Cloud City Center.
At first, Aron thought it was a city with tall buildings from the past, but he did not expect that it was actually far different from what he imagined.
Not to mention grand buildings or magnificent structures, all that existed were just a few vast and very large buildings. Unlike a modern city, the Cloud City now resembled a mountain with several commercial buildings that were not too dense and still preserved the authenticity of nature.
What surprised Aron even more was the Cloud Academy, which stood atop the highest mountain, and it was impossible for ordinary people to ascend without special tools.
Like now, where Jayden had to carry him flying using a large white crane as a means of transportation.
From Jayden's explanation, this white crane was a low-level monster that had been tamed and used as a means of transport for the students of Cloud Academy.
When they arrived at the edge of Cloud Academy, Aron immediately felt a different atmosphere from the outside world. There was no futuristic modern design as he had expected; what existed now were traditional buildings with magnificent and luxurious architecture.
Standing in front of Cloud Academy, Aron felt as if he had traveled back to ancient China.
"Do you realize that Cloud Academy actually resembles more of a Taoist Sect from ancient Chinese history than a school?" Jayden suddenly asked as he noticed Aron's shock and amazement.
Aron nodded, indeed feeling that kind of vibe, especially when seeing the people in the academy wearing the same special attire.
"With the return of martial artists to the world, humans have begun to adapt to survive the changes of the times. And with the changes in the world now, adopting the Taoist Sect system is indeed the right choice," Jayden added and led Aron to a place that seemed to be the examination hall.
There, Jayden showed his student identity, which was a silver plate as a badge, and simultaneously introduced Aron and the purpose of his arrival.
Strangely, there were no specific requirements or precedents to become a part of the students of Cloud Academy. As long as you were a martial artist and not under thirty years old, you could become a student of Cloud Academy. In fact, there was no such thing as a registration fee.
After Aron finished registering and received his student identity from Cloud Academy, he felt strange and looked at Jayden with doubt.
"If you have obtained your student identity, I will help you get to know Cloud Academy better." Jayden pretended not to see him and began to talk about other things.
Starting from the academy's training field, which was usually used for student training, then the library, the healing hall that produced various types of medicines and pills, the weapons hall that provided weapons, and the academy square or the center of the academy that became the most important place, whether as a venue for duels or sermons held weekly for the students, Jayden briefly explained everything.
Until they finally arrived at a busy hall, which was the most crowded place in the academy, Aron could no longer hold back and asked him, "That's enough for the tour; I can explore it myself later. Tell me, where can I get the Evergreen Pill?"
Jayden smiled, not immediately answering and looking at the magnificent hall in front of him before saying, "We have arrived at the right place."
This time, Jayden took Aron into the Merid Hall and began to explain, "The Merid Hall is the most important place and the most visited by students. Here, you can get anything you want as long as you do something in accordance with the reward."
Jayden stopped at a stand guarded by a young woman and continued while handing a thick book to Aron, "This is the mission book that contains many tasks in it. If you have free time and can complete the tasks listed, you can earn contribution points as a reward."
Aron began to read the thick book in his hands and found many tasks with various reward points in it. Of course, some of these tasks were trivial, such as sweeping certain areas of the academy or searching for things like animals, plants, and various minerals.
Aron also found a border patrol mission in the outside world, and the reward was only 500 points, which was actually the same as the price of a first-level monster core.
Of course, there were many difficult tasks with rewards of thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. But when Aron saw that task, he immediately forgot about it.
5,000 points for killing a fifth-level monster equivalent to Internal Organ Purification? Or killing a low-level demon beast or other mystical beasts? Forget it.
"What about the pill I want?" Aron asked Jayden again, but he found that the man had disappeared.
"This bastard!" Aron gritted his teeth and could only be angry without knowing how to free himself.
In the end, he turned to the beautiful and graceful woman guarding the stand, smiling, "Sister, is there a book that explains about the Evergreen Pill?"
"The Evergreen Pill?" The woman was slightly surprised and immediately looked at him with a strange light, "Are you a new student?"
Aron nodded and replied, "Just arrived today and know nothing. Sister, please guide me. By the way, my name is Aron Chen."
"Oh..." The woman nodded and introduced herself as Lina before asking back, "Did Jayden bring you here?"
"Do you know that bastard?"
"No, I don't want to know him. But if he is the one who suggested you come here, it's no wonder he left you here alone. I don't know how many people have been fooled by him."
"Don't tell me that the Evergreen Pill actually doesn't exist?" Aron immediately changed his expression upon hearing those words.
"No, no, you misunderstood," Lina quickly spoke to clarify Aron's misunderstanding, "The pill you are looking for does exist, but..."
Lina first took another book and handed it to Aron with the title "Cloud Treasures."
"You can find it there."
Aron immediately felt that something was not right with what he had imagined when he saw the book in his hands.
Sure enough, when he looked at the contents of the Cloud Treasures book, his anger and hatred towards Jayden reached its peak.
Not because Jayden lied, but because he did not mention that the price required to exchange for the Evergreen Pill was 75,000 points!
75,000 contribution points, Aron did not know what kind of missions he would have to undertake to gather that many points in a short time.
When he went back to read the points for missions to find a suitable mission to quickly gather points, he was immediately frightened.
"Killing low-level demon beasts with a reward of 10,000 contribution points, mid-level demon beasts 20,000 points, and 30,000 points for high-level ones. 50,000 for Demon King level monsters. 75,000 for mid-level Demon Kings. 100,000 for...."
"Huh..." Aron immediately stopped reading, taking a deep breath to calm his heart.
Even though he was a blood purification martial artist, who could be considered quite strong, he was still self-aware enough to think about searching for points by hunting beasts above the low level.
If there were any, it would be low-level monsters from level one to five, but even then, he still couldn't freely choose. But at least, it could be done.
The problem was, he was a beginner in the world of martial artists, so he was very poor in battle experience and didn't even know the names or forms of various types of monsters.
As for other missions, such as searching for some materials needed by the academy, Aron immediately forgot about them; after all, he truly knew nothing.
It seemed quite impossible to gather 75,000 points in the near future.
He felt helpless.