“Can we enter as well?” Jian Ming couldn’t help but ask.

“Feel free to try.” Li Qiye smiled.

Jian Ming came over to her spot earlier and copied her actions - forming a mudra while chanting before finishing with a shout: “Open!”

No reaction came from the boulder; the runes didn’t light up all the way.

“We’ll see about that!” Jian Ming repeated the same thing and shouted louder this time: “Open!”

He eventually gave up and it was the daoist’s turn. He came and knocked on it several times then paid particular attention to the embedded...