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Published at 8th of June 2022 05:34:34 AM


Chapter 52

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Chapter 52: Wild beauty

Qiao Dai’s image tonight was far from the usual cute one. Her wrists and ankles were decorated by ethnic ornaments made of animal bones, stones, and shells; her long black hair was partly braided and their tips were accessorized with brightly colored feathers. With each move she made, the jewelry would knock together and make a pleasant sound, as the feathers whirled around in the endless wasteland.

Her cheeks were painted, looking both mysterious and wild. She looked like a savage and unruly beauty and the audience couldn’t help but be shocked when they saw this kind of exotic shape, completely opposite to just yesterday’s live broadcast.

[Omg, so wild!]

[This is so unexpected!]

[It’s so wild, how many surprises can Daidai have?]

As the audience was stunned by Qiao Dai’s costume and the rest of the team, the performance officially began.

This was very different from last time when the dance had been as soft as water. In throbbing drums, Qiao Dai took fast and powerful steps as she followed the strong melody. She swung her head at Lang Xing, raised her chest like a fierce beast, and watched his movements vigilantly.

The audience could not help but hold their breath and stared motionlessly at the figures on the stage. Qiao Dai and Lang Xing walked in a circle in the center, their movements rough and powerful, making it look like people were watching the confrontation between two wild wolves. 

The performance had barely begun but it was already full of tension and excitement.

At this moment, Qiao Dai felt like she had returned to the Pacific Ocean. The sea was a good place to sea but at any moment, any living creatures could face the cruelest of tests.

Survive.

Every animal had to fight to survive.

Especially in the desolate wilderness where the strong and the weak.

Their dance told the story of the battle between two kings. Lang Xing was the alpha and Qiao Dai led a pack of females. They led their wolves to hunt in the wilderness and one day, the wolf kind fell in love with the weakest wolf in the female pack. Sensing the shift of power, the female alpha who had always been ambitious, launched a long-planned coup d’etat. 

In the end, the female alpha bit Lang Xing’s throat in front of both packs. As the blood of the old king fell, howls burst in the crowd and spread into the endless wilderness, heralding the birth of a new king. The light of the setting sun bathed all the silhouettes like blood, leaving the back of the female king watching the land and ready to lead, both lonely and tragic.

This was the rule of the fittest and natural selection. And now, it was her role to face countless hidden dangers and lead her pack to stay alive.

One king fell, another rose. Life and death were just a line apart and faced every day. Tomorrow, the fight for survival would still be the same; the strong she-wolf had become kind and perhaps one day, she would be bitten in her turn and another wolf would take her place, but their goal of survival would stay the same.

The beat sped up, like countless beasts running in the wilderness. The earth trembled and the wind became stronger. In the end, Qiao Dai walked on the incline at the back of the stage, just like a lone wolf climbing a cliff. She looked at her pack that would eventually kill her in the future but at this moment, she really was the newly crowned king. She turned around and declared her rule in a howl that reached the whole audience and far beyond.

She was the alpha now.

The scene was very quiet for a moment and then astonishing cheers and applause sounds resonated. The barrage in the love broadcast room also went crazy.

[Ah, ah, celebrate the new wolf king!]

[Wolf king, look at me, can I join your pack now?]

[The she-wolf isn’t a love brain and was able to defeat the old king and seize power!]

[Omg, I already want to watch the performance again. Over and over!]

“Daidai!”

“We love you, Daidai!”

Her performance today was obviously very different from the past and even if people were not fans to begin with, it had instinctively attracted them. As they all shouted the names on the stage, most yelled Qiao Dai’s name, and the atmosphere at the venue was brought to a climax.

Compared to the excited audience, Cheng Su was sitting still in his seat and seemed completely out of place. He raised his eyes to look at the stage, where everyone was standing in the middle awaiting their tutors’ evaluation, and his gaze fell on Qiao Dai. Her face was brushed and she was breathing fast.

Qiao Dai wasn’t just a dumb little sea otter, she would also be a fierce and powerful wolf king. The contrast made Cheng Su feel it was inexplicably interesting.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but think about the pet dispute that was making his circle of friends busy and he instinctively squinted his eyes.

If he really wanted to keep a pet… it wasn’t too bad to keep a small sea otter?

On the other side, the tutors also began to comment on the stage.

“Past and future, life and death, survival and extinction, This is really an epic interpretation of the animal kingdom and you let me see a magical story. We all know about African dance and the strong history behind it. I have always felt recording stories with music was a majestic thing.”

Lu Cong was a talented person in the industry and he usually didn’t talk much. But today, he was obviously very touched and after speaking some more, he looked at the people on the stage and said with emotion: “As I watched your performance, I couldn’t help but think about our own history. African dance is well-known all over the world but we also have so many different ethnic groups that have their own music and dance, which tell their culture and history.”

“Through your performance, I believe that more and more people will take notice of folk dances and I hope more people will learn not only our country’s history but also the whole world’s. Dance is our common cultural treasure and deserves to be spread everywhere.”

Lu Cong’s words clearly touched the audience. Their eyes were all on the people on the stage but their minds were already wandering in distant foreign countries, to lands full of stories.

[Our country’s traditional dances are our national treasures.]

[Everybody knows about African dance but we don’t even know about our own traditional dances.]

[Our country’s history has so many excellent songs and dances but it seems that fewer and fewer people remember it.]

Once again, the topic of traditional dance rushed to the hot search. The one called #Protect our traditional dance# reached the top of the list and was strongly associated with Qiao Dai’s name.

[I didn’t care too much about Qiao Dai before, but after two performances with two very different styles, I am very touched!]

[Dance school student report! I really have an infinite liking for her. I really hope she will help us discover even more powerful dances.]

[I didn’t know there were so many different dances in our different regions before. Thank you to Qiao Dai and her team, and Teacher Lu Cong for letting us not forget it. It’s really opening the door to a new world for me.]

Many netizens directly went to Qiao Dai’s Weibo to recommend various different dance styles. They all hoped she would share them with the world in her next stage; after only two public performances, she had brought to the public two long-forgotten music, who couldn’t envy it?

Seeing the rising popularity of traditional dances, professors and related professionals were also surprised. The topic nobody cared about in the classroom was talked about everywhere on the Internet and they had to go find out why.

By the end of the night, people could only sigh: Was it the power of idols?

In one stage, Qiao Dai opened a new beautiful world.




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