Chapter 250. The fight scenes (2)In the ancient times, generals and warriors have a high level of honour and arrogance. If they lose a bet with someone, they will surely concede to it.
Even if they have to die for losing the bet, they won"t back down on their words.
It was because of their honour.
The honour would not let them go against their words, even if it means death. They would be considered as impotent if they went back on their words.
Other people will also stop interacting with them If they went back on their words. That was the primary reason Cao Xu had taunted the general into making a bet with him.
His plan had also worked.
"Prince, I will give you one more chance to go back on your words. Take it and leave or else become my servant until you die."
The general mocked at Cao Xu.
The build of the general was big and st.u.r.dy. It was just like a bear. One can see his bulging muscles through his clothes.
Director Chen Pu had took many auditions before deciding on him as the general.
"That will only happen if you win the fight."
Cao Xu said as he closed his eyes slowly. The wooden sword in his hand was pointing downwards as he made no movement.
He was not taking any stance for the fight as he stood there with a calm expressions on his handsome face.
It was an expression that was saying that everything is under his control and there was no need for excessive worry.
One can see the calmness in his eyebrows if one stared at them. It was like a calm, still lake with no ripplings in it whatsoever.
For some reason, the general hated that expression.
"Swis.h.!.+"
That"s why, he attacked with his sword. His expression said that he would end it in one strike but something unexpected happened.
Cao Xu easily dodged the attack by moving his waist and lowering his head. His legs were in the same position but his upper body was twisting.
One need a lot of flexibility to execute that.
Moreover, there was another thing that was strange, from the eyes of the general.
"Why is his eyes still closed?"
Cao Xu had earlier closed his eyes before the battle. The general had thought that it was just because he was afraid.
But it seems like that was not the case anymore.
"Swis.h.!.+""Swis.h.!.+"
The general again swung around his sword, trying to hit Cao Xu at different parts of his body but his body was like a snake.
It was tossing and turning around like elastic!
The arm, the chest, the abdomen, the neck, the ankle, the leg and even at Cao Xu"s private area.
The striked at every part on his body but nothing seems to work. It was like Cao Xu already knew where he was going to attack and was dodging with ease.
"You!! Stop dodging and fight like a man."
The general shouted at him and Cao Xu slowly opened his phoenix like eyes.
His eyes were like one of a celestial being as he stared directly at the soul of the general.
"Dodging is one of the components of a fight and there was nothing unmanly in it. You should know this better than me general but if you want, I can stop it and attack at you."
Cao Xu said calmly and finally straighten his body. His sword was still facing the ground as he moved towards the general.
"Let"s see if you are only good at dodging or you can really fight like a man."
The general wasn"t worried about Cao Xu"s attack at all. It was because he was sure that even if Cao Xu managed to hit him, there would be no power behind the attack.
Cao Xu was someone who had never practiced martial arts.
How can someone like him fight equally with him.
But something completely unexpected happened. Cao Xu"s sword suddenly started to move like a snake and the general felt dizzy staring at it.
"Swis.h.!.+"
Cao Xu"s wooden sword made a swis.h.i.+ng sound as he slashed vertically. The general was going to block the attack but immediately, the expression on his face changed.
It was because he saw the shadow of a demonic beast behind Cao Xu. It was like the beast was coming to eat him alive.
Because of that, the general even forgot to block the attack but before the wooden sword can even touch him, a voice came out from behind.
"Cut!!!"
It was Director Chen Pu"s shout.
A fight scene was actually shoot in multiple takes to make it look realistic. Several cameras would be shooting the actors from different angles.
Because of that, the fight scenes were particularly hard to create and a good action movie would be praised by the audience as well as the critics.
"Are you okay?"
As Director Chen Pu shouted cut, Ren came out of his character and looked at the actor who was playing the role of the general.
If it was before, then, it would take a lot of time for Ren to come out of the character but after learning meditation, Ren was able to do it easily.
In another way, he had learned the art of switching between characters.
Ren didn"t knew if it was luck or it was because of him learning martial arts and meditation.
Nevertheless, Ren was happy because of his ability.
"Is there something on my face?"
The actor who was playing the role of the general has a weird expression on his face as he looked at Ren.
That"s why, Ren asked as he t.i.tled his head.
"No, there isn"t."
The actor who was playing the role of the general shook his head and his expression became normal but he was still looking weirdly at Ren.
"It looked like there was really a beast behind him."
Originally, he just had to act like there was a demonic beast behind Cao Xu.
In the post production, special effects will be added in the scene to make it seem like there was really a demonic beast behind Cao Xu.
But in the scene, the actor felt like there was really a beast behind Ren.
He didn"t knew the reason behind this but for a second, he was not even able to differentiate between Ren and Cao Xu.
They were like two different personalities but they were the same person.
"Are top actors like this?"
The actor thought inside his head.
Compared to Ren"s acting, his acting was barely pa.s.sable and more than acting, he was chosen for the character of the general because he pa.s.sed the look test with flying colours.
"I should work more hard."
The actor thought in his heart.
"Let"s go on to the next scene. It"s still the morning, so don"t get tired just yet."
The actor came back from his thoughts when he heard the shout of Director Chen Pu.
It was still the morning and the shooting had just started. They still have to shoot many scenes today. The work schedule was really tough!
With the thoughts of working hard on his career, the actor who was playing the role of the general again started the scene with Ren.
At this point, no one knows that because of seeing Ren"s acting up close, the actor would try his hardest and 15 years later, he would become a bit celebrity.
But that was a topic of another time.