Goddess Wanhua Mirror

As for the issue of secrecy, Lu De wished that these technologies could spread on a large scale, because movies ultimately depend on content to win, and Lu De is really worthy of anyone in this respect.

After the cooperation matters were negotiated, Lu De took out the drawings on the spot.On a technical level, this thing has no threshold for the Steel Whip Clan.The dwarves knew about assembly line work a long time ago, and Lud later taught them what "standardization" is, so it didn't take long for mass production to begin.

And in Pine Town, the filming of "Seven Samurai" has also started. Lu De personally participated in the battle. He is also a director, screenwriter, photographer and other positions. He is very busy leading the crew of hundreds of people every day.

But to be honest, although Lu De loved watching movies in his previous life, dabbled in various genres, and also liked to watch interviews that tell stories behind the scenes, but he is an idiot after all, and he has never even made a short video on weekdays, so Let alone making a movie.

Fortunately, this is the world's first real movie, and there is no need to worry about the quality of the script, so Lude, who is groping forward, does not say that the pressure is too great.Regardless of how the final film turns out, they're setting a precedent.

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For making movies, Lu De is undoubtedly a layman. It is very reluctant to say that he has a little knowledge, but fortunately, the rest of the crew are worse than him, and they are all really ignorant. "Master" status.

For this movie, Lu De mobilized more than 300 people in total. In addition to nearly 150 members of the Rainbow Song and Dance Troupe, there were also 55 dwarf artisans and more than 100 group performers temporarily recruited from the town.

It is worth mentioning that Lude has also temporarily recruited some senior students who are interested in this from the school to come to practice. Lude has a plan to set up a film major in the school, so such a good learning opportunity must be taken care of. Take advantage of it.

Lu De is very familiar with the movie "Seven Samurai". He has seen the original film of Akira Kurosawa, and he has also watched many film and television dramas and animations that have been adapted or modified based on the script of Seven Samurai. The overall rhythm is fully understood.

In the process of localizing the script, the seven male protagonists were set as mercenaries with different backgrounds, and each believed in a different goddess.Among them, the three characters corresponding to the three sisters are specially hired dwarves as actors.

In order to naturally implant elements related to the Pantheon, Lude added a "prayer scene" to the script. The villagers who went to the city to recruit mercenaries went to the temple to pray, and then received the guidance given by the seven goddesses, which made the They successfully found seven mercenaries willing to help them.

It is worth mentioning that, because the characters in the play are mainly male, Serves only got the role of a village girl (Shi Nao), and she has the only love scene in the whole play with the only rich young master among the seven mercenaries. In the end, they left the village together, and there was a happy ending of "the two died happily".

Apart from these places, the script has not changed much.

To be honest, the filming process was smoother than expected at the beginning. Lu De "imitated" scene by scene completely according to memory, and the actors also worked very hard. It doesn't matter how good everyone's acting skills are, whether it's a supporting role or a group performance. , but at least dedicated enough.

During the filming, Lu De stayed on the set most of the time, which made many people in the town curious about what the supernatural master Lu De was busy with recently, and went to the temporary building outside the town every day. Build a small village and run.

So with the end of the spring plowing, the townspeople who were a little more relaxed came to watch together. In just a few days, the number of people increased from the initial dozens to hundreds, watching the western scenery across the creek. Son.

In desperation, Lu De could only call someone to maintain order at the scene, lest these extremely boring onlookers appear in the camera.The word that the crew is most afraid to hear these days is "reshoot", especially for a big scene with a large number of people, every retake means that all the hard work of the previous few hours will be in vain flow.

On this day, the dwarf craftsman who worked for the crew said that they had already made the slide rails according to what Lude said, so Lude planned to shoot the big scene experimentally, that is, the scene where the bandits rushed into the village to burn, kill and loot .

This scene will be used as a brain-filling picture for the villagers when discussing countermeasures, so it is a unilateral massacre by bandits, and there is no protagonist group.

In the group performances of the villagers, many of them were "experts" who had actually experienced bandit looting, so Lu De only explained some of the plot to them, and these people could immediately enter the play, with the expression on their faces. The fear and despair expressed are so realistic that the actors of the song and dance troupe feel ashamed.

