The Opportunity Behind the Bronze Door

According to the Cultivation Method, this Cultivation Method can be practiced from the Foundation Establishment Realm all the way up to the Nascent Soul Realm.

It tells the story of how puppeteers imbue their puppets with sentience, making them appear as if they were alive.

When one's cultivation reaches a high level, the puppets one creates are so lifelike that their behavior, mannerisms, expressions, and aura are all flawless, making it difficult for others to distinguish between the real and the fake.

The Cultivation Method was touted as miraculous, but Qin Fei remained skeptical.

A cultivator's Divine Sense is not just for show. No matter how realistic a puppet is, it will be exposed once the Divine Sense sweeps through it.

However, this method requires Foundation Establishment before it can be practiced, and he had no way of verifying it, so he could only put aside his doubts for the time being.

Looking towards the bronze gate in the distance, Qin Fei no longer hesitated.

Following the method of deciphering the code, he arrived directly at the bronze gate.

An ancient and rustic atmosphere wafted over me.

When I reached out to push, it felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds, yet it didn't budge an inch.

Qin Fei's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of something.

He flipped his hand, and an octagonal disc appeared in his palm.

It was that Heavenly Mystery Key.

After looking around for a while, he pressed the key into a groove on the wall next to him.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the bronze door began to shake violently.

Immediately afterwards, the giant gate began to slowly slide to both sides, revealing a gap about the width of a person.

Qin Fei was delighted, but instead of entering immediately, he sent out several puppets to scout ahead.

After confirming there was no danger, he quickly darted inside.

"Boom!"

The massive bronze gate closed once more.

Qin Fei quickly turned around to check, but an unbelievable scene suddenly unfolded.

The colossal bronze gate behind us has vanished!

The surroundings were shrouded in fog, a vast expanse of white, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

There was only a narrow, winding path, its destination unknown.

"Illusion?"

Qin Fei was on guard, and his Divine Soul Sensing Chapter was activated, but he found nothing unusual.

He calmed himself down, then sent out several puppets to scout ahead.

Before long, Qin Fei's eyes suddenly lit up, and he continued forward along the narrow path.

The thick fog gradually dissipated, revealing a huge pool of water directly in front of him.

Mist still rose from the pool, blown by an unknown wind toward the winding path.

"So the mist was coming from the pool."

Looking at the huge pool in front of him, Qin Fei felt a sense of familiarity.

He suddenly remembered that one of the murals depicted a scene of the Heavenly Secrets Sect disciples cultivating in a pool.

"A spiritual spring?"

The spiritual liquid in the pool was almost viscous, and its faint fragrance was so pleasant that just one whiff was enough to make one feel refreshed and relaxed.

However, this spiritual liquid did not contain Spiritual Qi, but rather some unknown substance.

Qin Fei didn't dare to try it easily and continued walking forward.

Before long, a wall appeared before them, and they found themselves at the end of the road.

"It seems this mysterious space isn't very large."

To his dismay, he found no exit.

Non-Self to be trapped here forever?

Qin Fei muttered to himself, suppressing his unease, and turned to look at the portrait hanging on the wall.

It was an old man with a sage-like demeanor, and the seal in the lower right corner bore the four small characters "Heavenly Mystery Elder".

Below the portrait is an offering table.

Three sticks of incense were stuck in the incense burner, burning for who knows how many years, and still wisps of smoke were rising.

Three items were scattered haphazardly to the side.

Upon seeing the first item, Qin Fei's eyes narrowed slightly.

It turned out to be the Big Yellow from the mural.

Half of the dog's head was made of bright silver metal, while the rest was no different from the rural dog of my previous life.

It was unclear whether it was a puppet or Demon Beast, and even the Heavenly Craft Creation Pavilion did not react.

However, it was motionless at this moment, seemingly dead.

The second item puzzled Qin Fei; it was a bone.

"For feeding the dog?"

He tried to sense it with his Divine Sense, but to no avail.

