This was the ninth day since the film crew had arrived in Flame World.
Black Breath City, on a quiet street in the western district.
Thirteen members of the crew were secretly discussing something in a room facing the street.
"Won't he find out that we're discussing something like this behind his back?" Hu Mei asked worriedly.
"Of course not. The city lord already guaranteed it. Under Black Net's concealment, he won't be able to detect us. Besides, didn't we test it yesterday morning?" Gaunt Director Liu said impatiently.
The previous morning, they had run a test. Someone in this room had complained about Deng Ming showing off, complained that he had not told them more, and complained that he was ignoring them now...
If he had known what was happening in this room, then even if Deng Ming was the sort of person Sima Yi was, he could not possibly have shown absolutely no reaction when they met.
"But I'm still a little worried," Hu Mei said.
"Enough. Don't you value your looks most of all? Do you want your beauty to last only until you're sixty? Do you remember what the local natives said when we communicated with them through drawings? Their city lord has already lived for several hundred years," Director Liu scolded.
Only then did Hu Mei grit her teeth and cast aside her worries. "Fine. Let's start discussing it."
"First, we can't go back. What would we have if we did? We'd have to worry about all kinds of ghosts every day and never sleep soundly. There may be fewer forms of entertainment here, but we've never encountered any ghosts," Director Liu continued.
After their initial exploration of the city, these people's determination to return home had quietly changed.
"Exactly. There's also a mage cultivation