In contrast, the actor who played the bandit and horse bandit had no "actual experience" related to the role, so his micro-expressions were always lacking in enthusiasm, and in the end Lude was forced to work hard on his appearance. Give everyone a whole body of "North Wind at the End of the Century", and it finally looks a little more fierce.

"Wait a minute and listen to my command. I'll call 'Chong', and you will rush down from the hillside. Don't worry about playing the villagers. All weapons are wooden props with no sharp edges, and you don't have to worry about injuries. Just sit here, and if you die, I can drag you up in place!"

With Lude's guarantee, the actors felt a lot more relieved (not), and then they took their places.

Since this scene was a fantasy of the villagers under fear, Lude decided to shoot the scene a little exaggerated and in a surreal style.

The plot assumes that there are only 40 bandit groups, but in this scene the number has been increased to [-]. For this reason, they even borrowed all the cavalry guards from the baron's family.As for the appearance of the characters, in addition to the Mohawk head, the collar of the mad dog and the sleeveless leather jacket, Lude also painted distorted and hideous colors for all the actors.

Lu De wanted to let such a group of horse bandits like ghosts and ghosts rush out of the smoke, constructing a scene that is not like what can be seen in the world.

"I don't know if it will scare the children to cry."

Whispering something in his mouth, Lu De signaled Aina, who was next to him as a cameo, to signal to the "bandit" on the other side of the hill.Accompanied by the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the bandits charged with strange screams, and rushed straight to Lude who was in front of them.

"Very well, just rush into the village like this!"

According to Lu De's instructions, the horse bandits like mad dogs rushed directly into the specially built scene village.The actor playing the role of the villagers was asked not to resist, and was unilaterally slaughtered by the ghost-like horse bandits. Because there were three "blood bags" in hand, Lu De specifically emphasized that he must "die" more miserable, so the villagers who were cut down were called The voice is louder than the horse bandits, and the posture of death is even more exaggerated, which gave the set a "cult movie" atmosphere.

Seeing that the shooting was going well, Lu De, who was holding the camera, tried to record as many pictures as possible for post-editing material.But just as he was walking between the plasma and "broken limbs" all over the ground, a surge of divine power suddenly came from the south.

Lu De looked back in astonishment, and saw a cavalry squad galloping towards this direction in that direction. There were not many of them, only a dozen or twenty, but the average person was "BMW" and equipped as much as possible. Almost everyone has shiny magic equipment.

And the leader of this cavalry squad seems to be a woman, wearing a shining silver armor and cloak, and a silver mask, and that powerful wave of divine power is also coming from her body.

Lu De couldn't help being stunned when he saw this, and before he could stop the still crowded filming scene, he heard the masked girl rushing up and shouted softly.

"You murderers, stop!"

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Although the group of people who entered suddenly was not many in number, the equipment they used was a bit too luxurious. At first glance, they were not ordinary adventurers or mercenaries, but they were definitely not the regular army of any country.

The magic props on these guys are so many that they can be wholesaled, highlighting their inhumanity!And the girl with the silver mask in the lead was even more exaggerated, wearing a literal "divine costume", Lude could feel a divine power powerful enough to make one's liver tremble from the other party.

The impact speed of this cavalry squad was very fast, and they rushed to the front almost in the blink of an eye. The magician and archer in the team were the first to launch a long-range attack. Arrows and fireballs flew towards the "horse bandit" like raindrops. It looks like a killer move that can kill people.

Due to the loud noise in the studio, most of the extras didn't notice these intruders. Lu De, who had no time to stop, could only throw the camera in his hand, and quickly opened the barrier to block the intruders for the extras. Wave ranged attack.

The archer's arrows failed to penetrate the barrier of holy light, but after the fireball hit the barrier, an explosion occurred in the air.A series of loud noises quieted down the originally turbulent studio. Everyone looked up in astonishment, only then did they realize what had happened.

"Stop, stop, stop! This is a misunderstanding!"

At the critical moment, Lude waved his hands and ran towards the intruder, using his own flesh and blood and the four-layered holy light barrier to block the group performers who had no actual combat effectiveness, and the other party slowed down when they saw this.

