Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

"The figure you saw..."

"Could it be... Nuwa from mythology?"

Mu Lan pressed for an answer, her expression filled with surprise and uncertainty.

He Li shook his head upon hearing this: "I'm not sure. I can only be certain that the mirror seems to connect to the upper realm, and the figure behind the mirror that resembles Nuwa must be a true deity."

"But..." He frowned slightly.

Mu Lan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Just what? Did you discover something else?"

"Hmm!" He Li nodded.

"I just saw that figure in the mirror..."

"When I looked into that figure, I realized that it didn't seem like a living creature. Its eyes lacked the liveliness and energy that a living being should have; instead, they were lifeless."

"Her attack on me just now was probably just an instinctive reaction from the remaining strength in her body."

Inanimate objects? An instinctive reaction of residual power?

Mu Lan fell into thought after hearing this.

"An inanimate object, yet it possesses this power..."

"Is it simply because the other party is a deity?"

"Could it be that we're not mistaken? The figure you saw was the legendary Nuwa?"

"To be able to injure you countless years after death, using only the remaining strength of your body and across two worlds... that's a terrifyingly powerful ability."

"Are all gods this powerful?"

"If that's the case, then so be it; if not, then it can probably only be a top-tier god like Nuwa..."

"Is it only possible to achieve this level of performance?"

He Li somewhat agreed with Mu Lan's words.

He also felt that the power displayed by the figure in the mirror was simply too terrifying.

Ordinary deities should not be able to do this.

So... that might really be Nuwa.

Thinking about this, He Li pondered, "Let's just assume that the figure in the mirror is the legendary Nuwa, but... can a being of Nuwa's stature really die?"

"Most importantly, it seems that those upper-realm wizards possess mirrors that can connect to the power of Nuwa..."

"What exactly are they plotting?"

He frowned: "The shaman said before that they came to the Middle Realm only to conduct experiments to deal with the calamity."

"But now it seems it's not that simple."

"Indeed!" Mu Lan nodded.

Then, as if remembering something, she spoke up: "Do you remember what Sword Wind Daoist said before, that they didn't know anything about the Ten Witches of Mount Ling, only the ten gods transformed from Nuwa's intestines?"

"Could it be... that these upper-realm wizards are really as Sword Wind Daoist said..."

"Were they transformed from Nuwa's organs?"

"Or perhaps, it is a manifestation of Nuwa's power?"

"They're studying these living dead... Is it possible they're planning to resurrect Nuwa?"

"Possibly!" He Li replied.

"But it's hard to say whether it's a genuine resurrection. After all, if a top-tier deity like Nuwa were to be resurrected, she would be a force to be reckoned with, no matter where she was in the Three Realms."

"Rather than saying the Ten Witches of Ling Mountain wanted to resurrect her..."

"I'm more inclined to believe that the Ten Witches of Ling Mountain wanted to acquire this top-tier weapon to achieve a greater goal."

He Li shook his head at this point.

"Anyway, that should be the general situation."

"More clues... we can't guess either."

"But there's no rush to figure this out right now."

"Anyway, it wouldn't be easy for the Ten Witches of Mount Ling to revive someone like Nuwa. Compared to this matter, which doesn't have a significant impact on us for the time being..."

"The most important thing right now is to figure out the passage between the two realms and then go to the middle realm to take a look."

As he spoke, he looked at the round door frame.

Upon hearing this, Mu Lan had no choice but to suppress the chaotic thoughts about Nuwa that were swirling in her mind.

As they looked at the doorway frame, wondering how to make it work properly...

From behind, the spirit of Qingyang Mountain finally arrived late.

After all, He Li's speed in devouring the scales and monsters increased dramatically.

The spirit of Qingyang Mountain is in this state now...

It's really not easy to catch up with him.

However, the spirit of Qingyang Mountain didn't actually arrive too late. He had just paused outside for a long time because he sensed an aura ahead that made him tremble.

That seems to be... the aura of a god from the upper realm!

Influenced by that aura, the spirit of Qingyang Mountain was terrified and dared not approach it again.

Only after that aura completely disappeared and the spirit of Qingyang Mountain recovered did it rush over to check on the situation.

Waiting to see He Li completely unharmed...

