Missions?
While continuing to walk through the city, their small group interacted a lot.
This allowed Elder Ben to clearly understand that Jason didn't plan on finding his way back to Manyr.
Nor did he hope to procure Soa crystals in order to support other races in any kind of way.
That was reassuring, and made him think of a proper solution for Jason's request.
There was something the Elder was interested in as well.
As such, they ended touring through the City after a few hours, once they had shown Jason some important places.
These included the mission hall, the dojo in which he could procure techniques, the training hall used by cultivators to train using all kinds of weapons, and many more.
By the time the tour was concluded, the Elder came up with the solution for Jason's predicament which he revealed to him.