"The actors are truly the participants in your grand play. Since you envision it as a ’battlefield’ drama, those actors are the ones you’ll duel with,

and within the colorful play, they’ll die as they would in reality."

"The audience, as the name suggests, are those you draw into the colorful play as spectators."

The engineer explained, "The audience is not really people but their wish power, embodied in the eyes filled with hope when watching the play."

"So the audience just comes to watch? Just to watch?" Zhou Xuan asked.

The engineer shook his head, saying, "Recently, in the gossip magazines you sent into the Secret Realm, a story was recorded: the Capital Mansion actress Hu Guangmei, due to her role as a mistress, was fiercely criticized by her fans and mercilessly slammed by mainstream movie publications.

As a result, the movie company’s manager, together with Hu Guangmei, apologized to the audience.

Hu Guangmei promised on the spot to take on more positive roles in the future, and the movie company solemnly announced that the copies of the movie would be destroyed.

Furthermore, a new crime movie tailored to Hu Guangmei will be shot, where she plays a wise and just female detective, which finally quelled the controversy."

Hearing this, Zhou Xuan mused,

he said, "In reality, the audience’s preferences can influence the progress of a movie. Even if the movie is already set in stone, it can still exert a significant impact. So can the audience in the colorful play also influence my grand ’battlefield’ drama?"

"Smart, Boss Xuan gets it immediately."

The engineer said, "The Colorful Play Master has crafted a grand show, and by borrowing the theater stage, they intend to slaughter enemies. Here, the audience’s role becomes apparent.

The more numerous the audience, the more support they give to the Colorful Play Master, the more powerful the master’s methods will be.

But on the flip side, the audience is a double-edged sword. If they don’t support the Colorful Play Master, the master won’t receive the empowering force."

She paused and said, "However, in Mingjiang Prefecture’s domain, finding some people who don’t support Boss Xuan might be extremely difficult."

With Zhou Xuan’s reputation in Mingjiang Prefecture, he commands widespread support.

Just as stated before the story began,

tonight belongs to Mingjiang Prefecture,

tonight belongs to everyone who loves Mingjiang Prefecture,

this night belongs to the great gentleman Zhou Xuan.

"Boss Xuan, next, it’s up to your colorful play tactics to invite actors onto the stage, you’ll need to deceive them,

but to invite the audience onto the stage, you can simply invite them, as long as they’re willing to come and watch."

"That’s easily done."

Zhou Xuan stood up,

he’s got plans on how to deceive that Hulu Taoist and Tunnel Armor Disciples into the Colorful Play Master’s stage,

but,

"how to deceive those Buddha Country people?"

Zhou Xuan gazed at that Buddha temple in the ’Spirit Realm’, pondering...

...

"Zhou Xuan", still telling the tale of Mingjiang Fire Record, continues to unfold grandly, even more exciting than the beginning’s plot,

however, the audience’s interest in listening to the story has started to wane.

Listening to stories is a form of entertainment, no matter how ’literature as a carrier of the way,’ it cannot change the essence of entertainment.

Disrupted by the disciples from Dun Jia Mountain, the mindset of Mingjiang Prefecture’s people for entertainment was greatly affected.

Without the mindset, why bother listening to a story?

However,

the wish power of Mingjiang Prefecture’s people rose even more grandly.

The reason is none other than because all Mingjiang Prefecture’s people, although their enthusiasm for listening to stories has diminished, they’ve united as one, forming a collective wish—to cut down those ancestor disciples from Dun Jia Mountain.

Mingjiang Prefecture’s debts require blood to repay blood.

This wish power born of war intent is heavier than the one produced by simply listening to a story,

so heavy that those disciples from Dun Jia Mountain awaiting a challenge against Zhou Xuan feel like they’re sitting on pins and needles, as if the once shapeless and intangible air is imbued with weapons,

the air condensed into wind, sweeping their faces, causing a painful sting.

Zhao Longhu couldn’t sit still anymore, he walked to the Hulu Taoist’s carriage, gently tapped on the side door, and asked, "Ancestor Master, the killing wish power in Mingjiang Prefecture is too strong, too strong. Otherwise, should we strike first and..."

"Since when do we ancestors need to be instructed by a foolish younger generation on what to do?"

Hulu Taoist’s words were colder than the blade in the air,

Zhao Longhu glanced again at Zhao Youting, still pinned on the carriage’s wood panel, and involuntarily shrunk his neck, not daring to make rash comments. After apologizing twice, he left the side of the carriage.

But don’t be fooled by Hulu Taoist scolding Zhao Longhu, excelling in rhetoric, for in reality, his own mindset was unsettled, as he communicated telepathically with the other great ancestors continuously.

"Unexpectedly, Mingjiang Prefecture has risen. Fellow disciples, what are your plans?"

"Senior brother, in my opinion, we still need to wait. Mingjiang Prefecture has capable folks too."

"Earlier, the King Xishan displayed the Gorge True Scripture, a tough opponent."

"This new Fox King isn’t a common character."

"Besides King Xishan, there’s also the Heavenly Dome God-level figure Li Changxun, and from three hundred years ago, Yun Ziliang who reigned over the Taoist sect. If I recall correctly, Brother Gourd, it was Yun Ziliang whom you modeled after during your studies, right?"

"One time does not equate to another time, Yun Ziliang is mere incense, but indeed, this person should not be underestimated."

Hulu Taoist didn’t want to boost others’ confidence while diminishing his own, yet he was somewhat wary of Yun Ziliang.

In the martial world, Yun Ziliang’s name might not be so prominent, but within the Taoist sect—it’s an unmissable monument.