The Settlement Panel only awarded large amounts of experience for killing or helping kill martial artists of the same realm, or even killing those of a higher realm.
When Zhao Er fought alongside Li Qi and the attendants, he had not personally killed many enemies, since there had not been many Gu Cult disciples.
Moreover, although the Gu Worm puppets were also in the Meridian Opening Realm, most were actually weaker than the standard for that realm, so they awarded relatively little experience.
Even so, Zhao Er had gained nearly seven thousand cultivation method experience.
This cultivation method experience was over a thousand higher than that of the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art. That extra experience had actually come from the commoners and low-ranking martial artists parasitized by Gu Worms.
Killing low-ranking martial artists indeed yielded little experience, but there had simply been too many of them. Added together, they had contributed a sizable amount of experience to Zhao Er.
By comparison, however, his poison resistance experience had increased by several hundred this time, presumably because the Gu Worm toxins were of a relatively high grade.
Many Gu Worm puppets had been killed this time, including a considerable number of Gu Worms with Meridian Opening Realm strength. Even when others killed those Gu Worms, Zhao Er had absorbed their toxins into his body. This was also the main reason his poison resistance experience had increased so much.
As for the experience gained by the Thousand Mechanisms Eye Art, it was unremarkable.
Just after Zhao Er glanced over the experience gained from the settlement, an exceptionally pure surge of energy poured into his body.
Zhao Er was already an old hand at handling such influxes of energy. He had even clenched his teeth tightly when opening the panel, fearing the impact of