94: Broken Heart

Su Qing's movements showed no hesitation.

Under the countless gazes of greed, awe, and doubt from the Burial God Abyss, she opened her trading interface.

Thirty thousand karma points.

That was a number that could drive any Golden Core Cultivator to madness.

Without reluctance, she lightly tapped her fingertip, injecting this enormous sum, enough to buy several Spiritual Veins, into the fund whose subscription amount still appeared incredibly lonely.

moonlight resuscitation no. 1.

At this moment, time stood still.

The next instant, on the public screen of the Du'e Collection, the golden line representing the value of moonlight resuscitation no. 1 violently surged upwards!

The numbers on the screen began to flash wildly, trailing long afterimages.

One.

Ten.

One hundred!

In just three breaths.

Its value, from the cold bottom where no one cared, soared to the sky, skyrocketing tenfold!

"It rose! It really rose!"

"Heavens! It increased tenfold! The hundred points I invested instantly became a thousand points!"

Among the crowd, several Loose Cultivators who had followed Yun Yao early on and bought a hundred or eighty points with a speculative mindset, looked at the skyrocketing numbers in their accounts and let out roars of ecstatic joy that almost tore their throats.

Their cheers harshly slapped the faces of those who had previously mocked and watched, stinging painfully.

Inside a hidden Immortal Cave.

The communication Jade Slip in Ye Chen's hand silently turned into the finest powder, slipping through his fingers.

His eyes were bloodshot with a sickly hue, and his usually handsome and confident face was slightly distorted by extreme rage.

"Useless!"

He roared in a low, hoarse voice.

Humiliation.

Unspeakable humiliation.

He, the son of destiny, blessed with great Luck, had actually lost to an unheard-of "Mr. Yuan" in a "financial scam" he had never even heard of!

He could not tolerate it.

"Pass on my order!"

"Regardless of the cost, continue to short it!"

"I want him to know that in the face of absolute capital, all tricks are but bubbles!"

He roared, Devilish Qi surging around him, already not hesitating to use a Demonic Path secret technique that burned future Luck, borrowing even more massive karma points from an unknown existence in some abyss.

On the market, which had just calmed down, a storm brewed again.

A massive short-selling force, like a black celestial river pouring down, crashed heavily, intending to press the golden line that had just pierced the clouds back into the eighteenth layer of Hell.

The long and short sides engaged in an extremely brutal struggle at the "tenfold" price.

The trading volume on the screen transformed into torrents, crashing and annihilating each other wildly.

The air throughout the Du'e Collection became thick.

Everyone held their breath, staring at the golden line that sometimes rose and sometimes fell.

They knew this was a high-stakes gamble that would determine the future pattern of the Eastern Continent.

Just as both sides were in a stalemate, and a cruel smile had already appeared on Ye Chen's lips, confident of his victory.

A new announcement, disseminated through the Heavenly Secret Pavilion's channels, spread throughout the entire Burial God Abyss.

The publisher was still the mysterious "Mr. Yuan."

The announcement contained only a single line of text.

"Effective immediately, moonlight resuscitation no. 1 will activate its dividend mechanism."

"Daily, insights into the refinement of the karma body tempering pill will be released to all fund holders."

This announcement was no longer adding fuel to the fire.

It was a sun directly thrown into an oil field.

The entire Burial God Abyss went completely insane.

If the previous Medicinal Pill auction had proven the "value" of this fund.

Then this announcement now bestowed upon it "divinity"!

What was that?

That was not insight.

That was a ticket to the grand Dao of Divine Pills! It was a Legacy spark that could make an Alchemist Family rise! It was a supreme secret method capable of changing the foundation of a Sect!

Value?

Its value could no longer be measured by karma points!

"Buy! Even if it means losing everything, I must buy!"

"Quick! Sell my ancestral Magic Treasure! Convert it into karma points! Buy it all in!"

"Who is Ye Chen? To Hell with the son of destiny! I want to learn Alchemy! I want to get rich!"

Countless forces that had previously remained neutral and watched, those Loose Cultivator great powers who thought highly of themselves, now completely tore off all their disguises, their eyes bloodshot as they rushed towards the trading interface.

The balance was shattered.

On the screen, the golden line no longer showed any struggle or hesitation.

It surged vertically upwards at an almost ninety-degree angle, violently piercing the sky!

Crushing everything.

Irresistible.

Inside the Immortal Cave where Ye Chen was located.

He stared blankly at the golden light pillar that pierced through heaven and earth on the screen, then numbly looked at the zeroed-out numbers on his trading interface.

A cold, emotionless System prompt sounded in his mind, like a death knell.

Detected that all your short positions have fallen below the margin, the System has executed a forced liquidation.

"Pfft--"

Ye Chen spat out a mouthful of blood as black as ink.

His vision swam, and a clear "crack" echoed from the depths of his Divine Soul.

His most proud, indestructible Dao Heart, at this moment, had developed an irreparable crack.

Within the Qingyun Sect's mountain-protecting array.

Lu Yuan looked at the prompt message that popped up before him.

Congratulations, you have completed an epic short squeeze, hedging against part of the son of destiny's Karma backlash, and your S+ credit rating has been consolidated.

New function unlocked: Dividend Mechanism.