No, that's not the reason. No, that's not it either...
Many scenarios flashed through my mind, and I systematically dismissed each one. Perhaps the issue was not as I imagined it to be, something like a Door God blocking the path.
I didn't see any Door God at the entrance just now. If there had been one, it would surely have come out to stop me from entering. Wait a minute, maybe it's not that there's no Door God; it's just that when I took the Eight Trigrams Mirror from above the door, I didn't actually enter the courtyard, so I mistakenly thought there was no Door God.
With that thought, I stood up straight and drifted back towards the gate. I bit my lip lightly, thinking of something to say if a Door God appeared, and then I rushed towards the gate.
Once again, I effortlessly entered the courtyard, with no Door God or the like coming out to stop me. This meant that there really wasn't a Door God guarding the gate of this courtyard.
