Northern had not been expecting such a differential upgrade to his goals. What he had only planned for was riches—with the influx of resources that he had in the rift, he would be able to create an endless flow of wealth for himself.
While being in the academy to better his knowledge and grow expeditiously, Hao would be gathering riches for him, continuously.
Eventually, when he comes out into the world, he wanted to have purchased a standard mansion for himself—one with an enormous compound, several land gardens, and stables too.
'I wonder if they have horses… I've never really seen a horse before…'
Most of the contemporary animals that Northern knew from his previous life, he had never seen. Or worse, they were strangely mutated by the adaptation and coexistence of rift monsters from shatterings that somehow were able to escape death.