua Twelve and his family flew back to Jinling.

In 86, the complete series of Journey to the West was completed and broadcast on CCTV.

Originally, with the investment and equipment provided by Hua Shier, the crew of Journey to the West had accelerated the shooting progress. Logically, the TV series should have been broadcast long ago. However, this time with the funds and equipment, director Yang Jie also raised his requirements for the work. Wanting to keep improving, he removed all the paper man special effects in the original version and went to the Ugly Country to do the post-production.

This resulted in insufficient funds for the later stages, and Hua Twelve had to make further friendly capital injections to complete the later stages.

However, after seeing the finished product, Hua Shier has to say that the effect has been greatly improved after the special effects were improved.

As soon as "Journey to the West" was broadcast, the Qiao family became famous in Jinling. Although Hua Shier was also a master of opera and a movie star in the past, in this era, opera and movies did not have as wide an audience as TV dramas.

Especially in the third episode, when Nezha played by Qiao Simei and Erlang Shen played by Hua Shier appeared, a few days later, people ran to the door of Qiao's house to burn incense and kowtow.

What's even more outrageous is that his ex-sister-in-law Wei Shufang and the girl next door named Wu actually came to him and asked for the photos, saying that they would take them home and stick them on the wall to ward off evil spirits. Hua Twelve was so amused that he asked, "Why didn't you say it was for contraception?"

Thanks to: 08a, Little Tiger in the Demon World for the reward, and thanks to the brothers who voted for monthly votes and recommendation votes, thank you very much.