Chapter 116: Successful Launch!

(This Chapter will be redited to perfection!)

Rin immediately took control of the desktop, his fingers moving across the keyboard as he navigated through Ethan’s student account.

Ethan leaned closer, his eyes following every movement on the screen.

"First, we need to create your vendor profile," Rin explained. "The platform needs to know who is selling the product before we can actually list anything."

"Vendor profile..."

Ethan repeated the words quietly, already feeling as though he was entering an entirely new world.

He had never imagined that one day he would be sitting in the academy’s computer room, paying thousands of Crest Credits just to create an online account so he could sell something he had grown inside his personal dungeon.

His life had truly taken a strange turn.

Rin clicked through several pages before another screen appeared, asking for basic information.

"Name," Rin muttered. "Seller identification. Contact information. Student verification..."

He glanced at Ethan.

"I’ll need you to confirm some of these."

Ethan provided the required information while Rin filled everything in, carefully checking each section before moving on. The process took longer than Ethan had expected because they had to verify his identity and connect the vendor profile to an account that could receive payments.

At one point, Rin stopped and looked at him.

"What are you going to call your store?"

Ethan blinked.

"My store?"

"Yes. Your vendor profile needs a name."

Ethan frowned.

He hadn’t thought that far.

What was he supposed to call it?

He glanced at the glowing apples sitting safely inside the container he had brought with him and began thinking.

He couldn’t exactly name it something suspicious like Ethan’s Extremely Rare Definitely-Not-a-Scam Spiritual Fruit Shop.

Rin would probably laugh at him.

After thinking for a while, Ethan finally gave him a simple name.

"Just use something normal."

Rin stared at him.

"That’s not a name."

"Then make it something simple."

Rin sighed and began typing before Ethan could change his mind again.

Once the basic information was filled out, they reached the section where Ethan needed to upload a profile image and other details for his vendor page.

Ethan frowned at the screen.

"This is taking forever."

"You’re the one who wanted to start selling online."

"I didn’t know there would be this much paperwork."

"It’s not even paperwork. You’re just filling out a form."

"That makes it worse."

Rin snorted.

"You complain too much."

Eventually, after checking the information several times, the vendor profile was successfully created.

A small confirmation appeared on the screen.

Vendor profile successfully created.

Ethan’s eyes immediately brightened.

"It worked?"

Rin nodded.

"We have your seller profile."

Ethan leaned back slightly, feeling an unexpected rush of satisfaction.

That was one step done.

Now came the important part.

The product.

Rin opened the product-listing section.

"Now we need to upload the spiritual fruit."

Ethan carefully placed one of the glowing apples on the table.

The moment it came out of its container, its soft spiritual glow immediately attracted attention.

Several students nearby glanced in their direction.

Ethan quickly lowered his voice.

"Don’t make it too obvious."

Rin gave him a look.

"I’m not the one carrying a glowing apple into a computer room."

"Just take the pictures."

Rin rolled his eyes before pulling out his phone.

"We need good pictures first. Nobody is going to buy a product online if the picture looks terrible."

Ethan nodded.

That part made sense.

They moved to a quieter corner of the room where they could take the pictures without too many people walking around behind them.

Rin placed the apple carefully on a clean surface and adjusted the lighting.

The spiritual glow immediately reflected across the smooth surface of the fruit, creating a soft radiance around it.

Rin took one picture.

Then another.

He moved the apple slightly and took another from a different angle.

Ethan watched him with growing interest.

"Is that enough?"

"No."

Rin adjusted the position again.

"We need several pictures. One from the front, one from the side, one showing the glow properly, and another close-up so buyers can actually see the details."

Ethan nodded.

Rin continued taking pictures until they had several clear images of the apple.

They even took a few with Ethan’s hand beside it to show its approximate size, although Ethan quickly rejected the first few because Rin’s fingers were blocking too much of the fruit.

"Move your hand."

"I’m trying to show the size."

"You’re showing your hand more than the apple."

"Fine."

After several more attempts, they finally had a set of pictures that actually looked good.

Rin looked through them one by one.

"These are good."

Ethan leaned over to inspect them.

The apple looked surprisingly impressive in the pictures.

Its surface was smooth and bright, while the faint spiritual energy surrounding it gave it an almost otherworldly appearance without making it look fake.

