"Honored guest, please follow me."
The old man in a black tailcoat extended a hand with elegant poise, showing the way.
Shen Ye looked ahead.
The banquet hall stood at the end of the corridor.
From here, he could already hear strains of lilting music.
The clinking of glasses mingled with soft laughter and murmured conversation, creating a relaxing atmosphere.
The old man's voice sounded in his mind:
"There is a masquerade tonight-the theme is 'humans,' so all these monsters from outside have dressed up as 'people.'"
"You must think of a suitable identity for yourself. I cannot help you with that."
"Half your payment will be provided in advance."
"-We will gradually guide you toward the target you must kill."
At the same time.
Shen Ye discovered that the invitation in his hand had disappeared.
In a daze.
He seemed to be standing on a great tree.
It was an extremely unusual ancient tree that towered into the sky-
It had only two branches, intertwined and spiraling upward, extending endlessly into the sky and vanishing into the clouds.
Lines of Faint Glowing Text appeared before Shen Ye's eyes:
"Congratulations." "You have received your advance payment:" "The Twin Sal Trees that guard the gate to the Dream Realm." "Description: choose a branch to begin cultivating your Gate Ability and gain the corresponding skill inheritance path." "-An ancient Dream Realm-side skill tree."
Shen Ye was a little shocked.
Or rather, extremely shocked.
A Gate inheritance!
It was actually a Gate Ability tree with two inheritances!
"Xiatelai, I've never seen anything like this. What exactly is going on?"
He spoke quietly.
"Almost all Gate inheritances have been hidden away," Xiatelai's voice sounded. "Even using all my strength, I could only bring this ability into being, but our world has no