[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta":3,"chapter-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Playboy of Huayu: How Did a Celestial Immortal Transform Me?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297642,4495,"Chapter 16: Feng Yuanzheng's Dispute","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>\"She is still too young; all things have their own Daoist field, and fate does not dictate everything. There is no need to rush to resolve it yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiaoli looked at him with uncertainty; her previous doubts vanished. At the very least, the fact that he did not use the pretext of resolving a karmic curse to sell talismans or fortune-telling made him trustworthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Women! So fickle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Jing did not necessarily intend to befriend Lu Kuan, but his caution from years of navigating the business world would not allow him to fully let his guard down. He stood up and invited him: \"Yifei is in the practice room. Please, Master, move there; it would be good to meet in person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was, however, curious to hear what else the little Daoist priest had to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After settling down upon returning to the country, Liu Xiaoli had specifically prepared a dance studio for her daughter. As a national first-class dancer, she had no trouble guiding her daughter through basic physical training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group stood before a wall with frosted glass on the lower half; inside, a tall, thin man was instructing a young girl in breathing exercises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ee-ee-ee~ Ah-ah-ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wrong, again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ee-ee-ee~ Ah-ah-ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you forgotten what I just said? Do not isolate the exertion of the chest and abdomen. Again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiaoli felt a bit awkward and politely knocked on the glass door: \"Teacher Feng, sorry to interrupt, could we pause for ten minutes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng turned back, displeased, and waved his hand. He had not been very willing to come on this trip; it was only because Cheng Jing had found leaders at the People's Art Theatre to intercede that he was able to invite this talented actor, who had just starred in the hit drama *Don't Talk to Strangers*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Feng, is this Grotowski's 'Total Breathing' that you are teaching?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng paused in the middle of twisting the cap off his cup: \"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan took the initiative to step forward and shake hands, his smiling expression far more vivid than when he was playing the mystic in front of the others earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Lu Kuan, a friend of Zhang Dao. I have long heard of Teacher Feng's great name!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a talented actor with a modest salary who also possessed acting teaching skills; he was perfect for Lu Kuan to \"freeload\" off of while starting out in the film and television industry. How could he not lower his posture?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, he had only heard that when Liu Yifei was on the set of *The Story of a Noble Family*, she had hired Xiu Qing, the future actor of Murong Fu, to guide her acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not expected that as early as 2001, she had already hired a teacher with such superb acting skills as Feng Yuanzheng. How, then, did the issues with her lines and vocal projection, for which she was later criticized, come about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One does not strike a smiling face. Seeing his handsome and unrestrained appearance, Feng Yuanzheng assumed he was also a child from a wealthy family like Liu Yifei. Although he was not particularly interested, he responded politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei felt no embarrassment at having just been scolded by her teacher and said with a sense of familiarity: \"How did you know I was learning Total Breathing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng also harbored doubts. In 1989, he had traveled to West Germany to study acting under Ms. Mersin of the Grotowski school. It should be said that at this time in the country, he was the only successor to this style of acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan was quite satisfied with the young girl's unintentional support. He looked at the faint sweat on the tip of her iconic hump nose and explained with a hint of showing off: \"I have read an acting book called *Towards a Poor Theatre*.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It proposes that the best way for an actor to breathe is 'Total Breathing,' also known as 'Joint Breathing,' and there are roughly three training methods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first is a complex movement utilizing spinal stability; the second borrows from the Indian Hatha Yoga method; the last is derived from our country's Peking Opera art.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What Teacher Feng just taught should be the last one, am I right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ji nodded slightly. Such insight could, to a certain extent, explain Lu Kuan's outstanding performance while playing Yin Zhiping on set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could a young man who had lived in a Daoist temple since childhood possess such talent? Could it be that there are truly those in this world who are born with knowledge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Jing and Liu Xiaoli exchanged a silent look, feeling that the mystical aura surrounding this little Maoshan immortal was becoming increasingly heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng cast his previous gloomy mood aside; he had not expected this kid to really know his stuff: \"Little Lu, is this book still in your hands? If it's convenient, I'd like to borrow it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan did not know if there was a Chinese translation of *Towards a Poor Theatre* in the country in 2001; this was all something he had learned from a Polish performance artist while studying abroad at USC in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll look for it. Let's exchange contact information later, Teacher Feng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng smiled: \"Could you demonstrate your Total Breathing method for me? I'd like to see what the differences are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan spread his feet slightly, and the airflow passed through his chest, creating an air column that went straight to his head: \"Ee-ee-ee~ Ah-ah-ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An expert knows if something is real the moment they see it. Feng Yuanzheng's eyes lit up, and he beckoned to his temporary student: \"Little Liu, come over and put your hands here. Feel what is different about it compared to yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei obediently stepped forward and, following Feng Yuanzheng's prompt, placed her hands against the lowest part of Lu Kuan's ribs to feel the exertion of his muscles and the rhythm of his breathing movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan focused entirely on his monosyllabic vocalization, content to serve as a human anatomical model for Feng Yuanzheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the fragrant breeze from the young girl was intoxicating, and his Daoist heart wavered slightly as his peripheral vision caught her delicate and graceful figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei felt his abdomen and ribs expand at a uniform rate due to the steady vocalization; during this process, Lu Kuan's abdominal wall would contract inward while his muscles expanded outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your basic skills are better than any young actor I've seen from the Central Academy of Drama, the Beijing Film Academy, or even the People's Art Theatre!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng withdrew his hand and could not help but exclaim. Teachers always love talent, and Lu Kuan was clearly a more gifted student than Liu Yifei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ji asked curiously: \"Teacher Feng, is Lu Kuan's breathing and vocalization that professional? Is it the Grotowski acting method you've been teaching?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of outsiders, he did not blurt out the charlatan-like title of \"Master Lu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiaoli was a dancer by trade; although she had not delved much into acting theory, she also found it strange that something her daughter had failed to master for so long came so easily to Lu Kuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan smiled: \"The things the foreigners pass off as mysterious are actually very simple when explained in the words of our ancestors: it's just the effect of puffing out the chest, pulling in the abdomen, and sinking the Qi into the dantian.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng explained: \"That's right. Although Grotowski's school differs from Stanislavski, Brecht, and others, many aspects borrow from our traditional culture. It's just that our own people have yet to realize the value of these treasures.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flowers bloom outside the wall but are fragrant inside; people in this era generally lacked confidence and always believed that imported goods were the most high-class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ms. Liu, Mr. Cheng, I have some things to discuss with you. Let's go outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yuanzheng glanced one more time at the young girl, who was undeniably earnest, but due to his own work schedule, he decided to resign from this part-time job as an acting teacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1377,"2026-06-20T06:05:17.358Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7f3c4fbe934cc7ea65aba19654006ab4a99d072addefda3a4026430bdf8e55b1","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-17","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-15",343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-cover.jpg"]