Fu Yang looked at the key that was hovering above him.
If the key was still there, it means that was really the key to open the gate. However, what should they do with it?
According to the illusion he was under, once the key was moved to the right the gate would open.
Fu Yang took out the Flying Bike from his Spatial Ring. The best way to go up there was to use his Flying Bike. He wasn't strong enough yet in order to try flying without any help from his Flying Bike.
At the side, Ming Ze looked baffled towards Fu Yang. He suspected that he was still under the illusion. What was he trying to do now?
Although there were many things going on in his mind, he still let Fu Yang do his own things.
If Fu Yang was still under the illusion, he could just wake him up again once he calmed down.
Fu Yang sat on his bike's saddle and started frantically pedalling, he wanted to get near the key as soon as possible.
Stopping in front of the key, Fu Yang reached up to the handle and started rotating the key towards the right.
And his theory was proven to be true as the gate slowly opened while he was moving the key.
When he couldn't rotate the key anymore, as Fu Yang stopped, the door also stopped.
Currently, the door's opening was enough for them to enter.
"Ming Ze, try going inside."
This time Fu Yang decided to let Ming Ze go first. With the order from Fu Yang, Ming Ze entered the gate.
Looking at the back of Ming Ze, Fu Yang followed behind by pedalling his Flying Bike.
As soon as they entered the other side, they stood before the entrance of a rocky mountain.
As the two looked at the sight before them, both of them seemed shocked in disbelief.
"Do we need to traverse this rocky mountain in order to get out of here?"
Ming Ze asked towards Fu Yang, who was still on his Flying Bike hovering above Ming Ze.
"There's no guarantee that the other side would be the exit though."
Hearing the words of Fu Yang, Ming Ze sighed as he looked towards the rocky mountain.
"You should have told me we would do hiking, I could have brought my equipment with me."
Fu Yang didn't respond, he didn't know that there would be a hiking part in this Mystic Realm.
Although there seemed to be an absence of Monsters Beast around.
This Mystic Realm was different from the usual Mystic Realm found in Celestia, most of them involved trails to solve while others needed fights to the top position.
'Trial... Don't tell me all of this are trials?'
If all the things he experienced with the Mystic Realm so far were trials for him, he understood now why Ming Ze wasn't involved.
He wasn't the one receiving the trial. if that was the case, traversing this rocky mountain would be easy for Ming Ze while he would face some difficulties.
He went down with his Flying Bike and put it back to his Spatial Ring. This time he needed to prepare himself for the upcoming trial.
When Fu Yang started meditating, Ming Ze was confused on what to do. Should he do the same thing or not?
However, meditating would do nothing on him as long as his strength didn't return yet. If only there were any Celterre Trees around him...
Leaving Fu Yang behind, Ming Ze started hiking the mountain. To his surprise, he didn't feel any differences. It was as if he was walking on a normal road.
The rocks didn't do anything, as if they were just decorations on the side.
"Mr. Fu Yang, you don't need to meditate. Walking on this rocky mountain was easy!"
Fu Yang didn't let himself be carried away at the words of Ming Ze, obviously, the rocky mountain looked easy on him because he wasn't the one undergoing a trial.
Fu Yang didn't bother with Ming Ze and resumed meditating. He wanted to be full of Energy before facing the trial of the rocky mountain.
When he didn't receive any response from Fu Yang, Ming Ze resumed walking on the rocky mountain. He wanted to get out of this situation as soon as possible.
With the amount of Gold he possess, he might be able to buy a large amount of Celeterr product. If he was lucky, he may be able to reach the 2nd Nascent Realm.
When Fu Yang finished meditating, Ming Ze wasn't around anymore. He looked up to see how far Ming Ze had hike the mountain.
It seemed like he was already half way to reach the peak.
He was quite envious of Ming Ze current easy life, but he needed to face this trial in order to become the true owner of the Mystic Realm.
"What was the name of this Mystic Realm again?"
He remembered to have read it before going here, but his short term memory decided to kick in and let him forget the name.
"I will check later once I get out of here."
With a small goal on his mind, he slowly walked on the Rocky Mountain.
As he walked on the Rocky Mountain, he was surprised on how easy it was for him to walk.
"Hmmm... So this isn't a trial?"
Although he was disappointed to have meditated for nothing, it didn't matter anymore.
Moreover, this Mystic Realm was still an unknown place for him and Ming Ze. For sure there would be many dangerous things that they will encounter in the future.
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Hello guys, it's my Father's birthday so this chapter was written a bit rushed. Will come back tomorrow to edit it again.
Also, you are welcome to read the novel I wrote for this month's WPC.
The title is 'The Test Player's Redemption.'
The main theme is LitRPG, so if you like RPG novels this is for you.