The daily life of the crew of "Beasts".

Inside the cave, filming equipment was scattered throughout, with the camera focused on the three brothers, Chaos and Dijiang.

Tianlu cried because the golden ball was lost. Baijie comforted him, while Bixie gritted his teeth and searched for the intruder's trail.

"Cut!" Puss in Boots shouted and slammed the clapperboard shut.

While the crew was moving and rearranging equipment, Qiongqi pulled Taotie away for a chat.

"Why are you still not giving up?"

"How can I not be anxious when my aunt and rambutan are about to be robbed! I have to get my family back from those three scoundrels! You have to help me, buddy."

Taotie looked helpless and could only ask, "So what do you plan to do?"

Qiong Xiaoqi instantly perked up and started talking non-stop, "We'll have a fight scene with those three scoundrels later. I've heard that the director likes to film practically, so it'll definitely be real. They'll only be able to use their childish fighting skills, so we can beat them up however we want. If we accidentally make a mistake and film it wrong a few times, we can beat them up even more!"

Taotie rolled its eyes. "You're just looking for an opportunity to get revenge, aren't you?"

"None of your business! I'm just asking you whether you're going to help or not! They're our family members. If someone steals from them, whether it's out of friendship or..."

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense, I promise you." Taotie's head was throbbing from the noise, and he finally couldn't stand it anymore and agreed to the request. However, he didn't expect that agreeing would cause him a lot of trouble.

In the script, the main fighter in the conflict with the three brothers is Taotie, while Qiongqi basically just grumbles from the sidelines. Later, when Chaos and Dijiang arrive, Taotie is sent flying, and Qiongqi is merely frightened and flees in panic.

"Ugh! How dare you bite me! Get away!" On camera, Taotie had three Pixiu biting its body. It roared and grabbed one with its claw, throwing it away forcefully. Bai Jie and Bi Xie were thrown away, and it then grabbed Tian Lu and slammed it to the ground.

Three cries of pain rang out simultaneously as Bixie Baijie fell to the ground, leaving Tianlu dazed and unable to move.

"Cut!" Puss in Boots called a halt to filming. "Taotie, you need to throw all three of them off, so that it makes sense for the Pixiu brothers to be stopped later. Reshoot."

"boom!"

Taotie rushed towards the three brothers but was stopped by Dijiang. The next moment, a strong wind suddenly rose, and Chaos rushed over and slapped him away.

"Cut!" Puss in Boots called out again, "Poor Xiaoqi, your expression is wrong. At first you should look confused, then you should look shocked. You made the expression too early. Let's reshoot."

"Don't look at me, I don't know that thorny ball, I'm just passing by, just passing by..." Qiong Xiaoqi chuckled awkwardly and backed away.

"Cut! That doesn't feel right. You should be panicked and scared, not embarrassed. Let's reshoot."

"Cut! No, that's not right. Reshoot."

"Cut! Reshoot."

"Cut! Retake!"

"Crack!"

"Click!!"

……

I don't know how many takes we had to do. Puss in Boots rubbed his forehead wearily. "Let's take a break first, we'll film again later."

……

The weather has been getting hotter lately, and the entire crew was sweating profusely after filming for more than two hours under the scorching sun. They felt a huge sense of relief when they received the director's instructions.

Bai Jie plopped down on the ground, feeling pain all over his body. "I'm so tired... Are those two guys playing a trick on us?"

This scene took so many takes, and Qiong Xiaoqi and Tao Xiaowu deserve a lot of credit for that, making all sorts of basic mistakes. To say those are still acceptable is an explanation, since they're not professional actors. But there was one time when they were almost done filming, and Qiong Xiaoqi slipped and fell while standing up, backing away, and waving his hand – that was just too much!

"I think those two bastards were just messing with me! That fall was clearly intentional, ouch~ I'm going to eat them!" Tianlu grimaced as he collapsed on the ground.

Originally, the child form was played by his clone, but the clone was too fragile to withstand the action scenes, so he had to use his original body.

The two brothers' complaints reached Bixie's ears. He remained silent for a moment, then suddenly stood up and left.

"Where are you going, Bixie?" Tianlu was taken aback and looked up in confusion.

"Go and solve the problem."

Upon hearing this answer, Bai Jie was startled. Remembering Bi Xie's personality of attacking without saying a word, he immediately panicked, "Wait, Bi Xie, there's no need to fight them!"

Tianlu seemed to realize what was happening and instantly lunged forward to hug Bixie's hind legs, shouting, "Bixie, wait!!"

"Ugh! Tianlu, let go!" Pixie exclaimed in surprise as he was being pulled.

"I won't let go!" Tianlu shouted with his eyes tightly shut.

Before Bixie could explain, Baijie rushed over and grabbed his other hind leg, saying, "Bixie, calm down! This is a harmonious society; fighting and killing are not allowed!"