A few heavily armored knights wearing a full set of enchanted plate armor rushed to the front of the team. Their strong inertia made them slightly out of touch with the team behind them, and finally stopped less than five meters away from Lude. , The tip of one of them even touched Lude's barrier, causing ripples on the surface of the barrier.

Although the identity of the visitor is still unclear, it is not difficult to guess just by looking at these shiny tin cans. They must be nobles, and they are also the kind of prominent nobles. Maybe they are members of the royal family .

At this time, one of the tin cans took off its helmet, revealing a handsome face with red hair and blue eyes.The other party sat on the horseback, first looked at the group performers who had stopped their movements, and then looked down at Lude in front of him. Although his gaze was not contemptuous or arrogant, it revealed a feeling of being in a superior position for a long time. Only indifference can be cultivated.

"Young priest, what's your name? What are you doing?"

"Below is Lude, the priest of the Pantheon. The people behind me are not bandits. They are ordinary villagers. We are rehearsing a scene."

"Acting? Wait a minute! What did you say your name was? Lourdes of the Pantheon? The saint who saved Oyster Harbor?"

"Yes, it is next."

"So this is Pine Town?"

"Yes, but no. Since this is the Barony of Cork, our town has to go a little further there."

Seeing that the visitor could communicate, Lu De secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and took a little time to explain the situation here to the other party.The rest of the knight team also came over. The girl in full costume took off her silver mask, revealing a beautiful face that was so delicate that it seemed to have special effects. The handsome knights stood side by side, as if they were a match made in heaven.

Lude explained to everyone while observing this unusual team of adventurers. There are 22 people in the team, and most of them are young people in their twenties. Although not everyone has the level of a red-haired knight A handsome guy, but all ten girls are beautiful girls.

Looking at this strange combination of handsome men and beautiful women, Lu De had vaguely guessed their identities.

"Everyone... you should be from Taiyang City, right?"

Lude has long heard about the selection of saintesses of the Holy Cult of Light. This is the most well-known selection event in the world's traditional religious circles.

The selection of this year's saintess was about five months ago. At that time, Lu De had just arrived in Yanmu City. He heard some news but didn't pay much attention to it.Later, when he returned to Pine Tree Town, he learned that as soon as he left, the current Saintess came to Yanmu City as an inspector and executed the corrupt Bishop August.

Unexpectedly, more than two months later, the saint led the team from the south to the north.If there is no accident, the beautiful girl in the costume should be this year's Holy Maiden of Light, and her name seems to be Celica.

So Lude confirmed it a little bit, and sure enough, as he expected, the team in front of him is the trial team of this year's saintess, and the other nine girls in the team are all candidates for the same year's saintess, and the team The males are all followers who come here for fame, and their status is higher than that of the other. The handsome red-haired knight before turned out to be the prince of the southern Canary Empire and the eldest nephew of the current emperor.

It stands to reason that, given the tense relationship between the Canary Empire and the Duran Kingdom, which may arise at any time, an imperial prince dared to wander around the kingdom with only one entourage. He simply didn't know how to write death.

But the problem is that the red-haired knight is not setting foot in the kingdom as the prince of the empire at this time, but a follower of the saint.As one of the three world-wide sects, the Holy Cult of Light had no choice but to face the Duran Kingdom, so it did not prevent the prince of the empire from entering.

It is worth mentioning that, in order to show goodwill to the Holy Cult of the Light, all countries will select handsome men with strong martial arts skills from their own countries, and take the initiative to become followers of the Saintess. This has become a political task, and these official followers, also It is often jokingly referred to as "picking up girls by order".

So there are naturally "players" from the Duran Kingdom beside the saint, but they are not members of the royal family.The current King Duran is over 30 years old, it is not appropriate for him to do it himself, and the prince is still underage, so from the side line

It is said that King Duran originally wanted to discuss with Duke Ganmaling and let his eldest son Rodriguez go to win glory for the country.The young Knight of the Righteous Light was an excellent candidate regardless of his appearance, strength, or character, but Rodriguez himself rarely rejected the king after learning about this.

