A Hugely Disappointing Experience Exchange

Night fell.

Li Yu found a room in the great hall and exchanged for a simple bed from the System. After a little arrangement, it became a bedroom.

"It's so comfortable having the System."

Lying on the bed with his pillow propped up high, Li Yu hummed a tune contentedly.

"Supreme Heavenly Book Host inquiring if there are combat experience and adventure experience exchanges available."

The System's prompt interrupted Li Yu's self-amusement.

"Huh? That kid Zhou Yi wants to exchange for this?"

Li Yu rolled over and sat up, rubbing his head. "System, doesn't the Supreme Heavenly Book have settings for these kinds of exchanges?"

"No."

"This..."

Li Yu chuckled awkwardly. "I actually forgot to set up these exchanges? Fine. Extract the survival and combat experience of fierce beasts and demonic creatures from the Resource Library and make them available for Zhou Yi to exchange."

"Please set the exchange price."

"Exchange price, huh... This kid wants to take shortcuts instead of training properly? Classify them by cultivation level, set the price based on the exchange for equivalent weapons... and then double it."

"Setup complete. New 'Supreme Heavenly Book' functions have been enabled."

"Good!"

Li Yu nodded. "System, save Zhou Yi's exchange items later so I can take a look. I'm going to get some sleep first."

Li Yu rolled over, yawned, pulled the covers over himself, and went to sleep.

In another room.

Zhou Yi asked the Heavenly Book Spirit if he could exchange for adventure experience and combat experience.

To his surprise, after he asked, the Heavenly Book Spirit froze, stuck and motionless.

"What's going on? Can something as high-tech as the System freeze? You've got to be kidding me."

Zhou Yi stared, dumbfounded by the scene.

"Patch loaded. System update complete."

"Your subject, the Heavenly Book Spirit, pays his respects to Your Majesty."

The Heavenly Book Spirit regained its liveliness and bowed to Zhou Yi, saying, "Your Majesty, the Supreme Heavenly Book has been updated and now offers exchange functions for adventure experience and combat experience."

"Patching? Updating? Why does that sound so familiar?"

Zhou Yi shook his head, his attention focused on the new experience exchange function. "Heavenly Book Spirit, introduce the new experience exchange functions."

"Yes!"

The Heavenly Book Spirit instantly pulled up a light screen, listing a series of experience exchange items.

"Hand-to-hand Combat Experience"

"Magical Artifact Manipulation Experience"

"Stealth, Evasion, and Parry"

"Jungle Survival Experience"

"..."

"There are so many items? Although most of them are combat experience for the Wheel Sea realm, they're more than enough for me. This System upgrade is really thoughtful."

Zhou Yi looked at the list of experience exchanges, feeling very pleased.

"I'm mainly adventuring in the jungle right now, so Jungle Survival Experience is essential. Stealth and Evasion will increase my survival and hunting success rates, so they're also very suitable. As for combat experience, both hand-to-hand and magical artifact manipulation are indispensable. I really want to exchange for all of them!"

However, upon seeing the string of energy numbers behind the experience exchanges, Zhou Yi shivered.

"They're so expensive? The price is double that of weapons and equipment?"

"Your Majesty, weapons and equipment can only be used for a time, but this experience is beneficial for a lifetime!"

The ultimate authority of the Supreme Heavenly Book belonged to Li Yu, so the Heavenly Book Spirit could only speak on Li Yu's behalf.

"Uh... that's true."

Zhou Yi nodded. "Heavenly Book Spirit, recycle all my resources and exchange them for Energy Points."

"Energy Points exchange complete. Your Majesty, you have eight hundred and fifty Energy Points."

"Eight hundred and fifty points? That's so little!"

Zhou Yi looked at the items in the experience exchange. The cheapest, "Jungle Survival Experience," cost three hundred points. The most expensive, "Magical Artifact Manipulation," cost a thousand points.

"Jungle Survival and Stealth, Evasion, and Parry are essential. I'll exchange for these two first."

The two items added up to exactly eight hundred points. After the exchange, only fifty points would remain. He'd keep those fifty points for emergencies.

"Begin exchange."

As the Heavenly Book Spirit's voice sounded, countless inexplicable pieces of information flowed into Zhou Yi's mind.

All sorts of experiences for surviving in the jungle, such as where to find water, where to find food, where dangerous enemies lurked, where safe caves could be found, which plants were poisonous, and which creatures were best avoided, rapidly flowed into Zhou Yi's mind.

The flood of experiences muddled Zhou Yi's brain, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

After the jungle survival experience was inputted, the experience for stealth, evasion, and parrying poured in.

"So painful!"

Zhou Yi sat on the ground, clutching his head and gasping for breath. He barely managed to hold on until all the information had been fully inputted.

"Phew! That was quite the ordeal!"

Zhou Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, rolled over, and got to his feet. He glanced around, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.

"The area is too open, making it easy for enemies to spot me and ambush me. There's no cover for my body, no environment to conceal my presence. It's not very suitable for survival."

"Huh? It's already working?"

Zhou Yi chuckled, very pleased. Although it was a bit expensive, this experience was excellent! It had completely become instinctual. My current skill level surpasses even that of a jungle survival expert.

He walked to the window and looked out at the distant jungle. Hearing the faint roars of beasts from within, Zhou Yi could instantly identify what kind of wild animals were making the sounds. He could even discern their actions from their calls.

"A night wolf is hunting a porcupine? And a few night owls are nearby, stealing and tearing at some meat?"

The familiarity with the jungle and the behavior of beasts filled Zhou Yi with joy. "With this jungle experience, hunting will be much easier from now on. This is great. Truly great."

If Li Yu knew what Zhou Yi was thinking at this moment, he would surely laugh until he couldn't breathe.

All this experience had been extracted from the consciousness of ferocious beasts and demonic creatures. They were certainly very familiar with and knowledgeable about the jungle.

At this moment, while Zhou Yi was rejoicing, Li Yu was sound asleep. Neither of them realized the hidden anomaly within this experience – a massive pitfall that could screw someone over until they vomited blood!

A night passed.

In the early morning, leveraging his incredibly proficient jungle experience, Zhou Yi gathered a pile of sweet and delicious wild fruits from the forest and presented them to Li Yu.

"Grandmaster, your disciple has collected some wild fruits. Please enjoy them."

"Uh..."

Li Yu rubbed his still groggy eyes, reached out, and took the wild fruits Zhou Yi handed him, feeling a mix of amusement and exasperation. Eating fruit first thing in the morning was bad for the stomach!

Well, in Zhou Yi's eyes, a master like Li Yu naturally did not partake in worldly affairs.

"You've been thoughtful."

Li Yu nodded at Zhou Yi with appreciation. "You seem so energetic and eager today. It looks like you've gained a lot!"

"It's all thanks to your guidance, Grandmaster. Your disciple has gained a little."

Zhou Yi replied with a smile.

"Good. Since you've gained something, go and try it out."

"Yes!"

Zhou Yi accepted the order, turned, and walked out of the great hall, heading towards the jungle.

With the jungle experience, along with the experience in stealth, evasion, and parrying, Zhou Yi was full of confidence.

He never imagined that all the experience he had exchanged contained a colossal pitfall. As for whether he would be screwed to death... well, probably not?