Mana crystals had quality classifications.
Sila could exchange 100 points in the system for a perfect mana crystal. In the outside world, a high-quality mana crystal cost around 15,000 to 19,000 gold coins, and if it was artificially produced, it could be about four or five thousand gold coins cheaper.
As for perfect quality?
Sorry, the current Gandarniel no longer had the geographical conditions to form perfect mana crystals.
Non-perfect quality mana crystals contained inert mana, which significantly reduced the absorption efficiency.
Sila recalled from his textbooks—
Perfect quality mana crystals, having removed all inert mana, had an absorption efficiency three times higher than that of good quality ones, and the mana reserve of perfect crystals was also double that of good ones.
Moreover, the training speed of someone with an A-level magical talent was roughly four times that of someone with a B-level talent.
In other words, with perfect quality mana crystals, Sila's training speed was already approaching the upper limit of the Gandarniel world!
In "Journey of Radiance." the only characters who had officially achieved S-level talent were the male and female protagonists, and even they were only at A-level talent now.
The other item Sila exchanged for—element essence—was also an extremely rare resource.
Its effect was similar to the low-quality element essence that Kent had painstakingly purchased, both permanently increasing the power of magic.
High-quality element essence could boost magic power by up to 50%, while low-quality could only reach a 15% increase.
Furthermore, each absorption of low-quality element essence left permanent side effects. Although high-quality element essence also contained impurities, these could be expelled from the body, causing the user at most a brief bout of diarrhea. The value of the two was not comparable.
Even so, low-quality element essence often sold for nearly 100,000 gold coins, and it was hard to find even at that price.
The effect of permanently increasing magic power was too tempting for any mage to resist.
This was why Kent was so excited. The appearance of perfect quality mana crystals was one thing, they only accelerated training, and true powerhouses didn't have such a great need for them.
But even top-tier mages, who traveled the entire continent, might not be able to collect enough high-quality element essence to maximize their magic power!
The Leviathan family was the wealthiest in the world, but they could only hire experts, it was difficult for them to cultivate top-tier powerhouses within their own ranks.
With Sila's status, he couldn't possibly protect high-quality element essence.
He would only be forced to sell it to those stronger than him.
In Kent's eyes, his young master must become as strong as possible!
He naturally advised Sila to absorb the element essence quickly.
Sila sat upright in his room, his hands spread open, one holding the transparent mana crystal, the other gripping the ice-blue element essence.
As he willed his spiritual power, in an instant, the extremely pure mana from the transparent crystal surged into his body.
It was like a parched person quenching their thirst with nectar, Sila felt refreshed and invigorated. "This is a world apart from my previous magical training experiences."
He couldn't help but exclaim in his heart. In the past, slowly extracting mana from the air and honing his spirit had been an extremely tedious and dull process. Now, training with perfect quality mana crystals was pure enjoyment.
At the same time, Sila guided the element essence in his other hand, and the ice-blue energy slowly infused into his body. This time, it wasn't as smooth and pleasant as absorbing the mana crystal, but he could still clearly sense that some extremely pure power was being permanently etched into the depths of his body, bit by bit.
This sensation of becoming stronger was equally captivating, and even though some impurities from the element essence flowed into his body, Sila didn't feel any discomfort.
He had no idea that if a master or grandmaster mage saw what was happening, they would be incredibly envious.
In Gandarniel, powerful mages could only use low-quality or ordinary element essence to enhance their magic power. Each enhancement was so minuscule that it was hard to perceive any changes within their bodies, and instead, a large amount of impurities would enter their bodies, requiring immense time to slowly expel.
Therefore, every time they trained, it was agonizing, far from the ease and joy Sila was experiencing.
An hour later.
Sila slowly opened his eyes.
He had completed his training.
Sila slightly spread his palm, and a ball of fire instantly soared out.
It was the official spell, Fireball.
It wasn't that Sila had practiced it beforehand.
The Fireball spell was unique, even apprentice mages could use their spiritual power to summon external mana and form a low-level magical fireball.
Elite-status mages could inject their own mana and resonate with external mana to form a fireball equivalent to the power of a formal magic spell.
Successfully casting the fireball meant that Sila, through his recent training, had reached the Elite First Stage.
"This is the power of the system."
Sila's eyes sparkled.
At this moment, with his B-level talent and an endless supply of perfect quality mana crystals, he felt that he might be able to advance from Elite First Stage to Elite Tenth Stage within a year... or even six months, and then proceed to break through to the Expert level!
The strength of an Expert could also be proudly called formidable.
Sila's heart raced with excitement as he checked his balance in the system—only 220 points remained.
He then looked at the various dazzling items available. Just among the resources for training assistance, he was very interested in the Mana Gathering Training Charm and the Spirit Sense Nourishing Pill.
The former cost 200 points to maintain an additional 30% mana absorption speed for a day, which might seem like a poor value, but this 30% was an extra bonus!
It was important to note that the entire continent of Gandarniel didn't offer such a high-end "service." The 200 points might seem expensive now.
But when Sila reached the Master or Grandmaster level, an extra 30% training efficiency would be incredibly valuable!
The Spirit Sense Nourishing Pill was even more tempting to Sila.
Spiritual power was a relatively fixed attribute for everyone, only gradually increasing with breakthroughs in strength, and those with higher magical talent received additional boosts each time they broke through.
But this pill could actually increase the upper limit of spiritual power by 10%!
Honestly, if news of this item spread.
Even Victor Leviathan, Sila's uncle and the current head of the Leviathan family, a powerhouse who had reached the Semi-King level, would go crazy!
Most astonishingly, it only cost 5,000 points, or 500,000 gold coins!
"I need to start earning more points right away." Sila thought excitedly.
However, just as Sila's face lit up with enthusiasm, he suddenly realized something.
"Wait, how much money do I have left?"
Sila had only started receiving an allowance after turning 16. Unlike the original Sila, he was proactive and had even come to Victoria Magic Academy to study, hoping to change his fate.
But after realizing he couldn't break through the apprentice level, he had given up.
Sila spent his days indulging in luxuries, squandering 500,000 gold coins on a female slave as a plaything, and constantly forming cliques, living a life of arrogance, extravagance, and debauchery. The gold coins he received each month would disappear at an alarming rate...
Sila recalled this helplessly and realized something frustrating.
If he wanted to exchange a large amount of resources from the system.
He didn't have enough money!
"I seem to have less than a million gold coins left, maybe just over nine hundred and forty thousand?" Sila thought to himself.
"And... even when I get my allowance next month, it's only a measly one hundred and twenty thousand. That's not nearly enough!"
"My family has already given up on me, so there's no hope of getting more money from them."
"Sigh... I've been too extravagant in the past."
As for unlocking the next stage of the system store with just ten thousand points, the so-called lack of money he had, combined with the previous nine hundred points, was enough to upgrade the system...
This issue was easily explained.
The system was too rudimentary.
What did it have to do with a poor young master of the Leviathan family like him?
Sila dashed out of his room, grabbed a passing servant, urgently asked about the location where Elina had been settled, and then sprinted in that direction.
"What I need to do next is earn points like crazy. Elina, no matter what, I recognized you as my little sister at first sight. I'm going to shower you with gold coins."
As he ran, Sila continued to browse the system store. Besides the Spirit Sense Nourishing Pill he had seen earlier, he found a plethora of items that made him drool with anticipation...