As for the reason, Rodriguez said that he believes in the Mother of Life religion of the elves and is a baptized believer, and this ancient sect requires baptized believers to obey monogamy and be loyal to their loved ones throughout their lives, so Rodriguez He can't pursue another girl when he already has a sweetheart, which is against his belief.

As for who this sweetheart is, Rodriguez didn't say it clearly, but the elders around him seemed to know it well, and all of them couldn't help showing gentle aunt smiles on their faces.

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The presence of the Saintess of the Holy Cult of Light is undoubtedly big news for Pine Town, which has been quiet for more than half a year.

Therefore, when the saintess team entered the city, it immediately attracted a large number of local people to watch. Apart from wanting to meet the legendary and unparalleled beauty of the bright saintess, they were also very interested in the many royal and noble sons from various countries among the companions.

As the ruler of Pine Tree Town, the acting old lady Sirina also brought the little baron to the gate of the town to greet her in person, and invited the other party to stay in her baron's mansion to show the friendship of the landlord.

The saintess and her party originally wanted to refuse. They had an entourage and could find an open space outside the town to set up a temporary camp, but they changed their minds after seeing the situation in the baron's mansion and readily accepted the old lady's invitation.

The baron's mansion in the town was built in early April this year, and the baron's family has just moved in for a short time.

Ordinary local lords, especially those baronies with small land and not very rich, usually build small castles like "devil's gun towers" as their own protection in the territory for their own safety and financial considerations. Residence, or "stronghold".

This type of small castle usually has very small windows on the outer wall to ensure its defense, so the interior light is very poor, the ventilation is also poor, and there will be a suffocating musty smell after a long time.Therefore, many small lords can't live in this kind of place at all, and leave the territory directly to their subordinates to take care of it, while they go to live in big cities with relatively better conditions.

And this is also the reason why the saintess and her party would subconsciously thank them when they heard the old lady invited them to their home.

However, the actual situation was beyond the expectations of the saintess and her party. Baron Cork's mansion was not a boring blockhouse, but a beautiful garden-style house.

The manor was built with concept drawings provided by Ludd and built by the dwarves' construction team. The "concave"-shaped three-storey villa has bright and clean windows, using large glass produced by the dwarves. In front of the main entrance is a garden with special personnel responsible for daily maintenance. There are flower walls, lawns and a small fountain, which is familiar to everyone. The sons and brothers who entered the luxurious palace couldn't help but shine.

"This place...is not bad!"

"It's rare. Since we entered Duran's territory, this is the first time I heard the word 'good' from His Excellency the Prince."

"What do you mean, Westhead?"

"Haha! It's nothing interesting, my lord, don't listen to the wind and the rain, how dare I mock Your Excellency!"

"you……"

Seeing that her two teammates were about to quarrel again, Saint Celica hurried over to smooth things over.The identities of these gangsters are higher than each other, so whenever there is a conflict between them, only the saint who is admired by the stars can stand up and mediate.

"Okay! Your Highness Li Wei, Your Highness Westhead, you two just say a few words...I made you laugh, Mrs. Sirina."

Seeing that the saint had spoken, the two princes backed away, but they still stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

On the side of the temple at this time, Lu De had just returned from the outside.

Before the filming, a group of saintesses entered indiscriminately, and a conflict almost broke out between the two parties.Although it was explained clearly later, it was obvious that the filming could not be completed, so work had to be called off early, and the saintess and her party returned to the town with the crew.

When everyone arrived in the town, the saint and her party were received by the old lady. Lude said that he would go back to the temple first and change into more formal clothes before coming back.

In Lude's view, the presence of the Saintess of the Holy Cult of Light is neither a bad thing nor a good thing.With the prestige of the Pantheon in Pine Town, let alone a saint, even if the Pope came in person, he would never want to shake their local foundation by means other than force.

Besides, this group of people came all the way here, probably not for the purpose of preaching here, but because of the twelve trials that every saintess must complete after being elected.And the Void Forest in the north of Pine Town is a "sacred place" where almost all the saints of the past have come to check in.

So Lude felt that this time, he just had to take it calmly and leave after they finished the trial. There was no need to scare themselves and complicate things.