He also breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he had already bet everything on He Li. If something happened to He Li here, wouldn't he lose everything? Thinking of this, he felt incredibly fortunate and quickly stepped forward to the two of them...

"What just happened?"

"Even from a great distance, I could sense the aura of what seemed to be those incredibly powerful deities from the upper realm."

"However, the gods from the upper realm probably won't come down."

"So... what exactly happened?"

"That sorcerer...is he dead?"

During the questioning, he also noticed the motionless corpse of Wudi lying on the ground not far away, as well as the strange bronze mirror that Mu Lan was picking up and handing to He Li.

He Li didn't try to hide anything after hearing this, and simply explained the situation just now and his and Mu Lan's guesses.

Finally, the conversation turned to the door frame again...

"You understand the situation."

"There are too few clues about Nuwa right now, so it's pointless to ponder it. Instead of worrying about that, take a look at this door frame. It would be best if you could figure out how this thing is used."

"I'm still waiting to go to the Middle Realm!"

Hearing He Li's words, the Qingyang Mountain Spirit, who was still stunned by the news about Nuwa that He Li had just told her, finally came to her senses and looked at the door frame in front of her...

However, he remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, He Li couldn't help but ask, "How is it?"

"What have you figured out?"

Are you confident you can activate it?

"This..." Qingyang Mountain Spirit turned around helplessly: "This thing is not something inscribed with ordinary array formations or related spells. It seems to involve ancient esoteric arts."

"On these blue bricks..."

Hearing that he was about to launch into a long explanation, He Li impatiently interrupted, "Just tell me directly whether it can be activated or not."

"No!" Qingyang Mountain Spirit shrank back.

Seeing He Li's unfriendly expression, he quickly added, "The array patterns and magical inscriptions on the door frame are the power of those great beings from distant eras, which we cannot possibly decipher."

"However, although I can't crack it, I can barely understand how to make it work."

"I just want to use it normally..."

"Then... there's nothing I can do."

As they spoke, the spirit of Qingyang Mountain floated to the center of the door frame.

He made hand seals, and the surrounding spiritual energy flowed, transforming into countless visible threads that emitted a faint blue light. These threads formed loops along the patterns on the blue brick door frame.

next moment……

A buzzing sound arose, and the void in the central area of ​​the door frame began to ripple.

He could vaguely see the vast blue sea beyond the shimmering ripples in the void, and he figured that must be the place that the passage led to.

However, when He Li reached out and touched...

But it passed right through the ripples.

The spirit of Qingyang Mountain said helplessly, "I can only barely make it move so that we can see what's behind the passage, but I can't make it function properly so that we can get to the Middle Realm."

"To get it working properly..."

"Then we'll need to spend some time researching it..."

"Let me try!" Before Qingyang Shanling could finish speaking, a voice rang out from the dark corridor behind him.

As he heard footsteps, He Li turned around and saw Yu Qingge, Yu Qi, and Bai Jian walking quickly towards him. Upon seeing them, He Li narrowed his eyes, feeling somewhat suspicious.

"You guys came pretty quickly."

"What happened to her? You didn't kill her?"

He Li glanced at Bai Jian and then spoke.

Yu Qingge replied with a smile, "After dealing with the enemy, I came back to see how things were going on your end, and what I saw was that huge pit you guys dug..."

"As for the White Sword?"

"She was willing to join us, and considering that we also needed more Qi cultivators from the Middle Realm to help us familiarize ourselves with the Middle Realm, I decided to let her come along for the time being."

"After all, there's only one spirit of Qingyang Mountain. We can't possibly come to him for every little thing, can we?"

He Li nodded slightly and did not continue the topic.

He simply asked, "What do you mean by 'door'?"

"Do you know how to activate it?"

"I suppose so!" Yu Qingge nodded, then quickly approached the door frame, which had been slightly activated by the spirit of Qingyang Mountain, and replied, "This thing is recorded in the ancient books of the tribe."

"If I remember correctly..."

She muttered to herself as she reached out and touched the blue bricks that made up the door frame.

hum! ! !

As she touched it in a seemingly rhythmic manner, the void in the center of the door frame suddenly became hazy and blurred, filled with water mist, and a pattern resembling the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) appeared behind the entire door frame!