The Boy Who Profited Met His End!

"Sliding up and slipping down, pulling in and letting out, back and forth, a thousand fancy variations-it's really no simple thing~"

"Perpetual motion, full of wisdom and meaning, between each rise and fall... a workout for body and mind... highs and lows, rising and falling, an eternal law~"

"Earn and earn and never stop, let life's flames blossom~"

Tang San, the boy who profited and met his end, was humming a song that had recently become very popular in the Stock Realm.

After entering the Stock Realm, Tang San had charged ahead, singing all the way.

Amid his cheerful chatter, Tang San glanced at his account's profits. An unrealized gain of 15%!

At that moment, Tang San felt that the stock market was nothing special.

"Everything's going my way!"

He had no idea that the most dangerous stage for a gambling addict was winning a sum right at the start.

While he was feeling pleased with himself, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang walked over and teased him, with a hint of admonishment:

"Riding high, aren't you, Third Young Master!"

"Why haven't you been attending the Shrek Seven Monsters' training these past few days? Why have you grown so lax in your Martial Soul cultivation?"

Tang San answered carelessly:

"Cultivating the honest way is too boring!"

Tang San excitedly pointed at the profit screen for Yu Xiaogang to see.

"If I take profits now, my soul power can rise by four ranks!"

"How long would I have to train hard, and how much hardship would I have to endure, to achieve that?"

Yu Xiaogang glanced at the Soul Master named "Pei Guangguang" whom Tang San had bought into.

His soul power fluctuation chart had soared all the way up, without even the slightest sign of a pullback or decline.

Yu Xiaogang felt that something was very wrong.

After all, behind every soul power fluctuation chart was a Soul Master in the real world.

Could a Soul Master's soul power really skyrocket in such a short time without any side effects?

Yu Xiaogang had heard a little about this Soul Master.

Through his past connections with Spirit Hall.

Yu Xiaogang had learned that "Pei Guangguang" was an unparalleled genius jointly nurtured by Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Rumor had it that after this person awakened a Martial Soul called the "Harvesting Chicken" at the age of six, both sects had taken an interest in him.

To nurture him better, the two great sects had even temporarily set aside their past grievances and joined forces.

Yet, for some reason, Yu Xiaogang still felt that something was odd.

"It's already risen too much. Take profits now. Money's only safe once it's in your pocket," Yu Xiaogang urged again.

Tang San shook his head:

"Teacher, you're right. Taking profits after making a tiny gain is certainly safe!"

"But that's a loser's mindset!"

"Xiao San, you've become obsessed. You're gambling with your future."

Yu Xiaogang was very agitated.

In his eyes, someone with Twin Martial Souls would sooner or later make a name across the four seas if he cultivated steadily. Why rush things?

"Gambling? If I take profits and sell now, wouldn't I be betting that I'll lose?"

"Teacher, the Stock Realm is a graveyard for the weak and an ATM for the strong. A Soul Master's soul power is just temporarily deposited there."

"But if I stop, I'll never get it back in this lifetime!"

Seeing that his words were useless, Yu Xiaogang hurriedly brought Xiao Wu over to help.

Xiao Wu also looked somewhat worried:

"Third Brother, isn't this soul power fluctuation curve a little too high? It's already very dangerous!"

"Those afraid of heights are doomed to hard lives. This is the market leader, and a market leader never calls a top!" Tang San said confidently.

"If the destination is the moon, then getting off at the world's highest peak is the same as falling into an abyss at the bottom of the sea. You'd miss the rally!"

"Xiao Wu, Teacher, life's future holds endless possibilities."

"I don't understand why you're always discussing how miserable things will be after a loss."

"Instead of looking ahead more to how glorious things will be after a win."

"Now, I'll make fate bow before me."

Tang San laughed wildly.

"The road to becoming a Titled Douluo lies right here!"

After venting his excitement.

Tang San still analyzed the current situation very rationally with Xiao Wu and Grandmaster.

Tang San stated:

"If anything looks abnormal, I'll cut my losses in time. You have to trust me!"

"Teacher, don't you trust your own students?"

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang said no more:

"Then make sure you know where to draw the line."

"Xiao Wu, you should know that your Third Brother is very steady and reliable, right?"

"I'll win," Tang San proclaimed his declaration of victory in the Stock Realm.

Xiao Wu suddenly remembered what had happened earlier. After hesitating for a moment, she muttered doubtfully:

"Hard to say!"

Tang San paid no mind to everyone's attempts to dissuade him:

"They just can't stand to see me do well!"

Actually, Tang San also knew in his heart that there was a problem here.

But Tang San thought he was very clever.

He figured he only needed to pull out before the problem blew up.

As it happened, the other Soul Masters in the Stock Realm thought the same way.

All the Soul Masters who had bought into "Pei Guangguang."

Were like participants in a massive game of passing a flower to the beat of a drum.

Everyone knew that when the drumming stopped.

The "unlucky bastard" still holding the flower would be punished.

He would foot the bill for this dangerous party.

But no Soul Master would resist joining this dangerous party.

Who could refuse such enormous soul power returns?

In truth, the Stock Realm's real influence on the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent.

Was never making them crave ease and shun work, or grow lax in their cultivation.

It was awakening the greed in human nature!

When a Soul Master could tap a screen a few times and receive several ranks' worth of soul power in return.

His worldview had already changed completely.

There was no going back.

The tedium of meditation and cultivation, the hardship of physical training, the gains that could only be obtained after enduring so much suffering.

Now required only a few taps of a finger!

What Soul Master would still cultivate diligently?

Having tasted the marrow, Tang San now craved its flavor.

Growing increasingly obsessed, he had begun evolving into a gambling addict.

"If I lose, I'll just try again. Just one more time, with the Soul Power Multiplier set higher. One win will pay off the Soul Power Loan, and I'll make a killing too!!"

And so, the flower passed from hand to hand, and the Soul Masters had the time of their lives.

The Soul Masters in the Stock Realm were all very confident. Every one of them thought they were the unique one.

"I'm different. I'm lucky enough, special enough!"

So, when the drumming stopped.

The Soul Masters in the Stock Realm would look around, thinking they could watch another thrilling show for free.

Wearing expressions that said, "Boring. I want to see rivers of blood."

"Someone's taking a flying leap! Hooray!"

Until they lowered their heads and saw the flowers in their own hands.

Neither Tang San nor the many Soul Masters in the Stock Realm realized that what they faced was-

Spirit Hall, Sun Shan!

With soul power, you could even make ghosts turn the millstone.

Hu Liena persuaded Spirit Hall, while Sun Shan persuaded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Bound by profit, the two great sects put their past grievances to rest and joined forces to run the house and harvest the other Soul Masters.

This Soul Master named "Pei Guangguang" had been nurtured through the combined efforts of the two great sects.

Two of the continent's great sects had joined forces to serve these Soul Masters together.

What a blessed life!

What did the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Star Luo Empire, and the Star Dou Empire think of this?

The answer was that they did it too!

Rather than fight them, they might as well join them. Everyone would lure the Soul Masters in together for the slaughter.

They only needed to wait until the time was ripe and Sun Shan gave the order.

Deep within the Stock Realm, Sun Shan watched the flickering soul power fluctuation chart before him with icy eyes.

"No rush. Let the chives grow a little longer!"