Original God, starting from the sister against the brother

One of the teams consisted of only two people, a master and an apprentice.

Under the guidance of his master, the apprentice kept moving a barbell-like object up and down.

The reason why it is said to be similar to a barbell is that the counterweights at both ends of this "barbell" are pieces of stone loaded into an iron cage.

As the apprentices lifted and swung the stones up and down, they collided with each other and made noises.

Suddenly, the apprentice began to dance, and the "barbell" in his hand swayed with him, and the stones in the iron cages at both ends flew up and down.

Even on this cold winter day, the sweat had soaked the apprentice's clothes, revealing how hard he was working.

But the master standing next to him kept frowning.

The apprentice's current dancing skills are far from good enough.

When the official performance of the Sea Lantern Festival begins in two months, the items in the iron cage will be replaced from stones to burning charcoal.

At that time, a wrong swing like his would cause the bursting sparks to burn himself.

The master sighed and ordered the apprentice to stop.

He personally stepped forward, grabbed the fire pot from the apprentice's hand, and danced correctly and slowly several times, allowing the apprentice to watch and learn carefully.

The apprentice stared at his master carefully, remembering his movements and teachings firmly.

But when he tried it himself, he was full of loopholes and made mistakes one after another.

"Ugh."

The master sighed silently. It seems that he can still perform the [Fire Pot Show] at this year's [Sea Lantern Festival] alone.

The skill of [Fire Pot] is extremely difficult to learn.

You need to have sufficient strength, the courage to face the flames, and a flexible and agile body.

It can be said that this disciple of mine is working hard.

He had already achieved outstanding results in terms of strength and courage, but unfortunately an illness in his childhood caused him to become dull and slow in behavior, and he could not master the key points of wielding the [Fire Pot] for a long time.

Perhaps, only the dumbest way, muscle memory, can allow this apprentice to learn the skill of [Fire Pot].

However, it takes a very long time to form muscle memory. Whether the child can learn it before the Lantern Festival is definitely a big question.

.......

Compared with the previous team's situation, the other team's situation is much better.

This team is not only large in number, but also very professional.

In the team of more than a dozen people, there are those who set the stage, those who provide accompaniment, and those who perform. Everyone has a clear division of labor and everyone performs their own duties.

Moreover, in terms of the fluency of the performance, it is much better than the former and is completely of a quality worthy of being performed on stage.

The performers began to dance as the accompanist sang the ancient Liyue ballad.

Their dancing postures are extremely strange, yet also extremely simple and mysterious.

The accompaniment of the accompanist changed from slow to fast, and the performer's movements changed from exaggerated to weird.

As the accompaniment fell rapidly like raindrops, the performers' movements went the other way, gradually changing from agile to sluggish.

Finally, as the rapid accompaniment suddenly stopped, the performers' movements also happened to come to a halt.

Performance and accompaniment reached a delicate balance at this moment.

At this time, each performer wore a Nuo mask on their face.

The accompaniment that stopped started again from the beginning; the dance that stopped was also performed again.

only.....

The performers put on the Nuo masks and their movements when they started dancing again...

Is it really the same as before?

.....

"Fire drives away evil spirits, bringing peace to all families."

"When people are in trouble, there is Nuo dance; when Nuo dance starts, all diseases will disappear."

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"Dihua Island carries too many stories of fighting against evil spirits."

"Xiao, thank you for guarding here all these years."

Zhongli looked at his subordinates beside him and said with some emotion.

"Your Excellency, there is no need to thank me. This is my duty."

After listening to Xiao's reply, Zhongli said nothing, but just patted Xiao on the shoulder.

It was not until the blazing sun was high in the sky and smoke was rising from the stove that Zhongli spoke.

"Master Liuyunjiefeng has prepared a banquet on Mount Aozang tonight. Xueyuezhuyang and Lishuidieshan will also be attending the banquet."

"Xiao, come with me tonight."

Faced with the invitation personally initiated by the Emperor, Xiao was naturally tempted.

But after looking at the Dihua Island below that needed to be protected, Xiao shook his head and rejected the Emperor's invitation.

"I'm sorry, Emperor."

"During every festival, the evil spirits on Dihua Island become more restless than usual. I think this land needs me to stay and guard it."

Looking at Xiao's serious expression, Zhongli sighed and did not continue to invite Xiao to join the party in the evening.

"I heard that this Wangshu Inn has a very good dish called Almond Tofu. Xiao, let's taste it."

"Okay, Lord Emperor."

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