For the first time since they had started, Ethan began to feel genuinely excited.

Maybe this could actually work.

Rin uploaded the best pictures to the product listing.

Now they needed the product name.

"What are we calling it?" Rin asked.

Ethan looked at the glowing apple.

"Spiritual Apple."

Rin stared at him.

"That’s it?"

"What else should it be?"

"I don’t know. Something that sounds more attractive."

Ethan thought about it.

"The product is a spiritual apple. That’s what it is."

Rin sighed.

"Fine."

He typed the name into the listing.

Next came the description.

Rin looked at Ethan.

"You need to tell people what it does."

Ethan paused.

He knew it contained spiritual energy, but he hadn’t tested exactly how much effect eating it would have.

So they decided not to make exaggerated claims.

Instead, they described it as an apple infused with spiritual energy and clearly stated that it was being sold at an ordinary apple price as a test product.

Ethan insisted they shouldn’t lie.

If someone bought it expecting some unbelievable miracle, that would defeat the entire purpose.

Rin agreed and entered the information.

Then came the price.

Rin looked at Ethan.

"Remember, we’re keeping it at the normal price of an apple."

Ethan nodded.

He watched as Rin entered the amount.

It looked almost ridiculously small compared with the prices Rin had mentioned for genuine rare spiritual fruits.

"This is really how much an ordinary apple costs?"

"Basically."

Ethan stared at the number.

After everything he had gone through to grow that apple, selling it for such a small amount felt strange.

But this wasn’t about making a fortune from the first product.

It was a test.

They needed to know whether anyone would buy it, whether people would believe it was actually infused with spiritual energy, and whether Ethan could build enough credibility to eventually sell the real spiritual fruits.

Rin finished entering the final information.

"Delivery method?"

They selected the available option that would allow the buyer to receive the product after purchase.

"Quantity?"

Ethan paused.

"How many should we put?"

Rin looked at the collection of glowing apples.

"We have more than twenty, right?"

"Twenty-three."

"Then don’t upload all of them."

Ethan looked at him.

"Why?"

"Because this is a test. If someone suddenly buys everything, you don’t want to accidentally empty your entire stock before we even know what’s happening."

Ethan nodded.

That was actually smart.

They decided to list only a small portion of the apples at first.

Once everything was filled in, Rin carefully reviewed the listing from top to bottom.

Product name.

Pictures.

Description.

Price.

Quantity.

Delivery information.

Seller profile.

Everything was there.

Rin looked at Ethan.

"Ready?"

Ethan stared at the screen.

For some reason, his heart started beating faster.

This was ridiculous.

He had entered dangerous rifts, fought monsters, broken into an Empire research facility, escaped terrifying Sentinels, and survived situations where he genuinely thought he was going to die.

Yet somehow, pressing a button to sell an apple online felt strangely nerve-racking.

"What if nobody buys it?"

Rin shrugged.

"Then we learn from it and try again."

"And what if they think I’m a scammer?"

"Then they think you’re a scammer."

Ethan looked at him.

"That isn’t reassuring."

Rin laughed.

"You wanted to test the waters. This is what testing the waters means."

Ethan sighed and looked back at the screen.

There was nothing left to change.

He had the product.

He had the pictures.

He had the description.

He had the price.

His vendor profile was ready.

All they needed to do was launch it.

Rin moved the cursor toward the final button.

"Here we go."

Ethan leaned closer.

Rin clicked.

For a moment, nothing happened.

Then the page refreshed.

A confirmation appeared across the screen.

Product successfully listed.

Ethan stared at it.

His eyes widened.

"It worked."

Rin smiled.

"It really worked."

The spiritual apple was officially on sale.

Ethan couldn’t help smiling as he looked at the listing.

Just a few hours ago, he had only been experimenting with the mysterious information inside his books. Now he had an actual vendor profile, an actual product listing, and an actual spiritual fruit sitting somewhere online waiting for someone to buy it.

It wasn’t hundreds of spiritual fruits.

It wasn’t thousands.

It wasn’t even an expensive rare spiritual fruit.

It was just an ordinary-looking apple with spiritual energy infused inside it.

But it was his first product.

His first attempt.

And most importantly, it was officially on the market.

Ethan leaned back in his chair, staring at the screen with a strange mixture of excitement and nervousness.

Now there was only one question left.

Would anyone actually buy it?