"Sure" Alvin paused for a moment and said.
Although it was an important material for Alvin, this snowveil grass was actually a somewhat useless grass to others.
Normally, others used it as a seasoning of food on the north side of the world. Yet, they didn't know it could be a useful material in cloud cultivation. After all, the Phoenix Rebirth was a special cloud cultivation method.
"Alright, in total, 47.9 dollars" the shop owner gave them a warm smile.
"Thanks" Alvin and Charles said as they paid the money. Indeed, it was a good deal for them.
...
The next day
In the Arcanum jungle. The trees were tall, blocking the part of the sunlight.
Alvin and Charles were standing in front of the Eldrich Academy. The Eldrich academy was located deep in the forest. If they hadn't refer to the map, they would have never find it at all.
The gate was rusty. The entrance was dark
Alvin raised his hand on top of his eye brow to block the sunlight. Then, he looked at the big word 'Eldrich Academy' on the wall. It was a words that was engraved in black colour.
It was a small academy. It was even smaller than the Arcanum Primary Cloud Academy.
"So, here, right?"Charles asked with a doubt, looking at the rusty gate. Initially, he thought that it would be a big academy. Yet, it seemed like it was a small and poor academy.
"Yup, this is the Eldrich Academy." Alvin glanced at the map, and then looked at the words 'Eldrich Academy' on the wall and said.
"Ok, let's go" Charles took a deep breath and said
Walking in the academy, Alvin noticed that there were only two building. One was the teaching building where class and hall were. Another was a hostel for students.
Just as they passed by the teaching building, Alvin and Charles noticed that there were some kids and their parents walking out from a hall. The kid and their parent were having a sad expression.
Alvin guessed that was probably their destination, the general hall of the academy, where they would have their registration.
"there"
Alvin gestured at the general hall and led their way to the hall.
As they walked into the hall, Alvin was glancing around. In the hall, many people were queueing for the registration.
Although it wasn't a large hall, it was large enough to accommodate the group of people.
Most of them were 11 year old kids accompanied by their parents.
Alvin noticed that Jack were there, the one that they met at the noodles stall. Same as yesterday, Jack had the hairstyle of slicked back, with a black jacket. He was also in the queue.
Jack was waiting for his turns. His friends, Austin and Jordan were standing behind him.
At the end of the queue, there was a 28 year old man doing the registration. He seemed quite relaxed and easy going.
Alvin and Charles walked to the end of the line and queued for their turns. They were observing the registration process as they were queueing.
Now, a young boy was doing the registration.
"Name? Age? and Cloud Level?" the 28 year old man, Kael asked.
"Cayden, 11 years old, cloud level 17" the boy said as he summoned his cloud. It was a cloud with a rank 0 fire symbol.
"Sorry, you didn't pass the minimum requirement." Kael said indifferently.
The young boy froze for a moment. He didn't expect to fail in a simple registration process. He had thought that it would be easy to enter a poor academy like Eldritch.
The boy's mother was stunned for a moment and said."Principal, Cayden is a talented boy. He is very smart. Now, the level is a bit low, but he will pick up very fast."
"Sorry, we only accept 11 year old kids with a cloud level of at least 24. Next" Kael put on a cold expression and said solemnly.
Hearing that, both the boy and his mother sighed. Then, they left.
Alvin squinted his eyes. It seemed like this Eldrich Academy had a very high entry requirement for their student.
The entry requirement for the Arcanum Secondary cloud academy was 11 years old with at least level 21.
This Eldrich Academy had a even higher entry requirement compared to Arcanum Secondary cloud academy.
Soon, it was Jack's turn.
Jack was standing in front of Mr Kael. His friends was standing together with him.
"Name? Age? and cloud level" Kael took a glance at the Jack and asked.
"Jack, 14 years old. Cloud level 39" Jack said as he opened his hand and summoned his cloud. It was a cloud with three spell symbol. All the spell were fire element with highest rank, which are rank 1, rank 2 and rank 3.
"14 years old, cloud level 39? What is your previous academy?" Kael squinted his eyes, took a look at Jack's cloud and then asked.
It wasn't common for a 14 years old to be level 39. It required talents. At the age of 14, most of the students were around level 32.
"Arcanum Secondary Cloud Academy" Jack answered.
"Why are you here? Why you didn't want to continue your studies at Arcanum?"
Hearing that, Jack frowned, his lips twitch a bit. He was a little impatient.
"I fight outside of school with a group of gangsters" Jack replied.
Hearing that, the parent who was standing behind him looked at Jack with his eyes widened. The parent gave Jack a disdainful look and even took a step back.
There were murmurs in the room.
"Fight with gangster."
"Probably got expelled from the academy"
"Ya, he is a trouble maker"
"So can or cannot?" Jack asked impatiently. He didn't like the murmurs in the hall.
Mr Kael was gazing at Jack as if considering. His finger was hitting the table in a special tempo. He was gazing at Jack.
Jack looked at Kael, eyes to eyes