After a moment of contemplation, Qin Fei raised his sword fingers together, and a stream of Spiritual Power shot out from his fingertips, landing on his bones.

The next moment, something unexpected happened.

A blue light curtain suddenly appeared before them, vaguely connecting to another space.

Qin Fei was very surprised. He continued to use the puppet to explore the area, and after seeing the scene inside, he was completely shocked.

Behind the small door is a secluded space that stretches almost as far as the eye can see.

The space was overgrown with weeds, yet one could sense the presence of Spiritual Qi.

After confirming there was no danger, Qin Fei stepped inside, then spread his wings and began to explore the space.

Before long, he returned to the spot, a sense of understanding now in his heart.

This space is forty or fifty miles in circumference, and there are no living creatures in it.

Not far from the entrance, in the middle of the lake, there is a thatched hut with the words "Puppet Abode" written on it.

The house had mostly collapsed, clearly indicating that it had been uninhabited for a long time.

Besides that, there was nothing of value.

Gazing at this space, Qin Fei fell into deep thought.

He had heard of a legendary treasure called "Mustard Seed Space".

This space is independent of heaven and earth, contains Spiritual Power, and living beings can live here.

Could this bone before us be a type of "Mustard Seed Space"?

Qin Fei found it hard to believe that the Heavenly Mystery Elder even possessed such a treasure; he wondered what level of cultivation the Elder had reached in his lifetime.

However, a surge of elation followed. With this, his puppet factory finally had a proper place to be established.

"This item is extremely valuable and must not be shown to others lightly. If it is discovered, cultivators at the Foundation Establishment or even higher will likely come to fight over it."

Qin Fei secretly made a decision: he must hide this item well.

After calming himself down, his gaze fell on the third item.

It was a bamboo slip, made of some unknown material, yet it hadn't decayed after so long.

As Qin Fei opened the bamboo slips, his doubts deepened.

The document records some medicinal herbs, resembling a prescription, but it is incomplete and lacks a clear beginning and end.

"Well, the gains this time are already beyond imagination; it was worth the risk."

Instead of taking the items directly, he knelt on the prayer mat in front of the offering table and respectfully kowtowed three times.

If you receive fortuitous opportunity someone, you should naturally be grateful for their kindness.

Besides, this Heavenly Mystery Elder is from who-knows-which era. He's already old enough to be Qin Fei's grandfather, so kowtowing a few times isn't a loss for him.

To his surprise, after he kowtowed, a strange movement suddenly came from one side of the wall.

A small arched doorway appeared.

Qin Fei was slightly taken aback, then overjoyed.

"Exit!"

Ever since the bronze gate closed, he had been looking for a way out.

The result was utterly disappointing; it seemed to be a confined space with no way out.

He even wondered at one point whether he would have to cultivate here for the rest of his life, or whether he could only leave when the next person entered.

Now that this outlet has quietly emerged, how can one not be happy?

"Thank you, senior!"

He then kowtowed three times and bowed nine times before finally getting up.

After putting all the items on the table into his Storage Bag, Qin Fei prepared to leave.

Just as he reached the entrance, he suddenly remembered that there was a huge pool of spiritual liquid inside.

Although we don't know what those spiritual liquids are used for, they must be quite valuable, so it would be a real shame to just throw them away.

He planned to take some of it out of the secret realm.

However, Qin Fei didn't have a suitable container on him, and the bottles and jars containing some pills couldn't hold much, which gave him a headache.

Until he caught a glimpse of the Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse in the corner of his Storage Bag out of the corner of his eye, an idea suddenly arose in his mind.

The interior of the Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse is a sealed space, so it should be feasible to store liquids inside.

Upon testing, there was indeed no problem.

Qin Fei then revealed a hint of joy, controlling the Wooden Ox to open up the space. He raised one hand, and a column of water surged into the space.

It took a full half hour to completely drain the spiritual liquid from the entire pool.

Having done all this, he stepped into the archway, completely satisfied.