Chapter 3417: Hot Search Number One Guaranteed!

Ye Chen didn't expect that the two girls would directly and fairly assign him to them.

At this moment, he was still completely clueless about how to coordinate with the dance accompaniment.

However, the stage was quickly prepared for the three of them.

Tawana had the stage's monitor speakers play Gu Qiuyi's "Assassin" music at a very low volume, directed toward the stage, so the three could try out their positions and stage design.

The reason only the monitor speakers were used and the volume kept very low was because Tawana's fans were simply too enthusiastic.

Since the stage construction began two days ago, the outside has been constantly surrounded by fans, although security had set up barriers to prevent them from coming within 100 meters of the performance venue.

If they happened to hear Gu Qiuyi's song being played live at this moment, they would likely immediately guess that Gu Qiuyi would be a guest performer at this concert.

That would be a leak, and secondly, it would prematurely expose Gu Qiuyi's return to the capital.

Everyone felt that before the performance began, they should not reveal to the outside that Gu Qiuyi would be a guest performer; instead, they should let her appear directly on stage to give the fans a surprise.

Although Gu Qiuyi is not as famous as Tawana and her fans are not as globally widespread across all ethnicities as Tawana's, the Chinese population base is still very large, and her Chinese fans, a considerable portion of them, are also fans of Gu Qiuyi.

Moreover, since this performance is in Yanjing, and Gu Qiuyi is a native Yanjing girl, her sudden appearance will definitely make the fans extremely excited.

Ye Chen gritted his teeth and was pulled onto the stage by the two girls.

There was no Assassin costume on site, so Tawana's staff fetched a trekking pole and lent it to Ye Chen to use as a long sword.

Ye Chen repeatedly confirmed with Gu Qiuyi: "On the day of the performance, I definitely have a mask, right? If I don't have a mask, I won't go on stage."

Gu Qiuyi smiled and said: "Ye Chen brother, rest assured—while anyone might lie to you, I absolutely will not."

Ye Chen nodded, slightly relieved.

Gu Qiuyi then said: "This song has three parts in total; the second, the second part, is the complete main verse and chorus, so I will sing one section and Tawana the other. I want to place this song as the final piece of the guest performance. That way, I will sing the first section, then Tawana will take the stage to sing the second section, and finally we will sing the third section together—the third section being just a single round of the chorus, then we'll end."

Ye Chen had already listened to this song all the way through when he arrived, and had become quite familiar with it. After hearing Gu Qiuyi explain the performance arrangement, he curiously asked: "Then how should I go about accompanying your dance?"

Gu Qiuyi said with a smile: "It's very simple—when I sing first, Ye Chen brother will accompany my dance; when Tawana takes the stage to sing the second section, Ye Chen brother will accompany her dance; finally, when I and Tawana sing the third section together, you just follow along with us two."

She continued, giving more details: "The main verse part is the emotional expression between you and us two, showing how deep our feelings were before you left us; the chorus part is you alone performing martial arts and swordsmanship in front of the stage, while we sing behind, mainly highlighting your heroic spirit; finally, the last section—you come back to find us, and it's a grand reunion ending."

Ye Chen said awkwardly: "I know the theme of your song—it was originally quite good and touching—but you two insist on singing it together. I first accompany your dance, then hers, and finally have to interact with both of you. This makes it seem like I, the assassin, actually have two wives, then I say goodbye to two wives to go assassinate a tyrant, and then come back to reunite with two wives... this... the flavor has changed!"

Gu Qiuyi laughed indifferently: "The story background is ancient times—ancient times themselves practiced polygamy. An excellent assassin, a great hero for the country and people, having two wives is not strange, is it? Look at Xiao Li Feidao—doesn't he have two wives? Wei Xiaobao had seven wives."

Ye Chen sighed softly: "Good grief... although it sounds a bit unreliable at first, upon further thought, it actually seems to make a bit of sense..."

Tawana beside them also couldn't help laughing and said: "Some ancient Western civilizations also practiced polygamy, so placing it in an ancient background is indeed quite reasonable."

After saying that, she eagerly asked Gu Qiuyi: "So, do I also need to change into a set of your Huaxia ancient traditional attire to go on stage?"

Gu Qiuyi smiled and nodded: "That would be perfect—then the entire stage effect would have no sense of incongruity, of course, except for your Western face."

Tawana secretly admired and harbored a crush on Ye Chen, so she had developed several degrees of curiosity and fondness for Huaxia traditional culture. At this moment, she could hardly contain herself, happily saying: "Then I will definitely have the stylist give me the most authentic Huaxia ancient woman's look!"

Gu Qiuyi delighted: "That would be wonderful!"

After saying that, she turned to Ye Chen: "By the way, Ye Chen brother, I've had my design director come over—he'll take your measurements right away and overnight-customize a set of assassin's attire for you. Tomorrow we can do the dress rehearsal with makeup."

Ye Chen asked her: "Can it really be done in such a short time?"

Gu Qiuyi laughed: "This is very simple—because when we tour, every dance performer has many spare costumes. I'll have him directly take one set closest to your body type from the spares, then make slight adjustments, and it will be ready."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "Alright, anyway I'll follow your arrangements—just don't let me show my face, and anything goes."

To help the two find their feeling, Ye Chen used the trekking pole as a sword and performed a set of quite watchable Huaxia swordsmanship on stage.

In the *Nine Mysterious Heaven Scripture*, there are many swordsmanship secrets, long since engraved in Ye Chen's mind, though he has never truly practiced using them—mainly because he never had the chance.

Although he can pull them out effortlessly, he doesn't know whether these sword techniques have been passed down. If not, and if Wu Feiyan recognizes them, then he would have lifted a stone only to drop it on his own foot.

So he broke down the profound swordsmanship into fragmented pieces, keeping only some flashy movements, then used his agile advantage to stage these movements, making them flashy and ornate—looking impressive at first glance but actually lacking real combat meaning.

However, precisely because of this flamboyant alteration, the swordsmanship not only lost its previous traceable patterns and structure, but its watchability was pushed to the extreme.

The two women watched Ye Chen holding the trekking pole, swaying gracefully on stage, his movements flowing like clouds and water, utterly captivating—so much so that they were completely entranced.

After several rounds of movements, the two women even forgot they were supposed to sing afterward, and instead stood watching Ye Chen, excitedly clapping.

At the same time, both were full of anticipation for the official performance the day after tomorrow—two top-tier beauty singers paired with such a cool swordsmanship display—surely this "Assassin" would top the global entertainment hot search after the performance!