"Noah." Victor’s deep voice suddenly echoed, causing the youth at the end of the formation to visibly freeze.
He clearly had not expected Victor’s first call to be directed at him.
"Young Master?" He asked in a trembling voice.
"Come out."
Although he was still reeling in shock, Noah did not hesitate and immediately stepped out of the formation.
Several people around him subconsciously looked over.
Their expressions were strange. Clearly, they also did not understand why Victor had suddenly noticed the least remarkable person among them.
But then again, the young master had been behaving strangely since yesterday, so they could only think this was one of his shenanigans again.
Victor lowered his gaze and looked through the information Karl had compiled.
[Noah Green]
[Current Needs: Basic Mana Potions, access to a swordsmanship training room.]
Only those two? It was surprisingly less than he had thought. For an S rank potential investment, he had expected something far more demanding.
Victor looked up, holding Noah’s gaze.
"How long do you train every day?"
Although Noah had no idea why he was being asked these questions, he answered honestly.
"About six hours."
"Mana cultivation?"
"Two hours."
"Why only two?"
Noah fell silent for a moment. "If I go beyond two hours, my mana pathways start hurting."
’As expected.’ Victor’s eyes flashed.
"How long has that been happening?" He continued.
"Since I was a child."
"Have you had it examined?"
"I have." Noah nodded. "Three years ago, a Tier Two healer said my mana channels were naturally narrower than normal. Forcing cultivation would only damage my body."
"What about a higher level healer?"
Noah did not answer, but everyone nearby already understood.
Money.
Ordinary healers and high tier healers capable of properly examining mana cores and mana circulation were priced on completely different levels.
For commoner families, it was not always that they did not know what was wrong.
Sometimes they knew. They simply could not afford to fix it.
Victor immediately looked toward Karl.
"What’s the highest grade potion available in the academy for repairing congenital mana circulation defects?"
Karl had clearly done considerable preparation beforehand and answered quickly.
"A Tier Four Star Meridian Potion. But that isn’t an ordinary recovery potion. It’s primarily used for people whose mana channels suffered permanent damage during cultivation. It’s extremely expensive. One bottle costs around one hundred twenty thousand to one hundred fifty thousand gold coins."
"The academy’s potion repository should have a few in stock."
"How effective?"
"As long as the core hasn’t completely necrotized, it can repair most cases."
As Karl spoke, he seemed to suddenly realize something and sharply turned toward Noah.
Could it be that the young master was....
Noah himself was even more stunned as he realized what was going on.
Victor had already taken out his academy identification card.
"One hundred fifty thousand. Exchange it for one bottle."
Silence suddenly descended over the area as a range of different emotions appeared on the faces of all twelve people present.
Noah abruptly raised his head. "Young Master?"
Victor did not even look at him as he went on to give the next command.
"Also, one month of access to an Advanced Swordsmanship Training Room."
Karl’s lips moved slightly.
"One month of Advanced Training Room access costs another twenty three thousand gold coins."
"Pay it."
"..."
Karl had absolutely nothing left to say this time.
Yesterday, for Bruno, more than eighty thousand gold coins.
And now, early in the morning, another hundred thousand plus.
Victor had spent extravagantly in the past as well.
But most of that money had gone toward banquets, magic vehicles, clothes, or luxuries with absolutely no practical value.
This was the first time Karl had seen him directly pour money into people like them.
Noah finally could not hold himself back.
"Young Master. I can’t accept this."
It was only then that Victor looked at him.
"Why?"
"It’s too expensive."
"So?"
Noah paused.
"I didn’t call all of you here to ask whether you agreed. I already said it yesterday. As long as you have value, gold coins, potions, equipment, skills, I can give you all of it. But once I give you something, you need to show me results."
He looked directly at Noah.
"A potion worth one hundred fifty thousand gold coins. One month in an Advanced Training Room. I only have one requirement."
Sensing the seriousness and weight in Victor’s voice, Noah swallowed his saliva.
"One month from now," Victor said. "Go from Level Fourteen to Level Seventeen."
The faces of several people nearby immediately turned grim.
Three levels in one month?
For an ordinary Level Fifteen or Sixteen student, that would already be extremely fast.
Let alone Noah, whose mana cultivation itself was defective.
Noah’s face also went pale, as if all the blood had been drained from it.
"Can’t do it?" Victor smirked derisively as if deliberately trying to provoke the latter’s pride.
Noah raised his head. For the first time, a clear sharpness appeared within those eyes that had always seemed quiet and withdrawn.
"I can."
"Good."
Following those words, the system notification arrived exactly as expected.
[Host detected investing in S Rank potential target Noah Green.]
[Investment Contents: Tier Four Star Meridian Potion ×1, one month of Advanced Swordsmanship Training Room access.]
[Estimated Total Value: 173,000 Gold Coins.]
[Current investment can effectively repair the target’s core growth defect.]
[Judged as an effective investment.]
[Calculating return multiplier...]
Victor’s gaze narrowed slightly.
When he had invested eighty thousand gold coins in the A rank Bruno, he had gotten a one hundred twenty times return.
Now Noah was S Rank. And this investment was practically repairing the greatest flaw in Noah’s entire life.
How high would the return be?
[Congratulations, Host. You have triggered a 300× Return!]
Three hundred times!
A sharp light instantly flashed through Victor’s eyes.
[Base Value of This Investment: 173,000 Gold Coins.]
[Equivalent Return Value: 51,900,000 Gold Coins.]
Fifty one million nine hundred thousand!
Even with House Alves’s wealth, that was absolutely not a minor sum.
However, the return options that appeared immediately afterward were what truly caused Victor’s breathing to pause.
[Please select a return form.]
[Option One: 51,900,000 Gold Coins.]
[Option Two: Tier Six Cultivation Resource: Dragon Blood Tempering Fluid ×3.]
[Option Three: King Rank Skill: Heaven Burning Sword Art.]
[Option Four: Special Bloodline: Flame Demon Bloodline.]
This time there were actually four choices!
And no matter how he looked at them, they were on an entirely different level from the first investment.