Age Of Wonder

The inside was huge with chandeliers of lights and great sounding music. I didn't get far before a stunning woman came in front of me with the brightest smiles

"How may I be of help sir?"

The prompt showed her name as Ellain with her occupation as the server. Someone like her is just a server? Wow. I collected myself and replied

"Hello, I would love to try out your best meals"

"Oh? Right this way sir" I followed Ellain to a small golden table as I was sat down and given a menu on a green parchment

It featured some great things like grilled meats, soups, and some nice sounding deserts. The more I stay and observe things in this dream, the less it feels like a dream huh...well ill still enjoy it

I order more than half of the menu after looking at the prices on the side, killing so many monsters from earlier gave me an abundant amount of coins to use

The food fills the table to the brim, I don't know how they do it but everything shines with a golden sheen. The smell was enough to buy me on this, you guys don't need to paint it…

The food this time around is similar to mine in taste, but the variety is definitely a change. I've only been grilling the animals I came across, but the mixture of different foods is a great addition

I call that stunning waitress and ask her about the possibility of me attaining some cooking utensils and a variety of vegetables. You should never skip on your veggies.

The woman was shocked to hear my request but complied with a smile, I picked up some words as she left to go to the back

"My my my, the young masters get weirder and weirder every day"

Oh? Me, a young master? I don't think so

I gorged myself on the food until I clear the table before looking at the variety of utensils and vegetables placed in front of me. I paid more than half of the coins I had to acquire such a huge amount of food and items

As soon as I paid, I waved my hand and placed everything in my inventory and the server, Ellain let out a gasp before collecting herself again

"Young master, I see that you are an experienced cultivator. Recently, an old ruin was uncovered that many others passing cultivators are exploring to test their chances at acquiring wealth or legacies, if you would like, I can obtain for you some information for a fixed price"

With the best business smile I had ever seen so far, she offered me information in exchange for money.

Apparently, anyone who attained Minor Earth cultivation realm can use the energy of the world to utilize a storage ring. Me putting things in my inventory supposedly gave me away

After paying her the latter half of my wealth, she handed me a jade slip that when I placed my energy in, a stream of information appeared in my mind

Let's see, the ruin is called Salar's Cave a few miles off of here. This Salar was a Greater Heaven Realm cultivator, so his treasures drove many of the surrounding sects mad

From the information I've gathered in the jade slip so far, the cultivation realms go like this: Minor Earth-Lesser Earth-Greater Heaven-Void-King

After questioning Ellain about this, it seems even the best of sect masters have only reached the Peak Layer of Greater Heaven, thus a famed cultivator's ruin like Salar was extremely desirable

It was said that when Salar was first making his mark, nobody in the same cultivation realm could ever beat him, giving him an undefeated title

Hmm…

Well, I am running out of money, the small animals around me are nice and all, but let's go experience what a cultivator's ruin is like!

I give my thanks to the pretty Ellain before stepping out of the restaurant and heading out the village towards this Salar's Cave

The jade slip mentioned that many cultivators were already exploring this place so I got myself to actually start running

If I blurred past any hostile monster, I just threw out a simple fire arrow to finish off all their hp so i can gain some coins and materials, as well as a chance for some good item drops

When I was close to the ruin, various ferocious looking people and a few pretty women that could hold the term Fairies began appearing, all heading in the same direction as me

Some were in exquisite carriages pulled by tough looking beasts while others were on foot

Nobody was paying the other people any heed as they all hurried towards the ruin. I gave a cute lady that was staring at me for far too long a smile as I made my way over there too

Soon enough, we reached the location of the ruin and a circular formation could be seen. When one stepped in this formation, they vanished, seemingly teleported inside the ruin

I was about to make my way in too but another prompt stopped me

[Reached Level 10] [Attained Minor Earth Realm Cultivation] [ 1 Dao Path Opened]

After the prompt, a cyclone of energy appeared around me, making the energy I had increase by a lot

Oh? It seems I wasn't even a cultivator until now, but whats this Dao Path feature?

After browsing a bit, it seems I can choose a specific Dao and once selected, my comprehension, or really how fast I gain experience towards it, increases

Most of the listed Daos were greyed out, the only ones I was able to select were Daos concerning elements like [The Way of Fire][The Way of Earth] and various other elemental Daos

I'm guessing its because I've used my energy in these elements a few times so they were unlocked. As for my energy, I seem to have 10 times more energy than when I was level 9

I could probably farm those lower level monsters with ease right now if I tried

For now, I select [The Way of Cooking] Dao and head to the ruin. I want to see just how much better food will taste if I cook with a higher version of this Dao

I ignore the shocked conversations around me as I step towards the formation. These people should already know the term, you snooze you lose...