Betting against Yu Xiaogang!

With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the major factions promoting it.

Our Stock Realm was flourishing!

The number of newly listed Soul Masters increased by the day.

The volume of Soul Power traded in the market hit new highs every day.

More and more fresh, tender chives were waiting to be harvested in the market.

Naturally, Sun Shan received plenty of rewards in return.

Even though he collected only a small amount of Soul Power from each transaction as a Soul Power tax.

It still allowed his Soul Power to advance at astonishing speed.

In just one week, his Soul Power rose another two ranks.

He reached the level of a rank-18 Soul Master!

His first Soul Ring also increased to nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, just one step away from ten thousand years.

When that happened, Sun Shan's first Soul Ring would be a ten-thousand-year ring!

If anyone else learned of this, their worldview would surely collapse.

Sun Shan was not satisfied with this.

After trying out "betting," he decided to find a suitable person to receive a "Bearish Outlook."

But the risks of a "Bearish Outlook" were simply too high. One careless mistake could cost him Soul Power or even liquidate his position.

After learning the painful lessons of his previous life.

Sun Shan had already become a qualified genius trader!

"So this move has to be absolutely foolproof!"

Ideally, he would find an utterly confirmed piece of trash. That would make giving them a "Bearish Outlook" completely safe.

Fortunately, he controlled the Stock Realm, making him an admin-privilege abuser.

Sun Shan soon found a suitable short-selling target.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang—the biggest joke on the Douluo Continent, the heaven-chosen ideal target for a "Bearish Outlook."

Sun Shan opened Yu Xiaogang's details page.

He inspected Yu Xiaogang's Soul Report.

The Stock Realm's Soul Reports revealed much hidden information about Soul Masters' Martial Souls.

Some of those secrets were unknown even to Yu Xiaogang, the Martial Soul's owner himself.

Yu Xiaogang.

Age: 44. Soul Power: rank 29.

Martial Soul: Luo Sanpao (Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon mutated Martial Soul)

Cultivation recommendations:

First, prioritize adding dragon-attribute Soul Rings.

Second, feed Luo Sanpao Soul Beast meat rich in dragon bloodlines.

Third, use heavenly treasures to cleanse personal aptitude.

Martial Soul secret: Luo Sanpao contains a pure strand of Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline power.

When the Soul Master's Soul Power cultivation reaches rank 70 and unlocks Martial Soul Avatar, he can return to his origins and completely transform his Martial Soul into a Golden Sacred Dragon.

After reading this information, Sun Shan completely lost his composure.

Grandmaster truly lived up to his title. When it came to disappointing people, he never disappointed.

His Soul Power had not reached rank 30, but his age had already broken past 40.

Sun Shan truly felt sorry for Luo Sanpao-a bright pearl cast into darkness.

Among all known Martial Souls, Luo Sanpao was an extremely special existence.

The only Beast Martial Soul that could eat, display self-awareness, and exist independently of its Soul Master.

Yet Yu Xiaogang, this so-called grandmaster of Martial Soul Theory and king of empty talk, had never noticed?!

Developed properly, this Martial Soul would simply defy the heavens!

If Grandmaster had not dragged him down, Luo Sanpao would have had every chance of becoming the strongest Martial Soul in Douluo history!

Yu Xiaogang should have followed a cultivation path like that of a druid or summoner.

Imagine a Titled Douluo accompanied by an intelligent Golden Sacred Dragon, a top-spec divine pet.

Against an opponent, he could send a flying dragon straight into their face. How could he possibly lose?

Sun Shan hardly dared imagine how strong Luo Sanpao could become if allowed to develop normally.

Traveling astride a giant dragon.

Powerful and handsome-what a glorious picture.

Yet in Yu Xiaogang's hands, this Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul had become nothing but a stinking dog that could only fart loudly.

There were clearly all kinds of possibilities for Luo Sanpao to continue evolving favorably toward a Golden Sacred Dragon.

And what had Grandmaster done? All he knew was to make Luo Sanpao gorge himself on radishes.

Even his Soul Power cultivation was three days of fishing followed by two days of drying the nets.

He had never even considered using the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's resources to find some immortal herbs to cleanse his aptitude.

He simply lay flat.

It would have been fine if he had given up completely, but instead, he produced that demon brat Tang San.

The future double-standard Buddha Tang, God King Tang.

He specialized in bringing calamity upon the Douluo Continent. It really was a case of a dark heart taking revenge on society.

He had not even taught him well. Once Buddha Tang wised up and realized what a real piece of work Gangzi was, he settled accounts with him ruthlessly.

Why else had he not taken Gangzi to the Divine Realm?

The funniest part was that, if Tang San had not become a god in the original timeline, or if Bibi Dong had won.

Bibi Dong certainly would not have left Gangzi to die of old age in the lower realm.

She would have taken Gangzi to the Divine Realm no matter what.

All one could say was that Gangzi had started with a heavenly winning hand, and what had happened?

Gangzi gave everyone an "I don't understand"-terrible at the game, hopelessly addicted, and obsessed with micromanagement.

Through his own formidable personal ability, he had actually managed to find the sole road to death among countless paths to survival.

One could only say that Grandmaster truly was a great god in the field of being useless!

At that thought, Sun Shan immediately clicked to give Grandmaster a "Bearish Outlook" without the slightest psychological burden.

Inside Nuoding Academy.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was in an especially pleasant mood that day.

All because he had finally succeeded in duping someone into becoming his disciple.

And it was a young boy with twin Martial Souls.

Yu Xiaogang sighed:

"After so many bitter years, I've finally hit hard pity. The good days are coming!"

It was all because young people nowadays were so difficult to fool.

There were too many swindlers and too few fools to go around.

