Fu Yang woke up early in the morning, although he hadn't slept much. He had spent most of the night planning what he should do when confronting the 7-Star Black Panther.
As he walked out of his room to have breakfast, he saw Shen Zhen standing straight in front of his room.
Fu Yang looked at him strangely.
"You... what are you doing there?"
"I stood guard outside your room the whole night," Shen Zhen answered simply and returned to his stoic expression.
Fu Yang recalled that the Shen Zhen he had met before in the Cultural Exchange wasn't that polite. He used to be arrogant and would scream at anyone who questioned him.
Obviously, there must be something strange going on.
As they went down the C&P building, Shen Zhen followed him like a servant sticking to his master.
"Why are you following me?" Having had enough of Shen Zhen's strange behavior, Fu Yang confronted him.
"Pardon me, I assumed you were also going to eat. I am famished, you see." Hearing Shen Zhen's words, Fu Yang sighed and let him be.
While eating, he planned to ask him some questions that had been bothering him for a long time.
As soon as they arrived at a restaurant right in front of the C&P building, Fu Yang immediately requested a private room.
He didn't want anyone to hear what he and Shen Zhen would be discussing.
When the two of them sat down face to face, it wasn't Fu Yang who immediately spoke, but Shen Zhen.
"Mister, I am quite baffled as to why you would save me. We don't know each other."
Fu Yang had a hunch that the two might be different people, but he still needed confirmation.
"Hmm... I want to ask you a question. What's your name?"
Fu Yang took out his Aptitude Seeking Mirror and looked at it as if he was fixing his hair. To Shen Zhen, Fu Yang looked like a normal person checking their own appearance, but to Fu Yang, he was looking at the information written on the mirror.
Name: Shen Zhen
Age: 32
Aptitude: 54
'If the name here is Shen Zhen, he should be the real one.'
"I am pleased for you to ask for my name; however, I want to hear yours first. When you saved me yesterday, you didn't respond to my inquiry first."
Recalling the events of yesterday, Fu Yang seemed to have completely ignored Shen Zhen.
"Sorry, then I shall introduce myself first. I am Fu Yang, an Outer Elder from the Heavenly Cosmic Sect."
Fu Yang put his mirror back in his spatial ring and waited for some sort of reaction from Shen Zhen.
If he remembered his name, he should be the same person from the previous Cultural Exchange. However, if he didn't show any reaction, then this Shen Zhen was not the same person as before.
"An Elder from the Heavenly Cosmic Sect, huh?" The only reaction Shen Zhen showed was curiosity. He seemed to be completely clueless about their previous meeting.
Although they weren't exactly friends, Shen Zhen should at least remember the person he was on the same team with during the first part of the previous Cultural Exchange.
"Esteemed Elder Fu, I will gladly tell you my name that derived from the tea leaf of benevolence, Ming Ze."
'Ming Ze, however, in the mirror, it says Shen Zhen. Did the murderers mistake the two people?'
"Mr. Ming, the truth is, you look like someone I know, that's why I saved you." Fu Yang took out his Energy Phone and searched for a picture of Shen Zhen on the internet. When the pictures finished loading, he immediately showed it to 'Ming Ze'.
He didn't show 'Ming Ze' the article about Shen Zhen's death; it would be too shocking for him.
Looking at the picture depicting his handsome self, 'Ming Ze' furrowed his brow.
This was unbelievable. There was someone out there who looked like him. Wasn't he unique?
However, as he zoomed in on the picture, he immediately spotted a big difference. The person in the picture didn't have his signature pointy small ears.
Seeing that flaw, 'Ming Ze' sighed with relief.
"Me and him have too many differences. Look at his ears and then look at mine."
'Ming Ze' lifted the hair that was hiding his beautiful ears, the same ears that had caused him to be kidnapped the other day.
"Look at my ears. They are small and pointy, while his are just small. My mother said that my father is an Elf, that's why my ears are slightly pointy."
Hearing the explanation from 'Ming Ze', it further confirmed his initial assumption. Someone had impersonated him. However, if he recognized his name as 'Ming Ze', how come his name on the Aptitude Seeking Mirror was Shen Zhen?
How does the Aptitude Seeking Mirror really function? Would he be able to get an answer when he finished exploring the whole Mystic Realm?
Before Fu Yang could continue their conversation, breakfast was served on their table.
As soon as they finished eating, Fu Yang paid the bill first before going out with 'Ming Ze'.
He had already been delayed for a day. He needed to go and start exploring the Mystic Realm within a week.
"Mister Fu, I want my curiosity to be satisfied, so I shall ask you the question: What is your purpose for coming here to Laysha City? Are you here to search for the rumored Mystic Realm?"
Hearing 'Ming Ze's' words, Fu Yang became curious. Anything related to a Mystic Realm in Laysha City was his business.
"Where did you hear this rumor?"
"I cannot answer where this information started, but I heard it from my kidnappers the other day. As I am a Half-Elf, they wanted to use my blood in order to open the Mystic Realm. Apparently, only those with half-blood can gain access to the Mystic Realm."
'Half-Blood... Is he talking about another Mystic Realm or the same one that I found?'
Not getting any additional information from 'Ming Ze', Fu Yang went on his way to his destination.
By ignoring 'Ming Ze', Fu Yang hoped that he would stop pestering him and decide to leave him on his own accord.