For My Sake, Activate the Tenfold Soul Power Multiplier!
The moment he bought, it fell; the moment he sold, it rose.
When he held long-term, it fell without end. When he watched from the sidelines, it stayed green all the way up.
When he could no longer resist jumping aboard, he got stranded precisely at the mountaintop.
He had become a mountaintop caveman.
Tang San felt he had been terribly unlucky lately.
"Have I been set up?"
His hair was now filthy and disheveled, his face haggard, his eyes bloodshot. He looked as though he were questioning his entire life:
"Has my beginner protection period expired?"
His original 15% unrealized gain had now become a -3% unrealized loss.
"Should I cut my losses now?"
"I can cultivate back the Soul Power I lost if I endure a little hardship for a while."
Soon, Tang San shook his head and rejected that thought.
"It's still only an unrealized loss. As long as I don't sell, the Soul Power is still there. It just exists in a different form."
Feeling depressed, Tang San sought comfort in the Stock Realm's forums.
"Why does it fall whenever I buy and rise whenever I sell? Does any senior know why?"
Before long, a senior left Tang San a comment.
He replied to Tang San with a smiling emoji.
Tang San clicked into this person's profile. The badge for large Soul Power holdings on his profile page was particularly eye-catching.
ID: AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster.
His avatar was a bloodstained butcher's knife.
Tang San immediately sent a private message asking to learn, pleading:
"Please enlighten me, Senior!"
AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster paused:
"How about I teach you value investing?"
"The path of value means befriending time. Buy into established Titled Douluo powerhouses, hold patiently and wait for dividends, then reinvest your Soul Power returns. Pile up earth to make a mountain, and one day you will achieve something."
Tang San: "Can I attain Titled Douluo?"
AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster:
"Though you may accumulate much, the amount required for Titled Douluo will still be like riding toward a distant mountain: visible, yet beyond your reach."
Tang San: "Not learning that, not learning that!"
AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster:
"How about I teach you technical analysis, reading charts and lines, and studying Chan Theory?"
"The path of technical analysis seeks rises and avoids falls, turning calamity into good fortune."
Tang San: "Can I attain Titled Douluo?"
AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster:
"The market is random. Black swans occur from time to time and cannot be overcome. One wrong step, and the whole game is lost. Becoming a Titled Douluo is difficult!"
Tang San: "Not learning that, not learning that!"
AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster:
"How about I teach you Soul Power swing trading, chasing rises and selling into falls?"
Tang San: "Can I attain Titled Douluo?"
AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster:
"Profit and loss share the same source. Even adding to positions on unrealized gains, hoping to attain Titled Douluo is like dreaming in broad daylight."
Tang San: "Not learning that, not learning that!"
Hearing this, AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster flew into a rage:
"You leek! You won't learn this, you won't learn that, so what do you expect to do in the Stock Realm?"
He immediately sent three question marks.
Tang San felt as though lightning had struck him. For a moment, he did not know what to do.
Could I really have angered Senior?
Three in the morning, in the Stock Realm.
Trading had stopped, and there were few figures in the hall.
Tang San was anxious:
Did I misunderstand Senior's intentions?
Before long, AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster logged into the Stock Realm. Seeing Tang San already waiting there, he said with a sigh:
"You do have a root of wisdom. Since there are no six ears here, I shall impart to you the method of attaining Titled Douluo."
AAA Leek Wholesale Grandmaster:
"I have two methods: short-term dragon-catching and the limit-up board suicide squad. Which would you like to learn, young friend?"
Tang San spoke earnestly: "I am willing to exert myself. Please teach me both, Senior!"
After taking Senior Leek as his master.
Tang San spent a very harmonious stretch of days with Leek Wholesale Grandmaster.
He unexpectedly learned something.
In the Stock Realm, Leek Wholesale Grandmaster was as formidable as Yu Xiaogang, the powerhouse of Martial Soul Theory!
"How fortunate I am to have two grandmasters teach me everything they know!"
Tang San wore a look of happiness.