Children like Tang San, with limitless potential but who had yet to wise up, were far too rare.

"Now nobody will point at my back and call me a nepotism hire anymore. I can happily coast along collecting my salary again."

At that thought, Grandmaster could not help humming softly.

"Tomorrow, I still have to take Xiao San to obtain his first Soul Ring. I'd better get myself into good condition."

"I reckon Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo would be pretty good."

"Most importantly, I really might not be able to beat any other Soul Beast that moves!"

At that thought, Yu Xiaogang immediately sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began meditating.

Although his Soul Power had not improved for years, he still occasionally tried cultivating a little.

Just as he let his Soul Power flow through his dantian as usual, he suddenly sensed something unusual.

His Soul Power abruptly began to boil!

Ecstasy immediately appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face as he thought:

"Ah! It's done! I've made it!!"

"Am I really going to break through this time? Here it comes!"

Unfortunately, because of that brief, intense emotional fluctuation.

Yu Xiaogang momentarily lost focus, and the Soul Power inside him went out of control like a wild horse slipping its reins.

Some of his Soul Power blasted straight toward the dantian in his abdomen!

Bang, bang, bang!

Several sharp explosions rang out inside his body.

Yu Xiaogang's eyes snapped open, and he spat out a great mouthful of black blood.

His presence immediately weakened. He collapsed onto the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling:

"How can I be this unlucky? Heavens, just kill me! A circulation mishap actually dropped my Soul Power by four ranks!"

Thinking of how he still had to take Tang San to obtain a Soul Ring tomorrow, and how he was now bound to make a complete fool of himself in front of his newly accepted disciple.

Yu Xiaogang became especially furious.

Now Luo Sanpao was in for it.

Blinded by anger, Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and cursed in a frenzy:

"I can't bully anyone else, but you think I can't bully you?!"

Yu Xiaogang viciously kicked Luo Sanpao several times to vent his anger.

"It's all because of you, you damned piece of trash! You've reduced a proud genius of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan like me to this!"

"Why did trash like you have to be my Martial Soul? Aaaaargh!"

Although Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was stubbornly defiant in front of others, acting as though he firmly believed in his own theory:

"There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters!"

In reality, even now, Yu Xiaogang refused to face reality and acknowledge the problem.

He himself was a useless Soul Master, yet he was still deceiving himself.

He blamed every problem on Luo Sanpao.

The dissonance between his words and actions, between his outward appearance and inner reality, together with everyone's mockery over the years.

Had long since twisted Yu Xiaogang's heart to an extreme.

He felt repressed. He was suffering!

But he had nowhere to vent it. After all, Yu Xiaogang was weak.

He could only unleash all his vicious resentment on Luo Sanpao.

Poor Luo Sanpao could only curl into a ball and whimper helplessly, tears glistening at the corners of his eyes.

"Congratulations! Successfully applied a Bearish Outlook to four ranks of Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power!"

"Bearish Outlook reward: Soul Power increased by four ranks!"

"Bearish Outlook reward: Soul Ring age increased to ten thousand years!"

"Special Bearish Outlook dividend reward: Golden Sacred Dragon Dragon Core ×1"

This Golden Sacred Dragon Dragon Core was extraordinary.

It could continuously cleanse a Soul Master's physical body until the human Soul Master's body became as powerful and resilient as a true dragon's.

At the same time, thanks to the properties of the Golden Sacred Dragon Dragon Core.

Sun Shan obtained a one-use skill called "Nirvana."

If he died in an accident, the medicinal effects of the Dragon Core could bring him back to life!

What was a miracle?

Coming back from the dead was a miracle!

Sun Shan marveled, "Doesn't this mean I've obtained a set of resurrection armor?!"

Meanwhile, Sun Shan's Soul Power rose to rank 20.

He only needed to add a second Soul Ring to Stock-Simulating Meow Meow to become a genuine rank-22 Soul Grandmaster.

A Soul Grandmaster so young was virtually unheard of in the Soul Master World!

Under the medicinal effects of the Golden Sacred Dragon Dragon Core, Sun Shan's physique underwent a tremendous transformation.

He shot up in height, developing solid muscles, eight-pack abs, and arms as sturdy as granite.

He lifted his shirt and looked at himself in the full-length mirror, unable to help marveling:

"Too perfect. I'm practically a marble statue of the human body in an art gallery."

"If I go out looking like this, won't I sweep a whole crowd of young girls off their feet?"

At that thought, Sun Shan smiled smugly.

After washing and tidying himself up, he remembered that he had been cooped up indoors for quite a while and immediately decided to go out for a stroll.

He would also ask around for information about his second Soul Ring.

Sun Shan had barely gone any distance after stepping outside.

When he heard an interesting piece of news: the Holy Maiden from Spirit Hall headquarters had come to little Nuoding City.

Under the pretext of inspecting the cultivation progress of the local Spirit Hall disciples, she specifically sought out people her own age to spar with.

The so-called sparring was actually just an excuse.

Her real purpose was to beat up the younger generation of Spirit Hall Soul Masters.

Losing a fight was not such a big deal.

The problem was that this demoness had a truly vile personality.

Everyone who lost to her would be subjected to a round of humiliation.

It truly was torture of both mind and body.

Sun Shan thought for a moment:

"The Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden of this generation should be Hu Liena, right?"

He had no desire to invite trouble for no reason. Laying low and growing stronger was the way to go.

His top priority was finding a suitable second soul ring.

Sun Shan immediately decided to take a detour!

Who would have thought that the moment he turned around, ready to flee, a girl's teasing voice would sound behind him:

"Hey, hey, hey, you small-fry senior brother over there, where are you going?"

"Am I really such a very, very bad person?"

"No way, don't tell me you can't handle it? Oh-ho-ho, so you really are a small fry~"