Esdras decided not to hold anything back anymore. Anyway, he was going to recoup his losses soon.
With that being said, he consumed 360 EXP on those three skills to bring them all to level three. That left him with only 89 EXP.
He was poor again.
However, now that he spent that amount of EXP he strangely felt a sense of peace. With another thought, He spent another 50 EXP on [penetrating vigor] bringing it to level 2 as well.
Throughout this whole time, his body and energy were going through multiple changes. it was as if he had been training throughout the years and he had gained all of this legitimately.
Maybe that was the true nature of EXP. It was strangely mysterious as if it brought him the results that he would have achieved anyway only in the future. Experience.
Thinking about the three skills: manipulation, manifestation, and control. The skills were very basic. Evidently, that is why level three apprentices get them.