“Yes, yes!” Tianlu chimed in.

The two brothers each dragged one of Bixie's hind legs, and Bixie's mouth twitched involuntarily. "I know! I'm going to find the director."

Tianlu and Baijie froze, staring at each other in bewilderment.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Taotie touched the bite marks on its body and looked at Qiong Xiaoqi, "Is this okay?"

"Brother, hang in there a little longer. We have to force them to back down, no matter what. If it really doesn't work, wait until noon today. We can't let them get away with this..."

Listening to Qiong Xiaoqi's incessant chatter, Taotie's anger level soared, and finally, he couldn't hold back any longer and punched him, yelling, "I'm the one who's getting beaten up!!"

……

Taotie walked angrily on his way to find the director. Qiong Xiaoqi had been beaten up and was running away in all directions. He was going to find the director and tell her that he and his beast had deliberately made mistakes.

But as soon as he found Puss in Boots, he saw three Pixiu there as well.

The three brothers also saw him, and Tianlu immediately bristled, yelling, "What are you doing? Trying to play the victim here?!"

Bixie and Baijie also cast unfriendly glances their way.

"Oh no, no, I'm here to confess." Taotie waved his hands repeatedly, and then he told everything in detail.

After he finished speaking, the air fell silent as he stared at his three brothers and Puss in Boots.

"Uh, so what do we do now? Deduct their wages and then switch to a substitute?" Puss in Boots coughed and asked first.

Tao Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, hesitating to speak up and persuade him, after all, that was his brother, but before he could speak, another voice spoke first.

"No need for that, the next part of the story should be fine," Bai Jie said, stroking his chin.

All the beasts looked at him with suspicion.

……

"What! They want to add a scene? The scene where I get slapped by my aunt and discover a mythical beast egg on a cloud?" When Qiong Xiaoqi heard this news, his expression was priceless. He vividly remembered the terror of that slap he received during his aunt's pre-production practice; he was initially relieved that he wouldn't get slapped himself knowing the actual filming content. But now…

"3, 2, 1, Action!" Puss in Boots gave the order, and filming began.

This time, clinging to his last shred of hope, Qiong Xiaoqi deliberately made several mistakes. Not only did he misexpress his feelings and mispronounce his lines, but he even failed to speak when he was supposed to. However, Puss in Boots showed no sign of calling "cut."

Seeing Taotie get swatted away and knowing he'd be next, Qiong Xiaoqi panicked. He stopped acting, stood still, and cried out, "Wait, wait, director! I promise I won't cause trouble next time, I'll definitely focus on filming and not cause any more problems! Please let me off this time! And Auntie, you watched me grow up, you wouldn't want to hit me, would you?!"

He said a lot, but no beast paid him any attention. Bai Jie patted Chaos on the shoulder, the meaning of which was clear: the child is disobedient and needs to be disciplined. Go for it, you're the one!

"Ouch."

Qiong Xiaoqi felt a blur before his eyes and chaos appeared in front of him, a claw growing larger and larger in his field of vision.

"boom!"

"Pfft! Aaaaaaaah!" Qiong Xiaoqi's screams as he was slapped into the sky gradually faded into the distance.

Puss in Boots finally managed to yell "Click!" then feigned surprise and covered his mouth, saying, "Oh dear, I'm too late."

"Director, please don't try to be cute on purpose." One of the staff members couldn't help but say.

Afterwards, Qiong Xiaoqi limped back, endured the pain to finish filming the scene, and dared not make any mistakes, for fear of being hit again during a retake.

After a morning of filming, in the crew's medical room, the Flower Bud Bird, who had been brought in because of the dangerous fight scenes, checked the two ferocious beasts again and nodded, saying, "They're all taken care of. It's nothing serious. They'll recover in a couple of days."

The two beasts dragged their injured bodies off the bed. Qiong Xiaoqi gasped in pain and asked, "Are you really alright, doctor? Why do I still hurt so much? Should we get checked again? Should we?"

"Alright," the Flower-like Bird interrupted the chatterbox, "You're all divine beasts with strong constitutions, so this little injury is nothing. The pain you feel is just because you haven't been injured much before and you're not used to it."

After an explanation, the two ferocious beasts gave up and left the infirmary. Qiong Xiaoqi took the lead and walked ahead, while Taotie followed, increasingly feeling that something was wrong. He recalled the route, then suddenly stopped and asked in surprise, "What are you going to do with the Pixiu? Do you want to be the villain?"

Without turning his head, Qiong Xiaoqi snorted, "I was careless last time. This time I'll keep a close watch on them and find their weaknesses before I make my move!"

Taotie was so angry he almost attacked, but in the end he sighed and angrily put down his paw. "Fine, fine, go if you want, I'm not going." With that, he turned and left.