Chapter 124

Young Master Chen traveled through time at a remarkably opportune moment, because 2010 marked a watershed year for domestic Chinese cinema. Previously, constrained by the limited number of theaters, rampant piracy, and other factors, box office revenues had consistently struggled to climb. Zhang Yimou's *Hero* had held the record for several years. Currently, the box office record stood at 420 million set last year by *The Founding of a Republic*. However, that film's box office was built by a massive ensemble of stars and could not serve as a reliable reference point. Yet this year, 2010, truly marked the beginning of— Meanwhile, in another theater of combat, thousands of Azure Nether Sect disciples were locked in a frantic and bloody slaughter. Their eyes entirely bloodshot, they unleashed their ultimate trump cards one after another—talismans, talisman-weapons, poisons, and more—hurling them ferociously at their opponents. Lin Yu had not expected Baizhi to hold such an exceptionally high opinion of the "Sister Feng" she had mentioned, and her expression involuntarily darkened.