"Bronze door? I've heard my third uncle mention that term before, but what exactly is it?"
Sitting on the ground, Wu Xie stared wide-eyed at Zhang Qiling and asked.
Although he is a descendant of the Nine Gates, a family of tomb raiders.
However, Wu Xie, who has been well protected by his elders since childhood, knows very little about these strange and unusual legends.
His doubts also reflected the curiosity of countless audience members.
Warring States period silk manuscripts, bronze fish with snake-shaped eyebrows, Changbai Mountain, Eastern Emperor's Mausoleum, bronze gate...
What I thought was a simple stage play turned out to be a world-building exercise that felt increasingly vast the more I watched.
It gives the illusion that it could be told for three days and three nights.
Could it be that Wang Yueheng simply simplified a pre-written film or television script and put it directly on stage?
"I don't know what lies behind the bronze door. I only know that the ultimate truth is hidden there, the ultimate truth of all things."
"If you want to find out the mystery of your origins, you must go inside the bronze door."
"Moreover, it will be very dangerous there, much more dangerous than here!"
Wearing a black hoodie and carrying a black and gold ancient sword, Zhang Qiling shook his head slightly, unable to give a clear answer either.
“A friend of mine from Northeast China once worked as a guide, trying to find the bronze gate of the Eastern Imperial Mausoleum in Changbai Mountain, but he disappeared without a trace in the snowy mountains.”
“His son, Ashun, contacted me a while ago, hoping to retrieve his father’s body, but I haven’t agreed yet.”
"But if Zhang Qiling goes with us, our chances of success will be much greater."
“If you want to go, I’ll go ahead and scout the way first. Then I’ll have Ah Shun meet you at the foot of the mountain and take you in.”
The third uncle, who was sitting to the side, then chimed in.
His words clearly indicated that he had already planned to go to Changbai Mountain to explore the ultimate secret.
"To be honest, I'm a little scared now."
"But if you decide to go, I'm all in."
"Now I really want to know where all these things came from..."
After being rescued by Zhang Qiling, nicknamed "Silent Bottle," Wu Xie hesitated for a while but decided to continue his adventure with Zhang Qiling.
Since I've been accidentally drawn into this world full of fantasy and danger.
Moreover, he encountered a brave and mysterious friend like Zhang Qiling, with whom he shared a life-or-death bond.
Wu Xie mustered his courage and prepared to accompany Zhang Qiling to explore the mystery of his origins.
"By the way, is that bronze door also inside the so-called 'Eastern Emperor's Mausoleum'?"
"Whose tomb is that? I've never heard of it before."
Wu Xie then asked Zhang Qiling.
"Yes, the tomb owner was called Wannu Wang, the legendary emperor of the Eastern Xia Kingdom."
"But it wasn't a person; it was a monster that crawled out of the ground..."
"The person who built his tomb was Wang Zanghai, and this bronze fish with snake-eyebrows was made by Wang Zanghai."
"According to the bronze fish inscription, this tomb also has another name: Heavenly Palace on the Clouds..."
Zhang Qiling nodded, stroking the snake-browed bronze fish in his hand that contained information about the King of Ten Thousand Slaves, and spoke softly with his usual calm expression.
He had barely finished speaking.
The stage lights suddenly turned a dazzling white, instantly engulfing every actor.
The same look of horror enveloped the faces of the audience below the stage.
In the blink of an eye.
A snow-capped mountain, shrouded in white mist and towering into the clouds, appeared before everyone.
In an instant, it went from the sweltering summer to the freezing winter.
The snow-capped mountain peaks, covered in silver, seemed to merge with the white clouds on the horizon.
Amidst the ethereal mist and clouds.
A line of red bilingual subtitles slowly appeared once again atop the snow-capped mountain:
"A Ten-Year Promise: Heavenly Palace on the Clouds"
“Appointment of ten years·Cloud top palace!”
...
Wow~
The breathtaking, continuous snow-capped mountain scene immediately drew gasps from the audience.
"Changbai Mountain, the sacred land of the Dragon Kingdom!"
"They're here! They're here!"
"A ten-year agreement? What kind of agreement could it be?"
"I bet they've discovered some touching story from the grave again!"
"The Emperor of the Eastern Xia Kingdom who isn't human? What on earth is that?!"...
Finally seeing information related to the title of the stage play, everyone's anticipation deepened.
During the transition, a blizzard of comments flooded the screen again.
Zheng Shuangmei adjusted her glasses, sat up straight, and stared intently at the scene on the stage.
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