As the door mechanisms finally stopped making any noise, the door slowly opened without anyone pushing it.
Excited about the possibility of getting out here, both Fu Yang and Ming Ze ran towards the other side as soon as the aperture was enough to fit them both.
To their surprise, they discovered a vast forest on the other side of the door.
As they looked around, all they could see were towering trees of the same species, reaching a height of more than 50 meters.
"Wow! Aren't these... Celterre Trees? Is this a forest of Celterre?"
Celterre was a unique species found in Celeste, commonly found in forests but rarely used for wood products. It was difficult to obtain and prone to damage if mishandled.
That's why most of the Celterre in the whole country are managed by the Elves of Mondie Forest, who possessed the knowledge and skills required to handle them.
Seeing the astonished look on Ming Ze, Fu Yang knew why he got that reaction. As a Half-Elf, Ming Ze knew the importance of the Celterre in their daily lives. Fu Yang didn't know much of the details, but it was common understanding that Elves relied heavily on Celterre Trees.
Currently, Ming Ze felt as if he was in cloud nine. Being surrounded by Celterre trees was better than having his spatial ring filled with gold, especially since Celterre can help with his cultivation.
As a Half-Elf, he needed more Celterre trees than a normal Elf.
That's why he was obsessed with Gold, Energy Stone does nothing on him. While those Celterre product vendors only accept Gold as the payment. This fact was the reason why he usually accepts Gold as payment for every mission he worked on.
Celterre trees act like a medium for Elves to get Energy from nature, the more they are surrounded by Celterre Trees or Any of it's products, the better their absorbing rate of Energy would be.
Feeling the surroundings, Ming Ze started absorbing Energy from the Celterre Tree. He needed to get his Strength back at the peak, as he was uncertain of when he would have the opportunity to return to this place again.
When Ming Ze started meditating, Fu Yang was baffled but he let him be. There were some rumors regarding the usage of the Celterre Tree, but Fu Yang never expected that it would be used for cultivation.
It seems like some information is not easily given out in public, if this information went out in the open many merchants would probably increase the price when they sell it to the Elves.
Leaving Ming Ze behing, Fu Yang started to look around for some clues about this Mystic Realm.
As he went down deeper into the forest, he realized that he hadn't seen any Monster Beast around yet.
'Isn't this a forest? Why aren't there any Monster Beast?'
He was prepared to go in battle as soon as he saw that this was a forest, but it seems like there are no other organisms around.
Walking for another minute, he soon found a spring. As he took a closer look, he realized that the spring didn't just contain normal water but it was an Energy Spring.
Fu Yang took out a 5L glass container from his Spatial Ring. Fortunately he hadn't taken this container out from his spatial ring yet, otherwise he wouldn't have any container to put the Energy Spring on.
As soon as the container was filled up, he immediately put it inside his Spatial Ring lest he will forget about it.
When he finished his deed with the Energy Spring, he decided to return where Ming Ze was.
However, as soon as he turned around he was confused on where to go. As he was surrounded by the same species of trees, all his surroundings looked the same. While he was filling up the container, he didn't bother to leave some sign on where he came from.
'Ah, it seems like I got lost.'
Being in an unexpected situation, Fu Yang randomly selected the direction he would go, hoping that he was lucky enough to choose where Ming Ze was.
But, even after walking for more than ten minutes, Ming Ze was still nowhere on sight.
When Fu Yang hadn't found Ming Ze yet for the past 30 minutes, he decided to simply go forward until he got out from the forest.
It seems like this place will end towards one place.
It took one hour for Fu Yang to finally get out of the forest. Now, he was standing in front of another door.
"Huh? Another door?"
Confused at the overall map of the Mystic Realm, Fu Yang decided to check the Map once again.
"So this is the entrance, the room where me and Ming Ze got stuck for the whole afternoon. The next part should be the forest but... why isn't the forest depicted on the map?"
No matter how much Fu Yang studied the map, the forest area wasn't there at all. There were no symbols for the forest.
"No... Don't tell me..."
Fu Yang looked at the door again. It looked the same one where both he and Ming Ze came from.
"Are we still stuck in the room? What went wrong?"
Realizing this fact, Fu Yang sat down to calm his nerves.
It was better to wait for Ming Ze here and let him be the one breaking down once this news got into his ears.
Having decided so, Fu Yang waited for Ming Ze for the next few hours.
However, as Ming Ze hadn't come out yet Fu Yang started to get worried.
He went back inside the forest in order to check on him.
"Ming Ze! Ming Ze!"
This time, Fu Yang shouted in order to get a response from Ming Ze. But no matter how much he screamed with all his strength, there was no reaction. No replies, no echo.
It was as if he was the only one left in the forest.