Back at the temple, Lude called Hydera who was on duty in the hall, and asked where everyone was at the moment?Knowing that Aina and Hume had their day off, they took Connor to go fishing early in the morning. Shanisi, Romean and Olyfia were all at the school. The first two were female teachers at the school, and the latter Those who are officially enrolled this year, the left-behind personnel on the side of the temple are Hydra and the fallen leaves squatting at the door to bask in the sun.

As for the "non-public employees", they are either in the basement or in Taoyuan Village. These people usually don't open the road in Songshu Town very much.

"Master, what happened?"

"It's nothing. Some outsiders came to the town today. They are the new saintess of the Holy Cult of Light. I mentioned it when I gave you a lecture on current affairs. This group of people should be planning to enter the forest. You should stay in the temple obediently for the past two days Don't walk around here, and don't panic if you accidentally run into those people, they... probably won't be able to see through your real body."

Hydera's current human body was forcibly modified by Lude using the ability of "Book of Ashes". As long as she doesn't take the initiative to transform herself, even Hume, who has recovered her divine power, can't recognize that she is not human at a glance. Just in case, Lu De told her not to go out for a while.

After returning to the room, taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Lude left a few words for Hydera, asking her to wait for the others to come back and notify them one by one, and then went out to the baron's mansion alone.

On the baron's mansion, the old lady was instructing the maids at home to arrange rooms for the guests.This is the first time to entertain "foreign guests" after the completion of the new baron's mansion, and it was a big job right away.

Not only are there a large number of guests, but their identities are also unusual.

There are 22 members of the Saintess Squad, in addition to a team of extra "entourage" to provide them with logistical support.

Fortunately, these support staff lived in the baron's mansion without needing it, so the number of guest rooms was barely enough, but the servants in the mansion were a little bit overwhelmed.There are only three members of the baron's family, so the thrifty old lady only hired eight servants in total.Therefore, he had no choice but to ask the old butler to temporarily borrow some manpower outside, for fear that the hospitality would be poor and the Cork family would lose face.

As a matter of fact, the saintess and her party staying in the baron's mansion were surprised to receive such good hospitality in a remote place on the border of the kingdom, especially when they learned from the servants that there was a big bathroom in the mansion. When they also deliberately drew hot spring water, they were both surprised and delighted.

"Unbelievable! Duran even took a bath."

"Prince Li Wei, what do you mean by that?"

Weishead, who had been arguing with Li Wei before, gave him a bad look.Li Wei, who felt that these words were indeed an insult to the Duran people, coughed lightly in embarrassment. He didn't want to leave a bad impression of being arrogant in front of the saint, so he hurriedly defended himself.

"Uh... What I mean is, don't Duran people generally use barrel baths for bathing? I thought only we imperial people respected bathing places!"

Prince Li Wei from the empire, like other Canarians, always has a sense of superiority that "my father is from an advanced country" when facing other countries, and feels that his own things are the best.One of the important labels of imperial culture is "bath culture", and imperial people often use "dirty savages who don't like bathing" to laugh at other countries on the mainland.

To be honest, since the Saintess team entered the Kingdom of Duran, they have walked from south to north for several months on this road. Wherever Li Wei went, no matter Yanmu City or the capital of Duran King, in his opinion, it was far away. Not as good as the Empire's.

Only this little-known Pine Tree Town brought him a little bit of surprise. There is a difference visible to the naked eye between this place and other places!

The first impression of Pine Tree Town to Li Wei was that it was prosperous and rich, the streets were tidy and clean, and the people had ruddy complexions and well-dressed people.You must know that it is the beginning of spring, and the cold winter has just passed. Generally speaking, it is the time when the food shortage is the most every year.

However, the people in Pine Tree Town not only have enough food and clothing, but also some vendors selling non-staple food on the street, which shows that the local food reserves are quite abundant, which is not common in other places.

Another discovery surprised Li Wei even more, that is, the literacy rate of local civilians seems to be very high.Not far from the street, there is a bulletin board covered with various notices. Some people will stop and watch in front of the notice board, still muttering words, obviously able to understand the words on it.