The system paused for a moment. "This information needs to be unlocked. It costs ten million points to exchange for it, and you don't have nearly enough points right now."
Li nearly choked on his own saliva. "Ten million?! Are you insane?! Ten million points can directly be exchanged for the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art!"
"This information has a clearly marked price. You could also understand it this way: it is worth as much as the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art."
"Information more important than the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art?" A flicker of interest passed through Li's eyes, but then he shook his head. What a joke. No matter how important the information was, what use was it? Power was what truly mattered. With that thought, he looked toward the place called Absolute Island. It did look enormous, but to people at their level, it was merely a place they could cross in a few steps.
"Don't overthink it." The system suddenly said, "Forget the Earth-Shrinking Technique—flight itself is heavily suppressed here. This place is different from everywhere else. Its information alone is worth ten million points! Its secrets are worth a full fifty million points!"
Li was no longer excited. He understood why the system had brought up such enormous point values. The greater the reward, the greater the danger. Rewards without danger were the least reliable of all!
"Then forget it. I just killed ten Golden Immortals anyway. Why don't we just leave? A place like Absolute Island can wait until I'm strong enough." As he spoke, Li stamped his foot and shot toward the sea.
The system hurriedly cried out, "You can't! You'll never be able to leave Absolute Island like this!"
Before it had even finished speaking, an incomparably cold aura surged over from the direction of