Sold Out, Bountiful Harvest

At this point, the number of people buying Blazing Fire Academy uniforms and dolls only continued to grow, and the line stretched longer and longer. Before it was even time for lunch, Blazing Fire Academy had sold out all the dozen-odd large bundles of uniforms and dolls Jin Shan had given them.

Huo Wu wore a bitter expression as she leaned close to Huo Lei and whispered, "Huo Lei, everyone only has a few items left in their hands. The dozen-odd bundles Senior Jin Shan gave us are about to sell out, but there are still so many people in line. What do we do?"

Huo Lei smiled lightly. "Don't worry. I still have more than ten bundles in my storage ring, enough to sell. But let's stop for the morning! We'll sell again this afternoon."

After the items in Huo Lei's hands had sold out, he leaped onto the table before him and loudly announced, "Everyone, please pay attention. Let me say a few words. Thank you all for your support and love for Blazing Fire Academy. The uniforms and dolls we prepared have sold out."

Those still waiting in line who had not managed to buy Blazing Fire Academy uniforms or dolls instantly became dissatisfied and began discussing it among themselves.

Huo Lei hurriedly added, "Everyone, quiet down! Listen to me. We still have another batch of goods, but they won't arrive until this afternoon. Friends who didn't manage to buy anything this morning, don't lose heart. There'll be stock this afternoon. Once the goods arrive, we'll continue selling in this same spot. I hope everyone can line up here early this afternoon, so we can start selling immediately when we arrive. One last thing: once the afternoon stock sells out, there won't be any more, so don't miss this chance."

"Are you sure the goods will arrive this afternoon?" A man in the line shouted his question.

Quite a few people in the crowd immediately echoed him.

Huo Lei patted his chest and declared loudly, "Don't worry, everyone. I guarantee that in one hour, everyone from Blazing Fire Academy will appear here on time."

A fanatical man in the line shouted, "Great! I won't even eat lunch. I'll wait for you right here."

At the same time, quite a few others chimed in agreement.

"Thank you, everyone. See you this afternoon." After saying that, Huo Lei jumped down from the table and looked at the others. "Let's go back to the hotel and eat first. We'll come again this afternoon."

That afternoon, Blazing Fire Academy appeared right on time. To their surprise, there were even more people waiting in line than there had been that morning.

Blazing Fire Academy's sales went very smoothly. In less than an hour and a half that afternoon, they sold out all their remaining goods.

After Huo Lei delivered several impassioned words of thanks, he returned to the hotel with the rest of the academy.

In the hotel lounge, Huo Lei took out a piece of cloth left over from wrapping the dolls and spread it on the floor. Then he removed every Gold Soul Coin they had earned from selling goods from his storage ring.

"All my sales earnings are here. I'm going back to my room to rest first. Teacher Xie Chong, please keep watch over them. We'll count everything tonight." Having finished, Huo Lei left the lounge.

As night fell, everyone from Blazing Fire Academy gathered in the lounge after dinner. Ten people sat in a circle around a glittering pile of Gold Soul Coins like a small mountain.

The nine members of Blazing Fire Academy and Lin Yin looked at the "little mountain of gold" before them, sweet smiles filling their faces.

"Let's start counting!" Xie Chong said with a smile.

"One, two, three..."

Xie Chong sat on the sofa with paper and pen in hand, smiling as he said, "Everyone, report the amount you counted! I'll tally it up!"

Huo Lei: "Four thousand five hundred and thirty."

Huo Wu: "Four thousand six hundred and fifty."

Huo Wushuang: "Four thousand two hundred."

"..."

Xie Chong said excitedly, "The total is in: forty-six thousand Gold Soul Coins."

"Wow! That much, and it was only one day." Huo Wu's pretty face was full of astonishment.

Huo Wushuang beamed. "We really have to thank Senior Jin Shan this time. He let us make such a huge profit."