Over the next few days, he wrote in his diary.
"04.24. Following Senior AAA Leek Wholesale, I bought into a Soul Master named 'Si Qiaoqiao.' This is the most active Soul Power fluctuation chart on the market."
"04.25. Following Senior AAA Leek Wholesale, I caught a limit-up."
"04.26. I followed Senior AAA Leek Wholesale in adding to my position. I don't understand this Soul Master. The Stock Realm is frightening, but with Senior here, it isn't frightening."
"04.27. The Soul Power curve plunged straight down. I don't quite understand what happened. Senior AAA Leek said not to worry; it's a technical correction."
"04.28. It kept plunging. Senior AAA Leek Wholesale told me to hold steady. The harder it falls, the more boldly I should buy in. He bought a lot too."
"Senior AAA Leek Wholesale is the best!"
Over the week, there were rises and falls, and Tang San had basically neither made nor lost anything.
Tang San felt he seemed to have hit a bottleneck.
Then Senior Leek sent Tang San a picture.
The picture clearly showed that Leek Wholesale Grandmaster had made a 65% profit that week!
Tang San could no longer sit still and hurriedly asked:
"Grandmaster, our buying and selling points were about the same, so why is there such a huge gap in our returns?"
Leek Wholesale Grandmaster patiently explained:
"Because I have more Soul Power chips, I can buy in batches during declines, lowering the cost of my holdings while waiting for a rebound."
"I can add to my positions during sharp rises and expand my profits!"
Tang San sighed:
"If it's because of how much Soul Power we have, then there's nothing I can do, is there?"
"Actually, it's not as though there's no way. It's just..."
Leek Wholesale Grandmaster hesitated.
"Grandmaster, tell me! I'll take responsibility for all the consequences myself!"
Leek Wholesale Grandmaster sighed:
"Young friend, I've watched all your live trades over these past few days."
"You are actually an exceptionally gifted trader."
"You aren't far from enlightenment. Your awareness, understanding, and buying and selling points are all spot-on."
"There is just one shortcoming left, and that is what's holding you back."
Tang San perked up. "Please enlighten me, Senior!"
"You haven't mortgaged your Martial Soul and Soul Rings, taken out a Soul Power Loan, and activated a tenfold Soul Power Multiplier. You lack the ruthless resolve to cast yourself into certain death and find life."
"Otherwise, with your talent, young friend, who knows how many times your Soul Power returns would have multiplied by now!"
"Titled Douluo would be just around the corner!"
After reading those words, Tang San immediately felt heroic spirit surge in his chest, hot blood rushing to his head:
"Cast yourself into certain death and find life!"
Should I take out a Soul Power Loan?
Tang San was torn inside.
Although Soul Power Loans charge interest, everything will be fine as long as I repay it, right?
Activating a Soul Power Multiplier can amplify returns, but if my account blows up, my positions will be forcibly liquidated and sold off. I could even end up owing the Stock Realm.
When that happens, my Martial Soul, Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and even all my Soul Power will be forcibly repossessed by the Stock Realm under the Soul Master contract.
Then I really will become a cripple.
The two thoughts fought incessantly, godhood and demonhood separated by a single thought.
The angel embodying reason told Tang San:
"You only have this much Soul Power. Any more chips will require mortgaging your Martial Soul. This is too dangerous. You don't want to lose your Martial Soul, do you?"
"Think more about your family!"
The demon embodying emotion told Tang San:
"If you don't gamble, aren't you gambling on your own defeat?!"
"So... make the exchange!"
The evil spirit clung beside Tang San's ear and murmured.
"It's precisely to give the people we love a better future that we have all the more reason to gamble!"
"Think about it. Years from now, you and Xiao Wu could be living a happy, carefree life."
"You'll be incredibly thankful, all because of this one huge gamble at this very moment."
Tang San was utterly lost.
Before his eyes, an illusion of Xiao Wu seemed to appear.
"Brother San, for my sake... activate a tenfold Soul Power Multiplier on it!"
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