Quick answer: The Temple of Blue Fireflies bell is in a temple courtyard on a terrace in the Village of Lu. From the Well of the Three Puppets, cross the stone bridge, enter the field, then run and jump from the bamboo pile onto the roof.
This route covers Chapter 1 in Phantom Blade Zero, after you defeat Zhuo Bi, the Gatekeeper, on PATHBREAKER difficulty.
Where the Temple of Blue Fireflies bell is
The Temple of Blue Fireflies bell is in a courtyard decorated with blue lanterns, a stone staircase and scattered offerings. This courtyard occupies a raised terrace overlooking a field of houses in the Village of Lu. You reach it over a connecting house roof rather than from the field underneath.
How to reach the bell from the Well of the Three Puppets
Pickups on the route to the Temple of Blue Fireflies
Two pickups sit on this route. The rubbish heap by the fallen tree and cart gives Remnant Dust + 516, and the glint beside the bamboo pile gives Twinned Metal + 13.
What ringing the Temple of Blue Fireflies bell does
After you ring it, the menu displays “Temple of Blue Fireflies” at the bottom left, confirming activation. It offers these options:
The Village of Lu map now reads “Map Completion : 14%” with “Temple of Blue Fireflies” marked. The purple marker for Secrets at the Heart of the Lake shows about 95 m away from the bell, beyond the temple.
The Vessel pack in the stream below the bridge
The group of Vessels standing idle near the Temple of Blue Fireflies end of the stone bridge in the Village of Lu is more than set dressing, because the shallow stream below is where they fight. You can drop off the side of the bridge without taking damage, which is how you reach the Traversal Talisman and the Firefly’s Memory Flower petal among the crates and glowing blue flowers on the bank. Walk along the stream, and the pack comes down and rushes you several at once.
The pack has about nine Vessels. It includes a Peacemaker, Simple Brothers, a Village Beauty and smaller Vessels, plus the elite Mad Scholar. On PATHBREAKER, the default difficulty, the Mad Scholar has 5,731 health, about double a Simple Brother’s 2,918 and more than double the 2,501 held by the Village Beauty and the Peacemaker. On that difficulty the pack fell in one attempt in under three minutes: the Peacemaker went down within 30 seconds, then the smaller Vessels, with the Mad Scholar last.
During the opening rush, Soul’s health falls from 1,275 to 682. Guarding, dodging, parrying and Phantom Edge arts keep the pack from closing in, but the fight still used all three healing gourds. Clearing the pack earns 2,063 Remnant Dust. Go down with your gourds full, and refill at the Temple of Blue Fireflies bell afterward.