Xie Chong looked at everyone solemnly. "This harvest is entirely thanks to Senior Jin Shan. As he intended, half will remain with the academy, and the other half will be divided among us. I propose that the twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins be split among the ten of us, while the remaining three thousand are kept for Senior Jin Shan. Although he may not care about such a small sum, we cannot forget him."

"I agree." Huo Lei nodded.

"I agree too," Huo Wu said.

"..."

"Good! Since everyone agrees, take your own share! Huo Lei, keep Senior Jin Shan's portion and pass it on to him for us. As for the academy's portion, I'll hold on to it for now."

At the hotel where the Shrek Academy Team was staying.

Flender angrily slammed the Unicorn Dragon doll to the floor. "Blazing Fire Academy not only injured our people, they even want to hurt my business. This is outrageous!"

A young man in a green team uniform held a Unicorn Dragon doll as he spoke to Feng Xiaotian. "Boss, shouldn't Godwind Academy also get someone to make some clothes and dolls for us to sell? Selling one doll for five Gold Soul Coins is practically robbery."

Several Godwind Academy members echoed him. "Yeah, Boss. We're pretty popular too. They'd definitely sell well."

Feng Xiaotian shot his teammates a glance and scolded, "Shut up! What do you mean, practically robbery? Don't ever let anyone from Blazing Fire Academy hear you say that. This is called knowing how to seize a business opportunity. Their popularity is at its peak right now. Can we compare to them? You should focus your minds on the competition instead."

At the hotel where Skywater Academy was staying.

Shui Bing'er sat on her bedroom bed, playing with a Unicorn Dragon doll in her hands as she murmured, "This Blazing Fire Academy is quite interesting. Still, this doll is rather cute. Could this have been the idea of that Soul King called Huo Lei?"

The twelfth day of matches was about to begin, with Shrek Academy facing Canghui Academy.

Shrek Academy had achieved ten wins and one loss in eleven matches. Canghui Academy, meanwhile, had achieved eight wins and three losses in eleven matches. Compared to Shrek Academy, Canghui Academy was still a level below.

The members and team-leading teachers of the various academies had long since arrived in the stands. The eight members of the Blazing Fire Academy Team and their team-leading teacher, Xie Chong, also appeared in the stands.

On the competition stage, both sides had finished entering the arena. At the referee's announcement, the matches on all five stages began simultaneously.

Outsiders watched for excitement, while experts watched for technique. Most spectators were ordinary people and loved seeing groups of soul masters release their Soul Rings. Whenever a match began and the soul masters released their Soul Rings, the audience grew extremely excited.

"Tang San and the other four struck by lightning recovered rather quickly." Huo Lei looked directly toward Shrek Academy, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly as a wave of emotion rose within him.

"Shrek Academy is truly despicable. They adjusted their seven-person team again. When they fought us, they only had two Soul Ancestors, but now they've sent out three. They're looking down on Blazing Fire Academy. Are we really inferior to Canghui Academy?" Huo Wu angrily punched the railing.

Huo Lei had also noticed the subtle change in the Shrek Academy Team: Jiang Zhu had been replaced by Zhu Zhuqing.

"Tang San, without Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to enhance your eyesight, let's see how you break Canghui Academy's Seven Asura Illusion this time. No, wait! Tang San is still alive, which means he has already killed Shi Nian. Doesn't that mean his Purple Demon Eyes have still been elevated? Right. Several of the Shrek Seven Monsters reached Soul Ancestor even without the effects of immortal herbs. Tang San must have found something else to raise his teammates' levels. What a Tang San. As expected of the original novel's protagonist, he truly has plenty of tricks. But it doesn't matter. I know every important event in your life. Even if I don't kill you and you somehow become a god, you'll still die in the end. Without Aromatic Silk Beauty, Ning Rongrong's martial soul cannot evolve into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda. She and Oscar will be unable to use Revival Divine Light, and she will still die at the hands of that woman Bibi Dong." Huo Lei's thoughts raced through his mind, and in the end, he revealed a brilliant smile.